Chapter 104: Beam-Raising Ceremony

The house shell was finished, leaving only tiles and a little finishing work. This didn't need to hire so many workers. Their own family could do it, saving some labor costs.

The family got up early as usual.

Ye Yaodong saw that the children at a table were rarely up so early at the same time, eating breakfast neatly, and teased, "Today seems to be September 1st, school is starting, right? Your good days are coming to an end."

The two children who were in the first grade this year said happily, "We have long wanted to go to school."

"Wait until you go for a few days, you won't want to go!"

"Why?"

"Because there is a lot of homework to do every day. A Hai is copying books in the room now, never seen him so diligent, only today can see him get up early to temporarily embrace Buddha's feet."

"Hahaha, I said why I heard the eldest aunt's scolding as soon as I got up in the morning."

"Fortunately, I finished it last night..."

Several children chattered and mocked Ye Chenghai there.

Ye Mu also muttered, "Busy late, heart panic at night, get up in the middle of the night to mend the crotch, there is not one who can study."

At this time, the main person also came out of the room with big dark circles and a listless spirit, carrying a military green satchel embroidered with a five-pointed star.

"Yo, finished the summer homework? It's okay if you don't write it, at most don't report, go to the mountain to herd sheep. Herding sheep is so free, can run around the mountain, and don't have to do homework, the mountain is full of peach trees, plum trees, loquat trees, orange trees, grapefruit trees, Hahaha~"

Ye Chenghai listened and yearned, but could only sigh, "I also want to herd sheep, my mother won't let me."

Ye Mu gave Ye Yaodong a white look, "What nonsense? Originally won't study, you are still hooking him to herd sheep, he doesn't want to go even more, how can he read for two more years, finish the fifth grade, and recognize all the words."

Ye eldest aunt also knocked on Ye Chenghai's head, "Quickly eat breakfast for me, after eating, take your homework to report. I still have a pile of work to do, you grind again and I will beat you."

"Got it." Ye Chenghai responded listlessly, and then honestly ate breakfast.

Ye Yaodong laughed loudly, but before he finished laughing, he heard his eldest son say, "Dad, I also want to herd sheep, don't want to study!"

His laughter stopped abruptly, "Grass, herd your sister, don't learn good things all day, learn bad things, studying is the kingly way..."

"You just said herding sheep is good, and, I don't have a sister!"

"I just said it casually, being an illiterate is not good, how can you not recognize all the words if you don't study..."

Lifting a stone and hitting his own foot is what he is like now.

Lin Xiuqing patted him twice, "You'd better stop talking nonsense, lest you teach the children bad, hurry up and eat your meal."

Ye Yaodong felt guilty. This group of children, really only know how to play in the mountains and seas, just say a few words casually, and they took it seriously.

After eating breakfast, Ye eldest aunt and Ye second aunt were like driving ducks, scolding and taking a group of children to school to report, leaving only the two youngest in Ye Yaodong's family sitting on the threshold watching.

Other adults also have to go to the new house to clean up the aftermath.

Ye Yaodong planned to reclaim a piece of vegetable land at the back door of the new house, which is convenient for the two of them to grow vegetables, and also wanted to go to the mountain to cut a few bamboos, build a fence to raise chickens, etc. A home must have the appearance of a home.

Ye Yaopeng saw him opening wasteland with a hoe, and after asking the reason, he also learned from him.

Definitely need to grow vegetables, otherwise what do they eat?

After opening the land, Ye Yaodong poured the remaining yellow soil into the vegetable land with a dustpan, and later went home to install some ash in the stove, sprinkle it in and mix it to increase nutrition to grow vegetables, otherwise the yellow soil has no nutrition and the vegetables can't grow big.

And need to water some manure to fertilize according to the situation, but this is still early...

Lin Xiuqing was also full of infinite hope for the new home, cleaned it up inside and out, and followed Ye Yaodong to clean up the vegetable land and sprinkle some vegetable seeds.

On the day of raising the beam, all the men in the Ye family were dressed neatly and went to the new house in high spirits. Women are not allowed to go.

Rural places believe that women belong to yin, which will bring bad luck to the new house, so although this day is very lively, the women in the family did not go to participate in the beam-raising ceremony, but helped prepare the food for the banquet at home.

The workers who built the house will all come to help on this day. They must first paste the joy characters in the house, hang red silk, and paste couplets written on red paper on the beams and the main door.

The house beam is generally pasted with "Green Dragon supports the jade pillar, White Tiger builds the golden beam."

The horizontal batch is "Great luck in raising the beam."

Then set up an incense table in front of the main door, and place the fruit products bought by Ye Mu in advance. The three Ye brothers respectfully burned incense and kowtowed.

