In the next few days, Lin Yun would wait at the school gate for a while at half past two, hoping to meet Xiaowen.

It's a pity that I didn't wait.

This made her very anxious, she couldn't go to Aunt Li's house to find out about this matter, after all, if Aunt Li knew, she would definitely be worried.

In desperation, she entered the school and called Xiao Duo out.

"Xiao Duo, when will Brother Xiaowen come back recently?" Looking at Xiao Duo, who was only six years old in front of him, Lin Yun handed over a piece of candy.

"Brother Xiaowen has been very busy recently, sometimes he doesn't come back until dark, and sometimes he doesn't come back." Xiao Duo took the candy and said.

"And what did he tell his mom?" Lin Wan asked.

"He said that he wanted to open a store with Brother Jiang Nian, and he had to deal with a lot of things, and if it was too late, he wouldn't come back." Xiao Duo replied: "Recently, Brother Xiaowen seems to have run out of money, so he won't buy me candy to eat." ”

"It's okay, if you want to eat sugar, tell the teacher, the teacher has it, but you can only eat one at most a day, otherwise it's not good for your teeth." Lin Yun said with a smile: "Xiao Duo is good, is it okay for the teacher to ask Xiao Duo for one thing, when Brother Xiaowen comes back, you tell him that the teacher has something very important to look for him, let him come to the teacher to meet, okay?" ”

"Well, good!" Xiao Duo agreed.

"Alright, let's go back to class!" Hearing Xiao Duo's answer, Lin Yun took her little hand and returned to the classroom.

……

On the other side, Jiang Nian was busy in the new house.

After this period of work, the main body of the house has been almost built, and the next thing is the most important day of building the house - the upper beam.

"Xiao Nian, are all the things you need to buy on the beam ready?" Second Uncle Jiang Dahai asked while rolling the old man's cigarette while looking at the new house in front of him.

"It's all ready, but it's a big deal, and you have to choose an auspicious day." Jiang Nian looked at his new house and said with satisfaction.

He and Lin Wan's first new house was built exactly according to his previous requirements, although it was not completely built, but now the main body is perfect.

The design of double entrance doors and dormer windows, 9*18 meters of European-style beautiful house type, spacious and bright, even after decades, will not be outdated.

"I'll show you everything, the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, if your things are ready, you can carry out the beam ceremony the day after tomorrow." The second uncle said.

According to local customs, the ceremony must be presided over by the master carpenter, so no one can do it except the second uncle.

"Since the second uncle is optimistic about the future, it will be the day after tomorrow." Jiang Nian said.

"Okay, you prepare well, remember to tell Secretary Feng, this Shangliang needs to invite a few more young men from the village."

"Got it, I'll go in a minute."

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Two days later, early in the morning, my mother got up and steamed the steamed buns.

His father, Jiang Dashan, prepared candy, copper coins, pig's heads, and so on.

Building a house is a big deal, and the upper beam is the most important thing, and you can't fool around at all.

After eating, Jiang Nian brought someone to bring all the things prepared.

The time of the beam is generally chosen at 8-9 o'clock, which is the most auspicious, and when Jiang Nian rushes over, the second uncle Jiang Dahai has already taken the others to prepare.

"It's all ready, right, hurry over and write the date on the girder." As soon as he put the things down, the second uncle came over, handed a brush, and said to Jiang Nian.

This is the first step of the upper beam, which is called the pick girder.

As a commemoration, the carpenter would bulldoze some on one side of the girder, and the owner would write the date the house was built, as well as the names of the owner and the craftsman.

This is somewhat similar to the current construction project, inlaid with a "responsibility card".

Jiang Nian took the brush and walked over, and the two dogs on the side immediately coaxed, "Jiang Nian, can you kid write, you are like us, you don't know a single big character, or let Lin Yun write." ”

"Haha... That is, let Lin Wan be the master in the future. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Jiang Nian writes beautifully." Lin Yun on the side said with a smile.

For such a big event as Shangliang, she naturally has to be present, and for this reason, the school has a special day off.

"Go and go, whoever is like you, they are all open and optimistic, this hand of calligraphy is enough for you to learn for a lifetime." After Jiang Nian finished speaking with a smile, he immediately picked up his pen and wrote on the beam: "On September 6, 1983, Jiang Nian built a house, carpenter Jiang Dahai, bricklayer Wang Wu, and a number of workers. ”

When I stopped writing, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Okay, boy, that's what this writing is."

"That's it, just this word, it's even better than what the three boys wrote."

The third boy is the son of the last landlord in the village, and the only villager who has invited Mr. Private School.

Nowadays, during the New Year's holidays in the village, he is asked to write couplets and blessing characters.

"Jiang Nian, you have changed, we said that we would be mediocre together, but you have become excellent behind your back."

"Hey, you're wrong, I'm above board." Jiang Nian put the brush down.

Just kidding, in his previous life, he just wrote with a brush, and it was just a pastime for him to cultivate his sentiments.

"The font is tight and loose, the lines are neat and smooth, and the small seal is beautiful." At this time, the third boy also came up, and at this time he still retained the temperament of Mr. Private School, and he couldn't help but praise him with his beard.

Insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the liveliness, the three boys say that this word is written well, that is, it must be good.

"Okay, let's stop talking, Shangliang is a big deal, I like the words written by Jiang Nian, go back to the New Year and let him write couplets for you, let's continue to go to Liang, Jiang Nian will start to sacrifice." Second Uncle Jiang Dahai said.

Hearing Jiang Dahai's words, everyone hurriedly dispersed, and they were busy with the things they had arranged before.

The next "sacrifice beam" requires the preparation of tribute, and the local custom is steamed buns, pigs' heads, and a whole chicken.

The offering table is set, the incense candles are lit, and the incense is burned.

With the beginning of the worship of Jiang Nian, the second uncle Jiang Dahai began to shout loudly: "On the beam, on the beam, Luban on the spot, thick as a column, straight as a beam, make the best use of things, all come in handy." ”

Immediately after that, the second uncle Jiang Dahai made three buckles, and then shouted: "Take a pot of wine from the owner, put the phoenix mouth in front and the phoenix body in the back." Respect Liang for the head of the prince, respect for the tail of the Liang for the princes, respect for the waist of the waist with eight umbrellas and eight hats, and the children and grandchildren wear yarn hats......"

With the shouting of the second uncle Jiang Dahai, everyone began to officially put on the beam, and the young men in the village tied the beam together and hung it up.

"Chrysostom to Jin Liang, gold and silver are piled up in a warehouse." As the second uncle finished singing the last sentence, the entire beam was also straightened.

"Set off firecrackers and sprinkle candy."

As the "crackling" firecrackers sounded, the steamed buns and candy on the girder were thrown down, and the villagers who watched the excitement in the village began to scramble, wanting to grab the good luck of the year.

At this time, Jiang Nian also stuffed two "Tongbao" tied with red cloth strips into the gap of the girder, which means "pressing the beam".

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