Chapter 32: The Past
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The weather in the first month is cold and the wind is bleak, and the sight of the endless loess is almost all gray. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBecause everyone went out early, the sun hadn't gotten up yet.
The sky was extraordinarily overcast, and the wheels rattled against the frozen dirt road, which made people can't help but tighten their padded jackets and hug the sheepskin hats on their heads.
Along the way, the ox cart startled flocks of sparrows and unnamed birds, and occasionally an old eagle flew by in the distance.
Yatougou Village did not come out as a whole village to catch the big market, and three of the five ox carts were cobbled together villagers.
"Liangzi, have you thought about what to buy..."Luo Yumin looked at his younger brother's passionate expression and asked casually.
Today, Luo Yumin is wearing a new blouse with a navy blue cloth surface, wrapped in a half-new sheepskin jacket, and wearing a pair of old cotton pants on his legs, looking very bloated.
The only thing that made her look like a little girl in her whole body was the orange brushed scarf that wrapped her head and neck very impermeable.
This scarf was also given by Aunt Yu, the proprietress of the hotel, saying that it was brought from Shanghai, and that city Yumin has been seen many times on TV, and it is a bustling city.
Luo Yumin was a little strange, she had already bought it for her brother a year ago, but the words "I have a secret" were almost written on Liangzi's face.
"Sister, let me tell you, don't tell my grandmother..."Luo Yuliang leaned over his head and pressed his sister's ear tightly and said secretly.
"Cheng..."Luo Yumin nodded and smiled in response.
"I'm going to give my grandmother glasses, the lenses of her reading glasses have long been worn out, and even one of her legs has fallen off..."
Luo Yumin was moved by his brother's carefulness and annoyed by his carelessness.
She has been entangled in her grandmother's poor hearing, but she ignored that her grandmother's reading glasses should have been replaced a long time ago, and her grandmother has also used reading glasses in the past few days, but she still hasn't paid attention, it's really time to play...
The reading glasses that only lost one leg and were tightly tied with an elastic strap, the lenses had long been worn out unsightly, but my grandmother had been reluctant to pay for a new one.
Reading glasses are the same as myopia, and it is best to re-check them every few years, like Mrs. Luo's reading glasses that have only been used for nearly ten years should indeed be replaced.
Luo Yumin touched his brother's head with his thick cotton gloved hand and didn't say anything, but his heart was open.
"The two sisters are biting their ears again..."Grandma's hearing is not good, and although her cloudy eyes are a little difficult to do fine work, she can also see the smiles on the faces of her granddaughter and grandson.
After traveling for more than an hour, the ox cart was ready to enter the town, and speaking of which, this speed was about the same as the usual time it took for Luo Yumin and his brothers to drive the "No. 11 car" by themselves.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the thick clouds in the early morning could not hide the golden light of the sun, and the sunlight dyed the clouds into patches of colorful clouds, and the coldness in the air was also diluted a lot.
There are more and more pedestrians on the road, ox carts and donkey carts still account for the vast majority, and the farmers who live nearby are pushed by wheelbarrows, carrying them on their shoulders and arms, holding the agricultural materials that have been accumulated in their homes for a long time, and none of them are slow.
Everyone wants to occupy a good piece of land to set up a stall as soon as possible, and this is also done so that they can sell their things at a good price.
As early as the old period, Qizhen and Yuci Town, located in the southwest, were two large market towns within a radius of 100 miles.
In the old period, Qizhen and Yuci Town were controlled by two major families, Qizhen was dominated by Li Weiduo, followed by Zhou, and Yuci was dominated by Wang Wu's surname.
And Yatougou this direction to the center of the town, you need to pass through the Li family's big archway, and the Li family is a big family that has been continued in this area for hundreds of years, and the people are very prosperous.
This has to start from ancient times.
It is said that the archway of the Li family is a long, long time ago, the Li family produced a champion Lang, after entering the dynasty as an official, he finally achieved the prime minister of a country above ten million people under one person, under its protection, there are many talents among the descendants of the clan, and therefore, the power of the Li family in the town of Qi has been overwhelming the Wang family of Yuci.
Just after the Li family came out of the champion, after a few years, Yuci's Wang family also produced a Tanhualang, and because he entered the court as an official, he finally worshiped the position of a scholar of the Literature Pavilion, and his disciples were numerous, and his sphere of influence was also very wide.
These two people from the same region became the right-hand men of the emperor at that time, according to common sense, they were originally from the same region, and they should not hold important positions in the cabinet at the same time, but after the emperor knew about the contradictions between his big family, he was also happy to sit and watch them hold on to each other, and therefore restrain each other and balance each other.
After hundreds of years, the Li family was defeated, and the Wang family was defeated, but the heritage still exists, just like the Li family's archway, after hundreds of years, the dynasty has changed I don't know how much, but the Li family's archway is still standing tall, you want to enter the town, you have to go down from our Li family's archway... Hehe, cow...
But everything has pros and cons at two extremes, during the movement, the Li family was not less organized, the Li family's mansion was also copied and copied, and the direct family members of the Li family were criticized during that period, and parades were commonplace.
At that time, the movement of the red soldiers had the idea of destroying the archway, and some people had poured oil on the archway, wanting to set fire to the archway, but after the fire was lit, it burned smaller and smaller, and finally it was extinguished.
Not long after that, the few red soldiers who had crooked their brains encountered accidents one by one, and finally they were either dead or disabled.
Now it's okay, some people say that the ancestors of the Li family are angry, so these red soldiers have been retributed, and the burning of the Li family's archway has become more and more publicized in private.
In those years, although no one dared to openly promote superstition, but in private the peasants all believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and slowly, every first day or fifteenth day of the new year, some people would secretly go to the Li family archway to burn pillar incense, in order to pray for the protection of the gods. The four pillars of the Li family archway were originally burned black by the fire, coupled with the long-term incense fumigation, more and more ruined, there is a strong wind and rain, the archway is like a small boat floating in the wind and rain, it will turn over at any time.
Later, the movement ended, the Li family was rehabilitated, and the descendants of the Li family, who were officials in the capital, funded the renovation of the Li family's archway and the Li family's mansion. The four pillars used to support the lower end of the archway have been replaced with bluestone pillars, and the auspicious dragon of Tengyun is also carved on it, which looks more powerful.
The New Year's rally in the town of Qi is held on the street below the Li family's archway, and the road several meters wide has long been occupied by farmers who get up early at this time, and there are always scattered residents or tourists who want to buy new goods in front of each stall.
Because of the regulations, livestock are not allowed to enter the center of the venue, and there is a special place in the town to take care of livestock, and only a management fee of two yuan is required for half a day.
After paying the money, he received two wooden plaques tied with elastic bands, the numbers on which were the same, one tied to the livestock, and the other was used as a voucher for collection.