Mid-Autumn Festival

[Special extra, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.] It is not related to the plot of the text. Because the chapter is exactly eighty-five, August fifteenth. So put it here, thanks. ]

Recently, it seems to have entered autumn, but the weather in Qingyu Town is still warm and hot.

There were no customers in the medicine shop today, so I sat at the table in the medicine cabinet and flipped through a book of yellow calendars that I didn't know which stall in the market I picked up.

"How fast these days have passed...... In the blink of an eye, it is the middle of the Guiyue month, so in two days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival...... I don't know where Forget Sorrow followed Lin Jingzhi's stinky boy? I didn't send this month's letter. ”

Forget the worries and put the yellow calendar book back, continue to count the medicinal materials, and pull out a small medicine drawer with his fingers, a strong bitter fragrance wafted out, but the person was distracted.

There was silence in the medicine shop for a moment, and then he returned to the table and picked up the yellow calendar again.

"So, the girl in Shuoyue seems to have mentioned that she wants to come to the Mid-Autumn Festival...... Would you like to prepare something?"

After a while, he threw away the yellow calendar book by himself like a ghost, "If this little ancestor doesn't come to toss me, I will already be grateful to Dade, just like every New Year's holiday." ”

He continued to go back to the medicine cabinet to sort out the herbs, but his mind continued to wander.

In other words, what should you prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Go to the bazaar or ask her directly?

......

Who wants to give her that kind of thing!

Forget to worry about it, forget to see how much medicine is left, and directly close the medicine drawer.

As a result, at noon on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Forget Worry was busy and hesitated whether to buy some moon cakes on the street, and Shuoyue, who ran out to play in the morning, suddenly came back, carrying a lot of things in his hand, and carrying a bag on his shoulder, he couldn't enter the shop door, and the things on his shoulder directly knocked on the door, and the movement was too big.

"Which house are you robbing again?"

Shuoyue glared at him, and then said with a smile: "Hey, friend, don't think about me so dirty, okay!

Forget worry walked over and took it and helped her take it into the medicine shop, put it on the table and opened the cloth bag at random and looked at it twice, "Former servants, one after another, should you be heroic? Why did they give it to you, what is this...... Flour, glutinous rice flour, apricots, dates, you ...... Are you sure you don't look so depressed that they can't stand to help you? I mean, I didn't withhold your rations, did I?"

Shuoyue poured a cup of herbal tea and poured it down, pursed her lips when she heard the words, and then smiled in front of Forget Worry, and said mysteriously: "Friend, don't you know? Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"I know, but what does it have to do with what you got back?"

Shuoyue picked up two candied dates and took a bite of them crisply, glaring at him angrily, "Mid-Autumn Festival, you are such a big person and you don't understand festival customs!

"I still don't understand what it has to do with the things you brought back......"

Shuoyue raised her hand and sent a plump date to Forget Worry's mouth, and subconsciously, Forget Worry opened her mouth and ate it.

A hint of sweetness spreads from the tip of the tongue.

"Although I especially want to hit your IQ, but forget it, so, friend, let's make mooncakes together to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

Forget the worries and hesitate for a while before asking: "I haven't done it, will you do it?"

Shuoyue shook her head sincerely, "No. ”

She wouldn't be too reasonable, and she resisted the urge to pick up the bag of dates and throw it on her head.

"Then you go and dream and make your mooncakes!"

Shuoyue bumped him on the shoulder disappreliantly, "I'll just say you, you're very lacking in heart! Fortunately, I know that you are useless when I guess, you see, I have already prepared!"

Shuoyue took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Forget Worry like a treasure, "Look at it, this is the moon cake food that Wan Da Niang of the Imperial Cake Zhai wrote for me."

Score, she said that if you do it according to the above, it will be as delicious as the one sold in her shop, let's make it and see it!"

Forget Worry took the paper in her hand and looked at Shuoyue suspiciously, "How could she give you such a recipe?

"Hey, hey, what kind of eyes are you! I really didn't rob or steal, this town is my most regular!"

Where is the most regular "......"?

couldn't bear the toss of Shuoyue, so he had to disarm and surrender, and the two of them carried things into the kitchen together.

Forget the worry and wash his hands, pick up the recipe and read: "Knead the dough first to make puff pastry, and add ...... with this glutinous rice flour."

Shuoyue looked at him with a smile on her arms, glanced at her with her worries, and urged, "Do it!"

Shuoyue still hasn't moved, where will she make any mooncakes!

"Why do you expect it to knead itself into dough?"

Looking at Shuoyue's rare hesitation, he realized what Shuoyue meant, and asked tentatively, "What?

Shuoyue nodded and hummed expectantly.

Forget the worry and throw the recipe in your hand and go out the door, "You dream!"

Shuoyue puffed, and a handful of flour pasted on his head.

Before the mooncakes were made, the two of them had already fought, and the kitchen was full of powder.

In the end, under the harsh conditions of wasting half of the ingredients, the two finally started to make mooncakes together in a friendly manner, although it was only on the surface.

Forgetting his worries and facing seriously, his strength was even, and he faced a little sunlight in the window, and there was a quiet taste of years between his eyebrows.

Except, of course, the slightest imperfection that still had a few clumps of white flour on his cheeks and collar.

Shuoyue was holding a stone cup and pounding jujube paste.

They studied what kind of stuffing to eat, and after fighting for a long time without result, they had to give up and decided to have a little bit of everything.

Her hair was floured and mottled, as if she had lost her hair in the wake of age.

