lucky star girl

Chapter 77 Laba
The day I received the letter from the capital was the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was the day when I was preparing to welcome the New Year with Laba porridge the next day.

Because Dong Shu insisted that she would cook Laba porridge this year, she and Xu Shiqiu are now staying in Mrs. Xu's yard picking beans together.

A moment ago, Mrs. Xu was joking that Xu Shiqiu would be able to work now after marrying a woman, but the next moment, Ling Xiang walked in with a tightly packed bag.

"The letter that will come here is from the capital?" Mrs. Xu said first, and after she finished speaking, she saw Xu Shiqiu hurriedly dropped the beans in her hand and looked at Ling Xiang, with a smile on her face Continued: "Could it be a letter from your sister, she would write me a letter every year ago."

The letter was indeed written by sister Xu Shiqiu, along with the letter was a gift list for the Xu family and a gift list for the unborn child in Dong Shu's womb.

But Xu Nuanwen's letters and things are not the point.

Because along with Xu Nuanwen's letter, there was also a letter from Duan Wang himself.

"Prince Duan has a letter, why didn't you ask your elder brother to deliver it together, instead entrusted it to your sister?" Mrs. Xu was curious, but she didn't ask Xu Shiqiu to show her the letter.

Xu Shiqiu didn't understand this meeting either. He and King Duan hadn't had much contact before, but King Duan had a good relationship with his father, and they were brothers who were born and died together on the battlefield.

He also met King Duan when he was young, but he saw him from a distance. Because of his special nature, even if his father had a good relationship with King Duan, he would not let him approach him.

But at the beginning, King Duan still gave him a meeting gift, and he also saw that King Duan's temperament was sympathetic with his father, otherwise he would not have chosen his elder brother to be the husband of her eldest daughter.

Thinking of what he saw just now, the letter mentioned in his sister's letter was written by Duan Wang himself in front of her and sealed in front of her face, Xu Shiqiu felt that the content of this letter might not be simple.

The most important thing is that Duan Wang didn't let his eldest brother deliver it, why did he ask his sister to help deliver it?

"If mother is curious, I'll open it right now." Xu Shiqiu was about to open Duan Wang's letter as he spoke.

But after listening to his words, Mrs. Xu hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't be busy. Since your sister told you to think about it before opening it, you should wait until you have thought about it before opening it." Mrs. Xu's intuition told her that the content of this letter was not simple.

Otherwise, her daughter wouldn't have specifically written a letter to let Xu Shiqiu think about it before tearing it down.

Although Xu Shiqiu stopped opening the letter after hearing Mrs. Xu's words, his mind was completely distracted by the letter.

He was really worried, worried that there was something wrong with the saint, whether King Duan would send a letter to remind him of something for his father's sake.

But he thought about it and found it impossible.

Although King Duan has a good relationship with his father, King Duan and His Majesty are brothers.

From just now, Dong Shu didn't open her mouth until she saw that Xianggong was holding the letter and wanted to read it but didn't dare to read it, she opened her mouth and said: "Sanggong, if you haven't thought about it, then put the letter down, I don't think it will be It's a bad thing, otherwise my sister wouldn't help deliver the letter."

Mrs. Xu and Xu Shiqiu didn't expect Dong Shu to speak at this time. When she heard Dong Shu speak, Mrs. Xu immediately laughed, "That's right, if your wife says it's not a bad thing, then it must not be a bad thing." Mrs. Xu is convinced Dong Shu is blessed, so she was very happy after hearing Dong Shu's words.

Xu Shiqiu also understood what his mother meant in an instant, knowing that his mother was happy because of what the little lady said.

It's just that the letter was written to him by Duan Wang, so it's not destined to be simple.

But because of the words of the little lady, Xu Shiqiu really felt more comfortable in his heart, so he didn't continue to think about it.

"Continue picking beans. Since I said that I will cook the Laba porridge for tomorrow morning, I will prepare it tonight." Dong Shu was very happy. Although she cooked Laba porridge when she was at Dong's house in previous years, because her family was poor, she only I can barely scrape together eight ingredients to make porridge.

This year is different.

Don't mention eight kinds this year, eighteen kinds can be made up.

However, Dong Shu is going to cook Laba porridge with two flavors, sweet and salty. With so many kinds of ingredients, she will cook the others separately except for the necessary ones.

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Xu Shiqiu returned to his senses and smiled, then lowered his head and continued picking beans with her.

Seeing that Xu Shiqiu didn't think about the letter so quickly, Mrs. Xu became more and more satisfied with Dong Shu.

She knew her son's temperament, and according to his past temperament, when she received such a letter, she might think about it for a long time.

"The Laba porridge is ready tomorrow morning, and I will send some to Dong's family. After all, we are relatives. In the past, our family had no choice but to send Laba porridge to relatives. This year, we finally have a place to give it." When Mrs. Xu said this, Xu Shiqiu felt a little nervous looked at her in shock.

Xu Shiqiu understood that what his mother said was not just about delivering Laba porridge to the Dong family.

According to the custom of the capital, Laba porridge is cooked every year and sent to relatives.

It's just that in the past few years, his family was far away from the capital, and even if he wanted to send Laba porridge, he had no chance.

Dong Shu didn't know so much. After hearing what Mrs. Xu said, she looked up at Xu Shiqiu in confusion.

