Siheyuan: Shazhu gets married first

He Yuzhu, who was about to settle his old account, also felt refreshed.

When he got home, he gave the hundred yuan he had received from Qin Huairu to Li Yuanyuan.

There is still a few dollars lying around in my space.

He also didn't think there was anything good in keeping all the family's money for himself.

Because Laba Festival was approaching, He Yuzhu started preparing ingredients and planned to make Laba porridge.

In fact, Laba Festival has been a traditional Chinese festival since more than a thousand years ago.

Laba Festival, as the name suggests, is a festival celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

There is also a saying among the people that the New Year comes after Laba Festival.

Actually, it means after Laba Festival.

The atmosphere of the Lunar New Year begins to become lively.

There are many different opinions about the origin of Laba Festival.

However, Laba Festival is also one of the most important festivals in Buddhism.

Legend has it that this is the day when Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment and became a Buddha.

Therefore, Laba Festival is also called "Enlightenment Festival" and "Dharma Treasure Festival".

On Laba Festival, we drink Laba porridge and make Laba garlic.

The Laba porridge in Sijiucheng is relatively the most exquisite.

There are many things that are cooked together with white rice.

Red dates, red beans, peanuts, lotus seeds, longan, raisins, etc.

If conditions permit, some nuts will also be added, such as: walnuts, pine nuts, almonds and no less than 20 other kinds.

And generally people start washing rice, soaking fruits, peeling them and removing the cores from the seventh night of the twelfth lunar month.

Start simmering over low heat at midnight.

The Laba porridge was not ready until the next morning.

However, even if He Yuzhu was a chef, he couldn't get all the ingredients together.

Not to mention other things, even the peanuts that are common in later generations.

It’s hard to find many.

As a chef, He Yuzhu clearly remembered that the notice was issued from above in March 61.

Peanuts are not served at any external banquets.

This was just a little later than when the market started to implement a high-price policy for cakes and candies.

However, this did not pose a problem for He Yuzhu, because he knew that there were people in the compound who had peanuts at home.

In fact, just like the source of eggs in Liu Haizhong’s family has always been a mystery.

It seemed like there were endless peanuts at Yan Bugui's house.

When someone in the compound invited three uncles to dinner.

Liu Haizhong will basically serve a plate of scrambled eggs.

But Yan Bugui will always be Peanut.

Of course, he was reluctant to use frying pan.

The salted peanuts were already painful for Yan Bugui.

How could he be willing to use precious oil for frying?

It is also very easy to get peanuts from Yan Bugui.

As long as Yan Bugui doesn't suffer any loss, he will feel that he is getting a good deal by giving him the peanuts.

He would want to take out all the peanuts in the house.

Things turned out just as He Yuzhu had expected.

When He Yuzhu came to Yan Bugui's house carrying a big bowl of corn noodles.

When you want to switch to some raw peanuts.

Yan Bugui agreed without any hesitation.

Not only did he quickly give He Yuzhu peanuts of equal value.

As if trying to please him, he asked He Yuzhu with a smile.

"Zhu Zi, do you still want it?

I still have some peanuts in stock at home.

If you want, I can give it all to you.

I don't want you to suffer any loss, let's just exchange at equal value.

How about I give it all back to you?

I can only buy a little oil for the New Year, and it can’t even fry this thing, so I’m just not going to keep any.”

Yan Bugui didn't feel at all disadvantaged by exchanging peanuts for things of equal value.

Both of them knew that Peanuts was basically used as a tool for Yan Bugui to entertain people.

However, the meaning of food is different.

Especially now that natural disasters don’t seem to be completely over.

Unlike He Yuzhu, Yan Bugui knew that the natural disasters would end this year.

This is the most difficult time before dawn.

Therefore, Yan Bugui naturally hoped that his family would have as much food as possible.

As for peanuts, it doesn’t matter whether you eat more or less.

Moreover, Yan Bugui also felt that the atmosphere in the compound was very strange recently.

Something as big as He Yuzhu’s marriage.

He didn't even treat the three uncles to a drink.

Yan Bugui estimated that wine will also be included in the list of high-priced commodities.

In the future, there will be fewer and fewer people willing to treat me to a drink.

After all, a bottle of cheap Erguotou costs eight yuan.

It is enough to cover the food expenses for two people in many families for a month.

So, for the food that is worth exchanging peanuts.

Yan Bugui felt that he had gotten a great deal.

Since Yan Bugui has proposed it, and Yan Bugui’s peanuts are still worth planting.

He Yuzhu directly asked Yan Bugui to give him all the peanuts that could be exchanged.

I was going home to get him some cornmeal.

When there is a good deal to be gained, Yan Bugui has no need for He Yuzhu to run errands for him.

I took out all the remaining raw peanuts at home and gave them to He Yuzhu.

Then, he took his own flour bag and followed He Yuzhu back to He Yuzhu's house.

After a while, Yan Bugui happily returned home carrying about ten pounds of corn flour.

Although for He Yuzhu it was just Laba porridge.

It's strange why so much corn flour was replaced at once.

Li Yuanyuan did not speak out against it when Yan Bugui was around.

Only after Yan Bugui left did Li Yuanyuan ask the question in her mind.

“It certainly doesn’t take that much to make porridge.

Isn’t the Spring Festival coming soon?

Steel mills no longer supply peanuts.

I plan to take some fried peanuts to the cafeteria.

When the time comes, exchange some other things or tickets for the leader.

Anyway, we have no shortage of corn flour at home.

I work in a canteen and our family has a ration.

There is no need to worry about food.”

He Yuzhu put the peanuts away while explaining to Li Yuanyuan.

When it comes to space, even if the couple already understand each other deeply enough.

He Yuzhu had no intention of telling Li Yuanyuan the truth.

Others may not know what will happen in the next few years.

He Yuzhu, who had experienced the baptism of the Internet information storm in later generations, was very familiar with it.

In those adrenaline-fuelled years, no one could be trusted.

Fortunately, Li Yuanyuan just asked casually and didn't ask any further questions.

The next day, He Yuzhu left some peanuts at home for cooking porridge.

Then he pretended to take the others away.

In a place where no one was paying attention, I collected all the peanuts and planted them in the space.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, he used his food coupons to exchange for some red beans from Liu Lan, who was also short of food.

This is what I had already agreed with Liu Lan.

Liu Lan also exchanged the red beans that she brought back from her mother's home but was reluctant to eat for food coupons.

After all, this is relatively cost-effective for Liu Lan who is short of food.

As for the others, He Yuzhu had saved a few lotus seeds and longans from the past.

It is also when I cook for others and take the leftover ingredients home.

I kept it specially for use at this time.

With these things, He Yuzhu was already very satisfied.

It’s hard to find more things, and there’s no need to find more.

After all, there are only four people in the family.

He won't be as stupid as he was in previous years.

I made some Laba porridge, but neither I nor my siblings could drink much.

Most of it was distributed.

He Yuzhu will not do this again this year.

The Laba porridge that I worked so hard to prepare is definitely for my family.

As for other people, whether they can drink or not has nothing to do with me.

In the afternoon, Li Huaide was carrying a small bag of garlic and a jar.

Please ask He Yuzhu to help pickle a jar of Laba garlic.

He Yuzhu did not refuse, but put some of the smaller garlic cloves into the space and planted them.

Just think of it as the fee for your labor.

On the way home after get off work, He Yuzhu only kept a small handful of red beans.

The others were collected into the space and planted.

After the Laba Festival, a few more crops appeared in He Yuzhu's space.

When they are ripe, they can be sold even if they are not sold.

I won’t have to worry about these ingredients anymore.