Chapter 123: Mid-Autumn Festival

In fact, there is nothing to do during the day, that is, in the morning, the rice noodles that are made of baba are rectified, and dry goods such as peanuts, soybeans, and broad beans are fried, and in the afternoon, they start to make baba and steamed baba, and in addition, they have to prepare melons and fruits for the moon viewing and dinner dishes in the evening, and they have to prepare for the moon viewing in the evening, so Shen Lan is still relaxed, and everything is done by Shen Zhao and Shen Mei.

It's just that when I saw Shen Zhao's fried peanuts and all kinds of beans, I remembered that I had bought a bag of chestnuts in the county, so I asked to fry a chestnut to eat, although she had never fried chestnuts, but at least I had seen it, although it was fried with a machine, but I also knew that it was fried with sand and sugar, so she volunteered to fry the chestnuts with sugar, Shen Zhao originally thought that it was a waste of money for her to buy chestnuts back, because this thing can go to the mountains to pick up a lot as long as she is diligent, but her stupid daughter actually spent money to buy it, how stupid it is.

I didn't know that I was despised by my own mother, Shen Lan was also excited to ask her mother for sand and sugar to fry chestnuts, Shen Zhao was worried that Shen Lan would waste things, but she was actually unwilling to give sugar to Shen Lan, if it wasn't for Shen Lan instructing Shen Hailing to buy sugar, she really refused to give it, but who let her daughter have money in her hands, Mi Fazi can only compromise, otherwise it will be a waste of money, it seems that she has to think of a way to get the money in her daughter's hand, otherwise she will be finished by this dead girl, and she really won't live.

I got the sugar, and I knew from Shen Zhao's family that I had sand specially used to fry dry goods, and the dry goods would be fried during the Chinese New Year in the countryside, so there would be sand specially used to fry dry goods, which would usually be kept after use, rather than thrown away, and the sand that Shen Zhao gave to Shen Lan was the sand left over the years, because it was fried, the sand was not the original color, but a uniform black.

Shen Lan opened the chestnuts, and then fried them with sand, and when the shell was a little burnt, she poured a bowl of brown sugar water into the pot, and the underwater pot immediately boiled steam, Shen Lan hurriedly stir-fried a few times, but the water was a little too much, and the chestnuts and sand in the pot were not very good, Shen Lan firmly believed that as long as the water vapor was fried, the chestnuts would be fine, so she wasted a lot of effort, and finally the chestnuts and sand were dry, Shen Lan put the chestnuts and sand into a dustpan, and when it cooled a little, you can use a sieve to sift the sand down, so that the chestnuts are chestnuts, Sand is still sand naturally.

The fried chestnuts are not good, a little dry, but at least they are fried, and the shell is not very easy to peel, mainly the underwear inside, and the others are so-so, but Shen Mei's sisters and brothers like to eat it very much, and they feel that the chestnut meat is soft and glutinous, and there is a hint of sweetness, so Shen Lan put a little in a basket, ready to let Shen Mei send it to Shen Yunting, Shen Zhao also took the initiative to give some to the people who are familiar with each other, at this time, the peasant family usually has something delicious at home, and likes to give each other food, Shen Lan has been here for a few months and gradually knows about it, so occasionally when she makes something delicious at home, she will put a bowl for Song San's family, and naturally Song San's sister-in-law will occasionally return the favor like this.

In addition to chestnuts, there are some other foods, such as water chestnuts and other things, Shen Lan did not leak it, but took a little of everything and put it in the basket, and then asked Shen Mei to carry the basket over, seeing that Shen Zhao's eyes were so hot, sometimes she felt that her own girl was a little too good to Shen Yunting, but thinking that Shen Yunting saved this girl's life, this girl was so grateful, and she felt better, otherwise she felt that she had helped someone raise a daughter.

Shen Yunting was indeed very happy to receive the food brought by Shen Mei, he was alone at home, so naturally he would not spend any effort to rectify these foods, but Shen Lan could think of him and let his sister send him such a basket of food to enjoy the moon and food, how could he be unhappy? The only regret is that his son has not come back yet, and there is no news, which makes him feel a little bit of homesick every festival, in fact, the main reason is that the information in this era is backward and the communication is inconvenient, otherwise Song Renjie came back with a phone call earlier, and it will be clear immediately whether he will come back for the festival or not, so as not to worry about the old father at home, but there is no convenient communication equipment such as the telephone in this era.

Because of the festival, everyone is very happy, whether they have money or not, they have to have a reunion dinner, so every household is very lively, the whole village is filled with the aroma of food, most of the people's chimneys are cooking smoke, gradually dark, the Shen family will bring the sumptuous meal to the dining table, a large family sits around the table to eat the festive food, after eating, you can also go outside the house to put melons and fruits to admire the moon, this is actually said to be outside the house to enjoy the moon, the melons and fruits that have been sunburned by the moonlight of this day can go to the disease and eliminate disasters, Therefore, no matter how tight the family is on this day, many parents will still prepare a few melons and fruits to enjoy the moon, in order to pray for the health of their children.

