Chapter 70: Mid-Autumn Festival
By the time Wen Wan's birthday was over, the crabs she had raised had already shed their shells twice and began to climb ashore slowly.
I don't know if it was a mistake or Wen Wan did raise crabs, in short, on this day, there was really a big pot of fat and plump crabs with green shells and white backgrounds lying on the Lin family's earthen stove. Yuan Bao and Mr. Wang washed their hands and squatted in the stove room to wait when the dumb man sent the crabs.
The master and apprentice were next to each other like brothers, and they counted and counted the baskets of green-shell crabs before they squinted and smiled. If nothing else, they will each get at least six large crabs!
Ah Xian stood aside and looked at their greedy looks with green light and drooling in their big and small eyes, quite disdainful. Seeing that his mother was busy chopping green onions and ginger steamed crabs and couldn't take care of him, she went to Mrs. Song's place and hugged her sister and took her to study and play.
"At the beginning of man, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away...... "Ah Xian rarely has the patience to teach bend and bend literacy word by word." If you change the ingots, Ah Xian can get started directly.
Lin Wanwan didn't appreciate it, and arched his little body to probe out: "Brother, is it delicious to climb?" ”
After a year of milk, she was hungry for meat.
Ah Xian coaxed her without changing his face: "It's not delicious, it's very fishy." If you eat it, you'll have a stomach upset. ”
Lin Wanwan pursed his lips in disbelief: "I'll taste it." ”
Ah Xian nodded solemnly: "You study well with your brother, and you can eat at night after you learn it." ”
Lin Wanwan had no choice but to stumble with her eldest brother, grinding and chirping to memorize the book, the school bully can't afford to mess with him!
The brother and sister seemed to be thinking energetically, and the door of the Lin family's courtyard rang softly. Ah Xian turned his head to look out the window, but it was the Shen Mo family who sent the Mid-Autumn Festival in advance.
Mrs. Song took it with a smile, and took out a few red envelopes from her pocket to give to the little girl, but they were all prepared by Wen Wan early in the morning.
The little girl took the red envelope, and each got a large handful of fragrant and crispy salt-baked peanuts and left happily, with a smile on his face that could not be stopped.
It was easy to wait until dinner began in the evening, and the men returned home early, and sat at the table obediently waiting for the gentle crabs. Even if I bent the bend, I saw a large pot of big crabs dripping with crab oil, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.
At the moment, no one cared about talking, they all rolled up their sleeves and lowered their heads to work. Gently break off the legs and feet, and then uncover the crab cover on the back, the plump red crab roe, crystal clear crab meat only need to suck lightly to melt on the tip of the tongue.
In a few moments, the people in the room were covered with yellow grease on their faces, and there were tall shells in front of them. Wanwan looked anxious, humming and chirping for a long time before he got a trace of meat foam fed by Ah Xian.
Wen Wan didn't eat it, just sat at the table with a small spoon in one hand and lightly held the crab belly in the other, slowly picking the crab roe and crab meat, preparing to make crab roe soup dumplings for the family tomorrow morning to eat.
The next day, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Wen Wan was busy in the kitchen for a long time before carrying a basket of crabs with moon cakes and going to Wanxiang Building. One is to give a festival gift, and the other is to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to sell the crabs full of rivers at a good price.
Before the time of dinner, there were not many diners. As soon as Wen Wan stepped into the door, she grinned and chattered with the diners, and Yan Qiu came to greet her with a cloth towel.
"What are you talking about?" Wen Wan handed him the egg yolk mooncakes she had made, and asked him to take someone to carry the Boxing rites and crabs from the car.
Yan Qiu smiled and scratched his head: "A few masters from the north are talking about the current emperor is a great emperor, hehe, he leaned over and listened to it for a while." ”
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment, the current emperor should be referring to Zhu Qiyu, the half-brother of the orthodox emperor, who is now in danger and has been proclaimed as Emperor Jingtai.
Yan Qiu saw that she was stunned, thinking that she was interested, and said a few more words: "They all said that our saint is stronger than the one in front, not only defeated the Wara army that went north to defend our Daming country, but also reduced the tax and forced labor by half." I think it is also, with such an emperor and old man, we ordinary people can live a peaceful life. ”
As for the faint monarch who was captured by Warat and took him around to fight the autumn wind, it would be better to die sooner!
