Chapter 81: Father and Son (Wan Geng, Ask for a Monthly Pass)
On August 15, the day finally arrived as promised in the ardent expectation of the children.
On this day, Xia Mei got up early, because there was no business in the restaurant during the festival today, so Xia Mei decided to simply rest for a day today and close the door for repairs.
had already explained early, and asked Wen Hao and Liu Quan to drive to the Xia family's courtyard for dinner at noon, while Han Bo went home and celebrated the holiday with his family.
After Xia Mei got up, she took out the raw materials of the filling prepared in the water tank and began to prepare to chop the filling.
Xia Mei is ready to make moon cakes with five-kernel filling, then fruity filling, bean paste filling, and then pork cabbage and bean filling.
Well, it's not actually a mooncake, it's a pie.
Mooncakes need to go into the oven, and they are golden on both sides, which is very good-looking, but in this ancient period, where did Xia Mei find the oven?
I had to settle for the next best thing and make it into a steamed pie.
Among these fillings, the bean paste filling is more troublesome, Xia Mei soaked the red beans two days in advance, soaked all night, soaked the red beans to the ether soft, filtered with gauze to remove the water, and then added water to boil in a pot over high heat.
Cook the red beans in the pot until they are thick and paste-like, use clean and boiled gauze, and filter out the large pieces of red bean skin, this process is extremely slow, Xia Mei has been doing it for a long time, but fortunately there are not many red beans cooked, otherwise Xia Mei really doesn't want to ask for this trouble.
The filtered red bean paste is already very smooth, boil slowly over low heat, add sugar, add some honey, and stir slowly until the water in the pot is almost dry, at this time, the red bean paste is basically completed.
Cool down overnight, and you can make pies directly.
Walnuts and peanuts are the main seasonings for the five-kernel filling. There are no melon seeds, sesame seeds, but there are, people here. I still use sesame seeds for cooking, but I don't use sesame seeds to extract oil.
Even so, sesame seeds are still very expensive, and if you think about it, if you squeeze sesame seeds into oil. It's even more sky-high.
Sesame seeds are endemic to the tropics, and it is normal for the price to increase several times since it was inconvenient to transport in ancient times.
In this cake, only walnuts, peanuts, and sesame seeds are added, which is inevitably a little dry, Xia Mei thought of a way, cut a little bit of leftover fat dices into it, and some oil and gas were in it. It should taste a little better.
Then, there is the fruit filling, the tree in the yard, there were many peaches earlier, and they couldn't eat them all, and the peaches that had been put for a long time would be bad if they were not eaten again, and Xia Mei was simply chopped up, and lived with flour and baked into pancakes. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top, and it tastes good.
Xia Mei's head kept thinking about what to do next, and she was so busy that she didn't even notice that Wen Xi and Yunni had come in.
"Shh......h
Yunni motioned to Wen Xi not to disturb Xia Mei. The two of them sat down at the door and cleaned up the vegetables that Xia Mei had cut back in the yard.
Xia Mei threw the walnut peanut sesame seeds and a little diced meat into the stone scoop, and then smashed them one by one, and only after she was busy did she have time to lift her sleeves. Wiped the fine sweat off his head.
When I looked up, I saw that Wen Xi and Yun Ni had already gotten up.
"Where did you come from? Why don't you call me? Looking at the sky again, Xia Mei chuckled, "It's still early, why don't you sleep more." ”
Wen Xi stood up, took a basket of the selected vegetables in his hand and put it in, and said with a brisk smile: "Master, how can I sleep, since I escaped from home with my brother a few years ago, I haven't had the Mid-Autumn Festival for a long time......"
As he spoke, Wen Xi felt a little sad, and it passed in a blink of an eye, "Today with Master, my brother, and everyone, I have really been looking forward to it for a long time!" ”
Yun Ni also raised her head and responded lightly, "Yes, we all have our own sufferings, thanks to Sister Xia Mei's kindness, we got together, this is our first Mid-Autumn Festival, naturally happy." ”
After a pause, Yunni's eyes flashed with a little expectation, "Wait a few more months, it will be the New Year, and when the time comes, we will continue to be lively again." ”
When Wen Xi heard this, he clapped his hands happily and laughed, "Okay, okay, when the Chinese New Year is over, we can go to see the lanterns, and everyone has fun together!" Wow, it's so fun to think about! ”
Wen Xi clenched his hands into fists in front of his chest, and his face was full of the longing and joy of a little girl, which made Xia Mei look funny and distressed.
"Look at you, every day you still say that Tang Bao is looking forward to the festival, but there is no interest, in fact, you are one or two, and you are looking forward to the festival more than Tang Bao!"
Wen Xi and Yun Ni glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.
The three of them were busy in the kitchen, Tang Bao slept full, got up by himself, dressed neatly, and washed himself with water, very well-behaved.
Xia Mei couldn't help but be satisfied when she saw that he was not recruiting people today, and was quieter than before, so she gave him half of a peach pancake she had made, let him have breakfast with porridge, and let him go out to play.
Tang Bao was so happy, he originally planned to be obedient, not to let Xia Mei find out that he went to his master to practice martial arts, who knew that he would run out so easily, he was really lucky!
Tang Bao ran quickly excitedly, Xiao Hei followed behind him and spread joy, and soon ran to Wu Song's house, stopped, took a breath, and knocked on the door very politely: "Master, Tang Bao is here." ”
Soon, the courtyard door was opened, but behind the door was not Wu Song, but Da Hei, who glanced at Tang Bao lazily, and was about to continue to go back to sleep, who knows, but he turned around sharply and stared at Tang Bao with wide eyes.
Wu Song walked out of the room, naked, with bulging muscles, a curvature full of strength and explosive power, a little bead of sweat on his bronzed complexion, and he felt that the heat on his body was about to hit his face.
Tang Bao saluted respectfully, "Master, Tang Bao is here." ”
Wu Song's face was soft, with a smile in his eyes, "Tang Bao, you're here." Today's holiday, I have heard that your mother has been preparing for a long time, why did you come to me? ”
Tang Bao smiled, walked in front of Wu Song, shook his head and said: "My mother said, if you don't practice your hands for a day, you don't read oral life for a day, and you can't practice martial arts for three days, and you can't fish for three days and dry nets for two days, and you have to practice diligently every day to make progress!" ”
Wu Song was very pleased, touched Tang Bao's little head with his big palm, and said in a deep voice: "Then you can start practicing Mazhuang for a while, warm up, and go take a bath for the teacher first." ”
At this moment, a puppy barked suddenly came from the door, Wu Song and Tang Bao heard the reputation, but found that it was Xiao Erhei and Da Hei who were facing each other!
It's actually inappropriate to say yes, because Xiao Erhei is too small, and compared with Dahei, who is more than two feet tall, it is simply the difference between a reckless man and a child.
Xiao Erhei stared at Da Hei with a fierce face, bared his teeth viciously, and let out a warning-like "whine" sound in his mouth.
And what about Daikoku?
Da Hei, who has always been lazy and has a very high vision, is actually circling around Xiao Erhei at this moment, his nose keeps sniffing around Xiao Erhei, and his thick tail begins to shake slowly and powerfully!
Wu Song was at a loss, what is the situation, he is black, and he is * spring?
But...... Could it be that Big Black is a pedophile?! (To be continued.) )