The common characteristic is that there aren't many people left in the villages. The young have gone out to work, and the children are studying in the city, leaving only some elderly folks behind, resulting in a lack of liveliness.
Much like Qin Family Village, which is only bustling during the New Year when the young return home. Usually, the village just has about a dozen old folks, many of whom don't even live there permanently and have moved to town.
Qin Huai and the group drove from Yunzhong District to the funeral home, a journey of nearly two hours, and from the funeral home to the village took another hour. By the time they had inspected three villages, it was already dark. Luo Jun, while looking at the villages, merely observed and didn't even ask about the cost of renting the space, eventually settling on the poorest and most run-down village.
