Reborn in 1977

Hearing this, Chen Fan's eyes widened instantly. How could this person slander someone's innocence out of thin air?

At this moment, the crowd suddenly became noisy. Chen Fan, who was about to argue, craned his neck to look over, only to see Huang Lao Si holding a long bamboo pole with a string of firecrackers tied to the end, walking towards the house with a joyful expression.

Someone next to him shouted, "Huang Lao Si, why didn't you get a string of electric firecrackers?"

Huang Lao Si immediately turned his head and scolded with a smile, "You're trying to scare me! A string of electric firecrackers costs one kuai and several jiao, and they're gone in a flash. I'll get a string of small red firecrackers that can last for half a day, and it only costs three mao and five fen. Only a fool would buy electric firecrackers."

Someone else shouted, "Then at least buy a string of Da Yang firecrackers!"

Huang Lao Si walked to the front of the new house, laid the bamboo pole flat, and extended it to Huang Lao Da, while smiling, "Da Yang firecrackers are just a bit bigger. If you want to hear a loud sound, it's better to have opening cannons. I bought two rolls of opening cannons, which can explode 20 times. It's even cheaper than Da Yang firecrackers by two mao, and the sound is louder. It's a great deal!"

Huang Lao Da waited for him to finish speaking before smiling and using a cigarette to light the fuse.

Chen Fan noticed that this kind of fuse burned very slowly. It wasn't until Huang Lao Si raised the bamboo pole high above the roof that it began to explode.

Moreover, these firecrackers didn't explode like the firecrackers of later generations, "噼里啪啦噼里啪啦噼里啪啦…" but rather exploded slowly, one by one, "啪~ 啪啪~ 啪~ 啪~ 啪啪…" like that.

It was so slow.

Chen Fan looked up at it intently. It was amazing that such a short string of firecrackers could explode for so long.

Also, what were the electric firecrackers, small red firecrackers, Da Yang firecrackers, and opening cannons they were talking about?

Oh, right, what Huang Lao Si is lighting now are small red firecrackers. He should also set off opening cannons later.

After nearly a minute of explosions, this string of one hundred small red firecrackers was finally finished.

Afterwards, Huang Lao Si put the bamboo pole aside and took out two paper boxes from his pocket.

Chen Fan quickly scurried over to watch the excitement.

Huang Bao Guan Yuan saw his appearance and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

No matter how capable he is, he's still just a half-grown child. It's already very good that he can abide by the rules and know when to advance and retreat like he does now. As long as he doesn't cause any major trouble, just let him be.

Based on his observation of Chen Fan, he estimated that this kid wouldn't cause any major trouble.

Chen Fan squeezed to the front and saw Huang Lao Si holding two boxes of firecrackers in his hands, each as thick as a thumb and seven or eight centimeters long.

Huang Lao Si lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, picked up a firecracker and brought it to the cigarette butt to light it. After it burned halfway, he threw it into the house. After two seconds, it exploded with a "Bang!" sound.

He lit and threw twenty firecrackers like this, one by one, and exploded twenty times in a row, just enough to finish a cigarette.

It must be said that it was indeed very lively.

After the last firecracker exploded, he suddenly raised his hands and shouted loudly, "Shang Liang Da Ji! (Great luck in raising the beam!)"

Several construction team masters immediately rushed over, first placing ladders on the wall, one on the left and one on the right. Then, two people lifted the main beam wood onto their shoulders, while holding the ladders and climbing up, shouting slogans as they climbed.

"Auspicious days bring good luck with gentle breezes, good times bring auspiciousness when raising the beam. Joyful energy surrounds the beam, making everything smooth, auspiciousness fills the house frequently. The beam stands tall in the sky, welcoming a hundred blessings, the beam suppresses three disasters and brings a thousand blessings. On an auspicious day, a tall house is built when raising the beam, on a good day, the family business prospers when erecting the beam. The pillars support the universe, bringing good luck, the beam carries the sun and moon, bringing five blessings…"

They shouted a sentence every two steps. Two people walked in front, and two people followed behind. Before long, they reached the gable wall, and walked all the way to the top, where the four people worked together to horizontally place the beam wood on the top of the roof.

