Time flies in a blink of an eye, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

On August 14, in the early morning, the fog filled the earth, the morning breeze blew slightly, the crystal clear dew drops slid down the leaves, and the birds "chirped" back and forth on the trees, telling that a new day had begun, and the whole Ran Mansion was also busy.

Chu Xiumei got up early in the morning today.

In the big kitchen, the cook was busy preparing for the festival, and when she saw Chu Xiumei coming in, the cook immediately asked, "Madam, why are you here?" ”

"Mrs. Zhou, I can't stay idle, come and have a look." Chu Xiumei smiled slightly, and then said, "Are all the ingredients for making moon cakes ready?" ”

Listening to Chu Xiumei's question, Zhou Niangzi pointed to the rows of jars behind her and said, "Mrs. Hui, it's all here." ”

Chu Xiumei walked over and took a look, peanuts, almonds, melon seeds, walnuts, sesame, these are the ingredients of five-kernel mooncakes, and there are not many ingredients for each one; There is also a basket of osmanthus flowers next to it, which is an osmanthus moon cake; A large bucket of soaked red beans, which is a mooncake filled with bean paste; There is also a basket of eggs and a jar of lotus paste, which is a mooncake filled with egg yolk lotus paste; There is also a small pot of jujube paste, which is a mooncake filled with jujube paste, and ingredients such as sugar and puff pastry are placed on the other side.

Chu Xiumei looked at these things and smiled with satisfaction, although when she first bought these things, she was a little distressed when she watched the broken silver from Bai Huahua give out, but thinking about it now, after all, this is the first time she has money, and she can be the master of her own house, and she is very happy that her life is getting better and better.

In the past, the village was poor, and everyone was reluctant to spend money to buy mooncakes to eat, all of which were made by their own families. In the past, in the old Ran family, except for the old man Ran, Ran Shen, Ran Yaozu and Ran Yingjun, the others are the last way to eat, but sometimes the second room can also eat one kernel moon cake and two kernel moon cakes.

At that time, it was not that there was no money to eat moon cakes, but the main reason was that Ran Shen's family was more deductible and was reluctant to spend that money.

Chu Xiumei looked at the materials in front of her and thought, "This year is the first Mid-Autumn Festival that we have started over and moved here, which is very commemorative." In the first few years of the Mid-Autumn Festival, my daughter and two sons only ate one dough cake for the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, we must have a good Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

"Mrs. Zhou, please lead a few maidservants to make all the fillings."

"Jin Ling (the maid serving by Chu Xiumei's side) You lead a few maidservants to knead the dough and knead the dough into dough of equal size."

Chu Xiumei's mind was clear and commanded everything.

After giving the order, she picked up the apron and tied it around her waist, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to join them.

Zhou Niangzi said loudly: "Madam, you go to rest, let's come." ”

"Out of the way." Chu Xiumei refused with a smile, and then kneaded the dough together.

Seeing that Chu Xiumei had already started to do it, she also knew that it was useless to say more, so she directly led the people in the kitchen to start moving, hoping that she could do a little more and not let Chu Xiumei get tired.

And those maids saw that Chu Xiumei had done it, naturally one was more positive than the other, and they didn't need Zhou Niangzi to say anything, and they began to start in an orderly manner.

Jin Ling also went to call a few people to help, including another serving maid beside Chu Xiumei, Yin Ling (Jin Ling's sister).

Everyone was busy in an orderly manner, the sun rose, Ran Wenyue woke up from her dream, smelled the fragrance and came to the big kitchen to see Chu Xiumei who was busy. "Mother~"

Chu Xiumei heard the shout, turned to look at her and smiled lovingly, "Wake up." ”

When the others saw Ran Wenyue coming, they called out, "Miss." "And they went their own way.

"Hmmm! Mother, are you making mooncakes? Ran Wenyue looked at the ingredients on the table that were almost prepared, although it was a question, but it was an affirmative tone.

"I'll do it too."

Ran Wenyue is no stranger to making moon cakes, in the 21st century, she also made moon cakes by herself, in fact, the methods are almost the same, the difference is that it is more convenient in modern times, and it can be put in the oven.

Halfway through, Ran Wenbo and Ran Wenxing came around and said that they wanted to help, but they did their best, and in the end they were blasted out by Chu Xiumei, I don't know where the two of them went to play.

There are many people with great strength, and all the mooncakes have been made at noon, and they are almost cooked.

Chu Xiumei straightened her waist, rubbed it slightly, then wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at the full moon cakes, and sighed with a sense of accomplishment: "Yo, I didn't expect to do so much this time!" Everyone's worked hard. ”

Hearing Chu Xiumei's hard work, everyone's hearts were warm.

Seeing Chu Xiumei rubbing her waist, the bell immediately said, "Madam, you're tired!" I'll give you a press in a minute. ”

"It's not in the way, I'm not so squeamish, I just haven't exercised much for too long, and it's really a little uncomfortable to move suddenly." Chu Xiumei said with a smile.