The ancestral hall had two floors, with the flickering light of candles inside and the spirit tablets of over a dozen generations of the Hao Family placed within. Beyond that, their history could no longer be traced.
In Dahe Village, the Hao surname was also a prominent one, flourishing with many people decades ago.
However, as the pace of urbanization accelerated, fewer and fewer members of the Hao Family remained in Dahe Village. Now, there are only two or three branches left, amounting to fewer than ten people in total.
With the decline in family members, the ancestral hall had lost its original meaning, frequented only by Hao Guoda to offer incense.
Yet, it would be wrong to deny that this ancestral hall still held great significance to the Hao Family.
"It's really not easy for Hao Guoda to maintain the ancestral hall all by himself,"
