After seven or eight days, the Lu family's house was finally built, and the last and most critical step came, which was to install the beams.

Raising the beam is a big deal, and an auspicious day was specially chosen.

Boss Lu went to the county town two days in advance to buy some firecrackers. In this era, firecrackers were still rare and quite expensive, but considering it was such a big event like moving to a new home, he still reluctantly bought a lot of them.

Lu Laoer found some copper coins and brought them out for the ceremony. Zhang Song and Zhang Yong made an exception today and did not collect feathers, but helped with the housework.

The female relatives got up early in the morning and were busy. Mrs. Yu was busy preparing breakfast, Mrs. Qin crushed the rice grains into powder and steamed brown sugar rice cakes at noon. Mrs. He Jiuniang, Lu Guilan and Mrs. Shen joined in the washing. The army was so busy that they wanted to wash everything that could be washed.

Mrs. Sun taught a group of children at home: "Today is a good day. Everyone smiles at me, do you hear me? No fighting, no crying, no swearing, otherwise you will be kicked out. I'll slap you when I hear it!"

The little carrots stood in a row and nodded obediently.

The parents of each family explained last night that they must be happy today so that they can be happier and happier when they live in a new house in the future.

Seeing how sensible the children were, Mrs. Sun nodded with satisfaction, and went with Old Man Lu to prepare sacrifices and incense tables to worship the family gods.

The Lu family’s house was built magnificently. As soon as the family had breakfast, someone came over to watch the excitement.

The men invited by the village to Shangliang also arrived one after another, and He Jiuniang took the time to pour tea to entertain them.

When the auspicious time comes, we will start to lift the beams.

The beams covered in red and green with the slogan "Good luck on the beams, the purple star shines high" were lifted up by the men singing "Song of the beams", and the beams were lifted to the ridge of the roof.

When the firecrackers sounded, the children covered their ears, but there were excited smiles on their faces.

After the men who carried the beam came down, the bricklayer carried a tray with copper coins and Xinglong steamed buns on his head and went up to the ridge of the roof. As he went up, he read loudly: "Hands on the golden ladder step by step, sesame seeds bloom. Every day, I wish my family a thousand years of prosperity and good luck to their children and grandchildren!"

After saying that, he threw down the steamed buns and coins in the tray, which is called "throwing beams."

Adults and children rush forward to pick up the mascots, and whoever picks them up will also have good luck.

After the activities were over, Mrs. Yu brought the brown sugar rice cakes prepared by the sacrifice and distributed them to the children, and then both adults and children drank a bowl of sugar water.

Today we are hosting a banquet for everyone, including members of the Lu family, the village chief, and everyone who helped build houses during this period.

There were quite a lot of people. Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu went to the county town to sell fresh meat and vegetables. Brothers Zhang Song and Zhang Yong accompanied the guests to drink tea and chat. The two brothers from the Zhang family were more popular than the two brothers from the Lu family. If the brother is more eloquent, there is nothing wrong with this arrangement.

So, everyone had a meal that was more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year.

What’s more important is that the host is willing to do so. There is meat, vegetables and wine, so everyone can eat with open stomachs and burp until they are full.

The house has naturally been cleaned a long time ago, and the basic wooden beds and bedding are complete. Each couple has a room, and the three children have a room.

The boys Leizi, Jiezi and Huzi live together. They are all studying. Living together makes it easier for them to learn and supervise each other.

The girls Lianhua, Youyatou, and Tingyatou live together. Only the younger dogs, Shanyatou, Xiuya, and Xiaoliangzi sleep with their parents.

The two embroiderers have finally settled down in the Lu family and no longer need to rush around every morning and evening.

Several young couples have never slept together since their families began to flee the famine. They are all young people. Now their lives are better and their new homes have been established. It is not wrong to say that a break is better than a newlywed. .

Before I had time to say a few words in whispers, there was movement in various rooms.

He Jiuniang, who still has a son with her, is not considered a widow. After putting her son to sleep, she sat at the table and started drawing a design draft. She had an idea a few days ago, but She has not started writing, mainly because a room full of people lives together, which affects her performance.

After working for most of the night, she felt a little thirsty. She quietly took out a bottle of Coke from the space and took a sip: "Tsk, it feels so good!"

Since time travel, a large family has lived together, without much private space, and many good things have not been dared to be used. Now it is better and free.

After drawing a lot of design drafts, He Jiuniang stretched, but she was still not sleepy, but she didn’t want to do it anymore, so she opened the door and went out to get some air.

The result——

She came back very embarrassed, closed the door, and lay down first whether she was sleepy or not.

Before falling asleep, she thought that she might have to get up early to make breakfast tomorrow morning, and her sister-in-law and sister-in-law would not be able to get up...

Sure enough, everyone got up late the next day. Yes, I understand everything. Sun and Old Man Lu were very happy all morning. A good relationship between their son and daughter-in-law is what they like to hear most. If this continues, there will be more children in the family. Thinking about it, it is a good thing.

However, she was in a good mood when she went out and saw He Jiuniang already busy in the kitchen. Mrs. Sun couldn’t tell what was going on in her heart.What a feeling.

In this big family, everyone is in pairs, except He Jiuniang.

Even people who are usually afraid of cooking can be considerate of their sister-in-law and take the initiative to cook.

Mrs. Sun pursed her lips, thinking that her daughter had quietly told her two days ago that she had already told her third daughter-in-law, and she suddenly felt a little uneasy.

People are selfish, so naturally she was reluctant to let He Jiuniang remarry.

But people's hearts are all grown from flesh. She treats He Jiuniang as her own daughter, and naturally hopes that she will live well.

As for his son, he may never see him again in this life.

She suppressed the discomfort in her heart and took the initiative to go into the kitchen to help.

"Morning, mother!"

When He Jiuniang saw her, she smiled and said hello, and then continued to do her own business.

Thinking of the design of the feather suit that he drew last night, he added: "I drew a few pictures last night. Let's take a look at it after dinner. If it works, we can start working on it. It’s done.”

He Jiuniang is still very confident in her design. She said this just to be polite and put an x ​​by the way.

Sure enough, Mrs. Sun felt even more uncomfortable when she heard that. While others were having fun, the third daughter-in-law was still worried about the family business...

"Since last night You went to bed late, why are you getting up so early?"

She said with some distress, sitting at the door of the stove to help add firewood.

“I got up when I couldn’t sleep. I have to say that this person is in debt. I used to be able to sleep in the open air, but now I can’t sleep in a big brick house!”

These words are naturally false, but she said them so casually without arousing suspicion.

Mrs. Sun raised her head and said, "Is this the case for you too?"

After hearing this, Ms. Sun also had trouble sleeping last night, so He Jiuniang followed her words and said, "Yes. , it may take a few days to get used to it."

"Who says it's not the case!" Mrs. Sun sighed, "The conditions are much better than our family used to be, but I always feel a little unreliable, like a dream... "

Just as he was talking, the doors of each room were opened, and the young wives' faces were all rosy and shy.

The men are a little sluggish. After all, it is physical work, right?

He Jiuniang knew at a glance that the battle last night was fierce.

Wow, young people should pay more attention to their health!

So, everyone in the Lu family discovered that today’sThere were a lot of wolfberries in the tea.

Although I didn’t know what the wolfberry was used for, I thought that He Jiuniang was reading a medical book recently, and this must be a good thing, so I drank all the water and wolfberry.