Chapter 30: Chung Yeung Festival

Time passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, it was late autumn, the autumn tiger was no longer majestic, and the weather began to cool.

"Sifang, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, do you want to go back to Chongyang? I can give you a few days off. The red lady put down the chopsticks in her hand and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.

Thursday Fang was surprised for a while, the shopkeeper in front of him couldn't be fake, right?

Zhou Fang thought about it for a moment and rejected this tempting idea: "No, if I go back, who will cook? ”

Although the red lady is a little picky, but it is very good to them, if he goes back, the business of the inn will definitely have an impact.

"It's okay, don't you still have me when you go back? Tang Liuxiang pointed to herself.

Zhou Fang looked at Tang Liuxiang and hurriedly shook his head: "Forget it, the last time you cooked, you almost didn't kill anyone." ”

The red lady was very pleased: "Since you don't want to go back, forget it!"

"Do you want to ask Xiaobai if he will go back?" Zhou Fang looked at Li Mubai, who was sitting not far away in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Among the five people in the inn, the Red Lady, Tang Liuxiang, and Hou Yaozu all belong to the lonely ghosts.

"Still don't want it!" Tang Liuxiang shook his head and sighed.

The monkey packed up his ledger and just heard it, "Why?"

Tang Liuxiang didn't answer and asked: "Do you think Xiaobai looks like an ordinary person?"

The monkey thought about it carefully when he heard this, his skin was fair, his conversation was extraordinary, and he also had martial arts, so he really didn't look like an ordinary person.

"Not really. ”

"That's it, the first time I saw him, he came to the inn to eat, and he didn't feel distressed at all about spending money, it stands to reason that he was looking for a job to do, and the recent situation should not be very good, which means that this money is not in his heart, or he is used to it. Tang Liuxiang recalled the situation at that time.

Thursday Fang then said: "That means that Xiaobai is from a big family. ”

The monkey is not stupid, how can he not understand what Tang Liuxiang wants to say: "Xiaobai never mentions the family, either he ran out secretly, or something happened at home." ”

The red lady bowed slightly, and agreed: "I am more inclined to have an accident in his family, judging from Xiaobai's performance, he is not the kind of ignorant rich kid, now there must be an accident in the family, you better not say this in front of him." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Thursday Fang lowered his voice and said: "So, I don't know if you have noticed, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaobai was in a daze from time to time, and it was okay to talk with us, when he was alone, he was either practicing or in a daze." ”

"Well, I've been there. At that time, I was like this, I was good in front of people, but I didn't really want to deal with others, I just wanted to be alone, when I felt lonely, I either cried alone, or went to join in the fun, and every time I was happy and happy in the New Year, I was easy to think of the happy times and family in the past. "The monkey empathizes, and apparently it wasn't an easy time.

The red lady looked distressed, obviously the monkey's words inspired her motherhood: "Yes, Xiaobai has always smiled in front of us, and never said these things." ”

Tang Liuxiang proposed: "Then this Double Ninth Festival should be lively, so that Xiaobai will forget those sad things." ”

"Okay, let's have a little more fun this time. ”

Everyone agreed.

Although Li Mubai's situation is similar to what they said, it is not that serious. Human adaptability is very strong.

When Li Mubai came to this world and walked on the edge of life and death, Li Mubai was already much tougher than when he was on earth.

In addition, he still has the system to give him hope to go home, although it is very difficult, but with the assistance of the system, it is not impossible to achieve it.

So although Li Mubai misses his family very much, it is not the pain of losing his family, and now it can be said that he has realized his martial arts dream in his previous life, which has given him a different kind of comfort, Li Mubai is not as decadent as Xiucai said.

Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives.

These two sentences are a true portrayal of Li Mubai, and now he is in a different world.

When I was on Earth, even if I got along in a long way, I could still talk on the phone, chat about videos, and sometimes I wanted to be far away and not want my parents to bother me.

But no matter how much you miss them here, you can't tell them: I miss them, I want to see them.

Although Li Mubai is confident that he can surpass the limits of this world with the assistance of the system, he is not 100% sure that he can do it.

Even if he can do it, he returns to the earth, what if the vicissitudes of life and things are wrong?

He could only force himself not to think about it.

