Qingyan got dressed and went out of the room, and saw Yin Keqin feeding the big bear water with a wooden basin.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "I just came back from carrying water and saw it staring at the bucket. I thought it was thirsty, so I gave it some water to drink.
I brought some hay back for it, but it didn't eat it. There are still some vegetable leaves at home. I wonder if it can eat them? "
Qingyan shook her head and said, "No, it just needs hay. It's just thirsty and wants to drink water first. Feed it after drinking the water."
She knew that Big Bear was spoiled by Chou Chou and always fed him fresh grass. Of course he didn't want to eat hay.
This guy must be waiting for Chou Chou to feed him, but his wish is about to come true. It’s better to keep a low profile in other people’s homes.
The big bear could understand their conversation and drank water calmly. When he heard Qingyan said that he should let him eat hay, he looked up at her with some displeasure.
Qingyan walked forward funny and rubbed its mane, coaxing: "There is no fresh fodder this season, so just be patient and I will give you apples when I get back to the city."
The big bear snorted, lowered his head and continued to drink water.
Yin Keqin looked on with surprise, "Miss Yang, can it understand what we are saying?"
Qingyan smiled and nodded, "Yes, it must have been with us for a long time. I often talk to it, so it can understand it now."
She reached out and took the wooden basin from Yin Keqin's hand, and said to him: "I'll feed you. Do you want to fetch water again?"
Yin Keqin waited for her to steady before letting go, nodded and replied: "I have to pick up two more buckets, so I'll go pick up water. By the way, after breakfast, can Miss Yang teach us how to drive the car? We have to move the graves of my father and brother and sister, and we have to drive an ox cart to pull the coffin, and we are not very good at it."
When he got up early to fetch water, he happened to meet three other families who had family members who died outside like his own, so he told them this idea. They all hit it off and decided to set off together after learning how to drive a car.
Qingyan blinked, so her driving skills were not very good?
She also knows some simple commands, and usually relies on Chou Chou to cheat.
While pretending to be curious and asking about the situation of the other families, he called Chou Chou in his head.
"What should I do about Chou Chou? I don't know much about it myself. How can I teach you this?"
Chou Chou reassured him, "It's okay. Just agree. With my current ability, I can just give the animal that pulls the cart some obedient orders."
Qingyan's eyes lit up, "This is good!" I didn't expect it could work like this.
The smile on his face deepened, and he said to Yin Keqin: "After dinner, we will learn in the village and on the road outside. There are still some difficult sections to try, so as to save you from encounters on the road. I won’t be able to handle it.”
Yin Keqin smiled with his white teeth and nodded vigorously, "Hey! Okay, I'll tell them right now."
After saying that, he quickly walked out of the house carrying the barrel and pole.
After feeding the big bear water and some hay, I took it out for a walk, and then took it back after peeing in the open space on the side of the mountain.
As soon as she entered the yard, she saw the old lady waiting for her in the yard. When she saw her coming back with the horse, she asked what she was doing. After knowing that she was going to the toilet outside, she said angrily: "Oh, our family is not so particular about it. Directly." Just urinate in the yard and it will be clean when the time comes. The horse eats grass and the manure does not stink.
For example, the cow dung raised by the patriarch's family is dried and stored, and it can be used as charcoal in winter. "
After hearing what the old lady said, Qingyan remembered that this was the northwest, and many places where ethnic minorities burned cow dung.
Every time she fed the big bear, she would look for him to let him relieve himself. Sometimes she couldn't help but pull him on the road, but soon they passed by, which was fine, but when she was resting, she was Won't let it hang around.
The main reason is that her nose is so sensitive, much more sensitive than ordinary people's sense of smell, that's why she feels the smell is strong.
They had breakfast after Yin Keqin came back from carrying water. At the dinner table, he said that he had agreed with the young people of the three families that one person from each family would come to learn how to drive a cart today.
I don’t know how many days Qingyan will stay here. They can’t always let the little girl teach them.
When the time comes, it will be up to who learns it quickly. If there are those who are dumber and can’t learn it, just let them teach you.
The clan leader and his family have a total of five cows. They have four families in total, so they only need to drive four cars out.
