A few more days passed in the quiet days, and in the blink of an eye it was the eighth day of the twelfth month - Laba Festival. In the Apocalypse Dynasty, on the day of the Laba Festival, from the princes and nobles to the common people, every household has the habit of boiling Laba porridge. Of course, the ingredients used in Laba porridge in large families are more expensive.

The so-called Laba porridge is mainly made of Jiangmi (that is, glutinous rice in the south), with red dates, chestnuts, red beans, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, peach kernels, almonds, mung beans, raisins, longan, lotus seeds and other eight kinds of ingredients, simmered slowly to make porridge.

After boiling Laba porridge, only half of it was left at home. As for the other half, it is served in a sea bowl, and a bowl is sent by relatives and friends. At this time, it is a test of whether the daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law) is good at cooking. Whether Laba porridge is good or not, the ingredients in it are important, but the heat of boiling is also the key. Otherwise, no matter how good the ingredients are, they will be wasted.

When Lijiatun's family was boiling laba porridge, Li Junran was still in Yuezhen. But this does not affect the whole Tun when the fragrance of porridge wafts in the sky, chanting (gossiping) a certain little girl who is not present.

"Sister, this girl Liu'er will come back today." Cuihua, who was helping to light the fire, raised her head and sniffed the rich aroma of porridge in the air, with a little complaint in her tone.

"Will be back, will be back. Cui'er, count by yourself, how many times have you asked since you got up today? Mihua smiled and joked about her little sister.

Since the day of the big gathering on the first day of the new year, my little sister knew that Liu'er's girl planned to stay in the town for a few more days, and immediately shouted that she would also follow Liu'er's girl to stay in the town. As a result, it was my own mother who gave her strength, and she twisted the little girl home with her ears in her eyes.

Although the man was brought home. But I didn't want to bring that soul back. These days, if I don't watch it closely, I'm afraid that this little girl may plan to go to the town alone to find Liu'er's girl.

Thinking of this, Mi Hua sighed helplessly in her heart, sometimes she couldn't help but wonder if her little sister was born with the wrong hug, and look at how she looks like a stinky boy. If it was really a stinky boy, it would be nice to marry Liu'er's girl home, and it wouldn't be like now......

"Mother, eldest sister laughs at me." Facing the run on her own sister, Cuihua was a little unhappy. pouted and complained to Aunt Mihua, who was watching her daughter's interaction.

"Alright, alright. How old are they. Not really. After the New Year, Cui'er, you will be ten years old, and you will be a big girl. Before, my mother didn't restrain you, and you ran around the mountains. Now think about it. It's time for you to take care of yourself. Follow your eldest sister to learn the embroidery ......"

Aunt Mihua's words are not finished. It caused Cuihua to howl and howl as a little wolf. It's not terrible to be confined at home, let Cuihua learn embroidery with a needle, which cost her little life.

Pity. Aunt Mihua, who came back from the big market in the town, had already made up her mind, how could she change her mind because of her little girl's shouting. Besides, this is indeed for the good of his little daughter, the daughter's family can live a comfortable life for a few days when she is at home, and if she really waits for the ceremony, she will stay at home for a year or two at most, and then she should get married. If you can find a kind-hearted mother-in-law, the young couple and the beautiful life will naturally be blessed by Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattva. But how can everything be as good as possible in this world? Don't talk about it, let's take herself as an example, her father-in-law and mother-in-law are the best, and the second uncle and uncle are also loyal and honest. It's just that the second concubine...... Don't mention it.

"Mother, I see that the porridge is almost ready." Mihua is getting older, and she also knows the concerns in her mother's heart. Especially in the years when the younger brother was not born, he lived in the second uncle's family next door, and how the second aunt treated her family, Mi Hua remembered it clearly. It is precisely because I remember that Mihua, who is the eldest sister, is more worried about her little sister, who is so lively and has no time for peace. Future...... What should I do if I am not good at cooking and don't know how to needlework?

