Yu Hai picked up a load of mud, walked to the brick wall, turned his head and smiled: "Dad, don't worry!" You're all set! Hanging in the well in the backyard!! Xiaocao has been preparing osmanthus ducks since yesterday, and this afternoon it will almost be ready. ”

Liu Xuanzhu smashed his mouth, made a greedy face, and said, "Then we have a mouthful!" Osmanthus duck is famous in Zhenyulou, you can't buy it in line, and it's expensive! How many of our farmers are willing to spend a dozen taels of silver to buy a duck to eat? Thanks to the blessing of Xiaocao, we can also enjoy the treatment of rich people. Xiaocao's craftsmanship is very good, and it is not inferior to the chefs of Zhenyulou! ”

At this time, Xiaocao was carrying the chilled mung bean soup, and when she heard this, she smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Zhuzhu, thank you for your compliment." My niece listened to it in her heart! However, we have to be humble, so as not to be heard by outsiders and called us arrogant! For your compliment, I have to show my hand well tomorrow, so that Uncle Zhuzhu will eat this meal and want to eat! ”

Liu Xuanzhu smiled heartily and said, "No, no!" If you've lost your appetite. When your house is built, I won't have an excuse to come over for dinner. When the time comes, you can only eat your aunt's pig-like meal, how painful it is! ”

The daughter-in-law who came to see if she could help, heard her man's words, and immediately put on a teapot posture, pointing at Liu Xuanzhu and shouting: "Liu Xuanzhu, say that I cook like pig food?" Then don't eat it in the future! ”

Liu Xuanzhu shrunk his neck, there was no confidence in his voice, he leaned in front of his daughter-in-law and asked in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, why are you here?" ”

"Why can't I come? How do you know you're burying me behind my back if you don't come? The daughter-in-law of the pillar glanced at her man, saw him laughing with him, and had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, so she said, "Our father has not had a good appetite recently because of the heat, and he wants to eat Songhua eggs." Didn't Xiaocao's family have the eggs and Songhua eggs sent by the Zhou family's workshop? I want to buy a few back and give our dad an appetizer! ”

The daughter-in-law of the pillar said that Liu Zhuzhu's father, who had an illness a few days ago, was just a little better, but he still couldn't eat. It's rare that he has something to eat, and the family conditions are now permitting, so isn't the daughter-in-law of the pillar coming over with money?

"Daughter-in-law, you are so good! I, Liu Xuanzhu, am really lucky to be able to marry you! "The daughter-in-law of the pillar is really good, she treats her in-laws as if she were her own father and mother, and Liu Zhuzhu's father and mother praise her daughter-in-law for her filial piety wherever she goes.

When it reached the ears of the daughter-in-law of the tethered pillar, she smiled and said: "My father and mother went early, and I couldn't fulfill my filial piety in front of me." My mother-in-law and father-in-law treat me like a daughter, if I don't raise them as my own father and mother, am I still human? ”

Although the ancients valued filial piety, shrews in the countryside abused their in-laws from time to time. There are really not many daughters-in-law like the Liu family who get along so well with their in-laws!

The daughter-in-law of the pillar bought ten Songhua eggs and ten eggs from Xiaocao at the market price. Xiaocao didn't plan to ask her for money, but the daughter-in-law had to give it, and said that if she didn't collect money, she wouldn't take the eggs!

Speaking of the preserved eggs of the Zhou family, they are definitely in short supply. The shop in the town that specializes in selling preserved eggs has a long queue every day, and the number of purchases is limited. Although there are also workshops for making preserved eggs in Fucheng and Jingzhong, it is not enough to supply Fucheng and Jingzhong. In the entire Dongshan Village, there is no shortage of preserved eggs to eat, and other people either don't have time to queue up, or they are reluctant to eat - preserved eggs are much more expensive than duck eggs!

Because of Yu Hai's good popularity, coupled with the fact that two meals a day are dishes that can't be bought by money in Zhenyulou, there is an endless stream of people who come to help. Naturally, the progress of the house is much faster than expected!

"There are beams on the roof, there is grain at home, there are no beams on the roof, and the six animals are not prosperous" on the beam for building a house, it is no less than the grandeur of marrying relatives and daughters, on this day, almost the entire Dongshan Village villagers came to celebrate.

Choosing a beam is a very important thing, first of all, the wood must choose a relatively hard and durable wood, but also choose those trees that are as thick as the top and bottom, and the tree must be straight and straight, and it cannot be used at all. Since Yu Hai had plans to build a house, he began to wander around the dense forests of the West Mountain, and chose a lot of good wood for beams!

Presiding over the ceremony is the respected village chief. First of all, Yu Hai took the whole family to put offerings, light incense, and pray for peace and security when the beam was raised. Congratulations such as "six animals are prosperous" are written on the beams, and some are also painted with gossip maps, hoping to bless the prosperity and safety of the whole family.

Yu Jiang took a wave of half-sized children and lit a string of firecrackers, which crackled and crackled. With a shout of "Shangliang Daji", the Shangliang began, and the young and strong young men in the village carried the beams and pulled them up with ropes. When pulling, you should be balanced, not high and low at the same time, otherwise it will be very unlucky.

