The novel describes a family of three (Baer and Baer’s parents) and a dog (Haba) having dinner together. That day might be a special festival, so the family cooked Laba porridge and fried aged bacon.
The author describes details such as Baer's greediness that can't wait to eat porridge, the puppy Huba crawling under the table to pick up bones to eat, and the family arguing over whether Huba is greedy or obedient... etc. The description depicts the happiness of a family of three, and the author's incomparable love for ordinary people and his incomparable attachment to family affection are shown between the lines.
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Shen Congwen's novel "Laba Porridge" has a simple and clear language, concise and smooth character dialogue, full of personality and a sense of life. . The author uses skillful brushwork and delicate writing style to describe the rich folk customs of the Laba Festival. The interesting and memorable scenes of "cooking Laba porridge" and "eating Laba porridge" are like two meticulous Chinese paintings, which are worthy of our careful appreciation and appreciation. Take your time and appreciate it.
Look: the steaming Laba porridge has attracted everyone from the children who are just learning to call daddy to the old people with white beards. No wonder, the eight-year-old Ba'er is cooking it. On the day of Laba porridge, I was "so happy that I almost went crazy". Look at him, he has to play outside and is also thinking about the Laba porridge being cooked in the pot, so he has no choice but to "go in and out of the kitchen alone". His busy figure is really pitiful!
Ba'er couldn't wait any longer. He asked, "Mom, Mom, when will it be?" A wise child is better than her mother. Before Ba'er could finish speaking, his mother interrupted: "It's going to be night!" How long will it take to wait until night? Ba'er was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Then I'm hungry!" Here, the word "that" is used very well. Ba'er uses this word to emphasize "I'm hungry", with a hint of demonstration, it seems that people have to tell such a little lie in order to eat the sweet Laba porridge earlier.
If there is no word "that" in this sentence, the "poor" person may be really hungry! But he can't resist his mother's order, so Ba'er has to make a wonderful plan to eat porridge to satisfy his hunger. Now: My eldest brother and my father are only allowed to eat one bowl. My mother, like me, eats three bowls, but I add half of my mother’s bowl to my own share! Hey, who said Laba porridge is so delicious! Painting cakes could not satisfy his hunger, so he had to beg his mother to pick him up and take a look. The result was that "a particularly big and scary red date" had entered his mouth.
After looking forward to it for so long, I finally got rid of my little greed! It’s really hard for him! In this first scene of cooking porridge, the author vividly and vividly portrays the mentality of being impatient and eager to eat porridge. The attractive color, aroma and taste of Laba porridge are vividly rendered with the help of your eyes, nose and mouth.
In the second picture of eating porridge, there is not much ink on the front. The author uses a few words to outline the delicious taste of Laba porridge. My stomach is bulging after eating it. There is half a bowl of aged bacon on the table. His parents couldn't do anything to him! It seems that everyone is very full! After the author only uses a few sentences to describe the scene of eating porridge, he writes about the conversation of Ba'er's family around Ha Ba. At first glance, it seems that It deviates from the topic, but if you think about it carefully, you can understand that this is the author's ingenuity.
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Shen Congwen
Xinhuanet - The Laba Festival in the proverb is very interesting
People's Daily - Today's Laba Festival follows Shen Congwen, Lao She Bingxin A bowl of Laba porridge [picture]