Chapter 52: That's a Good Idea
Tonight is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is clear, and the moon is high......
Under the peach blossom tree in the backyard of Shefu, She Yi sat on a stone bench and looked up at the sky, Ruoruo sat next to him, pillowed his head on his lap, and looked at She Yi curiously.
On a stool next to the two of them, a plate of fruit was placed. There are dates, pears, apples. These were picked up by She Yi in the mountains a few days ago.
The leaves of the peach tree had aged for a long time, some of the leaves had half withered and yellowed, and occasionally a gust of night wind blew, and those yellowed leaves swayed and fell.
"Uncle Xiaoyi, what have you been staring at the moon? There's nothing up there......"
If you are a little curious, curious that She Yi can stare at the moon motionless for so long.
"There is Chang'e ...... on the moon"
She Yi gently stroked Ruoruo's hair with her hand and said with a smile.
"Really? Why didn't I see ......"
Ruoruo sat up, his eyes wide open, staring at the moon carefully.
"Children can't see ......"
She Yi gently pinched Ruoruo's nose, this little girl is very cute...... There are some shadows of my sister Xiaoyu, and I don't know how Xiaoyu is now, and whether tuberculosis has healed...... Xiaoyu is a good child, she believes whatever he says, and she will do whatever he asks her to do. I haven't seen her for months, and I miss her. The wound on the woman's leg had been treated by him, and she had fully recovered for a month or two at most. When the time comes, I will go to Luoyang, Luoyang's information center is almost the country's information center, and I can find out some news about Taiyuan Shefu.
"Liar...... There is no Chang'e on the moon at all......"
Ruoruo raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully.
"Huh......"
She Yi was stunned for a moment, always thinking that this little girl would believe it, but she didn't buy his account at all. This era is the Song Dynasty, not the modern era, and people believe in myths and legends and other things. Few people dare to doubt the mythical character, this little girl actually did not believe that there was Chang'e on the moon...... What a strange number.
Then again, he was really a little surprised that this girl's mother was actually Yue Fei's sister. And there is a very awesome name - Yue Mochou.
This name is also like her surname, gentle and graceful when quiet, and informal when cheerful. It probably has something to do with the environment in which she grew up in the countryside. Children in rural areas read less and are less constrained by the three outlines and five constants of feudal society, so their surnames should be more lively. Later, he may have married Mu Chengming, which forced him to suppress his original surname.
Yue Fei is a big hero, and he has inexplicably become his elder brother...... This sister's business is not at a loss.
"Uncle Xiaoyi? There's one thing I want to ask you? ”
Ruoruo's big bright eyes blinked, and she looked at She Yi seriously.
"Tell me about ......"
She Yi took a pear and took a bite......
"Why don't you want me to be your roommate...... To be honest, do you want to beat my aunt's idea ......? ”
Ruoruo hesitated and said in a daze.
"Poof......
The pear that She Yi was about to swallow just now squirted out...... The cough stopped for a long time, wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, looked at the little girl with a smile, pondered for a while, and said slowly.
"Ruoruo, this is a conspiracy of the little uncle."
"What conspiracy?"
The little girl looked at She Yi's solemn appearance and asked nervously.
"Hmm...... I'll tell you the truth, in fact, my little uncle likes you more, but you are too young, so my little uncle can only recognize your aunt as a sister first, and then marry you when you are older......"
She Yi said with a smile.
The little girl frowned, seemed to think for a long time, and half-loudly, spoke.
"That's it, then why don't you just marry A-Niang, and then marry me when I grow up......?"
"Uh...... This one...... It's a good idea, and my uncle will think about it carefully......"
Cold sweat broke out on She Yi's forehead...... It is said that there is no taboo in fairy tales, and this is not false at all......
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The next morning, She Yi had just gotten up and was studying potatoes in the kitchen, when Ruoruo ran in. saw She Yi looking at the potato from time to time, squatting next to She Yi, and looking at it curiously.
"Uncle, what are you doing with taro? This one is poisonous. ”
The little girl spoke suddenly.
