On the right side of the gate of the village, there is a bluestone tile house built in the fifties and sixties, and behind it is a three-story small building, built with red bricks, but the roof and eaves are typical of the local ethnic style.

More than ten meters of a wind and rain covered bridge, into the gate of the stockade. Next to the gate are two spiky four-story buildings, each with four windows, and the top floor resembles a city wall. It is said that this is the old tower of the stockade, which was specially used for sentry. There is also one in each of the other three directions of the stockade, and the tower in the middle is shorter, mainly for the meeting of everyone.

This kind of bunker tower is most famous for the ethnic architecture of Chen Xin's hometown. Each village of that ethnic group had several towers and bunkers that could accommodate all the inhabitants of the village. It is an important military building in wartime, and it is also a stronghold for guarding and guarding on weekdays.

Chen Xin arrived at the post office, and after greeting people, she picked up the address of the inn where the proprietress had introduced her, and followed the guidance of the people at the post office into the village.

The stockade is long and narrow, with a river in the middle and a specially excavated pond. This pond is used to store water for irrigation, and is also an important facility for flood water distribution during flood seasons.

Many ethnic groups have a tradition of building wind and rain covered bridges, as well as laundry stations lined up along the river for women.

The house where Chen Xin is going to live is the three-story stilted building behind the third laundry station.

The owner of the house is called Tong Mei, a middle-aged woman in her forties, very thin, small and dark, but her ability is also famous in the village. The proprietress said that Tong Mei's man ran away from home more than ten years ago and did not come back, so many years, Tong Mei has been raising four old people with three children, and her man's brothers and sisters are not in good family conditions, so they can only give the old man a little living expenses according to their ability, and other expenses are all borne by Tong Mei.

Not to mention ethnic minorities, there are very few people in big cities who can do this. There is no way for single children to support the elderly on both sides, but where there are brothers and sisters, few take the initiative to take the responsibility of caring for the elderly regardless of the gains and losses. Especially in the case of Tongmei, her husband ran away from home and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, she could ignore her in-laws, but she didn't do this, but did her best to make the four old people as happy as possible.

The year before last, her mother-in-law left, and when she left, she took Tongmei's hand and cried so much that her eyes were swollen, saying that she was sorry for this daughter-in-law, and she would repay her for being a cow and a horse in the next life. "The people in the village also admire Tongmei, whether all women really like it or make a face, but when it comes to her, they have to admit that she is really filial and capable.

"The eldest of Tongmei's family didn't get admitted to college this year, so he went out to work, and kept one-third of the money he earned, and sent the rest back, saying that he would pay for the tuition and living expenses of his younger siblings. There is also Tongmei's father and her father-in-law, as long as their physical conditions permit, they will go up to the mountains to chop firewood and hunt, thinking of ways to improve the life of the family. Their family is recognized as a kind and friendly family in our village, and the last time the county said that it would evaluate the five good families, only their family passed in our village. ”

Although the five good families are just a name, the county will still give a certain reward, and the village will also give some money or something, and other people look at it, but they also know that they can't find any fault.

Chen Xin pulled her luggage into the hall of Tongmei's house, she was not there, she went to the ground, it was Chen Xin who came to pick her up.

I inquired with the proprietress before, the consumption level here is not high, follow Tongmei's family to eat, 30 yuan to do, if you want to order a la carte, on the accommodation fee of 20 yuan, the dish according to the price of the restaurant to one-third.

Chen Xin came here to experience the life of the local ethnic minorities, and the diet was also included, so Chen Xin directly paid for ten days, saying that she would refund more and make up for less when the time came.

The dinner that day was actually very much beyond Chen Xin's expectations. The rice is very ordinary rice, and a lot of taro is added to it to cook together, but the dish is very rich. Stir-fried bacon with sour chili, stir-fried pork face with beans, and a plate of wild vegetables that cannot be named and a large pot of bone and salt vegetable soup.

Their dishes are all served in pots, and three dishes and one soup are set on a table.

Chen Xin ate with them, and felt that the taste was not bad, except that the sauerkraut was a little different from the sauerkraut she usually ate, the others were okay, spicy enough, and she only ate a few bites, and the sweat came down.

A bowl of taro rice, a few chopsticks of sour chili fried bacon, plus the pork face meat fried after soaking the dried beans at home, has already made Chen Xin's stomach round. In the end, I slipped a bowl of soup down, and the salted vegetables didn't look dry, but after being boiled into soup, the taste was very delicious.

The village was quiet early in the evening, and no one walked around at about seven or eight o'clock. Chen Xin lives in the attic on the third floor, and when she looks out, she finds that the back of the village seems to be a little lively.

"We are preparing for the wedding over there, and we will have a party the night after tomorrow, and the bride will hold such a banquet before she gets married, and the food is sent by the man's family. Of course, in fact, we will also send food, but the main meat is provided by the man. ”

Come to think of it, there are not 1,000 people in the whole village, but there are hundreds of people, and this is still the number of people left behind after many young and middle-aged people have gone out to work, and really during the Chinese New Year, there are about 2,000 people here at most. By the way, walking around the village is full of people.

Chen Xin was very curious about the ceremony of the wedding, and asked Tongmei if she could go to watch the ceremony, Tongmei thought about it and said that she would ask tomorrow and come back to tell her.

The next day, Tong Mei wanted to help, and hurried over with her eldest daughter. Half an hour later, Tongmei's daughter ran back and asked Chen Xin to go over with her, saying that she had agreed to let Chen Xin go to the ceremony.

They are a hospitable people, and as long as they are not ill-intentioned, they are very willing to entertain visitors from outside worlds.

When Chen Xin arrived, she saw that the bride was trying on clothes, and she was already very beautiful without a headdress.

The bridal dress here is mainly black, and the belt and placket cuffs are a patchwork of colorful geometric patterns. The bottoms were pleated skirts, also black, with red belts and skirts, and a chain of silver beads strung with silver beads at the bottom of each belt. When a girl walks, the bell makes a pleasant sound.

Cloth shoes are black cloth shoes embroidered with the head of the beast on the bottom of a thousand layers, this pattern is for newlyweds, it is said to bring blessings and children and grandchildren to the newlyweds, and it is the totem beast of their nation.

Chen Xin watched from the side for a while, and after asking for permission, she picked up her camera and began to capture the footage.

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