Chapter 148: Laba
In a blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the lunar month, which is the traditional Laba Festival, and every household is to cook Laba porridge to worship ancestors and gods.
Peanuts, red beans, mung beans, rice, glutinous rice, black rice, red dates, lotus seeds, and the eight ingredients were soaked soft last night and cooked in the pot early in the morning.
Last night, there was another snowfall, but it was only in the second half of the night, and when the morning dawned, the snow stopped clearing, and although the temperature dropped a lot, because of the ability to cold winter and wax moon, the people were prepared, and they did not panic like the snow disaster in October.
Bai Qingshuang wanted to be lazy in the quilt, while thinking, because the refining of essential oils has encountered a bottleneck, and the fragrance of distilled essential oils is strong enough, but it is too thin like water.
However, with a troublesome next-door neighbor, it was an extreme luxury for her to be lazy.
"Shuang'er, it's time to get up, I'm going to my grandfather and grandmother to say goodbye!" Bai Yao's gentle voice sounded outside the door.
She knew that her daughter didn't like the people sent by Bai Zhimin, including Mama Han beside Old Madam Bai, and she also kept a three-point distance, so if there was anything, Bai Yao's family would still call Bai Qingshuang herself.
"Mother, it's snowing, it's cold, can't you avoid a day?" Bai Qingshuang drilled into the quilt, she would rather hide in the space to study the refining of essential oils than see the smiling faces of the Bai family.
It's also a family separation, so why do you have to save every morning and dusk!
"Today is Laba, and I want to worship my ancestors! Shuang'er is good, get up quickly, and when the ancestor is finished, you can drink Laba porridge and come back to sleep, okay? Bai Yao coaxed her like a child.
All right! The rules of the ancestors cannot be abolished, since the severance of relations that day did not succeed, then the only way to follow the three outlines and five constants is to obey.
Bai Qingshuang silently sighed, answered, and understood, so he took his clothes and went into the warm space to get dressed neatly. simply combed the double bun that a little girl should have, and decorated it with two beaded flowers, which can be regarded as completing the dress.
When I came out, I went to the kitchen to fetch water, brush my teeth and wash my face, and used the skin care products I developed.
In short, Xiao Ju is nothing in her opinion, except for the relationship with Bai Jiahui, she will take her to the Bai family every day to hang out, and she never wants Xiao Ju to do other things.
Bai Yao asked Xiaolan to put up the cooked Laba porridge in the pot and put it in a food box, and when she arrived in the front yard, she saw that Bai Zhihong and Bai Qingfeng were already waiting.
"Daddy! Brother! Morning! Bai Qingshuang said hello and yawned very deliberately, which was to remind them that she didn't want to stay next door for too long later.
Bai Zhihong really asked nervously: "Why is Shuang'er still sleepy, did she not sleep well yesterday?" ”
"Hmmm! When it snowed in the middle of the night last night, I couldn't sleep well! "This dad really makes her like it more and more, and he is protective and caring.
Bai Qingfeng pursed his lips and smiled lowly, to see if a person slept well, just look at the eye circles and complexion, his baby girl is refreshed, her eyes are even, how can it be that she didn't sleep well, she clearly doesn't want to go next door to delay the hour!
Bai Qingshuang knew that this brother was now a capable person, and his little tricks could only deceive his father, so he took advantage of the fact that Bai Zhihong and his wife were not paying attention, squeezed his eyes and prevented him from demolishing himself.
The funny expression of squeezing his eyebrows made Bai Qingfeng couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help laughing, which attracted the attention of Bai Zhihong and his wife.
However, he is very good at lying now, and soon he doesn't let his parents find out about their siblings' little secrets.
When the family of four stepped on the snow on the ground and walked out of their house to the next door, Xiao Ju, who was with him, couldn't help but chew her tongue in Xiaolan's ear and said, "I see that their relationship is different, do you think it will be like that?" ”
"What's that?" Xiaolan pursed the corners of her lips and said, "That's the case, that's also their business, what do you care?" ”
"It's not that I want to take care of it, it's just that if you think about it, the reason why the eldest lady stopped the Bai Mansion from severing relations with their family at that time wasn't it because Xiaodong found out that the brocade-clothed prince turned out to be the Nine Emperor Princes, and the eldest lady felt that it was profitable to persuade the old lady Bai? Now, if the eldest lady knew that the relationship between the two of them was extraordinary, and that they might be suspected of fornication, would you say that the people of Baifu would still value them so much? ”
"What do you want to say?" Xiaolan glanced at Xiaoju.
She has always been scheming than Xiaoju, and she actually understands some things and words, but she won't be the first bird.
"Why are you so stupid! I made it so clear! Xiao Ju said with a self-righteous look of hatred for iron and steel, "You forgot it, the eldest lady asked us to come, but she didn't really want to serve their family, she just wanted to know about their family's movements."