The upper beam is a big event, the relatives and friends who came to congratulate have taken the steamed buns, steamed buns, dumplings and other gifts, after the beam, these steamed buns have to be spread by the people standing on the house, called "scattering flower beams". The villagers of Dongshan Village at the scene all rushed up to compete for these steamed buns. While grabbing it, he was still smacking in his mouth: "It's just the Yu family, and I'm willing to use white-flour steamed buns and meat-stuffed buns!" ”

Yu Haile looked at the lively scene of his father and fellow villagers, because the more people, it means that the wealth is rolling in.

The relatives of the Yu family and the Liu family were busy greeting the guests who came to celebrate, and the woman went into the kitchen to help with the cooking. The Yu family has prepared dozens of tables of flowing water seats, and those who come to congratulate each other today, regardless of whether they are men, women, young or old, whether they take congratulatory gifts or not, can sit at the table. Originally, the upper beam is just a lively picture, a picture of auspiciousness, to express the yearning for a better life.

The flowing water seat of the Yu family, Dongshan Village is still talked about after many years. Even the Yu family didn't expect that the chef of Zhenyulou, Chef Wang, who was one of the best cooks in the Ming Dynasty, actually came to visit, and Mao asked to take charge of the cooking himself.

The head of the second room of the Zhou family, who was only fifteen years old, not only came to congratulate in person, but also sent two truckloads of ingredients. Among them, there are 50 roast chickens, 50 osmanthus ducks, and countless preserved eggs......

Those who came to congratulate them sniffed the thick fragrance wafting in the air and swallowed their saliva incessantly. A few half-sized children, anxious to scratch their ears and cheeks, like monkeys through the crowd, were kicked a few times by their own adults, threatening to drive them home to eat leftovers if they were not honest, before they quieted down.

There is no more abundant and delicious flowing water mat in Dongshan Village, and in the following decades, the flowing water mat of the Yu family has almost become a legend and is recited by future generations.

Do you know how much silver it costs to eat a table of food in Zhenyulou? There is roast chicken, and osmanthus duck, and a table will cost a hundred taels of silver! Fifty tables of flowing water seats, that's five thousand taels of silver!! The villagers of Dongshan Village sat on the table, looking at the exquisite dishes in a daze, feeling as if they were in a dream, and they were reluctant to move their chopsticks for a long time.

Lao Yutou sat at the main table, next to him was the village chief who was quite apprehensive, because the future head of the Zhou family, Zhou Zixu, was also here! There is also Yu Hai's grandfather - Xiaocao's grandfather and several uncles. Yu Hai and Fangzhen also sat on the side as hosts, and they went to other tables from time to time to toast the guests, so that the guests could eat and drink well. The wine is sponsored by the house town, and it is all good wine purchased from Fucheng, and the villagers of Dongshan Village are already very happy to be able to drink a sip of bad wine, and they are drunk before they can drink dozens of taels of silver and a jar of good wine.

The fathers and villagers of Dongshan Village have never eaten such delicious noodles, and they can't wait to chew and swallow the bones of the roast chicken. Even fried vegetarian dishes are better than putting meat in them. Sure enough, he is a celebrity chef! The sumptuous feast was swept away, and the chopped green onions and ginger in the dish were picked and eaten. It's not that the dishes are not prepared enough, but everyone is holding their stomachs and screaming. Such a delicious meal, it is rare to have the opportunity to eat it for the second time in this life, and if you don't eat it with your belly open, you will regret it later!!

There were ten tables in one wave, and a total of five waves were opened, and they were eaten from noon to sunset.

After the beams are installed, the house is almost finished. For the sake of the beauty of the house, Xiaocao also specially asked the craftsman to make the upturned cornices. The craftsmen were dug up from King Jing's courtyard in the house town, but it was not in vain to call them, Mrs. Fang gave Princess Jing a pot of eighteen bachelors!

The Linglong beside Mrs. Fang knows some knowledge of flowers and plants. Xiaocao took her to their secret base and transplanted a lot of precious flowers and plants. There are three or four kinds of orchids that Mrs. Guangfang loves that she has only heard of, but it is difficult to find!

Mrs. Fang was in a good mood, her appetite was also opened, and the amount of food rose slowly. While Xiaocao was happy for her godmother, she didn't forget to tell her not to overdo it, lest the child be too big and not easy to give birth! Mrs. Fang is thirty-four or five years old, and in this era, she is already an old mussel and an elderly mother! If the child is too big, it is easy to have a difficult birth. At the level of medical care in this era, there is no such thing as a caesarean section, and it is a life of death if you encounter a difficult birth! When the house town heard what the girl said, he became nervous again, and strictly controlled the amount of food his daughter-in-law, and many times he personally stared at it. It's heartbreaking - alas! The daughter-in-law can't eat, and he is worried; The daughter-in-law's appetite is too good, and he is also worried!

The days passed quietly, the sky was beautiful, there was not much rain this summer, and before the autumn harvest, the five blue brick houses of the Yu family were finally completed!

The high courtyard walls are made of stones, which are absolutely sturdy, and they are not afraid of the beasts of the mountain coming down. The Yu family's old house was too close to Xishan, and I heard the old Yu Tou say that when he was a child, there was an incident where a wild beast came down the mountain, and the hungry wolf jumped into his house and bit his sleeping second uncle to death. The family was woken up by the screams, and when they came out with sticks, his second uncle had been torn to pieces, and he died not long after. When the family just separated, Yu Hai was worried about the safety of his family! Looking at the tall and sturdy stone walls, those beasts of prey don't want to jump in unless they have wings!