After dinner, Li Xin's sisters and brothers enjoyed the cool in the backyard. There is a stone table and stone bench on the side of the lotus pond, the stool is long, and two people can sit on each side, and the five sisters and brothers sit on the stone bench.

There was already a lot of food on the table, including fruit and all kinds of candied pastries, and some nuts such as melon seeds and peanuts. In the middle was a big birthday cake, and there was not much decoration, so Li Xin only made a flower shape with cherry tomatoes in the middle. But it still looks very good, and the fluffy cake looks soft and delicious.

"What is this? Is it also a sweet? Wen Hao looked at the cake on the table with a curious expression.

"It's a cake, I made it with Yuexiang, with eggs and white flour in it, and sugar, let's taste it later." Li Xin said as he lit a small red candle outside the cake, there are no candles to eat here, so he can only replace it with ordinary candles, but this kind of candle can't be placed on the cake, it would be bad if the candle tears dripped on the cake.

Yueting was five years old, so she lit five candles. Li Xin asked Yueting to quietly make a wish, and then blew out the candle.

"What wish did Xiaoting make?" Waiting for Yueting to blow out the candle, Wen Hao couldn't wait to ask.

"If the eldest sister says that she can't say it, it won't work if she says it." Yueting said as she shook her head like a rattle. Yuexiang tied a red ribbon on the head of her bag, and as soon as she shook her head, the ribbon shook with it, really like a rattle.

"Okay, Wen Hao don't ask Xiaoting, it really doesn't work if she says it. Let's cut the cake! Li Xin took a few plates out, handed the knife to Yue Ting and made the first cut, and then she took the knife and cut the cake into pieces. Although it was just an ordinary chicken cake, the children still had a lot of fun.

"Sister, the cake is delicious, let's make it tomorrow!" Wen Hao chewed the cake in his mouth and said inarticulately.

"The eldest sister said, this is only done on the birthday, where can I always do it." Yuexiang responded to Wen Hao while taking a small bite of the cake.

"Oh, then when we are born, will the eldest sister do it?"

"Yes, no matter who has a birthday."

The sisters and brothers sat together and talked and laughed, and the time passed quickly. It didn't take long for Yueting to be sleepy, so Li Xin hugged her to sleep, and let Wenbo and them disperse. Yuexiang also packed up all the things on the table before going to rest. Go to bed early and wake up early in the morning. Now there is nothing to worry about at home, and Li Xin's sleep quality is getting better and better. There is no entertainment here at night, and it is almost a short time after dark when you are ready to go to bed, so it is considered to be an early bedtime.

It's a time of year when there's dew, so early in the morning, there's always a cool and moist feeling in the air. The weather in the south is relatively humid, not to mention the rainy season in summer and autumn, so the air is always wet and humid at this time. The lotus flowers and lotus leaves are all carrying sparkling dewdrops, and the lotus fragrance is curling, and the whole yard looks particularly beautiful.

The petals of the lotus flower bloom gently, and they are very tender, and it makes you want to take a bite of it. Li Xin suddenly remembered the crispy fried lotus, although the lotus is beautiful, but she is not a lady who caresses flowers and willows, she has always been very vulgar, so when she sees beautiful petals, she will also think about making them into food. So she learned to make a lot of cauliflower by herself, such as peonies, magnolias, lotuses, chrysanthemums and the like.

Crispy fried lotus is a snack of the Han nationality in Jinan, Shandong, the lotus cinnamon is fragrant, sweet and fresh, the heat is turbid, and the heart is calm. When the white lotus flower is slightly open, take the most tender petals in the middle layer as raw materials. Drag the lotus petals in the egg and sugar flour paste, and fry them in oil. There are also smeared bean paste on the inside of lotus petals, and when the oil is hot, dip the bean paste petals in egg white paste and put it in the pot.

Thinking of fried lotus, Li Xin felt hungry. She picked a few slightly blooming white lotus flowers, picked a few lotus leaves, and went to the kitchen. By the time Wenbo got up, Li Xin's breakfast had already been prepared. A pot of lotus leaf porridge with crispy fried lotus flowers tastes really good.

"Sister, what is this made of?" Yuexiang bit the crispy fried lotus flower, and asked with some curiosity.

"Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious, it seems that there is a fragrance of flowers, sweet and fragrant." This was answered by Wenbo.

"I fried it with lotus petals, and when I saw that the lotus flowers bloomed well, I felt very tender, and I thought that it should be delicious when it was cooked, so I made it. Eat more if it's delicious, I made a lot of them. ”

"The master likes lotus flowers the most, if there is more, the eldest sister will pack a little, let's take it to the master to taste!" Wen Hao suddenly screamed.

"Okay, I'll wrap it up and give some to your master, you don't have to be so excited!" Zhou Fuzi is very serious in teaching, Wenbo and Wen Hao can write a lot of words, and they can understand a few simple articles, speaking of which, Zhou Fuzi still has a lot of credit. And there are not many bundles in the academy, and the bundles have always been inexpensive and not very cheap, and there have been them since ancient times, too much or too little is disrespectful to Mr., so there is a degree of restraint. However, the restraint is something that is placed on the surface, so there must not be much collected anywhere in the country, but in private, some masters will still accept some wealth from the parents of students.

But Master Zhou is very good, all along, in addition to accepting Wenbo and their apprenticeship at the beginning, she will later let Wenbo send some small objects, in fact, it is some inkstones or wolf hair and the like, which are not valuable, but the academy is also used, but that's it, Master Zhou still returned them one by one, and then Li Xin didn't let them send them again.

Therefore, I have always wanted to thank Master Zhou, but I don't know what to do. If you order simple food made at home, Master Zhou should not refuse! Li Xin thought about it, so he got up and took the lotus leaves and wrapped some crispy fried lotus flowers, and then used scissors to cut a few lotus flowers in the backyard, and put a few lotus leaves into the food box together.

Zhou Fuzi is not only a scholar, but also an elegant person, so he should be able to send a few lotus flowers!

Wenbo and Wenhao finished breakfast, and went to school with a food box and a schoolbag. Li Xin cleaned up the house, and then took Yuexiang and Yueting back to Osmanthus Village. Yesterday she cooked a lot of food, so she gathered some and brought some back, including some chicken and fish, and a few cakes, so she took the things to Aunt Zhang's house.

Aunt Zhang's house is in the middle of the village, and the surrounding people are all surnamed Zhang, and several of Uncle Zhang's brothers' families also live next to Uncle Zhang's house. Back then, when Uncle Zhang's family was separated, several brothers built another house and moved out, so Uncle Zhang's family still lived in the old house. The Zhang family's old house is also very old, but Uncle Zhang occasionally picks it up, but it is not too dilapidated.

But it's not good, when it rains, leaking rain is common, and there is no money to repair it before