Chapter Seventy-Seven: Laba
Han Qi came this time, instructed Wulang on some matters related to reading, and cared about agricultural affairs, and sat for a while before leaving. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing that Han Qi not only didn't have any out-of-the-ordinary actions, but there was a little more between his words, Xu Xiangwan was relieved, and wanted to return the peiyu in his arms to him, but he didn't find a chance, so he had to comfort himself to return it next time.
Wulang dealt with it cautiously in front of Han Qi, but unexpectedly, Han Qi really seemed to be here to observe the people's feelings, and left after chatting a few words casually, without embarrassing them, he secretly said that he lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but he was overguarded.
Even though Han Qi showed kindness these two times, Gorou still didn't let down his guard against him, but his impression of him changed slightly, and he felt that he was not as domineering as when they first met.
After Han Qi left, Xiao Jiu brought a small stool to guard the gate of the courtyard, saying that he was going to wait for Shen Qianyu, but the family couldn't persuade him. Zhang had to put a thick cotton jacket on his face, and put a pot of unburned firewood at his feet, then sighed, took a needle and thread, and sat behind the door.
Until noon, except for the Liang family who came to the room with Xu Lianlian and Xu Balang, who came to visit the door and were sent away by Xu Xiangwan with a few words, no one came.
Xiao Jiu drooped his head in disappointment, pouted and complained to Xu Xiangwan for a few words, and then obediently followed to eat.
Today is Laba, it just so happened that Han Qi sent the Fushou porridge and Laba porridge from Yinlong Temple, Xu Xiangwan's family didn't cook anymore, the porridge was hot, and they ate the fragrant pickles and buns in the food box.
The Fushou porridge of Yinlong Temple is famous far and wide, it is said that this Fushou porridge is boiled with the dried fruits, Jiang rice and other offerings that have been enshrined in front of the Buddha for 9981 days, and the master of Mingtai himself recites the scriptures and prays for blessings, and after eating, it can increase the longevity and form a good fate. As a result, not only the people near Ganquan County would go to Yinlong Temple to receive alms, but even the neighboring prefectures and counties were famous for their followers. It is precisely because of this that there are many people in Yinlong Temple today, and there will be some abductors who take advantage of the chaos to commit crimes every year, which is also the reason why the Zhang family did not let Xu Xiangwan's brothers and sisters go to the temple to offer incense and ask for porridge.
In addition to the auspicious meaning, the taste of Fushou porridge is also very good, the family eats with relish, even Xiao Jiu, who has been clamoring to wait for Shen Qianyu, also eats with a smile and is no longer depressed.
There are not many Fushou porridge, only enough for one bowl per person, and after eating, they can only eat the laba porridge given by Han Qi.
Compared with Fushou porridge, Laba porridge is much more exquisite, and the food box is divided into upper and lower layers of sweet and salty porridge. Sweet porridge is made from red dates, barley, lilies, etc., while salty porridge is made from scallops, shrimp, ham, etc. The sweet porridge is sweet and glutinous, and the salty porridge is full of fresh and fragrant, compared to the sorghum rice porridge in Xu Xiangwan's house on weekdays, it is simply delicious in the world.
After the meal, there was finally a knock on the courtyard door again, Xiao Jiu jumped off the bench, and hurriedly ran to open the door with a smile on his face, shouting excitedly as he ran: "Brother Qianyu, Brother Qianyu, is Brother Qianyu here?"
It's a pity that the moment the door opened, Xiao Jiu's little face fell: "Uncle Shopkeeper, didn't Brother Qianyu come with you?"
The person who came was Shen Shopkeeper, and he didn't see Shen Qianyu.
After listening to what the shopkeeper Shen said, Xu Xiangwan and the others knew that Shen Qianyu had returned to Fucheng at the beginning of the month, and they didn't know when they would be able to come back to Ganquan County.
Before leaving, Shen Qianyu left a letter for Wulang, and asked the shopkeeper Shen to bring it, which revealed a lot of reluctance to Wulang's family, and invited Wulang and a few people to go to Shen's house in Fucheng to play with him in the future, and said that they would find an opportunity to come to Guojiazhen to see them as soon as possible. In addition, Shen Qianyu also left some small objects for children to play with Xiao Jiu, and prepared a festival gift for each person separately, for Zhang's, Xu Qiuyi, and Xu Xiangwan was a set of head noodles for each person, a set of rouge gouache from Xiuyuanfang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and two sets of books for Wulang and Xiao Jiu.
