Xu Wu shuddered, dropped the reins and quickly ran towards the Yu family's small courtyard, and Mrs. Qin chased after her, "Eh! Don't run, they're still waiting for you to reply! ”

Xu Wu ran faster and faster, as if he had practiced peerless martial arts such as Ling Bo Weibu, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Mrs. Qin chased out for a while, but finally lost her physical strength, panting with her waist crossed, and complained: "Don't you want to marry a daughter-in-law?" What are you hiding from me? ”

Lu Xiaoyi saw that Mrs. Qin had successfully knocked Xu Wu out, and urged with a smile, "It's not early, Uncle Zhang, you can take Aunt Qing on the road quickly!" ”

Zhang Tieniu nodded happily and said happily: "Okay, let's go!" ”

Yulan helped Su Qing to get into the car, and explained to Zhang Tieniu again, everyone watched the carriage leave, Qi Shan didn't know what to think, laughed, hummed the newly learned masonry horn in his mouth, and saw Lu Zhong and Yu Liang carrying a basket of corner wood from the new house, and went up to help happily.

Yulan still has work to do, and beckons Lu Xiaoyi to go to the backyard with her.

It was already dusk when Zhang Tieniu came back after sending people off, and said that Su Qing was going to stay in his hometown for a day, and he made an appointment to pick him up at noon the day after tomorrow.

Lu Xiaoyi wanted to ask Zhang Tieniu if he took the opportunity to talk to Su Qing, but he couldn't find the opportunity to ask alone, and the reunion dinners of the Mid-Autumn Festival had been served one after another, and Lu Zhong came out with a jar of wine, and it seemed that he wanted to have a drink with Qi Shan and others.

Lu Shouzeng spoke, saying that tomorrow is a big day for Shangliang, and you can't drink and make mistakes, so a few men only drank half of the altar and rested slightly drunk.

Early in the morning of August 16, the master carpenter came to Lu's house early. Lu Zhong had already prepared a generous remuneration for him, and the master carpenter said congratulatory words, happily accepted the money, and then enthusiastically instructed Lu Zhong to tie red cloth strips on the "beam tree".

Then prepare all kinds of sacrifices needed for the beam, and when the master carpenter asked "whole pig" in a loud voice, Lu Xiaoyi was startled.

She looked at the small confession in surprise, and then thought about the two fat pigs in the pen, before they got fat, they were going to sacrifice them?

At this time, Yang Tu appeared outside the Lu family courtyard in time. shouted, "The whole pig is coming!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked back. Seeing that Yang Tu brought a dustpan and put a big pig's head on the door, the pig's head looked a little hideous with its head facing up, Lu Xiaoyi didn't dare to look at it anymore. Yang Zhiwen followed behind Yang Tu. Carrying a pig's tail.

The pig's head and tail are the so-called "whole pigs".

Lu Zhong also used wooden red lacquer sacrificial plates to place five-colored tributes one after another. On both sides of the tribute table, a couplet with black characters on a red background is pasted, the upper couplet reads: Shangliang Xin is on the Zodiac Day, and the lower couplet reads: The column happened to meet the purple microstar.

Hey. Lu Xiaoyi is not illiterate now, he has learned a lot of the script of this dynasty with Xiao Geng, and Xiao Geng's characters are upright and easy to recognize, so it is easy to read the couplet.

The craftsmen arrived before the auspicious time and prepared for the beaming, and many people from the village also came, gathering around the new house to watch the beaming ceremony.

Before the beam, the master carpenter recites the "Shangliang Wen" to pray for a strong foundation and to pray for the safety and longevity of the house.

When the carpenter master was chanting, Lu Xiaoyi pricked up his ears and listened carefully, fortunately, everyone was quiet, and the carpenter's voice was full of energy, and it was easy to hear him reciting the lyrics: The sunrise is a golden beam in the east, and the new Huatang is jubilant. The auspicious day of the zodiac is a jade pillar, and the crape myrtle star shines on the golden beam. The dragon pan pillar, the phoenix climbs the beam, and the owner's house is smooth and auspicious.

