Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

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When I got home, my mother Zhang Yuehong had already proofed the cakes, washed the vegetables and meat, and was waiting for Li Yi to come back to cook them.

Seeing her son returning with several female educated youths, Zhang Yuehong hurriedly called everyone into the house.

Tang Xue, Sun Lu and others also knew what they were here for, so they immediately started busy after entering the door.

Li Yi bought ten pounds of meat yesterday, and he planned to use half of it for stir-fry and half of it for stew.

The meat for stir-fry is cut into thin slices, while the meat for stew is cut into triangular pieces.

After cutting the meat, Tang Xue and the others had already peeled the potatoes, and the other side dishes were almost ready.

Li Yi immediately started cooking. After all, compared to stir-frying, cooking takes the longest time.

Heat the oil in a pan, put the meat in the pan and stir-fry, remove the oil inside?Take out a portion, then add onion, ginger, garlic and dried chili until fragrant, add potatoes and continue to stir-fry.

Finally, add water and simmer over low heat.

As for side dishes such as cabbage, tofu and vermicelli, they are all cooked in order. Different ingredients require different cooking times.

While the stew was simmering, mother, Zhang Xinyao and Feng Qian had already started frying fried cakes on the improvised simple stove.

This fried cake is a local specialty in Saibei and is made of millet noodles.

Those that are not fried are called vegetarian cakes, while those that are fried are called fried cakes.

This stuff is usually only eaten during festivals or family celebrations. The main reason is that it consumes too much fuel and most people really can't afford it.

Originally, my mother meant that it was just a matter of getting on the beam, and steamed buns would be the staple food.

After all, there will be a wedding at home in a while, and it won’t be too late to eat fried cakes at that time.

But Li Yi disagreed. Building a house and raising beams was considered a happy event, so how could you fool it?

Anyway, to him, a meal of fried cakes is really nothing, and he can't eat enough.

After settling the stew and cutting all the other side dishes, Li Yi rode his bicycle to the new house.

How could he, the master, not be present for such a "big event" as putting on a beam?

When Li Yi came to the new house, the masters were already ready to install the beams. All the purlins were processed and they were ready to go up to the house.

The reason why people attach great importance to building beams is that building a house is a big deal in rural areas. Not only may it cost a generation's lifetime savings, but also several generations of people will live in the house after it is built.

Therefore, rural people pay attention to many details when building a house.

Secondly, the process of "up beams" is not only more dangerous, but also the "slant or straightness" of the beams is related to the quality of the house, because if the upper beams are not straight and the bottom beams are crooked!
Therefore, many people in the folk attach great importance to the link of "hanging the beam".

The Li family asked the old man to specially select the day for the Liang family to be auspicious.

And the old gentleman also said that today is a lucky day if you can avoid Tai Sui and other evil spirits.

Not only that, the time for "Shang Liang" is also set at noon.

Because the old man said that when it is close to noon, the Yang Qi is strong and the Yin Qi is completely gone, it is an auspicious time.

After seeing Li Yi coming, Master Zhao, who presided over the beam, immediately asked him to come over to "hang the prize".

The so-called "hanging cai" means wrapping a piece of red cloth in the middle of the beam before "raising the beam", and pasting on both ends of the beam the words "It's auspicious to raise the beam" and "Green dragon supports the jade pillar, white tiger supports the golden pillar". Red paper with auspicious words such as "Liang" to show good luck.

After the "hanging of colors" is completed, it is time to sacrifice the beam. That is, before the beam is officially put on, the host family still needs to hold a sacrificial ceremony.

When "sacrifice to the beam", you need to prepare three plates of fruits, place flowers, carpenter's ink fountain, and ruler, and then light incense candles and paper money to worship.During the worship, Master Zhao lit the incense candles and muttered: "Today's "Sacrifice to Liang", the heaven and the earth are open, the wealth is abundant, the people are strong and the horses are strong. The golden boys and girls, help upward, complete the summit, and gather in the hall. Finally, light the firecrackers , to drive away “evil spirits.”

After everything is ready, the beaming officially begins!
And this is also very particular. It is necessary to select eight young men with both parents and good horoscopes to climb the wall to "pull the beam"; young men with unhealthy parents or bad horoscopes are not allowed to "pull the beam".

When the "beam pulling" begins, the carpenter will loudly recite the poem "The golden rooster crows below, the phoenix comes above, everyone works harder, and the beautiful hall is built."

After the beams are pulled up to the ridge, the position needs to be calibrated. This calibration process is commonly known as "stabilizing the beams."

When "stabilizing the beam", you should also consider the "green dragon on the left and white tiger on the right", appropriately raising the beam head on the left and lowering the beam head on the right.

After the beam is installed, the last step is "throwing the beam", which means throwing sorghum.

Master Zhao stood on the top of the beam and dropped the sorghum mixed with candies, peanuts and colored paper from the air.

At the same time, the firecrackers that had been prepared on the construction site outside the new house were also lit. In the crackling and warm atmosphere, the beam-mounting work was finally completed.

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Yi immediately called his father and other workers to pack up and go home for lunch, while he took the lead on his bicycle.

When I got home, my mother immediately asked about the situation of the beam.

Li Yi also patiently explained the situation one by one. When he learned that everything went well, his mother was also very happy.

The biggest fear when it comes to installing beams is that there will be an accident. After all, if such a heavy solid wood purlin falls from above and hits someone, it will really kill someone.

Even if no one is killed, it’s not a good sign!

Rural people still attach great importance to this. When they heard that everything went well, they were naturally very happy.

Li Yi didn't care about this at first. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods.

But after experiencing the rebirth, he didn't know why, but he also felt afraid.

After all, even rebirth can happen, so nothing else is impossible.

Fortunately, everything went well, a good sign!
When you are in a good mood, you can work quickly.

Before the master workers came back, Li Yi started cooking!
Zhang Xinyao, Feng Qian, Sun Lu, Zhong Na and others saw Li Yi cooking for the first time. They saw him skillfully operating the spatula in his hand, and then plates of dishes with full color, fragrance and flavor were freshly cooked.

Everyone looked at Tang Xue with envy!

After the two of them had sex and were blocked on the kang, they all felt sorry for Tang Xue. They all felt that such a good girl was ruined by a second-rate man like Li Yi.

Even though the Li family later agreed to marry Tang Xue, no one still thought highly of them because Li Yi was really not a good match.

But looking back now, they actually felt a little envious of Tang Xue.

Since the relationship was established, Li Yi seems to have changed as a person. Not only does he know how to make progress and make money, but his previous violent personality has also become much restrained.

And for Tang Xue, there was nothing to say. The entire cabinet was filled with all kinds of delicious and useful things in the dormitory, and they were always envious of everything.

Now he can even cook. He is a perfect man!

But envy is envy, but they are not jealous.

They all understand Tang Xue's character, and a kind girl like her should be treated well.

Therefore, everyone is happy for Tang Xue to find a good home!
(End of this chapter)