Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 63

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Yuexi, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Chasing the Moon Festival, Playing the Moon Festival, Worshiping the Moon Festival, Girl's Day or Reunion Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month; Just in the middle of three autumns, Gu got this name.

Every festival, there will be a grand market and performance in Heishan Town. The previous Dragon Boat Festival was because Mrs. Yang and Li said that there will be a stall on the [-]th, so except for the young ones staying at home in Spring and Autumn, all the adults in the family would recommend it. Take the Liangpi stall and go to the market to set up a stall.

On the night of August [-]th, Mrs. Yang and Li had already mixed the fillings for the mooncakes she had bought. She planned to make them when she came back at noon tomorrow. The brown sugar and peanut fillings are even more sweet and tempting when they are fried.

When Chunqiu looked at it, he thought that he could make mooncakes himself, and it would be too late for Mrs. Yang and Li to come back tomorrow. Don’t forget, they still have to give gifts to people of the same clan after they finished making them. The etiquette of every household in ancient times was the same. very important.

So Chunqiu reached out and took over the work of making moon cakes. At first, Yang Li didn't agree with it very much. Let alone Chunqiu's age, Yang Li was worried. This is different from his own research on eating, and moon cakes are also Very particular.But who is Chunqiu?After seeing Yang Lishi's reluctant expression, he didn't directly reach out to refute. Instead, he took a roundabout way and said clearly, why are you too busy, and why are you too tired? After Li's expression loosened, Chunqiu specially showed Yang Li the small moon cakes he made, which successfully touched Yang Li's heart.

Yang Lishi took a sip, nodded in satisfaction, and ate up Chunqiu's thoughts, and finished the whole mooncake, and ordered Yang Chunni to help roll the skin when the time came.

Before dawn the next day, Mrs. Yang and Li took the adults of the Yang family to drive away in the bullock cart. When Chunqiu woke up, there was no one beside him.

Chunqiu didn't care, he just lifted off the quilt covering his body, reached out and picked up the clothes on the side and put it on his body, then put on his shoes and washed his face, and after successfully seeing himself in the mirror clean and tidy, he pushed back with satisfaction. Opening the door and going out, feeling the scorching light above his head, Chunqiu directly put his hand in front of his eyes to block it. After his eyes successfully adapted, Chunqiu put down his palm, put his hands on his hips, stood at the door and squinted his eyes towards the yard. Li looked back and forth, found that he was looking for a target, and went straight there, "Sister, what are you doing?"

"Hey, the third sister is here?" Yang Chunni was feeding the little chicken she bought earlier, when she heard Chunqiu's voice in her ear, she turned around and asked.

Looking at the third sister who ran over in a hurry, Chunni smiled, looked down at Chunqiu who was standing beside her, pointed to the fluttering little chicken not far away, and said with a smile, "I just put our little one in the house. Hey chickens, take a quick look, third sister, these chickens have grown small wings, they can not only run, but also fly, it is estimated that they will be moved to our chicken rack in a month."

"Well, the chicken racks in our yard are all empty, so we should put them in to fill them up." Chunqiu glanced at the chicken racks with only five hens left, uh... when she first came here there was at least a double count it.

"That's not true, it was much better before, but our chickens have been running low recently." Yang Chunni nodded in a gesture, and then asked, "Sanmei, what are you looking for? Oh, are you making mooncakes?" ?" Chunni patted her thigh, and after thinking about what Mrs. Yang and Li said last night, she understood.

"That's right, it's just right to make mooncakes now, by the way, where's the second sister?" Chunhua started looking for Chunhua after talking, but there was no one in the yard. "I still want the second sister to help light the fire."

"Hua'er is lying on her stomach in the room. She didn't eat this morning, and she's starving. I'll call her now." After Chunni finished speaking, she lifted her legs and was about to walk towards the West Room.

"Hey, big sister, I'll go to the small kitchen first." Chunqiu shouted at Chunhua's back.

"Hey, let's go," Chunni replied, and then walked back...

