Chapter 58: The Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, whether it is the house of heaven or the people's house, is a big festival, and every family is open. The rich and the rich, the poor and the poor, from the big to the banquet and hospitality, to the small to eat moon cakes to spend the festival, are all talking about their hearts.
According to the habits of the past, Ban Fei asked a few servants to buy colored paper and flour, and ordered the cook to wrap flour to make moon cakes and cut paper to make lanterns.
Wu Qingsheng took the jade plaque of Ning Jiang's Mansion to the Royal Gui Garden and picked osmanthus flowers in a fixed amount to make wine, and everyone was busy, and the original gloomy atmosphere also added some bright colors.
This night, Ning Zeqing had not yet returned from the banquet in the palace, and Wu Qingsheng should be instructed to let the guards and maids receive moon cakes and portions, and each went home for reunion, and got together with Qu Mingli, Ban Fei and other close people.
Wu Qingsheng brought moon cakes and osmanthus wine and put them in front of each person's table, and said: "After brewing osmanthus wine this year, I still left some osmanthus flowers, and I wrapped them in moon cakes. If you eat it, you will be punished. ”
Ban Fei looked embarrassed: "I don't know what Sister Wu is going to punish?" If I can't, I'll make a fool of myself. ”
Wu Qingsheng said with a smile: "Look at what makes you nervous, it's just casual talk, you can do whatever you want, which will really make you ugly." ”
Ban Fei was relieved.
Qu Mingli on the side was a little novel. Klee doesn't have any Mid-Autumn Festival to say, and she naturally doesn't recognize the mooncakes of various colors and shapes on the table at the moment.
Ban Fei asked Qu Mingli to try to eat some, Qu Mingli hesitated to pick up a one with red dots on his face, took a bite, only felt that it was very crispy and soft, and then boasted: "It's delicious." ”
Everyone laughed.
"You bite harder, when will you be able to eat such a small bite?" Ban Fei saw that he had indeed never eaten moon cakes, so he couldn't help but remind.
Qu Mingli took another big bite, and when he ate it, it was more fragrant and soft, and it was slightly sweet, and after tasting it, he tasted the taste of red beans.
Wu Qingsheng asked him, "Is it delicious?" ”
Qu Mingli nodded again and again, and Wu Qingsheng was relieved.
Qu Mingli picked up another ordinary moon cake and bit it down, but it was extremely hard, layered, and almost clucked.
Qu Mingli took a bite and looked at the ingredients wrapped in it, there were several flavors such as almonds, peach kernels, sesame seeds, melon seed kernels, etc., swallowed slowly, and when he finished eating this, he was already full.
Qu Mingli saw that there was a wine jug next to him, and he was not restrained, he poured a glass of drink, and the breath of osmanthus came to his face, which was very luscious, mellow and soft.
"This wine is mellow, and it tastes better than the Demo Drink." Qu Ming couldn't help but praise.
Wu Qingsheng laughed at him: "I didn't expect that Ah Li's little brother was originally a person with a solid family, and he had tasted all the joyful mash drinks of a thousand gold." ”
Qu Mingli had to cover it up: "No, no, I just heard about it, and I think it's also made up by the world, and the osmanthus wine brewed by Miss Wu today is a superb taste." ”
Ban Fei smiled, picked up a new moon cake and sent it to his mouth, and the moment he bit it, the sweet fragrance of osmanthus filled his mouth and nose, and when he looked down, he had won the lottery.
"Brother Ban is really afraid of something today, there is only one osmanthus trapped in the hundred mooncakes, so you will be allowed to eat it. But you can't go back on it in front of Little Brother Ah Li. Wu Qingsheng couldn't wait to pull on Ban Fei, and didn't give him the slightest chance to deny it.
Ban Fei sat in his position and hesitated: "I'm just a rough man, I can only wield knives and guns, it would be better if I was punished for this, but nothing else." ”
Wu Qingsheng refused: "It's embarrassing for you, no matter how bad it is, it's good to sing a song, you can't hear the words, and it's good to hear a tune." ”
Ban Fei couldn't prevaricate, sat upright for a while, and groaned slowly.
