It was dark at night, with a half-moon hanging high in the sky. The empty sky was blue, with a few white clouds floating in the wind, clearly visible in the night. The man carrying the wine jar turned over neatly into a courtyard, walked through the courtyard as if he knew the way, stood in front of a door, and knocked on the door with two bent fingers.
"Knock knock--" "Sun Ji, it's me."
The room was lit with candles, and the person in the room was about to go to bed after taking a bath when he heard a knock on the door. The familiar voice let him know who the person was, and he strode over and opened the door.
"Wei Qi! When did you come back to Nanyang? Did Xiangnan and the others come back as well?" The person standing inside was wearing an outer coat with a white undergarment underneath, and his long hair was still a little wet. Seeing the person standing outside the door, Sun Ji's face showed surprise and asked.
"Well, we came back together and just arrived in Nanyang today." The person inside the door turned sideways, and the person carrying the wine jar walked into the house, put the wine jar on the table in the middle of the house, and looked at the person standing at the door.
It was cold and dewy outside, and it was not suitable to drink in the courtyard outside, so the person came into the house.
"Oh oh." No wonder he didn't know that Xiangnan and the others had returned. Sun Ji closed the door, put on his clothes, tied his belt, and saw the wine jar on the table. He smiled and asked, "Come to drink with me?"
This person didn't know how good-looking he was when he smiled. He was born with a good appearance, a handsome man, and a casual and handsome personality. Such a person is easy to get close to and make friends.
"Well, I haven't had a drink with you for a long time. I miss you very much." Sitting on the stool with legs apart, Gan Weiqi looked up and saw a smiling man. His eyes fell on the corners of his mouth. He only took a glance and then retracted his gaze. He
opened the lid of the wine jar without thinking, and a mellow smell overflowed. He turned over the two teacups on the table and poured clear liquid into them.
"Yes, it's been a long time since we had a drink together." As if he remembered something, Sun Ji paused for a moment, then resumed his hearty smile and sat down at the opposite seat.
"This is newly brewed sorghum wine, it tastes good, but have you tried it?"
"No." "Then let's try it together today."
"Okay."
The two people looked at each other, their deep eyes staring at people, as if they were being stared at by a beast. The person being stared at looked away, raised the wine glass in front of him, and motioned the person opposite to him to raise his glass as well.
The two cups clinked together, making a crisp sound.
After taking a sip, Sun Ji nodded and asked about Gan Weiqi and the others' trip to Fengdu City. If he could leave Nanyang City, he would also like to go to Fengdu City to see what Fengdu City is like.
In the past, he never thought of coming to Nanyang City, let alone Fengdu City. He probably spent his whole life in that small place of Caojia Village and wasted his whole life. In his heart, he was probably grateful to Cao Xiangnan, and was glad that he had been kind enough to help Cao Xiangnan, so that he had the opportunity in the future.
Gan Weiqi picked out what he could say. He was not a talkative person. Most of the time, Sun Ji was still talking and he was listening. He would not feel bored even if he listened to Sun Ji talking. He liked to sit with this man like this and drink a few sips of wine.
The two chatted intermittently, drinking the wine intermittently. The moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds and disappeared. The pot of wine was empty. There was a slight sound in the room. A cup fell on the table and the wine poured out...
The two figures in the room overlapped, and there was an indescribable ambiguity in this night.
It was almost August 15th. The moon cakes in the building were the best sellers at this time. Last year's moon cakes could not keep up with the sales. All the mansions in the city ordered a lot of moon cakes. There were not a few sold in the building every day, and there were not a few sold in the stalls outside every day. Fortunately,
with the experience of last year, no matter how many orders there were this year, there were enough people to make the moon cakes in a hurry.
They can still make a fortune before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The mooncakes made by Yipinzhai are so popular that other restaurants have long been jealous. Few people eat the mooncakes made in the past. Everyone likes to eat the mooncakes stuffed with various fillings. They taste good and have a good texture.
There are also restaurants that buy mooncakes and secretly plan to make them in the same way. Without the recipe, they can't make the same look and taste, let alone other things. However, there are also smart shopkeepers who ask the chef to add fillings to the original cakes, and the taste is much better than the previous cakes.
When Cao Xiangnan first arrived in Nanyang City, even if he wanted to leave the next day, Fang the shopkeeper would not let him go. In addition, he also had to go and take a look at his own shop. He had to stay here for a few days to arrange everything in Nanyang City before leaving. It would be just in time for him to go back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"This is the new mooncake that came out today. Fang the shopkeeper, please try it and see how it tastes." Cao Xiangnan took a bite of the mooncake. The mooncake that had just come out of the oven was crispy and crunchy, and the taste was very fragrant. After eating one, you want to eat a second one.
