Humor about pickled garlic

From the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting worse every day. In most parts of northern China, the custom of soaking garlic with vinegar is called "Laba garlic". According to the old man, the word "Laba garlic" is homophonic with the word "calculate". This is the day when all companies collect accounts and calculate the income and expenditure of this year. It can be seen that profits and losses, including foreign debts and foreign debts, must be accounted for on this day. This is how Laba Calculus works. The creditor who wants to pay his debts on Laba Festival will send a message to the person who owes him money, and he should be prepared to pay back the money. There is a folk proverb in Beijing: "Laba porridge, Laba garlic, the messenger who pays the bill;" Pay off the debt. "Later, if someone owed money to others, garlic was used instead of the word" calculate "to show taboo, and the word" calculate "was avoided. In fact, what is owed to others will be paid back after all. The New Year is coming in old Beijing. There are spicy dishes in the streets, but there is no one selling Laba garlic. Why is this? Think about it. Selling laba garlic has to be shouted. How come? Directly shout "Laba garlic!" The debtor's heart thumped when he heard the shouts. How come there are shouts of debt collection in the street! Besides, who are you talking to, a small businessman? It's good that people don't count with you, and Laba garlic can't shout in the streets. Each household makes laba garlic by itself, and calculates how to spend the year first. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, my father and I decided to pickle preserved garlic. Pickling pickled garlic is a process and an interesting thing. First, go out to buy garlic; Then, to peel garlic, I peel it hard; After washing the garlic slightly, you can pour it into a jar or other covered container, pour three bags of rice vinegar and two spoonfuls of sugar, and then put the garlic on the balcony. I go to see it once a day, but every time I see it doesn't turn green, I ask my father, "Why doesn't our pickled Laba garlic turn green?" Dad said, "You can't watch it day by day. Before it turns green, you should watch it every ten days or more. "So I watch it every two weeks and it turns green. I asked my father why Laba garlic turned green. Dad said: "garlic, sugar and vinegar react together, and garlic turns green." "Marinate these garlic and prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner. During the Spring Festival, I ate laba garlic pickled by my family, and I was very happy. What an interesting process this is.