As soon as he entered the lunar month, it was almost the New Year, and Gu Yuqiao handed over all the affairs of the county, so he spent his days at home farming.

With the geographical climate of Osmanthus Village, even in winter, there are many vegetables that can be planted.

Ten acres of fertile land, Gu Yuqiao planted two acres of peanuts, the rest were planted with rape, and one acre of vegetable land was also opened in the yard of the house, planting all kinds of vegetables, and the small hillside in the afternoon was also opened up to plant potatoes, so there was no need to buy vegetables.

Soon, it was the eighth day of the lunar month, but Gu Yuqiao knocked on the side and found that there was no custom of eating Laba porridge here.

But she was greedy, and she especially missed the Laba porridge in her previous life.

On this day, she and Ning Shu took a walk to the town, bought all the ingredients for Laba porridge, and slowly walked back.

However, Laba porridge is also very troublesome to make, peanuts should be soaked in water in thin shells in advance, all kinds of rice should be washed and soaked for a while, red dates should be peeled and cored to make jujube paste, ginkgo seeds and lotus seeds should be boiled in advance, and some are only difficult to cook and crushed in advance......

Although the process is tedious, it is also fun for two people to make food together.

Lu Manjing just took Gu Qianmo to walk to her daughter's yard, and when she saw the two of them working so busy for most of the day, she couldn't help laughing and said, "What delicious, it's worth your trouble?" I'll have to try it! ”

Lu Manjing said that she wanted to taste it, so Gu Yuqiao smiled and asked, "Okay, does my mother like sweet or salty?" ”

"Huh? Do you need salt or sugar in this porridge?

Gu Yuqiao nodded.

Lu Manjing felt strange, didn't she just don't have to put anything in the porridge?

But when you think about it, so many things are boiled together, and if you don't mix the flavor, it may be difficult to swallow?

After thinking about it, she said, "Let's have something sweet." ”

Gu Yuqiao had long expected that she would say this, because of the local water and soil, most people like sweet food, but she herself likes salty food, so she boiled two pots at the end.

After a busy day, by the time everyone ate the soft and fragrant laba porridge, it was already close to evening.

Gu Huaming and Lu Manjing each ate a small bowl, but they felt a little unaccustomed to this hodgepodge, so they stopped using it.

Aunt Sun happened to send some new cotton clothes to Lu Manjing, and when she saw the porridge on the table, she was surprised: "Yo, this is not Laba porridge!" Madam, isn't there no Laba custom here? ”

When Gu Yuqiao heard this, she blinked her eyes and asked, "Is there Laba porridge in Auntie's hometown?" ”

"Exactly, our hometown is in the north, and every household on the eighth day of the lunar month has to cook Laba porridge to thank the gods and give alms to the poor or beggars to do good deeds."

"That's it," Gu Yuqiao said casually: "I saw this method called Laba porridge in the book, and I thought it was very interesting and made it myself." Auntie, you can have a bowl too! ”

Aunt Sun hurriedly excused herself, but at Gu Yuqiao's insistence, she still chose a bowl of salty.

Holding the bowl, Aunt Sun respectfully wanted to retreat, but Gu Yuqiao said, "Auntie, just find a stool to sit on and eat." ”

"Thank you, Miss! However, in our hometown, we have never heard of sweet laba porridge! ”

As she spoke, she couldn't wait to take a sip.

After only taking a sip, she couldn't help but praise: "It's so fragrant!" What did the eldest lady put in it? I've eaten laba porridge for decades, but I've never eaten anything so delicious. ”

Gu Huaming said with a smile: "Hearing what the eldest lady said, I want to try a bowl of salty food." ”

Gu Yuqiao said with a smile while serving porridge to his father: "I also put some things indiscriminately, which may not be the same as those in Aunt Sun's hometown, and I also put peanuts from Fanban, which is also fragrant." ”