Chapter 7: When Will the Bright Moon Be (2)
After some tossing and turning last night, Ruan Ge slept until almost after mid-morning before waking up.
But it wasn't a natural awakening, it was woken up by the white-headed jade parrot in front of the window.
Ruan Ge recently begged Ziyue to take it back to the room as a pet, and gave it a lofty name - "Baiyun", Ruan Ge thought that he would definitely make a black one in the future, so it would be called "Black Earth", but he hadn't had time to teach it to speak.
"Lazy pig, get up, lazy pig, get up." Ruan Ge, who was sleeping in Zhengxiang, was so noisy that he couldn't stop sleeping, so he simply covered his ears and shouted: "If you make any more noise, I will chop you." Maybe Bai Yun was really frightened by her words, and didn't dare to say anything again.
Ruan Ge thought that it was quiet now, and he was about to sleep sweetly, but his heart moved, no, how could Bai Yun say such a thing? Who taught it? She jumped out of bed and went to look at the parrot.
Bai Yun was looking at her with small eyes, "Bai Yun, do you say what you just said again?" Ruan Ge said. Bai Yun was so frightened by Ruan Ge that he didn't dare to speak anymore. "Okay Baiyun, can you say it again? Say it again! She began to be soft, and begged for a long time, but Baiyun just couldn't speak.
A lazy voice rang out: "It calls you lazy pig, stupid." ”
Ruan Ge followed the prestige, a slender purple-clothed man sat under the grape trellis not far from the window and drank tea leisurely, at this time he was looking at Ruan Ge sideways, his eyes were flowing with thick eyelashes in the sun, and his half-handsome face was charming. Ruan Ge subconsciously swallowed his saliva and muttered in a low voice: "How can you run out to hook up with people in the daytime." ”
Unexpectedly, Bai Yun had sharp ears, probably wanting to show his hand in front of the master to make up for his skills, and repeated Ruan Ge's words in that funny voice: "How can there be a blue sky and a day to run out and hook up with people." ”
Ruan Ge glanced at Bai Yun fiercely, turned around and ignored them. When Ronghua heard this, he was stunned, and said to himself, "Is this talking about me?" ”
It was almost noon, and after Ruan Ge finished cleaning the yard, he saw Ziyue carrying pots and pots, and some freshly cut bamboos in and out. Ruan Ge only knew when he asked that tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival in August here, no wonder the moon was quite round last night.
Ziyue is preparing the dishes to be eaten tomorrow, the traditional food of the Mid-Autumn Festival here is not moon cakes, but a kind of food called "bamboo sugar", stir sesame sugar with japonica rice with water, add some walnut kernels, longan and other dried fruits in the middle, and then put it into the thick bamboo tube to seal, and then put the bamboo tube in a simmer to steam.
Zuihou's boiled "bamboo sugar" rice mixed with sesame sugar is sweet, mixed with the fragrance of 100 fruits and bamboo, and it is indeed delicious. But Ruan Ge thinks the food is more similar to the zongzi she has eaten.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is to eat moon cakes, although in the previous life, although I ate at most one piece at a time, I didn't think it was very delicious, but now that I think about it, Ruan Ge feels that it is the best thing in the world, especially the one made by his mother. Ruan Ge decided to make his own mooncakes to celebrate his first Mid-Autumn Festival here.
Ruan Ge plans to prepare the flour dough and filling today, and then make the finished product tomorrow and bake it. As for the mold for making moon cakes, she is ready to find out if there is a suitable one. What kind of stuffing do you use? Then make osmanthus red beans, which can not only make moon cake fillings but also have the taste of osmanthus red bean cakes, killing two birds with one stone.
Ruan Ge began to get busy, Ziyue finished her own business, saw Ruan Ge making flour, and asked her what she wanted to do, Ruan Ge told her, Ziyue was very surprised, she didn't know that there was this kind of food, she was very happy to help, and the two of them were very busy.
Picking osmanthus flowers, soaking red beans, kneading the dough Everything is almost ready, there is only a moon cake mold left, Zuihou looked around, Ruan Ge found that there was a flower-shaped fat powder box on the purple moon makeup table, and the concave pattern in the box was very beautiful, and it was perfect to make a moon cake mold.
