193-194. Laqi Laba chin freeze

After Sun Gang celebrated his birthday, he sent Zhao Han home early the next morning, and she happened to be able to catch up with work.

As the twelfth lunar month enters, the trees that once enveloped the village in a lush land all over. Villages are exposed on the fields, like the taciturn men in the village, who have just walked out of the farming business, wearing the clothes that have not yet shaken off the dust, and are sitting on the ground in front of the door.

At this time, the countryside looks a little mottled from a distance, showing some vicissitudes. It is a bit like the elders who have experienced ups and downs, with their faces full of dust from time to time, but it reveals a strong sense of family affection.

The bird nests were also exposed on the uncovered treetops, which made the people walking on the ridges look up and a hint of home warmth surge in their hearts.

The wheat has emerged. From a distance, there is a layer of velvety green in the fields. The rapeseed has been divided into ridges, and scattered snow and ice can be seen by the leaves. It is rare to see the figure of a farmer in the vast land, and a group of sparrows rise and fall, hustling the vastness of time in the world.

The most leisurely Hou Festival of the year, farm tools rest in the corner of the house, and farming is stranded in the solar term. An elderly man sits under the gables of the rising sun, squints in the lazy sunshine, and talks about old days and fresh times in the smoke.

The twelfth lunar month in the countryside is relaxed and comfortable. The crops in the fields are locked up in the farmers' large houses and sleep well. The winter wheat is also drunk enough water to nourish its energy and wait for the arrival of next spring.

Although life in the countryside is not as comfortable as life in the city, it is more exciting and richer than life in the city. Three, two, one group, two, and one group, and four, one table, five, and one can play mahjong at the west house. Even if you win, everyone will be happy, and it doesn’t matter if you lose, it doesn’t matter if you have fun.

There was more viewing under the door frame of the entrance of the village or the house. It was winding and twists and turns, and the road in front of the village was always looking at the sourness. Several dogs, big, small, flower or pure, were having fun in the village alleys, suddenly stopped chasing and listening. The strange but clearly was a familiar footnote, which made them unable to know whether to bark or shake their tails for a while.

How many pairs of eyes are identifying the figure of the wanderer returning from afar? Whose surprise stirs up the homesickness of a village. Kill chickens, ducks, cut meat and drink wine. With the sound of clinking glasses again and again, the village is slightly drunk.

In the countryside, as soon as the twelfth lunar month enters, the atmosphere of the New Year will be highlighted.

The popularity of the town is getting better and better day by day. Now the rural roads are better, and it is easier to walk from the countryside to the town than to the farmlands of your own.

After a few families took a plan to drive a hand tractor and arrived in the town in more than ten minutes. This shop was a walk, and that shop was a look and there was no loss.

After walking around, I felt confident and went straight to the one I liked. Finally, I had a bargaining. The owner said how many books I lost, the buyer said how much money the store made, and the business was finally completed.

When I got home, there was a car full of things on the tractor.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the first "Laba Festival" that the merchants welcome.

Sun Gang read a lot of versions of Laba porridge, but there are two statements that are consistent. One is that on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in my country, Sakyamuni used mixed grains and wild fruits to cook porridge with clear spring water, and thus achieved enlightenment and became a Buddha.

Second, when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, he was persecuted by the rich man and was imprisoned and did not give him food for three days. In desperation, he dug out some beans, grains and other food from the mouse hole, cooked porridge and ate it, and saved his life. That day happened to be the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Because Laba porridge has a deep connection with two celebrities, it gradually promoted it to the people, and eventually became a commemorative festival custom "Laba porridge".

There are differences in the practice of Laba porridge in the north and south. This difference is only related to the production process and the amount of raw materials, but there must be jujubes and chestnuts. Date is homophonic to "early", and chestnuts are homophonic to "li", which means "to put in early strength early" and strive for a bumper harvest next year.

On Laba, when I woke up in the morning, Sun Gang was fully armed and surrounded by thick surrounds. The old saying goes: Laqi Laba, freeze to death. Laqi Laba, freeze to death, and Laqi Laba, freeze to death.

