Seeing those sloping stone benches, I asked Lu Chang if the stone benches were still neatly arranged when he came to this house for the last time.
Lu Chang shook his head and said, "Since my family left here, I have been here with my friends several times during the day. When we came, we found that the stone bench had already become like this. I think it was in the house. The hell did it."
I said "oh" and didn't ask any further, but continued to walk inside the mansion, first to the hall of the mansion.
The hall of Lu Chang's house is very imposing, and the three golden characters on the plaque at the entrance of the hall are particularly dazzling - "Fuyi Village".
I asked Lu Chang who came up with the name, and he said, "I named it myself, do you think the word 'Yi Zhuang' is a problem?"
I nodded and said, "Since you know, why do you still have this name?"
Lu Chang said, "Didn't I add the word 'Fu' in front of it?"
I shook my head and said, "Do you know what 'Yizhuang' means? It's not that you can get rid of some things by adding the word 'Fu'."
Lu Chang said: "Isn't Yizhuang the place where the dead were released in ancient times? I've seen it in movies."
I shook my head again: "You're thinking about this too simply. The so-called 'Yi Zhuang' was a clan institution that existed in the period of the Republic of China. Zhou Ji clansmen, those who have served in a certain family for more than 15 years and above, when they reach the age of 50, they can receive rations from Yizhuang every year to ensure their normal life; in winter, clan members can still live in Yizhuang. Receive clothing and cloth; marriage, funeral (children under the age of seven and slaves from large households are not allowed to receive), and imperial examinations can also receive subsidies from Yizhuang; also, if you build a house, if life is difficult, Yizhuang also compensates part of it. The cost of repairing the house; even if your family is really difficult, you can still borrow from Xiangyizhuang according to the regulations of the clan, and these loans are interest-free, and there will be no rush to repay them. Of course, everyone in the clan who borrows will do their best. repayment.”
Hearing me say this, Lu Chang couldn't help but stunned and said, "So, isn't the welfare in ancient times better than that of us now?"
I smiled and said, "In the old society, not everything was dross, but righteous villages generally existed only among clans, and most of them were wealthy clans, and ordinary clans and villages could not set up righteous villages."
Lu Chang asked me again if Yizhuang would store the corpses. I nodded and said, "Yes, there are some corpses that cannot be buried in time. The corpses will generally be kept by Yizhuang and even buried."
"So 'Yi Zhuang' itself is a place with a strong atmosphere of 'enmity and resentment'. Some people received funding from Yi Zhuang before their lives, and after death, they wanted to repay the clan, so they turned into ghosts to guard the Yi Zhuang to repay their kindness; Naturally, some people think that there will be some unfair distribution in Yizhuang. Those who think like this, once they die and become ghosts, they will become unjust ghosts to entangle Yizhuang; some of them are lonely ghosts. , Because Yizhuang is generally a place of charity, those lonely ghosts who have nowhere to stay will also choose to rest in Yizhuang until they have the opportunity to reincarnate."