klisemfg Chapter 256 Visiting Other Cities
Chapter 256 Visiting Other Cities
The two families had dinner together and prepared eight dishes and one soup.
Salted pigeon pork ribs and mushroom soup, stir-fried green vegetable hearts with lard, stir-fried corn with minced meat, stir-fried pork slices with red amaranth, fish head stewed with soybeans, braised pork with taro, steamed dumplings with meat filling, and cold pig ears and pig heads.
Lu Qingqing and others often eat these dishes. Although they are not as sumptuous as today, there are still one or two meat dishes every day.
They looked at the table full of delicious food, their eyes flashed for a moment before they looked away.
But it was different for Chen Jiaye and others. They hadn’t seen such a sumptuous meal for a long time, and they kept swallowing their saliva as they looked at the delicious food in front of them.
At the same time, they also felt that the Lu family truly treated them as friends.
Otherwise, who would be willing to give them such a good thing?
While they were moved, they were also silently thinking in their hearts that they must repay them in the future!
Lu Qingqing and others didn't know what they were thinking. They saw that they were just standing there, not sitting down, and not holding chopsticks!
Yang Liuqing thought they were just like last time, and were afraid of owing them a favor and feeling embarrassed to eat, so he simply said:
"When you've settled down in a few days, please treat us to a warm meal. It has to be even more sumptuous than this one."
Chen Jiaye and the others then turned their eyes away from the food. Chen Jiaye was the first to react and quickly responded with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely treat you to something better!"
Everyone sat down and began to enjoy this sumptuous dinner.
Everyone ate and chatted in a harmonious atmosphere.
"This sweet potato braised pork is absolutely amazing, fragrant and glutinous, and melts in your mouth." Chen Jiaye praised it highly.
"And this fish head stewed with soybeans is so delicious. I can have two more bowls of rice!" Chen Jiaye's wife also agreed.
Lu Qingqing's family felt very happy after hearing this.
Yang Liuqing used serving chopsticks to pick up a large piece of pork ribs for each person.
"Don't worry about us, eat too." The Queen Mother shirked the responsibility.
"Okay, everyone eat." Yang Liuqing said with a smile.
After dinner.
The women and two maids were responsible for cleaning up the dishes, while the men sat together to discuss building the house!
The result of the discussion came out quickly: build the house on Lu’s side first, and then build to their side!
Lu Hu had objections at first, but Wang's father said, "Build your house first. If it rains and blows, we will have a place to hide. If you build your house at the same time, and a rainstorm comes, but your houses are not built yet, then everyone will have to stand in the rain."
What Wang's father said makes a lot of sense. It is true that only by building a house first can we have a place to shelter from the rain!
Everyone stopped arguing and agreed to build the road first!
The only parts of the Lu family’s house that haven’t been completed are the beams and the kitchen.
Putting up the beam is one of the most important parts of a house, even more important than laying the foundation!
There is a saying that goes, whether your family is prosperous or not depends on the Liang day!
Wang's father knows a little about Feng Shui, and Liang Pei also knows a little!
So, the two half-knowledgeable people got together and calculated that June 20th was a good day and the most suitable day for raising the beam.
It was June 20th.
Before dawn, Yang Liuqing got up and prepared.
A few days ago, a chicken was offered as a sacrifice in order to have the opportunity to raise the beams.
All members of the Lu family went out to catch pheasants in the mountains, and they actually caught a big wild rooster.
Yang Liuqing served him carefully, and on the day of raising the beam, she got up early and killed the chicken.
After the chicken was killed, two pork ribs and a fish were taken as tribute, and then a pot of glutinous rice was cooked, and some fruits and cakes were prepared.
These are the offerings to be used when raising the beam.
At the beginning of the morning, Chen Jiaye and Wang's father and son arrived early to help with the preparations.
Wait until Yangliuqing finishes worshipping the God of Land and lights the incense.
They worked together to lift the beam onto the roof. Yang Liuqing and Lu Qingqing stood below. Liang Pei had good eyesight, so he followed the instructions from below.
When everything was ready, Yang Liuqing lit the firecrackers, which were found in Chongzhou City.
The sound of firecrackers popping rang out.
Then, the king's father shouted to everyone, "Get up!"
Wang Zhenyu and Wang Zhenhang, who were carrying the beam, worked together with Lu Yuanzheng and others to lift the beam and placed it on the roof ridge accurately.
When the beam was in the correct position, Yang Liuqing lit another stick of incense and bowed three times towards the beam, praying for peace and safety for the family after the new house was completed.
It was the first time for Lu Qingqing to witness such an event as raising the beam. She didn’t expect there to be so many rules, but it was also quite interesting!
After climbing up the beam, Yang Liuqing brought out the glutinous rice and scooped a full bowl of glutinous rice for everyone.
The rice is filled with auspicious fruits such as red dates, lotus seeds, and lilies. It tastes sweet and sticky and is especially delicious.
The beams are in place, the next step is to complete the roof!
Originally, another day was to be chosen for the roof ceremonies, but Wang's father looked at the day and thought that today was a good day, so he simply ceremonied the roof and raised the beams at the same time.
After the beams were in place, it was much easier to cap the roof. All the wood needed for the roof was lifted up and fixed in a fixed position. Then a layer of branches was laid on top, and a layer of straw was covered on top of the branches. Finally, rubble was laid on top of the straw.
This way, even if heavy rain comes, there will be no leakage.
When the roof was completed, everyone cheered happily!
The house built by the Lu family is a five-bedroom house!
Everyone has his or her own house, with separate kitchen and toilet!
Although they are all built with wood, the wood they cut is of relatively expensive material. Not only is it comfortable to live in, but it also allows these wandering people to finally have a home that belongs to them alone. The sense of happiness in this makes everyone smile when they look at the house.
The Lu family’s house has been built, and in the days to come, it will be the Chen family’s.
With the experience of building the Lu family’s house, building the Chen family’s house will be much faster.
The men from the Lu and Chen families worked hard together, and half a month later, the Chen family completed the main structure of the house.
Another half a month later, the Chen family's five-bedroom house was also completed.
The Chen family invited the Lu family to join them in warming up the house.
The two families held a simple and warm ceremony in the new house to celebrate the completion of their new home.
After the house was built, Lu Qingqing, Liang Pei and Lu Yuanzheng finally had time to go down the mountain and visit other cities to see what was going on.
They had put this matter on hold before because they were planning to build a house.
During these days, Chen Jiaye and the Wang family also took seeds from Lu Qingqing and started to reclaim wasteland and plant them!
In just one month, their crops began to grow into decent shape.
Although they don’t look as good as Lu Qingqing’s, they still look pretty good when picked and sold in the city.
On the morning of the first day of August, Lu Qingqing, Liang Pei, Lu Yuanzheng, Chen Jiaye and the two brothers Wang Zhenhang and Wang Zhenyu, all carried baskets full of vegetables and fruits and set out for other cities.