Chapter 386: Making Mooncakes is Good for You but Bad for Others

Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou's eyes immediately fell on his daughter-in-law and he walked over.

Mrs. Zhou inadvertently glanced at the aluminum lunch box in Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou's hand and smelled the strong mushroom aroma.

"Mrs. Mao, your boys are so pitiful that they didn't get to eat meat. My daughter and son didn't get to eat either."

"Why should I give it to you? This is a favor from Lao Zhou, how can I just give it away casually? Wouldn't that be a waste of his kindness?"

"Okay, let's go upstairs and eat. Old Zhou, your daughter and son are so hungry that they are dizzy. If the daughter starts crying, I won't speak for you."

Mrs. Zhou took Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou home directly. When she opened the aluminum lunch box, the aroma of meat wafted out.

"No wonder Mrs. Mao had such an idea. With such a large portion of chicken, anyone would be confused."

"Not only that, my sister-in-law also gave me three White Rabbit candies."

Mrs. Zhou was extremely surprised. This was the White Rabbit milk candy that was not even available in the supply and marketing cooperatives. How could Captain Lu’s wife just give it to her like this?

The little girl and the little son's eyes lit up and their mouths were about to drool.

Mrs. Zhou carefully put away the White Rabbit candy and said, "We'll eat it tomorrow. We have meat today, so we should be content."

"Then mom, remember to give it to us tomorrow."

"Hook."

Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou was forced to sit on a chair, eating his coarse grain rice, leaving the chicken stewed with mushrooms for his family.

"Come on, come on, don't just focus on eating, try the mushrooms and chicken too. Captain Lu and Sister Zhi asked you to eat them, so you have to eat more. Training also requires effort."

"I told you, don't give advantage to others, even if it's just yourself. You are an outsider, so don't do anything that will only make yourself suffer."

Mrs. Zhou also picked up two pieces of chicken for her two children, then lowered her head and took a bite of the chicken. It was so delicious that she couldn't stop eating.

Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou's eyes and heart were filled with emotion. He waited until his wife finished her meal and cleaned up the dishes before he ate the meat in big mouthfuls, and couldn't help but smile.

He raised his eyes and met the curious eyes of the little girl and the little son. He immediately pursed his lips and said stiffly, "Your mother called me to eat."

The little son smiled innocently and said, "Mom lets me eat too."

the other side.

Xu Mingzhu personally went into the kitchen and cooked a braised chicken suitable for the old man. Jiang Zhizhi was giving instructions and Xu Mingzhu was in charge of stir-frying. When the dish came out, it made a group of people cry.

Lin Ting was also learning beside her. It looked very simple, but she didn't know if she could do it herself.

When her vacation is over, she will go back and show off her skills to Jiang Xiangsheng. I guarantee that her father will be very greedy.

Jiang Wang couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He couldn't imagine how many bowls of rice he could eat with the juice from the braised chicken mixed on top.

Jiang Zhizhi enjoyed the meal to the fullest, and praised Lu Xingchen in front of everyone without hiding his feelings, "You are amazing in every way."

Under the teasing gazes of the crowd, Lu Xingchen's ears turned red.

After dinner, Lu Xingchen, Jiang Wang, and Old Man Lu began to process the wood they brought back, as well as a branch of a Chinese prickly ash tree.

Lu Xingchen made teething sticks for the three little ones. Jiang Wang missed Jiang Zhizhi a little. When Jiang Zhizhi was a child, he also started to grow little teeth when he was five or six months old. He would be curious about anything he saw, and his teeth would start to itch after a while.

Now the three little ones look very much like their mother.

Mr. Lu has been on the military for many years, living in the open air, and knows a little bit about everything.

Jiang Zhizhi drew a few mooncake molds. Mr. Lu became interested and patted his chest, promising to make them for Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Wang was captured by the old man to work as a laborer, helping him in various ways. Old Man Lu held the knife in his wrinkled hands and concentrated on carving patterns.