It means that the coldest season in the winter of the ninth month is even colder on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month and the eighth day of the lunar month.

Therefore, on Laba, there is a custom of eating Laba porridge. Laba porridge is used to stick your mouth to avoid freezing.

Although this is a folk custom, it also expresses people's prayers and wishes for a beautiful life, as well as their yearning for a better life.

The solar term of the lunar calendar is still very accurate. The light snow on the first day of the 7th day of the lunar calendar reduced the temperature to a minimum.

When I got home, my father cleaned up the snow from last night in the yard, and my mother was busy cooking Laba porridge in the kitchen.

Last night, Sun's mother started preparing for today's Laba porridge, chestnuts, red beans, black beans, corn kernels, rice, millet, peanuts, red dates, sesame, etc. It doesn't have to be all kinds of, as long as the ingredients can be made up at home, there are a few kinds of them. After washing, it was soaked in water, and the color was so colorful.

Laba porridge means everything in the house. Everything that is delicious and edible can be put in a pot in an appropriate amount. It is cooked into a pot of porridge. It is often said that you can eat it and grow it.

The hard-working women in the village eat porridge no matter why they want to eat porridge, and no matter how Laba originated, they just want to let the fragrance spread out before the porridge from other families are cooked. They also compete for the sweet Laba porridge for their families to get up early, and make the maroon Laba porridge for this only festival of the year.

People believe that the earlier you get up, the more prosperous the porridge you make, the more prosperous the days will be.

Sun Gang sat on the small stool in front of the stove and could smell the fresh smell of the wood.

After putting enough water in the pot, Sun's mother first burned the fire, and then handed over the task of burning the fire to Sun Gang. Sun Gang liked the fireworks very much, especially in such a cold winter, cooking eight-treasure porridge. Seeing the red flames in the stove licking the bottom of the pot, white heat and gurgling sounds constantly popping out of the pot, it was a pleasure.

When cooking, you should cook beans first. When the beans are almost blooming, my mother pours rice, millet, peanuts, chestnuts and dates into the pot to continue cooking. At this time, you should stir it with a long-handled spoon to prevent the porridge from sticking to the bottom of the pot. The aroma of the porridge began to spread, so my mother told me to reduce the heat so that the porridge would be more fragrant and glutinous.

After a while, a strong fragrance spread throughout the yard. Just boil it over low heat for a while.

When I came to the yard, smelled the fragrance, and the creaking sound of my feet stepping on the snow, it not only evoked the beautiful past of my childhood.

In the past years, on Laba, the people in the village usually had to go to the river (the water in the river was flowing and very clean.) to find a thick piece of ice, cut it down intact, and find experienced old people to see through the slightest and vague patterns and trajectories, you can roughly predict the growth of crops in the coming year.

Generally speaking, if the patterns are realistic and lush, there will be good weather and good harvests in the year. Anyway, if the patterns are blurred and unclear, there will be no rain in the next year and the crops will not grow well.

Some people can see the golden wheat ears of wheat from the blurred patterns on the ice, which are eye-catching, realistic and heart-warming. When they see mung beans and soybeans densely packed, crowded together, chatting with each other intimate and lively scenes, and when they see lentils hugging, rolling, rolling, jumping, and smiling, they can't help but feel eager.

Generally speaking, if you see the clearest and best-looking pattern, what to plant next year, you will surely achieve good harvest and good growth. Sun Gang does not know whether such a custom is scientific or not, nor does he know whether it is reasonable, but according to the older generation, it is often very effective.

Some people even worship this piece of snow-white, crystal clear, pure and bright ice that they carry home as gods, worship and pray for a lot of rain in the coming year.

Then, put it into a large iron pot at home, boil a few handfuls of firewood, turn it into clear water, add various ingredients, and make Laba porridge with all colors, fragrance, and fear. After eating it, the whole family indicates that it is healthy, harmonious, happy and auspicious throughout the year.

I remember that when I was young, I often flashed with stars and was pitch black. I held a bowl of such ice-formed Laba porridge in my hands, and walked carefully in the village where the fragrance of rice was floating everywhere.

