Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 160 Episode: Lin Meili vs. Guo

After hearing what Ge did, Liu Jinhua and others hurried to help wave the peach branches inside and out again, and set off several strings of firecrackers to drive away the bad luck. Only then did the beam-raising ceremony begin.

The beams on both sides of the house have been erected, except for the last main beam which is left empty.

Before putting up the beam, Uncle Yongshan and several others carried the main beam covered with red paper into the front hall of the new house, placed offerings on the altar, and had the bricklayers, carpenters and others say nice words and toast, and then pray to the God of Beam to take charge.

Finally, a couplet was posted that read "The beam was raised on an auspicious day, and the pillar was erected by chance, encountering the Purple Star." The couplet was written on yellow paper (red paper would not be used).

Red silk is hung at both ends of the beam, with a copper coin hanging under the red silk, which symbolizes "peace and harmony". This is the beam sacrifice.

After the beam sacrifice, the next step is to light the beams. People believe that after lighting the beams, the beams will have sacred properties.

Shi Yongshan poured three cups of wine on the ground, then picked up a pen dipped in cinnabar and handed it to Lu Mingchuan: "Brother Mingchuan, go and light the beam."

To touch the beam is to touch the two ends of the beam. According to the local custom, only the men in the family can touch the beam.

After the beam was lit, Shi Yongshan began to shout auspicious words such as "Go, good luck", and then pulled the main beam up with a rope, requiring the east end to be higher than the west end, because the east end represented the "green dragon" and the west end represented the "white tiger". According to the requirements of geomancy, the "white tiger" should be lower than the "green dragon".

Then the people standing on the roof began to pull the rope, and the beam was slowly pulled up.

"Auspicious day, the new house is completed. Today is the day of the beam raising, the house is filled with joy. The family is prosperous, the career is thriving. The family is harmonious and happy. Disasters are far away, and the family is blessed with longevity and health. The wealth is abundant, and the food and clothing are abundant."

After a passage of text on raising the beam was read, the main beam was placed steadily.

After the main beam is placed stably, the person on the beam hangs a red cloth bag filled with red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat, evergreen, etc. in the middle of the beam, which symbolizes "blessings, wealth, longevity, happiness, and eternal prosperity."

The next part is the most lively part of the beam-raising ceremony, which is called "throwing the beam". This action means "money is rolling in".

Everyone under the beam was eager to try, not only could they get some good fortune, but they could also grab a lot of food and even copper coins. I heard that Yao Qingnian had prepared several hundred copper coins! Everyone looked up, as if they were afraid of accidentally missing out on a hundred million.

Yao Qingnian prepared candies, peanuts, steamed buns, several hundred copper coins, etc. two days ago. It was a basket full of things. When Shi Yongshan saw it, he was stunned: "Girl, I have never seen anyone so generous in the village. How much money did you spend for this basket of things?"

"Uncle Yongshan, we built this house for good luck, so we should celebrate it with great fanfare, so that everyone can share in our family's blessings. This little thing is nothing."

The throwing of the beam began. The people on the beam were Shi Youhu and another young man from the village. They had a basket beside each of them. They first wrapped candies, peanuts, etc. in red cloth, and while saying nice words, they threw the cloth bags into the basket held up by Yao Qingnian with both hands. This was called "catching the bag", which meant catching the treasure.

Then he began to sing skillfully: "Throw the beam to the east, the sun rises in the east and the house is full of red; throw the beam to the west, the unicorn will give birth to a child and bring double happiness; throw the beam to the south, your descendants will be the top scholar for generations; throw the beam to the north, the rice will be plentiful every year."

After they finished singing, they threw all kinds of candies, peanuts, steamed buns, copper coins, etc. from the beams to the surroundings. The villagers began to scramble for them. It was very lively. Yao Qingnian also wanted to join in with Yinuo, thinking that this was too much fun.

Liu Shuyue quickly stopped her: "Silly girl, how can one's family take advantage of one's family's blessings? Quick, take Yinuo away, don't let others laugh at you."

"Wow! I got a copper coin!"

"I got it too!"

Yao Qingnian had no choice but to take Yinuo with him and stand aside, watching everyone having fun scrambling for the items while he could only be a spectator.

When she was watching happily, the figures of Lin Meili and her son were particularly conspicuous in the crowd. Why did this guy come? ! Raising the beam is a good thing, so basically most of the people in the village came. Although Lin Meili had a grudge against Yao Qingnian, she still came shamelessly. It is not her style to not take advantage of the opportunity.

Today is a good day, so I won’t bother with her.

This guy is really good at snatching things. He is big in size, so when he sees so many things, he just pounces on them. Zhang Xiaohu is also a famous little bully in the village. Many children automatically step aside when they see him, so no one dares to go to Lin Meili and her son. They picked up half a bag in a short while.

Just as Lin Meili looked at the falling copper coins with sharp eyes and rushed over to grab them, she was one step ahead of Guo, who quickly picked up the copper coins on the ground. Others were afraid of them, but Guo was not. She was not from the village and did not know the situation, so she ignored them at all. The only eyes were on the copper coins and things.

Her action caused Lin Meili's displeasure: "Hey! I saw it first, you are not allowed to pick it up!"

Mrs. Guo laughed out loud: "If you say so, I can see that basket of things! Are they all mine? Whoever grabs the first one on the beam will own it! Get out of my way and don't delay my good fortune."

What she said was well-reasoned and there was nothing wrong with it.

Lin Meili was anxious, so she pushed Guo away and pressed the things under her body: "Okay! They are all mine now! Don't pick them up!"

After being pushed like this by her, Guo was furious. She rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her waist and cursed: "Hey! Good fellow, there are people who are more shameless than me. Then I will open your eyes and see who is more powerful."

She grabbed Lin Meili's legs with both hands and dragged her to the side, almost tearing her pants off.

Unexpectedly, Guo was quite strong. Lin Meili, who was so big, was dragged aside by her. She grabbed her pants tightly and shouted, "Where did this tigress come from? Ouch, my pants are about to be torn off! I'll scratch you to death."

Guo was not so easy to scare. Before Lin Meili could get up, she kicked her on the butt: "Get up!"

Lin Meili rubbed her kicked butt. Although she had a lot of flesh, she could not withstand Guo's strength. She struggled to get up from the ground and wrestled with Guo. The two of them glared at each other's legs, pulled each other's hair, and swore at each other.

Seeing that she was no match for Guo, Lin Meili opened her mouth full of yellow teeth and bit Guo's arm. Guo felt so painful from the bite that she let go of her hand: "You are a dog!"

Taking advantage of the gap, Lin Meili rushed towards Guo while she was not paying attention. Guo saw someone coming and punched her, knocking out two of Lin Meili's teeth: "Look at you, you are such a wretch. I will beat you up every time I see you."

"Bah! You stinky bitch! I'm going to scratch you to death! You're an ugly bitch that no one wants. Look at the way you're posing and flirting, you're just like a fat dead pig!"

"You are talking about yourself, right? With all this fat, your husband will have nightmares in the middle of the night!"

Yao Qingnian watched with great interest, cheering and applauding for Guo in his heart...