Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 49 Cakes and New Year Gifts

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Mu Ai sighed softly in her heart, feeling depressed.In the third year of high school, I fell in love with someone without hesitation, heart-piercing, and unforgettable love. I thought that he was the reliance of my life, the partner of my life, but I didn't expect that in the end, I became notorious and lost rights as a mother.Later, she was admitted to university, left that sad place, and wandered around after graduation. She tried her best to avoid getting along with children who were too young. She said that she hated children who were naughty and crying. In fact, only She knew that the child, to her, was a scar, an eternal scar.That time I went back to my hometown with Ye Zi, and spent more than a month with her very smart and sensible eight-year-old brother, which made her change slowly. She began to like the innocence and kindness of the child, and later she chose to go to Ye Zi’s hometown to live in seclusion , and a large part of the reason is because of Ye Xiaodi, unfortunately...

Sighing, he shook off the bad emotions in his mind, threw the box into the space, and returned it to Xiao Heng when he saw Xiao Heng next time. After all, two packs of antipyretic granules are really not worth 100 million yuan.

After dinner, Mu Ai continued to read and practice calligraphy. Occasionally, when she was tired, she practiced putting the things in the house into the space at will. After only a few days of work, the scope has obviously expanded a lot, and she has become more and more comfortable with the use of spiritual power .Looking at the ten acres of rice in the space, an idea suddenly popped up in my heart. Before harvesting rice, when I thought about it, the rice grains fell directly from the seedlings, converging into a river in the sky, and putting them into the prepared sacks , and then move the rice stalks directly out of the space. After a few days, the rice roots in the soil will automatically send out green shoots and grow.Then to grind the rice into rice, you need to use a mill.This time, in order to practice spiritual power control, maybe you can try to achieve fine control with your mind, and peel the rice grains one by one in the space.

Mu Ai frowned and pondered for a while, she could imagine that it must be very difficult, but she had an intuition that if this method was successful, her spiritual power utilization would definitely be greatly improved, at least self-defense would not be a problem.She is the kind of character who must do well once she decides to do it, except not to do it. Now that she has decided on the direction of training, she feels relieved and turns around to leave the study.

In the small hall, the spring equinox is comparing the gift list and the warehouse list, the summer solstice and the winter solstice are discussing the embroidery work, when they saw the lady come out, they all stood up, Mu Ai smiled and said, "Everyone is busy, I have nothing to do." Said Then, he sat down at the table, took a teacup, and Chun Equinox carried the pot to help him pour the tea, and said, "Madam, the thank you gift from the Xiao Mansion this time is really generous. alright."

Mu Ai took a sip of water, "I also read the gift list. After a while, I will send a message to the butler that it is also the twelfth lunar month, so let him drive the two pigs back to kill tomorrow. After a few days of busy work, the autumn equinox will also come back Now, you and I are thinking about two new snacks, and it's time to prepare the New Year's ceremony. Here in Xiao's mansion, just send it along with the prescription."

"Yes, ma'am, I've made a note." The equinox promised, and the summer solstice asked quickly when she heard that new dim sum was being made, "Ma'am, what do you want to do this time? It must be delicious." Xia Zhi still couldn't forget the honey he drank in the morning.

Mu Ai's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea, let me think about it, let's make honey cake."

"Cake?" The three girls were very curious.

"Yes, cake! Bring a pen, I'll draw a cake baking utensil." Chun Equinox quickly handed her the pen and paper at hand, and Mu Ai thought about it carefully, and drew a simple oven.Then he asked, "Are there any blacksmiths in the village?"

Chun Equinox and the others looked at each other. Since they entered the yard, they had never been out, so how did they know these things.Mu Ai also thought of this question, "I forgot, when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, you can go out for a walk if you like, and get in touch with the villagers more, it will also be good for our family."

"Yes, ma'am." The three answered together.

"Anyway, I'm going to pick up the autumnal equinox in the future, and the vernal equinox will keep this picture. When the time comes, let someone go to the blacksmith shop in the city to make one. The light is too dim, so don't do needlework, go to bed early." Yade yawned and gave some instructions.

On the second day, Steward Guo led people to kill the pig. In the evening, everyone in the house ate a large pot of pork and bones.Because she had never seen a pig slaughtered before, Mu Ai took a look out of curiosity, but the blood and viscera all over the floor made her sick for a long time, she couldn't eat anything, and only took fruit to satisfy her hunger.But the spring equinox and the others didn't know about it, and Guo Huai couldn't help it because they were in a hurry.Two days later, after receiving the autumnal equinox and the oven by the way, Mu Ai excitedly directed Ah Da and Ah Er to build a strange hearth that could be lit up and down in the corner of their small yard. Five people, Chun Xiaqiu Dong and Shuan Shuan, after a busy day, finally found the right temperature when the night fell, and made a brown cake. The sweet smell was very tempting, and the old ladies in the West Court were all attracted to come and taste it with a smile. I took a piece and praised it again and again.Muai also ate a lot, which made the people in the mansion finally heave a sigh of relief.In the next few days, several people continued to work hard, and baked several kinds of flower-flavored biscuits, and Mu Ai stopped working, telling the autumn equinox to think about a few more in her free time.

Near the middle of the twelfth lunar month, every family in the village began to prepare for the New Year. Muai asked people to cut off fifty pieces of pork from the previous few days, each weighing three to four catties, plus half a catty of fried melon seeds, two packs The snacks were sent from house to house by housekeeper Guo to thank the folks for their care for her in the past six months.The simple villagers also sent their mothers-in-law or daughter-in-law to give back gifts. They were all a pheasant or two catties of dried mushrooms. Except for Qiaoniang, the others are not as casual and friendly as when they built the house. She is not good at dealing with these young daughters-in-law, so she simply asks Aunt Guo to entertain them most of the time. Aunt Guo is warm and kind, I am also a southerner, who knows a lot of customs and customs that are completely different from here. If I just mention two things, I will be liked by all women. I sit with her in the small hall next to the big kitchen, drinking a bowl of hot soup and eating a snack. If you don't feel restrained, you will be satisfied in the end.