After Xu Shiqiu explained this custom in the capital, Dong Shu smiled and said: "We also eat Laba porridge here, but we don't send it to relatives' homes. I will ask Ling Xiang to go to Xiahe Village later, so that my cousin can deliver it tomorrow morning." Come on."

Dong Shu also knew that the conditions of Dong's family were definitely not as good as Xu's, but this was a custom in the capital after all. Thinking that Xu's family hadn't received Laba porridge from relatives for so many years, she wanted to ask Dong's to send some.

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Xu Shiqiu was stunned for a moment before realizing Dong Shu's meaning.

He knew that the little lady said this because she thought that her family hadn't received Laba porridge for many years, otherwise, according to her temperament, she would definitely not want to ask the Dong family for something.

"Then bring the New Year gift with you when Ling Xiang goes. My cousin has done a good job this year, and our family can't lack the gift we should have." Xu Shiqiu didn't want to take advantage of Dong's family, so he came here will say such things.

Dong Shu didn't think much about it either. After all, when Xu Shiqiu mentioned her cousin, she thought that Xu Shiqiu would prepare an annual gift for the Dong family because of his cousin.

"Ling Xiang, you can go to Dong's house later and make it clear that your wife is very heavy, and I'm not in a good condition to go out alone, so you are the one who sent this year's annual gift." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu thought for a moment Then he continued: "I also made it clear about the Laba porridge, and our Xu family will also deliver it to them tomorrow morning."

Although Ling Xiang is not as good as Cuihua in handling errands outside, she can still manage the affairs at home if she is entrusted to her.

This little matter of going to Dong's house is not difficult for Ling Xiang.

So after hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, Ling Xiang nodded quickly, "The New Year's ceremony follows the rules?"

"Well, according to the rules, add an extra set of inferior pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and say it's for your wife's cousin. I heard that the cousin will send him to school early next year."

What Xu Shiqiu explained was in front of Dong Shu. Seeing that Dong Shu didn't speak after speaking, he didn't say anything, just lowered his head and continued to help pick the beans.

When they returned to Shihuan Courtyard from Mrs. Xu's courtyard, Xu Shiqiu looked at Dong Shu and said, "Lady, tell me how to make Laba porridge later. I'll come tomorrow morning, so you can sleep a little longer."

"It's okay, I can catch up on sleep after I cook Laba porridge tomorrow morning." In previous years, she cooked Laba porridge, but this year she can't rest assured.

Xu Shiqiu also knew that he had better not say anything when the little lady insisted, so he didn't say much in the end, but just made up his mind that he would get up early tomorrow morning to be with the little lady.

The Dong family also welcomed Ling Xiang and Xu Jie who helped carry things together.

When Ling Xiang and Xu Jie came to Dong's house with their things, they attracted the attention of many people in the village. They didn't have to go to the field in winter, and they would all stay at the door of the house to talk.

Seeing Ling Xiang and Xu Jie coming directly to Dong's house, many people also followed.

Ling Xiang was not stage-frightened either, and said what Xu Shiqiu had ordered on the spot.

"Our wife is heavy, and it just snowed yesterday, and the young master was worried about her going out, so he sent a servant here." As he spoke, Ling Xiang specially handed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to Mrs. Dai, "This is the young master. I specially gave it to the little son of the Dong family to study in school next year."

At the beginning, they saw that the annual gifts from the Xu family were very ordinary, and the villagers secretly laughed at the Dong family, but when the set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones were brought out, no one spoke.

Although they couldn't understand the grade of the ink, paper and inkstone, they all understood that these things for reading were very expensive.

Then they all remembered that in the current Dong family, because of Xu's relationship, not only Dong Lei found a good job, but even Dong Miao married a good family.

Ling Xiang watched as Dai took over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone with an excited expression on her face, and then she opened her mouth to talk about the delivery of Laba porridge tomorrow morning.

"This is the Xu family's custom in the capital. Relatives give each other gifts. Madam explained that he had sent some to Xu's family earlier."

When Dai Shi heard Ling Xiang's words, she didn't feel reluctant at all.

Because she heard clearly just now that only relatives can give each other gifts, and their Dong family has been recognized as relatives by the Xu family!
"Don't worry, girl, I'll prepare the beans later, and I'll send them to Leier tomorrow morning." Dai looked at Ling Xiang with a smile on her face, and then turned around to fetch one. Just killed the old hen.

"I just packed it up. Originally, I wanted Lei'er to take it with me tomorrow morning. Now that the girl is here, I will take it back. I will stew it tonight. Shu'er can also eat chicken soup tomorrow morning. This is a three-year-old hen."

Dai's move not only shocked the people in Murakami, but also surprised Uncle Dong's family.

Because he knew that this hen was originally intended to be kept by Mrs. Dai until her daughter and son-in-law came back tomorrow to eat.

Ling Xiang was not polite to Dai Shi, and after reaching out to take the hen, she left Dong's house with Xu Jie.

After they left, a lot of people squatted in front of Dong's house, chatting bustlingly, until half an hour after the sky darkened, these people dispersed.

At this time, Xu Shiqiu of the Xu family finally opened the letter written by King Duan after Dong Shu fell asleep early.

(End of this chapter)