After transmigrating into the book, the prime minister always wants to farm with me.

Chapter 139 Top beam
A storm is brewing, and Qi Yunran's life will be completely disrupted! Qi Yunran is unaware of all this.

She was still planning her future with Xiao Jingxuan and building her house.

Today is the day Xiao Jingxuan returns. Their house has finally been completed after a month of construction.

I'm planning to throw a banquet to liven things up and add some life to the new house.

Having somehow caught wind of the news, Pei Shuya returned to the Pei family with her husband a day earlier.

And a gift was formally prepared.

Qi Yunran had been building the house for over a month, and it was finally completed today.

A two-story modern house with antique charm was built.

The original haunted house was not demolished; a new house was built in front of it.

When Master Li came to see the house, he felt that the haunted house was too yin and that it would be better to build a house in the front, which would be in a feng shui auspicious location.

It just so happened that Pei Yuanjun bought this area, and Qi Yunran thought that Master Li's words were correct, so she tacitly agreed with his statement.

Pei Yuanjun naturally did not object. So a house was built in front, completely blocking out the haunted house.

Because the new house was completed, Pei Yuanjun prepared a housewarming gift according to the village's customs!
When raising the roof beam, one must pay respects to ancestors and the spirits of the four directions.

Then, people carried the main beam to the center of the roof, placing one beam while saying a few auspicious words. This process was repeated by several people carrying the beams one by one until all the beams were placed.

The entire process was solemn and grand.

Qi Yunran had never seen this custom before, but she found it fascinating.

After straightening the spine, the next step is to pay respects to the ancestors and the spirits of the four directions.

Pei Yuanjun held a cup of wine, and the person in charge of the roof-raising ceremony said auspicious words.

Pei Yuanjun then offered a cup of wine, and the entire process was conducted with a sense of sacredness and solemnity.

After all the procedures are completed, the offerings used for raising the roof beam, such as steamed buns, cakes, and candies, can be thrown down from the roof, and whoever catches them gets to keep them.

Therefore, when each family in the village raises their roof beam, many people return to watch the excitement. They wait to receive the final offerings and share in the joy. Pei Yuanjun told Qi Yunran that the roof beam raising ceremony is to pray for a solid foundation and to wish for the house to be safe and long-lasting.

The house-raising ceremony in their village is relatively simple; it would be much more grand if it were held in the capital.

A whole pig will be prepared, and a highly respected person will be invited to preside over the ceremony. There are also many taboos, and some special people cannot attend the ceremony.

However, although people in the village also had some taboos, they were not as strict and demanding as those in the capital.

It's enough to have a lively ceremony to add some atmosphere to the new house and have people say auspicious words.

Qi Yunran has learned something new; in modern times, there are very few places that still retain the custom of raising the roof beam.

After all, they are all high-rise buildings.

The village chief tossed the candy from above, and the children below happily scrambled for it as it fell to the ground.

The adults would catch the pastries and steamed buns that were thrown down with their hands.

Amidst the laughter and cheerful chatter, Qi Yunran smiled happily as well.

After everyone had eaten together, it was already afternoon by the time all the tiles were put back on.

Because she was going to pick up Xiao Jingxuan in the afternoon, Qi Yunran also paid everyone's wages.

Two people from the village chief's family contributed their labor, working for forty days at a time for thirty coins a day. Qi Yunran gave them a total of two taels and four hundred coins.

The village chief's son left happily with the silver. The next family to receive the most was Huang Caicai's family. She did twice the work of everyone else, and Qi Yunran secretly paid her sixty coins a day, which is two taels and four hundred coins. In addition, her mother earned twenty coins a day for cooking, which amounted to eight hundred coins in forty days. The total was three taels and two hundred coins.

Huang Caicai was overjoyed. She took the money and left with her mother, completely satisfied.

Aunt Liu also gave him 800 coins, and Uncle Liu gave him a total of 1500 coins for working for 20 days.

All the other miscellaneous expenses added up to a total of over fifty taels of silver for labor costs.

(End of this chapter)