Chapter 192 Red Bean Paste Mooncake

"Divorced?" Lin Xia looked at Yang Hongmei in surprise.

Su Qiuhua and Zhou Hao divorced, and it was Su Qiuhua who proposed it.

When Lin Xia heard the news, she felt that it was both expected and unexpected. When Su Qiuhua came to see her that day, she had a premonition, but she didn't expect that she would make such a decisive decision.

With such determination, Lin Xia believed that she would not have a bad life.

"Does Zhou Hao agree?" Lin Xia had a hunch that getting a divorce wouldn't be that easy.

"It's making a fuss."

When Zhou Hao heard Su Qiuhua filed for divorce, he found it unbelievable. Nowadays, only men file for divorce. After all, he is a battalion commander in the army, and his salary and allowances are not bad. Not to mention that he has no children after divorce, even if he has children, it will be easy for him to find a woman who has not given birth to children.

Su Qiuhua is a woman who cannot give birth to a child. After the divorce, it will not be as easy for her to find another husband as it is for him. By then, she will probably only be someone else's stepmother.

Zhou Hao really didn't know where Su Qiuhua got the courage to file for divorce, but when this matter was said, it was not soundproofed and was accidentally heard by someone, and the news spread quickly.

There was nothing wrong with the divorce, but he couldn't let people think that it was his problem, so Zhou Hao secretly spread rumors, saying that Su Qiuhua was unable to have children and that was why they divorced.

Even if they get divorced, it is Zhou Hao who doesn't want Su Qiuhua!

If it weren't for the fact that we are now in a new society, Zhou Hao might have said he would divorce his wife, but unfortunately it is a new society now.

So rumors spread everywhere that Su Qiuhua was responsible for the divorce because she was infertile, but the Zhou family could not be without an heir, so they had no choice but to divorce.

Su Qiuhua didn't care much about her reputation. After all, she had seen so many doctors and taken so many medicines in the past two years, but she still couldn't get pregnant. Her mother-in-law also made a fuss about it, and the news that she couldn't have children had already spread everywhere.

But as long as she can get a divorce, she doesn't care about that anymore!

After all, as Lin Xia said, those rumors and gossip are just topics of conversation for others after dinner. As long as you don't take them to heart, they won't hurt her.

Lin Xia was busy living her own life and only listened to those gossips. If Yang Hongmei hadn't come to visit, she would not have taken the initiative to learn about those gossips.

By mid-September, the little guy was able to sleep on his own. Lu Yuxiu had been out for a few days and didn't even spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at home.

But the Mid-Autumn Festival has always been a festival of family reunion. Even if there was someone missing at home, Lin Xia still made mooncakes two days in advance very solemnly. The supply and marketing cooperative did have mooncakes for sale, but they still required food coupons.

Lin Xia had eaten the old-style mooncakes before, and she hated the green and red silk inside the mooncakes the most.

So Lin Xia decided to make it herself. Lu Yuxiu was not around, and she didn't want to make it too complicated, so she chose to make Cantonese-style red bean paste mooncakes. She happened to have an oven at home.

I went to the market specifically to buy red beans to make red bean paste mooncakes. The red beans were boiled until soft, and there was no tool to sift them. Lin Xia was too lazy to make the red bean skins, as it wouldn't affect the taste anyway.

Because the mold was not made in advance, the mooncakes were bare without any patterns on them.

Lin Xia is willing to put sugar in the red bean paste. In order to make it easier to eat, she makes it small. It looks cute. She brushes it with egg liquid and bakes it in the oven. It comes out bright in color and looks very beautiful.

If Cantonese mooncakes want to be delicious, they have to be kept for two days. Freshly baked mooncakes have a crispy crust and moist fillings, and they are also delicious, but the taste is not what Lin Xia remembers.

After two days, the moisture in the mooncake is secreted into the skin. The water and oil do not mix, and the oil flows out. The mooncake becomes shiny and soft, and tastes soft, sweet and greasy.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Xia took some mooncakes and gave them to the people she knew.

