XXXVIII. Homecoming
On the morning of August 13, after Ah Zheng went to school, Ning'er began to make mooncakes. In fact, in terms of making moon cakes, Ning'er is no different from other families in the village, except that it is more delicate and the filling is fresher. The fillings that need to be used were prepared yesterday by Ning'er, and today they only need to be mixed into cake fillings, wrapped in moon cakes, and then baked, so in this part, Ning'er didn't spend too much effort, but there was no professional oven, and it took some effort to bake.
Ning'er didn't have anything else to do today, so she simply sat in front of the stove with Ah Ping in her arms and watched the fire bake moon cakes, but fortunately, the weather had begun to get cooler, and the two of them didn't lean against the fireside, which was not too hot.
Six cakes were baked in the first furnace, Ning Er took it and looked at it, smiled with satisfaction, received it in the box and put it away, according to local customs, the moon cakes baked in the first furnace were to be offered to the moon god. After all, the first furnace is inexperienced, the moon cake is slightly burnt, and the second furnace is much better, the color of the moon cake is golden, and the surface has a thin puff pastry, exuding a faint sweet fragrance, which makes people have an appetite when they look at it.
Ning Er looked in a good mood, took one and took a bite, and it was really sweet. Ah Ping saw his mother eating the cake, and also stretched out his hand to his mother, Ning Er smiled and broke a piece, Ah Ping was still too young, Ning Er soaked it in water before feeding it to him. However, the little man did not dislike it, and showed a sweet and lovely smile to his mother, Ning Er was happy, gently pinched Ah Ping's cheek, and said with a smile: "The moon cakes made by my mother are delicious?
Ah Ping couldn't speak yet, waving his little hands, as if in agreement.
When all the mooncakes were baked, Ah Zheng had already returned with his schoolbag on his back, and he asked for mooncakes to eat when he entered the door. Ning Er smiled and nodded Ah Zheng's eyebrows and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, you know that you are thinking about delicious food!" Having said that, Ning Er was still very proud that the child would like his own craft, and took the freshly baked moon cakes for Ah Zheng to eat.
"Mother, when school was out today, Aunt Qiushui went to the school to find Ah Zheng, gave Ah Zheng moon cakes, and asked Ah Zheng to bring them back. Ah Zheng bit the moon cake, took out an oiled paper bag from his schoolbag and handed it to Ning'er. Ning Er took the paper bag and opened it, there were five moon cakes inside, exuding a faint aroma, but it was not very similar to the pastries Ning Er had seen, it must be the flavor of the Phoenix Kingdom, her heart was warm, she took a bite, this moon cake is more like a modern Hong Kong-style moon cake, inexplicably sad, presumably it is Ning Er's own feelings.
After calming down, Ning'er said to Ah Zheng: "Go to school tomorrow and bring two mooncakes to Aunt Qiushui!"
"Okay", Ah Zheng responded with a mouthful, and reached out to take the moon cake to eat. Ning Er stopped Ah Zheng's movements with a smile, "I'm going to eat later, and the rest of the moon cakes will be sent to other families, and I won't eat them until the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
Ah Zheng looked at Ning Er unhappily, Ning Er shook her head, "I'll eat it tomorrow, isn't there anything you sent from Aunt Qiushui?" Tomorrow your aunt and aunt will also send moon cakes, but you are not allowed to skip meals." ”
"Oh, okay, then I'll eat it tomorrow. Saying that, he went out with Ah Ping, and Ning'er happened to cook with peace of mind.
The next day was August 14, and relatives began to give mooncakes to each other. After Ah Zheng left in the morning, Ning'er carried Ah Ping on her back and went out with a basket to deliver moon cakes.
The first thing to send is to the parents' house, because several families have to be sent to Shen's father's house, so it will not be troublesome to run one by one, exchange moon cakes with each other at Shen's father's house, and sit down again, and only go home after noon.
In previous years, Ning Er was delirious, Shen Yanling didn't know how to make moon cakes, the moon cakes they ate at home were all given by others, and they sat at Shen's father's house on the fourteenth, and Xia He's family, Xia He's wife would not worry about this kind of thing, Xia Xue was still young, and she couldn't count on Xia Lin and didn't make moon cakes. This year is good, not only Ning'er made moon cakes, but Xia Xue also deliberately learned to make moon cakes with Ah Lian, the first time she made it, it didn't look very good, but the taste was good, but the moon cakes made by Ning Er were better than the novelty of taste, and everyone liked it very much.
Everyone also mentioned Shen Yanling, Ning Er only said that she should finish the exam yesterday, and her classmates must have a reunion, but she will definitely come back tomorrow. Everyone congratulated Ning'er, saying that Shen Yanling would definitely be able to pass, Ning'er smiled and agreed, she also believed that Shen Yanling would definitely be able to pass.
After noon, everyone went home, Ning'er took Ah Ping home, and when she saw the courtyard door open, her heart jumped with joy, knowing that it must be Shen Yanling back.
When I entered the door, I saw Shen Yanling sitting under the eaves drinking water. However, after more than ten days of hard work, Ning Er felt that Shen Yanling had lost some weight, stepped forward, stroked Shen Yanling's face, and said softly: "Why have you lost weight?
Shen Yanling took his wife into her arms and whispered in her ear: "I'm fine, it's fine." He had countless things to say to Ning Er, how hard it was for him to enter the capital quickly, how difficult it was for her to tame those unruly subordinates, and how deep the water in the capital was. But in the end, I was afraid that she was worried, and there was only one sentence that was very good, and one qiē was safe.
Ning Er didn't know that Shen Yanling had entered Beijing, but she didn't ask Shen Yanling how she did in the college entrance examination, after all, no matter how she played, every candidate would be nervous before the results came out. Shen Yanling had already freshened up, changed into clean clothes, hugged Ah Ping from Ning Er's arms, and laughed in her arms, Ning Er saw this and carried the moon cakes she brought back into the kitchen to put them away, and took the moon cakes she made out for Shen Yanling to eat. Shen Yanling was not hungry, but since it was made by his wife, he liked it and chewed it slowly in his hand.
"The day before yesterday, I went to the town to buy something, and I met Second Young Master Li, who gave me a snow lotus flower as a thank you gift for healing the young master of the Li family. I don't think this Second Young Master Li is a simple character, this kind of thing like Snow Lotus is not something that ordinary people can get, let alone give it away casually!" Ning Er talked to Shen Yanling casually while collecting the clothes in the yard.
Shen Yanling nodded when she heard this, thought for a while, and asked, "Second Young Master of the Li family, but his name is Li Anxun?"
"Yes, do you know him?" Ning Er couldn't help but wonder, such a person shouldn't have anything to do with them.
"I don't know, I've just heard of, well, the beautiful man who was as famous as me back then. Shen Yanling's face was not very good, and she regretted that she asked Li Anxun. It turned out that there were also the heads of the states and counties under the secret door, and Li Anxun was the person in charge of Nanyang County, and Shen Yanling would notice him because of this handover, and the people from all the states and counties went, but Li Anxun did not go on the grounds of going home, and only promised that he would absolutely obey the new master. Shen Yanling couldn't tell her about it, so she had to use the embarrassing things she had never wanted to mention as a shield.
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