Bamboo poles to fish in Qi. Don't you think? Far from it.
The fountain is on the left, and the water is on the right. The woman has a line, far from the brothers and parents.
Qu Mingli listened to the tone a little familiar, vaguely in the impression that he had heard it before he could remember it properly, and seemed to have some memories at the moment, and hummed the tune with Ban Fei.
The water is on the right, and the fountain is on the left. The smile of the smile, the beauty of the jade.
Qi water is rippling, juniper pine boat. Travel with words to write about my worries. (The Book of Poetry Bamboo Pole)
Ban Fei saw that Qu Mingli wanted to sing with him, and asked, "This is a nursery rhyme, how can you sing it from the Yizi tribe?" ”
"You don't know that," Wu Qingsheng explained, "this nursery rhyme is called the bamboo pole, and because of its catchiness, it was sung inside and outside the palace back then, and it was not surprising that it was spread to foreign tribes." ”
Ban Fei was relieved and stopped asking.
Qu Mingli thought that it should also be Aunt Chun who listened to it, and sang it in his ear when he was a child, but he didn't remember it. Who else but her would sing nursery rhymes to coax herself.
In this way, I thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the family reunion, but I was far away in a foreign land, and I hadn't seen my family for half a year, and it was a little desolate.
Ban Fei saw that he looked bitter, thinking that he was missing his family and wanted to enlighten him.
"Coincidentally, the people who are still drinking and eating moon cakes here are all people who have no home to return to. Although I can't reunite with my family today, I can't ...... Anyway, everyone is destined to get together and walk together, don't feel lonely. ”
Wu Qingsheng also noticed Qu Mingli's demeanor, and also raised his glass and echoed: "Since they live in a mansion, they are naturally friends." ”
Suddenly, there was a sound of the door opening outside, Wu Qingsheng hurriedly put down his wine glass and welcomed him out, it was Ning Zeqing who returned from the banquet. Wu Qingsheng helped take off the dew-stained coat, welcomed Ning Zeqing to the upper seat, and brought him a bowl of soup and a pot of osmanthus stuffed.
"General, I'm afraid that I will eat too many moon cakes in the palace, so drink a bowl of osmanthus balls to relieve your greasy." He added, "If you're full, take two sips and put it down." ”
Ban Fei asked: "Didn't you just say that osmanthus is all made and moon cakes, why is there a bowl of osmanthus balls?" ”
Wu Qingsheng snorted: "I originally made round soup first, and then made osmanthus stuffed and moon cakes, but don't confuse the order." ”
Ban Fei was silent.
Wu Qingsheng asked Ning Zeqing again: "I came back early today, and I only came back when I was a child in previous years." ”
Ning Zeqing sat down and replied to her: "This year, the uncle and the princess will return to the dynasty and spend the festival with Your Majesty and the prince, so let us come back first." ”
Wu Qingsheng said: "The uncle has not returned to Beijing for many years, and today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be happy." ”
Ning Zeqing nodded, ate some food, and asked some about the distribution of festivals in the house, and Wu Qingsheng told them one by one.
"The emperor gave me some crystal moon cakes, I am already full, the three of you can share it." Ning Zeqing took a slight sip of wine and said.
Qu Ming was surprised a lot, a few days ago in the study building, Ning Zeqing was tolerant of himself, and today he actually shared the food given by the emperor with himself, and shared it with Ban Fei and Wu Qingsheng.
However, this crystal moon cake looks crystal clear, but it is also novel, Qu Mingli also wants to taste the taste, don't be in vain.
"By the way, where is Wu Lao wandering this year, and he won't come back to see you after the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Ning Zeqing asked Wu Qingsheng.
Wu Qingsheng sighed: "When did Grandpa tell me the whereabouts of his old man, naturally he can go wherever he wants, and come to see me whenever he wants." I'm a junior, where can I control him. ”
Ning Zeqing smiled and said: "Wu Lao Tian is free in love, as long as he can keep his peace,"
Wu Qingsheng nodded.
The four of them enjoyed the next moon again, and when the sky was slightly clear, they all went back to their rooms to rest.