Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 29
"Brother Guoqing, that kid Zhao Wenmu is still buying wild game! It's weird, why is nothing wrong?"

Right now, the rumors haven't spread to the two people's ears, Sun Guoqing and Li Ergou are still staring at Zhao Wenmu excitedly, waiting for the day when the police will arrest Zhao Wenmu.

Zhao Wenmu didn't care about them, they were just two low-level characters, with Zheng Guangming watching and Pang Qingyun squatting on guard, they wouldn't be around for a few days.

The rumors have been spread in a targeted manner, just wait for them to take the bait with peace of mind.

The sweet potatoes in the village have also been planted, and the new house can be started again!

For rural people, building a new house is as important as welcoming a bride, and beam erection is the most critical part of building a house.

The process of "lifting the beams" is more dangerous, after all, the heavy beams have to be pulled to such a high place.Not only that, but whether the beams are "positive" is also related to the quality of the house.

Zhao Wenmu specially asked Mr. Feng Shui to pick an auspicious day and a good time.

It was finally set at 28:[-] am on the third day of April.

People believe that the days of the third, sixth, and ninth are auspicious days when they can avoid evil spirits such as Tai Sui; and when it is close to noon, when the yang energy is strong and the yin energy is weak, it is an auspicious time.

Therefore, it is necessary to choose such a day and time to "lift the beam".

In his previous life, Zhao Wenmu didn't believe in these things, but in this life, he has personally experienced such a miraculous thing of rebirth, and he has a more awe of the way of ghosts and gods.

Anyway, take care of yourself!

Eldest sister Zhao Wenyan and brother-in-law Zhang Zhenshan brought their youngest son Zhang Yuanming to Shanqian Village one day in advance to help.

Zhang Zhenshan is honest and dull, and he is a good farmer.

The villagers worked together, and finally built the wall of the house to the level in the evening of the second day of junior high school, and set up the triangular wooden frame. The next step is to prepare the beam.

Before going up the beam, first seal the purlin (that is, seal the purlin), that is, stick a red sticker on the beam with "Shangliang Daji", and then tie a pair of red chopsticks (meaning good things come in pairs) and a peach with leaves with red cloth strips. The branches (used to ward off evil spirits) are hung on the beams, commonly known as hanging red.

Everyone worked together to lift the girder after Feng Yin to the main room of the new house, place it on the wood, and leave it off the ground.

In the main room, there is an Eight Immortals table with an incense burner and offerings. On the table are a carpenter's ink fountain and a bricklayer's trowel.

The preparatory work before putting on the beam is all ready.

Zhao Wenmu went to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy more than 30 catties of meat, and reserved a dozen large carp, and asked Wu Lao Er from the west of the village to make two pots of tofu in advance and deliver them tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Zhao Wenmu erected a sign reading "Jiang Taigong is here, the gods abdicate" next to the new house, and worshiped it.

Zhao Jing, Zhao Wenyan, Liu Xiumei, Song Yun, and Liu Sufang were all busy in the kitchen. Zhao Wenmu didn't have time to cook today. As the host, he had to preside over all the ceremonies.

The beam-raising ceremony is divided into several procedures such as offering beams, raising beams, and throwing beams.

The first step is to sacrifice the beam.

At 28:[-] in the morning, the auspicious time has come.

Zhao Wenmu stood in front of the altar, on which were placed three plates of offering fruit, the carpenter's ink fountain, and the bricklayer's trowel.

Then light incense candles and paper money to worship, and worship in four directions, first north and south, then west and east.

During the worship, he still murmured:

"Today's "Sacrifice to the Liang", the heaven and the earth are opened, the wealth is abundant, and the people are strong and the horses are strong. The golden boy and the jade girl, help to go up, complete the summit, and gather in Huatang!"

Finally, firecrackers are lit to disperse the "evil spirits".

The worship is completed, and then comes the second link, raising the beam.

The carpenter (Zhao Wenguang) and the bricklayer (Ni Dapeng) sang "Pouring the Beam Song" duet, while pouring wine on the beam, from the head of the beam to the end of the beam.

Zhao Wenguang: I will drink the Shangliang wine first, and let me work until I am over 90.

Ni Dapeng: Let me go to Shangliang Wine first, and tell me to work until 88.

Zhao Wenguang: Raise your glass high and pour your head on the beam, praying that you will not worry about food and clothing.

Ni Dapeng: Raise your glass and pour the beam tail, it becomes more and more beautiful every year.

