On the morning of the fourteenth, Tian An got up early and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
On the first day Xiaokang comes home, she has to make him a loving breakfast. Children can only grow up healthily with the love of their parents. Without parental love, she, as his sister, can only take better care of him.
First, peel the fresh corn that Old Man Luo brought in the morning, then pick out the corn kernels and let Deng Xue grind them into corn paste.
Then pick out some tender and clean corn husks and set them aside.
After Deng Xue grinds the corn paste, add sugar, appropriate amount of flour and yeast, and then wait for it to ferment.
After fermentation, take out the corn husks prepared in advance, scoop the batter into the husks, and then steam them. This way, the corn cakes can retain the sweetness of the corn to the greatest extent and taste very fragrant.
The steamed corn cakes were ready. Tian An then filled another pan with cooking oil and deep-fried the remaining batter into golden, crispy cakes.
Then I made some more dumplings, which were enough to eat.
Use the sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine you made earlier to make small rice wine dumplings, which will taste better.
They say arriving early is better than arriving at the right time, and Peng Zhang always knows how to choose the right time. As soon as he unloaded the gifts he brought, he started eating.
After everyone arrived at the table, Tian An served everyone a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus rice dumplings. They ate steamed dumplings and corn cakes with the rice dumplings, and had a hearty breakfast.
Xiaokang had not been in the village for a long time. After breakfast, he went to play with his friends.
Peng Zhang went to pester Zhao Yiming to see if it was possible to trick him into going to the mountains to hunt tigers again.
Tian An received gifts all day long.
Qin Yalan's housekeeper Wang came first. He brought some medicinal herbs and seven or eight large live fish. I guess he knew she had a large family so he sent so many.
There was also a small box that was said to be specially given to Tian An. Since Butler Wang was still there, Tian An didn't open it, but she guessed it might contain jewelry or something. There were also some writing brushes, inkstones, paper, and pastries.
After putting down the gift, Butler Wang continued, "My young lady was going to come in person, but unfortunately she had guests at home and couldn't leave. She asked me to apologize to you."
Tian An shook his head: "Tell her it's okay, we can get together again when we have time, let her feel at ease to entertain the guests."
As soon as Butler Wang left, Boss Yu's servant also arrived.
"Miss Tian An, my master was very happy to receive the holiday gift you sent, and asked me to come and give you a return gift."
Boss Yu's family also sent a variety of cakes, preserved fruits, snacks, cloth and other things, as well as some writing brushes, inkstones, paper and inkstones.
The Gu family also came with a housekeeper.
"Miss Tian, my wife is not feeling well, and my daughter is busy with household affairs and can't spare the time. I have no choice but to ask this old servant to go. Please don't mind."
Tian An smiled and said, "I know she's busy, just let her do her thing."
After the housekeeper left, Tian An took Deng Xue to organize the things sent by several families.
All the pastries are sorted out. Those that can be kept should be kept for a few days, and those that cannot be kept should be taken out and eaten quickly.
Including the ones Peng Zhang brought, there were more than thirty boxes of pastries in total, all of which looked very appetizing. Tian An asked Deng Xue to take three boxes out first for Zhao Yiming and Granny Qin to eat, and to take the rest out for everyone to taste when the shop staff returned in the evening.
Fifteen bolts of cloth were collected: five for Mr. Yu, three for the Gu family, and seven for Peng Zhang. Tian An picked out four bolts of suitable color and prepared to make a suit of clothes for Mr. Han, Granny Qin, Xiaokang, and Zhao Yiming.
The fish sent by the Qin family had to be taken out and raised first, and the medicinal herbs were all used by her to make braised meat. But Tian An found a ginseng in it, which looked like it was fifty or sixty years old. She took the ginseng out and put it aside, and put the other medicinal herbs in the warehouse and waited to bring them to the store when she opened the store later.
Then each family was given two sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, which allowed Xiaokang and Zhao Yiming to use them for a while.
In addition, the Gu family also gave Tian An a set of pearl headwear and a pot of orchids, which was probably for Zhao Yiming. To Tian An's surprise, there was also a large basket of hairy crabs.
Tian An remembered that Peng Zhang had brought two baskets that morning, which looked very similar to this one. She hurried to check the baskets, and as she expected, they were two large baskets full of hairy crabs.
Mid-Autumn Festival is definitely a must-have for hairy crabs! Three huge baskets of crabs! Everyone can try some.
After packing up her things, Tian An looked at the sky. The people in the store should be back soon! She had specifically told them to come back early today, so they must be on their way now!
But what was unexpected was that it was almost time for dinner and they still hadn't come back.
This shouldn't be the case! Even if we left, we should come back!
Seeing Tian An in the yard, Peng Zhang ran over with an impatient look on his face and said, "When are you going to serve dinner? I'm almost starving."
Tian An just said: "Wait a little longer! It should be soon."
Seeing Tian An looking out the door with a strange expression on his face, Peng Zhang put away his clothes and complained, "What's going on?"
Tian An shook her head. She also wanted to know what was going on!
Finally, after another quarter of an hour, everyone in the store returned. However, their expressions were not right; they all looked solemn.
Especially Chen Feng, not only his expression was wrong, but even his body was wrong. His upper body was stiff and he didn't even wave his hands when he walked.
Tian An frowned and called Chen Feng, Liu Hui and Chen Qiang to go to Zhao Yiming's room.
Zhao Yiming was originally accompanying Mr. Han in the main room. When he heard that Tian An had called three people to his room, he greeted Mr. Han and followed him.
After going out, he looked at the sky, frowned, and quickened his pace. His room was close to the main hall, and several people entered the room one after another.
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