On the second day, the two got up early in the morning and began to make fillings, stirring sesame sugar with osmanthus and bean paste, kneading the dough, and rolling out the dough is easier said than done. After all, it was the first time he made it himself, and he cheered himself up while doing it, and sang a song: "August 15th, grandpa made moon cakes for me, moon cakes are round and sweet and fragrant, a piece of moon cake is a piece of love."
"Ruan Ge, this song is so interesting, teach me."
"Okay, let's sing together!"
The two of them sang as they did, forgetting everything around them. "Ahem." A light cough caused the two to look back, two stunning men, one indifferent and light, proudly passed away; A bewitching and coquettish, captivating the country and the city. Behind them were a shorter, handsome boy.
It was Ronghua who coughed lightly, and he asked with a smile: "You two are singing and shouting, what are you doing funny?" ”
"We are making mooncakes, a must-eat food in Ruan Ge's hometown during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Ziyue replied.
Since he saw Zhong Yan taking a bath the night before, Ruan Ge has been up and down in his heart, trying to avoid him as much as possible. Seeing it today, she lowered her head unnaturally and did not speak.
Ziyue seemed to have discovered the surprise, and suddenly shouted excitedly, "Luo Chuan, when did you come back?" Ruan Ge also looked up.
Ziyue said that she was about to catch the boy behind the two of them, but the boy frowned at her very steadily, signaling Ziyue to behave properly. glanced at Ruan Ge again, was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help it, and laughed out loud.
Luo Chuan smiled, everyone turned their eyes to Ruan Ge, Zhong Yan didn't have any expression, and Ronghua couldn't help laughing. Ruan Ge looked himself up and down, it was nothing, so why did they laugh at themselves? Ziyue looked at Ruan Ge seriously, only to find that her forehead and nose were stained with flour, and while helping her wipe it, she couldn't help but smile and lean back.
Ruan Ge gritted his teeth and said to Ziyue in a barely audible voice from others: "You don't want to eat any mooncakes tonight." Ziyue immediately held back her laughter, her face flushed.
Zhong Yan glanced at Ruan Ge and said expressionlessly, "Luo Chuan will follow me first." After saying that, he turned around and left first, and no one saw the corners of his mouth faintly upturned after turning around.
Luo Chuan trotted all the way and followed Zhong Annihilation, "You must taste Ruan Ge's craftsmanship at night." Rong Hua dropped such a sentence, and with an extremely ambiguous look, he shook a golden folding fan and walked slowly.
The moon at night is very face-saving, and it has already risen from the southeast sky before the unitary, and there is not a trace of clouds around, shining brightly on Bijia Mountain. The mountains and forests are silent, the tired birds return to their nests, but the Qingran Hall is brightly lit.
There was a table of eight immortals in front of the main hall, and there were no lamps, and a bright moon was enough to illuminate the entire courtyard. Gongzi Ronghua specially asked to put the table outside, he felt that the Mid-Autumn Festival moon banquet had to be outdoors in order to enjoy the bright moon perfectly, Zhong Yan was unwell and didn't want to participate, but he was helplessly pulled out by Ronghua to accompany him.
The two sat at the table, talking casually, with Luo Chuan and Yun Luo by their side.
Ruan Ge and Ziyue's plan tonight was to take advantage of the time when Ronghua and Zhong Yan and a few others were eating and drinking, they would secretly bring some moon cakes, side dishes, and wine to find a secluded place to taste food and wine, and enjoy the bright moon.
The two of them brought the dishes prepared in the kitchen to the table one by one, and the zuihou served the mooncakes made by Ruan Ge. The moon cake is baked with the unique fragrant wood of Bijia Mountain, the skin is shiny, the aroma is overflowing, and it is very appetizing.
Ronghua picked up the piece, admired the beautiful patterns on the moon cakes, and nodded again and again, "Well, it looks good on the outside, but I don't know if this bite is going to go down if it is a golden jade outward?" He glanced at Ruan Ge. Ruan Ge was very disgusted with this person's yin and yang weirdness, and he spoke just like that, and his expression was always so rich, it was really unbearable.
