There's no room for manoeuvre? As long as you are willing to give it back to me, I don't want the old money right away. Shopkeeper Chen said with an oath.

"Shopkeeper Chen, don't say that, my duck eggs have found a new buyer, and I really don't have anything extra for you." Du Mei didn't want to entangle with him, she and Qian Maoda were villagers in the end, and they couldn't look up and see each other, so they couldn't be played by this kind of profiteer, and they would ruin the harmony.

"Let's go." After Du Mei finished speaking, he didn't wait for him to reply, turned around and sat on the frame, and said to the stone.

"Hey, let's talk about ...... again" Shopkeeper Chen shook his hand and chased after the carriage, but the carriage ran farther and farther.

Old Jiang Tou naturally greeted Du Mei with a smile, he knew that Du Mei's family could not only pick up two hundred duck eggs in five days, but he inquired in Qinghe County, except for his house and Zuixian Building, there was no store next to him to sell her duck eggs.

Zuixian Lou is a restaurant, and duck eggs are used for cooking, so naturally they will not be taken out. And the shopkeeper Chen was greedy for a small price and suffered a big loss, and he gave up the business himself, and now he is actually the only one in Qinghe County who sells Du Mei's duck eggs, the only one, how can he not be happy.

In the eyes of the old Jiang head, Du Mei is young and a girl, but he never dared to deceive, this girl is bold and careful, very business-minded, and in time, he is afraid that he will have to rely on her to make a fortune.

Where did Du Mei know his tortuous thoughts, he only politely sent the duck eggs, and hurried to the Zuixian Building, Dong Shopkeeper specially explained to the kitchen Manager Li, Du Mei came to receive a good reception.

Steward Li was a fat man, laughing, his stomach was bulging, he saw Du Mei coming, so he called the man to collect the eggs, and he paid happily, laughing and chatting with him.

Du Mei hadn't seen Fengxian for a few days, and she didn't know what her pregnancy was, she promised to make her two more underwear last time, and she had already brought them.

The gatekeeper of the Song Mansion had already recognized Du Mei, and when he saw her coming, one hurried in to report it, while the other led the stone to the back hall to rest.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang walked out quickly with a smile on her face.

"Miss Du is here, please come inside. Two magpies flew out of nowhere in the courtyard today, calling on the branches, daring to give us good news. Mrs. Zhang said happily.

"Sister Fengxian is feeling better?" Du Mei asked with a smile.

"Madame is fine, since the last time you gave her a doctor, now her body is refreshing, her appetite is open, she can eat and sleep, and she has gained weight." When Mrs. Zhang said the latter words, her voice was lowered, and she covered her mouth and snickered.

"Really? Didn't Sister Fengxian have any joy? Du Mei asked with a little surprise.

"No, the little boy is very well-behaved." Mrs. Zhang shook her head with a smile.

Du Mei wanted to ask Mrs. Zhang how she knew that Fengxian was pregnant with a boy, but after thinking about it, where did she know anything as a servant woman, just to please her master.

The two talked without a match, and soon arrived at the courtyard of the phoenix. Fengxian is standing under the porch, I don't know if she is fat or pregnant, her waist is no longer as slender as before.

"But I'm looking forward to you." Fengxian pulled Du Mei into the house.

"What's wrong?" Du Mei said as she looked at her plump face.

"I've been bored in the yard all day, there are only Xiaolian and Mrs. Zhang in front of me, and they and I have talked about all the things of the past eight hundred years, which is really boring." Fengxian pouted.

"Doesn't Song Gongzi come back often?" Du Mei touched her soft hand and said.

"The military affairs in the Beijing patrol camp are busy, and King Yan values him again, so it is inevitable that the master will do his best. In addition, I have joy, but the old lady in the house detains him and does not let him come often, saying that he is afraid of hurting the fetus, and I am a person who does not know the severity! Feng Xian said, raising two thin willow eyebrows a little angrily.

"Don't worry, don't worry, don't move the tire." Du Mei smoothed her back and soothed.

"I thought, if only you should come and talk to me often." Feng Xian sighed and softened.

"Didn't I just come back to see you?" Du Mei said with a smile.

"You're so busy, you won't be able to sit for a while and you'll have to go back." Fengxian looked at Du Mei pitifully, she was originally a canary in a cage, but now that she has a body, she can't get out of the door even more.

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, and Song Gongzi will always accompany you for the reunion festival." Du Mei comforted, listening to her words, Du Mei felt a pain in her heart, the woman like a flower would eventually be trapped in this high wall and slowly wither. In this way, I am sorry for myself, and I am even more disappointed.

"On such days, he always has to accompany the old lady and Lao Tzu Niang, if he can accompany me in the second half of the night to worship the moon god Niangniang and taste a piece of cake, it will be considered a heart." Feng Xian said with a gloomy expression.

"Or, you come to our village to play at eighteen, the old head and Chunya worship the church that day, it's very interesting." Where did Du Mei expect that her words would arouse Fengxian's sadness, and she had to find something happy to say.

"Really? I want to go! Hearing this, Feng Xian said with anticipation on her face.

She was redeemed by Song Shaohuai from Yihong Courtyard, and she was not recognized by the Song Mansion at all, where is there any beautiful wedding to speak of. In the eyes of outsiders in Qinghe County, she is the heroine of the Song Mansion, but in her bones she is just a golden house with no name. So she has an extraordinary obsession with weddings, and now even if it's just to see others.