The masters below were not idle either. They erected two top beam pillars to support the beam wood.

At this time, there was thunderous applause, and the beam raising of the new house was considered successful.

After that, there was intense construction.

It was impossible for there to be only one beam wood. The entire roof was supported by beam wood, one by one. In addition to the gable walls and interior walls, there were also several top beam pillars supporting the beam wood.

The laborers were responsible for carrying things, and the master craftsmen were responsible for positioning, reinforcing, laying wooden boards, and covering thatch.

In addition, there were two groups of people responsible for installing doors and windows.

The guests also did not go to Huang Lao Da's house diagonally opposite to rest, but gathered in the open space in front of the house to watch the excitement.

Chen Fan, on the other hand, jumped up and down, watching the masters' movements and confirming them one by one with the tricks they had talked about the day before yesterday. By noon, the carpenters and tilers finally reached LV3 and became qualified formal workers.

Unfortunately, no one came to ask him to build a house.

But someone came to ask him to cook.

"Master Chen, everything is ready over there. Please go over and take care of it."

Chen Fan turned his head and saw that it was the little girl named Huang Ying.

Uh, it's not appropriate to call her a little girl. According to my current age, it's hard to say who is older.

I just don't know what her relationship is with Huang Bao Guan Yuan.

Since the results have been obtained, he readily followed her away.

When he walked over, he found that Jiang Lili had been waiting by the stove for a long time, it seemed that she still remembered what Chen Fan said.

Chen Fan glanced at the stove, as well as the prepared turtle meat and fish fillets, and kimchi, and smiled at her, "They are all ready, or you should go sit aside for a while."

Jiang Lili was about to say something when Huang Ying pulled her away, "You are a guest, how can we let you help out? Come, come, come, sit in the house and drink tea and eat peanuts. I'll take care of the fire."

After pushing Jiang Lili into the main room, Huang Ying came back and skillfully picked up a handful of rice straw and started the fire, igniting it and then adding cotton stalks inside.

This was the second time she had stoked the fire for Chen Fan, and she knew what kind of heat was needed at what time.

As soon as the pot was heated, Chen Fan immediately entered the state.

Today, he had to make more portions.

Three tables for the workers, five tables for the guests, and one table for their own family, a total of nine large tables of dishes.

The main force was still Liu Jujiang, who was in the kitchen, surrounded by smoke and fire, while Chen Fan was outside, basking in the sun and enjoying the breeze.

Before the food was served, everyone on the opposite side smelled the fragrance and walked over.

Some people leaned over to Chen Fan's stove and poked their heads, "It smells so good."

Others ran to the kitchen door and shouted, "Master Liu, you have to give Master Chen some pointers."

Liu Jujiang laughed loudly, "Why is that?"

The man smiled, "With Master Chen's skills, if he also became a Jujiang, I'm afraid you would have no business left."

When Liu Jujiang heard this, he was overjoyed and laughed, "What you said makes some sense. Master Chen's cooking skills are indeed better than mine."

Chen Fan quickly said outside, "One thing is one thing. The captain also said that I'm not the material to be a Jujiang. Master Liu is making several tables of dishes, and I haven't even finished one table. Ask me to be a Jujiang? I'm afraid lunch will have to wait until dinner."

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Fan smiled and shouted, "Besides, Master Liu's skills are top-notch. He and I have our own flavors. It's hard to say who is better than whom. I'm just a jack-of-all-trades. When it comes to making banquets, it still has to be an old Jujiang like Master Liu."

These words made Liu Jujiang's heart blossom, and he repeatedly smiled, "Master Chen is flattering me, flattering me."