In the countryside, where the people are simple and honest, every family is very courteous, respects and helps each other.

Serve rice is just a form, and deep in everyone's heart, bones and even in their souls, they imitate traditional etiquette. You respect me one foot, and I respect you one foot. The essence of the grace of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring, which is internalized in many seemingly trivial but real actions.

If you bring a bowl of rice, my family will definitely find a bigger bowl, and I will definitely take a bowl. No one owe anyone anything, so I would rather let others get some advantage.

The earlier Laba porridge is made, the better life of one's family will turn around in the coming year, which means that life will be ahead of others, everything will go smoothly in the coming year, and the family will be safe and sound, so that in the middle of the night, my mother gets up from the cold bed, lights the fire, and cooks beans.

The substantial content of Laba porridge rice reflects the economic strength of a family, reflecting the quality of a housewife’s meal and skills.

Sun Gang was used to eating Laba porridge carefully made with red beans from his mother, and was happy to taste the "delicious dishes" of each household - adding a little tent ash water, a kind of thing made from wild plants, and the rice became delicious.

Gray Peng, some places are also called Shui Peng, Fei Peng, and Peng Chai.

Born in hills, mountains and deserts, it is a plant with a high alkali content, and the seeds grow. When it sprouts, it is very small, extremely tender, and extremely green. It grows into a bouquet, with silver-white stems and small leaves as small as needles, which resemble the antler horns on the deer's head, and also like tender green and bright green fruits. In autumn, yellow flowers bloom, flowers fall and seeds take off. After the seeds take off, the leaves turn yellow and fall, leaving only branches and seeds. The wind blows the seeds and grow again in the next year.

Ash canopy is highly alkaline and has a lot of starch, so it can be used as feed.

Burning ash is in late autumn. After the crops are packed, people either ride donkeys or drive cars to the places where the grass grows, set up camps, build shacks, build earth stoves, and start working.

People first pulled down the ash trough trees on the slope and threw them there, so that the wind and sun were exposed. When the ash trough trees on the slope or the ash trough was almost the same, they dug a large stove pit in the wind, stuffed the half-dried ash trough in and lit it.

The next day, the ash in the pit had cooled down. The man used a shovel to pry up the ash, and piled up one by one. It was green, like refined glass, or burned slag. - This is burnt ash.

I heard from the elderly that when they were young, in addition to eating puffed ash, they were also used to wash clothes and hair. At that time, there was no edible alkali in the countryside, nor was there any washing powder or soap, so burning puffed ash was an indispensable thing for farmers.

Now, roasting turquoise is no longer for eating it for one's own consumption, but a kind of profitable business. They send turquoise to a special processing factory, and the factory then performs complex procedures, process and refine it into white powder, and sell it to all beef noodle shops and various pasta shops.

The ash comes from natural and has pure ingredients. With this ashed water, the steamed buns are fluffy, soft and delicious.

It is better to make pancakes, grey bean soup, bread and pastries, which are much better than artificial edible alkali.

Lanzhou beef noodles, which are popular all over the country, have been added with this green and environmentally friendly additive. The noodles are soft and smooth, and the soup tastes good.

Some people's Laba porridge is made of wheat kernels. It is said that the golden and plump wheat is poured into an ice hole dug in advance, and find a wooden stick to pound it hard. Just like the southerners pound rice, they pounded the fine layer of the wheat surface, blocked it home, and used a dustpan to peel it. The white cluster of new wheat kernels makes people like it when they see it.

Someone wants to save trouble and put the wheat into a sack (you can't put too much at once), put the sack on the ice and stomp it hard, and you can also rub the skin of the wheat off.

Pick some pork, put the clean wheat kernels into the iron pot, mix some chopped green onion, and add some red and spicy face. The wheat kernels are vegetarian white, green onion seedlings, and bright red spicy. They look colorful and smell fragrant. They taste the fragrance into their bone marrow.

The wheat kernels roll and boil in the water, and they bloom in small holes. They are as bright as flowers, blooming with beautiful faces like flowers. They just don’t eat them, and they can attract attention by taking a glance.