Fortunately, several families with cattle have cars, otherwise they would have to buy them, otherwise they would not be able to pull the coffin, and there would be no way to pull it back in one go.
Because the oxcart is only so big, two coffins are enough. His family only needs three. You can't just stack the coffins together and pull them back. Besides, you can't stack them even if you want to. The top of the coffin is curved, not flat. of.
"At least two people from the other three families died outside, and it is impossible to help rescue them. My family and Kehong's family both have three people, so we still have to go twice."
Qingyan gave him an idea and said: "Since there are five cows, why don't we all drive them together? You are four families, not just four people. The three of them have a larger population and one more person can learn to drive the cows together. Just go.
Just drive the five cars out together and find a tomb relocation address close to where you are going. When the time comes, the two families can work together to bring it back, or you can ask the other party to help make the trip. "
Yin Keqin's eyes lit up when he heard this. Why didn't he think of it?
The locations where several families died outside were actually not far away. Almost all of them went to the southeast. After all, the other direction was outside the customs. They would die faster if they went out. They ran inland with hope.
So they are all on the same route, their locations are just slightly different.
Of the other three families, two died outside, and three died outside, namely the Yin Kehong family.
In this case, five cars were just right, and the trouble was solved. Yin Keqin had a more delicious breakfast, and ate two large pancakes in one go.
Their breakfast was yesterday's leftover pancakes, a plate of scrambled eggs, and a pot of millet porridge.
There was no rabbit left from yesterday, so the three of us finished it in the evening. The rabbit was stewed directly without any other side dishes, and there really wasn't much meat except the bones.
However, the villagers sent a lot of eggs yesterday, as well as three old hens, as well as grain snacks and other things, which is enough for these days.
After breakfast, Qingyan helped the old lady clear the table and was pushed out of the kitchen by the old lady.
She washed her hands in the yard and followed Yin Keqin out. They went directly to the patriarch's house and agreed to meet there.
The door of the patriarch's house was open, but there was no one inside. The grandson-in-law of the patriarch's family had returned to her parents' home. She was the only one left in the family. A woman did not dare to live here by herself.
Before they came over, they happened to pass by the daughter-in-law's parents' house, and they told her about the bullock cart. After all, it was the property of the other party, and they had to ask someone to borrow it.
The man said that after that, the oxcart would belong to the village, including the clan leader's house and fields. She was the only one anyway. Except for the dowry brought back to her natal family, everything else would be given to the village.
Although she married into the patriarch's family, to be honest, her life has not been very good.
A few years after she got married, she was the only woman left in the family. She did all the housework, including washing clothes, cooking, and taking care of the children, without anyone to help her. She was exhausted every day.
It was finally no longer necessary to take care of the children when they were ten years old, but the housework at home was still endless every day.
When Qingyan came over in the morning, she saw her washing clothes at home. This was normal. She washed the clothes of the whole family by herself, and she also had to cook and clean. Although she didn't have to work in the fields, she had to do it all day long. There is no idle time at night.
In addition to the fact that her son's death made her extremely sad, she didn't care at all when her father-in-law, father-in-law, and men died. She didn't have deep feelings anyway.
She actually had a sweetheart when she was young, but because of the village's regulations, girls in the village must marry into the clan leader and the clan's hometown, which forcibly separated her and her sweetheart.
The most disgusting thing is that her sweetheart was chosen as a sacrifice!
To be honest, she has always hated the patriarch's family over the years. She thinks the same as the villagers. She believes that only the men from the patriarch's branch in the Qinian Village enjoy the blessing of their ancestors, and all of them are long-lived and can live at least as long as He is over 80 years old and has not suffered any illness or disaster.
As for the villagers, including the women who married into their families, they were not protected at all. Not only would they not live to be forty years old, they would also be worried that their family members would be chosen as sacrifices and lose their lives.
How can you not hate it?
Later, after she had a child, she began to invest her affection in her child. However, as her son grew older, his personality became more and more like his grandfather and father, and he stopped being close to her.
Now that all the men in the family are dead, including her son, besides being sad, she also feels a sense of relief.
Therefore, she has no idea about the property of the patriarch's family, and she cannot protect it as a woman.
