Little wealth

While they were discussing, they heard their mother calling them outside, "The beams are going to be erected over there, so go over and have a look, and come back here later."

"Oh, okay. It's going to be ready so soon?" He thought it was still early, but it's almost noon so soon. Fortunately, their dishes are almost ready at this moment, and they just need to fry A few dishes will do.

Hearing that the new house over there was going to be erected, Josh had no choice but to wash his hands, picked up the small pendant hanging on his lap, and couldn't help pinching the little guy's face, "You, you are here to grind me isn't it?"

"Hug." The little baby giggled while covering her painfully pinched face, her eyes were bright.

"Okay, give you a hug. You're two years old, and you still want people to hug you all day, aren't you ashamed?" Seeing their son smiling so happily, Josh's anger dissipated immediately, and he hugged him busy A son who hasn't had any scruples about being with him for a whole day, no wonder this little guy wants to hug him.

They have been fed well recently, and their cubs are a bit heavy to hold.

Seeing that his son has grown flesh and has a small face with a little baby fat, I don't know if it is because he has eaten well and slept soundly recently. The skin of this little guy has become tender and tender, as if water can come out with one bite.

"Ah Yan, let's go and have a look too. We can get the things here later when we come back." Josh held his lovely son in his arms, and called Chen Yan to go with them to watch someone get on the beam.After living for two lifetimes, he has never seen a house with beams erected, so he wanted to see how it was erected, so that he could learn more.

"Okay." Chen Yan also put down the things in his hands, casually wiped his clothes with wet hands, and followed Josh out.

They went out of the gate of the yard together, went to the new house next door, turned right when they went out, and walked a few steps.

The main body and walls of the new houses here have basically been built, only the tiles on the top have not been laid, and the upper frame and tiles have to be built after the beams are installed.As the saying goes: the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the middle beam is not straight and falls down. Therefore, the upper beam is a very important matter. Whether the beam is raised well or not is related to the feng shui of their house, and it is also related to In the future, there are some issues such as the safety of the people living in this house and the smoothness of the house.

When they got here, there were already many people gathered outside the gate. The adults and children in the village knew that their house was going to be beamed today, so they would come to watch the excitement.

There is an incense table at the door of the new house, and on the table are pig heads and pig tails, as well as offerings such as melons and fruits.

Before the beam was put up, the owner of the new house was the main priest, and the person responsible for the sacrifice in their family was naturally the child's father, who was the head of the family.

Josh hugged the child and stood aside, looking at the man standing in front of the desk preparing to sacrifice.The little guy in his arms wanted to go there when his father was there, so he could only comfort the little guy, "Let's not go there for now, your father is busy, let's just watch here."

"Yeah? Daddy." Little Wa'er bit his little finger. He felt that Daddy's side was more fun, so he wanted to go there wholeheartedly.

"No, dad, be honest. Don't think that I don't know what's going on in your head. You can't play around today. Be good, or I'll settle the score with you when I go back tonight." Qiao Xu bowed his head and bit his son's little nose, which made the little guy giggle non-stop.

As if he heard his son's laughter, Zhao He looked up and saw Fu Lang and the child standing not far away, with focused and tender eyes.

Josh also saw the man looking towards them. He gave the man a look of "don't worry about us if you are busy". He held his son in his arms, and he didn't dare to let this troublesome son go to the ground.

Fortunately, after the little guy knew he couldn't get down to the ground, he stopped making trouble and stayed in his arms obediently for him to hold.

Today they invited the village head to help them officiate.

When the village head notified him, Zhao He held the incense in his hand, lit it respectfully, bowed to the incense table, and inserted the incense into the incense table after bowing.

"Hurry up and light firecrackers." Zhao Amu reminded the youngest son to go and light firecrackers as soon as the worship was over.

"Oh." Zhao Hu responded, and hurriedly ran to light firecrackers.

As soon as the firecrackers were lit, adults and children covered their ears, and there was a crackling sound.

"Cover your ears!" Seeing that the firecrackers were about to be set off, Josh quickly turned around the child, put his face against one ear of his son, and covered the other ear with his hand, for fear that the sound of firecrackers would disturb the child. scared.

After the crackling sound, he knew that the firecrackers were over, so he dared to let go and glanced at his son.Who knew that their son was not afraid at all, his eyes were brighter than before, "..." But really, it made him worry for nothing!

***

After the firecrackers were set off, the beam-raising ceremony officially began.