This is the first time that the shopkeeper Shen came to Xu Xiangwan's house, and after drinking a few cups of Xu Xiangwan's homemade plum blossom tea accompanied by Wulang, he didn't sit for a while and said that he wanted to leave, Wulang and others sincerely retained, and the shopkeeper Shen couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the family, so he sat down for a while.
The weather was cold, and now that the family had income and some money to spare, Zhang was a capable woman, so she used glutinous rice to make mash rice wine. Shopkeeper Shen came all the way to the cold, so Zhang and Xu Qiuyi cooked a few bowls of mash eggs and brought them to the living room to entertain him and the coachman.
For the farmer, mash eggs are a great courtesy to entertain guests, especially on this cold winter day.
Xu Xiangwan took Xiao Jiu to the field to pinch the tips of peas when Shopkeeper Shen came.
After a while, Xu Xiangwan came back with two baskets of pea tips.
When the shopkeeper Shen saw Xu Xiangwan coming back, he said hello and asked to go again, Wulang and others repeatedly retained, but the shopkeeper Shen only said that there was still something to do in the store, and insisted on leaving, so it was not good for Wulang to stay again.
Before leaving, Zhang asked Wulang to pack two packs of mugwort rice crackers from his own bag to Shen Shopkeeper and Shen Qianyu, and Xu Xiangwan put the two baskets of pea tips that he had just picked for Shen Shopkeeper, and also said that one basket was given to Shen Shopkeeper and one basket was given to Shen Qianyu, and Shen Shopkeeper was not polite, took the things handed by Wulang and Xu Xiangwan, thanked him and left with a smile.
Mugwort rice crackers are the special snacks in Ganquan County, the tender mugwort leaves picked from the ridge mountain are crushed, mixed evenly with glutinous rice flour, kneaded into a round cake shape, and then the bacon dice, fragrant bean sauce, minced garlic are put together and fried together to make filling, and finally wrapped in dumpling leaves and steamed in the steamer, it tastes fragrant and delicious, has a unique flavor, it is the snack food that every household in Ganquan County loves to eat.
Taking advantage of the rest, after the shopkeeper Shen left, Wulang went to the field to pinch some pea tips, planning to take them to Guojia Town early tomorrow morning to sell.
The pea tips in the field are growing very well. Six acres of pea tip Goro naturally can't pick it alone, Zhang and Xu Qiuyi both said that they wanted to go to the field to help, but were stopped by Golang and Xu Xiangwan, after all, the two of them are good at needlework, if they rough their hands, it will be worth the loss to destroy the fabric of the embroidery village.
Therefore, in the end, only Goro, Xu Xiangwan and Xiao Jiu went to the ground.
Don't look at the small nine people, but their movements are very flexible, and they work neatly, and the tips of the peas are pinched quickly and cleanly, and they are only half a line behind Xu Xiangwan and Wulang.
In winter, the days are short, and I only work in the fields for about an hour, and then it gets dark.
Rao is like this, and the three brothers and sisters also pinched more than one acre of land, about one or two hundred catties.
The next day, Xu Xiangwan also got up early in the morning with Wulang, and the brother and sister borrowed a cart from Lizheng's house, and went to Guojia Town with a cart of pea tips.
In winter, the weather is cold, the wind is cold, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.
Although Xu Xiangwan and Wulang walked all the way, their hands and feet were hot, they couldn't stop the cold wind blowing on their ears, and the tip of their nose and earlobes were still red from the cold.
Fortunately, Xu Xiang studied how to boil the ointment when he had nothing to do at home in addition to occasionally serving the crops in the late winter, and after trying it many times, he finally made his own chilblain ointment for the family to use, although the taste was unpleasant, but the effect was very good, which did not make the family chapped hands and feet, frostbite of ears and nose.
When I arrived at Guojia Town, the sky was bright, but there was a thick fog, but the distance between zhang and Xu was that the shadow was sufficient, such as entering the Yaochi Immortal Palace, the fairy spirit was faint, and it also had a different style. (To be continued.) )