Chunqiu glanced at it, then turned and ran towards the small kitchen.

The fillings for mooncakes were originally provided by Mrs. Yang Lishi, which is brown sugar and peanut fillings.But Chunqiu was a little dissatisfied, so he took out some white sesame seeds from the warehouse and prepared to put them together with brown sugar to make a filling. In addition, Chunqiu added some five kernels to make the mooncakes taste more delicious.

Previously, white sesame seeds were used for the sesame paste in the Liangpi. For convenience, Mrs. Yang and Li directly provided a key to the warehouse for Chunqiu.

The mooncakes eaten by farmers are usually stuffed by themselves, and the skin is made of white flour.In order to make the mooncakes look more beautiful, Chunqiu asked her father to take advantage of the gap to make a few flower-shaped molds, which look like wreaths around them. Chunqiu only needs to put the wrapped mooncakes in the molds It can be formed by patting hard, and finally it can be eaten after it is cooked in a pot.

Chunqiu made two kinds of fillings, one is the brown sugar peanuts that Yang Lishi made in advance, which is reserved for gifts and visiting relatives, and the other is the brown sugar sesame five kernels made by Chunqiu himself, which is reserved for family members Of course, Chunqiu wanted to make pear mooncakes on a whim, but the white pears at home were too watery and not easy to make. Chunqiu had no choice but to give up.

When the two sisters Chunni and Chunhua came in, Chunqiu was stirring the sesame seeds in the frying pan, and the fragrant smell filled the whole room. Chunhua felt that she was even hungrier, so she sniffed hard and asked Chunqiu, "Third sister, What is this, why does it smell so good?"

Chunqiu raised his head and smiled and explained, "Second sister, this is sesame, it tastes best when it is fried and mixed with five kernels in mooncakes."

"Is that so? Then I'll try it later. I haven't eaten in the morning, so I'm hungry." Hearing Chunqiu's words, Chunhua rushed out from Chunni's side, and then squeezed her buttocks to Chunqiu's side, her eyes widening. Looking at Chunqiu hotly... the pot of sesame seeds in front of him.

"Okay, don't look at it, let's light up the fire quickly, don't you just eat it when it's cooked in a while?" Before Chunqiu could speak, Chunni stood aside and couldn't take it anymore. Looking at her sister's greedy face, why did she just look like this? What a shame!
After Chunqiu heard Chunni's words, he also agreed on the side, "Yes, second sister, work hard, and when you are done eating, our family made a lot of noodles, look." Chunqiu pointed to the two big pots of stuffing on the side "This is used to make mooncakes, it must be enough to eat," Chunqiu swore.

"Guaranteed to complete the task," Chunhua assured Chunqiu and Chunhua with a serious face, and then jumped to the back of the stove with a smile after they were startled, squatted down and started to add firewood to the fire.

"Sanmei, the dough is ready. I'll roll the dough for you." Chunni stood behind the chopping board, rolled up her sleeves, took out the dough and kneaded it, and kneaded each dough into a small dough, then picked up the dough and put it aside. The rolling pin rolled out the dough.

"Sister, my sesame seeds are going to be out of the pot soon, so I can just bake them directly." Chunqiu glanced at the already mushy sesame seeds, calculating the time in his mind.

The white dough was rolled into thin round cakes. Chunni moved her fingers and flew away. After brushing a few times, a pile of round dough appeared on the chopping board. Chunqiu sighed in her heart after seeing it. It was cultivated by my aunt.

Her sister is really a good hand at work.

Chunqiu has already put the sesame seeds in a basin beside him, reconciled with brown sugar and five kernels.He reached out and took the dough on the side, dug a spoonful of brown sugar peanuts with a copper spoon and put it in, closed the skin and twisted it vigorously, and patted it hard with his hands when he put it into the mold on the side.When the mold was taken down, a flower-shaped moon cake appeared in front of Chunqiu's eyes.