The process of turning water into porridge essentially reflects the villagers' persistent yearning for a happy life and their longing for a good and beautiful year.

The taste is a memory-rich plant. It will be mixed and bloom and bear fruit - just like Laba porridge with a strong fragrance at home, savoring family affection, chewing home feelings, and producing rich and delicious fruits.

"Gangba, why don't you come in? It's cold outside." Dad Sun looked at his son who was standing at the gate for a while.

"Well, Dad, I'll sweep it." Sun Gang took the big broom from his father's hand.

After scanning the yard, Sun Gang's head was steaming.

"Gangwa, I'll send some Laba porridge to your grandfather's house and grandfather's house." Sun's mother said in the kitchen.

"Yeah, OK."

Sun Gang brought the porcelain bowl to grandma's house and grandma's house. In previous years, Sun's mother cooked Laba porridge, so they didn't cook the pot.

It is time for breakfast, and the fragrance that floats out from every household is flowing in the village. People walking in the village are sniffing the fragrance, and they can't help but speed up their pace and hurriedly walk towards home.

How comfortable it is to return to the warm home from outside the wind and snow, and drink a bowl of hot Laba porridge cooked by my family.

When Sun Gang returned home, his sister-in-law had already gotten up. They had not eaten yet, and were waiting for Sun Gang to eat together.

Sun's mother served a bowl of porridge for each person, put some brown sugar, and mix it, and asked everyone to drink it.

"Mom, add more candy!" Sun Gang couldn't help but remind his mother. Mom didn't speak, but just smiled with her lips pursed.

The porridge is served in a bowl, which is simply an exquisite craft. It emits a strong rice fragrance, which makes people covet it at first glance. Under the light, the color of the porridge becomes redder and more sticky, and all kinds of cereals are perfectly integrated.

The whole family sat around the table, each with a bowl of Laba porridge, and they ate enthusiastically.

The sweet and soft taste immediately spread throughout Sun Gang's tongue, making him unable to bear to swallow it. Eat it in his mouth and beautify it in his heart, and he hopes it can bring good luck to himself.

No matter how delicious Laba porridge is, it can't stop Sun Gang's mouth. Sun Gang began to show off: "Mom, how sweet it is. I'm sorry, I told you to add more sugar?" Sun's mother still didn't say anything, still laughing.

"Mom, it tastes so good..."

"If you drink more, drink more."

"Hehe, at least two big bowls."

"If you have food, you can't block your mouth..."

After drinking the fragrant Laba porridge, it means entering the threshold of a prosperous and festive New Year, which indicates that the Spring Festival is just around the corner from the spiritual and cultural totem of the Chinese nation is just around the corner, indicating that everyone is eager to look forward to the year they yearn for - people will start to prepare sumptuous New Year goods, from dressing and hats to eating, drinking, smoking and drinking, Chinese people are enthusiastic, spending money more generously than before, and treating people more politely than before.

In any case, rural children still look forward to the Laba Festival as soon as winter begins.

Because you can have the most luxurious winter breakfast on this morning. In the porridge of red beans, black beans, soybeans, sesame, etc., and sticky rice mixed together, in the scramble of you and me, in the sweet chewing, what is stuck together is a strong family affection...

Moreover, because the songs that adults coax children are often said, "Don't be greedy, children, children, they will be the New Year after Laba; don't cry, children, children, they will kill pigs after Laba."

The twelfth lunar month in the countryside is awakened by the smoke floating above the village from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. I wash furniture, buy New Year’s goods, prepare New Year’s dinner...

Laba Festival is over and the New Year is coming, and the children are most happy.

In fact, adults are also very happy, but in order to show their maturity and not be surprised by things, they do not put joy on their faces; happiness does not need to be hidden, and happiness does not need to be concealed.

After experiencing a few light snowfalls, I moved closer to people step by step at the end of the year.

The snow on the road was shining like cotton and smoky smoke in the village broke through the cold winter, and the farmers began to prepare New Year's goods with a smile.

The sweet twelfth lunar month is beautiful in the eyes of adults and intoxicated in the eyes of children.
Chapter completed!