1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

At around seven o'clock the next morning, all the men, women, and children in the village gathered at the mountain temple.

We had high hopes for the mountain temple, and now with the big tiger's urination last night, this became even more unusual.

"Uncle Dong, have you arranged everything?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"Yes, we chose unmarried young men from our village. They have stronger yang energy, and we will give each of them a red envelope later." Hu Yadong said with a smile.

"Then what should I do?" Chen Tiezhu asked curiously.

"If you want, you can set off fireworks when the time comes." Hu Yadong said.

"That's it, leave this job to me." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Dad, why are you all wearing red belts?" Doudou asked in confusion.

"Because they are responsible for carrying the beams. When they are carried to the mountain temple, the people above can pull the beams up." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"By the way, Uncle Dong, do we need to shout slogans later? Are there any other small activities? I remember when I was a child, I watched other people's houses put up beams, and it was very lively."

"No need for this." Hu Yadong said with a smile.

"We are putting up beams for the mountain god temple, not like a private family. Private families shout slogans and throw grains for good luck. Can you expect the mountain god temple to flourish?"

"Uh..., that's the truth. I'd better go with Doudou to set off firecrackers." Chen Tiezhu nodded.

Although there are many people gathering at the scene, it is not chaotic at all.

Even if everyone is watching the excitement, they will keep some distance.

After all, putting up beams is also a very important process. If it is done smoothly, it is a really good sign.

After waiting for a while, the time came, and Hu Yadong waved to Chen Tiezhu and his firecracker team.

The sound of firecrackers rang out, and the beam-carrying team also wrapped the beam with a rope wrapped in red silk, and inserted the pole wrapped in red silk upwards, and the beam was lifted up by them.

"Zhou'er, why do you have to walk forward in horse stance?"

Chen Tiezhu, who had just finished whipping Doudou, came to Zhou Fengxia's side.

"To show respect to the mountain god." Zhou Fengxia said.

"Standing in horse stance is equivalent to being shorter. Normally, when we worship gods, we have to burn incense and kowtow. This and that are similar in meaning. The beam has always occupied a very important position in our traditional culture."

"You make a lot of sense."

Chen Tiezhu nodded.

"Ah..."

At this time, another tiger roar came from the forest, and people's hearts tightened when they heard it.

The people carrying the beam forward were also startled by the tiger roar, and their steps were a little chaotic.

"Hold steady..."

Hu Yadong shouted.

"It's nothing, it's far away." Chen Tiezhu also added.

"Ao... Woo..."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of wolf howling came from the forest again.

At first, there was only one sound, and then it became a whole.

If the tiger howling just now has brought pressure to everyone, then the continuous wolf howling has magnified this pressure many times.

"It's hard to raise the beam." Chen Tiezhu shouted hurriedly.

"Stand up straight, if we can't even support the blessings of these animals, the protection of this mountain temple to our village will be limited."

"It's not far, less than five meters away. Cheer up, we are all good guys, and we are full of yang. Doudou, hold the little confused egg and walk forward a little."

Listening to his words, Doudou picked up the little confused egg beside him.

But the little guy didn't know how far to walk "a little bit". He saw that raising the beam was interesting, so he just held the little confused egg and strolled to the side of the beam-raising team.

Sometimes, things just develop in such a weird way.

Doudou didn't think about anything else in her heart, she just joined in the fun happily.

But the little confused kid she was holding gave these people strong confidence at once.

They all knew that this mountain temple was to enshrine the tablet of Mr. Hu San. Now when they saw the lazy look of the little confused kid in Doudou's arms, they had no other thoughts in their hearts and were very confident.

The steps that were a little messy just now were adjusted immediately, and they walked to the front of the mountain temple very smoothly.

The young men who had made preparations upstairs threw the rope down directly. Passing through the bottom of the beam, this end was thrown up again.

The next work was very smooth, whether it was putting the beam or fixing it, it was done in one go.

"Ah..., it's really not easy."

Hu Yadong sighed.

"No one expected that the animals in the mountains would join in the fun. I think this is also quiteGood. "Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Thanks to you guys, it would be a bit of a gamble today." Hu Yadong said.

"You can say that I have been a carpenter for many years, and I have been in charge of many beam-raising work. There has never been a time that made me so nervous as today, but fortunately it was quite satisfactory in the end."

"Uncle Dong, is there anything else I need to pay attention to later?"

At this time, a young man from the beam-raising team ran over.

"No, just go home and wash your hands and face. You have to take the red envelopes, this is to suppress bad luck." Hu Yadong said.

"Okay. "

The young man responded cheerfully, and followed everyone to He Jianguo to receive the red envelope.

There was not much money in it, just a five-yuan note.

If it was in the past, five yuan would be a lot of money in Erdaoling Village. But now, it's just that.

In fact, it's not about how much money it is, it's mainly for good luck.

"Hehe, Lao Huang and the others must be very regretful."

On the way home, Zhou Fengxia said cheerfully.

"Have you really never seen the beams for temples before?" Chen Tiezhu asked curiously.

"No, my family used to mainly look at Yangzhai. In recent years, my grandfather has been more concerned with the feng shui of companies or factories." Zhou Fengxia said.

"In fact, if he hadn't been busy recently, he would come and take a look. Now the economy in the south is very developed, and there are many people who believe in feng shui, and my family's business is too busy to handle. "

Chen Tiezhu nodded, "Then when we build a new factory, you can also take a look. "

"Forget it, no one can see you here, you can do whatever you want." Zhou Fengxia said hurriedly.

"For you, just let it go. Whether you believe it or not, you are a lucky person. As long as you don't mess around, basically nothing will happen."

Chen Tiezhu rolled his eyes. Is he the one who messes around?

But he felt a little guilty, after all, today's beam raising was indeed a bit unusual.