Chapter 292: Another Mid-Autumn Festival
The eyes of the two cooks suddenly lit up, so many things were added to the moon cakes, and the moon cakes made must be very fragrant. Plus it's puff pastry, so it's sure to be fragrant and crispy.
If this five-kernel puff pastry mooncake is ready, maybe it can be taken out and sold, and it is estimated that there will not be too few people who come to buy it.
As soon as the two of them put it together, they simply waited for the mooncakes to be made, tasted them first, and then asked the girl if they wanted to make more, and they would take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to sell them in the shop tomorrow.
As soon as Jiang Xi came out of the kitchen, he ran into Qing Huan who came back from delivering medicine.
"Girl."
"Hmm." Jiang Xi nodded and asked about Mrs. Li's situation, and Qing Huan answered them one by one.
"The old lady is getting better and better, and now she is much more energetic, and when the slave maid sent the medicine over just now, the old lady was still sitting on the chair and chatting with the old man. I guess I will be completely fine after taking two more doses of medicine. ”
Two doses of medicine, it happens to be tomorrow morning and noon, that is to say, when the moon is admired in the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow night, grandma will not have to take any more medicine, and Jiangxi is very satisfied with this.
"Okay, when you go back to grandma's body, you will also be rewarded for taking care of her."
The corners of Qing Huan's mouth opened, revealing a happy look.
"Don't reward the slave maid, as long as you don't think the slave is stupid."
"Alright, put the tray down, you go back to the house with me, there is really something for you to do, and this is not good for stupid people."
Qing Huan quickly put down his things and followed with a grin.
A few minutes later, in Jiangxi's room, Qing Huan turned on two more lamps, illuminating the entire desk. Holding the lamp, she went straight to the ink block and began to grind it slowly.
Qing Huan thought to himself, in the whole town, it is estimated that there is no place for a desk in the second boudoir, and only their girls have this talent. The people next to me, let alone girls, even children may not be able to read, let alone write.
Following the girl, she also recognized a few words, which was much better than ordinary girls.
Looking at the words written by Jiangxi, Qing Huan thought that the girl was really kind and hardworking, and she was still writing about the establishment of a post station to send letters, and wrote down all the details, even if she didn't recognize them all, she knew how careful the girl was.
As soon as he wrote like this, Jiangxi was busy until late at night. When they were stretching their waists, Jiang Qian and Lianzi's mother came over with the freshly made five-kernel puff pastry mooncakes.
"Girl, do you see if the mooncakes you said before are like this?"
When Jiang Xi heard this, he glanced down, and then his eyes lit up.
"This ......"
The two cooks both mentioned their throats, for the five-kernel puff pastry moon cakes, they didn't put a lot of effort into it, just researching and doing, it took two hours, and finally waited for the moon cakes to dry and reached the best edible state, so they held the moon cakes.
If this mooncake can't satisfy the girls, they will really feel distressed to death.
"This is exactly what I imagined!" Jiang Xi suddenly spoke, and his words completely reassured the two cooks.
"That girl, try it and see if the filling of these five kernels is delicious."
They also groped for the stuffing, and in addition to the ones Jiang Xi said, they also added a little orange peel to it, so that the taste would be better. However, I was worried that it would not be as good as Jiangxi's intentions.
Jiang Xi took a piece casually, put it to his mouth and took a bite lightly, savoring it.
The combination of the aroma of the five kernels and the crispness of the puff pastry on the outside is a treat for the taste buds.
"Well, it's delicious!"
"Whew!" Jiang Qian and Lianzi's mother glanced at each other, and the last worries faded.
"Just do this, and see how much you can do. If we do more, let's send some to people we know. ”
"Girl, that must be a lot to do. Now that we've got the hang of how to do it, and with the time for tonight and the whole day tomorrow, we're sure to be able to make a lot, so why don't you take it to town and sell a little more? ”
"That's fine, but don't be too tired, if you can......"
"Girl, we can, really!"
Both of them are eager to share this food, and it is also something to be proud of that what they make is appreciated by many people.
Jiang Xi couldn't resist them, so he had to compromise: "Okay, anyway, you can't let yourself be too tired, you all take turns, you can do as much as you can, and you don't force it." As for this plate of moon cakes, you can eat them separately, Qinghuan, you can also take one and taste it. ”
"Thank you, girl!"
By the next morning, Jiang Xi was stunned by the large pile of mooncakes in front of him. She didn't know how the cook in the kitchen made so much, but she only looked at it roughly, and it was three or five hundred yuan, to say the least.
Moreover, the size of the mooncake is not small, and some children can eat one piece, even adults like Li can eat two pieces at most. Only adult men who have a good amount of food can probably eat three pieces.