Then, after setting off firecrackers, when the time was almost up, the beam-raising was officially carried out.

Their sea people raising the beam also need to be carried out at the time of the rising tide, meaning that money comes like a tide, and if it can meet the full moon, it means the whole family is reunited.

When the ceremony started, many villagers who watched the excitement gathered around their new house. It was rare for rural places to see excitement, and everyone heard the news.

Raising the beam is also called lifting the beam.

Because when raising the beam, four sturdy red silk materials need to be thrown down from above, and then people below divide them at both ends of the beam. A Qing Shunzhi copper coin is hung under the red silk, meaning "peace and harmony," and then the beam is raised in the order of the first beam and then the second beam.

The carpenter also sings poems while framing, and everyone standing below must follow.

After the whole beam frame is installed, put the house purlin on the fork, and nail the rafters on the house purlin.

In order to commemorate, the rafter nailed to the back of the center of the house is specially made. The carpenter uses a plane to scrape one side of the round rafter flat, and they need to ask someone to write the date of building the house, the owner of the house, and the name of the craftsman with a brush.

Such as Ye Yaodong's house: September 6, 1982, Ye Yaodong built the house, carpenter Li Si, mason Wang Wu.

After lifting the beam, it is throwing the beam. The carpenter who raises the beam will stand next to the beam and throw peanuts, candies, and Ciba onto the house beam while singing poems, and everyone rushes to pick them up, hoping for good luck.

After it ends, firecrackers must be set off, and the workers who built the house must be entertained. The Ye family has set up two large tables, just waiting for the end to entertain with good cigarettes, good wine, and good food, and celebrate the completion of the house together.

There is a stress here, that is, the mason needs to continue to lay tiles. If not entertained well, if they are irresponsible or deliberately bad, the house will leak when it rains after it is built, and it will be very troublesome to repair.

The sense of ritual of raising the beam in this era is particularly heavy, unlike later, it is becoming more and more simplified.

After eating a sumptuous lunch at noon, Ye Mu gave a red envelope to the carpenter who raised the beam and the worker who helped lift the beam, and it was completely completed.

Next, just lay the tiles and wait for the moving day.

Building a house is tiring. Finally, this big event is almost finished, and the Ye family breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Mu smiled and said, "Move on the 20th of the lunar calendar. When the time comes, go back to your mother's house in advance and say it. When moving, let your parents and brothers come over to be lively."

The three daughters-in-law all responded with smiles.

After raising the beam, Ye Yaodong didn't go to sea with Ye Fu. He had to be busy with his small boat. He made more than a dozen ground cages during this period.

He successively put them all into the sea, and there were already 3 rows. Every one or two days, he went to collect them once. I don't know if his luck was good, every time he would explode a few nets, selling 5-6 yuan when there were few, and 7-8 yuan when there were many.

You know, he only had less than 3 rows of ground cages at that time, and he had already topped other people's 5.6 rows of goods, sometimes more.

It's a pity that there are too few ground cages. If there could be more, he could also net more goods. There will be more free time in the future, and they should be able to do a little more.

Since his father bought the boat, A Guang has gone out to sea to trawl early and return late every day, and their group of little friends haven't gathered together to drink and chat for a long time.

It happened that Ye Yaodong finished raising the beam, and was not very busy during the day. He left some seafood from his ground cage, so he carried it to A Guang's house, and by the way, called all his friends.

Everyone was busy during this period, and no one cared about the angry Uncle Awei and Hao Zi. He thought that so many days had passed, it should be almost the same, so he might as well call everyone to chat, and things would pass if they passed.

But didn't expect that when he went to Uncle Awei's house, he still gave him a cold face.

"Heh~ what wind blew our Dong Ge here? You big busy man are either building a new house or going to sea to earn money, actually have time to come to me."

Ye Yaodong pursed his lips, helplessly said, "Everyone is a bit busy during this period, I left some seafood, let's go to A Guang's house to drink two cups and chat?"

"No, you guys chat, I have no ability, even if I go, I can only listen to you bragging."

As he said, he was about to go into the room. Ye Yaodong couldn't help scolding, "Grass, just a small matter, is it necessary? Isn't it just not saying it in advance?"

"Those who really treat me and Hao Zi as brothers wouldn't miss us. Anyway, we talk less and have always been transparent. It's normal to be ignored. Then you guys play yours."

Grass mud horse!

Ye Yaodong cursed in his heart and turned and left directly. He was used to it! Who can't live without whom?

He was too lazy to stick his hot face to a cold butt. It was just that they were brothers for many years, and suddenly they parted ways because of a small misunderstanding, which was a bit of a pity.

