Chapter 18: Mooncakes with Profound Meanings
August 12, night. The moon is like a silver platter, cloudless, and a light breeze.
In the pavilion in the backyard of Li's Mansion, Xiong Qiang, Xiaoyaozi, Xia Yun, Li Jun and Zhao Li, the five of them drank together around the table.
The moment Zhao Li saw Xiaoyaozi, he seemed to think of something, and glanced at him thoughtfully, but except for a slight smile and a few greetings to him, he didn't say too much.
Xia Yun is wearing a pink phoenix tail skirt today, lined with a purple shirt, and a pair of dark green cloth shoes on her feet, coupled with her stunning face, she looks extremely dignified.
When Xiong Qiang saw the rejuvenated Xia Yun, he couldn't help but look at her twice.
This is the first time Xia Yun has worn a skirt since he met Xia Yun, and the pink phoenix tail skirt adds a touch of feminine weakness and beauty to Xia Yun.
However, at this moment, on the opposite side of the pavilion, a shadow floated in, which immediately attracted the eyes of the four people.
Under the faint moonlight, the woman seemed to be a fairy of the Moon Palace, with eyebrows like willow leaves, bright eyes, a pretty nose, red lips slightly open, wearing a pale yellow undergarment on the upper body, and a red pleated skirt on the lower body.
In her slender and white hands, she also carried a food box.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on herself, Li Shanshan smiled slightly, and that smile was charming. Zhao Liben saw Li Shanshan at this time, looking at her beauty, he couldn't help but be fascinated and drunk.
She looked at Zhao Li, smiled lightly, and did not stay at him too much, but looked at Xiong Qiang, and said: "Brother Xiong, this is the moon cake I made, in three days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, I think you are wandering in the rivers and lakes, and you don't have the concept of this festival, so I specially made these moon cakes for Brother Xiong to taste."
After speaking, Li Shanshan elegantly took a plate of baked browned mooncakes from the food box and put them in front of Xiong Qiang.
Seeing that Li Shanshan actually made moon cakes for Xiong Qiang, Zhao Li, who was sitting on the side, sulked in his heart for no reason, but it was not good to have a seizure here, but there was a sour smell in his heart.
Like Zhao Li, Xia Yun also felt a little blocked in her heart when she looked at this scene.
"Hehe! This girl used to open her mouth for food and stretch out her hand for clothes, but I didn't expect to make moon cakes today. Li Jun looked at his daughter dotingly, with a smile on his face.
Xiaoyaozi glanced at Xia Yun, who had a somewhat unsightly face, and sighed softly.
Xiong Qiang's face was also a little embarrassed, after all, he knew Zhao Li's affection for Li Shanshan, and Li Fuben didn't invite Zhao Li today, or Xiong Qiang himself proposed to invite Zhao Li over, he wanted to promote the good things between Li Shanshan and Zhao Li, but he didn't expect that Li Shanshan actually handed himself a mooncake made by himself in front of everyone.
But now is not the time to be hypocritical, pick up a piece of moon cake, smell it, and immediately a fragrance enters the nostrils. In front of Zhao Li, he didn't want to praise wantonly, but said lightly: "Well, it's good, it's very fragrant." ”
"Then how about you taste it?" Li Shanshan said, looking very expectant.
After taking a bite, Xiong Qiang's face showed a smile and said: "The taste is very good, moderate saltiness, sweet but not greasy, and a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers. ”
"Did you do it yourself?" Xiong Qiang asked casually.
Li Shanshan smiled lightly, seeing Xiong Qiang praising him like this, her heart was also beautiful. I don't know why, since the last time she saw Xiong Qiang, she felt that Xiong Qiang had a charm, which attracted her closer, perhaps because Xiong Qiang was a person with a story, or because of his personal charm.
