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Chapter 4998 5001 [Moon Cake]

"Okay, Erniu, stop talking about whether to shoot the sun or not." Uncle Wu came over and said, "I still have a little flour here. Let's bake a few pancakes for everyone to eat. Even if we die, we'll die well-fed."

The weather has been getting worse these past two days. It's still cooler at night, but during the day, it's like a scorching heat. The temperature is close to 60 degrees, just like a steamer.

He had fainted from the heat several times in the past two days, and was saved by Xiang Nan and Xiao Longnu. He also realized that his life was over. Since he would die sooner or later, he might as well die a full ghost.

"Uncle, don't say that. There is still hope." Xiao Longnu advised, "Come, let me help."

"Let me come too." At this time, Chang'e also came over and said, "Uncle, besides flour, do you have sugar, peanuts, and sesame seeds?"

"Yes, what do you want it for?" Uncle Wu asked puzzledly.

"Please bring them all to me." Chang'e said, and then began to mix the dough. "Add it to the pancakes, and they will be crispy, fragrant and sweet."

"Hey, Sister Chang'e, it turns out you can cook too?" Xiaolongnu said in surprise upon seeing this.

"Of course." Chang'e nodded, "Hundreds of years ago, he always ate the food I cooked."

At this time, Uncle Wu had also brought over sugar, peanuts, sesame seeds, etc.

Chang'e then rolled out the dough and wrapped sugar, peanuts, sesame seeds, etc. inside the dough.

"Wow, Sister Chang'e, you wrapped it so well." Xiaolongnu said with a smile.

Chang'e also laughed.

At this moment, her face suddenly turned pale.

"Girl, are you okay?" Erniu saw this and hurried forward to ask with concern, "Sit down first, you must be tired."

"I'm so useless. I feel tired after doing such a small job." Chang'e shook her head.

She is now a centenarian, with no strength or energy left. She only kneaded a little dough and could not make a pancake.

"It's okay, you sit down and rest, I'll do it." Erniu said.

"Erniu, have you ever blamed me?" Chang'e looked up at Erniu and said.

"No, why should I blame you? I only blame myself. I only know how to make pancakes and I couldn't help you." Erniu waved his hand.

"Erniu, why are you so nice to me?" Chang'e asked curiously.

"What's wrong? Do I need a reason to be nice to people?" Erniu asked in confusion.

Chang'e was stunned for a moment, then she started laughing, "Yes, you are right, there is no need for a reason to be nice to others. Thank you, Erniu, you solved a knot in my heart?"

"What do you mean? I don't understand." Erniu shook his head and said blankly.

Chang'e did not explain, her heart was clear at this moment.

……

"Here, the pancake is ready! It smells really good." Uncle Wu brought the pancake to the table and said, "I have been making pancakes for many years, but I have never seen such a fragrant pancake. Girl, what is the name of this pancake?"

"Let's call it White Sugar Peanut Cookies." Chang'e replied.

"The name is too long." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "In my opinion, tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the night of the full moon, and every household will enjoy the full moon. Why not just call it 'moon cake'?"

"Okay, this name sounds nice." Xiao Longnu said with a smile.

"Okay, I also call it 'moon cake' in the Moon Palace." Chang'e nodded.

Afterwards, everyone tasted the mooncakes together. They tasted really good, crispy, fragrant and sweet.

"Sister Chang'e, you are so clever and skillful." Xiaolongnu praised with a smile.

"Don't praise me, I don't deserve it." Chang'e waved her hand and said, "For hundreds of years, I have been proud of my beauty, thinking that my beauty can defeat anyone. But the fact is, I only defeated one person, and that is myself." "Yourself?" Xiaolongnu didn't understand.

"Over the past few hundred years, I have given up so much for the sake of so-called beauty. Family, friendship, love... In the end, I am alone." Chang'e explained, "Xiao Longnv, you must never learn from me in the future."

"I understand, Sister Chang'e." Xiao Longnv nodded and said, "We will make some more mooncakes later and prepare them for tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, Erniu and I will go up the mountain to shoot the sun together." Chang'e said, "I don't know if we can come back alive."

"Ah?! Brother Erniu's injury has just healed, can he complete the sun shooting?" Xiaolongnu said worriedly.

"Don't think too much. No matter what the result is tomorrow, we have already done our best." Chang'e explained, "Next, it all depends on God's will."

Xiao Longnu nodded.

After eating the mooncakes, Xiang Nan, Xiaolongnu, Erniu, Uncle Wu and Chang'e made mooncakes with the remaining flour, peanuts and sugar.

……

The next day, Chang'e burned three incense sticks.

Afterwards, Erniu, Xiang Nan, Chang'e and Xiaolongnu set out together to Niutou Mountain to shoot the sun again.

When we set out, although it was just dawn, the weather had already become very hot, like a fire.

As soon as Chang'e went out, her body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.

"Sister Chang'e, let me help you." Seeing this, Xiao Longnu said quickly, "Actually, you don't have to go."

"No, eight hundred years ago, I didn't accompany him to shoot the sun. Today, I want to see him shoot the sun with my own eyes." Chang'e explained, "Besides, if it fails, we can die together."

After hearing what she said, everyone stopped trying to stop her and headed for Niutou Mountain together.

Along the way, countless cries were heard again.

There were people dying of thirst and heat under the scorching sun, which made Erniu's expression even more determined and his steps even heavier.

……

Finally, they arrived at Niutou Mountain.

Just as Erniu was about to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, he was surprised to find that the Heaven-shaking Bow was still there, but the Sun-shooting Arrow was nowhere to be seen.

"What's going on? Where is the arrow?" Xiaolongnu asked in surprise.

"How can we shoot the sun without an arrow?" Chang'e was shocked when she saw it. "It seems that God is destined to play tricks on us."

"Don't worry, I'll go look for it." Xiang Nan said hurriedly when he saw this.

He knew that the Sun-Shooting Arrow was stolen by Wu Gang.

Wu Gang was originally the Marshal of the Heavenly Troops, but because he neglected his duties, did not do his job properly, and indulged in pleasure with the fairies and palace maids in the Heavenly Palace, he was dismissed from his post by the Jade Emperor and punished to go to the Moon Palace to cut down laurel trees.

He therefore bore a grudge against the Jade Emperor and wanted to sabotage Houyi's plan to shoot down the sun. This would cause chaos on earth and trouble for the heavens, so he hid the Sun-shooting Arrow.

"No, it's too late." At this time, a golden light flashed on Erniu's body, and Houyi appeared again, "Now is the best time to shoot the sun, we can't miss it."

"But we have no arrows left." Erniu said in embarrassment.

"No, we still have one arrow, and that is me." Hou Yi explained, "I am the arrow, and the arrow is me. Shoot me out."

"You want to use your soul as an arrow to shoot the sun? Then you will disappear forever and there will be no recovery." Xiang Nan immediately advised upon hearing this.

"It doesn't matter." Hou Yi waved his hand and said, "In order to save the people of the world, why worry about a mere life. Erniu, do you understand?"