Ronghua took a bite lightly, tasted it, and praised it while eating: "The outer skin is crispy and fragrant, and the filling inside is rich in osmanthus fragrance mixed with the softness of bean paste, and the feeling of the entrance is really wonderful." Ah, you taste it, it's really good. ”
Zhong Yan also picked up a piece, took a small bite, and chewed slowly.
"This is food from your hometown?" Zhong Yan asked casually.
Ruan Ge replied: "Yes, its name is moon cake, which means reunion, harmony and beauty." ”
"Didn't you say you forgot what you used to do?" Zhong Yan put down the moon cake he had taken a bite of and looked at Ruan Ge. Yun Luo behind him looked at her sharply.
Ruan Ge panicked for a moment, he only knew how to make moon cakes to relieve the pain of homesickness, and he didn't think about it so much at all. She quickly calmed down, "It's just that when I heard about the Mid-Autumn Festival, some familiar situations appeared in my mind, which may be a precursor to recovering my memory." ”
"Ronghua, you have traveled all over the world, have you heard of moon cakes anywhere?" Zhong Yan turned to Ronghua.
Ronghua thought for a moment and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it." He glanced at Ruan Ge, and then added, "It may be from a remote place outside the four countries." It may also be just a special food made at home, not necessarily something that everyone has to eat. ”
Zhong Yan didn't speak anymore, but just took another bite of the mooncake in his hand.
Ronghua hurriedly changed the topic, "Come on, Ah Yan, I haven't seen you for a long time, you must accompany me today and not get drunk." ”
The two pushed the cups and changed them, and Ruan Ge breathed a sigh of relief. glanced at Ziyue, who was standing next to him, and motioned for the two of them to retreat quickly.
While a few people were unprepared, the two of them were about to quietly withdraw, but before they had withdrawn two steps, Ronghua was quite enthusiastic and beckoned everyone to come over.
"The moonlight is so good today, why not sing and dance?"
Then he turned his head and ordered the girl next to him to take out his purple jade flute. The flute is made of haode purple jade, which is dazzling and shiny in the moonlight.
Rong Hua elegantly put the flute to his mouth, raised his eyebrows, his eyes flowed, and a distant tune sounded. Ziyue, who was standing beside Ruan Ge, was already so fascinated that she was about to faint, and she was lying on Ruan Ge's shoulder weakly, and Ruan Ge couldn't help but praise Ronghua for being indeed a master of seducing women.
Ruan Ge doesn't know what kind of song Ronghua is blowing, but it is really good, and the sound of the flute in the mountains is far away, which makes people think about it. The two beauties behind Ronghua danced with the sound of the flute, dancing lightly, with a good demeanor, and they were very good-looking. At the end of the song, Ruan Ge took the lead in applauding, and Ronghua glanced at everyone with satisfaction, his eyes stayed on Ruan Ge.
"Ruan Ge, seeing that you are in such a good mood, you are also here to help?" Ronghua looked cunning.
Ruan Ge was stunned for a moment, and immediately wanted to refuse, but Ziyue beside him may have been dazzled by Ronghua, and no matter what he asked at this moment, he would agree, "Yes, Gongzi Ronghua." Everyone was stunned, and Ziyue reacted, her face flushed with shame, and she wanted to burrow into the ground.
Looking at her embarrassment, Ruan Ge shook his head helplessly. asked her quietly, "Since you agreed, it's time to go up and perform to please Ronghua." "How could I do this, oops, I'm ashamed."
Ronghua said: "Since you have agreed, someone must come out." After speaking, he looked at Ruan Ge for a long time.
Ruan Gexin said, you are clearly trying to make me ugly, okay, the old lady will accompany you to the end, and you just take this opportunity to get out in advance.
Ruan Ge stood up generously, and was slightly rude to Ronghua and Zhong Yan, "The little woman is ugly." ”
Then he came to the open space in front of the table, stretched his arms and wrists, pinched his orchid fingers, posed in a flying shape, and sang a song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon", which was full of charm.
Ruan Ge really didn't come up with anything more hode, he just felt that this song was more appropriate at this time. Arrange some dance moves casually, fortunately, Ruan Ge practiced it when he was a child, and he has some dance skills.
