Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 78
Of course, not all relatives are the same, but the Liu family has always been the opposite. Only the Ning family has always given to the Liu family, but rarely the Liu family has returned.

Ordinarily, the Liu family lived in Mayi Town, and their lives were better than those of the aunt and sister in Lishu Village, but they were extremely stingy.They were the first to know that the mother had given birth to a stone. Shopkeeper Liu only brought three feet of red cloth when he came. Where are the fresh eggs from our village? I wanted to go to the village to change some, but the uncles and aunts all said that my father-in-law and mother-in-law raised the most chickens, and there was no shortage of eggs to eat, so I thought, my family doesn’t make those It’s not true, why don’t you let Qing’er buy something else when I go back to Mayi Town.”

He also talked about how a bunch of family members missed their mother, and Ning Qing wanted to go back to her mother's house with a full stomach, which moved her father very much, "It's all a family, and it's good for everyone to get along with each other in a real way." He also said Liu Merchant, " You are right to stop Qing'er, the mountain road is difficult, she has a body, if she touches her by accident, what will happen?"

"Exactly, what my father-in-law said is very reasonable. My parents often say that my marriage is a good one, and let me learn some principles of how to behave from my father-in-law..." Liu shopkeeper went to Sanjia Village once, sold the goods, and then After eating a good meal at Ning's house, he took a little rooster with him when he carried the burden. Father heard that Ning Qing was very homesick, and he was greedy for the stewed chicken at home, and immediately grabbed the fattest one. The little rooster tied up its wings and asked Shopkeeper Liu to bring them to Ning Qing to eat.

Ning Wan sneered a few times in her heart, then laughed at herself: "Actually, it's not that the Liu family didn't return the gift to the Ning family, but this time the gift is just a bunch of good things." Of course, she only said it to herself in her heart, she didn't want to To tell the truth made my parents sad, after all Ning Qing is also their daughter.To put it bluntly, she holds all the accounts of the Ning family, and it is impossible for her parents to subsidize Ning Qing. A chicken is really nothing.

When my mother was confinement, the family was going through the busiest month, but there were still a lot of things. She was naturally anxious when she saw her, and she wanted to come out to do things.In fact, it is very busy to bring a milk doll. Ning Wan stopped her mother desperately, "The most important thing is to save a few money or to raise the stone? Mother should bring the stone at home. When the stone grows big in the spring of next year, mother can come out to do things. It's gone." Another month, the aunt was left to help out at home.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was getting colder day by day. There were no fresh products that the Ning family sent to Hutai County, and the dried goods that were sun-dried were very light, and they could be used for a long time after delivery. Although there are still a lot, Ning Wan deliberately suppressed a lot of them. These things will only be sold at a higher price when the Spring Festival is approaching. Right now, there are only a few long-term delivery restaurants.

Moreover, the family also had other reasons why they couldn't go to Hutai County the next day. After the autumn harvest, the food was transported to Mayi Town to pay taxes. Before, Ning Liang had to carry it in baskets, but now it happens to be delivered by donkeys.After finishing her own deliveries, she also helped other people's deliveries a few times. Naturally, it would all be counted as labor, so Ning Wan combined these labors into one place, and posted some money to cover her father's corvee work this year.

No wonder someone wrote a poem saying that "farmers have less leisure time". They are busy from plowing in spring and harvesting in autumn throughout the year, and then they have to do things for the government, repairing city walls, digging canals, and building houses. Time, every year after returning from corvee, it will be the twelfth lunar month of winter.Ning Liang is really busy now, he heard Yao Nu say that he doesn't care about the money, she just nodded repeatedly, he would only earn more at home.

Half of the strong laborers in the village have gone out to do corvees, and the other half will go back when they come back. The small mountain village seems to be much empty. Fortunately, all the farm work in the fields has been done at this time, and even the mountain products are almost picked. , Many people are free, only Ning's yard is still busy frying dried fruits every day.

At this time, Guo Xiazhu and Luo Shuang'er's new house finally started construction. Farmhouses usually choose this time to build houses. People from half of the village can build three houses in about ten days with the help of half-village people. Finally, a vegetable garden was left, and a courtyard wall was built outside.A new home is made.

Therefore, Luo Shuang'er no longer came to Ning's house these days, and went home to help the builders of the house, and then cooked.

Ning Wan is naturally concerned about Luo Shuang'er's new house. In her dream, Luo Shuang'er had been living in a hut in the Guo family's wing. Now that she has her own new house, she will be very happy.But she was too busy to attend to it on weekdays, so she only went to give presents on the day of the ceremony.