Before putting on the beam, they trapped a pair of copper coins, a pair of new chopsticks, and red strips of colorless new cloth on a piece of fragrant wood with a red rope in advance.Just after dawn, the carpenter put up beams on the roof, and when he reached the main beam, the carpenter murmured: "When the beams are put up, Lu Ban is present; the thick ones are used as pillars, and the straight ones are used as beams; the wood is used to its fullest. Come in handy."

When raising the beam, the men in charge of the beam will tie the two ends of the beam of the house with ropes. A group of people stand on the wall to pull it, and a group of people stand on the ground to send it up.The middle beam is a very thick pillar. In order to ensure safety or if the rope breaks, they tied the wooden beam with a very thick rope, and then the people on both sides shouted and pulled it up.

In the past, Zhao He was often invited to help other people's beams, but today is their new house, so he invited others to help with the beams.He has seen these things a lot, and he has done them countless times, but it has never been like today, making his mood fluctuate with the wooden beams going up, making his heart not as peaceful as before.

Zhao Hu stood beside his elder brother, also looking up at the beam above, with a nervous and expectant expression on his face.

At this time, everyone raised their heads and looked up, watching the girder being pulled up and placed across the roof.

As soon as the beam was lowered, the beam was fixed, and there was a cheer from the crowd, and everyone was shouting hello.

"Clap--"

"You also know that the beams of our new house are finished, don't you? Laughing along with others, hehe..." Their son also happily clapped along with others, and Josh couldn't help laughing, feeling very happy in his heart Happy.

This is their new house. From the start of construction to the present, all the way has been smooth. The beams of the house are installed today, and the rest of the roof will be sealed in a short time. When the new house moves into the house next month, their family will be happy. You can move to the new house to live here.

After the main beam was finished, the carpenter still did not come down from the top, and sprinkled peanuts and fruits on the bottom. A group of children went to pick them up and put them in their pockets. Some children picked up a lot and put two Pockets are full.

However, Josh didn't take the children there. They still have these things at home. Those are prepared for today's beam, and they should be left to the children in the village to pick them up.

Seeing that the beams were ready, and dinner was about to be served soon, and the dishes in their kitchen hadn’t been fried yet, Josh went to talk to their Emma, ​​“Em, I’m going back to cook the vegetables first, the dishes over there haven’t been fried yet. Okay. When are you going to have dinner here?"

"It's coming soon. I'll let everyone set up the table in a while, and we'll be ready for dinner. How is the preparation of the dishes in your kitchen?" Today, Zhao Amu is busy going in and out, and she hasn't had time to go to the kitchen yet. I went to help, so I don't know how the dishes are prepared.

"The meat is stewed, and there are still a few dishes left to fry. I'll just go back and fry it later." Josh said.

"Oh, that's good, I'll go over to help you later." Seeing that his daughter-in-law was going back to cook, Zhao Amu asked him to leave his grandson to watch.

"Then look at him, Mu. Don't let him run around. It's enough for me and Yan to be in the kitchen. If you are busy here, you don't have to come here. Let everyone drink water first, take a rest, and wait a while." Just wait for the food." Josh took advantage of the situation and handed his son to Ah Mo, and after explaining a few words, he took Chen Yan back to the next yard.

After the beams were installed in the new house, everyone spread tables and chairs outside, waiting for dinner.

Their kitchen was also cooking in full swing, and bursts of aroma wafted out.

The people outside smelled the smell of meat, and they couldn't help stretching their necks to look at the small courtyard, and someone said: "I don't know what kind of food is cooked inside, it smells so delicious."

"That's right, we have been working here for a month, and we often smell the fragrance coming over there."

"Carpenter Zhao is married to a good husband. There is really nothing to say about his cooking skills."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and everyone praised Zhao He for marrying a good husband.

This group of men worked here for more than a month, and they often ate the dishes cooked by Zhao Hefulang. Not very tasty.

Moreover, they work here, and the dishes they eat every day are a little greasy, and occasionally they can drink vegetable soup made from bones, so their stomachs can be full every day.

So despite the hard work, many of them are still fatter than when they came here. It's not like they went to work elsewhere in the past, and when they came back, they were a lot thinner than when they went.

After working for this period of time and getting along with the Zhao family, these working men all feel that the people of the Zhao family are kind and benevolent, and they never default on or deduct their wages. , all counted as plain to them.So after working for more than a month, each of them got a lot of wages in their hands.

But once the beams are installed, the house can be built in a few days, and they won't need to come to work by then.

Seeing that this house has grown from scratch, these men who have been helping with the work are also happy for the owner's house from the bottom of their hearts. This is a house they built together.Although the house is not their own, they are also very happy to see that the house is built so well.