After speaking, Grandma Li went out, and as if she remembered something after just two steps, she turned back to me and said, "By the way, Yaya is at home with you, and I heard that Widow He was hanged, so I won't take her with me." After you have eaten, rest early, and don't go to the village at night, the village is not peaceful. ”

After saying this, Grandma Li left without looking back!

Grandma Li's last sentence is not peaceful, I think what she is referring to is not the problem of robbers, but some other meanings. I don't know what that means, but I'll have to walk around the village and see what it means.

Yaya stayed with us, Wu Fatzi asked Yaya if there was no electricity in the village, Yaya asked what electricity was, Yaya seemed to have never heard of electricity. I haven't seen it and I don't know how to explain it, Wu Fatzi can only vaguely go over, and when he sees that Yaya can't ask anything, Wu Fatzi takes out his mobile phone and plays, and when he sees Wu Fatzi playing with his mobile phone, Yaya leans up.

She stared at Fat Wu's phone with wide eyes, her eyes full of curiosity! Wu Fatzi saw the eagerness in Yaya's eyes, so he asked her if she wanted to play, Yaya nodded hard, and then, she played with Wu Fatzi's mobile phone.

I saw Yaya and Wu Fatzi playing with their mobile phones, so I decided to go around the village! Now that it's dark, I'm not afraid of scaring the children in the village.

Soon I was walking along the country lanes of the village, where there were no lights, but there were candles lit at the door of every house!

Candles are lit at the door, this is a custom a few decades ago, this custom is called lighting a ghost lamp, there was no electricity in those days, and rural people were conservative. It is said that at night there will be lonely ghosts passing by, and if they encounter a house, they like to go into other people's houses to rest, and if they are entered by lonely ghosts, then the family will be unlucky. Light children are sick, heavy may lead to death, in order to avoid lonely souls and wild ghosts into the house, we came up with a way, as soon as it gets dark, light a candle at the door of their own house to invite their own family god town house, the so-called family god is the old man who passed away in his own family, the people of this nation do not believe in the door god, only believe in the family god worshiped by their own home. After lighting the candles, they will invite their family gods to the town's house, so that the spirits of the past will not enter their house!

This is one of the national customs that my grandfather told me, but in my grandfather's story, such customs no longer exist, even in the most remote places. Because of the electricity later, many people will turn on the lights at night, and with the lights, the ghosts will not dare to approach.

I didn't expect to see this custom here today, and out of curiosity, I opened my eyes and looked at it. I didn't expect that there were really "people" sitting under the candlelight, as long as there was light, there were people sitting, both men and women, all of them were old people.

Those who are close are even chatting and talking, as if they also acquiesce to the existence of this custom, and also regard it as their duty to protect their offspring!

I swam around the village like this, I didn't see a single person, most of the houses were full of people, but because there was no electricity, there was no entertainment, and everyone went to sleep as soon as it was dark. So much so that I tried to find someone to ask about the women's village, but I couldn't find anyone to ask.

In my opinion, since we have come here, it must be related to the women's village, otherwise we would not have come to this strange place for no reason. Grandma Li doesn't know about Women's Village, it doesn't mean that others don't know, just like that, I don't know where I have gone before I know it.

Suddenly, the firelight in front of me attracted my attention, and there were many voices of people talking, if I guessed correctly, it should be the house of Widow He who hanged herself as Grandma Li said. Although the people in the village are more resistant to outsiders, the village chief and most of the people in the village have already seen me during the day, so I don't need to hide it now.

Without hesitation, I walked straight to the firelight, and what appeared in front of me was a wooden house with firewood burning at the door. There was a group of people around the firewood, most of them elderly women, children and men, discussing something, and talking in a very energetic voice.

"Village chief, my sister-in-law really can't go to that place, my parents died early, and it was my sister-in-law and brother who single-handedly pulled me up, although my brother has also been dead for several years. But my sister-in-law has always insisted on raising me, didn't she just fail to give birth to a child of her own, no one keeps filial piety, I will be her son, I will keep filial piety for her, don't take her to that place to bury her, okay? ”

I followed the sound and saw a lean young man of sixteen or seventeen years old with tears on his face looking at the village chief and everyone in the village with a pleading face.

The village chief was still the same as I had seen during the day, with a cane in one hand and a pipe in the other, and all eyes were on his face. It is not difficult to see that he is the ruler of this village, and no matter what happens, he has the final say.

"He Shun, I know that you have this filial piety, and I also know that your sister-in-law is a good person, but you also know that this rule is not up to me alone. This is what our eight villages jointly negotiated, and it was agreed by everyone at that time, so many years of tradition cannot be broken by you, and your sister-in-law must not be buried in Macamel Mountain. In addition to not having a shrine, she still hanged herself, this is a murderous death, no queen, murderous death, widow, how can this go into the widow's land, you don't need to say more. ”

The village chief said categorically, and his attitude cannot be refuted!

"Village Chief!" The one named He Shun suddenly knelt down, and said with a painful face: "Please discuss it with them, village chief, my sister-in-law really can't go to that place, if she goes, she won't be able to rest in peace in the future!" ”

The village chief waved his hand, and his attitude was so indifferent that he didn't explain anything! It seems to have told He Shun that this matter is non-negotiable.

He Shun panicked, and hurriedly asked the people beside him for help: "Uncle Tian, you ask me for the village chief, Uncle Li, you can tell me a word!" ……”

No one in the village dared to squeak, and everyone silently shifted their gaze and quietly took a few steps back.

At this time, no one dared to speak to him, first, for fear of offending the village chief, and second, no one dared to violate the taboos of several villages.

I also had a rough idea of the purpose of their concentration here, which was to discuss the burial of the newly deceased widow He.

I slowly approached the crowd, and as soon as I walked into the crowd, many people looked at me. A few of them who hadn't seen me were alert, and when the village chief saw me, he frowned......