At that moment, he also began to chatter a little, and on his pretty face, he was full of charm, and said: "Of course, I spent a lot of effort to make this moon cake." Especially kneading dough, it made my hands sore. However, then I came up with a solution, I put the dough in a wooden basin, and then took off my shoes and socks and kneaded it with my feet, which saved a lot of effort. ”
Hearing this, not only Xiong Qiang, but everyone's faces became strange.
Xiong Qiang's cake was grasped in his hand, and he said sneeringly: "You...... Did you rub it with your feet......? Are you wearing foot covers?"
"I ...... I didn't find it. Li Shanshan lowered her head and said, her pretty crimson face looked more and more charming.
Xiong Qiang was stunned, and couldn't help but bow his head, looking at Li Shanshan's pair of small jade feet that were half-hidden under the red pleated skirt. He seemed to see that under the light, Li Shanshan's pair of fair, pink, and glossy little feet kept trampling on the dough.
Seeing Xiong Qiang staring at his little feet, Li Shanshan immediately felt a fever at the base of her ears, her heartbeat accelerated, she subconsciously took two steps back, and then explained: "Before I stepped on it, I washed my feet several times and sprinkled petals." ”
Xiong Qiang stared blankly at the half-bitten mooncake in his hand, chewed the unchewed cake a few times in his mouth, and then swallowed it slowly. But when he saw Li Shanshan's ashamed expression, he was ruthless again, squeezed the remaining moon cakes into his mouth, and said with a smile: "No wonder it tastes like it has a unique fragrance, it's very good!"
Li Yuanwai suddenly laughed, Xiaoyaozi's eyes were also full of banter, Xia Yun looked gloating, only Zhao Li's eyes were faintly gloomy.
Xiong Qiang didn't realize this, and said with a stiff smile: "Come, everyone eats, everyone eats!"
Li Yuanwai smiled and said, "We won't eat this, my daughter specially made it for you." Why are we so embarrassed to eat?"
Xiaoyaozi also said: "You can eat it yourself, don't live up to someone's wishes." ”
Li Shanshan's pretty face was flushed, she only cared about talking to Xiong Qiang, but she forgot about the people around her, remembering that she had just kneaded the noodles in front of so many people, saying that she kneaded the noodles with her little feet, and no one dared to eat the moon cakes she made, and she felt embarrassed in her heart.
Seeing this, Zhao Li was even more jealous in his heart, grabbed the moon cake, took a bite gently, showed a look of intoxication on his face, and said, "Miss Li, can you make me such a delicious moon cake next time?"
"I didn't like what I did, and I thought, I won't do it again. After speaking, Li Shanshan turned to leave, and vaguely Xiong Qiang saw her wipe her tears with her hands.
"Miss Shanshan......" Xiong Qiang shouted, but he didn't know what to say next. Do you like it?
Looking at Li Shanshan's appearance of leaving in a bad mood, Zhao Li didn't understand anymore, he was really a fool, no one liked what Li Shanshan said, I'm afraid he only meant Xiong Qiang! This made Zhao Li, who admired Li Shanshan, feel that Xiong Qiang was too much, Shanshan made moon cakes for him, and he even showed such a reluctant expression, since you don't like it, you shouldn't bully her like this. Zhao Li quickened his pace and chased after him. When leaving, he glared at Xiong Qiang with some resentment, and then looked at Xiaoyaozi, who was still leisurely and complacent, with a hint of gloom in his eyes.
In the year he worshiped the Wudang Mountain Gate, there was a killer in the Wudang Mountain Patriarch Hall, who assassinated the head of the master, and that sword almost killed the head of the master, this person was Xiaoyaozi. And now, Xiaoyaozi's apprentice has stolen the heart of his beloved girl again, and the new hatred leads to the old hatred, which makes Zhao Li can't help but hate the master and apprentice.
But he didn't know that Xiong Qiang didn't know when he got into this love debt, he just wanted to find an opportunity to make up the good things of Li Shanshan and Zhao Li, but he didn't want to be self-defeating.