Song Jingfeng opened his mouth wide and said aggrievedly: "Mom, are you so heartless? After all, I crawled out of your belly. Don't you chill my heart by saying this?"
Qin Huan took it for granted, "I'm disappointed by you. You're in your twenties and just found a date. The one who's the same age as you has a kid who's already in primary school.
I am too embarrassed to see anyone when I go out. Zhixia is a good girl, you better pay attention to me, or I will break your legs."
Song Jingfeng assured again and again: "I almost worship her as my ancestor, just wait for my wedding wine!"
The main thing is that Xu Zhixia is really into his heart, like a fairy. He even hits himself when they have a quarrel!
Song Jingtian shook her head and said, "You are the love-brained person that my sister-in-law mentioned!"
Song Jingfeng asked without shame: "What is love brain?"
Song Jingtian explained to him: "It's just that you love me too much."
Song Jingfeng snorted, "Do you still need to question it? I am so sincere to Zhixia. You are getting married after the New Year, and you will be a successful person in our family in the future. When are you going to have a baby?"
Song Jingtian continued his words, "What? You want to give birth to the baby for me? As long as you say so, I will give birth right away."
Song Jingfeng shook his head, "Lu Li is a professional at taking care of children, so I won't compete with him for it. You've found a good husband, so just be happy in your heart!"
The two siblings would scold each other and Qin Huan was used to it.
I might as well send them all out without worrying about them becoming a burden on my hands. My dear ancestors, please don't let anything go wrong along the way!
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone in the courtyard got up early. After all, the New Year comes after Laba Festival, and it is time to start preparing for the New Year.
Lu Li and Lu Yan divided the work and swept the house, while Miao Xiuying took the soaked beans to make tofu.
Jiang Yan was cooking Laba porridge at home. After thinking for a while, she asked Lu Xiao to peel garlic for her, planning to pickle some Laba garlic to eat.
The garlic is purple garlic that Miao Xiuying bought at the market. This kind of garlic has a crisp and refreshing taste.
Jiang Yan instructed him to cut off the tail of the garlic with a knife. Pickling can quickly absorb the vinegar juice, making the garlic green and taste more delicious.
While Lu Xiao was peeling garlic, she found the ingredients needed for Laba porridge.
She was a picky person and found a lot of things, including red dates, walnuts, raisins, wolfberries, candied dates, and red-skinned peanuts, and put them in a large bowl.
The red beans, mung beans, and cowpeas were all soaked last night. She washed the pot and put it on the stove.
Then pour the soaked beans into the pot and add the washed red-skin peanuts.
Lu Li poured in the washed rice, glutinous rice and black rice, and Jiang Yan added appropriate amount of warm water.
Lu Li bent down, took out some firewood from the stove, and simmered it over low heat. During this time, Lu Xiao peeled the garlic.
Lu Li was curious: "Sister-in-law, this garlic tastes spicy and not very tasty. What are you going to make it into?"
Jiang Yan explained: "It's Laba garlic. It's crispy and spicy, and goes really well with rice. You'll know when I make it."
Lu Xiao cleaned the garlic, and Jiang Yan added appropriate amount of salt and sugar. After stirring evenly, he took out the washed glass bottle, poured the garlic in, and then poured white vinegar and rice vinegar into the bottle. After covering the lid, he put it in the cupboard.
It takes seven or eight days for it to turn green before it can be eaten. She is very confident in her craftsmanship.
Nothing she pickled tasted bad.
The water in the pot was bubbling, and Jiang Yan added a spoonful of alkaline noodles into it. This would make the beans cook faster and softer, and the porridge would be thick and delicious.
She stirred it a few times with a spoon and continued to cook it, watching the beans cook and the porridge become thick. She then added red dates, walnuts, candied dates, wolfberries, and raisins into the pot.
After cooking for a while, the sweet aroma filled Lu Li's nose. He couldn't help but snort, staring at the pot, and said eagerly, "Sister-in-law, the porridge you cooked is so fragrant, isn't it? Is this Laba porridge?"
They were born in the countryside, why would they care so much? Forget about Laba porridge, just having a full meal during the New Year is good enough.
Jiang Yan nodded, "Yes, isn't today the Laba Festival? I'll make some Laba porridge for you guys to try. Brother Lu, it's ready to be cooked."
Lu Xiao found a wet towel, wrapped the handles of the pot, lifted the pot up and placed it aside.
Lu Yan walked into the house and looked at the fragrant, soft, sticky and silky Laba porridge. He wanted to inhale the fragrance into his lungs.
It's freezing outside, and it's such a treat to drink a bowl of sweet and sticky Laba porridge.
Miao Xiuying came back from grinding tofu. As soon as she entered the house, the aroma filled her nose. She sniffed it and looked at the beautiful Laba porridge in the pot. Her eyes lit up, "Xiaoyan, did you make this? We have this tradition in our village too, but we are poor and don't bother to be particular. We can take advantage of yours."
Jiang Yan cooked a big pot, which the family couldn't finish, so she took out a large bowl and scooped two full bowls.
One bowl was handed to Lu Yan, and the other to Lu Li, who instructed: "If there is any left, send some to your girlfriend's house. It's almost the New Year, and the son-in-law must show his presence. It's too easy to marry a daughter-in-law."
Lu Li said, "Sister-in-law, you have extra Laba garlic. Let me take a jar. My mother-in-law likes it very much."
Jiang Yan threw the can to him and waved her hand in disdain, "Go away, go away, go away sooner or later, you are like a married man, like water spilled, you want to take everything out."
Lu Yan was too embarrassed to speak, so he sent the Laba porridge to the Hu family first.
Hu Xueer was busy in the kitchen. She was very happy to see him coming and pulled a stool for him. "Your hands and feet are freezing outside, why don't you stay indoors and warm yourself by the fire? Aren't you afraid of getting frostbite?"
Lu Yan handed him the bowl and said, "This is the Laba porridge that Xiao Yan just made. Let me bring you a bowl to try."
Aunt Hu is an expert. Seeing how soft, sticky and sweet the porridge is, she couldn't stop smiling. "Xiao Yan is so thoughtful. She made some porridge thinking of us. This is the brown sugar rice cake I made. You can bring a bowl to her. I won't make this trip. It's cold outside and my old bones can't stand it."
Hu Xue divided the porridge into small bowls, washed the large bowl, and served him a bowl of brown sugar rice cake.
Lu Yan didn't stay long and first gave the glutinous rice cake to Jiang Yan.
In addition to imported chocolate, Lu Li also brought back milk powder for Jiang Yan on a daily basis.
Jiang Yan was too lazy to talk about it. The milk powder and malted milk she was drinking now were rarely bought at home except for those she got from the space.
Because Qin Huan would deliver the food to her on time and would never let her go hungry or drink. He was very concerned about Jiang Yan. Even Song Jingtian and Song Jingfeng did not receive such treatment!
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