July 15 is the Midyear Festival, on this day all people will burn paper to worship ancestors, will eat festival food, will go to rivers, lakes and seas to put river lanterns and so on.

If you live in the city, there are all kinds of small stalls in the streets in the evening.

Not only do they sell food, but they also sell lanterns, masks, noodle figures, and so on, and there is an endless stream of people on the streets, and even the lake is full of boats next to each other, and the crowds on the shore are very lively.

However, the excitement in the city has nothing to do with Gu Changning, on the day of the arrival of the Midyear Festival, every household has to prepare the food to eat during the Midyear Festival, flat food.

Gu Changning is still young, and the work that requires strength such as kneading dough will be handed over to Gu Huai'an, and she only needs to be responsible for making flat food.

Therefore, when her brother was preparing for the preliminary work, she first completed all the work that needed to be done, and then sat on the edge of the table and made flat food with Ah Niang and them.

"Can A-Niang wrap a little more?" Gu Changning's hands were stained with flour, and he bent his eyes at Yang Huiyun and asked.

"Yes, but in addition to eating flat food during the Midyear Festival, there are also steamed buns, and if there are too many flat food buns, you won't be able to eat steamed buns." Yang Huiyun reminded.

"Hmm, actually, I didn't give me a bag when I said a little more...... Gu Changning blinked his eyes and said, "I want to send a little bit to others, is it okay?" ”

"Send someone some?" Yang Huiyun immediately understood, nodded and agreed, "Okay, then you can pack some more, and send them to your uncle and grandmother when the time comes." ”

Since the bowl that disappeared from the house last time was returned to Gu Huai'an on the spot, this matter is no secret in the Gu family.

Originally, Yang Huiyun was also worried that their act of delivering food would cause dissatisfaction among the clansmen, after all, everyone tried to ignore the existence of the sixth uncle and grandmother, but their family did the opposite, whether it was too eye-catching.

But then she thought about it and felt that the sixth grandmother was really pitiful.

gave birth to a few children and couldn't keep it, and now she is alone, and the clan doesn't say to take care of it, so she lives in the southwest corner and fends for herself.

Thinking that she didn't have a few years to live as an old man, but she still had to face the dilemma of being full and hungry, and the grandfather of the sixth uncle and grandfather had a great kindness to the clan, Yang Huiyun felt uneasy no matter how she thought about it, so she acquiesced in Gu Changning's behavior.

And with the acquiescence of A-Niang, she went to deliver food more openly.

"Uh-huh." Listening to A-Niang's reply, Gu Changning nodded indiscriminately, smiled at A-Niang, and then lowered his head and continued the movements on his hands, intending to pack a few more.

In fact, she didn't say that in addition to giving it to her uncle and grandmother, she also wanted to send a bowl to Weng Lao.

Because Weng Lao has taught her a lot of farming experience that her predecessors have explored, although she doesn't know what the results are, she always has to be grateful for this heart.

In addition, Weng Lao said that his family had all passed away, and now he was left alone, this feeling of loneliness Gu Changning could understand very well, maybe it was because she thought of herself who ended up miserably in her previous life, she couldn't help but want to take more care of Weng Lao, the old man.

When she was eating flat, Yang Huiyun began to follow Gu Changning, she was afraid that Gu Changning would not be able to pack well, so she simply accompanied her.

As a result, after looking at the few finished products she packed, she found that they looked pretty good, so Yang Huiyun put her mind at ease, remembering that the things needed to worship the ancestors were still stuffed in the cabinet, and said to their brothers and sisters.

"You guys get it first, A-Niang goes back to the house to get the things to be used to worship the ancestors."

On the day of the Midyear Festival, in addition to preparing food, it is also necessary to burn paper money for the ancestors, and these paper money must be folded into the shape of gold ingots, so there is one more step before burning - origami.

She's going to get it out now.

"Mmmm, Auntie, go ahead, if you need to climb high or bend over, remember to call me and my brother, don't be reckless!" Gu Changning skillfully wrapped the flat food, and said goodbye when he heard the words.

"Okay, A-Niang knows." Yang Huiyun chuckled, and stepped back to the back room very steadily with every step.

Yang Huiyun is now six months pregnant, and her belly bulges out like an upside-down bowl, because her belly is a little heavy, she often has to hold her back with her hands, and walk like a duck, swinging left and right.

And I don't know if the child in the belly also knows that the current situation in the family is not good, A-Niang not only has to face production, but also someone always comes to fight their group of orphans and widows.

Yang Huiyun herself also felt incredible, from the beginning of pregnancy to the present, except for her reaction to oil smoke, everything is normal, she can eat and sleep well every day, and there is no pregnancy reaction like the woman next to her who vomited.

These days, Yang Huiyun's face has gradually grown some flesh, and her complexion is much more ruddy than before, at first glance, others will not believe that she was red because of her emotions at the beginning.

However, although she felt okay, Yang Huiyun did not dare to take it lightly, because she herself felt that the fetal movement of the third child in this pregnancy was not as strong as that of his older brothers and sisters.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Huiyun always feels that the one in her belly is a daughter.

After all, he moved too delicately in his stomach, and the number of movements was not as frequent as Gu Changning's brother and sister.

