Chapter 234 - 236: There is a Thief_1
"Today is the Laba Festival. Grandpa asked me to bring some Laba porridge for you to try." Xue Sufen entered the room, took the porridge out of the food container, and placed it on the table.
Li Qiao thanked her, took the bowl of porridge to the kitchen, scooped the porridge into a new bowl, and washed Xue Sufen’s bowl clean before returning it to her.
Xue Sufen said, "You just leave it on the table and don’t drink? I braved the snow and cold wind to bring it to you." Originally, Grandpa had asked my older brother to deliver it, but Grandma firmly disagreed, nor did she allow my younger uncle to come over, fearing that Li Qiao would gobble them both up.
Grandpa couldn’t persuade her, so it ended up being her job.
She suspected that Grandma did it on purpose, not willing to let her sons and grandsons freeze and so sent her granddaughter instead.
"I’ll drink it right now." Li Qiao took a taste with the spoon. The sweet aroma of honey dates hit her nose, and the porridge was sweet and sticky. The peanuts and lotus seeds melted in her mouth: "Delicious."
Xue Sufen said, "My grandma got up early in the morning to make it. It’s been simmering for several hours, and she only used the best ingredients."
Li Qiao said, "Thank my Grandma Xue for me." She opened the cabinet, took out the beef sauce that Grandma had made before she went back to her hometown and her own recently pickled Laba garlic: "These are for you. When it’s sunny, put the garlic outside to dry, and it will turn green very easily."
Xue Sufen said, "We have them at home; I don’t want yours."
Li Qiao put them into the food container: "They definitely won’t taste the same as those from my house. If you don’t eat it, let Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue try."
"Fine then." Xue Sufen abruptly changed the subject, "Where did you go in the car today?"