And now there is no clan leader, the ancestor's tomb has collapsed, and the ancestor is gone. Yesterday, many people in the village gathered together to talk about this topic. It will definitely be different in the future. They should be able to communicate with the outside world at will. Come and go.
Many daughters-in-law who were married from outside the country are planning to go back to their parents' homes today. They could go back to their parents' homes before, but it is not easy for their parents' families to come over.
Because the clan leader does not allow outsiders to stay overnight in the village, even if the mother-in-law's family comes, they have to leave on the same day. For daughters-in-law who are married a little further away, the mother-in-law's family rarely comes because of this, and they simply cannot accept it.
Of course, most of them were married from surrounding villages, and the furthest ones did not go as far as the county seat. They were all from some villages on the west side of Yunling County. This distance was safe for the people of Qinian Village.
In other words, the farthest distance that people in Qinian Village can walk is to the edge of Yunling County. If it goes any further, something will happen.
The families who escaped were the ones who got into the accident less than ten miles away after crossing the county seat. Yin Keqin's father and brother and sister got into the accident on a mountain road. The people who came to report their funeral and help them bury them were Lian Keqin. A government official in the county town.
After hearing that they were going to Yunling County, Qingyan thought that if Chou Chou could absorb it quickly, could she go with them?
Anyway, they are going in the same direction. Chouchou can help them tame these cows along the way, and there should be no problem when they come back.
While waiting for the others, Qingyan asked about their departure time.
Yin Keqin: "This is still certain. You have to ask an old person who understands this. You can't move a grave at any time. You have to count on a good time.
Most of them fall on the two days of Qingming and Zhongyuan, or you can find a Taoist monk to find a good day. "
In this case, Qingyan stopped asking any more questions. Even if they confirmed the time, she was not sure.
"Chou Chou, when will you finish absorbing it?"
Although Chou Chou had said that it would be two or three days at most, if it could be done earlier, anyway, she was planning to stay here for two or three days, collect the treasures and then leave, and leave the rest to fate.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, everyone arrived. Three people came, namely Yin Kehui, Yin Kesheng, and Yin Kehong.
Yin Keqin told Yin Kehong about Qingyan's suggestion, and Yin Kehong asked them to wait and ran home to call someone.
After a while, Yin Kehong brought his brother Yin Ke Yin Keyuan over. The two brothers looked very similar, with Chinese characters for their faces and thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Qingyan found that none of the men in Qinian Village were short, and the minimum was over 1.75 meters. Also, their ancestors were all tall and powerful royal guards, and the wives they later married were all from nearby. The height of the people here Not low either.
They first brought out the patriarch's cattle, and then Qingyan taught them how to hitch the cart to the cattle.
Although Qingyan has never driven an ox cart, the method of driving this set of carts is similar, not much different from donkey carts and horse carriages.
It's just that the rope for tying cattle is on the nose, and the rope for horses and donkeys is on the mouth. That's the difference.
After yoking the ox cart, they drove out the other four cows, yoked them all to the cart and went on the road.
Let them sit directly on the shaft and try to move forward. This is different from the carriage. The horse runs very fast and may escape.
As for cattle, especially those that work in the fields when they are adults, they rarely go crazy unless they are frightened, and they are already well tamed.
Like the grandson's daughter-in-law of the clan leader's family, the daughter-in-law who rented several clans' hometowns also returned to her natal family and had no objection to them using an ox cart.
Just return it to them when you come back after using it. After all, these properties will belong to them in the future.
It's not like no one in the village cares about her, and even if she has some thoughts, she won't take advantage of others blatantly.
And some of them are preparing to leave the village and want to go out and make a living.
Of course, most of them will stay, after all, they have been living here for several lifetimes.
The village is still there, so we have to elect a new village chief. Yes, village chief. This time we will not elect a clan leader. They are a little uncomfortable with the name clan leader. That branch is considered extinct. They all use this title now. I feel unlucky, so from now on there will be only the village chief and not the clan leader.
From now on, when worshiping ancestors, everyone can just go to their own ancestral graves on the mountain. There will no longer be such cruel sacrifices.
(End of chapter)