Of course, for the clan elders, the village head, and Mr. Wang, she added two jars of grain wine, a piece of cotton cloth, and five catties of mutton. This generous gift satisfied the whole family.

There are two other annual gifts prepared by her, from Xiao Heng and Mr. Zhou.At Mr. Zhou's place, there are a pair of blue-faced black-soled sheepskin boots made by them during the winter solstice, a cloak with soft sheepskin stitching on the inside and pine and cypress green silk on the outside, four boxes of cakes and biscuits, two Ten catties of sweet potatoes and ten catties of ripe melon seeds.There are also three large cloaks in Xiao's residence, among which the one with sheepskin lining and azurite silk surface is for Xiao Heng, but Mrs. Xiao and the child's are changed from the traditional style and made into a windbreaker style with sleeves and a hood, and the hem is loose. Open, the cuffs and hems are pinched with snow-white rabbit fur, and the front is also tied with two white rabbit fur pompoms. The colors are crimson and royal blue, which are warm and light.This new style was unanimously praised by girls big and small in the courtyard, and Mu Ai was not stingy, and rewarded the materials and let them do it by themselves, which made all the women in the house beaming.In addition to these, there are three pairs of sheepskin boots worn by the family of three in Xiao's mansion with cloaks, fifty catties each of black rice and fragrant rice, a small jar of honey, two boxes of cakes, two boxes of biscuits, and two dessert recipes.

On the night after Steward Guo sent it to the city, he brought back the New Year's goods he bought and Mr. Zhou's New Year's gifts.Mr. Zhou was very honest, he didn't send back any food or cloth, only two pieces of wooden furniture, but Mu Ai liked it very much, it turned out to be the rocking chair she had talked about with the old man, carved with simple and elegant patterns, only covered with two layers of varnish, Try to keep the color of the log as much as possible, and every part is polished extremely smooth.She immediately asked someone to move one to the old lady in the West Courtyard, and put the other in the study room for her to shake it occasionally when she was reading.

Twelfth lunar month 23, Xiaonian.Housekeeper Guo is directing people to clean up everywhere, thoroughly cleaning every corner and every corner, and is planning to send a few people to the west courtyard to help the old lady, grandparents and grandchildren.Aunt Guo took Xiao Qing, Xiao Miao, and Xiao An to steam steamed buns and tidy up the kitchen together.At the spring equinox, the four of them were also busy scrubbing in Muai's small yard. After a lot of calculations, Muai was the only one who had the most leisure time in the whole house. He read a book in the study room, and then took the drawing boards and paints out of the space. I drew more than a dozen pairs of meticulous flowers in one breath, and prepared to leave them for the winter solstice to do embroidery. Most of their embroidery patterns are complicated with branches and leaves, more than gorgeous, not elegant enough, and they can't feel the charm of flowers at all.Feeling that my wrists were tired, I put down my pen and walked around the yard. The newly made lambskin boots were very comfortable, and they made a creaking sound when I stepped on the snow. Those fake ones cost ten, but they are actually different from artificial leather boots. The real fur is integrated, and the outside is covered with black cotton cloth, and elegant red plum flowers are embroidered from the toe to the boot shaft. When she got it, she was reluctant to put it on, which can't be bought even if it costs a lot of money in modern times.

Qingfeng came to report outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Heng and his wife came, and Mu Ai hurriedly gave orders for the vernal equinox, and went out to welcome them.From a distance, I saw Xiao Hengzheng leading a handsome, natural and graceful young woman into the second door led by Housekeeper Guo. She hurriedly walked a few steps and said with a smile, "Brother, when will you leave the house?" Why are you here so early?"

"Isn't this your sister-in-law who came out at the end of the opening of the city gate at the beginning of Mao Shichu in order to see you earlier? Come on, sister, let me introduce you. This is your sister-in-law Liniang." Xiao Heng answered the words with a smile, and put Introduced to her by his wife.

Mu Ai saluted with a smile on her face, "Sister-in-law, my sister didn't come to visit, but let my sister-in-law come first, it's really rude."

Liniang stretched out her slender and well-maintained hands, helped her up, and looked at her carefully with a pair of bright, scissored eyes with a smile.

Mu Ai wore a dress cut from jade-colored brocade today. This dress was the first finished product after the winter solstice vented its regret of not being able to make bright-colored clothes on the style and embroidery.It was originally an ordinary jade color, but she forced her to embroider large hibiscus flowers with light yellow embroidery thread that is almost invisible, and the collar was changed to a semi-vertical style, which made her delicate and elegant. , After wearing it, the gestures of hands and feet add a sense of detachment.Mu Ai has always been very fond of it, and for this she rewarded the winter solstice with a silver hairpin.It was the first time I wore it today, and I happened to meet Liniang and his wife for a visit. Of course, it gave Liniang a good impression, and made her like it more and more, and said, "In the past, I always heard your elder brother mentioning you, and I was always curious. , when I saw her today, I realized that the girl is really a strange woman, her gestures are full of grandeur."

Mu Ai led them to her own yard, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't praise me, I can take it seriously. Come on, don't go to the hall, come and sit in my living yard."

Watching the masters go in, Guo Huaicai greeted Xiao Fu who was following a few steps away, arranged for the New Year's ceremony, and then smiled and dragged him to drink tea.

(End of this chapter)