Under the moonlight, Ruan Ge was dressed in plain white, waving her arms, spinning, lowering her waist, her hair fluttering and dancing with her movements, although her body was petite and distinct, she was still a little girl, but she was like a fairy under the moon, smart, pure, and cute, which made people unable to take their eyes off.
Ronghua whispered to Ziyue and whispered a few words to her, Ziyue was so close to Ronghua for the first time, she was flattered, nodded again and again, and turned to leave.
"Ah Yan, today is really a beautiful day, how about the two of us play a song together?" Wing Wah Road.
"You've asked people to get the piano, can I not accompany you?" Zhong Yan smiled faintly and drank a glass of wine. Tonight's moonlight is brighter than the night before, shining Zhong Yan's eyelashes clearly, with knife-like facial features and picturesque eyebrows.
The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, although it was only fleeting, he was still caught by Ruan Ge who turned around, Ruan Ge's heart moved slightly, and he quickly turned his head.
Ziyue handed a simple and elegant piano to Zhong Yan, who sat on the ground, placed the piano on his knees, and stirred it up. In response to Ruan Ge's singing, the guqin version of "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" sounded for the first time in this other world.
Ronghua also stood beside Zhong Yan and blew the purple jade flute, and two unparalleled beautiful men accompanied Ruan Ge, she felt that it was still an honor.
The three of them cooperate tacitly, the sound of the piano is far away, the sound of the flute is empty, the two complement each other, the sound of the piano makes up for the desolation of the sound of the flute, the sound of the flute makes up for the solemnity of the sound of the piano, the two voices cling to each other, one after another, the song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" is extraordinary, breathtaking.
And Ruan sang and danced sometimes lingering, sometimes wild, sometimes elegant, as if a cloud around a bright moon in the sky into various forms, just a gust of wind, will leave the world, chase the bright moon.
"The moon is getting thicker and thicker/The moonlight is accompanied by the breeze/The moonlight is more hazy/Her face is reflected in the lake/In the soft figure/A little lovesickness/The moonlight seems to be the dream of the old man/Ask the old man if he knows/I look forward to meeting in my heart/Only please the bright moon/Take away my greetings/Caiyun chases the moon"
Zhong Yan's piano sound became higher and higher, and the sound of the flute chased straight away, and it all stopped abruptly when it reached the top, and Ruan Ge also made a finishing move, and the three of them did it in one go.
Ronghua was the first to applaud, hahadaxiao, "Today is really happy, happy." ”
Everyone reacted from the silence, and Ziyue quickly ran to Ruan Ge's side: "Girl, I really didn't expect you to have this hand." It's so beautiful. You must teach me. Ruan Ge smiled, tried the sweat on his forehead slightly, and said in his heart that he hadn't danced for a long time, he was too lacking in exercise, and if these two played a little longer, he might be embarrassed.
Just as Zhong Yan raised his head, Ruan Ge met his gaze, Ruan Ge smiled, Zhong Yan's face was not as cold as before, but he was not very enthusiastic.
Ronghua looked at Ruan Ge with burning eyes: "Ge'er, you are really a woman who makes people want to find out. Zhong Yan looked at Ronghua in surprise.
"Ge'er, it's been a long time since anyone called yourself that." Ruan Ge secretly said in his heart.
"Ronghua, I'm tired and need to go back to rest, you can do it alone." After speaking, he motioned to Luo Chuan to help him go back.
Ronghua didn't hold back much, and said: "It's okay, tonight is very enjoyable, I'll enjoy it for a while, and I'll go back." ”
Ronghua sent all the people who served around him and sat down to drink to the moon. Ruan Ge took this opportunity and also proposed to go back to the room with Ziyue to rest, but he didn't think that Du Ronghua actually agreed without even fighting. Of course, Ziyue was very conflicted, she wanted to stay with Ronghua and eat moon cakes for the festival, but in the end, her desire to eat got the upper hand and obediently followed Ruan Ge.
Ronghua stared at Ruan Ge's figure walking away, took a big bite of the moon cake, and smiled extremely charmingly. Ruan Ge, who was walking at this time, felt that his body was cold, looked around suspiciously, and secretly muttered: "It's really evil." ”