Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 86
The time of this year has passed quite quickly. In the blink of an eye, it will be mid-September. Liu Man'er has been busy all the time. I don't know what to do. It's been a long time.

There are still two months left. I don’t know if I can move to a new house before the year before, but it should be possible. Now that it’s slack and there are many people working, the house will be easy to build. Now It is already quite large-scale, and it can be put on the beam in a few days.

After the beams were installed, the house was almost officially completed. In the future, she only needed to rectify the interior decoration of the house.

Liu Man'er is still looking forward to the beam erection, after all, beam erection was a very sacred thing in ancient times, as the saying goes: There is a beam on the roof, there is food in the house, there is no beam in the house, and the animals are not thriving.

Ye Yuan and his uncles found a good fir wood to make the beam a long time ago, and it cost two taels of silver for the wood in charge. These days, they even carved something on the wood, and it was Burning incense is also for prayer, which is very grand anyway.

Liu Man'er also went to look at the new house, the house was almost built a long time ago, the fence was longer, so the construction was a bit slower, so she guessed that the beams were about to be erected, and asked Ye Yuan and Fang, they said they wanted to choose one Only on an auspicious day can they officially take office, so Liu Man'er is also waiting for the arrival of this auspicious day.

This day, according to ancient books, is an auspicious day for the zodiac. The moon was very round last night, and today is a good day for Shangliang. Liu Man'er's family got busy early in the morning.

Raising the beam is more important than entering the fire. All the uncles of Ye Yuan's family came to help, and some respected elders in the village also gathered in the new house.

Liu Man'er didn't understand these methods, and Fang didn't tell her that Ye Yuan was afraid that Liu Man'er would be tired, so he prepared everything early on, anyway, Liu Man'er just went to watch the fun.

With the sound of firecrackers, two craftsmen brought over the girder covered with red silk cloth and red paper, followed by sacrifices, such as chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, tofu, incense candles, etc. Fang's early in the morning When it was ready, it was placed on the altar in front of the hall early.

The two craftsmen were said to be the bricklayer and the carpenter talking to each other while toasting, and someone caught a big rooster and sprinkled the blood on the girder, from the head to the end of the beam. Ye Yuan told Liu Man'er in her ear, This is the first step: sacrificial beam.

After sacrificing the beam, it was the upper beam. Two craftsmen used ropes to pull the beam up. Liu Man'er found it interesting, but also a little excited and nervous. The respected white-haired patriarch commanded in a strange tone, He elongated his tone: "Shangliang... Good luck..."

With his tone, the beam slowly stabilized. Immediately afterwards, Fang put a colorful bag full of grains and miscellaneous grains on the beam, and someone helped spread the red silk cloth. A familiar neighbor They helped hang up all kinds of red cloth bags, which were prepared by Liu Man'er and Fang Shi at night.

There are red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat, and a few leaves of pine trees in the red envelope bag. At night, Liu Man'er wanted to ask what is the use of these, but Fang told her that she would know the next day. To hang on this beam.

While hanging things, the patriarch began to recite a sacrificial oration to the beam again. He recited it in a dialect with a very strange tone. Set up the Wandai beam."

After reading the sacrificial oration, Fang asked Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er to stand in front of the altar table, and she solemnly handed them a basket, Ye Yuan held the basket in front of his chest, and Liu Man'er did the same up.

So, a craftsman wrapped the fruits, candies, steamed buns, copper coins and other things on the altar table with red cloth, and then threw them towards Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan had quick eyesight and quick hands, and caught it with a basket, so Liu Man'er followed suit.

"Receive the bag, receive the treasure, attract wealth and treasure, harvest the harvest..." The two craftsmen sang, throwing things towards Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan, Liu Man'er was also very happy to hear that, good, make a fortune!

After this step was over, it was time to throw the beam. The two craftsmen casually sprinkled the things on the altar table outside, and they were greeted with looting by the crowd. Everyone laughed and made a fuss. Liu Man'er was also very happy watching it.

She didn't know at first what Ye Yuan asked her to prepare a bowl of copper coins for, it turned out to be for throwing.

The house of Liu Man'er's house was built in style, and there were many people invited to build the house, so there were quite a lot of people in the house. Seeing that there were more and more people, the craftsman simply stood on the altar, holding a bowl containing copper coins, and holding the copper coins Toss around:
"Throw the beam to the east, and the sunrise in the east is full of red; throw the beam to the west, and Guanyin will send his son to welcome the Double Happiness; throw the beam to the south, and the children and grandchildren will be the champion; throw the beam to the north, and the rice in the warehouse will be full every year."

The craftsman threw away the copper coins in his hands, and the whole ceremony was considered to be over, and everyone withdrew from the new house so that the sun could shine on the roof beams.

