In the blink of an eye, in the middle of October, the autumn was crisp, and the new houses of Ding Qinghe and Shi Zhugeng were almost built on the side of Guijiao Bay.

Occasionally, Shi Zhubao came to help when he was free, so the relationship between the Shi brothers became better.

After the third sister-in-law Zhang Linglong learned about the Shi family's separation, she also quietly brought two catties of pork belly to see Ding Qinghe.

"Third sister-in-law, it's good for you to come, what are you doing and bringing meat?" Ding Qinghe smiled and took the two catties of pork belly that Zhang Linglong had tied with straw, and said with a grateful face.

"I'm congratulating you on being the master of your own house, and you don't have to look at the old godly woman's face. Zhang Linglong reached out and patted Ding Qinghe's shoulder and said with a smile. "By the way, I'm here to help, see where your family can be useful to me?"

"No, it's almost done, and I'll be ready to put it on the beam in a few days!" Ding Qinghe cleaned the pork belly with water and put it in a bamboo basket on the side for later use. "Third sister-in-law, this is a tangerine picked in the mountains, you peel it off and eat it, is it delicious?"

Ding Qinghe saw that there were mandarins picked by Shi Zhugeng on Huchao Mountain for her in the basket in the corner as snacks, and now that the third sister-in-law Zhang is here, she has no good things to entertain her for a while, so she thought of using yellow and golden tangerines to entertain.

"Well, the tangerines you picked at home are really sweet, and my father-in-law also picked some last time, and they taste sour, not as delicious as this mandarin. Zhang tried to peel one off, and felt good in his mouth, the orange peel was thin and sweet.

"If you like to eat, take this basket back and give it to Brother Tong'er to eat. Ding Qinghe thought to himself that he couldn't take two catties of pork belly for nothing, since Zhang thought the tangerines tasted delicious, let her take them back to her son Zhang Tong to eat.

"Then I'm not welcome, but, since the fourth brother specially went to the mountains to pick it for you, then I can't take it all, let's leave you some to relieve your cravings, by the way, why do you suddenly eat tangerines, shouldn't you have it?" Zhang smiled and stretched out his finger to point to Ding Qinghe's abdomen and guessed.

"Third sister-in-law, you think too much, this wants to have a child is not in a hurry, you see me and I are now running so much for the new house, and I have to run for the future livelihood when I go back, so I have to wait for the days to be better before thinking about having children." Ding Qinghe has her own ideas, she is only fifteen years old now, and she still wants to have another child slowly.

Thinking about it, the third sister-in-law Zhang Linglong also heard Shi Zhugeng and his family ask the Yuan family about borrowing money to build a house, so she couldn't help but nod at the moment, and she said, "The fourth brother and sister are thoughtful. It's just that I really want to have another child, but I can't get pregnant. ”

Although Zhang Linglong already has a son Zhang Tong, she still wants to have a few more from beginning to end.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be too stressed, you can always get pregnant if you go with the flow. By the way, if the third sister-in-law believes me, I can introduce a prescription for fertility to the third sister-in-law, if the third sister-in-law eats it and it works, don't forget to thank me when you look back. But if that fertility prescription doesn't work, don't blame me. Ding Qinghe said with a smile.

"Oh, do you still know fertility prescriptions? really? really? really?" Maybe too excited, Zhang Linglong asked three at once, is it true?

"Is it true, do you want it or not?" Ding Qinghe covered his mouth and smiled.

"Yes, of course. Zhang Linglong nodded and agreed.

Ding Qinghe waited for Zhang Linglong to give her a prescription when she left. Although Zhang Linglong was skeptical, she still took the prescription.

"Can you ask the doctor at the pharmacy to help you see this prescription?" Ding Qinghe said worried that she wouldn't believe it.

Zhang Linglong smiled and nodded.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Ding Qinghe's family went to Liang.

"Upper beam" is a custom of folk house building, also known as "rising beam" and "upper beam", which refers to the ceremony of placing the main beam of the roof before the completion of the house.