"Mm-hmm, I look like I'm pretty much done." Aunt Mi Hua took the big round spoon from Mi Hua's hand, stirred the laba porridge in the pot slightly, scooped up half a spoon with her hand, and took a look. This time, Aunt Mi Hua did not go to the stove, but instructed her two daughters to make eight porridge on the side. The reason for doing this is naturally because after the New Year, my eldest daughter Mihua will be fourteen, and it will be time to perform the ceremony in another year.

On the stove, there are more than a dozen sea bowls neatly placed, all of which are prepared for the neighbors. Laba porridge is not much, that is, each family is full of a big spoonful, most of the sea bowl, just to taste it.

After a while, Mi Hua loaded all those sea bowls into her own Laba porridge and found a bamboo basket, which could fit three sea bowls in one basket.

"Mother, second/grandma's house, I'll send it."

"It's okay. But Cui'er, your sister Liu'er is only afraid that she won't be able to come back until after noon. Although Aunt Mi Hua didn't know when Li Junran would go home, she still remembered that Li Cui's had mentioned this last time, saying that she asked the little girl to come back with Li Zhengyuan in the mule cart of the Seventh Ancestor's house. Calculate the time, but I'm afraid it will be early afternoon at the earliest.

"Ah...... That, that's me...... Go too. I'll wait for Liu Er to come back at Grandma's house! ”

For her little girl, Aunt Mi Hua was also a little speechless, and said angrily: "Mi'er, look at your sister, catch up with Ming'er, Cui'er, it's better to live at your second/grandma's house." ”

Cuihua was very happy to live with Li Junran, but looking at Aunt Mihua's appearance, she instinctively chose to hug her mother's thigh very dogleggy: "Mother, don't you want Cui'er?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't get tired of it. The porridge should be cold in a moment. Hurry up and send it to your second/grandma, third grandpa, and fourth grandpa's house. ”

"Hey." Cuihua jumped out of her house with a bamboo basket.

Mi Hua, who was following behind, said uneasily: "Cui'er, you slow down, don't sprinkle." ”

"I can't sprinkle it~"

Li San's grandfather's house is not far from Aunt Mihua's house, but there is some distance between Li Junran's house in the second room and Li Pinghai's house in the fourth room. The exchange of laba porridge between relatives and friends is just to taste the taste, and the amount is naturally not very large. It's even more impossible to be full. After Cuihua came out of Li San's grandfather's house, she originally wanted to go directly to Li Junran's house, but unfortunately she had to go through the fourth room to go to the second room.

Since the family separation incident opened up a few months ago, Cuihua, who had no good impression of the fourth room, has become more and more unwilling to see the fourth room. If it weren't for the fact that they were still of the same clan, and sending Laba porridge to each other was a custom passed down from the ancestors, Cuihua would not be willing to take her own Laba porridge to a cheap four-room room at all. It's a pity that no matter how reluctant you are, you have to go.

Cuihua stood at the gate of the courtyard of the fourth room for a while, and then mustered up the courage to knock on the copper ring on the half-open courtyard door: "Little fourth mother, are you there?" ”

"Yo. Isn't this the cui'er of the old family in the fifth room? Li Zhao, who was basking in the sun and eating melon seeds in the yard, looked up and down at the green flowers. Some yin and yang said angrily, "What kind of wind blew your little girl into our four-room courtyard?" ”

"Aunt Bai, my mother asked me to deliver Laba porridge." Cuihua just didn't see Li Zhao looking at herself, with a few meaningful scrutinies in her eyes.

How could Li Zhao not know why Cuihua came, no longer a person with common sense. I saw the emerald flowers carrying a small bamboo basket. Smell the smell of food in the air. You should have guessed too.

"Oh, it's all Laba today." Li Zhao's face changed in a blink of an eye, and his right hand was on his cheek. With a sad and sad look, "Cuihua, don't be weird." Since your fourth grandfather fell...... Auntie, I've been busy all day, and I'm confused this day......"

