A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

The new house was originally scheduled to be completed in more than 20 days, but during the construction process, Nie Qianqian had some new ideas. She built several separate rooms in the backyard, which could be used to store ingredients needed for the restaurant and some medicinal herbs. The rest could be used as her own independent workspace.

The new house is about to be completed, and the construction has reached the stage of raising the roof beam. The village attaches great importance to the raising of the roof beam when building a house. There is a saying: "If there is a beam on the roof, there will be grain in the house; if there is no beam on the roof, the livestock will not thrive." There are special steps and rules for raising the roof beam to ensure that the roof beam is stable and upright, and thus ensure that the house will always be stable.

The beam-raising ceremony consists of seven steps: selecting the beam, making the beam, offering sacrifices to the beam, raising the beam, decorating the beam, throwing the beam, and thanking the beam. Liu Xiong had already prepared for the selection and making of the beam before the opening of Liu Family Restaurant. He chose pine wood, which is not easily rotten and has a hard texture, as the main beam. He found a master craftsman with decades of experience to make the beam. After it was made, he pasted auspicious characters such as "Fu Lu Shou Xi" (福禄寿喜) on it.

Liu Xiong had someone calculate the auspicious time for raising the roof beam, choosing a full moon day to symbolize family reunion. The custom in Qinghe Village is to hold a feast to celebrate the raising of the roof beam, inviting relatives and friends. However, each family's circumstances are different; for many, building a new house has already emptied their pockets, so the feast is merely a formality, simply inviting close relatives to sit around a table.

The old house was where Liu Yan and Liu Xiong were born, and it held their childhood memories. Later, their parents passed away one after another, leaving the two of them alone and destitute. Their family's circumstances deteriorated, and the old house was in a state of disrepair. Liu Yan got married, and Liu Xiong married and moved away, so the place gradually fell into disrepair.

Nie Qianqian knew that Liu Yan had a special affection for the old house, which was her spiritual sustenance. Deep down, she had always longed to have a house of her own here. The completion of the new house had special significance for Liu Yan. Nie Qianqian had long ago discussed with Liu Yan how to hold a grand house-raising banquet.

Nie Qianqian had sent out invitations for the house-raising banquet in advance. The invitations included the workers who were building the house, the villagers who were on good terms with Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian, the village head and his family, a total of more than 40 people, who were divided into 5 tables.

The day before the roof beam was raised, Liu Yan and Liu Xiong did not go to the county town to set up a stall. Instead, they stayed at home with Huang Zhenzhu and Nie Qianqian to prepare the roof beam feast. Because there were too many things to prepare, Da Ma and Xiao Ma came to help.

The weather has been excellent these past few days, with warm sunshine that has swept away the chill of late autumn. Every morning, the kitchen of the old house is filled with the aroma of meat, and wisps of smoke rise from the roof. Because the fire is always burning, the house is warm and cozy. Tuantuan and Tiedan chase the chicks in the yard, giggling and laughing. Their joyful voices fill the yard. Huang Zhenzhu and Liu Yan, wearing aprons, keep going in and out of the yard. The old house, which was abandoned just over a month ago, is now full of life.

Nie Qianqian looked at the menu she had drawn up. There were eight dishes on the table: braised pork knuckle, braised pork offal, pickled cabbage and sliced ​​pork soup, spicy hot pot, Mapo tofu, stir-fried bamboo shoots, cold black fungus salad, and fish ball soup. The staple food was fragrant rice.

Such a dish would be top-notch in Qinghe County, and would even be presentable when entertaining guests in the county town.

Da Ma and Xiao Ma were astonished to learn that there would be braised pork knuckles and stewed offal on the day of the roof-raising ceremony. Having lived in the village for so many years, they had never heard of anyone preparing such a fine feast. When the eldest son of the former village headman got married, Liu, the village headman, held a banquet and added several extra ounces of meat to the dishes, which was talked about by the villagers for a whole year.

Huang Zhenzhu and Liu Yan both felt a pang of regret looking at the menu; such a meal would cost a lot of money. However, Liu Xiong supported Nie Qianqian's decision, saying, "Raising the roof beam is a big event, and money should be spent where necessary. Especially since Liu Yan has divorced and moved out on her own, she has her own house, which deserves a good celebration. On the day of the roof beam raising, her parents in heaven will be watching and will feel comforted."

When Liu Xiong and Liu Yan mentioned their deceased parents, their eyes reddened, and they felt a pang of sadness. The greatest regret is that they wanted to care for their parents, but they were no longer there.

Liu Yan looked at Nie Qianqian with red eyes. Fortunately, she had Qianqian, who was the hope for her in this life.

She knew that Nie Qianqian was throwing a big feast to make her happy, and that Nie Qianqian was in charge of all the ingredients. Afraid that she would feel bad about spending the money, she didn't tell her how much it cost.

Qianqian... although she isn't...

Though not their own flesh and blood, they are like their own children...

When no one was looking, Liu Yan wiped away her tears.

Liu Xiong hummed an unknown tune as he and Huang Zhenzhu prepared food for the beam-raising ceremony. Before the official raising of the beam, the family had to worship the main beam, set up an offering table, and place offerings such as chicken, fish, pig, incense, candles, fruits, etc. They would then offer wine and pray to heaven to bless the house with safety and stability.

Huang Zhenzhu painted the eggs red for good luck. Looking at the lively scene in the courtyard, she remembered what she had said to Huang Xiuxiu that day. Huang Xiuxiu did not believe her. Liu Yan was living a prosperous life and did not need any man.

Gu Xiao stood by the desk in the room, holding a calligraphy brush in his left hand. After a few days of recovery, he could no longer feel much pain in his right hand, but Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian insisted that he not do any work and could only rest in the room. The only thing he could do was write the couplets to be pasted on the main beam.

Gu Xiao waved his left hand and wrote a couplet on the red paper: "May you settle down on an auspicious day and have everything go as you wish; may you settle in a good place and live a hundred years of happiness." His calligraphy was vigorous and powerful, written in one go. Even the great scholars in the capital would admire his skill.

After finishing this task, he had nothing to do but read in the room. However, he couldn't muster any interest in what he used to enjoy most. His eyes were fixed on the book, but his mind was wandering outside. He could hear Nie Qianqian's cheerful voice outside, and he could accurately pick out her voice from among a group of people.

No, it was her voice that precisely penetrated his heart.

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

Tuantuan took small steps and came into Gu Xiao's room again, holding a piece of milk candy in her hand. She stuffed it into Gu Xiao's hand and said, "Daddy, this is candy that Mommy made. It's for throwing the beam. It's for you to eat every time. It'll be sweet."

Tuantuan knew that his father was injured and needed to rest in the house. He felt that his father would be unhappy if he stayed in the house, so he would run in from time to time to tell Gu Xiao about the progress of the work outside and hand Gu Xiao all kinds of delicious food.

Tuantuan: "Won't Daddy feel bored?"

Gu Xiao patted Tuan Tuan's head. Tuan Tuan's head was round and felt nice to touch. "No, Dad has books to read."

Tuantuan tiptoed and glanced at Gu Xiao's book with her round eyes, saying in a childish voice, "But why is Daddy still looking at this page?"

Just now, when Tuantuan came to deliver the peanut milk, Daddy was looking at this page...

Gu Xiao: "..."

Tuantuan's keen observation skills really come from him.