Duran picks the wild grapes picked yesterday, washes them, and dries them in the sun to evaporate the water. Zhao was helping on the side, and couldn't help asking: "Lan Lan, you want so many villagers to go up the mountain to pick wild grapes." Grape, how can you dry it when you come back? This yard is such a big place. ”

"Mother, what's so difficult about this, our yard can't be dried, and your house, Mrs. Zhang's house, besides, now that the sun is in full bloom, it will be dried in a few days."

Zhao nodded, and couldn't help but be curious: "Girl, you tell your mother, what are you going to do?" ”

Aunt Zhang was also helping on the side, and when she heard that Zhao always asked questions, she immediately giggled: "Big sister, what does Du Lan definitely do to eat." ”

Duran took the cleaned grate, dried the washed wild grapes and grapes on it, spread them evenly, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you the truth, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, I am going to make some sweet cakes for you to eat, and I will sell the rest." ”

"Cookies?" Zhao and Aunt Zhang spoke in unison.

"Well, how?" Seeing their strange appearance, Duran nodded suspiciously, for fear that people here would not eat mooncakes, so she gave her a name that sounded very ordinary.

Zhao smiled and said, "You're talking about reunion cakes, right?" This round cake is dedicated to the moon god, usually with puff pastry and sugar and noodles, how do you use wild grapes, grapes? ”

Aunt Zhang echoed on the side, "Definitely in order to make it more delicious, Duran will help you make it when the time comes." ”

"Okay, let's all get busy together." Duran laughed.

In the afternoon, the sun was slanting in the west, and the villagers came to Du Lan's house with fragrant fruits and nightshades on their backs, Du Er and Du Boss helped to weigh together, Du Liang helped keep the accounts, Du Lan personally paid the wages, and Zhang Damiang and Zhao were responsible for checking whether the picks were clean.

For a while, Duran's house was in full swing, and on the side of the courtyard wall, Xu Cui'e's heart was like a pinprick, and she couldn't see Duran getting better.

For several days, the villagers were picking nightshade and fragrant fruit on the mountain, and even the nearby villagers heard about it, and they all picked it and asked Dulan's house to sell it, and within a few days, the mountain was almost picked by the villagers.

weighed and harvested hundreds of catties, and there were more than 100 catties after drying.

Du Lan had previously found a carpenter to carve a few moon cake molds, and the molds were carved with exquisite patterns that already meant auspicious words, Du Er, Du Liang built an oven in the yard, everything was ready, she led Zhao, Aunt Zhang, Du Mi, and Aunt Du to work together, and even Mrs. Du came over to help with the stuffing.

Looking at the busy Duran, Zhao felt very relieved, feeling that Duran could do anything, and he could do business, and more importantly, his spirit of being willing to endure hardships was commendable.

It was busy until noon, the first furnace of moon cakes came out, and the yard was full of sweet smell, and everyone looked at the yellow, orange and orange reunion cakes with happy faces.

Duran tasted it first, it was delicious, and she happily shared it with the big guys, and everyone ate it with relish.

Aunt Zhang tasted it in her mouth and praised happily: "It's true, the reunion cake we make is not as delicious as half of Duran's, this is simply more delicious than the pastries in the palace." ”

A joke made Zhao's heart tense, and his face became pale.

Duran felt distressed for a while after seeing it, "Mother, you can rest for a while, don't get tired." Look, your face is pale. ”

The weather was already hot, and there was a big stove in the yard, so she was really worried about Zhao's heat stroke.

Zhao Shi eased his face, and smiled: "I'm tired, it's basically the tonic you gave me to nourish Bai Nen." ”

"Really?" Duran didn't believe it, but those precious supplements did have a nourishing effect, in the past, Zhao's face was yellow and thin, she looked at Zhao carefully, and really saw that Zhao's was a little rounder than before, and his face was not as sallow as before.

Zhao Shi noticed Du Lan's gaze, and pinched his face, "Look, my mother is your blessing." ”

"That's good." Du Lan smiled with satisfaction, and was even more grateful to Xu Hening, these supplements were all sent by him.

"Alright, let's get busy." Zhao said, deliberately carrying Du Lan and busy with the work in his hands.

Aunt Zhang stepped forward and asked Zhao what good things he ate, and the two quickly chatted together, and Zhao forgot about his nervousness just now.

After about half an hour, another furnace of mooncakes was baked, and this time Duran divided the fifty reunion cakes into two portions and put them in baskets.

handed a copy to Aunt Du, "Auntie, you take these home, and you can save yourself when the Mid-Autumn Festival comes." ”

Aunt Du accepted it with a smile and put the basket aside, "How can I ask you for so many reunion cakes, I will leave some for you when I go home, and you will sell them for money." ”

"Auntie, it's not much, if you take it out, I'll be angry." Duran pretended to be angry and pursed his lips.

"Good!"

Zhao's family, Aunt Zhang echoed on the side and asked Aunt Du to accept it, and Du Lan handed another basket to Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang first refused, and then couldn't hide from Du Lan's enthusiasm, and accepted it with a smile on her face.

After working for a while and having another stove, Du Lan asked everyone to stop and rest, and Old Man Gu was not idle and poured tea for everyone.

Du Er was in charge of watching the fire, so that he could rest for a while, Du Boss beckoned him to go to a cool place to rest, and handed him a bowl of water by the way.

"You girl is really capable, second brother, you are a blessed person." Boss Du also took a sip of water and joked with a smile.

