Chapter 139: Mooncakes
Now that the farmers on the Zhuangzi are having a better life, it is also an elegant thing to buy a mold from the carpenter and come back to make some mooncakes by themselves, and give them to relatives and friends. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Now on Zhuangzi, even if you don't go out, you can smell a smell of mooncakes, which is very good and mouth-watering.
"Master Hou, some merchants have come to deliver things to us." Qin Bingyue walked into the small kitchen in the backyard and said.
In the small kitchen, Xuan Shijing was accompanying the Wang family to make mooncakes there.
"Accept them all, put some moon cake boxes and give them gifts in return, there are big festivals, there are comings and goings." Xuan Shijing said.
"Yes." Qin Bingyue responded, and then went down to buy it.
Even in Chang'an, the moon cakes of the Hou Mansion are notoriously delicious, and the red bean paste and mung bean paste are also some novelties, and the most coveted is the rose petal filling.
Rose, the beauty of the stone, the rose, the pearl is good, the moon cake filled with rose petals is not only delicious, but also has a good meaning.
Half a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhong Zishuo will arrange someone to find a carpenter to make some exquisite boxes, which are used to hold moon cakes, and give moon cake boxes to dignitaries.
"Jing'er, did you send the share in the palace?" Wang asked.
Jinyang has never married into the Hou Mansion now, so outside the male protagonist, he is talking about Xuan Shijing, and inside the female protagonist, he is still worried about the mother of the house, the Wang family.
"Not yet, no, let's do some of it ourselves, it's for the palace." Xuan Shijing said.
"Well, too, send it to the palace, send it to the heart, and it is also excellent to do it yourself, the queen mother once said to Wei Niang, saying that your marriage with Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang may be scheduled this year." Wang said.
"So fast?" Xuan Shijing was surprised.
He is nineteen years old, although it is not small at this time, but Jinyang is only fifteen years old this year, which is a virtual age, only sixteen, and the relationship between the two has already had a score, just waiting for Jinyang to reach the age and be able to get out of the cabinet.
"What's fast? Jing'er is nineteen years old, isn't Princess Jinyang going to be old too? Not fast, not fast. Wang smiled.
She wished that Xuan Shijing would marry Jinyang as soon as possible, so that she could hold her grandson one day earlier.
The Xuan family does not open branches and leaves for a day, and Wang's heart can't settle down in a day, this Chang'an Xuan family, just Xuan Shijing, a single seedling, Xuan Shijing gave birth to ten or eight, then it is good.
"Yes, think about it, these days are in a hurry, and I don't have a count of my own lives." Hyun Shijing smiled.
"Jing'er sighed with emotion, you, you are still young, the good days in the future, there are, as long as you marry a wife, have a child, and spread the branches and leaves for the Xuan family, life is good, even if your mother closes her eyes the next day, you can go with peace of mind, and when you see your father, you can also tell him with a clear conscience, our family is now very good." Wang said.
"Mother, you look at your big holiday, just say some nonsense, in the future, when the son has a child, I don't have to help watch it, the child is still afraid that the nurse will not see it well." Xuan Shijing said.
It is normal for the child's grandmother to look at the child, which is also what Xuan Shijing subconsciously thinks.
"That's what I'm saying, that's what I'm saying, my mother is still waiting for you to give birth to a big fat grandson." Wang smiled.
"What grandsons are not grandchildren, sons and daughters, children are distressed, they are all blood relatives, don't care so much." Xuan Shijing hurriedly persuaded the Wang family to dispel the idea of preferring sons over daughters, in case his son-in-law entered the door in the future and accidentally gave birth to a daughter......
"Okay, okay, my mother knows, although that's what I said, but now that the Hou Mansion has such a big family business, there must always be a man to inherit it, and no matter how clever the girl is, it is really difficult to support a family." Wang said: "Don't talk to your mother about this, when you were still in infancy, your mother had a personal experience. ”
"Okay, good, don't fight with you." Xuan Shijing took the moon cake out of the mold, put it in a wooden tray, and instructed his subordinates to take it and bake it.
"Mother, can the queen say the day? We can also prepare well. Xuan Shijing said.
"At noon the day after tomorrow, the banquet in the palace, Your Majesty will give a decree in public to give marriage, and the decree is just a day, you don't have to be nervous, wait for Your Majesty to give the date, and then you will prepare the dowry to go to the palace, everything will come in accordance with the regulations given by the Ministry of Rites, it can't be messed up, our family is not short of money, be more atmospheric, Jinyang is your Majesty and the queen grew up in the palm of your hand, don't be wronged before entering the door." Wang said.
As a mother and future mother-in-law, Wang's attitude is quite correct, and it is also because of the unpleasant experience in the Xuan family that year, she doesn't want the bad things that happened to her to be passed on from generation to generation.
Tomorrow at noon...... Eating a meal has also become a physical work, a meal in the palace, another meal in the Xuanwu Tower in the afternoon, and in the evening, you can quietly accompany the people at home to enjoy the moon together.
Being in a high position is not so easy......
The mooncakes came out of the pot, and the maids were busy packing the mooncakes into boxes, while Xuan Shijing was personally supervising them.
"Two boxes of red beans, two boxes of bean paste, and two boxes of puff pastry roses..... Xuan Shijing said: "These six boxes are carefully selected, so don't make any mistakes." “
"Yes." The maid responded.
"Also, if you hit two boxes of each, when you send them to the palace, these six boxes will be sent directly to the warm pavilion." Xuan Shijing said.
There are a total of twelve boxes, His Majesty Li Er's two sons have six boxes, and Jinyang himself has six boxes.
Xuan Shijing is not worried that His Majesty Li Er and his wife will be unhappy, he is so attentive to his son, it is too late for them to be happy.
"Master Hou." Steward Zhong walked in: "In addition to His Majesty and Niangniang in the palace, does the prince also have to send some?" Two days ago, the East Palace sent someone to say hello, saying that they would send more over. ”
"We are here for the Hou Mansion, not the Shang Shi Bureau, if you want more, let the prince go to the Shang Shi Bureau and do it himself." Xuan Shijing said angrily: "Isn't there still some meat stuffing left yesterday?" Find a carriage and send it all to the East Palace. ”
"Yes." Zhong Zishuo responded.
In fact, what people want is rose mooncakes......
This cauldron of moon cakes is the last pot, and the shares of the Zhuang households in the Zhuangzi have already been distributed, and some relatives and friends in Chang'an City have also sent them over.
This pot came out, and the Hou Mansion also left a lot, all of which are the flavors that everyone likes, and when they wait until tomorrow, they will be distributed, whether they are kept for themselves to eat, or sent home, they are all in gift boxes, although they are not as exquisite as those sent outside, but they are more affordable.