It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 111 Warm Beam Ceremony (Ninth Day of March)

Su Chenrui recalled the dishes that Su Qiao mentioned, and then slowly said, "Eight big bowls, big sister prepares three catties of meat, half a chicken, half a rabbit, one fish, and five eggs for a table. As for what to make, I only know that there are braised pork, braised chicken, braised rabbit, braised fish and finally scrambled eggs with leeks.”

Mr. Su is very satisfied with the four meat dishes, but he is surprised that there are leeks now, "How much does such a table cost?"

Su Chenrui, "Eldest sister probably calculated that a table of meat and vegetables plus rice noodles would cost about two hundred cash. A table of 25 would be five taels of silver."

"As well as wine, at least thirty jars of wine should be prepared. One jar needs one hundred wen, and thirty jars needs three taels of silver. This adds up to eight taels of silver."

Su Rui specifically told him that he must tell Mr. Su how much money he spent.

It was the first time that old man Su looked at Su Chenrui with straight eyes. He suddenly felt that this grandson was very good. See how clear the accounts are?Same as he was back then.

Su Chenrui didn't know that old man Su thought he looked like him, otherwise he would have been scared to death. This was something her elder sister taught him to settle. What does it have to do with him?
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Mr. Su was about to walk back, but stopped when he reached the door, and turned around to ask.

"Are you ready for tonight's warming up?"

Su Chenrui nodded, "Everything is ready."

Mr. Su left satisfied.

The day of going to the beam will be tomorrow, Su Chenrui sent old man Su away, and he ran all over the village, telling everyone that he was going to go to the beam tomorrow, and Aunt Su's family had Su Changle go to the county to inform first, as for Su Yi's family , I just wanted to buy wine, so I told Cao Ji'an directly.

Su Ruiding's pig was slaughtered this morning, and it was delivered early, and it was sent by Chen Dong.

There are only a few hens in the chicken family, and the rest are chicks. When Su Rui asked Su Changle to order fish two days ago, he also ordered fifteen chickens. There were more than 20 in the rabbit family, and twenty were slaughtered. , is enough.

Vegetables can’t be bought in the county now. At least there are cabbage, radish, and leeks in the space at home.

After lunch, Mrs. Hua, Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Wang and others came to help, chop up the pork that was not cooked well, stew the pig's head in white water first, chop up the pig's body separately, and make the chicken and rabbit first For semi-finished products, the fish can be kept for another day, and will be slaughtered tomorrow, so that it will be fresher.

Su Rui was afraid that the lack of oxygen would cause them to die, so she secretly added some water from the space spirit spring, and the fish, which had no energy at all, immediately became active.

Thinking that the tofu hadn't been ordered yet, Su Ying quickly asked Su Ying to go to the tofu shop in the village to order two plates of tofu.

Everything was ready in the evening, Su Rui invited Hua Shi and the others to have dinner at home.

"Auntie, ladies and gentlemen, why don't you eat at my house tonight? You just happened to attend the beam warming ceremony at my house tonight."

Hua waved her hand, "No, I'm going to have a banquet tomorrow anyway, so it's okay to eat then, and come to watch the ceremony after we finish eating."

Su Qiang's mother, Mrs. Mao, also said: "That's right, girl Rui, don't be too polite. We will definitely eat more tomorrow. We will definitely cook at home now. We will come over later."

Seeing that Su Rui couldn't keep her, she had to say: "Okay, then I'll wait for you to come over."

"Haha, okay, wait for us."

In the past, building a house in a farmhouse was regarded as a happy event, and the day of "raising the beam" was a day for entertaining relatives and friends to "hold wine". This procedure has many details, including two major matters.One is the beam warming stage; the other is the beam lifting process.

Warming the beam is carried out after dinner the day before the beam.First, place two benches in the center of the unfinished new house, and then put the "middle beam" on the Wanzi cake, and then tie red and green cloth strips on both sides of the middle beam, the red cloth is on the big side, and the green cloth is on the small side. The sides are generally large in the east and small in the west, and then a flower is tied in the middle of the central beam, a big red flower made of red cloth.

Su Rui and the others must not be able to lift a beam that weighs hundreds of catties, so Chen Cai and the others helped to set up the beam early on. Su Chenrui only needs to arrange the prepared fruit snacks, tie the red and green cloth strips, and that's it. .

"Sister, fasten it."

Su Rui nodded, and asked Chen Cai to step forward to help with the next step.

"Uncle Chen Cai, it's up to you now."

Chen Cai stepped forward, handed the firecrackers to Su Chenrui, lit the firecrackers, and then lit the yellow paper warming beam under the central beam.

At this time, Chen Caimu began to chant:
"When the firecrackers are released, they are smiling, and the text station is east, and the military station is west;

Civil and military officials stand on both sides, and future generations wear court clothes.

On the thirteenth day of the fifth month, there was a flood, and the cypress drifted to the hometown;
Master Lu Ban rode his horse and smelled the fragrance of cypress on the side of the road.

Master Lu Ban got off his horse and saw that the four golden dragons were nine feet long;
The first golden dragon can be used as a pillar, and the second one can be used as a purple gold beam;
Three and four are good, and can be used as purlins and foundation rafters.

The son of the chisel is Xingwang, and the ax cuts pieces into pairs;
The plane is full of children and grandchildren, and the wooden bucket and curved ruler are better than mandarin ducks.

A mandarin duck tenon is dug at both ends, and golden rooster flowers are inserted in the beam;

The mandarin ducks come to the golden rooster, and the owner toasts and I offer the beams.

A glass of wine comes to worship Liangtou, and Wen worships to Wu Fenghou;

Two cups of wine to toast Liang's waist, take off the blue shirt and change into a purple robe;
Three cups of wine come to toast Liang Wei, the host's official status is as clean as water.

Buy land and land to start a family business, and the children and grandchildren will be rich;
All three glasses of wine have been toasted, and the craftsmen of the host family have a long life.

More wealth comes more happiness and longevity, just wait for the dragon to raise his head in the Ming Dynasty. "

This is considered to be the completion of the "warm beam" stage.

Mrs. Hua was amazed. She also participated in the "Warming Beam" ceremony twice in Sujia Village. They were all very simple, tied a red and green cloth strip, ordered a piece of yellow paper, and offered some fruit to the house god to eat, and it was over. up.

Mao's personality is bright and straightforward, and he asked directly: "How can this warming ceremony be so troublesome?"

Chen Cai smiled, "It's not too much trouble, some of the big families in Yuncheng have to sing the Seventh Day Ceremony, it's different every day."

Mrs. Mao was startled, "Seven days? My God. It's really a toss."

Su Rui covered her mouth and smiled, "Auntie, the rules are different in every place, and the rules are different between the poor and the rich."

Mrs. Lin nodded. Because of "Su Ji", she often went back and forth to the county seat, and found many people living in the county seat, as well as many poor people. They couldn't afford food, and they couldn't afford meat once a month. , You can also grow some vegetables, raise pigs, and raise chickens.

"Yeah, I used to envy the people in the city, but now I don't envy them at all."

Mao was shocked, "Why? How nice is the city?"

Mao's dream is to move into the city and become a city resident, but his wallet won't allow it.

Hua sighed, "When you see that Usual is superior and claims to be a city person, but they secretly pick up the cabbage we usually feed pigs to eat, then you will know why we don't envy being city people."

Mao, Wang "..."

(End of this chapter)