It is said that women giving birth to children are a ghost gate, even if the situation is better now, Yang Huiyun herself does not dare to be careless.

So after saying that she was going back to the room, she propped her hand on the table and borrowed strength, slowly stood up, and carefully went directly to the main room.

"Brother, roll out some more dough, these are not enough." As soon as Gu Changning saw A-Niang return to the house, he immediately turned his head and said to Gu Huai'an with a bright face.

"Isn't that enough?" Gu Huai'an was surprised, looked at her sister very suspiciously, and thought that her sister didn't eat much on weekdays, and one bowl of rice was enough, but now these are enough for her to eat two bowls, except for herself and A-Niang.

But no matter how much he doubted, he still didn't say anything and continued to roll the dough according to Gu Changning's request, but couldn't help but ask with concern, "Can you finish eating so much flat food?" ”

"Yes, brother, you can get more." Gu Changning sneered at his brother, wrinkled his small nose, and said flatteringly.

"Okay, you have to finish all the stuff I made, otherwise you won't have your share of the buns." Gu Huaian also thought that since his sister loves to eat, it would be okay for him to make more.

"Oh, I know, brother, you're almost more verbose than Ah Niang!" Gu Changning said disgustedly.

Gu Huai'an shook his head helplessly, and the brother and sister talked and laughed together.

In this way, after all the skins and traps were wrapped, Gu Changning drove Gu Huai'an out of the stove room again, took over the cooking work, and then looked at his brother's figure, until he was sure that he had returned to the house, then he secretly took out a clean small jar and carefully placed it on the table, seeing that he was thinking about something.

Although the small jar has a round belly and a narrow mouth, and the mouth is relatively small, Gu Changning is also small and small, even if she clenches her hands into a fist, she can still stuff them, so this has no effect on her.

Gu Changning was the only one in the stove room at this time, she first gently put the wrapped flat food into the jar one after another, until the stuff was almost full, she closed the mouth with the lid, put the small jar back in the corner of the cabinet, and closed the cabinet door again.

When washing off the flour on her hands with clean water, Gu Changning didn't forget to think that later, she could take advantage of her brother and aunt's inattention to send this small jar to the broken temple and give Weng Lao a taste of the flat food that their family had wrapped themselves.

After all this was done, Yang Huiyun and Gu Huai'an stayed in their own rooms and did not come out, so Gu Changning pretended that nothing had happened and scooped water into the pot, and when he saw that the water level in the pot was about the same, he began to set fire to boil the water, ready to put the flat food in the pot.

As for the ones in the jar, just take them and send them to Weng Lao.

The reason why she planned to take the raw flat food to Weng Lao was also because she knew that there were hanging jars that could be cooked in the broken temple, so she took the raw ones and cooked them directly in the hanging jars when the time came, so that the flat food that had just come out of the oven would not become lumpy because it had been put for too long.

And this saves her the trouble of carrying cooked food through half the village, of course, it is better to send her life.

***

"Master, I'm ready, do you think you're going to do it tonight?"

In the backyard of the yamen, two figures stood side by side, one wearing a fast catcher suit, and the other was a cloth robe.

The person wearing the fast trapping suit was Ma Yue, at this moment he looked cautiously left and right, and after confirming that there was no one, he hurriedly approached the master and lowered his voice.

"Well, tonight is the Midyear Festival, there must be a lot of people on the street, and when the time comes, take advantage of the chaos to take away a child at will, and no one will suspect us." Qian Zheng sneered twice.

He seemed to have seen the beautiful days when Xue Mingkai was kicked out of the county office, and his mood was so beautiful that he was bubbling.

"It's still the master who thinks thoughtfully!" Ma Yue also laughed and patted the horse's ass.

"That's, don't look at who I am, I'm the living brain of our county government!" Master Qian was very useful and accepted Ma Yue's praise, and said proudly, "What kind of thing is he Xue Mingkai, and he deserves to fight with me?" ”

"That certainly can't." Ma Yue praised very loudly.

Master Qian was overjoyed by his compliment, and saw that he was a little more pleasing to the eye, and rarely kindly mentioned: "I can tell you, tonight this matter is very important, you can't be sloppy, the person you find must be reliable, you must not drop the chain at a critical time and be discovered!" Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if someone finds out, it will definitely not be able to confess you. ”

"Master, don't worry, I know in my heart, the person I'm looking for is the most famous gangster in this area, although he is idle all day long, spending all day drinking, but he is very righteous, and he will never do such a thing as betraying people."

"Really...... That's good...... "This sounds very unreliable, but Master Qian doesn't care.

Because although he came up with the idea, it was Ma Yue who carried it out, including the order to find someone to take the child away, and there was no Master Qian intervening in it from beginning to end.

When the time comes, if he really tells him what happened to the crow's mouth, he can completely push the matter on Ma Yue.

said that he was jealous of Xue Mingkai's attention from the county lord, so he was determined to make it bad, the purpose was to drive Xue Mingkai out of the county office, and then press the matter on himself, because he wanted to be a scapegoat.

Master Qian was proud in his heart, but his face remained unchanged, he still looked like a good brother and quietly discussed what to do later, and they chatted happily for a while.

The two looked at each other and smiled, with a glint in their eyes that their wish was about to be fulfilled, looking forward to the coming of the evening.