The Last Yejiadai

? Ye Jiadai, I can't remember how many times I have been there. In the past ten years, I have been to Yejiadai almost every year, not only in the winter when wintersweet is in full bloom, but also in other seasons. For example, if a friend wants to go to wintersweet, I will take him.

? Attracting scholars at home and abroad, the tree Chimonanthus praecox is so magical!

? To understand this wintersweet, we must talk about the origin of the ancient village of Yejiadai.

? In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ye Kui, the ancestor of Ye family in Wuzhong, moved from Wucheng (present-day Zhejiang) to Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake, Suzhou, and served as an official school in Ye Mengde, the son of great-great grandson (1077-148). Ye Mengde's descendants are divided into ten tribes, scattered all over Suzhou, and one of them moved to Wujiang Tongli. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Ye Jia, a wealthy businessman in Tongli, was slaughtered for resisting the will of the Ming family to move to Nanjing. Only less than one year old, Eugene was quietly taken out by servants and sent to the Lujia family by the lake, and his surname was changed to Lu. Later, in the Ming Dynasty, Fu Si restored Ye's family and called his place of residence Ye Jiadai. Yevgeny is the ancestor of Yevgeny family.

? In Yejiadai Natural Village, with the efforts of several generations, Yezidai gradually became a local surname, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were even more talented people.

? The leaves appeared. He is the son of scholar Ye Chongdi. Because he was young and weak, he was adopted by Huang Yuan, so he was named Yuan Shao. Salt means inheritance, and Yuan means later.

? Ye, like his father, was admitted to the Jinshi and became an official outside, but because he didn't like the complicated etiquette in officialdom, he would rather live with his family, * * * enjoy his family, sing with his wife and children, and quit his job and go home.

? During that time, it was the most beautiful period of Ye's Wumengtang, and those who were fostered in my uncle's house also came back. Ye, his wife Shen Yixiu and their eight men and four women formed a family literature group, intoxicated with the singing of poetry, and a large number of poems were born.

? Ye and his wife Shen Yixiu are both good at writing, and all four daughters write good poems. Xiao Wan, the second daughter, wrote the drama Yuanyang Dream, becoming the first female dramatist in China. Ye Xiaoluan, the third daughter, is the best, and is regarded as one of the top ten talented women in China. Unfortunately, she died at the age of 17, and her experience is recognized as the prototype of Lin Daiyu in A Dream of Red Mansions. Ye Xie, the sixth son, was a great poet in the Qing Dynasty, and his original poems were regarded as the highest level of poetics in the Qing Dynasty.

? Ye family is the third largest literary family after Cao Cao and Su Dongpo.

? Although, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the Ye family suffered military difficulties and their relatives left one after another, but the Ye family was absolute beauty, outstanding and became an eternal legend.

I heard that Ye Jiadai is moving, and I can't wait to get there before wintersweet blooms.

? This east-west cement road is the main road from Shexing Highway to Yejiadai. My mother's house is at the end of this road. I don't know how many times I left when I was a child. Because of the relocation, my mother's village disappeared, and big trees were planted at the end of this road.

Go along this road, about 200 meters, turn south into a cement road, and the village you see is Yejiadai Village.

? Villages along the roadside (Ye Xiaogang Village and Xiaogang Village have been relocated for many years) have disappeared, leaving only rice stalks and firewood after rice harvest in the open fields, giving people a sense of peace and desolation.

? There is a small clearing at the entrance of the village, which is a simple parking lot. Near the parking lot, there is a big reed one person high. Under the cold wind, you can also see a green vegetable field. An old lady is chopping vegetables on the ground.

? "After the relocation, there is no more land. I want to buy food and I have to buy food. The food I bought is not as good as my own ... "The old lady said to herself.

? This is Yejiadai Village, and on the right front is the site of Yeshi Wumengtang. The village is about to move. It is said that some villagers have signed away.

? I feel a little heavy and my steps become slow.

? Lao Wu, who went with him, has already gone ahead.

The red word "demolition" stands out. The word "demolition" means that this family has passed the asset evaluation.

? The main house of a family has been vacated, the door is open, but the small house on one side is closed, which reads "My house has not been demolished, please don't take anything".

? What is this? Lao Wu said that it was probably a big stove used to slaughter livestock many years ago.