"You know it? Say it's called? ”
She Yi was startled and looked up at Ruoruo.
"This is the taro ......"
"Huh? …………………………”
She Yi's throat was a little dry, and he swallowed his saliva, saying that what he did was too unlevel, and he actually ...... Why didn't you ask them before......
Didn't potatoes come to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty? Is history wrong? Still is...... It's not potatoes at all......
"Ruoruo, you say this thing is called taro, poisonous? What's going on? Isn't this edible one? ”
She Yi looked at Ruoruo seriously.
"I don't know about this, you have to ask A-Niang, I remember once digging wild vegetables in Taro Ditch, I dug up this thing, A-Niang told me, this is called Taro, people can't eat it, even sheep and pigs can't eat it, it will be poisoned after eating."
If you answer seriously.
"Well, then I'll ask your aunt later. If you wake up so early, are you hungry? ”
She Yi put the potatoes in the basin and stood up.
"No, A-Niang asked me to come over and help you cook."
"Hehe, okay."
She Yi touched Ruoruo's head, and the two began to cook.
In less than a stick of incense, breakfast was ready, and She Yi made soy milk fritters. The little girl looked at the white soybean milk and the fried chubby fritters, with a puzzled expression on her face.
"Little uncle, what is your breakfast called, why have I never seen it?"
"Soy milk fritters......"
She Yi frowned, in his memory, soybean milk was invented by Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, according to legend, Liu An was a filial son, during his mother's illness, Liu An used soaked soybeans to grind into soybean milk for his mother to drink every day, and Liu's mother's illness was quickly cured. Since then, soy milk has gradually become popular among the people. Later, Liu An was alchemy in Bagong Mountain, Huainan, and accidentally put gypsum into the soybean milk and turned it into tofu, and the tofu came out.
Considering Yue Mochou's weak body, he wanted to let her recover as soon as possible, so he went to Luoyang City together. So I soaked some soybeans last night, and I plan to get up this morning to drink soy milk for her......
If you don't know soy milk, isn't it popular to drink soy milk in the north today? As for fritters...... It should have been invented during the Southern Song Dynasty, which is understandable.
"Ruoruo, what's the daze, send some to your aunt, I'll come over later."
"Well, okay...... This thing made by my uncle tastes so good......"
Ruoruo pouted and walked out of the kitchen door.
She Yi cleaned up the kitchen, picked up the "potato" and went out the door, and entered Yue Mochou's room. That Yue Mochou was sitting on the bed, drinking soy milk and eating fried dough sticks, and when he saw She Yi enter the room, he quickly stopped.
"Sister Mochou, you continue to eat, I'll ask you something."
She Yi walked to the side of the bed, took a stool, and sat down.
"I didn't expect my younger brother to have such skills and cook so deliciously. He said that when we arrived in Luoyang City, we would definitely have a prosperous business if we opened a restaurant together. ”
Yue Mochou had a fascinated expression.
"Hehe, my sister laughed...... I don't know if my sister knows this thing? ”
She Yi took out the "potato" and handed it forward.
"I know, this is Taro, just Ruoruo also said that you took Taro for a long time early in the morning, and I don't know what you want to do?"
Yue Mochou smiled slightly, his face looked much more ruddy.
"I remember when I was a child, my mother used to make it for me, why did my sister say that this taro was poisonous?"
She Yi made up a lie, it was true that his mother often made it for him to eat when he was a child, but it was not a red lady. When She Yi said this now, after hearing it, people thought that She Yi was in Luliang Mountain, and the red lady made it for him.
Yue Mochou was stunned for a moment and took the "potato" in She Yi's hand.
"How can taro be eaten? My sister remembered that she had never seen taro when she was young, and she knew about it after marrying into her husband's Suide, and I heard some old people say that there was a famine in the early years, and they couldn't dig wild vegetables, and some people used taro to satisfy their hunger, and poisoned many people. Someone tested the puncture with a silver needle and pulled it out, and after a while the silver needle really turned black. After that, no one dared to eat it anymore......"