With so many moon cakes, their family naturally can't eat them all, except for sending them to people they know well.
Like the mayor's family in the town, the Li family and the county order family in the county seat, and some of Qin Hao's classmates. Even if these were sent, there were still about two hundred yuan left.
Jiangxi called a few girls, and used the kind of oiled paper that made the buns, and wrapped all the moon cakes, five for one piece, and twenty yuan for one piece, and sold them at the shop in the town.
Maybe it's because the Jiang family's food has always been famous, or maybe the mooncakes look really delicious, and they were sold out in less than an hour after they were delivered.
After that, the kitchen rushed to make some more, and the result was still sold out quickly.
In the afternoon, because they were busy making the evening banquet, they didn't make any more mooncakes, and some people who didn't buy them had no choice but to turn around, thinking that they would have to buy them earlier next year.
In a blink of an eye, it was dusk, and when the sun was about to set in the west, the moon could not hold back, revealing half of its face. As time progressed, the moon slowly emerged and hung in the sky, becoming a full moon.
"Girl, on the lotus pond in front, a banquet has been set up, you can go over." Lianzi jumped and ran over, and she could see that she was in a very good mood. Jiang Xi only thought about it for a moment, and knew that she must have whispered to the two of them.
Lianzi is also thirteen this year, and in two years, she should be released to get married, whenever she thinks of this, Jiang Xi has a little emotion.
"Girl!" Lotus Seed had come up to her, looking at her with a pair of big round eyes.
"Girl, are you going to call Madame and them over now?"
"Well, go ahead."
As soon as the words fell, I saw Lianzi go to the backyard in a hurry, a smile appeared on his lips, and Jiang Xi shook his head slightly. This girl is not a worrying character.
Slowly paced to the pond in the front yard, where tables and chairs had been set up, and there were more than ten tables in a row. The two tables in the middle are where the master of Jiangxi will sit, and the rest are the servants and helpers in the family, as well as the helpers' families.
The Li family likes to be lively, and Jiangxi also felt that it was rare to celebrate the festival, so he called everyone over, and the big guys celebrated the festival together.
At this moment, in addition to Jiangxi, there is also a group of people led by Huzi who are busy working on the pond outside. There are even a few children from the helper's family who are playing and chasing each other, and there is laughter from time to time.
The Li family and the others also came out not long after, and the old man Li strode in front alone, and the two aunts of the Li family and Jiangxi followed the old lady behind the old man. Then there were Jiangxi's two uncles, and then the two cousins and Li Xuemei.
Qin Hao was the latest to come out, and shortly after the August Festival, he was going to study at the college in the county seat again.
During the holidays before, he had been studying with the old gentleman, and every night when he came back, he had to do the homework assigned by the old gentleman. I went to Suzhou, the old gentleman's hometown, again, and the schoolwork in the college was naturally left behind.
After returning home this time, he studied during the day and did his homework at night so that he would not be criticized by his husband when he went to school.
Therefore, the night was very precious to Qin Hao, and he stayed in the study almost every night until late at night. If it weren't for the Mid-Autumn Festival today, I'm afraid I would be eating in the study again.
Qin Hao had just come out when he heard a commotion not far away, and he saw many people walking towards this side talking and laughing. After seeing Jiang Xi and them, he said hello one by one. These are the helpers of their family and their families.
"Since they're all here, let's sit down." As soon as Li spoke, everyone looked for a place to sit down.
The people below are all sitting together as a family, and Jiangxi is divided into two tables, with the men sitting at one table and the women sitting at the same table.
Jiang Xi and the Li family also had two aunts, Li Xuemei and Mrs. Li sat together, and Qin Hao sat at the same table with the two cousins, the two uncles and the old man Li.
Enjoying the moonlight, watching the lotus leaves floating in the pond and the fish jumping in the water, tasting delicious shrimp and crabs and many delicacies, as well as the mooncakes that must be eaten in this festival, it is really the enjoyment of life.
Jiangxi's grandmother looked at so many people, and then looked at so many delicious foods on the table, and her face was full of smiles.
"Chunju, your life is getting better and better now, and the hardships you have suffered before are not in vain. You are like this, my mother is happy to look at it, come, my mother will give you a cup tonight! ”
As she spoke, Mrs. Li picked up the wine and drank it with the two of them.
Jiangxi's two aunts soon joined in, and everyone ate and drank, and their joy could not be hidden. Jiang Xi and Li Xuemei glanced at each other, both chuckled, took a piece of moon cake and tasted it carefully, and did not touch the wine.
The moonlight is like a wash, and under this bright moonlight, everyone on this side of the pond is full of smiles on their faces, and they spend this wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival together.