"Hey, let's go back and make more things for these two children."

Uncle Niu left muttering to himself, while Li Huan led the strong men to start digging the foundation. Everyone quickly found their best job and started working enthusiastically.

Mother Li smiled and led a group of aunts to build several simple stoves. From boiling water in the morning to cooking rice in the evening, the firewood on the stoves was always bright.

Li Le even took a bunch of children to help her collect firewood at the foot of the mountain. One bundle of firewood was exchanged for two fruit candies. The second sister-in-law gave her a large bag of fruit candies, which made her teeth fall out after eating them.

Cheng Qiao also rides a bicycle between the county town and Xiangyang Village, and every time he always brings back the ingredients that everyone likes to eat, from chicken, duck, fish, to rice and white noodles.

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

No one would doubt why Cheng Qiao took out so many things. Cheng Qiao was now a big fat sheep in the eyes of the villagers. Taking advantage of this opportunity to eat more was considered a gain.

"Sister-in-law, you have really come of age to enjoy the blessings. Cheng Zhiqing hasn't even entered the house yet, and you are so lavish. You have to be more careful."

"What do I care about? If I can't control my son, how can I care about my daughter-in-law?"

Mother Li curled her lips, saying that anyone who asked her to take care of her daughter-in-law was a bad person. She didn't grow up on her own milk, nor did she eat a morsel of food from her own family, so why should she take care of her daughter-in-law.

"It doesn't matter, Cheng Zhiqing has so much money, so it's just like this, don't you feel bad."

"Why do I feel bad? It's not my money. Cheng Qiao can marry my Huan'er, but my family is still ahead of the curve. Oops, your food is going to be mushy, please turn it over quickly."

"oh oh……"

Aunt Li is Li Huan's distant aunt. She doesn't often interact with her, but of course she comes when there is something cheap. When she heard that the vegetables were burnt, she quickly picked up the spatula and shoveled it hard a few times.

When she put the vegetables into a big bowl and wanted to wash her mind with Mother Li, Mother Li was already washing vegetables with Aunt Wang. She could only pick up a pair of chopsticks bitterly and take a few bites first.

Three days later, Li Huan's new house has been built on an entire acre of land. There is a woodshed, kitchen and farm tools room in the front yard, as well as a large chicken coop.

There is a pig pen set up in the backyard. It seems that Li Huan wants to raise working pigs at home. As long as he raises working pigs, he can also raise one.

The vegetable plot next to it has not been cultivated yet. In two days, the Li family will naturally plant some drought-resistant vegetables. Then there will be cabbage, radish and the like in winter, which can be pickled for a meal.

The houses are commonly found in rural areas, with two on one, four on one, or even six on one. That is, there is a living room in the middle and houses on both sides. Those with money will build more houses on both sides, and those with less money will build fewer houses.

What Li Huan built this time was two rooms sandwiched between one and one room on each side of the living room. But Li Huan was also ready to expand. He wanted to see how many children he could have before expanding, otherwise no one would live in the empty room. Not good.

Everything was ready, and now all that was left was to choose an auspicious day. Fortunately, the day after tomorrow was an auspicious day. They invited the village chief Chen Aidang to preside over the ceremony.

Everyone is looking forward to this day. In this era of poverty, lifting the beam is a big event. Both adults and children can satisfy their stomachs on this day.

Li Huan, Shou Hou and others carried the main beam with red paper into the front of the new house, while Mother Li placed pigs, fish, chickens, geese, eggs, tofu on the table. As for the sacrifices such as incense and candles, they were omitted.

Bricklayers and carpenters gathered around the table, saying good things and toasting. This was the beam for the sacrifice. After the beam sacrifice was over, several craftsmen lifted the main beam to the roof.

When the beam was being carried, firecrackers were blasting, and Chen Weidang came over wearing his best clothes. He was going to sing the song of carrying the beam, and he also shouted repeatedly: "Go to the beam, good luck!"

Cheng Qiao watched nervously as they stepped onto the beam, which meant that they were the most important foundation for a stable life in the future.

Seeing them lift the main beam smoothly and steadily, without any incline or tilt, I felt relieved.

After everyone placed the main beam stable, 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, which means "good fortune, wealth, longevity, happiness, evergreen".

Next is the favorite ritual of all the villagers, the beam throwing.

Chen Weidang stood on the beam and looked at the crowds of people below. He couldn't help but secretly thought that the second-rate guy spent a lot of money this time. Look at what's in the basket. They are all real goods:

He put his hand into the basket and began to shout loudly: "Throw the beam to the east, and the sunrise in the east will be full of lights; throw the beam to the west, and the unicorn will send you children and bring double happiness; throw the beam to the south, and the descendants will come from generation to generation." To be the number one scholar; toss the beam to the north, and to hoard white rice every year.”

Suddenly, the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest became a sea of ​​joy. At first, the children were laughing and picking up candies and steamed buns. When someone picked up one-cent, two-cent and five-cent coins, the scene became even more exciting. climax.

Village women swarmed over, their eyes fixed on each child's hand. Whenever a child picked up money, the money would definitely be snatched away.

The children who had been robbed of money were furious, and their parents and grandparents were also furious. The men who originally just watched the children and women making trouble could not sit still and joined the ranks of grabbing money.

When Li Huan saw something was wrong, he quickly took a small basket from Cheng Qiao's hand and ran out. In this basket was a hundred one-cent coins that Cheng Qiao had exchanged, just to deal with this kind of thing.

"The second-rate guy is throwing money away. Chase him quickly."

People with sharp eyes saw Li Huan throwing money into the air while running outside. The silver coins shone in the sun, attracting most of the people.

"Oh my god, the second-rate guy really got rich. With so much money, he must have earned several yuan."

"Don't worry about him, the wife he married is Cheng Qiao, an educated youth, and she has a lot of money."

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

When Chen Weidang saw most of the villagers chasing Li Huan out, his anxious heart finally fell back. This was too crazy. He must criticize this second-rate man after the beam-raising ceremony.

After the beam-throwing is over, everyone exits the new house and lets the sun shine on the roof beams. This is called "baking the beams."

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

Chen Weidang was the first to get the red envelope. He squeezed it slightly and realized that it contained a big black card worth ten yuan. He shook his head slightly. This boy really knows how to behave.

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