Year Taste: Jade Jasper---laba Garlic

With Laba drinking Laba porridge and soaking Laba garlic, the flavor has become stronger this year. Speaking of Laba Garlic, according to the old man, the word Garlic of Laba Garlic is the same as "Calculation." Both foreign debts and foreign debts must be calculated clearly on this day. This is how "Laba counts". The creditor who wants debts on Laba this day has to send a letter to the person who owes him money, and he should be prepared to pay it back. There is a folk saying in Beijing. : "Laba congee, laba garlic, send letters to the debtors, and pay the debts. Later, some people who owed money to others used garlic instead of the word "calculate" to show their taboo and evaded the word "calculate". In fact, those who owed them had to be repaid after all.
There is also such a saying: It is very difficult for people who did business in the early years to come to the door to ask for accounts at the end of each year. There was a shrewd businessman who had an idea. On Laba’s day, he pickled a lot of small jars of garlic. When the account was due at the end of the year, he brought a small jar of laba garlic and went to the house of the person who owed the account and asked about the Chinese New Year. What is missing? Short what? I just didn’t mention the account, so I took out a small jar and said, “It’s going to be the Chinese New Year, and there’s nothing to bring. I brought a jar of Laba "garlic" and had a good dumpling for the New Year. Because "garlic" and "calculate" have the same pronunciation, people who owe accounts naturally think that everyone has been working hard for a year, and it's time to settle accounts, so they take the initiative to settle accounts. This matter spreads from ten to ten, and it becomes popular. However, this laba garlic continues to this day, and has faded away from the original meaning of the account, and replaced by the festive color added to the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival. "