The upper beam is the most important time in building a house, so there are naturally many specialties.First of all, no matter when the house is built almost to the point where the beams are about to be erected, the beams cannot be put on directly. Instead, one has to wait for an auspicious day, and then hold the "beam erecting ceremony" when the sun just rises in the morning. .

Before setting up the beams, the beams should be placed in the house first, and red cloth should be tied in the middle of the beams called "Phihong", and a red cloth bag filled with steamed buns should be hung on each end, watching the sun rise, relatives They all came over to congratulate and give gifts, and at this time Ning Wan handed over a string of silver, but bypassed the old lady Guo who was standing in front of everyone waiting to receive the gift, and gave it directly to Luo Shuang'er.

The usual habit in Sanjia Village is that the person who receives the gift will return the gift when the gift giver has something to do.Ordinarily, Mrs. Guo was not supposed to receive the beam-raising ceremony of Luo Shuang'er's new house, but she still stood in front of it wearing a festive red dress like the owner of the new house.But Ning Wan doesn't believe that she will pay back Luo Shuang'er's gift in the future, even if she does, Ning Wan is not willing, she doesn't want to have any courtesy with Mrs. Guo!

Everyone gave the ceremony of raising the beam, and said some auspicious words one after another.At this time, the sun just rose into the air, someone lit firecrackers, and it was time to put up the beam!I saw two young men lifting the two ends of the beam respectively, singing the "Song of Lifting the Beam" and lifting the beam into the pre-prepared mouthpiece on the house.As the beams are raised, the grain hanging on both ends of the beams also goes up.

After the beam was put up, the two young men picked up the steamed buns hanging on the beam and threw them down, and everyone below also smiled to pick them up. This is called "receiving food", and it is a very auspicious thing to receive it.

Ning Wan had no intention of robbing everyone, so she raised her head and looked up, only to see that Ning Dahe, who was in charge of the beam, gave her a wink, and then threw a steamed bun at her. in arms.

The steamed buns are all white flour, small and exquisite, and it looks like Luo Shuang'er made them with care. Ning Wan took a bite and found that it was filled with red bean paste, so she smiled slightly. Well, she was so happy for her.

The people who built the beams came down, but at this time they did not continue to build the houses. The host family wanted to entertain all the people who helped build the houses. This time, it was not a meal at noon, but a formal banquet. Everyone drank to celebrate the beams.At this time, the beams of the house are shining under the sun, that is, "sun beams".After the beams of the house have been exposed to the sun, life can be prosperous.

Seeing Luo Shuang busily going in and out of the table, Ning Wan went back quietly.The beams have been installed, and most of the new house has been completed. Luo Shuang'er will be able to separate the family by the end of this year.And the few red pine logs cut down together with the beams in the house should also invite craftsmen to make furniture.

When her father returned home after eating the banquet at Guo's Shangliang, Ning Wan discussed with him to find a carpenter to make furniture in Hutai County or Mayi Town.

Ning Liang couldn't stop nodding when he heard this, "Those three red pine trees have already been sun-dried, and it's time to make furniture." After thinking for a while, he said: "Hutai County is too far away, please ask the carpenter Wang in the town, tomorrow I will tell him when I pass by Hutai County."

When it comes to furniture, Ning Wan likes the former Zhao family's, which are beautiful and functional.It's just that she also knew that Carpenter Wang could not make Zhao's furniture. Even carpenters from Hutai County would not be able to make it. Those craftsmen who can make Xinqiao furniture in the south had to be hired from Anpingwei.So she also nodded, even if the style of the furniture made this time is average, the wood is always good, and the family is in a hurry to use it.

In a few days, Carpenter Wang arrived at the Ning family with planes, saws, and chisels. He asked the Ning family what they were going to do, and started to make it.The Ning family had already cleaned up the east wing, and burned the kang. The house was warm, and Carpenter Wang happened to be building furniture here, so he stayed there at night, so he didn't have to walk several hours to go home.

The Ning family had a lot of work, so Carpenter Wang brought his second son, Xiao Liu, as his apprentice.The two started with broken boards and planed boards, and within two days when they entered the east wing of Ning's house, they could smell the aroma of pine wood and saw shavings all over the floor.The smooth planks and strips are lined up against the wall.

There are very few outsiders in Sanjia Village, let alone such a new thing as making furniture, so many people came to watch the fun, and some children picked up shavings to play with. The long strands were rolled into a ball. They flatten out and curl back up again whenever you let go.

A few girls suddenly thought of the usefulness, picked the best ones, and said, "Let's go back and make shavings water."

(End of this chapter)