Thinking of that classic sentence, fear that brothers are bitter, and fear that brothers open a Land Rover!

Brothers living well, it's more uncomfortable than him dying, right?

After coming out of Uncle Awei's house, he was too lazy to go to Hao Zi's house. They were always good, and they were also of the same mind.

He didn't do anything to apologize to them, it was their mentality problem, ignore them.

Hurriedly went to A Guang's house again. Others were already there. Everyone saw him come alone, without anyone behind, and couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say you went to call Uncle Awei and Hao Zi? They didn't come?"

"Uncle Awei gave me a cold face, and said sour words, saying he had no ability, etc., and said to play separately... Grass, too lazy to care about him, mentality problem. After coming out of his house, I was too lazy to go to Hao Zi's house, didn't want to listen to cold words"

A Guang shrugged, "Forget it, then ignore them for now, no need to stick hot face to cold butt."

Xiao Xiao, "This has to be thought through by himself."

Fatty was cooking, shook his head, "Sigh, it's all money making trouble."

A Zheng was righteous, "What's wrong with us earning our own money? Still have to take care of his feelings? Where is the reason!"

"Forget it, don't mention it, let's take care of our own eating and drinking. How is A Guang's trawling recently?" Ye Yaodong sat at the table, one foot on the stool, and peeled a mantis shrimp at will.

"Still calling A Guang, shouldn't it be called A Shun? Hahahaha~"

"Should change the name!"

"Shouldn't let him pay a name change fee?"

"Go, go, go, what name change fee, thought it was a new daughter-in-law serving tea, you guys love to call whatever, anyway, it's changed on the household registration book."

Seeing them go off-topic again, Ye Yaodong hurriedly pulled them back, "How is your harvest recently? A Guang went to sea with his father, then you two work on that small boat? Then how to split the money?"

"I transferred the share of the small boat to them. Wait until they sell the goods and save enough money to give it to me. Anyway, such a small boat can't use three people. It's just right for me and my father to trawl."

Xiao Xiao also nodded, "Yes, after A Guang went out, the goods we netted also increased a lot."

A Guang looked at him with contempt, "Our trawling goods are also a lot!"

"Could it be that you changed your name, and don't leak money?"

"Humph, humph, eating can't block your mouth!"

"You guys at least come to help burn the fire, one or two are sitting there eating." Fatty waved the pot edge and wanted to smash it on their faces. This group of shameless people called him over to cook, but they sat down to eat as soon as they came, and he cooked for a long time.

"You go..."

"You go..."

Four people pushed back and forth. In the hot weather, no one wanted to sit in front of the stove to burn the fire. Finally, they could only play rock-paper-scissors together.

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Three rocks, A Guang one scissors, can only admit defeat, honestly go to burn the fire.

He sat in front of the stove and said actively, "Dongzi, when are you moving? Tell us when the time comes, we will go to lift the bed and move furniture for you."

"Do you have time? I'll call them when the time comes, you don't have to come."

"You tell me in advance, I definitely have time, such a big thing as moving, how could I not have time!"

Others winked~

A Zheng smiled badly, "Dongzi, heard that someone introduced a partner from Xishan Village to your sister."

"What?" A Guang widened his eyes in surprise, "When did this happen, why don't I know?"

Ye Yaodong gave him a white look, "There is such a thing."

Xiao Xiao smiled and asked curiously, "Did you look at it? When are you getting married? If you need help, tell us."

"Looked at it today, don't know how, I don't worry about this."

A Guang suddenly felt a bit unable to sit still, actually looked at it!

"That young man doesn't look very good, short and not as tall as our A Guang."

A Guang instantly straightened his waist!

"A Guang is not very tall either, 175 at most."

A Guang: Grass, want to kill him with eyes!

"Enough, you think everyone can grow into a tall man like you?"

"That's for sure!" This is also Ye Yaodong's proud point.

Their southerners are generally short, and in this era, they lack nutrition, so everyone is not tall. Like A Guang, who can have 175, is considered a tall man.

After everyone reminded A Guang in disguise, they started bragging again.

"Let's do this small boat for a few years, and then work together to get a bigger boat. Small boat has no future."

"Look at the situation, earn the money that can be earned first, don't dislike it."

"A few days ago, the first day of the lunar month, unfortunately it was windy and missed, otherwise we could go to the deserted island to turn around."

"Heard that there might be a typhoon in two days."

"Typhoon is typhoon, just rest for a few days. Which year don't we have a few typhoons here, just get used to it. Remember to drive the boat to the shelter." ===== CHAPTER 105 =====