The table of the Shen family is full of food, in addition to dried fruits and some fruits, but they are also in season, and they can be bought, although it is produced by Shen Lan space, because of customs, almost every household puts food outside the house to bask in the moonlight, so the children in the village are also running around to play, of course, adults will also visit each other, but Shen Lan does not like to run around, so he holds the child and sits quietly on the bamboo bed outside the house to enjoy the moon.

The moon on this day is very round and white, sitting in the moonlight, Shen Lan can't help but think of her family, and I don't know if they live in the same moonlight as her, whether they will think of her on such a day, thinking of these Shen Lan can't help but feel a little sentimental, life has been very difficult in the past six months, in order to live well, she has no time to miss her family in another time and space, but on such a day when thousands of lights are lit, she can't help but feel depressed in her heart, and can't help but miss her family.

"Eldest sister, are you thinking about your brother-in-law?" Shen Mei didn't go out to visit the door, but accompanied Shen Lan to stay at the door of her house to enjoy the moon and eat, to be honest, there are really a lot of things to enjoy the moon this year, there are all kinds of melons and fruits, and there are many delicious snacks, how good it is to stay at home to eat these.

Shen Lan was noncommittal, could she say that she didn't know the man in Shen Mei's mouth at all, except for the occasional popping out of other people's mouths to save the zĂ i feeling? So how could she think of this man? But I can't say that.

"I don't know when my eldest brother and brother-in-law will come back, I heard that the border is dangerous, and the winter is very cold, if only they could come back sooner." Shen Mei opened her mouth faintly, with a very worried look on her face, which diluted Shen Lan's sorrow.

Holding the stone and gently patting the back of the stone, Shen Lan listened silently, in fact, she didn't have much thought about whether her husband could come back, after all, that person was just a stranger, of course, she didn't have a bad heart enough to curse people to die on the battlefield, so there was really nothing to say except listening.

After a while, Shen Yunting walked over with his hands behind his back, followed by Song Renjie, and it seemed that Song Renjie still rushed back to accompany his father for the holiday.

"Uncle, Brother Renjie, come and sit." Shen Lan saw the father and son running over from afar, and immediately greeted with a smile.

"What about your father and your mother?" Shen Yunting saw the Shen Lan sisters guarding the outside of the house, so he asked.

Shen Lan touched Shen Mei, mainly because she couldn't tell who was who, but Shen Mei was more familiar and suitable to answer this question, so Shen Mei also said kindly: "My father went to find Uncle Shouwang, and my mother went to find Aunt Shuyun." ”

Shen Yunting sat down on the stool that Shen Lan greeted, Shen Mei hurriedly went over to greet the tea, and the food was also put on the table, the countryside is this good and easy to go door to door, like the place where Shen Lan used to live, everyone closed the door when they entered the house, you don't know me among the neighbors, I don't know you It's a normal thing, everyone is surrounded by various security doors and windows in a small space, and there is no communication with the people around them at all.

"Sister Lan Niang, thank you for thinking about my father, when I came back, my father said that I might as well miss him as you do." After Song Renjie sat down, he immediately joked with Shen Lan with a smile, and went out after he was busy farming, but he didn't expect to hear that many places had encountered locust plagues not long after leaving, so he was a little worried about his family, but it was too late to rush back, and he finally rushed back this afternoon, and the locust plague was known before he arrived in Linxian County, and he was still worried about how good his father would be at home alone, but thinking that he was Langzhong or could still make some money, even if the family really suffered a locust plague, he was not afraid.

Shen Lan smiled and replied: "I know that you are not often at home, of course I have to be nice to my uncle, one day you don't want uncle, I will take my uncle away and give him a pension." ”

"Okay, your brother Renjie doesn't want me anymore, I'll go with you, don't dislike me when the time comes." Shen Yunting didn't give his son face at all, and agreed to it, but Shen Renjie was bored.

"Dad, how can you be deceived by this girl so easily, where did I treat you badly?" Shen Yunjie was aggrieved, his father wanted to abandon him and chose to run away with others, which made him embarrassed.

Suddenly, the Shen family sisters and Shen Yunting both laughed, and the stone that was originally lying in their mother's arms couldn't help but wrinkle their noses, opened their mouths and hummed a few words, and immediately everyone's laughter became softer.

"I'm asleep, why don't you put it on the bed in the house, I'm tired with my hands in my arms." Shen Renjie lowered his voice and asked.

When it came to the child, Shen Lan immediately replied: "Leave him alone in the house, I'm afraid that he will be afraid, and this child will already turn over, what if I don't pay attention and fall off the bed?" ”

Shen Renjie couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this, this is probably his mother, when he was a child, his mother was not like this, she was always worried about him, everything was done in front, for fear that he would knock and touch, when he went out for the first time, he still remembered his mother's earnest advice, at that time his mother sent him out with tears in her eyes, and he still disliked his mother for being too verbose, it turned out that he was too ignorant at that time. R1152