Chapter Seventy-Four: Laba

Entering the wax moon, today is the Laba Festival, Qin Lao Niang began to prepare all kinds of beans and rice fruits used in cooking porridge a few days ago, and today is four days to get up and get busy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The beans and rice, which were soaked in large and small pots yesterday, were put into the pot of boiling water early, and a few colored fruits were added in the middle.

Or because Qin Lao Niang grew up in the pot and liked to make rice and soup all her life, although the tea and rice of the Qin family did not dare to compare with those landlords and squires, but they were also quite good at it.

Especially in several villages near Zhoujiawan, whenever there is a wedding or funeral, Qin Lao Niang will be specially invited to help.

Some people are envious of Mrs. Qin's neat and outstanding craftsmanship on the stove, and naturally some people are angry.

The farmer has to eat the crop rice, and the bells and whistles are filled with garlic. If someone cares about a sentence or two, it will be even more frying.

The work in the field at home is so busy that there is no time to pant, and I have to cook for the family, the melons and vegetables in the field can be cleaned, chop and chop bar, a pot of stew can be full, how can there be that idle time and mind is to cut shreds and slices and cut sections, this is not full of support!

Besides, I've lived for half my life, and I haven't heard of anyone who can't live if their food is not good, but I haven't heard the elders complain that their daughter-in-law is a glutton. If the Qin Zhou clan didn't have a mother-in-law and sister-in-law, how could they have such courage to be a moth.

Such gossip naturally reached the ears of Qin Lao Niang. But she is used to going to the fine in everything, if she is asked to cut a pickle section, the two of them can carry it to the beam, she will be aggrieved.

One ear in and one ear out, no matter what those idle stories, in the end, the comfort of a family's food is more important than anything else.

Especially during the New Year's holidays, Qin Lao Niang has to show her skills. Even Laba, according to the local customs of Lianxi, will be very interested in cooking sweet and salty Laba porridge to honor ancestors and treat their families.

This year, although there are no local fresh ingredients such as mushrooms, water chestnuts, gourds, and lotus seeds, and I have not been able to buy delicacies from the mountains and seafood, I only made a very simple one-color sweet porridge, but the rules that should be followed are still the same and must be followed.

Therefore, after the Laba porridge is cooked, the first thing is to worship the gods and pray for good weather in the coming year, and then the Laba porridge will be distributed to relatives, friends and neighbors, and it must be sent out before noon, and finally the whole family will eat it together.

Now, after offering to the ancestors, worshipping the gods of the door, the house, the stove and so on, Qin Lao Niang used small jars of Laba porridge to pack them separately, and asked Qin Lianhu to send them to the relatives of her father-in-law as soon as possible.

Especially this year, a new family has been added to the family, but it was discussed with the Yao family early, and he specially pointed to the young son and eldest grandson to send it together, which can be regarded as a full gift.

It's just that in the end, Qin Lao Niang gave birth to sons, as the saying goes, raise your head to marry a daughter, bow your head to marry a daughter-in-law, not that there is any difference between high and low between men and women, but whether it is before or after marriage, it is appropriate for the male family to be more proactive in their actions.

Therefore, in order to show respect for her in-laws, Mrs. Qin will ask her son to come to the door first.

Even if it is to send Laba porridge, Qin Lao Niang is also accustomed to starting to stew porridge on low heat in the middle of the night every year, and strive to distribute it as soon as possible after dawn.

It's been more than ten years, and the family has already developed a habit. I never thought that I would take care of the time like other people's families, take Qiao and wait for a while, and give my in-laws a dismount.

What's the point?

It's just that this time I changed my identity and became a woman who needed to "raise my head" to act, and I still didn't have such an awareness, and I didn't think about putting a score on this top of the man's family.

I only know that it is the most important thing to send Laba porridge out quickly.

As a result, when Qin Lianfeng, Qin Chuangen's uncle and nephew sent the laba porridge to Hengxiqi in a hurry, the Shu family's laba porridge had just come out of the pot, and the Gu family was sweating profusely and arranged for a nephew in the hall to lead his youngest son to send the porridge to the Qin family.

When I saw Qin Lianfeng's uncle and nephew, I was really surprised and delighted. I invited the two of them to sit down, and I prepared a hand stove and foot stove for them to warm up, and I made tea and porridge to warm my stomach, and I was so busy that I was so happy that my voice couldn't help but get louder.

Only Qin Lianfeng's seniority is there, even the Gu family has to call him "uncle", but in the end he is only a half-old boy, when he went to relatives during the Spring Festival last year, he was treated as a child who was stuffed with fruits and red envelopes, and this son suddenly treated him as an adult Such a high-standard hospitality, he himself panicked first.

Not to mention Qin Chuangen, the uncle and nephew instantly felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles, they didn't know how to put their hands and feet, and their minds were full of hurry to find an excuse to slip away.

But obviously the Gu family was not ready to "let go" of them like this, left them for lunch, and hurriedly urged his cousin and youngest son to send the porridge to the Qin family.

Qin Lianfeng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said that the two of them just brought Laba porridge back, so don't let the two nephews run again, it's not easy to walk on the road!

Just how could Gu Shi agree, he made a look and urged the two to hurry up, and served tea to Qin Lianfeng: "It's already rude to us, how can we still be so lazy." ”

Qin Lianfeng took the teacup, only to feel that his head was about to smoke. Xiao Yao, who had never spoken, looked overjoyed, and was finally willing to help them say something, and whispered to Gu: "Sister-in-law, don't be so outsider." It's all your own family, so it's better for you to treat them as your own nephews, otherwise the two children should be uncomfortable. ”

Gu came back to his senses, looked at the uncle and nephew who were sitting in danger, and couldn't help but laugh himself, and pushed Xiao Yao and said, "I know, I know, I'm not too happy!" ”

But that being said, the Gu family did exactly that. But from the perspective of the little uncle and nephew, it was only from almost breathless, slightly improved to the extent that it was barely breathless.

Speaking of which, when the uncle and nephew went out before, they received a large list of envious glances from the little boys, but it was only now that they realized that there is no free lunch in this world.

Fortunately, it didn't take long to sit down, Gu's nephew came over to deliver Laba porridge, and Gu was busy introducing the three of them, and left his nephew to eat.

Qin Lianfeng breathed a sigh of relief, it was much more comfortable to socialize with his peers than to greet the Gu family. And the kid from the Gu family is also a lively character, and the three of them quickly got together.

Only Xiao Yao's couldn't help laughing when he looked at Gu who was walking with the wind on the side.

And when Qin Lianfeng and Qin Chuangen had eaten easily, said goodbye and went home, they met the Shu family's Cong brothers on the way, and returned home after a few more greetings, only to find that they were more tired than going to the ground for half a day.

As for whether the Shu family will be questioned by the Gu family after returning home from the two brothers, the uncle and nephew don't know, they only know that they don't make it clear today, but they don't expect to get out.

In the kitchen, Sichuan Jiao was obediently hanging her head and closing her eyes, and the lobby sister Dill was helping to wash her hair with hot snow water, but her ears were wide open, and she listened to Qin Lianfeng's dry mouth and couldn't help laughing.

Dill saw her little head little by little, and thought that there was water in her eyes, so she hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe her face, and the pepper was too busy to move.

It's just that the hair has not been washed and dried, and the family is waiting for dinner, when the new brother-in-law comes. (To be continued.) )