As the saying goes: "There are beams on the roof, there is grain in the house, there are no beams on the roof, and the six animals are not prosperous." The ancients built a house, and it was an indispensable event to choose an auspicious day and auspicious time to "go to the beam". People believe that Liang An is upright, stable, and troublesome, so that the family business can prosper.

When "on the beam", the most lively and extraordinary thing is the "upper beam" cheers. Every owner of a new house looks forward to a festive and grand "Shangliang" cheering ceremony, hoping for peace and auspiciousness, praying for the permanence of the house, the longevity of wealth and prosperity, and the full house of children and grandchildren.

When the column is erected, relatives and friends bring gifts to congratulate the joy to help, and after the column is erected, the congratulatory couplets are pasted on the column according to the generation. The horizontal lintel of the middle hall is pasted with a red banner of "Ziwei Gaozhao" or "Liang Xi". When the beam is put up, the carpenter worships the gods with the "three animals" (pork, fish, and chicken). Throw on the beam steamed buns.

This is the folk custom of going to the beam, but Ding Qinghe's family doesn't have that condition, and there are not many relatives, so Ding Qinghe only made some vegetarian stuffed steamed buns for throwing beams.

The stonemasons and carpenters who worked for Ding Qinghe's house each happily shared a vegetarian stuffed steamed bun, and the nearby villagers ran to say a few auspicious words, and each of them got a vegetarian stuffed steamed bun, and Shi Zhugeng set off a string of firecrackers, and the crackling sound was very joyful.

Over at the old house, the Yang family also heard that Shi Zhu Geng's new home was on the beam today, and she wanted to join in the fun, but she was afraid that Shi Zhu Geng's family would open their mouths to borrow money, so she still didn't go after all, but it was close to noon, so she opened her mouth and asked Shi Mujian to go to Shi Zhu Geng's house.

"Fourth sister-in-law, do you need my help?" Shi Muhibi saw that there were quite a lot of people here, and one person was holding a steamed bun in his hand and gnawing on it, she was a little embarrassed, because she was late, and she couldn't be blamed for coming late, it was really the Yang family who decided to let her come temporarily.

"No need, everyone has almost made it, and I also left you a vegetarian stuffed steamed bun, you can go back after eating." Ding Qinghe smiled and reached out to touch her head, and said happily, she expected that the Yang family would not dare to come, so she could only send hibiscus, and she just left a vegetarian stuffed steamed bun, which was ready for Shi Muhibiscus to eat.

Hearing this, Shi Mujin smiled and took the vegetarian stuffed steamed bun in his hand, and while eating, he took the initiative to tell Ding Qinghe about the situation in the old house.

"Fourth sister-in-law, you don't know, since the separation, my aunt has replaced the number of days you cook, she also said that I burned the raw rice is not delicious, and then she burned the raw rice is even more delicious, and I was scolded by my mother, I looked at her crying and crying, I was really happy at that time. ”

"Does she have a good relationship with her mother-in-law now?" Ding Qinghe also gloated a little when he heard this, thinking that when the family was not separated in the past, Xiao Yang's family always hated the food she cooked.

"Sisters who are always close sisters, what kind of hatred can there be, but a few quarrels are inevitable. Anyway, my father and I rarely talk to her, and I hope she can leave soon!" Shi Mu Hibiscus shook his head and said.

"If you are not happy in the future, the fourth sister-in-law is always welcome to come here, you see that the room over there is specially reserved for you, and when you come here, if it rains hard, you don't have to go back and stay for one night. Ding Qinghe stretched out his hand and pointed to a guest room near the master bedroom and said with a smile.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for leaving me a place to stay. Shi Mujin didn't expect the fourth brother and sister-in-law to be so good to him.

"Fourth sister-in-law, the walls of the house you built are all made of stone!" Shi Mu Jindong looked around, and after seeing the wall made of stone, she couldn't help but praise, because the old house was made of mud.

Ding Qinghe thought about what if an earthquake occurred, the muddy wall was too unreliable, or the stone wall was strong and not easy to collapse.