She has been very bored recently, when she was getting along with Song Shaohuai in Yihong Courtyard, she didn't think about the question of whether she was famous or not, she only thought about jumping out of the fire pit, and now that she is pregnant with a child, her reputation is becoming more and more important to her.

Now, the nameless Fengxian is really embarrassed, she knows very well in her heart that it is impossible for the son of Zhongshuling to find a Qinglou woman to be his wife, and she can't even take the turn of a flat wife. If she is a concubine, the child born must be called the mother by the wife, and her biological mother can only be a slave. It made her feel very uncomfortable.

Fengxian has been getting better recently, and seeing that her belly is getting bigger day by day, her worries are even worse, but it is inconvenient for her to tell Xiaolian and Mrs. Zhang that they are as timid as quails and have no ideas, so why bother them.

And when she met Du Mei, it was different, she was assertive and capable. Sometimes, she is envious of Du Mei, her drive and aggressiveness, and her resilience that is not afraid of losing and does not admit defeat.

"Of course, it's just that you're pregnant and can't enter the new house, this is a country custom, and you can play anywhere else, besides, don't you still want to pick up duck eggs at my house." Du Mei saw that she was in a good mood, so she said with a smile.

"I'll just look at the excitement, and if you don't let in, you won't enter. Seriously, I would love to pick up the duck eggs myself. Feng Xian smiled with a smile.

"This wedding is going to be a day of trouble, can you do it physically?" Du Mei asked a little worriedly.

"I can do it, I can eat and sleep, and I don't feel happy. You see, I'm fine, just eat and eat, and I've become fat. Feng Xian said, pinching her face and saying with a little annoyance.

"Where are you fat, you used to be just too thin." Du Mei turned his head to look at her and said seriously.

"You girl, you pick up nice things, but tell me what you did in Jiangling City this time?" Fengxian leaned on the edge of the table and asked, leaning on her head.

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The two talked about it for a long time, and Fengxian left Du Mei for lunch before letting her go back, and said that she would go to Dujiagou on August 18 to play and participate in the wedding of Lao Jitou and Chunya.

When Du Mei and Shi returned to Dujiagou, the whole village was filled with the fragrance of glutinous rice and the sweet fragrance of sesame seeds. On weekdays, villagers are reluctant to eat glutinous rice, and only take it out to eat during the New Year's holidays. For example, the New Year's baba, the Lantern Festival of the Shangyuan Festival, the zongzi of the Duanyang Festival, and then the cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The filling of the Mid-Autumn Festival cakes is made of newly harvested sesame seeds in the field, and some of them are still damp without drying, so they are thrown into the mortars of the patriarch's house by the anxious villagers.

After entering the house, the stone unloaded the frame and led the horse to the river beach to wash. Xu was preparing to make cakes, and Du Mei washed his hands to help.

Add appropriate water to the pre-ground glutinous rice flour, knead it vigorously to turn the rice flour into a piece of dough, and then knead it into a piece, then take an agent and knead it into a uniform circle in the palm of your hand, put a sesame grind in the middle, and then put the mouth away one by one, put it in a ball in your hand until the mouth is closed, and finally use a little force in the palms of the two palms to squeeze a round ball into a round cake.

Du Tao sticks a round cake on the pot, turning it from time to time, Du Gui sits in the stove, a small handful of wheat straw burned, the fire of the kang cake can not be big, otherwise the cake is not cooked, but it will be pasted first.

Soon, the fragrance of rice mixed with the sweetness of sesame seeds rushed to the nose of everyone in the kitchen, and Du Gui, a snack product, had already put his little head into the pot and looked at it several times: "Why is it still not cooked?" ”

The cakes are yellow but not burnt, Du Tao carefully shovels the cakes in the pot to the basket on the stove, the shell is crispy at this time, if it is broken, the sesame seeds that are turned into sugar water will flow out, not to mention that it is not delicious, if the sugar water is stained on the pot, it has to be washed again, otherwise the cakes behind will be all boiled because of the melted sugar water.

Du Mei's family ate corn and japonica rice porridge for dinner today, the cakes were freshly made, crispy and fragrant, Du Gui ate one when it was just ready, and she ate two more for dinner. Xu was afraid that she would have a weak spleen and stomach, and she would not be able to restrain at night, and it would not be good to accumulate food, so she didn't give her food.

"When I grow up, I must eat a lot!" Du Gui held back her saliva, stretched out her arms and pulled the cake on the table into her range.

"You better think about how to grow up faster." Du Tao took the cake and winked at her.

"Third sister, you're laughing at me again!" Du Gui pouted.

"Guizi, don't be afraid, you can talk about Komatsu in the future." Du Ying held back a smile and said seriously.

"Hmph, I'm not going to be such a bad sister." Du Gui's little head tilted hard.

"Say who's the bad sister!" Du Tao tickled Du Gui through Du Ying.

"Hahaha......" Du Gui curled up in a ball, giggling.

The laughter and laughter of the past were restored in the courtyard of the second room, Xu Shi and Du Mei only smiled and watched the three small fights, and even the stone sitting on the side had a subtle smile on his face.