Returning to the Pastoral: Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 58
Tomorrow will be Laba. This festival is not too grand in later generations, but it has its special meaning in ancient times. It is a day to worship ancestors and gods.

In addition to this, this day is also the day when Sakyamuni Buddha became enlightened under Buddha Yabodhi and founded Buddhism, so it is also called "Buddha Enlightenment Festival".

Although Su Yun came to a dynasty that had never appeared in the history of China, its writing customs were similar to those of the previous life, especially Liang Guo was still a country where Buddhism and Taoism prevailed.On the day when the Buddha became enlightened, one can imagine the grand scene of the Laba Festival.

Because the Laba Festival is coming, it is also the day when the Buddha became a Taoist, so Su Yun no longer has to go to the Fuyun Building to deliver fish for these two days. According to the customs of the Liang Kingdom, the Laba Day is a vegetarian day.

Since they don't even eat meat dishes, killing animals is also unlucky.Su Yun was also happy to take some time off, it was rare that he didn't have to get up early, so he naturally wanted to sleep soundly.

After working hard for a month, it's time to rest.

On the day of Laba, Su Yun slept until three o'clock in the morning and didn't get up. When he got to the kitchen and saw Lu Xier who was already busy, Su Yun felt a little embarrassed.

Would Su Yun have the nerve to ask a child to make breakfast for him?

"Big sister, when did you get up? Why don't you call me sister-in-law? My sister-in-law didn't get up until now, and she has to work you to make breakfast."

Lu Xi'er smiled faintly, "Sister-in-law has worked hard for many days. I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up. Sister-in-law, please rest. I'll make the Laba porridge today."

As Lu Xi'er said, she picked up the gourd ladle and scooped some water into the pot, and put all kinds of soaked beans, glutinous rice, black rice, millet, etc. into the pot yesterday. Make more tricks on Laba porridge.

There are too many things in the porridge, so the taste can't be found anywhere.Of course, it all depends on the financial situation of a family. If the conditions are slightly poor, three or four tricks will be used. As for the conditions are good, there is no certainty.

There are so many patterns that you can get more than ten or twenty kinds of materials, and the taste is good.It is said that Guangfu Temple, the largest temple in Yunzhou, will give out porridge every Laba day. There are more than a dozen patterns in the porridge, which is no worse than the porridge made by those wealthy people!

It is also a tradition to give porridge to temples during the Laba Festival.In addition to temples, gentry and celebrities from all over the country will also take advantage of this to patronize the village. Laba porridge cooked with a variety of ingredients and sugar is added, which is a great gift to some poor people.

Many poor people may have never even tasted "sweet" in their lives.It is the happiest moment to drink a bowl of thick and sweet Laba porridge with rich and varied ingredients in this cold weather.

And at this time, the content of the porridge served by these gentry and celebrities has become a topic that everyone talks about.

Whose porridge is delicious and whose porridge has more content is what people care most about.Over time, the original charitable act gradually changed, and became a stage for the rich to show off their wealth and compete.

No matter how the times change, as long as there are people, there are rivers and lakes.Originally innocent things will also change their taste due to the interaction of human relationships.

Fortunately, although the motivation of the rich people to give porridge is no longer pure, at least some homeless people, beggars, and poor people can feel the mercy from the western heaven on this Buddha's Enlightenment Day, and can have a bite of heat in this cold winter day The steaming delicious Laba porridge warms the empty stomach, perhaps it would be good to have more such show activities.

Cooking porridge is not too difficult a job. Lu Xier put things in the pot, and when the pot boiled, she turned down the heat to a low heat, covered the pot, and slowly softened the porridge with a low heat. When eating, put some sugar OK.

Taking advantage of this spare time, Lu Xier and Su Yun cleaned the house again, and prepared all the paper money they bought yesterday.

After the porridge is ready, you have to take the porridge and paper money to the grave first. In the years when filial piety is very important, this matter cannot be sloppy.On this special day, we have to take care of the deceased ancestors first, and then ourselves.

After sacrificing the ancestors, it was already noon, and the porridge was served for the children, and they were only halfway through eating, when there was another voice outside the door that made everyone feel extremely annoying.

"Su Shi, Su Sanniang, come out!"

"It's the third uncle!" Lu Erlang frowned, he really couldn't figure it out, this is Laba Festival, how could the third uncle be so restless on this day?From this tone, one could tell that she was looking for bad luck, and there was a taste of "provoking trouble" in that voice!
Su Yun also frowned, looked at the children, and said expressionlessly: "You guys continue to eat, sister-in-law will go and have a look."

After saying that, he put down the bowls and chopsticks, got up and left the house. After opening the courtyard door, he saw Mrs. Cao and her follower daughter-in-law standing outside his door with a hint of complacency on their faces.

Seeing their posture, Su Yun felt that the visitor was not kind. After seeing the ceremony, he didn't move away to let people into the room, but asked indifferently: "Third Uncle, what do you need from me?"

"It's something, of course it's something!" Looking at Su Yun's indifferent appearance, Cao Shi felt displeased, "It's nothing, what am I doing in your house? I'm not afraid of bad luck!"

After a pause, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up again, a schadenfreude flashed in his eyes, and he said to Su Yunnuzui: "The patriarch asked me to call you over, I have something to ask you!"

Su Yun's heart moved, and he frowned and asked, "What does the patriarch want from me?"

"Heh!" Cao Shi sneered, and said, "You did a good job, you don't know? Why do you ask me?!"

As soon as Su Yun heard this, his face became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Forgive Sanniang for being stupid, I don't know what Sanshuniang means by what she said? What good did Sanniang do to alarm the patriarch and deliberately Let the elder, Third Uncle, come over and pass on the message."

Su Yun deliberately bit the words "good thing" and "elder" very hard, and looked at Cao Shi and Bai Lianhua with more and more unkind eyes.

"You little rascal, why are you talking to my mother-in-law?!"

Seeing Su Yun's attitude, Bai Lianhua felt even more annoyed when she thought about Wei Yu, especially after seeing him for a few days, this Su family looked even more attractive.

Look at her rosy complexion, how can she look half sick?This must have made a lot of money. If you eat well, your complexion will improve, and you will become more pampered.

The jealousy in Bai Lianhua's heart, looking at Su Yun's attitude, she began to speak unscrupulously, "If you want people to know, you have to do nothing, don't think that you can cover up the scandals you have done! Why are you still dawdling here? ? The patriarch and sister-in-law are waiting, and they can cover up all the scandals you have done?!"

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