After chanting the "Shangliang Wen", as soon as the auspicious time arrived, the master carpenter instructed the four strong laborers to erect the "Liang Shu" on the house.

Lu Xiaoyi's eyes were sharp, and he kept staring at the carpenter's mouth, only to see that he kept muttering something during the entire process of putting on the beam, and it was not until the whole beam ceremony was over that he shouted: "Fire." ”

Qi Feng and Yu Liang were already standing aside, and as soon as they heard the order of the master carpenter, they hurriedly lit the firecrackers, and there was a crackling sound, and the beam ceremony finally came to an end.

The villagers congratulated the Lu family one after another, and the young boys surrounded a pile of red firecracker confetti looking for the unexploded firecrackers. After the villagers congratulated, they hurriedly picked up farm tools and went to the field to busy the autumn harvest, this year's Spring Festival Gala, the solar terms are also delayed, and the autumn harvest is catching up with the August Festival.

Compared with building a house, Lu Zhong was more anxious about the ripe crops, and after the beam ceremony was over, he asked several craftsmen and masters to suspend for a few days, after all, grabbing grain is a big deal. The craftsmen also had to go home to work on the autumn harvest and applaud Lu Zhong's decision.

Early the next morning, Zhang Tieniu went to pick up Su Qing as agreed, the Lu family left Lu Pozi and Xiaoding at home to take care of Xiaofeng and Xiaorui, and the others all went out, plus the help of Qishan Xu Wu, as well as the big black donkey and the big yellow cow, Lu Zhong planned to take back the grain within five days.

This season is mainly to harvest bud rice, sweet potatoes and some beans, Lu Xiaoyi skillfully wrapped his face and neck with a turban, and the province was scratched by the bud leaves, as for the back of the hand, he could only let it suffer.

The autumn sun is shining, the autumn tiger is attacking, Lu Xiaoyi is carrying a wicker basket and shuttling in the high bud rice ridge, the yellow-orange big bud rice stick pokes out of the bud coat, hanging a cluster of brown shriveled bud beard, as the bud rice is broken off one by one, the bud rice pole shakes and floats down the dry smallpox chips from the top, falling all over the body. Some of the smallpox shavings got into the collar and stuck to the neck, itching like small insects perched on it.

Lu Xiaoyi couldn't care so much, because she was the slowest at breaking buds.

Lu Xiaoyi couldn't help but speed up the movements in her hand, as there were more and more buds in the basket, she was overwhelmed, so she simply put the basket on the ground, broke off the buds and threw them in. Lu Xiaoyi had only broken half of it, and the surplus grain had already broken a whole ridge, shuttling from the dense budding rice pole, not to mention carrying Lu Xiaoyi's wicker basket and acting as a mobile pick-up truck.

Lu Xiaoyi broke the bud rice completely, and when he returned to the ridge, he found that Qi Shan and Xu Wu had already sat on the ridge to rest, Qi Shan smiled: "I haven't broken buds like this for many years, and now I am too addicted." ”

Xu Wu praised: "The fields in Xiaxi Village are good, flat and fertile, which is like the poor mountain in my hometown, which is completely dug on the ridge, plant a few here, plant a few there, and turn over half of the mountain in order to plant some buds!" ”

"No wonder when you kid first entered the dart game, he ate me six or seven big white steamed buns for one meal, and I was so scared that I didn't want to accept you!" Qi Shan laughed, Xu Wu scratched his head and smirked, "Thanks to the master's takeover, otherwise I would have starved to death." ”

Lu Xiaoyi was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist, and walked over bitterly, "Uncle Qi, I'm almost tired, you still have the leisure to sit here and chat." ”

Qi Shan pointed to the three rows of bud rice ridges, "Look, you break one ridge, Uncle Qi and I have broken three ridges, do you think I can sit down and talk for a while?" ”

"Yes!" Lu Xiaoyi carried an empty basket bitterly and continued to break buds.

Yu Liang didn't speak, but also carried an empty basket and followed silently, and as soon as he entered the budding rice field, he rushed to Lu Xiaoyi's side to help.

