The soil and water support the people.
The honest and humble little Dulong of the Ye family brought the atmosphere of Yejia Village to that of hard work and simplicity.
Ye Buyi's home is halfway up the mountain, and there is a large piece of mountain land behind Ye Buyi's home.
Ye Buyi works outside, and Sister-in-law Ximei grows citrus there.
Citrus is also one of the main sources of income for the Yebuyi family.
With Ye Buyi's explanation, Ximei's sister-in-law did not dare to open the window all the way here. She held the seat belt tightly with both hands and was very careful, and did not dare to touch anything in the car.
Under Ximei's sister-in-law, there was a discounted coat that Ye Buyi bought for her.
Before we reached the village entrance, I pressed down all the car windows.
After receiving my reminder, Guan Su Qingcheng borrowed the Santai Ben and followed the law later.
Wealth that does not return home is like walking in brocade at night.
Now that he's here, he has to support Ye Buyi.
But to my surprise, there was no one at the village entrance, the only way into the village.
Even the canteen and hardware store at the entrance of the village are closed.
Ye Buyi was a little confused and looked at me through the rearview mirror, silently cheering and moving forward.
It was only at this time that a strange drum sound came to my ears.
I didn't think much of it at first, but I felt the car's frustration.
"What's wrong?"
"There is a stone. Mr. Tong, sit still and go uphill. It is a bit bumpy. It is gray and big. I will close the partition."
Ye Buyi responded solemnly, raised the rear partition, stepped on the accelerator and moved forward quickly.
Within half a minute, the sound of drumbeats suddenly came clearly, and I hummed and tapped the partition lightly.
Seeing that Ye Buyi showed no sign of stopping, I kicked hard: "Stop!"
The car stopped by the roadside, Ye Buyi got out of the car quickly and opened the door.
Outside the co-pilot, sister-in-law Ximei had been standing distractedly carrying large and small bags of belongings, with indescribable horror on her dark, freckle-covered face.
The sound of the drum came from Kan position, no more than a hundred meters away from me.
Under the setting sun, in the quiet and peaceful village, the sound of drums spreads throughout Yejia Village like rapid rain!
I squinted my eyes to listen to the rhythm of the drums, looked at the ridge, and looked back at Ye Buyi: "Drums are playing in the ancestral hall?"
Ye Buyi silently lowered his head in response.
"The drums are ringing in the ancestral hall? Are there sacrifices? Today is the Ye family's annual festival?"
Ye Buyi nodded silently.
I hummed: "I'm late, go to the ancestral hall. Offer sacrifices."
As I said this, I walked towards the ancestral hall with my hands behind my back.
The next second, Ye Buyi tiptoed up and stopped me: "Mr. Tong. We, the Ye family, are not allowed to offer sacrifices to outsiders... I will send you home first, and Ximei will cook for you and Mr. Teng..."
"Need not!"
I said casually: "It's a rule that outsiders don't enter the ancestral hall. We won't go in. Send some gifts to the clan leader to show your appreciation."
Ye Buyi pursed his lips and hesitated for three seconds before saying quietly, "Mr. Tong. This is our Ye family's business."
"I know."
I looked straight at Ye Buyi and said, "You didn't tell me the truth."
"The drums of the ancestral hall are ringing. Three things."
"One sacrifice. Two life and death. Three annihilation of the clan."
"Yes or no?"
Ye Buyi's eyes tightened, and she gritted her teeth tightly and refused to respond to me.
Next to her, Sister-in-law Ximei was in shock. She was about to speak but was stopped by Ye Buyi's stern look.
At this moment, in the dusk, the sound of drums in the air became three times louder, hitting the tip of Ye Buyi's heart every time. Ye Buyi, who was so calm that he was stunned, had his eyelids twitching: "Mr. Tong..."
I clasped my hands behind my back and said indifferently: "Beat the drum in the ancestral hall and sign the lottery of life and death!"
"Are you going to draw... a life or death lottery?"
Ye Buyi's mouth twitched fiercely, and he nodded calmly and calmly again: "I can't hide anything from you."
"What happened?"
"I don't know!"
Ye Buyi took a deep breath: "Mr. Tong, please go sit at home first. I am the male member of the Ye family, and I want to go to the ancestral hall.
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After saying that, Ye Buyi nodded solemnly to me, turned around and left without hesitation.
"Why don't you stop and go?"
"Hurry up and go to Ye Buyi's house. I'm hungry."
I turned around and scolded Teng Laoshi: "Didn't you hear the drums beating in the ancestral hall?"
But Teng Laoshi looked unconcerned: "It's not you who drew the lottery of life and death. Why are you so deeply involved? Guapi."
I pointed at Teng Laoshi and scolded her, then turned back to sister-in-law Ximei and said, "Sister-in-law, don't mind. My classmate is a bad person and has a bad temper."
Teng Laoshi immediately gritted his teeth and raised his middle finger at me.
Sister-in-law Ximei lowered her head and held on to the package with both hands for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say: "Mr. Tong..."
"Brother Buyi, he just drew the lottery of life and death and left."
I was startled when I heard this, put my hands behind my back for three seconds, then raised my eyes and smiled and said, "I'll go take a look. If there's a problem, I'll solve it."
All of a sudden, Sister-in-law Ximei's tears fell.
The ancestral hall is a hundred meters away and can be reached in the blink of an eye.
The road entering the ancestral hall is completely occupied by vehicles. Most of the vehicles are two-wheeled. There are only two four-wheeled vehicles, one is Geely and the other is BYD.
One of the brand-new Geely cars is considered the best car in Yejia Village.
Outside the ancestral hall is a restored archway. It has been tempered by the years and the fonts on the plaque are mottled, and two characters have been artificially chiseled out. There is only one word "ping" and "herringbone" left. The ancestral hall in Yejia Village is very small, covering an area of only a hundred or ten square meters.
But this ancestral hall is somewhat famous.
There are three rooms and two corridors, with blue brick walls, hard top, gray tube tiles, and gray plastic roof ridges.
This is the most typical mid-Qing Dynasty style building in Tianyue Province.
On the steps of the ancestral hall, there are three narrow camp beds. Two middle-aged men were lying on two of the camp beds, their whole bodies wrapped in bandages. They looked seriously injured.
The ancestral hall at the foot of the steps was filled with a large, dark group of men.
These men are more or less injured.
The area around the courtyard was crowded with women, children, old and young, most of whom were women. There were more than a dozen half-grown men who were still underage.
Many of these women, children, old and young were also injured.
It is custom in Guangdong that people with foreign surnames are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. On the day of the ancestral festival, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.
With my sister-in-law, Ximei, who claimed to be Ye Buyi's colleagues, we were allowed to stand outside the ancestral hall and watch.
