On the afternoon of August 16th, Yun Er's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugged the child to walk around, and it happened that several families in the village had received the festival gifts, and also took some wild things to return the gift, and the little daughter-in-law and the aunts accompanied Rui Xue to sit under the laurel tree in the yard and gossip, talking about moon cakes, they were full of praise, and looked at the strange tightness of the oven, and they all gathered around to watch, Yingzi was rarely funny, and saw a little daughter-in-law reaching out to touch the oven door carefully, so she scared her and said, "Oh, it's hot!" ”

The little daughter-in-law was so frightened that she immediately withdrew her hand and shook it non-stop, as if she was really burned, which made everyone in the Zhao family laugh until her stomach hurt, and the little daughter-in-law understood, annoyed and ashamed, grabbed Yingzi's sleeve and shouted, "Sister-in-law Liu bullied me." ”

This little daughter-in-law is called Da Mei, she just married into the village two months ago, she is cheerful and cheerful, and she is very loved by everyone.

Caiyue heard that Mrs. seemed to have plans to bake moon cakes again, and without waiting for her sister to go, she ran away in a loud voice, and came back soon, and reported, "Madam, there is a big bowl of bean paste in the stove room, half a bowl of five kernels." ”

Rui Xue glared at her with a smile, "You girl, you haven't eaten enough bean paste mooncakes, the corners of your mouth are about to crack when you laugh." ”

Caiyue smiled and said, "Madame loves us the most." ”

Rui Xue said, "Go ahead, make both kinds of fillings, and just show everyone a freshness." ”

The colorful clouds and the moon responded, and Yingzi also went over to help, and everyone was overjoyed, and they all said that they were going to open their eyes today.

In this way, everyone drank tea and talked about interesting things in the village, while craned their necks and looked into the stove room. Finally, Yingzi came out with a large iron plate and put forty-eight mooncake blanks on it.

Da Mei quickly helped open the oven door, Yingzi smiled and put the iron plate in it, fixed it, and then closed the door, beckoning her to help light the fire, the four stove eyes lit up at the same time, it was also very spectacular, with the big iron box in the middle, not to mention how weird, everyone was so curious that they stepped forward and helped hand over a firewood and the like, and their faces were red in less than half a while.

Ruixue spread linoleum in the flattest place under the tree, and spread a thick blanket on the linoleum, so that Tie Dan and Kexin could sit on it and play, and the two children ate well and took care of them carefully, they were all round, chubby, and very cute.

Rui Xue badly took the cloth tiger in their hands to a very far place, the two children still can't climb, so they frowned anxiously and wanted to cry, and when she hurriedly took the cloth tiger back, they immediately laughed and giggled, Rui Xue thought that in a few months, her own children would be like this, and the smile on the corner of her mouth could not be put away.

Soon, the oven was in everyone's expectation, slowly overflowing with a strong fragrance, provoking the women to chatter non-stop, Yingzi estimated that the fire was almost over, so he withdrew the fire, and then opened the oven, and waited to pull out the iron plate, the golden moon cakes, one by one neatly arranged, everyone couldn't help but clap their hands, this kind of watching the delicious dim sum come out of the oven with their own eyes, it was really more joyful than eating.

Rui Xue called Caiyue to take a few large white porcelain plates, picked up the moon cakes and put them on, and invited everyone to try them, and everyone looked at each other, all of them looked like they wanted to eat, but they were a little shy.

Aunt Yun was familiar with each other, and knew that Rui Xue was the most generous, so she smiled and said, "Hey, if you don't eat it, then I'm not welcome, I'll take the rest of the food home." ”

Everyone laughed, they were no longer restrained, and those who were a little older picked the bean paste filling, which was soft and sweet, and the little daughters-in-law all took the five-kernel filling, the outer skin was soft and glutinous, and the filling inside was fragrant and crispy, and everyone ate very happily.

Rui Xue saw that everyone was eating sweetly, and she also had an appetite, and ate half a piece of bean paste...

The wind of early autumn, less of the heat of summer, more of the slightest coolness, on the big bluestone at the entrance of the back street, sat two old women sitting on the soles of their shoes, stitches and threads, gossiping, occasionally smelling the fragrance from the yard in the distance, one of them could not hide the smug and said, "Old sister-in-law, did you eat the snack baked by Zhao Niangzi yesterday, what is it called moon cake." My son brought me two pieces, and I shared them with the old man, and I really had never eaten such a delicious snack in my life. ”

Another old woman raised her eyebrows, secretly thinking that this old sister of the Gao family just likes to show off, and she doesn't look at where my son works, the people in the workshop, what to eat is not more than others, she slandered in her heart, but she still smiled honestly, "My sister has a mouthful, my son also sent four pieces, I was not willing to eat, I gave it to my grandchildren, but I stewed the big fish, it tasted so fragrant, I said that it was a gift sent by the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the city to the Zhao family, and when it was delivered in the morning, it was still alive." Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao are generous and generous, and they all sent them back. ”