Cuihua looked at Li Zhao's appearance and was immediately stunned in place, and then said very bluntly: "Auntie, can I trouble you to go into the kitchen and get a bowl?" I'll have to send it to several families. ”

Seeing that Cuihua was so uncooperative, Li Zhao pursed his mouth unhappily, turned around and shouted in the direction of the kitchen: "Big girl, your fifth grandfather's Cuihua has come to deliver Laba porridge." Why don't you hurry up and grab a bigger bowl? ”

Li Qian, who was busy boiling porridge in the kitchen, heard Li Zhao shouting like this, so he couldn't wait to immediately pick up the big round spoon in his hand and rush to the courtyard to give Li Zhao a few spoons. On the contrary, Shuangtao, the eldest granddaughter of the fourth room who helped to light the fire, had not yet stood up from the small bench, so she responded: "Hey, here it is." ”

Shuangtao patted his clothes, lowered his voice and whispered to Li Qianshi: "Mother, don't be angry, have you forgotten what your eldest brother said?" At this time, we can't afford to be angry with the second aunt. ”

"But, but ......"

Shuangtao waved his hand at Li Qian's family, then walked straight to the cupboard, took a small sea bowl and walked out of the kitchen.

"Sister Cui'er, you made a special trip for your hard work."

"No, it's fine." In terms of age alone, double peaches are older than rice flowers. Because they don't move around each other much, Cuihua is not familiar with double peaches, but Cuihua still knows some of the truth of raising her hand and not hitting smiling people. Cuihua sniffed the fragrance of laba porridge wafting in the air, and smiled back at Shuangtao: "Sister Tao, are you boiling laba porridge?" ”

"No, it's my mother." Shuangtao lowered her head and poured the bowl of laba porridge that Cuihua handed her into her own sea bowl, and then returned the empty bowl to Cuihua, "Sister Cui'er, if you are not in a hurry, it is better to wait for some time." Gruel...... It's almost there. ”

"Ah......h

Seeing the embarrassment on Cuihua's face, Shuang Tao pretended to explain lightly: "Actually...... It's also that I want to be lazy, good sister, you just wait a little longer, okay? ”

"However, I still have to go to deliver laba porridge to Liu'er's house. Or...... I'll come back later? ”

"Liu'er, this girl, I may not have seen her for a long time......" Shuangtao cautiously inquired about Li Junran's recent situation.

"It's good." Cuihua obviously didn't realize that leaking Li Junran's recent situation to Shuangtao knew that there was a big problem, "It's just that she's in the town these days, not in Tunli." ”

"She's ...... in town"

"How do I know this? Okay, Sister Tao, it's time for me to go to Er/Grandma's house to deliver porridge. Cuihua saw that Shuangtao had been inquiring about the situation of her good sister, and she had a sense of crisis in her heart, and without waiting for Shuangtao to finish speaking, she directly interrupted Shuangtao's words. Now, Shuangtao wants to ask a few more words, and it's not good to speak again.

After the eyes of Cuihua left, Shuang Tao wanted to turn around and go back to the kitchen. But Li Zhao, who didn't want to be next to him all the time and stealing his head, came to his side, and even Li Xiaofeng and Li Zhengan, who had not been seen before, didn't know which corner suddenly came out of it.

"It seems...... The eldest of the five families is having a good time this year. Li Xiaofeng glanced at the sea bowl in Shuangtao's hand, and was immediately very unhappy.

"It's not just a good time!" Li Zhengan almost gritted his back molars and said. Looking at the sea bowl, there are not only longan meat, but also lotus seeds, walnuts, raisins, and other expensive dried fruits, and the faint fragrance of osmanthus honey. Although there are not many of them, at least they are put in it. That's very problematic!

What does a bowl of genuine Laba porridge say? It shows that the eldest of Li Wu's grandfather's family has had a good life this year. Why did you have a good time?! Naturally, it is because they used the ancestral vermicelli processing recipe of the Li family's four rooms! That's the silver that originally belonged to their four rooms! Right now...... (To be continued......)