CHAPTER XXIV

On August 14, the son of Chi Daliang's family came to the house to find Chi Dazhu and asked him to remember to go to the old courtyard tomorrow for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even if they are separated, they still have to celebrate the festival together, especially on the day of reunion like the Mid-Autumn Festival.

I have to prepare the gifts for tomorrow, Mrs. Chi attaches great importance to such things, and one year the things she took were not to her liking, so she didn't eat the reunion dinner, and went home early.

Chen Shi was worried and didn't know what to send, so he went to the town in advance last year to pull a piece of cloth, but Mrs. Chi was very happy, and gave it to her eldest daughter. During the Chinese New Year, I saw that my aunt's daughters and boys were all dressed in new clothes, and she bought a big red cloth.

This year, she was busy making quilts and didn't have time to go to town, so she had a headache when she thought of her mother-in-law's unhappy face, and got up and went to lie down in the house.

Orange was putting the grapes in the jar, she asked Chi Dazhu to buy a few large vats, and asked him to go to the mountains to pick several baskets of grapes. Chi Dazhu was very happy to be called by his daughter--that was to make wine for him!

He went into the house and looked at Chen, and came back to tell Sù Orange, "Your mother is fine, but she is sleepy." He also knows what his daughter-in-law is worried about, and he is also very worried.

"Oh, I'm going back to the old house tomorrow for the holidays, I'll make some pastries for my milk today, it's no worse than what is made in the town."

"Okay, what do you do, Daddy thinks it's delicious." Chi Dazhu laughed innocently, the girl is good.

In the past, Comrade Chi Bao would make a whole crab feast on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and drink osmanthus wine. Pastries range from mooncakes to persimmon cakes to lotus root boxes, and fruits range from grapes and apples to bananas and grapefruits. It's a very ordinary thing, but it tastes amazing, and their family always eats happily.

She plans to make mooncakes, but luckily they have a stove for making fruit cakes at home, which can bake roasted cakes, and mooncakes will be able to do the same. It's just that there aren't many dried fruits and the like, and she doesn't have raisins, and it's too late to dry them now.

Chi Dazhu went to Zhao He to make a mold, and she adjusted the two kinds of fillings, bean paste and egg yolk lotus paste. Lotus seed paste is made by boiling lotus seeds with the core removed, and it smells sweet.

Pear blossom came to help make moon cakes, and her family didn't bother to go to the town to buy things this year, but fortunately, Zhao He was a lonely family in the village, and the Sun family didn't deal with the problems of her in-laws.

Orange also plans to make snowy mooncakes, which don't need to be baked, she has never used a simple oven like ancient times, and she can't grasp the temperature well, and she is afraid that she won't be able to do it well.

In addition to mooncakes, she also made lotus root boxes. pinched the tender lotus root and washed it, white and chubby like a child's arm. At this time, the lotus is simply full of treasures, and the autumn lotus root is also the most replenishing.

Most of the lotus roots in Beihe Village are seven-hole lotus roots, which are delicate, crisp and sweet. The lotus root box is simple to make, put the pork filling and flour between two lotus root slices, wrap it in a layer of flour on the outside, and fry it in an oil pan until golden brown and take it out.

The pear blossom picks one up and tastes it, the outside is crispy, but the meat inside is very tender. She nodded her head when she ate, and although she knew that oranges were delicious to cook, she felt amazing every time.

She couldn't think of it, let alone just made lotus seeds into lotus seeds, and she put some lotus seeds when she boiled porridge at most.

Chi Dazhu came back with the mold that the orange asked for, and when he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance first, and his stomach gurgled. He directly took a lotus root box with his hand and ate it, and called Songbai Zhaohe over.

They came with their feet raised, and Sun followed behind. Chen also came out of the house now, she was already upset and tight, but she felt much better after lying down for a while.

Seven people just talked and ate, the mold is the pine and cypress engraved words, vigorous and powerful, written is reunion and other blessings. She picked it up and looked at it, got up and went to the well to scoop it up.

Songbai walked over to help her press the moon cakes, Pear Blossom hid far away, and the others also sat together, happily watching their tacit understanding.

After pressing the mooncakes, she took them to the stove to bake, she tried a few first, and the first pot was baked. After that, it was much better, although it was occasionally baked.

Chi Dazhu picked up a baked mooncake and ate it, the mooncake was still smoking, and a mushy smell spread. He also chirped while eating, and drank after eating, "My daughter's baked mooncakes are better than those sold outside!" ”

Chen pursed his lips and laughed at him, everyone picked up the baked paste first and ate it, leaving the good ones for others. Zhao He nodded after eating one, "I haven't eaten this mooncake stuffed with egg yolk lotus paste before, but it tastes really good." ”

Orange pursed her lips and smiled, although she didn't grasp the heat well, but the crispy filling she made was beautiful, oily but not greasy. Gently bite into the crispy skin on the outside, the bean paste filling inside is sweet and delicious, and the egg yolk lotus paste filling is soft and crispy.

She first packed a basket of baked mooncakes and sent them to Lao Huang, and she didn't bother him less on weekdays, so it was a heart.

Songbai sent it over with her, and Lao Huang took it politely. Xiao Huang's skin also became thicker than last time, and he picked up the mooncakes on the plate, and then returned the basket to the oranges.