At first, he could still eat one, but after trying the mooncakes all morning, he would just take a bite of the mooncakes to see how they tasted.
The happiest people were his two children and the little white fox. Lele sat there expressionlessly and ate one. After he was done, he wanted more. Even Xiaobao ate half of it. The little white fox never stopped eating.
When he left last time, Xiaobao was still drinking milk and had no interest in other food, so he naturally didn't taste the rest. Now that he tasted something delicious, the child was very persistent about the food. He and Lele and the white fox became a foodie duo with a fox.
However, Xiaobao's health has never been as good as Lele's, so they dare not let the child eat too much. When the child makes a fuss, they can only coax him. "Well, it tastes good." Fang, the shopkeeper, took a bite, looked at the stuffing inside, and asked, "What is this stuffing?"
"This is made of pears." It happened that the pears were ripe at this time, and the fruit filling was used. The taste was still good. Fruit-flavored mooncakes are most suitable for brothers and children.
The two went into the kitchen to take a look, and after a while, they came out of the kitchen together. Cao Xiangnan did not stay in the kitchen any longer. There were several master chefs in the kitchen, and he was not needed.
"Aji." Seeing Sun Ji coming over, Cao Xiangnan smiled. Sun Ji walked towards him, "I was just thinking about going there to find you, and you came over." He had been busy since early morning, and just when he thought about going over, he came over.
"I knew you guys were back, so I came here to find you." Sun Ji said.
Cao Xiangnan put his hand on Sun Ji's shoulder, his joy evident as he asked, "How did you know we were back? I haven't had time to come to the store to find you yet." The person who asked this didn't notice that the person he was asking paused, and pulled people upstairs, "Let's go, let's go upstairs."
Wanfeng and the two children were upstairs. He had been busy downstairs since he got up early in the morning. Wanfeng and the two children had breakfast upstairs, and they stayed in the compartment upstairs to play, while he was busy outside.
Fortunately, Xiangnan did not continue to ask, and Sun Ji breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of what happened last night, his throat rolled, his ears turned slightly red, and his face returned to normal.
When he woke up in the morning, there was no one in the room. He couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. He felt a little lost, but also relieved, otherwise he would not be able to face that person when he woke up. While
thinking wildly in his mind, he followed Cao Xiangnan upstairs.
"Knock knock--" The door was opened from the inside. Sun Ji did not expect that the person who came to open the door would be the one who disturbed his mind. Gan Weiqi inside the door looked at Sun Ji outside the door. Their eyes met, and the person who opened the door inside looked at the person outside with burning eyes.
Cao Xiangnan did not notice anything wrong with the two people beside him, his eyes fell on the little guy who crawled out. The little guy inside looked up at him, squinting his eyes, showing a few small milk teeth, and shouting "tick-tick..." Lele followed behind him. Lele was already walking on two feet, but Xiaobao was still crawling on four feet.
Hearing the voice behind him, Gan Weiqi subconsciously turned around and looked behind him.
"Pretty boy!" Cao Xiangnan stepped in, walked over in two or three steps and picked up Xiaobao, and saw his fat boy looking at him with pursed lips, maybe looking at the little Bao in his arms. For some reason, Cao Xiangnan instantly knew that his boy was disgusted with Xiaobao for still crawling on the ground.
"Stinky boy!" Cao Xiangnan reached out and touched his kid's head, smiling unhappily.
Little Cao Ruile looked at his father with disdain, followed behind his father, and walked steadily with his short legs. Little Baoer, who was being held, refused and insisted on getting down to be led by someone.
Qi Wanfeng saw her husband coming and called out "husband", and also saw Sun Ji coming in from behind, and smiled and called out "Ji".
"Wanfeng." Sun Ji smiled and greeted him, and saw Lele walking with his short legs, and said in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and Lele can walk now." After not seeing each other for a short time, he found that both children have grown up a lot, "Little Baoer has grown up a lot too." He said.
After closing the door with his backhand, Gan Weiqi walked inside, his silent eyes falling on the people who came in.
"Yeah, Lele walks faster, but Xiaobaoer is timid and won't walk without someone holding his hand." Qi Wanfeng waved his hand, asked the child to come over to him, carried the child to sit on a small chair, pointed at Sun Ji and told him that he was uncle, and asked him to call for help.
Lele pursed his lips and glanced at the uncle who was smiling at him, then followed him and called for help.
"Oh, so good." Sun Ji loved the children of Cao Xiangnan's family so much.
Everyone sat in the room for a while, said goodbye to Wanfeng, and Cao Xiangnan went out with Sun Ji.
This time they were busy for half a day, and they didn't come back until dusk.