But that stinky girl seems to know our purpose, and she guards us like a thief, and they don't let us enter their room, and we are not allowed to approach the flower room. Moreover, she is always locked in the room for a while and doesn't know what she is tinkering with, and she is mysteriously tight. He only asked us to do some rough work, and the food was very poor, which was not willing to believe us at all.
In this case, what good news can we have to give back to the eldest lady, maybe the eldest lady thinks that we don't have it, and she will throw us away as outcasts! ”
"And what do you want to do?" Xiaolan resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and asked as if she had no idea.
"I'm thinking about whether I want to tell the eldest lady about this pair of fake brothers and sisters, and see how the eldest lady decides!" Xiaoju really doesn't want to stay here anymore, there is no kang to sleep at night, not to mention that it is too cold, and it is the most unbearable to do rough work if you don't eat well.
"Do you know that you can't talk nonsense, it's tantamount to ruining her reputation!" Little Landau.
Xiao Ju snorted coldly, "No matter what kind of name she has, it has nothing to do with me!" ”
"Then you can do it!" Xiaolan's gaze fell on the long back of Bai Qingfeng, who was getting taller and taller, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
But Bai Qingfeng suddenly turned his head as if he had sensed it, and glanced at her with a smile.
Suddenly, she felt that the deer in her heart collided, and her face was hot and she quickly lowered her head.
He shouldn't ignore the principles of lun and have thoughts about his sister that he shouldn't have, right?!
Baifu is also a family gathering today, and the smell of fragrant laba porridge can be smelled in the front yard.
"You're here, waiting for you to worship your ancestors together!" Since that day, Mrs. Bai has been very close to their family, that is, she treats Bai Qingshuang as if she is treating her differently, and her affection always makes Bai Qingshuang feel like she wants to escape.
Today, it is no exception, after saying hello, Mrs. Bai took Bai Qingshuang's hand and said: "Yo, this girl, how can you wear so few clothes, look at your hands are cold and cold, be careful of the wind and cold!" Ru Mei, go to my room and get the newly made mink fur that has not yet been worn and drape it for the second lady, but don't freeze her. ”
"Yes!" The eldest maid in the old lady's room immediately smiled and went out.
The expressions on the faces of the people in the room were very exciting, and Bai Qingshuang still wanted to shirk it, because she knew that this thing was not pleasant.
Moreover, her cold hands were not because she wore less clothes, but since she was frozen in the heavy snow that day, she felt that even if she wore a lot of clothes, her hands and feet were still easy to get cold, and she probably knew that her body was frozen at that time.
Because of this, she thought about distilling the purest essential oil as soon as possible, and she could use the experience of her previous life and the characteristics of essential oils to condition her body, otherwise if she got Gong Han, it would not be good.
What's more, she is fifteen years old after the New Year, according to common sense, it should be menarche, if the palace is cold, I am afraid that the day when I come to Kwai Shui will be uncomfortable, because the palace cold can easily make women have irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, the strictest zhòng and even infertility.
But seeing that the big and small eyeballs of the women of the Bai family were about to burn a few holes in her, she felt that it was better for her to accept it, because she liked to see their envious and jealous eyes very much.
She's wicked! Wow Ka Ka Ka!
"Whoa! is a natural fox, and he knows how to pretend to be pitiful to win sympathy! Of course, Bai Qingyu was the first to choke, "Her flower shop's business is too busy now, and I don't see what she honors her grandfather and grandmother!" ”
The newly made ferret fur was very expensive, and her father got it from the lower officials, and she wanted to wear it herself, but her mother said that she should be filial to her grandmother, so she took it from her hand to honor her grandmother. But she didn't expect that this change of hands would become Bai Qingshuang, how could she not be angry.
"You kid, why do you always talk nonsense!" It was too late for Bai Yang's clan to stop it, so he could only look at Bai Qingshuang and Bai Yao with a smile and said, "Second sister-in-law, Shuang'er, Yu'er is ignorant and talking nonsense, don't take it to heart!" ”
In fact, she didn't feel reluctant in her heart, the ferret fur was only worn by the ladies in the palace, she wanted to wear it or her daughter, for fear of provoking the jealousy of the Bai Zhang family, I don't know what to say in front of the old lady to slander their three rooms, it is better to endure the pain and cut love, and give the old lady a trick, but I didn't expect it to be such a development.
"I see, that ferret fur must be a rare thing, so that the third sister can taste it!" Since Bai Zhihong's family has returned to the big family of Baifu, the ranking of the juniors has changed, Bai Qingshuang is one year older than Bai Qingyu, and she has become the second lady, and Bai Qingyu can only be ranked third.
Bai took advantage of this, and Bai Qingshuang felt that it was quite useful. R1152