Chunqiu squinted his eyes and smiled when he saw it, pinched the second one, and continued to shoot after pinching, until the amount of the pan was enough, Chunqiu put down the mold in his hand, and stuck the mooncakes to the side of the pot one by one .

The fire under the stove was so strong that the mooncakes stuck to the wall were emitting white smoke.The burnt smell of white noodles came out from the pot. Chunhua pulled her neck and glanced secretly while burning the fire, and lowered her head to swallow her saliva from time to time. Chunqiu didn't feel tense all of a sudden, laughed, and said, "Second sister , don't worry, where is this going? It's not ready yet."

Chunhua was a little dazed when she heard Chunqiu's words, and then her face suddenly flushed red, and she was a little embarrassed, only to see Chunhua weakly defended and said, "I'm just curious, just curious."

Chunqiu looks like I understand you. It would be more convincing if her second sister could not stare at the mooncakes in the pot when she was talking. Her second sister is always so cute when it comes to eating.

"Third Sister. Leave her alone, she will be fine in a while." Yang Chunni turned her head and said something to Chunqiu.

Chunqiu smiled and nodded, and then turned over the mooncakes in the pot with a shovel. Not long after, when both sides of the mooncakes were browned, Chunqiu picked them up with the shovel. After smelling the smell, Chunqiu nodded. up.

Chunqiu picked out a relatively good mooncake, picked it up and blew it on purpose before handing it to Chunhua, who was watching anxiously, and said with a wink, "here, second sister"

Chunhua smiled and took it, the mooncake was still too hot just out of the pan, Chunhua couldn't hold it for a while, Chunqiu found that the mooncake was shaking in Chunhua's hands like an acrobat.Looking at Chunqiu, she was a little frightened, for fear that her second sister would accidentally drop it on the ground.

After Chunhua was finally able to hold it, she took another big bite of the mooncake to discourage her. When Chunqiu looked at the second sister who was finally hot and sucked in her breath, she didn't forget to say "It's so late...delicious", silently She raised her hand to cover her eyes, she had no face to look at.

Chunqiu twitched the corners of his mouth, with a complicated expression on his face, "Second sister, eat slowly, there are still a lot, no one will grab them." Does she really understand why her second sister feels like fighting every time she eats?
Chunhua didn't even look up. Not only was her heart full of mooncakes, but her mouth was also full of mooncakes. She was so blocked that she couldn't speak, so she could only nod her head fiercely.

Chunqiu silently scooped up a bowl of water and put it next to Chunhua, and then baked the mooncakes. The consumption of mooncakes is quite a lot just as a gift. Chunqiu did a rough calculation yesterday. It takes about ten packs for each line, not to mention the line of the patriarch, which is even more troublesome.

After all the mooncakes were baked and served, Chunqiu took one with sesame filling and handed it to Chunni, and took one for himself.As for her second sister, there is no need to give it at all, people can take it by themselves. From the time of lighting the fire to the end of the work, her second sister has already eaten the third one.

"Well, Sanmei's mooncakes are delicious." Yang Chunni took a bite of the sesame mooncake, and the aroma of sesame filled her mouth instantly.

"In this way, when Grandma and the others come back, they can pick it up and eat it directly." Chunqiu also took a bite, very satisfied with the stuffing he made.

Not long after Chunqiu and the others finished their work, Mrs. Yang and Li thanked the ox cart for coming back.Chunqiu looked at the bullock carts parked in the yard, looked up at the sun, it was not yet noon.Her milk came back really early.

Mrs. Yang and Li greeted the children who were waiting on the side to come and unload the cart. Chunqiu and the others ran over to look at the pastries, candies, pork, vegetables, and even snails on the bullock cart. Everyone's faces were filled with joy.It is also very enthusiastic to move.

"Boss, after a while you go up the mountain to see what game there is in the trap, catch all the game, and stew it for dinner." Yang Li thought that the chickens at home were not enough, so she couldn't kill any more, so she thought of going to the mountain.

"Hey, mother, I'll go over and have a look." After Yang Weimin finished speaking, he picked up the backpack beside him and left.

