Chapter 212 The House is Completed
Chen Xiangbei continued to stand by the table on the ground. After a while, she looked up and saw her husband's face appear on the roof.
At this time, not far from her, several strings of firecrackers were lit at the same time and exploded.
The workers on the roof had already discussed it, and they were just waiting for the firecrackers to go off, then they cooperated with each other to install the beams on the two walls.
The head of the beam is the root of the tree, facing east; the tail of the beam is the top of the tree, facing west.
While putting up the beam, they shouted together:
"Build a new house, put up the main beams, and it will be better every year!"
The sound of firecrackers was very exciting, and their shouting was also very loud, and no one could cover up the other.
The shouting pushed aside the waves of firecrackers, like a boat that split the waves and cut through them; or like a sail that rose up from the crest of the waves.
The beams have been aligned and installed between the walls.
In the round bamboo dustpan Liang Ziqiang was holding, there were not only candies but also a red bag filled with grains. He personally placed the bag of grains in the middle of the beam. Although it contained grains, it also symbolized the fisherman's good harvest.
They took out cigarettes and red envelopes, one pack of cigarettes and one red envelope for each person, and distributed them to the workers who participated in the beam-raising.
Then, he handed the round bamboo dustpan in his hand to the workers. After handing it to one wall, he went to the next wall.
There were several people standing on the top of each wall.
After Liang Ziqiang handed them the bamboo winnowing basket, they placed it steadily on the top of the wall.
One by one, they reached out and grabbed handfuls of candies, biscuits, and cakes from the bamboo dustpan, raised their arms, and threw them into the air.
This is called throwing the beam, and it is the most sensational moment of the entire day.
On the ground, a roar of joy rose up, as if those people on the roof were throwing up not candies, but boiling voices.
The villagers gathered at the foot of the wall, having been craning their necks for a long time, now rushed towards the colorful lights floating in the air like a swarm of bees.
This situation is a bit like the later parks, where piles of koi swim towards the place where food is scattered. Wherever food is scattered, there will be a surge of koi.
At the forefront of this wave are the most energetic people in the village - children.
They acted as the crest of the wave, and the fluttering colorful candies created a huge gravitational force, which seemed to act on them first.
There are also some other things mixed in the colorful rain.
There are peanuts and melon seeds.
There were steamed buns specially prepared by Chen Xiangbei last night, which symbolized prosperity. The buns fell on the heads of the two children, causing them to cry out.
There are also pastries made by her in the past two days, which symbolize continuous success.
Of course, these two items are not the most popular. The most fiercely fought-for resources are still candies and biscuits, especially a kind of fruit candy with transparent sugar coating.
In line with the spirit of "keeping things within the family", Lizhi joined the children's team without hesitation. Without any shame, she rushed in front of a group of kids who were much younger than her, like a leader.
She didn't even look at the steamed buns. She had a clear target and reached for the candies accurately every time.
She was the only one who actually picked up most of the candies with a small net bag, which almost caused the indignation of other children. Some people even pointed at her and scolded her, accusing her of being sent by the Liang family to recycle and not wanting to part with the candies...
Liang Xiaohai was another story. He was smaller than the kids, so he didn't get much and was pushed to the ground several times.
He was a little scared, and now he realized the importance of litchi. He cried to litchi and shouted, "Auntie, help me."
Lizhi was so angry that she wanted to hit someone. She angrily pushed down the boy who had pushed Xiaohai over, then ran over to rescue Xiaohai.
No matter what grudges and hatreds they had between them, just because Xiaohai called her aunt, she still knew the seriousness of the matter. She reluctantly gave up trying to snatch the candy and carried Liang Xiaohai out of the dangerous crowd.
If you think that only boys and girls came to join in the fun, you are totally wrong. In fact, the animal world in Pomfret Village also got wind of the event today.
The little flower dog in the village has beautiful fur. It is smaller than Duobao and the villagers usually call it "Huahua".
The little bitch was jealous of the big steamed buns that miraculously rolled down from the roof, but she was a little hesitant, afraid of those crazy little brats.
After finally aiming well and picking up a big steamed bun, he was stepped on several times before he could break out. He cried out in helplessness.
At some point, Duobao appeared, jumped over Huahua and protected her, then tossed his head and threw a bun that he had already held in his mouth to Huahua, vaguely showing some gentlemanly demeanor.
Then it quickly grabbed another bun and ran out of the crowd with Huahua. Its steps and figure were agile.
The hustle and bustle of the day of raising the beams is not annoying to the host family, but makes them happy. This bustle means that money will roll in and prosperity will flourish.
Liang Ziqiang stood on the roof and watched the excitement gradually come to an end. The workers collected the bamboo dustpans that had been emptied and began to walk down the roof with Liang Ziqiang.
This time the meal was not prepared at the rented house, but was set out in the open space in front of the new house.
Liang Ziqiang and his wife called all the helpers to sit down and start eating the lunch.
In the afternoon, after all the beams were in place, the helpers began to nail small wooden strips onto the beams one by one, and then laid tiles between the strips.
After a busy day, the couple did not feel tired today. The house has been put up with beams and tiles, which means that the new house has finally turned from a wish into reality.
It will only take a few days to finish laying all the tiles, and there will be helpers to level the ground. After that, you can move in directly.
Houses these days didn't have complicated decorations, and his house wasn't even painted. It was just a red brick house. Of course, compared to some adobe and stone houses in the same village, it was much brighter and more luxurious, and could be called a "small Western-style building."
Because the construction was simple, there was no decoration smell. Unlike new houses in later generations, pregnant women had to wait for several months for all kinds of harmful gases to evaporate before they could move in. In theory, there was no problem moving in on the day of completion.
Lin Quansheng, this charlatan, is comparable to the great philanthropist Zheng Liu in some ways. He simply does not calculate all the relevant dates at once, but calculates an auspicious date for the groundbreaking, the main door, the beams, and once again for moving into the new house.
Every time he calculated an auspicious day, he would charge three yuan for each job. The more times he calculated, the more money he could charge.
Of course, there were objective reasons behind this. Before the project was nearly completed, Lin Quansheng had no way of calculating the date of moving in advance, and he had to work out the date based on the actual progress of the project.
After he had installed the main beam, he calculated the day when Liang Ziqiang would move into the new house. The auspicious day given to Liang Ziqiang was the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, which was the twelfth day after New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar, January 12th.
According to him, this day is suitable for starting a new home, getting engaged, visiting relatives and friends, as well as buying a house, moving into a new house, and setting up the bed.
Of course, he would still be responsible and match the birthdays of Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei with this day and calculate the most auspicious time for them to join the partnership.
There were only nine days between the raising of the beam and moving in. Liang Ziqiang had calculated that in addition to laying tiles and leveling the floor, he also had to sort out the furniture and belongings in the old house and pack up the building materials and sundries in the new house. All in all, the time was enough.
The day to officially move into the new house will soon come...
Burst
(End of this chapter)
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