? Unconsciously, I went to the yard where the Wumengtang site was located and found that the iron gate was locked. The old man who guarded Chimonanthus praecox in your family passed away this year. Xiaoyou, the only son, was mentally retarded. He was nearly 40 years old and failed to get married. At this point, where did he go? According to the people next door, he sold the fierce grass dog at the price of 80 yuan. The yard is quiet.

? In order to understand the situation in the yard, I climbed a pile of bricks outside the fence and took the picture below.

? Although facing wintersweet tree, it was blocked by the low wall of the Intermediate People's Court, so I couldn't see clearly.

? The clear photo of the Chimonanthus praecox tree above was taken by Lao Wu the day before, and Xiaoru was not at home either. Lao Wu climbed in from the fence, not filming wintersweet tree properly.

? Looking at the branches of Chimonanthus praecox, it is estimated that Chimonanthus praecox will not bloom in a month or so.

? This wintersweet is 394 years old. That year, Ye Xiaoluan just turned 10 years old. She came back from her uncle's house and planted this Chimonanthus praecox in front of her fragrance booth.

? Today, Wu is gone, and there is no fragrant pavilion, but this wintersweet tree is still full of vitality. In the cold winter, it blooms red flowers to the world.

? This is wintersweet. The photo was taken in February, 20 15.

? Two years ago in winter, I went to Yejiadai to enjoy plum blossoms twice in a row. Your old man was in poor health at that time.

? Now, the old man is gone, but his voice and smile are still clearly visible.

? The flagpole stone by the river is an antique and is the key protection object. According to statistics, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hu Fenyejia had 1 1 Jinshi, 17 Juren and 224 Jinshi. In history, there were 13 half flagpole stones laid on the riverside in front of Wumengtang. When the flag fluttered, most of Hu Fen became beautiful.

? The existing flagpole stone is less than half of 13, but the only remaining pieces have been stuck on the river bridge. Those small and round flagpole holes are like open mouths, as if telling something.

? Opposite the Yejiahe Bridge, the Lotus Swing in Ye Jia is now two two-story buildings. After the relocation, they will disappear, just like the lotus swing that disappeared hundreds of years ago, and everything will return to the original point.

? The bamboo forest in the backyard was planted by your uncle himself on Wumengtang's site. He is a descendant of your family, and his duty, like his predecessors, faithfully guards the ruins of Ye's family until the end of his life.

? Three hundred years ago, the daughter of Ye's sixth son, Ye Xie, married the Li family, and Ye Ru also got married. Later, Ye's family was in trouble and the family was ruined. Ye's daughter resolutely returned to her mother's house with her husband and stuck to her only remaining home. In your old generation, my wife died young, my son was demented, and life was extremely bleak.

? Several families nearby will also be demolished, and the names on the walls are yours. I don't know why, but I actually thought that your home is in Lili. Is it a descendant of Ye Xie's son-in-law's family? Family with your old uncle?

? Seeing those irregular stones piled up and looked very old, I remembered Wumengtang again. Maybe they are survivors dug up from the ruins and witnessed the glory of Wumengtang.

? The stone was silent. The cold wind blew and the bamboo garden rustled, and I couldn't help shivering.

? The owners of the two buildings next door are also surnamed Ye. A few years ago, I chatted with Mrs. Ye, who was over 80 years old, and said that her youngest son turned out to be my high school classmate. In the impression of the old lady, there is also a vague shadow of the old house in Ye Jia, saying that the building of her middle son turned out to be the hall of the ancient house of Wumengtang, facing the river bridge paved with flagpole stones. ...

? I went to Ye Jiadai this time and met Mrs. Ye's daughter. Mrs. Yip died last year, and her sons are developing outside, so it is rare to go back to their hometown. Therefore, the task of looking after the house was handed over to the daughter.

? On the west side of Wumengtang ruins, there is a dilapidated old house, which is also being demolished this time.

At the end of the western end of Yejiadai village, there is no land road to go, and the waterway leads to Liandang.

? After visiting Yejiadai Village, I walked onto the concrete flat bridge at the entrance of the village and looked back again, trying to engrave the scenery here in my mind. Because, once again, there must be another scene.

? When I left Yejiadai Village, I just saw my friend Yang Zong's business on the roadside. Stop the car and walk in. Mr. and Mrs. Yang Zong warmly welcomed them and hosted a luncheon. At this point, the original cold body gradually warmed up.