The next day, Chung Yeung Festival.

"Today we are going to make mochi, which is a traditional snack in our south, and it is also a must-do thing during the Chung Yeung Festival. The red lady said loudly.

Thursday also said: "Let's wait and do it together." ”

To make mochi, the glutinous rice should be whitened and washed, soaked for a day and one night, filtered and steamed, poured into the bamboo plate and mixed with an appropriate amount of alkaline water, after the rice becomes golden brown, it is steamed for the second time with a retort, poured into the stone mortar after being put into the atmosphere, and the bamboo (wood) rod is scooped until the rice grains are not seen, and the surface is smooth.

The glutinous rice used to make mochi had already been soaked the day before. Now Thursday Fang pours the steamed glutinous rice into a stone mortar.

"Old Tang, Xiaobai, let's play mochi together. Thursday said hello.

"Hey, I'm coming too. The monkey hurriedly said.

"You thin arms and thin legs, can you do it?" said Thursday, glancing at the monkey.

"Why not, when I was a child, I used to play mochi. The monkey glared at Li Dazui and said unconvinced.

"Okay, let's come along. ”

After a while, the other three were at ease, and the monkey was already out of breath.

"You don't mean you can do it, what's the matter, you can't stand it?" said Thursday scoffed.

Seeing that the monkey still wanted to insist, Li Mubai persuaded: "Monkey, you still don't have to hold on, this kind of thing is about participation, if you make a fuss because of this, it will be to add to your own blockage." ”

"Okay, I'll take a break and don't meet with anyone. "The monkey doesn't hold it up, but it still doesn't admit defeat.

For mochi, Li Mubai still feels quite interesting.

In his previous life, he had heard about it and seen some related things on the Internet, but it was not the same to participate in person.

And in the previous life, there were very few places to beat mochi, and to make mochi was directly steamed with glutinous rice flour, and then done, no need to beat.

Thursday wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Okay, it's okay." Get the mochi out of the mortar, and you're ready to go. ”

"Well, yes, I'll show you how to do it. The red lady poked the beaten mochi with her hand, and was very satisfied, "To make mochi, first take the beaten mochi in her left hand, squeeze out the "tiger's mouth" between the index finger and thumb, take it off with her right hand, and then knead it into a small ball, and roll it on the crispy sesame candy, okay, do you understand?"

Li Mubai painted the scoop according to the gourd, except that the shape was not round enough, and he couldn't help but say: "It's very simple!"

Thursday Fang said appreciatively: "Yes, Xiaobai, your learning ability is very strong!"

Everyone worked together, and it didn't take long for a large plate of mochi to be ready.

Tang Liuxiang picked up a mochi, put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "When we finish eating mochi, we will go to enjoy chrysanthemums." ”

"Is it fun to enjoy chrysanthemums?" asked Li Mubai curiously.

"It's very lively, let's go shopping together. "The red lady has obviously been there, and she doesn't look very interested.

After everyone tasted the fresh, they went out together and walked to the place where the chrysanthemum appreciation event was held.

A large number of chrysanthemums appeared in front of everyone, and there were many people who admired the chrysanthemums, so it was not lively.

Seeing this situation, Li Mubai just wanted to sing a song "Chrysanthemum is remnant, full of wounds".

There are many kinds of chrysanthemums, the most common is golden yellow, (this is all harmonious, and there is no one anymore) This is the kind of thing in the movie "The City is Full of Golden Armor". In addition, there are white, purple, pink, green and other colors, as well as compound colors, there is a flower with two colors, such as red and yellow half of the "Erqiao", red and yellow two colors of "Mandarin Duck Lotus"; there are two colors of back and abdomen, such as the back is yellow and the ventral surface is red "Golden Back Big Red"; there are petals with one color as the background color, and there are other color stripes or spots on it, such as the pink and purple as the background color, and there are white spots on the "sika deer"; there are the petals at the base of one color, the tip is another color, such as the pipe petal is red, the tip is yellow "red line gold beads". There is a heart flower for one color, the side flower for another color, but the contrast is not large, such as "the first phoenix", "green water" and so on.

This chrysanthemum appreciation conference opened Li Mubai's eyes, he was half a house in his previous life, how could he pay attention to these things