At noon, Zheng happened to arrive home, and Shen Pomegranate had just returned from collecting pigweed in the mountains.

"Mother, did the duck chick come back?" Shen Pomegranate hurried to look, the ducklings were chirping, and she had already heard the sound.

Zheng nodded, put the basket down, and listened to Shen Shimei say, "Isn't it thirty?" Why are there so few? ”

Zheng said what happened, and Shen Shiliu was also helpless.

Zheng looked at the pigweed that Shen Pomegranate had just beaten, and there was a lot of it, so he said: "Our pigweed is enough, and we can last until the spring of next year!" ”

"Let's prepare more, now there are more duck chicks, I don't have to worry about feeding in winter, I'm not tired anyway!" As he spoke, Shen Shiliu spread the pigweed he had just brought back to the open space in the yard and dried it for storage.

On August 15, the crops in the field should be harvested, and the Shen family discussed, and when the lanterns and fans were sold, they would come back to harvest, and in the morning they still went to sell the broth as usual, and the work in the field would cost some money and hire a helper to help do it.

Shen Shiliu began to study moon cakes, moon cakes were different from the previous pastries, but Shen Shiliu already had a bit of a spectrum in his heart.

After dinner last night, Shen Shimei began to mix the noodles, using oil to mix the noodles directly, the dough was soft and smooth, Zheng looked at the novelty, but he didn't ask. Now that their family is accustomed to Shen Pomegranate's ability to toss, they just need to wait and eat.

After Shen Pomegranate reconciled the noodles, he covered them with a basin, and then he adjusted the filling, and she cooked the filling, black sesame and white sesame peanuts were crushed, and they were mixed with sugar, and then they were put aside.

"That's it?" Zheng asked.

"It's not over, if you want to put some begonia fruit tomorrow, you won't be too tired." Shen Pomegranate said, just pick some tomorrow.

Moon cakes are eaten at the right time, and no one eats them on weekdays, so Shen Pomegranate went to Houshan to pick wild begonia fruits the next day.

Shen Pomegranate asked for a bite himself, although it was water-red and it was pleasing to look at, but the begonia fruit was sour, and if it was mixed with the stuffing directly, it would definitely not be delicious.

Shen Pomegranate washed all the begonia fruits, and then removed the pits. Find some rock candy from the kitchen and boil the water, just like a modern can.

She kept part of the boiled fruit, ready to eat it as a sweet after dinner in the evening, the boiled begonia fruit will not be very sour, and the sweet one will also help digestion. The other half is mashed and finally formed into a paste, which is then mixed together in the previous filling.

Take out the oil noodles and roll out the skin and stuffing. I took out the mold from the pastry I was making before, picked a few round ones, and started styling.

"Now comes the final step." Shen Pomegranate wiped his sweat, most of the moon cakes were baked, and a few were steamed directly, but Shen Pomegranate pondered that the roasted ones should be more delicious.

The stove lit a fire, Shen Pomegranate steamed the water vapor in the pot and put the moon cakes into it one by one, and then improved the lid of the pot, afraid that the fire would be too big to paste the pot, Shen Pomegranate kept watching the fire, and this roasting was an hour.

At noon, Shen's father and Zheng's family came back from selling broth in the county seat, and they saw three plates of moon cakes on the table.

"Done?" Zheng took it over and took a look, it was more oily than it was sold.

Shen pomegranate does not save on feeding, and it naturally requires more oil than selling outside.

"It's good, it's good, but it's still relatively hard when it's just baked, and after a day of oil, it's soft and fragrant!" Shen Shiliu said.

"The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mintian will send some to grandma!" Shen Shiliu said.

Zheng nodded, naturally he would not dislike Lu Yuan.

Father Shen also sighed: "If your grandmother is still alive, she can taste it!" ”

Shen Shimei's grandmother passed away at an early age, and his grandfather also went a few years later, and the three children of the Shen family in his life all belonged to the juvenile family.

"Okay, don't talk about it yet, clean up first!" After Zheng finished speaking, he hurried to cook, and then he and Shen's father went to clean up the sheep's head and sheep's hooves.

Shen Shiliu was busy all morning, and took advantage of this effort to go back to the room to lie down for a while to take a breath.

After lunch, Zheng went out to deliver moon cakes first, and tomorrow they had to prepare for setting up a stall, and they would take care of the rest of the things before that.

As soon as Zheng's front foot left, Han Shuliang came to the door with some eggs in his hand.

"Brother Shuliang?" Shen Shiliu saw that someone was coming, so he went out to say hello, Shen's father was busy working, so he only answered, and then went to the backyard, Shen Shiliu felt that Shen's father's approach, no matter how you look at it, is a little deliberate.

Shen Shiliu also understood that the Shen family estimated that except for herself, the rest of the people took a fancy to Han Shuliang.

"It's almost the holidays, my mother said to send some eggs to our family." Han Shuliang put down the egg as he spoke.

Shen Shiliu saw that there was also half a basket of eggs, so he said: "Uncle Han's injury is not yet good, just leave these things to Uncle Han to make up for his body, we don't need to be so polite." ”

Han Shuliang shook his head: "It's not in the way, my father's injury has been healed, thanks to our uncle's borrowed money." ”

Shen Shiliu thought about it, and said to let Han Shuliang sit first, and she quickly moved to the back of the room.

