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Part 2: LUZI Preparation

After the rice steaming completion, without stop, housewife immediately started to prepare a type of spicy pasted noodles locally known as LUZI.

LUZI was also a sort of lucky food, since the pronunciation of noodles shared the same meaning of �long� and �continuous� in Chinese, as parents� hope to baby�s life.

The soup and ingredients for LUZI making were carefully prepared beforehand.

The soup was made from pig�s backbone stewed over night and the ingredients included some tiny pieces of cattle�s entrails, scrambled eggs, slices of ginger, spring onion, garlic, and chili.

All of these ingredients were mixed in the boiled soup, then added and stirred up with sweet potato starch.

The well-done LUZI, really was a colorful and delicious paste.

The well-boiled and flushed out noodles were held in a big container beside the LUZI.

Like serving a buffet, guests were helping themselves to pick up half bowl of noodles, then, put a large spool of LUZI on the top. Before eating, people used to mix the LUZI up together with the noodles below with chopsticks.

With the forehead sweating, they all were devouring those long and hot noodles as cheerfully saying some good words to the baby in birthday.

Amused by their admiration, parents were so happy, that they were constantly pouring LUZI into their bowls.

�Da Wa (the first boy), Er Niu (the second girl) and San Mei (the third sister), hurry up and send the MAZI and LUZI to our neighbors!� Mum and dad loudly ordered.

� The uncle of my dear baby, fire the cracks and get ready to rob of the birthday party!� They joyfully announced the beginning of the most exciting procedure.

(To be continued by P3: The Birthday "Grab")
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