Du Er also saw it now, and he was happy that Du Lan came to his house to give him a blessing, and he proudly raised his neck: "This girl of mine is by no means an ordinary person, you wait and see." ”

"There's no need to wait and see, now I can see that she is not ordinary." Aunt Du also interjected, "Who in our village is as prosperous as Duran, and it won't be long before she becomes rich." ”

was praised by everyone, Duran was not modest, "Take advantage of your auspicious words, I, Duran, really have the ambition to make the family business bigger." ”

"Good!"

Everyone in the courtyard applauded Duran.

In the evening, when everyone left, Du Lan took out a dozen mooncakes and wrapped them in brown paper and handed them to the two sons of Uncle Laogen's family, "You can take them back and give them to your parents and family to taste." ”

The two sons of Uncle Laogen's family were red-faced, and they reached out to take the brown paper embarrassedly, remembering that they had listened to his mother's words, and they felt ashamed to hurt Aunt Zhang.

Naturally, their expressions did not escape Duran's eyes, but Duran didn't care about the subtleties, as long as they knew that they were wrong, they would not slander others behind their backs in the future.

At night, Duran took out dozens of moon cakes, divided them into two portions and put them in a food box, and went to Shilixiang Restaurant to find Xu Hening at dawn.

Coincidentally, Xu Hening was flipping through the account book in Shilixiang, and when he heard the shopkeeper's report that Duran was coming, he was overjoyed and went to the lobby to greet him.

"Duran, why are you here?" He smiled from ear to ear, and he rarely had the opportunity to see Duran since he had cut off business contact with him.

"Brother Xu, this is a reunion cake made of wild grapes and grapes that we picked, I specially brought it over for you to taste. Also, if possible, can you put some and sell them in a restaurant? ”

"Oh? Do we still need to discuss with each other? I'll buy as many as you can send them...... Oh, I'll sell it all for you. Xu Hening was a little overexcited, and he couldn't hide his mouth, thinking that Duran was frank and unfavored, so he hurriedly changed his words.

Du Lan couldn't help laughing, "Originally, I didn't want to disturb Brother Xu, but you and I opened this restaurant together, and if I go to Wuwei Zhai again, it will definitely be unpopular, so I have to be cheeky to come to you." ”

"I haven't seen you for a few days, you are becoming more and more polite to Brother Xu and me, let's go upstairs and talk in the private room."

"No, we'll talk about it here." Du Lan politely refused, in the past, they talked about things in the private room, and they were accompanied by companions, but now there are only the two of them, Du Lan thinks it is better to avoid suspicion.

Xu Hening felt a touch of frustration in his heart, but soon beckoned Du Lan to sit down, Du Lan calculated the price of each moon cake in advance, excluding the cost, and made ten cents per person. After negotiating the business, Duran couldn't help but ask more about Chen Jingting.

This guy seems to have received a letter from home, so he left in a hurry, and I don't know if something happened to the general's mansion.

Xu Hening really didn't know about Shengjing's situation, but after listening to his father's intentions, he intended to let him go to Shengjing to take care of business, and his father wanted to stay at home to teach Xu Heming to take care of Luo'an City's business.

After thinking for a while, Xu Hening said, "Why don't I help you go to the General's Mansion to inquire when I go." ”

Duran hooked his lips and smiled, "It's okay, it's finally a friend, then you can help me bring some reunion cakes." ”

"Okay."

When Xu Hening returned home, he handed over the food box to Xu Baoqing and asked him to share it with each room in the family to taste, Gu Chunyan was pregnant, so he divided a few more pieces.

Gu Chunyan was making a fuss about her appetite, and when she heard the maid reply that the housekeeper had sent some rare pastries and were waiting outside the door, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”

Xu Baoqing pushed the door in, respectfully put the food box on the table, and greeted Gu Chunyan: "Second young lady, this is brought back from the restaurant by the eldest prince, these are the latest reunion cakes developed by Mrs. Gu, please enjoy." ”

Made by Duran? A ruthless light flashed in Gu Chunyan's eyes,

"Brother Lao is concerned, thank you for me."

"It should." After speaking, Xu Baoqing respectfully withdrew from the door.

Gu Chunyan's gaze stayed on the food box, and gradually narrowed her eyes dangerously, Duran, it's time to get rid of you.

"Second young lady, do you want to try it?" The maid of the Chen Mansion asked in a whisper on the side.

"You say, sour and spicy girls, is this the truth for pregnant women?" Gu Chunyan's eyes showed a resolute and ruthless light, and her lips hooked with a refreshing sneer.

The maid couldn't help but slap a spirit, she had never seen the world with Mrs. Chen before, and she didn't need to point to see through Gu Chunyan's meaning: "Young lady, you ......"

"Yes, I prefer spicy food, do you think I am pregnant with an eldest grandson or an eldest grandson?"

The maid knew very well that in the compound of a wealthy family, there was no woman who was unwilling to give birth to a baby boy first, and she would stabilize her position, but in the end, it was a human life, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

"Say!" Gu Chunyan was impatient and slapped the table hard.

The maid was startled, let go of her courage and said: "The slave maid has seen many ladies pregnant and giving birth, and the signs are mostly so, but I don't believe it, the young lady should ask the doctor to come and check your pulse." ”

Not convinced? Gu Chunyan hooked her lips and sneered, even if there was a 1 in 10,000 chance, she couldn't give birth to a daughter first, otherwise let alone Xu Heming ignoring her, even Master Xu no longer valued herself, and when the time came, what dignity would she have in the Xu Mansion.

No! She must be foolproof, and she can't waste these ten months in vain.

"You go ......" Gu Chunyan whispered something in the maid's ear, only to see the maid's face shocked, and then nodded obediently, turned around and walked out of the house.