Shen Shimei caught two ducks, tied his feet with straw ropes, and then handed them to Han Shuliang: "Although our ducks are not big, now is the time to not get tired, it's good to go back and make soup!" ”

Han Shuliang hurriedly shirked it, these two ducks are much more valuable than his eggs!

"Take it, Brother Shuliang, don't forget what Aunt Han said that day, I won't let you be the one who intervenes in the door!" Shen Shiliu was also afraid that the events of that day would make Han Shuliang repulsive, originally she was borrowing money, and in the end, she would not make enemies again. Han Shuliang sighed: "Pomegranate girl, I know that you are well-intentioned, so I think Pomegranate girl is a good person even more." Shen Shu actually told him about that day, the Shen family's money was also earned by Shen Shiliu by trying not to be tired, and he was already very grateful if Shen Shiliu could nod and agree to borrow money, not to mention that Shen Shimei Zhang Luo borrowed money for this matter.

Shen Shiliu nodded, and then put the duck in Han Shuliang's hand: "Brother Shuliang, take it, who can have no difficulties." ”

Han Shuliang looked at the duck in his hand, it was really not easy for the dealer to take out two ducks in one go.

"Thank you, Pomegranate girl." Han Shuliang said to Shen Shimei.

Shen Shiliu smiled: "What's polite!" ”

Han Shuliang looked at Shen Pomegranate and smiled, and felt that the smiling Shen Pomegranate seemed to be different from before, when he saw Shen Pomegranate before, Shen Pomegranate lowered his head, and he didn't dare to look at her, and the whole person was timid. But now Shen Pomegranate has become very different, and he is much more generous and cheerful. Looking at Shen Pomegranate like this, Han Shuliang felt that Shen Pomegranate was very sunny, and it made people feel a lot more comfortable looking at it.

Han Shuliang left first with the duck, and as soon as Shen's father saw that the person was gone, he called Shen Pomegranate over.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Shen Shi asked and helped Shen's father clean up the sheep's head together.

Father Shen looked at Shen Pomegranate while working, and then asked, "Why didn't you directly agree that day?" The Han family came to the door by themselves and wanted to get married, even if we agreed, it was not forced to others, what do you think is wrong? "On weekdays, Father Shen doesn't talk much, and he basically doesn't say anything about trivial things. But when it comes to his daughter's marriage, this is a big deal, how can he, a father, not want his daughter to marry a good person.

Shen Shiliu sighed: "Dad, you don't understand, although the Han family is in a hurry to get married, but what does Han Shuliang think, we know the ten evils?" ”

"Marriage is the words of the matchmaker at the behest of his parents, and he will not object to the decision made by his father." Father Shen said.

Shen Shiliu shook his head: "But it's him who lives with me, not his father, just his father and mother are happy, if he is not happy, he may not be really good to me in the future, and after a long time, the husband and wife will become enemies." ”

Father Shen didn't expect Shen Shimei to think so far, and it made sense.

"That's right, my pomegranate thinks comprehensively." Father Shen nodded, anyway, the child is still young, if he regrets it in the future, the Han family will also admit it, and he is not afraid that the child will not be able to marry.

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Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, the Shen family rushed to the county seat early in the morning, and the stalls were also a larger one for the two families, and the table was moved by Han Shuliang from home, and as soon as the fans and lanterns were swinged, there were many onlookers.

Shen Shiliu smiled, it was only early in the morning, and there were so many people watching, but this time it was stable

"This is a mooncake I made myself, try it for you and your aunt, don't dislike it!" Shen Shiliu took out the basket, and there was a plate of moon cakes in it, which was covered with a clean cloth.

Du Xuanmo saw that it was a mooncake made by Shen Shimei himself, so he happily followed, and then took out the same.

"My mother's boiled tea eggs." Du Xuanmo smiled and handed over a basket.

The two exchanged baskets, and then looked at each other and smiled, it was really a tacit understanding.

Shen Shiliu pondered, Du Xuanmo is really good, among these people he met, Du Xuanmo was the only one who didn't dislike her fat from the beginning, and he was always polite.

Shen Shu was selling goods and collecting money, while looking at Shen Pomegranate. It doesn't matter if he didn't ask before, but since he asked Du Xuanmo if he liked his sister that day, he was a little confused. He still likes Han Shuliang to be his brother-in-law a little more, but Shen Pomegranate doesn't seem to be happy!

After a busy morning, I bought more than half of the fans, and there were not many lanterns left.

"Let's eat first, everyone takes turns!" Shen Pomegranate said, two of them eat together, and it won't be too busy to make mistakes here.

Shen's father and Zheng's went to eat first, saying that they were eating, but in fact, they were moon cakes brought from home, and they could just deal with a bite at noon.

After the Shen family and his wife finished eating, Shen Shu let Shen Pomegranate eat first, and Du Xuanmo also ate together, and the two sat together, although they ate their own, they looked at the atmosphere quite good. Shen Shiliu pondered, although he didn't know who Du Xuanmo would marry in the future, but such a gentle person would definitely be good to his wife.

Du Niangzi took the time to look back, still sighed in her heart, looked at the moon cakes sent by Shen Pomegranate next to her, and also felt that Shen Shimei was a good girl with a careful heart.