In a blink of an eye, it was the next day. This day was Laba Festival. Cao Xiangnan got up early in the morning to cook Laba porridge.

He used rice, glutinous rice, brown rice, red beans, mung beans, peanuts, lotus seeds, wolfberries, chestnuts and dried fruits to cook together. These things are all available at home and are not difficult to find. After the porridge was boiled over high heat, it was simmered over low heat. At this time, the porridge was thick and exuded a strong rice fragrance.

Shaking the spoon in his hand, Cao Xiangnan remembered the days he spent with his grandmother in his previous life. At that time, his grandmother would cook Laba porridge for him every Laba Festival. Now when he thinks of the people and things in his previous life again, that is, the grandmother who was strict and mean to him, he also misses her in his heart.

But people also die and become a pile of yellow earth. After he is no longer in that world, I think his worthless father will go to sweep the grave every year. After all, the dead person is his biological mother. In the end, he is an unfilial grandson. He left that world and came here. From now on, he can't burn incense and kowtow to his dead grandmother every Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival. After all, it was his grandmother who raised him all those years.

"Hmm, what are you cooking? It smells so good." Doctor Huang got up and came over first, followed by his little medicine boy. "Uncle San, you're up. I'm cooking Laba porridge. It will be almost done after the firewood is burned. You can taste it later." Cao Xiangnan saw Doctor Huang coming over with the smell. With Doctor Huang at home, if the adults and children in the family have any illness or discomfort, Doctor Huang is here, which saves a lot of trouble.

Don't say that Doctor Huang is really a master. Doctor Huang likes to drink a few sips of liquor when he is free, and he will accompany him to drink. Doctor Huang will tell him some physical symptoms that pregnant women and children should pay attention to. In case of any discomfort, he will listen carefully to what to do, in case it is really needed one day!

"I smell this, there are rice, red beans, green beans, and lotus seeds in it?" Doctor Huang's nose is sharper than a dog's. He can guess what's in the pot just by smelling it. He said, "This is the first time I've seen people cook Laba porridge like this. It smells good, and I think it's delicious."

"You guessed it right." Cao Xiangnan scooped out a spoonful of it for Doctor Huang to see, and added the two missing ingredients.

Ah Wu and Xiangzi went to the backyard to feed the livestock in the pen, and they were not in the small kitchen at the moment. Today, we have to cook Laba porridge for everyone to eat together. If we cook more, we need to use a big pot, so he went outside and cooked it in the big pot in the small kitchen.

Doctor Huang sat down on the small stool and did not move. He sat in front of the stove and warmed himself by the fire. The little medicine boy Zi Su who followed behind him was driven back to the house by his master, and he went back into the house.

At this time, the adults and children in the house had all gotten up. An Ning got up and dressed the two little ones. He loved the two little brothers very much. The two children who had just woken up had rosy faces and looked very cute.

His son Xuan Xuan was not so attached to him now. In the past, he needed his mother to dress him, but now he can learn to do everything by himself with Xiangzi. He was relieved and sighed in his heart. The child had grown up and could learn to do everything by himself, but he no longer needed his mother.

Ershun was waiting for his master to get up in the room. Fang Ziye also woke up, but he was not in a very good mood.

Later, the baby was older, and the baby in the belly had big feet. When he kicked him at night, he would wake up and his feet would throb. So recently, he often woke up at night. Whenever he moved at night, the little slave in the room would get up and serve him.

"Ershun, thank you for your hard work." Seeing the little slave putting clothes on him, Qi Wanfeng said to the half-grown child. If it weren't for this little slave serving him, he wouldn't even have anyone to help him at night.

"Master, what are you talking about? This is what Ershun should do. Ershun's life was given by you, Master. Master, please don't tell Ershun that it's hard or not." Ershun's face immediately became serious when he heard his master's words. "

Master, as long as your body is fine and the little master in your belly is fine, Ershun, Ershun is willing to live ten years less."

"Don't say that." Fang Ziye glared at the little slave who talked nonsense and said.

"Yes, yes, Ershun said the wrong thing, hehehe..." Ershun immediately smiled foolishly. He knew that the master was a cold-faced but kind-hearted person. If he didn't let him, he wouldn't have kept him by his side. He didn't pray to God for anything else in his life. The only thing he prayed for was that the master was fine, and now there was a little master.

"When I woke up, I saw Master Cao cooking Laba porridge early in the morning. The Laba porridge he cooked was different from the one we usually eat. I think it's almost ready now..."

"Yeah." Fang Ziye was really looking forward to Cao Xiangnan making some fresh food for him. His restaurant now relies on the fresh dishes and things that boy makes for him. The income of Yipinzhai in the past six months has increased several times more than the income of the whole year in previous years.

Later, he used the accounting method that Xiangnan taught him, and he really found a lot of problems in some of the wine houses and shops he had, and pulled out all the termites hidden in them.