It wasn't until the evening that the mooncakes were steamed in a steamer, and white water vapor spread out.

Forget worry wiped the flour on his hands, frowned and asked, "I said, what did you just stuff into the mooncakes?"

Shuoyue glanced at him, and asked disapprehantly: "Hmph, I haven't asked you yet, what is the shape you just made? Is that a moon cake? What does the recipe say, the moon cake is flat and drum-shaped, round, are you pinching it? I see, it's all the same shape as a bun!"

The last page of the recipe randomly placed on the desk next to them reads: The top quality moon cake should be golden and buttery on the surface, light yellow on the round edge, and no scorch spots on the bottom. The shape is flat and full, flat and drum-shaped, and there are no cracks and leaks. The appearance of the puff pastry is complete, the thickness of the inner crust filling is uniform, there is no shelling and hollowing, the thickness of the fruit is appropriate, and the original unique fragrance is maintained.

And yet, it just lay quietly on the desk.

If this argument continues, maybe the kitchen can lift the roof again, and both of them go back to their rooms to clean up the mess.

After Shuoyue cleaned up, he went downstairs, and Forget Worry had already set up a wooden table in the backyard near the window railing, set up a few plates at random, and put some melons and fruits and refreshments as sacrifices for the moon, as well as a plate of melon seeds.

Shuoyue leaned against the door frame and laughed silently.

Forget about worrying and don't raise your head, thinking about what to use, "Here, go to the kitchen to see if the mooncakes are ready!, ah, I said, it seems that there is something missing, then I'll go to the kitchen, you go to the wine shop next door to buy some bar." ”

Shuoyue didn't refuse, and ran out of the door with a bang.

When she returned to the backyard with two jars of osmanthus wine, she had just brought out the moon cakes.

She ran to the table excitedly and put down the wine, looking at Forget Worry expectantly, "Open it up, open it up!"

Forget the worry nodded, in fact, there is still a little bit of expectation for the first time to make moon cakes by yourself, even if the process is not so pleasant.

etc

opened, and the two men were silent.

After a while, Shuoyue grabbed her hair and smiled with difficulty: "It's okay, it's okay, the shape of this moon cake is very special! It's just a boutique in the world, unique, you see it has horns......"

“......”

Forget the decadence with a blow on his face, was he really pinched the shape like this just now? He obviously deliberately pinched the shape, why does it look so weird......

In order to encourage him, Shuoyue volunteered to be the first to taste it, she reached out and picked up a pointed mooncake, slowly lowered her head and took a bite.

The taste in the mouth is barely okay, just take a bite, and the teeth touch a hard thing, and when you bite hard, there is a crunchy sound.

A whole apricot.

She smiled awkwardly, what...... What's going on? She just smashed the apricots, why did she add the whole thing to it?

I also picked up one and tried it, the first bite was almond flavor, and the second bite was jujube paste......

In short, this moon cake is 108,000 miles different from what is written in the recipe, whether it is the appearance or the filling.

The two looked at each other, and each looked up at the blue sky for a while speechlessly, not knowing what to think.

Shuoyue looked at the night, a bright moon slowly rose, and the silver glow like water fell all over the courtyard, and it also shrouded her and forgot her worries.

It's incredible, the mood has changed, after all, it's not easy for mooncakes to be made like this.

Tong Wangwu looked at each other and laughed, anyway, I didn't particularly want to eat moon cakes, I just begged for a lottery, thinking about it, I was relieved, and the two sat down at the table.

Forget worry unwrapped the mud seal of the wine jar, a fragrance of osmanthus came to his face, he poured two glasses out, and handed Shuoyue a cup.

Shuoyue took it and put it on the table, kept looking at the strange-looking moon cake in her hand, and suddenly asked Wangwu and said, "I said, will it not be good for us to sacrifice this moon cake to the moon?"

Forget Worry glanced at it, although he was very reluctant to admit it, he still nodded, and said seriously: "Needless to say, it's definitely not good, it's not too bad to swallow the moon god's teeth!"

"Why don't you say, will the moon god be frightened when he sees this horned moon cake!"

"You ......" forgot that he was choked and had nothing to say, so he had to drink with his head down.

In the mouth, it is a mellow osmanthus flavor.

He raised his eyes to look at Shuoyue opposite, although he said it mercilessly, there was some joy hidden in her eyes, and she was seriously eating the mooncakes they made together.

The ghost sent the gods, and it turned out to be a little cute.

Forget to worry after a while, stood up, and handed a box from the side.

Shuoyue took it and asked casually, "What is this?"

"Nothing, nothing to do, just do it. ”

When I opened the box, there was a delicate rabbit lamp.

He's been busy these days, and he's prepared for her.

Shuoyue's eyes widened, her eyes were full of surprise, she received a gift from someone other than her master!

What to do, what's going on with being so moved all of a sudden?

The one who loves to compete with her, forgets his worries like an old man at a young age, and is a little gentle in such a moonlight.

Is it because she has a bad eye?

"Ah, friend......"

She just wanted to say something, but she quickly interrupted her, for fear that she would say something crazy, "Don't talk, let's take a look." ”

"Oh...... she hasn't said anything yet!"

The rabbit lamp in her hand lit up, and the rabbit that looked more and more like a forgetful look with a straight face made her squint and laugh.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be very different, like stars falling on this small courtyard.

In this world, at this time, enjoy this round of bright moon, such a beautiful scenery, it will be a new scene when you look at it again next year.

There is a saying that this night is not good in this life, where to see the bright moon next year.

But, fortunately, it was that person who admired the moon together this year.