Poor villages in the rebirth era, take the whole village to eat meat

Time passed slowly, and soon it was the Laba Festival. Su Xue led Su Jiang and Jiang Jiang to rummage in the cellar, looking left and right.

The Laba Festival is to drink Laba porridge. After all, it is often said, "Don't be greedy, children, after Laba, it will be a new year."

Celebrating the Laba Festival means that the prelude to the New Year has begun, and everyone should prepare to start the New Year.

Cooking Laba porridge is also very particular. It needs to use five grains and coarse grains, add red dates and peanuts to cook together to make a thick porridge, and add brown sugar if possible.

From morning to noon, the five grains and whole grains in it are melted into a piece of soft and glutinous. Add peanuts, red dates, and brown sugar, and a bowl of Laba porridge that is sweet, soft and glutinous, with the aroma of grains, is ready.

In their village, Laba tofu is also made. After soaking in salt water, a few small holes are pierced, and they are placed on the eaves of the house, and slowly tanned until it looks black and not slippery.

Take a bite, it is fluffy and soft, with a unique bean flavor of tofu and a salty flavor, even if it is eaten dry, it is very delicious.

Sometimes it can also be used to stir-fry vegetables, or it is also very fragrant when used to stir-fry meat.

It can be said that it is the children's favorite snack before the Chinese New Year.

Because of the reason to make fermented bean curd this year, I made a lot of tofu this year, and I also made a lot of Laba bean service, and there was a big bag when I put it away.

Put it in the storage bucket when it is cold, it takes up more than half of the space.

After the Laba tofu is ready, it can be stored in a dry place for two or three months, until it is planted in the spring. It can be said to be very durable.

In the morning, the whole family got up early and got busy in the yard. The ingredients for Laba porridge soaked last night were put into the pot all at once.

Su Jiang was lighting the fire there, Su Han was stirring constantly there to prevent the Laba porridge from sticking to the bottom, Su Xue and Jiang Jiang were dressing up smugly.

Laba, on this day, the children in the village will be together and share the delicious food at home.

"Su Jiang, why don't you go out together, as long as the big brother here is here, go out and have fun." Su Han looked at Su Jiang who was burning the fire, and said.

Su Jiang shook his head, with a very serious expression on his face: "I will be 15 years old after the new year, I am not a child anymore, I shouldn't hang out with them."

Su Han was taken aback by his serious words, and looked at Su Jiang with a smile, still looking like a kid.

He said: "Okay, okay, our little Jiang has grown up and is an adult, and he can support his family in the future."

Su Jiang nodded seriously.

"Puff...hahaha"

Su Han couldn't help laughing, Su Jiang is really cute.

Soon it was noon, the Laba porridge was ready, and the thick smell of grains lingered in the whole village. The children hurried home when they smelled the smell, for fear that they would not be able to eat the hot food.

Su Xue and Jiang Jiang who went out to play also came back, holding two big potatoes in their hands.

Seeing them, Su Han asked, "Where did you get the potatoes in your hands?"

"Given by Aunt Osmanthus!"

Su Han nodded. Although the two families had some conflicts before, after that incident, the relationship between the two families improved a lot.

Everything in the house is given to each other, or any delicious food made by the family will be sent over with a bowl.

Su Hanpa pulled out several bowls of Laba tofu, and asked a few children to deliver them to their homes?
One bowl was sent to Aunt Osmanthus's house, and the other was sent to Su Dashan's new home.

I forgot to mention that Su Dashan had already built a new house before it snowed. Although it was a mud brick house, it took only half a month to build the house because of the help from the village.

Since the separation of the family, Su Dashan and his wife are hardworking people. After living in the old house for a period of time, they quickly built the house while they were not busy.

After it was covered, the helper had a meal and lived in it directly.

In this way, Su Dashan lived comfortably.

When the children came back after delivering the Laba tofu, they also brought back a piece of good news.

Su Dashan's daughter-in-law was pregnant, and said that it had been more than two months. Some time ago, his daughter-in-law suddenly vomited while eating, so he asked the barefoot doctor in the village to take a look.

Only then did I realize that Su Dashan's wife had been pregnant for more than two months.

People on their side can't tell about it in the first three months of pregnancy. Except for close family members who know about it, they generally don't tell others.

It is said that they will take back the hard-won treasure for fear of alarming the fetus god.

It won't be said until three months have passed. At this time, the child has already arrived in the womb, and the fetal god has no way to take it back.

This is good news. After all, Su Dashan has been married for several years. If there is no child, those who love to gossip in the village don't know what to say.

The sweet and soft Laba porridge, the salty Laba tofu, and the freshly opened can of fermented bean curd, plus a fried potato, and a fried meat.

Today's Laba Festival, the food at home is very rich. Today's dishes may not be seen in the previous Chinese New Year.

After everyone drank the Laba porridge, there were uncontrollable smiles in their mouths.

The days are getting better day by day, and the smiles on the faces naturally increase.

After the Laba Festival, it was soon time to kill the New Year pigs, and the whole village became restless again.

In the year of the pig, everyone can share a large amount of meat. The meat is used for the New Year, and this year can be lived comfortably.

Su Dashan took the butcher, pulled out the Nian pig, and weighed it.

210 catties! 190 catties!
The two add up to a total of 400 catties. After removing the bones and viscera, there are more than 200 or 300 catties of meat, and each household has four or five catties.

"This year's pigs are much heavier than last year's. It's a pity that they were not properly raised when they were first brought back, or else it's the key point."

"There's nothing we can do about it. In the first half of the year, even we were living with our own belts. People couldn't get enough to eat, let alone pigs."

"Fortunately, the second half of the year has improved a lot. At least I can have enough meals. When the sweet potato leaves are old, I will feed them to the pigs. See how delicious they eat."

"Retting, let alone sweet potato leaves, I'm going to throw up after eating sweet potato leaves for so long."

"Tsk, it's only been a few days of good life, and you don't even like food. I think you are drifting away. Think about it a few years ago, when we were hungry, this sweet potato leaf was a rare food."

"I'm just joking. You can't waste food if you waste anything. After three years of starvation, you already know that food is our life."

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A group of people chatted happily, and the butcher took two pigs to the place where the pigs were slaughtered.

A few nimble aunts have already finished their work, the water has been boiled, and the knife has been sharpened.