Mrs. Yang and Li glanced back, and said to Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Yuan, "The eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law, take all the pork and vegetables here, and prepare to cook for a while, and the lunch should be bigger."

"Hey, mother, I know." Mrs. Gu was unloading the goods with a smile on her face. Today's stall income is also exceptionally good, and they were able to close the stall so early because of the fast sales.

"Mom, what are we going to do with the remaining snails? My sister-in-law and I don't know how to do them." Mrs. Yuan looked at Mrs. Yang and Li as if she was asking for help, carrying a bucket of snails that were said to be very expensive.

"Let's put that first." After Yang Lishi finished speaking, she called out to Chunqiu who was holding the candy beside her, "My dear granddaughter, can you handle this snail?"

After hearing this, Chunqiu nodded in response.

When Yang Lishi saw it, he quickly put the bucket beside Chunqiu, patted Chunqiu on the shoulder and said, "Good granddaughter, grandma will give it to you, and we will watch the moon and eat together at night."

"Hey, okay" Chunqiu looked at the white and big snails in the bucket, thinking whether steamed or spicy is better.

"By the way, dear granddaughter, are the mooncakes ready? It's time to send them to someone else's home." Mrs. Yang and Li didn't forget the business, and immediately talked about mooncakes after talking about the snails.

"It's all in the kitchen." Chunqiu pointed to the small kitchen and said.

"That's fine, Grandma will wrap them with paper, my good granddaughter, let's go and play." Mrs. Yang Li stroked Chunqiu's little head, and walked into the small kitchen with little feet.

Mrs. Yang and Li bought a dozen oiled paper.It was prepared for making mooncakes. According to the calculation of every five packs and every ten packs, Mrs. Yang and Li packed twenty packs. Looking at the moon cakes like a hill in front of her, Mrs. Yang and Li packed all the mooncakes except Yang Chunni. All the children called over, including her precious Yang Chunjun and Yang Chunming.

Yang Chunjun and Yang Chunming are scholars, and they don't need to do the work at home. Just like the Yang family is so busy today, they didn't come out in the study.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, wherever they go.

"Brother Jun'er, take these to your great-grandpa and second-grandpa's house, and don't forget about your uncles and aunts." Mrs. Yang Li had just told Yang Chunjun, and then told Yang Chunming next to him, "Morrow!" Brother, you take these and send them to Uncle Yang’s house, and you, Uncle Yang, who is separated from the family, will also send some, you know?” “Grandson understands.” Yang Chunming carried the basket.

"Go, let's go together." Yang Li waved his hand and let the two leave.

"Qiu'er, Huzi, you two take these three bags to your third grandpa's house, and there are flowers. Little Shitou, take these four bags to your seventh grandpa's house, go and come back quickly, the house will be ready soon Let's eat..."

Chunqiu was familiar with things like delivering things, and he didn't ask Huzi to follow him when he went out. He turned a few turns along the main road of Yangjiacun and arrived at the third grandpa's house where she was going.

The one who opened the door was Lin Shi, the daughter-in-law of her third grandfather's eldest son. Chunqiu always called her Aunt Lin. Boiled edamame is a powerful appetizer.

"Thank you, Aunt Lin," Chunqiu said with a smile while holding the basket.

"Oh, why is Qiu'er being so polite? Come to Aunt Lin's house to play when you have time. Liu'er has been talking about you for the past two days, and she misses you all the time." Lin smiled.

"Really? I miss Sister Liu'er too, I will definitely come and play with Sister Liu'er when I have time, Aunt Lin, Qiu'er is leaving first." Chunqiu opened her big eyes and flaunted her cuteness to Lin.

"Of course." Lin stretched out her hand to pinch Chunqiu's little face, and said with a smile, "Go back, walk slowly."

"Hey, Aunt Lin, let's go back." Chunqiu beckoned to Mrs. Lin, then turned and left.

Lin stood at the door and waited until she couldn't see Chunqiu before closing the door...

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