Yulan and Wang Dongmei worked together to break some buds, and when they saw that it was not early, they hurried home to Zhang Luo for lunch.

On the way back, Lu Xiaoyi enjoyed a special care, and everyone carried a basket full of buds, but she followed easily with a dog's tail.

After lunch, the Lu family continued to break the buds.

Lu Xiaoyi's physical strength has been seriously overdrawn, only to feel that the bud rice ridge is stuffy and hot, looking at the yellow cancan's beloved bud rice stick in the morning, at this time is completely unconscious, looking at the long bud rice ridge, bearing the heavy wicker basket on his shoulders, feeling that his physical strength and endurance are far from reaching the standard level of a farmer.

Lu Xiaoyi was a little discouraged, completely unaware of how much physical strength and endurance she could have in a thirteen-year-old girl's family, and the reference objects she was looking for were all strong laborers like Qi Shan and Lu family men who were used to doing farm work, even compared with adult women like Yulan and Wang Dongmei, she was far behind.

The more Lu Xiaoyi thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and the movements in his hands slowed down, and he only broke two rows of bud rice all afternoon, half of which was still helped by surplus grain, and his cheeks were also scratched by the bud rice leaves, and there was some hidden pain in sweat. At the end of the afternoon, she no longer had the joy of shaking the dog's tail grass at noon, but sat crooked on the donkey's back, and was carried home by the big black donkey.

The Lu family has been busy with the autumn harvest, and they didn't pay attention to Zhang Tieniu's non-return, and when it was dinner, they remembered that there was still such a person who had not returned.

Yulan was worried, "Those who go out early in the morning, even if the Su family stays for lunch, this point should have rushed back a long time ago!" ”

Lu Zhong said: "Didn't something happen on the road?" Blame me, I was busy breaking buds and forgot about the iron bull. ”

Qi Shan waved his hand, "Don't worry, I didn't come back at this point, presumably the Su family left dinner." ”

Yulan knew what kind of person Su Qing's sister-in-law was, and it was estimated that Su Qing would have to pay for lunch to buy it, let alone dinner, Yulan was worried that something would happen, so she urged Lu Zhong to pick it up, and told Xiaoyi to prepare a wind lantern.

Qi Shan said: "You don't have to pick it up, even if it's a night road, it doesn't matter, for the sake of the bodyguard, he drove alone for three days and didn't go out on any errand!" ”

With Qishan as a guarantee, Lu Zhong and Yulan relaxed a little, Yulan had a faint worry in her heart, she couldn't sleep, and she talked to Lu Zhong all night, and the two of them didn't rest well.

Lu Xiaoyi was tired yesterday, and he fell asleep on the kang head, and woke up the next day, his hands hurt, his feet hurt, his waist hurt, his butt hurt, he felt that there was no place in his body that didn't hurt, and he walked trembling slightly like a dying old man.

Mrs. Lu happened to come out of the next room and glanced at Lu Xiaoyi with disdain, "Show me what to do!" Don't you just want to stay at home? ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked at Mrs. Lu in surprise, she really didn't mean it, she was really tired and sore, she was deducted a big hat for no reason, it was really... It's really an opportunity, Xiao Yi quickly admitted, "Hehe, grandmother, your eyes are really poisonous, you can see it at once." ”

Mrs. Lu glanced at her again, "I don't know how many catties and taels you have?" Tell you to put it, you your tail and I'll know if you want to or pee! ”

How can such vulgar language make people talk happily? Lu Xiaoyi chose to be speechless, like a Buddha, only smiling and not speaking.

Mrs. Lu didn't speak, and the eye knife swished over.

After breakfast, Xiao Yi was about to work in the field with the large army, and Mrs. Lu called out to her: "What are you going to do with you?" ”

"Break the bud rice!"

"Don't pretend in front of me! Go! Go into the house and take care of the two little ones! Xiao Ding can't take care of it alone. Mrs. Lu is about to go to the ground, Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly let Xian enter the house as a nanny with a smile. (To be continued.) )