Later, he gave this method to that person, thinking that this method would be helpful to that person. As for the source, he did not tell him. As for how to use it, that was not his business.

"Master, let's go out." Seeing the master standing there motionless, wasn't he going to go out? Not knowing what the master was thinking, Ershun reminded him.

"Well, go out." Recovering his mind and no longer thinking about that person, Fang Ziye took the lead and walked out of the door.

Today, the snow stopped for a while outside, and several children in the family ran out to play snowballs at the door. Even Sun Bailian brought his two boys here, and several children played wildly together.

The children have been confined in the house for so long, and if they are not allowed to go out to play, they will get sick.

Qi Wanfeng didn't follow them out. He was holding Xiao Le'er in the house. The child was too young, and he couldn't take the child outside. Seeing Fang Ziye coming out of the house, he smiled and said, "Are you up?"

"Yeah." Fang Ziye looked around and didn't see the children and Aning. There was confusion in his eyes.

"You mean them? They are all outside. Did you hear the noise? They are all making a fuss outside. Come and sit here. You can't go out at this time. Let's sit in this room for a while. Breakfast in the kitchen is almost ready. Xiangnan is making Laba porridge. I think it's good. We will have something to eat later." Qi Wanfeng just went out to take a look and then went back to the house to see that the child didn't go out again.

They could hear the children's shouting and laughing outside even from inside the house. Fang Ziye really heard it. He walked over to Wanfeng and reached out to touch the child in his arms. The child's big black and white eyes stared at him, and he was lovable no matter how he looked at him.

"Didn't you sleep well at night?" Qi Wanfeng noticed that Fang Ziye's face was not very good, so he asked.

"Well, I was always woken up by the child in the past few nights." Fang Ziye put his hand on his belly. Doctor Huang said that children of his month would make noises, which means that the child is growing well in his belly.

Look, he kicked his belly again this time, which really makes people helpless.

"Yeah, I haven't slept well at night in the last two months since I was pregnant with Xiao Le'er." But fortunately, he still has his husband's careful care. Even if it is hard, it won't be particularly unbearable with his husband.

As for Fang Ziye, he is only taken care of by the half-grown Ershun. Qi Wanfeng is also worried in his heart. He told Ershun some things that need to be paid attention to, and also taught Ershun how to deal with some situations if Ziyu wakes up at night.

The two talked in the house and teased Xiao Le'er. Soon, the children outside the house came back.

Cao Xiangnan also cooked Laba porridge. Today's breakfast was a little later than usual, so the porridge took a little longer to cook. When the cooked Laba porridge was served on the table, he called everyone to eat together.

"This pot has salt added, and this pot has sugar added. You can choose what you want to eat." Considering everyone's different tastes, Cao Xiangnan made two flavors, salty and sweet.

"Okay."

"Do you want salty or sweet?" "

Sweet."

"Salty."

The long table was full of people, and bowls of thick and fragrant Laba porridge were served in the bowls. The smell was good. Knowing that there would be many people eating today, he also made big pancakes, mainly because he was afraid that everyone would not be full, and this pancake would fill their stomachs. Men like Cao Gang and Wang Dahu still wanted to eat these filling foods.

"How is it, is it ok?" Cao Xiangnan asked when he saw everyone eating the porridge in the bowl.

"Well, I think it's not bad." Qi Wanfeng was the first to express his love for the food made by his husband.

He rarely goes into the kitchen now, and it is mostly his husband who cooks. Sometimes he helps out and learns a trick, otherwise if his husband goes out for a long time one day, he and the children will be hungry at home, right?

"Not bad, not bad."

"I like it too." After everyone tasted it, they all thought the porridge tasted good, and a few men liked to eat the big cakes even more.

Cao Xiangnan told everyone the ingredients in the cooked Laba porridge. This porridge is much more delicious than the one cooked with rice and salted vegetables, so in the future, when cooking Laba porridge, you can consider using these grains and dried fruits to cook it, and the taste will be better. After

breakfast, you have to start preparing lunch.

Today, Cao Gang and his friends are staying at his place for dinner. There are quite a few people in his family, and there are also quite a few people at Cao Gang's place. The people from both sides can share two tables.

It was agreed yesterday that they would cook mutton soup as the main task today, and they would eat the mutton hot pot, make some meatballs, make noodles, and wash some vegetables and mushrooms. The weather is so cold, so everyone can stay warm by eating hot pot.

After killing the sheep and cooking mutton soup, a lively morning passed. A little after noon, all the food was ready, and everyone sat down around the stove to eat mutton hot pot. Those who had eaten first got up, while the men who were drinking continued to drink.

After the afternoon, everyone who came to eat went back. When they left, they took a pot of mutton soup back and kept it for dinner. The dining table at home was cleared, and the adults and children who wanted to go to bed went back to the house to sleep.

After the busy day, the house became quiet again.