Zhao Wenguang: Pour a glass of wine into Zhengdong, and today you will know everything.

Ni Dapeng: Pour two cups of wine into Zhengnan, and the population will prosper and the children will be full.

Zhao Wenguang: There are three pouring western flats, and a pair of lions rolling hydrangea balls; where are the lions?I went to guard the door of my host.

Ni Dapeng: Four glasses of water and wine are poured in the north, and there is a Penglai Pavilion in the north; the gods on the pavilion bless you, and the days are getting more and more prosperous.

Immediately afterwards, the beam was started.

Zhao Wenguang stood on the east side of the roof, and Ni Dapeng stood on the west side of the roof.

Zhao Xuehai, the elder, shouted: "The good day has come, come on, good luck!"

Under the watchful eyes of many onlookers, Zhao Wenguang and Ni Dapeng on the roof beams slowly pulled up the ropes that tied the beams and sang "Song of Shangliang" duet.

This is a ballad widely sung in the countryside of Qidi.

Zhao Wenguang: The sun is red in the east at sunrise, and the earth is warmed up, and high-rise buildings are built on the ground.

Ni Dapeng: The Eight Immortals table is placed in the room, the gold incense burner comes to the silver wax table, and the carpenters and bricklayers line up on both sides.

Zhao Wenguang: A little bit of oriental Jiayi wood will make you richer every year.

Ni Dapeng: Order some Western Zichou Gold, and squat in the house of the God of Wealth.

Zhao Wenguang: If you build high-rise buildings across the plains, your fortune is like the long flow of the East Sea; if you make money every day, you will have a lot of money, and your descendants will not have to worry about it.

Ni Dapeng: The sky is full of stars on the top of the tall building, and the longevity is not as old as Nanshan; the family tradition of respecting the old and loving the young is good, and the family is safe and everything is prosperous.

Under Zhao Xuehai's orderly command, the young people chanted chant and steadily pulled the girder onto the girder.

As soon as Zhao Wenmu lit the firecrackers, Zhao Wenguang swung his ax and knocked the mortise and tenon corners of the girder into the mortise in the center of the upper end of the triangular beam frame, and the upper beam was finished.

Then there is the third link of raising the beam, throwing the beam.

Zhao Wenmu brought a dustpan mixed with miscellaneous grains, small pastries, candies, peanuts, coins, and colored paper, carefully climbed up to the roof, and then threw these things around.

This is to make the folks who come to watch happy.

The happiest thing at this time is the children.

They quickly shuttled through the crowd, picking up candies, peanuts, and pastries on the ground, and after picking them up, they wiped them and stuffed them directly into their mouths.

Xiao Yuanming, Zimeng and Ziting mixed in, having a great time.

Zhao Wenmu lit all the remaining dozens of firecrackers. Amidst the noise, the beam raising was completed!

It was almost noon.

The women at home had already prepared meals, and Zhao Wenmu also greeted them in advance, asking everyone present to stay for dinner.

There are pork stewed vermicelli with large slices of meat, and Zhao Wenmu's newly developed iron pot stewed big fish. This time there are tofu and fried cakes in it.

When hosting banquets in rural areas, they pay attention to eating well and eating well, and it is by no means fancy.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year in the village, they might not be able to eat so much!
The neighbors immediately called their children back to fetch tables, stools, bowls and chopsticks, and everyone directly set up a banquet in the open space next to Zhao Wenmu's new home.

The open space has already been leveled, and there are many bricks and tiles piled up next to it. The big guys don't know what Zhao Wenmu's plan is.

The staple food is soft and sweet Qilu steamed buns, each weighing a pound, and a red date is placed on top of each steamed bun.

The locals only make this kind of big steamed buns when there are happy events. Some of them weigh two to three catties, and they are also made into various vivid and auspicious patterns.

The brothers and sisters-in-law of the Zhao family were busy serving dishes and toasting, and everyone had smiles on their faces.

Everyone in the village looked at Zhao Jing enviously.

"This girl has come to the end of all hardships."

Several elderly aunts whispered.

The reason why Zhao Wenmu came to such a grand beam-raising ceremony was to bid farewell to his past self and use a vigorous ceremony to welcome a new beautiful life!

From then on, in everyone's heart, the old Zhao Wenmu has nothing to do with him!
What does it have to do with me, Lu Xun, if you catch Zhou Shuren?

One more chapter later.

(End of this chapter)