Not only were Fu Shiyi and the others preparing for this matter, but Li Changbo and the others were already ready for everything, and they only lacked the east wind.

Speaking of this matter, Fu Shiyi felt a little embarrassed: "It's just a birthday, so there's no need to be so troublesome."

Man Niang immediately retorted: "Nonsense, how can this be a trivial matter? As a woman, the most important thing is this day in her life except for the day of getting married."

She also saw Fu Shiyi's thoughts, so she waved her hand: "Forget it, Miss, don't worry about this matter, then just be beautiful."

The day before the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival.

Compared to his birthday, Fu Shiyi cares more about this matter.

After all, Laba porridge is needed on Laba Festival.

A bowl of delicious Laba porridge is not easy to eat.

Moreover, Laba porridge is also divided into sweet and salty.

Man Niang and the others were busy preparing for the wedding ceremony, and Fu Shiyi was busy preparing Laba Festival things.

The reason why Laba Festival was popular at the beginning was because this day was the day when Buddha Shakyamuni became enlightened.

Before the Buddha Shakyamuni became enlightened, a shepherd girl saw that the Buddha was too weak, so she boiled chyme for the Buddha.

This bowl of chyme is the origin of Laba porridge.

But in fact, there are other stories besides this. The only thing Fu Shiyi remembers is that it seems that a filial son was poor. On the Laba Festival, his mother almost starved to death.

He came out to find food and finally found a mouse.

I originally wanted to catch the mouse and eat it, but I found some food in the mouse's hole.

He used this grain to make a bowl of porridge for his mother. The mother and son survived because of this. In order to commemorate and be grateful, he cooked a bowl of Laba porridge every year from now on.

Not only do you eat it yourself, but you also give it to the poor, to relatives and friends, and even stray animals.

But this thing may be the story of fooling children at that time.

But the story is the story, but the custom of eating Laba porridge is true.

However, the custom of eating Laba porridge in the Tang Dynasty was not yet available. It was not until the Song Dynasty that this custom gradually spread because Buddhism was prevalent in the Song Dynasty.

Fu Shiyi actually prefers to eat salty porridge.

But the most traditional Laba porridge is still sweet. Traditional Laba porridge contains beans.

In addition to rice, millet, red beans, flower beans, red dates, peanuts, melon seeds, lotus seeds, longans, and even water chestnut rice. Finally, seasoning with brown sugar.

After it is cooked, the porridge is sticky and slightly red in color, and it tastes sweet.

Because there are no peanut seeds now, I used eight kinds of rice, millet, red beans, red dates, lotus seeds and longans, and walnut kernels to make sweet porridge.

The ingredients used in another kind of salty porridge are quite interesting.

First, there is rice, then bacon, tofu, cabbage, carrot, and vermicelli, and fried peanuts.

But there are no peanuts now, so I just turned the fried peanuts into fried dried tofu.

Whether it is sweet or salty porridge, one thing is the same, that is, all ingredients require different heat, so not all ingredients are put into the pot, but they have to be put in one after another.

This will ensure the best taste.

For salty porridge, you must fry the meat and dried tofu together to ensure full fragrance.

When Fu Shiyi was making porridge, A Mei helped Fu Shiyi see the fire.

As he looked at it, Amei couldn't help but start drooling, so she stared at the pot and asked Fu Shiyi: "Did the little lady make a Laba porridge because she wants to eat meat porridge?"

Fu Shiyi was speechless when asked:... In A Mei's eyes, I am such an unreliable foodie?

However, considering that there is no such thing as Laba Festival now, Fu Shiyi told Amei about the story of his filial son in order to save his face.

Amei listened with relish and knew how to catch loopholes: "Did the rat store so much food to survive the winter?"

Pay 11 to stir the porridge to prevent the pot from being pasted: "Right, right? After all, it is difficult to find food in winter. Many animals will store food for winter."

A sad look immediately appeared on A Mei's round little face, and she twisted her fingers and asked, "That man stole its food, how can it survive the winter-"

Fu Shiyi was confused when asked:...Where did I know?

She said with no certainty: "Maybe it wasn't taken away at that time, right? Otherwise, they would have taken it away and the mouse starved to death-"

A Mei tilted her head and thought for a while, sighed quietly: "It must have been starved to death, otherwise he would not have thought about this every year. But rats are not a good thing, their food is originally a stealer--"

What a fairy tale, when A Mei said this, Fu Shiyi suddenly felt an extremely strange feeling: it didn't seem so beautiful.

Just when Fu Shiyi was also struggling, Li Changbo came over. Seeing the expressions of the two of them, he spoke more and asked: "What's wrong?"

Amei likes Li Changbo very much and always knows everything about Li Changbo’s questions.

So at that time, I told Li Changbo the whole story.

Even that story is repeated as it is.

So much so that Fu Shiyi couldn't help but think: A Mei has a really good memory. If she goes to school, she will definitely have good grades—

After listening to the whole story, Li Changbo immediately smiled: "Ninety-one is that he starved to death. A mouse cannot save much food, so it is difficult to support a person. Moreover, winter is so long that even if it is not taken away, it is useless to leave it all--"

When Fu Shiyi heard this, he suddenly became even more messy: when A Mei said that, he felt that this fairy tale had changed its flavor, and when his little boyfriend said that - OK! This is clearly a dark fairy tale.

It can make people tremble after listening.

Fu Shiyi decided to remind him: "Don't say such cruel words in front of children. It is easy to teach children badly."

Li Changbo tilted his head and wondered: "Are you going to lie? Since A Mei herself has realized this problem, she must also want to know the truth. Besides, this world is not only good, but also bad."

Fu Shiyi was speechless, and finally he could only knock on the edge of the pot with the spoon in his hand: "Forget it, this is just a story, there is no need to think so much, anyway, we can eat Laba porridge."

A Mei nodded solemnly: "Mr. Li is right. The little lady is just too naive. In the future, the magistrate Li must pay attention to the little lady and don't let the little lady be deceived by others."

Li Changbo smiled and nodded: "This is natural."

Fu Shiyi was stunned: "When did I get cheated?"
Chapter completed!