"Grandpa Huang, I saw that the osmanthus flowers were blooming at the door of your house, and I just went back to make some pastries."

Lao Huang picked up a piece of moon cake, put it in his mouth and ate it, "I knew that it would be no good for you girl to send me something, and I brought someone over today." He pointed to Songbai Road.

Then he waved his hand, "Pick it casually, otherwise it will also enter the belly of the dolls in the village." ”

The two of them picked it up under the osmanthus tree, and the fragrance came to her nose, and she smelled a little drunk.

She made snowy mooncakes out of osmanthus flowers, which don't need to be baked on the stove. In the evening, she put moon cakes on a plate, and made chrysanthemum tea by the way, which is a sweet tooth, and she will get tired of eating too much.

The fourteenth moon was already round, but it wasn't particularly bright. They drank tea and slowly admired the moon, the stars at night twinkled one after another, and the voice of the crickets was higher than one another.

A pair of hands slowly covered her left hand resting on the chair, and she turned her head to look at Songbai sitting next to her, only to see him talking to Chi Dazhu.

She struggled, and he gripped it tighter. Fortunately, the moonlight was not so bright, and even the nearest Chi Dazhu did not notice anything unusual.

He suddenly approached her, breathing in her ear, "Are you going to go to the lantern fair tomorrow?" The voice was low and hoarse.

"Go, just once a year. But I have to go to the old house for dinner. Orange leaned to the side, and she felt her whole body heat up.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to go with you." He sat up straight, and she breathed through her breath.

"Brother, sister, what are you two talking about?" Pear Blossom picked up another piece of moon cake and ate it, anyway, she made it herself and didn't need money. She sat on the right side of the orange and only heard her speak, but Songbai didn't hear what she said.

"What else can you say, you kid!" Sun smiled and slapped Pear Blossom's back, his voice was quite loud but it didn't hurt at all, "Of course your brother and sister are whispering, you can't inquire about this!" Don't eat it, be careful that no one will marry you if you become a fat woman. ”

Rika pouted, "I just became a fat woman and a good-looking fat woman." Dad, did you say no? ”

Zhao He was eating the lotus root box in his hand, nodded when he heard the words, and said to Pear Blossom: "That's not it, my daughter will always be the best-looking!" ”

Sun glanced at Zhao He, "Don't eat it, this year is a lot fatter than last year." She rolled her eyes and said, "If you are busy in two days, Pear Blossom will just cook for us at home." ”

She thought that the light bulb of pear blossom was always wandering around in front of two people, and it was not easy to cultivate feelings! My son's ice cube is finally a bit enlightened, but I have to melt him while it's hot.

Orange, this daughter-in-law, she is going to decide!

Before Lihua could speak, Songbai opened his mouth one step earlier: "Mother, the two people on the stall can't be busy, let's talk about it when we get busy." Orange felt the hand holding her loosen a lot.

The two hands were quietly pressed against each other, and no one grabbed the other anymore.

The next day, they got up in less than five watches, and the three of them walked to the old courtyard with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Mrs. Chi was cooking in the stove, and Chen put down the mooncakes in his hand and went to the kitchen to help. Mrs. Chi glanced at Chen, but said nothing. The two aunts were busy in the kitchen, and Orange didn't go inside when she saw that there was no one to show it.

But the eldest aunt Zhou came out of the kitchen and pulled the orange to take a closer look, and the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became. She had already calculated that Orange was good and capable, except that she had been dismissed - and that was fine, otherwise it would not have been her nephew's turn.

She remembered the food she brought back when Chi Dazhu's family was digging a well, it was delicious. It's just that Xing'er Niang was talking nonsense about the relationship between Orange and Zhao Songbai outside, which made her worry for a while.

If the two really have a leg, her nephew won't have a chance. She also found a reason to quarrel with Xing'er Niang, and the splash even pulled out a handful of her hair!

Fortunately, Xing'er Niang changed her mouth later, and she also heard that it was Songbai who said something to Xing'er Niang, and Xing'er Niang stopped talking.

Her nephew is only in his twenties, but his mother-in-law is dead, with two children. But he didn't look down on the widow, so he had to find the big girl with yellow flowers, and he didn't find it after two years.

Oranges aren't just right!

"Hello sister-in-law, why haven't you seen your sisters-in-law?" The hair of the orange is seen, and the hand pulls out by arranging the hair.

Zhou was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law is not pregnant with another one, and she is now lying in the house." ”

The little sister-in-law Yu poked her head out and said to Zhou: "Sister-in-law, my mother asked you to go in and cook." ”

"Here we are." Zhou's hatred is itching, she is a person with a daughter-in-law, but she still has to suffer from her mother-in-law! During the New Year's and festivals, they were asked to cook, but the granddaughter-in-law was reluctant to call.

Her two daughters-in-law are not good things, so they don't know how to come and replace her! One went back to his mother's house, and the other lay in the house waiting to be served. Even Yu's daughter-in-law is stronger than her, so she knows how to pour water for tea.

What's even more infuriating is Chen's, but I didn't expect that in the end, she was the most comfortable. I knew that I wouldn't have divided their second room at the beginning, don't look at the lack of a son, but I raised a good daughter.

She rolled her eyes, but she had heard that Orange made a lot of money by setting up a stall on the dock, and her nephew would make a lot of money if he married Orange! Even if you don't like oranges by then, you can buy a concubine if you have money!