It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 107 Preparations for Raising the Beam (Sixth Day of March)
"Rui girl, are you there?"

Su Rui glanced at Su Ying, and Su Ying said, "It's the eldest aunt. She went to the county town with sister Yier when you were unconscious."

Su Rui nodded and shouted, "Auntie, come in directly, the courtyard door is unlocked."

Wang walked in with a small basket, looked carefully at Su Rui's face for a moment, saw that everything was normal, and then smiled with relief.

"Looking at the complexion, it is indeed a lot ruddy."

"Thank you, Auntie, for your concern. What's the matter with Auntie coming here at this time?"

Wang waved her hand and put the basket on the table in front of Su Rui, "It's okay, the hen at home has laid eggs, I'll bring you a few, and you can mend it."

Su Rui shook her head and refused, "Auntie, I'm already healed, you can take it back to Sister Ya'er, Brother Chencai and Brother Chenwen to make up for your health."

How could Su Rui want her eggs?The only hen in her family was brought back by Su Yi, and it took several days to save a few eggs.

Mrs. Wang has already brought it all over, how could she take it back again, "No, no. This is for you. Ya'er, Chencai, and Chenwen have it, you don't need to worry about it."

"......that's fine."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Su Rui asked Su Ying to bring back some snacks from home to Mrs. Wang as a return gift.

"Eldest sister, my aunt is now laughing."

Su Rui looked at Mrs. Wang who walked out of the courtyard, "There is hope in my heart, and there must be more smiles.

Su Qiao boiled the apple sauce before making lunch. Su Rui thought that she had been in a coma for a few days. Su Qiao didn't make apple sauce or red bean sauce for a few days. Of course, the shop didn't make apple pie or red bean pie.

"Qiao'er, Ying'er, how about I hire my aunt to cook honey beans and applesauce for us every day?"

Su Ying nodded. She still likes her current cousins ​​and aunt.

It doesn't matter to Su Qiao, the eldest sister can say anything.

After lunch, the workers continued to build the house, while Chen Cai stayed behind.

Su Rui motioned for Chen Cai to sit down, "Uncle Chen Cai, please sit down and talk directly if you have anything to say."

Chen Cai nodded and sat down and said: "The house is almost ready in the past two days. I checked that the tenth day of the Lunar New Year was a good day, a day when everything is suitable, and the time is set in the evening."

Su Rui nodded. She had a fever and was in a coma for ten days, and she had to recuperate for a few more days. The house had Meng Mingzhou for daily needs and Su Qiao for food. She didn't care about anything.

"Okay, please tell me what I need for the day, and I will be ready in the next two days."

Chen Cai nodded, "Well, let me say, you take notes on paper."

Meng Mingxu heard that he needed paper notes, so he ran back to his side and took them out.

"Uncle Chen Cai, tell me, I'll write." Meng Mingxu spread the paper on the dining table in the main room.

"Well, first of all, the most important thing is a main beam, which is usually made of pine wood, and the price ranges from a few hundred yuan to two or three taels."

Su Rui nodded, "How about something better?"

Chen Cai smiled, and he knew that Su Rui would definitely ask for better advice, "The better one is nanmu, but this is more expensive. The lowest piece of ordinary nanmu costs three or four taels of silver, and the expensive one is 50 taels." , of course there is better golden nanmu, the price is even higher, and ordinary people can’t buy it.”

Su Rui knew that even if she wanted to buy the best one, she couldn't buy it, but she couldn't buy the bad one either. After all, in a house, "beam" is the most important part, so just choose something that is similar.

"You want to help me choose a nanmu. If the price is about ten taels, can I?" Su Rui took out ten taels of silver from her purse and gave it to him after she finished speaking.

Chen Cai nodded and took the money, and continued, "I need a pig's head and a pig's tail."

Su Rui didn't understand, "Why do you need a pig's head and a pig's tail?"

Chen Cai smiled and explained, "Before going up to the beam, you must sacrifice to the gods. The sacrifices include "whole pig", that is, a pig head and a pig tail, which means the whole pig, commonly known as "Lishi."

Su Ying asked curiously, "Wouldn't the whole pig be better?"

Chen Cai: "...Of course, it's better to have a whole pig, but not everyone has the money to buy a whole pig. Most of them can't even afford a pig's head and tail."

Su Rui understood that Wang's family didn't have a pig's head on the beam, and they didn't choose the time.

"Uncle Chen Cai, what else? What do you need to prepare?"

"Well, yellow paper, you don't need to mention incense candles, do you know it?"

Su Rui nodded, Meng Mingxu wrote it on the side of the paper.

Chen Cai thought about it and said: "Fish, goose, tofu, eggs, salt and soy sauce in five or seven colors, use wooden red lacquer sacrificial plates, put them on the altar table, 24 bowls of other dishes and [-] plates of northern and southern fruits."

Su Rui withdrew her hand to serve tea, thinking that 24 bowls of vegetables and twelve plates of fruit would not be a problem in modern times, but...in this place with underdeveloped transportation, where can Su Rui find so many fruits?Even her space is only apples, oranges and watermelons.

Seeing Su Rui's embarrassed expression, Chen Cai comforted him and said, "Actually, most people don't have enough dishes and fruits, so they usually choose a nice even number, such as eight bowls of dishes and six dishes of fruits. This fruit does not use all fresh fruits, such as red dates, longan, peanuts, and melon seeds.”

Su Rui felt relieved, if this was the calculation, then she would be fine.

Meng Mingxu wrote down the dried fruits that could be substituted.

"The rest are the steamed buns and candied peanuts that will be sprinkled on the day of raising the beam. It's up to the master to prepare them at will."

Su Rui nodded and motioned Ming Xu to write it down.

"There are also things that Nuanliang needs to prepare."

Chen Cai told Nuan Liang what he needed to prepare, and after seeing Meng Mingxu write it down one by one, he left.

"Okay, girl Rui, if you have any questions in the past two days, come to me at any time. I'll go to the county first and see Liang go."

Su Rui, "You are walking too slowly. Uncle Chang Ying is at home today, so you ask him to drive a donkey cart to accompany you to see it, so as to increase your knowledge."

Chen Cai didn't refuse, "Okay, then I'll go find him now."

Su Rui sent Chen Cai out of the courtyard, smiling and nodding.

"Okay, Uncle Chen Cai is not in a hurry, choose Liang Mu slowly, there are still a few days left, there is still time. And if you are not satisfied, you can come to me."

Chen Cai smiled, he really has nothing to dissatisfy, he has been doing really well recently, although he is busy every day, but because he has meat buns or rice at noon, he can eat whatever he wants, not only did he not lose weight, but he gained a few catties instead.

When the family was reunited for dinner, Su Rui told Su Chenrui that he was going to go to school on the tenth day of the lunar new year, and asked him to ask Mr. Private School for leave in advance for the ninth and tenth day of the new year.

Su Chenrui, "Don't worry, elder sister, I will tell my husband tomorrow."

Su Rui nodded, she really didn't have any worries about Su Chenrui.

"By the way, eight bowls of dishes will be prepared on the altar table on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year's Eve. What are you going to prepare for these eight bowls? Qiaoer, think about it these two days."

Su Qiao, "Sister, I will think about it carefully."

(End of this chapter)