The old woman heard her fluttering words before, so she pressed herself, and wanted to think about it again, looking for face, and was thinking about herself, when she saw two fast horses coming from the distance, and immediately two men, not very old, that is, about seventeen or eighteen years old, gray clothes and gray pants, obviously dressed as a slave, but with a look of appearance, but with some shrewdness, the first man was tall and thin, jumped off the horse, wiped a handful of sweat on his head, and stepped forward to salute and asked, "Auntie, may I ask, the Zhao family workshop that makes tofu, Is it in this village? ”

The old woman blinked, and saw that they didn't seem to be bad people, but as if they had come from afar, and said, "It's in our village." ”

The man's face immediately showed joy, just now all the way to the village did not see a shadow, finally met two aunts, really asked the right person, he had to ask the Zhao family where the specific is, the short and fat man on the horse, was already anxious, and asked loudly, "Auntie, the name of the Zhao family's shopkeeper, is it Zhao Fengnian?" ”

The two old women glanced at each other and shook their heads, "No, my little grandson said, what is Mr. Zhao's name, Zhao... Well, Zhao Runzhi. ”

The faces of the two men immediately changed from joy to frustration and annoyance, and the short and fat one said angrily, "Could it be that the Liu family brothers are lying?" ”

The tall and thin man was more steady, frowned, and said, "The left and right are also here, let's come and see for yourself." ”

After he finished speaking, he asked the two old women about the location of the Zhao family, then thanked him, got on his horse and galloped away.

The two old women immediately had excitement on their faces, put their heads together and began to talk in a low voice.

In front of the gate of the Zhao family, Yun Xiaoliu was waving a big broom, humming a little song and sweeping the floor, yesterday he went to meet his daughter-in-law, it was quite satisfied, the girl of the family looks smart, looks at the temper and gentle, and when she marries home in the future, the small life must be very happy.

He was just thinking about joy, and he couldn't help but two tall horses galloped by, and the leaves and dust they brought up scraped his face, and he spat out the dust in his mouth, and when he raised his eyes, he immediately jumped down and looked at the door of his house in a daze.

He hurried over and shouted, "Well, I said who are you, and what is the matter with our house?" ”

The two men were hesitant to enter the door to visit, for fear that the people inside were not the masters they were looking for, but if they didn't go in to see and were afraid of missing it, they were worried when they heard Yun Xiaoliu's question, and saw that he was wearing neat short shirts and pants, so they thought it was a little guy in this house, so they reached out and took a handful of copper coins and stuffed them directly into Yun Xiaoliu's hand, and asked in a low voice, "This little brother, are you from this mansion?" ”

"Ahh Yun Xiaoliu didn't know why the two of them gave him copper coins as soon as they met, and he responded in a daze.

The tall and thin man smiled and said, "I'm tired of asking the little brother something, our brother is looking for a very important person, and some can't make up his mind, I don't know if it's Mr. Zhao in your house, I want to ask first, you Mr. Zhao, but you are twenty-two or three years old, with a long body and a handsome face, and he is a little cold on weekdays, and he doesn't like to talk much..."

The more Yun Xiaoliu listened, the more he realized that his shopkeeper was really the same as what they said, and then looked at the two of them as if they had come from a long way, and somehow they were in the same place as the dozens of distinguished guests of the Houfu a few days ago, he immediately stuffed back the copper coin in his hand, and asked coldly, "Who are you?" What's the matter with our shopkeeper? Our Zhao family is..."

As a result, as soon as the two men heard what he said, they didn't even reply half a word, so they ran into the courtyard, shouting as they ran, "Young master, young master, we are in good weather, young master, please come out to see us..."

Yun Xiaoliu's face was so angry, how could there be such a presumptuous person, he broke into someone's yard directly without notification, he didn't care about the two horses, and then he rushed in, the two people were stopping in the middle of the courtyard, shouting and looking around, he stepped forward and grabbed their arms, and before he could call someone to help, he heard the door of the account room "squeak", and his shopkeeper walked out with a look of surprise.

The two men immediately shook him off, strode forward, and fell to his knees, crying bitterly, "Young master, young master, we finally found you, it's great that you're not dead, young master, God opens your eyes, young master..."

The two of them cried and kowtowed, very hard, as if they wanted to vent all these worries for a while, their foreheads slammed on the bluestone slab, and there was a bang, and within a few clicks, they saw bloodstains.

Zhao Fengnian's eyes were also slightly red, and he pulled them up when he stepped forward, patted them hard one by one, wanted to say something, but it seemed to be all blocked in his throat, and finally there was only a long sigh, turned his head to look at Xiao Liu, and said in a low voice, "Go to the backyard to report to Mrs., let her not worry, it's her own person." ”

Yun Xiaoliu nodded stunnedly, seeing that his shopkeeper pulled the two people into the account room, he ran to the backyard, Ruixue was taking a nap, and suddenly heard such a movement in the front yard, and was also a little surprised, she got up quickly and asked the old grandmother who was guarding her to do needlework, "Mama, what's wrong?" ”

The old lady was also puzzled, and was just about to call Caiyun to go to the front to visit, when she heard Yun Xiaoliu shouting outside the door, "Madame is awake?" ”

Ruixue immediately responded, "Wake up, what's going on in the front yard?" ”