As he was talking, he might as well be slapped heavily on the head, Yan Qiuhu turned his head with a face, and saw that it was the shopkeeper Chen, so he had to smile and slip away.
"If you talk about the government in vain, you will be dragged to prison. If you have the kung fu to pull Lin Niangzi to rap, it is better to stare at the table and settle the wine money owed last time! Shopkeeper Shen kicked him in the ass, this kid is good at everything, but he doesn't have a door on his mouth, and his temperament is softer.
Yan Qiu touched her ass and ran away, and she didn't forget to turn around with a red face and mutter: "Lin Niangzi is not an outsider!" ”
Shopkeeper Shen glared at this unconscious glance, and then greeted Wen Wan with a smile: "Just guess you are coming over in the next two days, come with me." ”
Because of the excellent quality of the crabs, it didn't take long for Wen Wan to negotiate the deal. He went to Shen and Mo to send them back to the festival and ate tea, and then slowly returned home.
In the evening, the Lin family set up an incense table headed by Lin Yuan, put melon and fruit moon cakes and began to worship the moon god.
After the family worshiped the moon one by one, they gathered in a small courtyard and sat staggered. Drink a cup of yellow osmanthus Niang, peel a few agate-like pink pomegranate seeds, and then divide a piece of cut egg yolk moon cake, raise a glass to the bright moon, it is a festival.
There are two elderly people, Mr. Wang and Mrs. Song, and a room full of people have endless stories to tell about the moon. Therefore, this Mid-Autumn Festival, the Lin family had a very lively and comfortable time.
At this time, Mrs. Song was chewing on the moon cake and sighed: "Who would have thought that my wife would be able to eat this puff pastry moon cake with egg yolk filling one day?" I just quietly went to someone's field and took advantage of the moonlight to steal some vegetable seedlings and lunch to celebrate the festival. ”
Ah Xian leaned on her arms, lowered his head and pulled her rough big hand and wondered, "Mama, what are you doing stealing vegetables?"
Mrs. Song hugged his small body and said with a smile: "Steal green onions and marry a good husband; Stealing beans and marrying a good son-in-law. Isn't it just to marry a wishful man? ”
Xu is nostalgic for those green years, and Mrs. Song chattered for a long time, babbling and singing Kunqu Opera.
Wu Nong's soft words, the aftermath lingers, it is to sing the beautiful scenery of the good day, and enjoy the joy of the courtyard. Don't say gentle, even Yuanbao Ah Xian is stupid. clapped his hands and coaxed Mrs. Song to sing song after song, until the old woman's voice was almost hoarse.
Wen Wan hurriedly took a glass of water and put it in her hand: "Drink saliva to moisten your throat and sing again." ”
If you want to rely on these two skin monkeys, Mrs. Song won't have to speak tomorrow.
Lin Yuan sat on the side with a smile, bowing his head and pasting the jade rabbit flying moon and the Kong Ming plain paper lantern of the Toad Palace for his children.
Wen Wan was itchy to see it, and she also joined in the fun and grinded Lin Yuan to make her a lotus lantern. Le Dian hugged the bend and lifted it, and followed Ah Xian's ingots behind his ass and walked around the yard in circles.
The candles in the lantern were lit up and flickered, and the faint patterns on the paper were printed, casting a dim shadow in the courtyard, and the laughter of the family was wafting in the wind one after another.
When the lanterns were extinguished, people were tired of playing, so Lin Yuan lit the three lanterns and threw them lightly into the air, which was called lighting the lamp.
When the play was in the air, the night was as cold as water, and everyone went back to the house to wash and rest with great interest.
Before the end of the day, Wen Wan lightly put on her plain shirt and went to the kitchen with a woman's bun. When the family gets up, a table full of steaming crab roe soup dumplings, crystal roasted wheat and side dishes with porridge and side dishes is a very rich meal.
If you have a big appetite and can't eat enough, you can carry a few sweet and soft taro in your arms, which can be a snack and fight your hunger.