The family prepared the ingredients for making mooncakes. Jiang Zhizhi asked the family members about their tastes and planned to make mooncakes for the three families and mail them out when the time came.

Three days later, Lu Xingchen roughly polished the teething stick, then finely polished it. After it was done, he started to boil it in water for half an hour.

Jiang Zhizhi looked at the teething ring that was polished to a smooth and fine finish and gave Lu Xingchen a thumbs up.

The three little cubs stared at the teething sticks in mom and dad's hands with their big round eyes, looking curious, and stretched out their little hands one after another, wanting to touch them.

Jiang Zhizhi distributed a teething stick to the kids. The kids looked at each other, raised the teething sticks curiously, and then bit them curiously.

Mr. Lu is also making rapid progress. He has made two molds with different patterns, one symbolizing family reunion, and the other one symbolizing seven stars accompanying the moon, symbolizing good fortune.

Jiang Zhizhi brought her impetuous mother-in-law and eager mother into the kitchen. Jiang Zhizhi likes to eat barbecued pork mooncakes the most, her mother likes the red bean paste flavor, and her mother-in-law likes lotus seed paste eggs.

Lu Xingchen and Jiang Wang are not picky eaters, and the old man wants to try them all.

So all three flavors are available, and Jiang Zhizhi also added a snow skin mooncake.

All the ingredients are available, making mooncakes is not complicated, and there is a bakery at home to bake them, which is really convenient.

Jiang Zhizhi also brought his brother Jiang Wang, who said that he could see with his eyes, but not with his hands!

Jiang Zhizhi refused to accept the protest, "If you want to eat, how can you not work hard?"

Jiang Zhizhi was in charge of wrapping the dough with the fillings, and Jiang Wang neatly put it into the mooncake mould and pressed it.

Lu Xingchen lined up the mooncakes again and took them to the kiln to bake.

In the afternoon, after waking up, Lin Ting went to the kitchen to check out the mooncakes.

Lu Xing rested his chin very naturally on Jiang Zhizhi's shoulder. He stood too far away and didn't know what the couple said. Jiang Zhizhi smiled very happily, with her little face rosy.

Lu Xingchen suddenly heard the noise and quickly stood up, kneading the dough beside him, and complained a few words to the little fat boy who had the best temper.

The mooncakes were baked. Jiang Zhizhi bought a lot of packaging bags from Tao Mall and packed the five-nut barbecued pork mooncakes, lotus seed paste and egg mooncakes, and red bean paste mooncakes one by one. He then put a dry food bag on the outside and asked Lu Xingchen to take it and mail it in the afternoon.

The mooncakes you make at home are clean and packed in food bags, so they can be stored at room temperature for about half a month.

The only problem is that snow skin mooncakes cannot be kept for too long and can only be eaten by family members.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Xingchen and Jiang Zhizhi gave mooncakes to the families they had a good relationship with and took the three little ones to visit them.

Jiang Zhizhi also gave Commander Shen and Teacher Zhao a set of mooncakes of four different flavors each to thank them for their care.

Su Yu and Yu Niannian returned a box of pastries sent from Kyoto.

Song Shi and Xie Funan made dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork and gave a big bowl to Jiang Zhizhi. It turned out that people in the north love to eat dumplings during festivals.

Xueli bought some white flour, made corn and pork dumplings and chive dumplings, and first gave them to Jiang Zhizhi, and then distributed them to her close friends to try.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the kitchen staff also arranged moon cakes and fried snails, and everyone was looking forward to it.

The men in the army have big appetites and can eat a lot, so the meals prepared by the old squad leader of the kitchen squad today were especially generous.

The army also invited girls from the art troupe to perform in the military region. The army is definitely trying to ensure that our soldiers and their families can live happily, and also hopes that the soldiers can have more trust in the army.

The army encourages wives of soldiers to accompany the troops and do a good job in the rear-line work for the soldiers.

Otherwise, there will be no activities at all! Why would military wives be willing to follow the troops?