Yang Hongmei didn't know that Lin Xia had such a skill and was amazed. She went to the supply and marketing cooperative early to grab a mooncake, which was a limited food and hard to get at other times.

Although both food coupons and money are required, the festival only comes once a year, and even the stingiest people want to be generous.

Besides, mooncakes are made of flour, and they contain oil and sugar. When you eat them, you don’t think it’s a bad deal.

After eating the mooncakes made by Lin Xia, which were sweet and soft, Yang Hongmei was completely convinced. After making this comparison, she felt that she had been at a disadvantage.

After learning that Lin Xia made it in an oven, Yang Hongmei made up her mind to build an oven in her own yard.

Lin Xia served as the instructor and on-site commander. Yang Hongmei was an expert at her job and did not even ask for Lin Xia's help. She was busy all the time and was very energetic.

When Dajun and Xiaojun saw the oven in the yard, they were very excited and hoped that their mother could also make mooncakes at home.

They haven't eaten enough!

The men were not around, and Yang Hongmei was able to help Lin Xia as she was pregnant and many things were inconvenient for her.

Time flies and another half a month has passed. The National Day is about to come, and Lu Yuxiu has not come back. Lin Xia would occasionally mutter a few words when she thinks of him. She can't let go of the worry in her heart, but she still has to live a good life.

But Lin Xia was worried and no matter how much she ate, she didn't grow. It was as if those things were for the child. When dad was not at home, the little guy became much more sensible. Sometimes he would not go out to play after school and would stay at home to accompany Lin Xia.

I don’t know what the man said to the little guy before he left. The little guy kept his mouth tightly shut and refused to reveal anything. He just stuck to Lin Xia tightly, like her little tail.

There was a strong wind outside that night. Having experienced typhoons, Lin Xia had some experience. She rolled up the curtains and closed the doors and windows of the house. She did not sleep in the master bedroom, but slept in her room with the little one.

Surrounded by babies, she felt very safe. The little one was not afraid at all. Instead, he comforted Lin Xia and gave all kinds of education to the baby in her belly.

It has been more than five months, and it is the period of frequent fetal movements, which has caused Lin Xia a lot of suffering.

They were active and lively, so Lin Xia was not worried. This showed that the children were developing well, even if they did not feel any pain when they moved.

But if they don't move for a long time, Lin Xia will start to feel anxious, worrying that something might happen. These days, there are no physical examinations, and she doesn't know whether the child is healthy.

The next day, the sky was overcast. There was no wind and no rain, but the dark clouds did not look good.

Wang Guilan came early in the morning and went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of vegetables before the wind started. As soon as she came back, it started raining heavily.

"I'll find you some clothes. Go change quickly to avoid catching a cold." Lin Xia was in a hurry to find clothes for Wang Guilan. She didn't come back in time and her body was still wet.

"It's okay, I'll just go back while it rains." Wang Guilan was afraid of troubling Lin Xia, thinking that she was a pregnant woman with a child, and it would be difficult to deal with it if a typhoon really came.

"No, you can't go back until the rain stops."

Lin Xia insisted not to let him go. It was raining so hard, what if something happened? Besides, if he really got wet, he would catch a cold.

If you don't treat it properly, the cold may become serious and you may even die.

What's more, others came because they were worried about her. After all, given the situation, it wouldn't matter if she didn't come today.

Persuading Wang Guilan to take a shower and change clothes, Lin Xia went to the kitchen to make some hot and spicy brown sugar ginger tea, and asked Wang Guilan to drink a big bowl of it.

As soon as it rained, the heat in the air subsided, and a gust of wind blew with a cool breeze. I was afraid that myself and the little one would catch a cold, so I drank two bowls of wine.

Looking at the heavy rain outside, Lin Xia was worried, wondering how Lu Yuxiu and the others were doing outside.