This is the last step of drying the beams. Today is really a good day, the sun is very bright, the roof has not been covered with tiles yet, the sun is shining down on the beams, it looks really festive.

Liu Man'er looked at it and felt in a good mood. This ancient custom still makes some sense. No wonder they choose an auspicious day. If it rains heavily on the day of Shangliang, it must be bad luck. It also makes people feel bad.

Liu Man'er felt that her family had chosen a good day.

But I can't tolerate her watching too much, she's going home to cook and entertain these relatives and friends.

Chicken, duck and fish are indispensable dishes, and I made another croquette, a bowl of marinated eggs, and some vegetables, etc., to accompany the meat dishes, but it is still quite rich.

In fact, Liu Man'er didn't know many of the Ye family's guests. Anyway, Fang's usually greeted and sent them off. Even if Fang Fang's told Liu Man'er, Liu Man'er didn't understand.

But now Fang sees that Liu Man'er has become clever, and intends to let these relatives get to know Liu Man'er again, so she asks her to come over to greet the guests.

This is really difficult for her, she is really not good at these things, but fortunately, Fang and Ye Yuan kept whispering in her ears, who is this so and so, so Liu Man'er knew, this Ye Yuan's family actually In addition to a few uncles and uncles, there are also two aunts!

Liu Man'er always thought that Ye Yuan's father had only one brother, but unexpectedly there were two aunts.

Could it be that they came here to fight the autumn wind when they saw that their home had improved?
Forgive Liu Man'er for having such villainous thoughts, the main reason is that when Ye Yuan's family was in trouble, Fang always took these children with her teeth, and there was no one to help them. The aunt had never been here before, but they didn't expect that they got the news and rushed over this time.

Well, let it go, anyway, as long as you don't disturb her life.

After entertaining these relatives and villagers, everyone had something else to do, so they dispersed. The two aunts were still staying at Liu Man'er's house. Liu Man'er was not familiar with them, and it seemed that Fang had nothing to chat with them. , For a while, fell into silence.

Liu Man'er went out and secretly asked Ye Yuan where the two aunts were married. Ye Yuan said they were in the next town, and the two aunts' families seemed to be quite rich. One aunt married a scholar, and the other aunt's family lived in the town Open a grocery store.

Anyway, the two aunts' families are much richer than her own. Hearing this, Liu Man'er felt a little contemptuous. After all, they were relatives. When Ye Yuan's family was so poor, they never helped her.

But people are not obligated to help her family, and Fang is not a person who has been given food. Although she has been poor all these years, she has never asked anyone. If you are poor, you must have self-respect and ambition!

Now, isn't life better.

After inquiring with Ye Yuan, Liu Man'er went to the main room to accompany the guests again. She mainly wanted to watch them, watch them, and prevent them from speaking ill of herself in Fang's ears while she was away. .

These women like to gossip about people behind their backs. Before Liu Man'er got close to the house, she heard them talking about herself. Her ears were sharp, so she simply didn't go in and listened for a while at the door.

Hearing this, her lungs exploded!
What the two aunts said was so ugly that they even suspected her of being unfaithful.

They thought they were talking in a low voice, but they didn't know that Liu Man'er heard everything in their ears.

He only heard an aunt say: "Ruyi, your silly daughter-in-law looks much smarter now."

"Yes." Fang replied in harmony, her tone was a little relieved, very happy.

But the aunt said again: "But I think you have to watch your daughter-in-law carefully. I heard that she used to wander around in the village and was dragged into the haystack by some men..."

The latter words, without her explaining, are naturally not good things.

Another aunt also said, "Yes, yes, so you have to watch closely, especially your silly daughter-in-law is so beautiful now, and there are countless men in your village staring at her."

"Yeah, pity my Yuan'er..." The more this aunt said, the more outrageous she became, and Fang's face immediately turned black. Is it possible to say such things casually?

Liu Man'er couldn't listen any longer, and rushed into the room directly, ignoring the surprised expressions of the two aunts, Liu Man'er said coldly:

"Two aunts, we welcome you as guests, but I didn't expect that the two aunts are knowledgeable. In another town, they know everything about what happened in our small village! I don't know the two aunts, Where did you hear these ambiguous words? Who did you hear them from!"

"Man'er, don't be rude." Fang said from the side.

Liu Man'er got angry, and she didn't even listen to Fang's words. She said coldly, "I don't want to beat her out for this kind of rumor-mongering person. Do you want me to be polite?"

"Two aunts, I didn't see you coming when our family was in trouble. Today is the day of great joy, you come to help with the beam. We welcome you. You will be entertained with good wine and good food, but it is not for you to spread rumors about me in front of my mother! "

"Whether I'm chaste or not, my husband-in-law naturally understands. Hearing what you say, it's as if he saw it with his own eyes. Come, come, tell me, who is that man from what you heard?"

(End of this chapter)