Chapter 50: A Crazy Day

"Hey, go back and make some more stuff for these two kids."

Uncle Niu left with a mumble to himself, while Li Huan took the strong men to start digging the foundation, and everyone quickly found what they were best at and got to work in full swing.

Mother Li smiled and took a group of aunts to build several simple stoves, and the fire on the stove was bright from boiling water in the morning to cooking rice in the evening.

Li Le even took a large group of children to help her go to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood, a bundle of firewood for two fruit candy, but the second sister-in-law gave her a large bag of fruit candy, and all the teeth that could be eaten fell out.

Cheng Qiao also rode a bicycle around the county seat and Xiangyang Village, and always brought back the ingredients that everyone likes to eat, from chicken, duck and fish to rice and white noodles.

But Cheng Qiao is not stupid, the rice white noodles are mixed with millet black noodles in a ratio of one to two, or even one to three, so everyone eats the ingredients of Erhe noodles in their mouths.

No one will doubt why Cheng Qiao took out so many things, the current Cheng Qiao is a big fat sheep in the eyes of the villagers, and taking this opportunity to eat a little more can be regarded as cheap.

"Brother and sister, you are really old and happy, Cheng Zhiqing has not yet entered the door, you have to take care of it like this."

"What do I care, my son can't control it, where can I take care of my daughter-in-law."

Mother Li pursed her lips, anyone who asked her to take care of her daughter-in-law was a bad person, and she didn't grow up eating her own milk, nor did she eat her own food, so why care.

"No matter if it doesn't work, Cheng Zhiqing has so much money on him, it's just like that, you don't feel distressed."

"What am I distressed about, it's not my money, Cheng Qiao can marry my family, my family is still climbing, oops, your dishes are going to be mushy, turn it over."

"Oh, oh......"

The Li family's aunt is Li Huan's distant aunt, and she usually doesn't come and go, but of course she still has to come if she has a bargain, and when she heard that the vegetables were paste, she hurriedly picked up the spatula and shoveled it a few times.

When she put the dishes in a big bowl and wanted to brainwash her mother Li, Mother Li had already washed the vegetables with the aunt of the Wang family, so she could only pick up a pair of chopsticks hatefully and eat two bites first.

Three days later, Li Huan's new house had been built, a whole acre of land, with a firewood house, a kitchen and a farm tool room in the front yard, and a big chicken coop.

A pigsty was built in the backyard, it seems that Li Huan wants to raise a task pig at home, as long as he raises a task pig, he can also raise one.

The vegetable field on the side has not yet been reclaimed, and the Li family will naturally plant some drought-tolerant vegetables in two days, and then there will be a cabbage radish or something in winter, and you can eat a meal by pickling it.

The house is a common two-clip one in the countryside, or four clips and one, and even six clips and one, that is, the middle is the guest hall, and the two sides are the houses, and those who have money build a few more rooms, and those who have no money build a few fewer rooms.

Li Huan built two sandwiches and one on each side of the guest hall this time, but Li Huan was also ready to expand, he wanted to see how many children he could have, and then expand, otherwise it would be bad if there was no one to live in the empty house.

Everything is ready, now there is only Shangliang left, this has to pick an auspicious day, fortunately, the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, they went to invite the village head Chen Aidang to preside over the Shangliang ceremony.

Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of this day, in this poor era, Shangliang is a big event, both adults and children, can satisfy their stomachs on this day.

Li Huan, Thin Monkey and others carried the main beam pasted with red paper into the front of the new house, and Li's mother put pigs, fish, chickens, geese, eggs, and tofu on the table, and sacrifices such as incense and candles were exempted.

Bricklayers and carpenters gather around the table to say good things and toast, which is a sacrificial beam, and when the sacrifice is over, several craftsmen will carry the main beam to the roof.

When lifting the beam, the firecrackers rang out, Chen Weidang wore his best clothes and walked over, he was going to sing the Liang song, and he also shouted repeatedly: "Shangliang, good luck!" ”

Cheng Qiao watched them nervously on the beam, which means that they will live smoothly in the future, the most important foundation.

Seeing that they lifted the beam up smoothly and steadily, without the slightest front and back, when they tilted high and low, a hanging heart was put down.

After everyone put the beam steadily, Li Huan moved the red cloth bag containing red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat, and evergreen to the roof and placed it in the middle of the beam, meaning "blessing, lu, longevity, happiness, eternal green".

Next up is the favorite ritual of all the villagers, throwing beams.

Chen Weidang stood on the beam, looking at the crowds below, and couldn't help but secretly say that the second-rate people had spent a lot of money this time, and looked at the baskets, all of which were really good goods:

He put his hand into the basket and began to shout loudly: "Throw the beam to the east, and the sun rises in the east; Throwing the beam to the west, the unicorn sends the son to hang double happiness; Throw the beam to the south, and the children and grandchildren will be the champions from generation to generation; Throw the beam to the north, and hoard white rice when the year is full".

Suddenly, the four directions of southeast, north, and west became a sea of joy, starting with the children laughing and laughing to pick up candy and steamed buns, and when someone picked up one, two, and five cents coins, the scene was pushed to a climax.

The women of the village flocked to each child, their eyes fixed on each child's hand, and if one child picked up money, it would be robbed.

The children who were robbed of money were red-eyed, their parents and grandparents were also red-eyed, and the men, who were just watching the children, women and children making trouble, couldn't sit still and joined the ranks of robbing money.

Li Huan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly took a small basket from Cheng Qiao's hand and ran out, in this basket were a hundred coins exchanged for a penny by Cheng Qiao, just to deal with this kind of thing.

"The second-rate son has scattered money, chase after it."

The sharp-eyed people saw Li Huan running out and throwing money into the air, and the silver coins glittered in the sun, attracting most of the people to the past.

"Oh my God, the second-rate son has really made a fortune, so much money, it has to be several yuan."

"What do you care about him, the daughter-in-law he married is Cheng Qiao Cheng Zhiqing, and she has a lot of money in her hands."

"That's right, grab it, it's good to grab an extra penny."

Chen Weidang saw that most of the villagers were chasing Li Huan out, and his anxious heart finally fell back, this is also too crazy, and he must criticize this second-rate person after the Shangliang ceremony.

After the beam is thrown, everyone quits the new house and lets the sun bask the roof beams, which is called "drying beams".

At this time, everyone consciously went home to get the bowls, because the host had to cook vegetables and rice to entertain craftsmen, helpers, relatives and friends, and also distribute red envelopes.

Chen Weidang was the first to get the red envelope, pinched his hand slightly, and knew that it was a big black piece of ten yuan, and shook his head slightly, this kid is really good at being a man.