Xiajiapu is an ancient town with a history of 1,000 years, and the name Xiajiapu is naturally inhabited by the Xia family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe people Yu Yiping met in Xiajiapu were basically surnamed Xia, and there were very few people with foreign surnames, and when it came to relationships, they were basically relatives within or outside the five suits.

The Xia family has its own ancestral hall with the surname Xia, and the ancestral hall with the first surname is naturally the largest. Not long after Yu Yiping came here, he heard about the grandeur and historical origin of the Xia family ancestral hall. I've always wanted to see this ancestral hall, and on this day, I had a spare time and walked to a backwater alley in Xiajiapu.

This alley has a nice name - Shengping Lane, which is about the meaning of singing and dancing. As soon as you enter the alley, you will see a high-style gatehouse in the distance. The dismounted stones carved in stone on both sides of the gate are also carved with upside-down lions. Knocking the brass knocker on the door, a young man came and opened it.

Passing through the shadow wall, I saw a gray-haired old man sitting in the main hall of the ancestral hall. The old man sat on the Taishi chair in the center of the main hall, holding a fine porcelain tea bowl in his hand. The old man's eyes were half-closed, and the sound of Yu Yiping coming in disturbed him, and he only opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Yu Yiping, and closed them again.

"Master Xia, excuse me!" Yu Yiping bowed respectfully to Mrs. Xia.

Before coming to the ancestral hall, Yu Yiping inquired with Xia Zhong that the ancestral hall was the eldest Xia Taiye of the Xia family, who was a member of the former Qing Dynasty, and had been a Cixi county magistrate when he was young, and he retired in the Xia family ancestral hall after returning to his hometown. Mrs. Xia has a lot of prestige in Xiajiapu, and as long as Mrs. Xia speaks, no one dares to say anything. Mrs. Xia is even more famous for his fairness and honesty. He is the well-deserved patriarch of the Xia family in Xiajiapu.

"Is it a tourist who comes to Xiajiapu to play? How is it a fresh face? "Mrs. Xia is a lot older, but he is deaf and clear-sighted.

"Mrs. Xia's vision is really powerful, Yu Yiping is from Hangzhou, and he came to Xia's shop to live for a few days."

"Oh! Come and stay for a few days, the scenery of Xiajiapu is good, take a look around! ”

"Master Xia, you have been back to Xia's shop for decades to tell you to return to your hometown, right?" Yu Yiping changed the subject.

"I came back before the Republic of China. I remember that year was the collapse of Emperor Guangxu, and then the Empress Dowager Xi also died. "Master Xia talked about the past.

"That was 1908. In this way, it has been more than 30 years since you returned to Xiajiapu. ”

"Yes! I'm eighty-eight years old, and I'm still alive. ”

"Master Xia, this year is the year of your rice life!"

"What's the use of living so long? I've lived too long, but Lord Yama won't accept me! ”

"Master Xia, longevity is a blessing, you are always a blessed person."

"I can't talk about blessings, it's just to pray for blessings and peace for the descendants of the Xia family."

"Master Xia, what can be said by Xia Jiapu for so many years can't be hidden from your eyes."

"That's natural, everyone in Xiajiapu respects me Xia Hanjun, and the Xiajiapu Xia family will tell me about big and small things."

"There is an incident from more than 30 years ago, I don't know if Mrs. Xia still remembers."

"More than thirty years ago? As long as it is Xiajiapu, I remember it. ”

"Xia Jiapu, there was a murder case more than thirty years ago, does Mrs. Xia still remember?" Yu Yiping finally said what he wanted to ask word by word.

Yu Yiping's words silenced Mrs. Xia, he seemed to be in deep thought, and it seemed like he was in a painful memory.