On the 15th day of August, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is round and the sweet osmanthus is fragrant, and the baby is holding a moon cake and laughing.
"Xiaokang, you should eat less mooncakes, otherwise you will get indigestion soon."
Xiaokang took another bite of the mooncake and said, "Oh, sister, I'll be the last one again."
After he swallowed the mooncake, Tian An brought him a bowl of sweet osmanthus and corn soup and said, "Drink some soup."
Xiaokang took the bowl and gulped down a big gulp, saying contentedly, "Brother-in-law Yiming will be blessed in the future. My sister is so virtuous."
Zhao Yiming, who was sitting next to Tian An, was stunned and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye: "You are very lucky. My fiancée is your sister."
Peng Zhang looked at them resentfully: "I say, enough is enough! You can't do this to me. You bully me because I don't have a fiancée or a sister, right?"
Xiaokang stood up and patted his shoulder, comforting him: "Brother Pengzhang, don't be jealous. You are my sister's best friend. You are also very lucky."
Peng Zhang pouted: "She and the two young ladies from the Qin and Gu families are also very good."
Xiaokang blinked and said, "They are all girls, but you are a man, so you are different."
Peng Zhang raised his chin and said, "That's more like it." Then he realized, "No, why is it a blessing to be familiar with your sister? Your sister is not a lucky star."
Xiaokang turned to look at Tian An, holding his chin with one hand, thinking slightly.
After a while, he said, "My sister has big, dark eyes, fair skin, and is beautiful. She looks very lucky. Maybe she is really a lucky star! We will all be very blessed to be with her."
Tian An rubbed his head: "Who told you that this is a blessing! Besides, I, your sister, am not a luminous body that can bring you light and warmth, and can also share blessings with you."
Zhao Yiming looked at Tian An in confusion: "Luminous object?"
Tian An was stunned: "It means the sun"
Zhao Yiming nodded: "This adjective is quite appropriate. An An is the little sun in my heart."
Granny Qin also said: "An An is indeed as warm and confident as a little sun."
Xiaokang nodded: "This is a blessing."
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After breakfast, Tian An took Chun Xi and Deng Xue to distribute mooncakes to the farmhands. If there were too many mooncakes, they would use a donkey to carry them.
"Chun Xi, are there still a few families who haven't divided their rooms yet?"
"Miss, there are a few more families. They have worked very hard during this period and now have met the requirements for a separate room."
Tian An led the two of them as they walked, saying, "Let's divide it up now! Go to the warehouse later and ask someone to take out the remaining fabrics, and we'll distribute them later.
And the quilts I ordered last time, have you got them back? Bring them over too.”
After arriving at the homestead, they found a straw hut that no one lived in. They had previously distributed food in the warehouse, but now that the harvest had begun and the warehouse was filled with grain, they could no longer go there.
As soon as Deng Xue tied up the donkey, several young men came to help.
"Girls, are you here to give us mooncakes?"
Tian An smiled and said, "You can't celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival without eating mooncakes. Go get a table and don't put food on the floor. Two more people will go with Chun Xi to the warehouse to move some things. When you're done, call everyone over."
The guys were very efficient and got everything done in no time and called everyone over.
Everyone was very happy looking at the things piled up on the ground. Life was much better than when they were at home before! It would be great if I could help the girl farm for the rest of her life.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tian An didn't say anything more. He took out the black and red list and started reading out the names according to the ranking.
The family whose name was called came up to get two pieces of cloth and a quilt, and then there were mooncakes distributed according to the number of people, one for each person, no matter how big or small.
At this point, all the houses had been divided and all the farmhands had moved into their new houses.
After the houses were divided, it was the turn of other people to come up and get the mooncakes and quilts. Each family whose names were called sent two people up to get the things.
The first one to come up was an elderly couple. They took their things but were not in a hurry to leave. They walked up to Tian An and said thank you:
"Thank you, young lady. May you be safe, happy, and have a smooth life."
Before Tian An could say anything, they returned to the crowd. Then, everyone followed suit. Everyone who took something came to Tian An to say thank you and blessings.
Everyone said something different, and in the end, they probably ran out of words. They even said things like "May you be blessed as vast as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains" for birthdays, and "May you live in harmony with your spouse and have a son soon" for weddings.
In order not to affect the people behind them who were getting their things, they all left immediately after they finished speaking, and Tian An didn't even have a chance to correct them. In the end, he could only accept everyone's blessings.
After the things were distributed, everyone waited there.
Tian An thought for a moment and said, "Now that we've divided up all the houses, we can't just keep calling it 'homestead'. From now on, let's call this whole area of houses Jiayuan! Shangba Village Jiayuan, our shared home."
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When I came back from Jiayuan, I saw Peng Zhong walking out as soon as I entered the door.
"Lunch is almost time, where are you going?"
Peng Zhong stopped and bowed, saying, "Miss Tian An, I won't be home for lunch today. My master asked me to run something urgent that can't be put off."
Tian An frowned: "What's the rush? He won't even let him eat. Chunxi, go get him some pastries to eat on the way!"
Peng Zhong was not polite. He thanked Tian An and waited for Chun Xi to come back with the cakes before he got on his horse and set off.
After lunch, everyone took a break and started preparing food for the Mid-Autumn Festival in the evening.
Including Han Xun, Granny Qin, and Peng Zhang, there were six masters in the house. Besides Deng Yuan, who was guarding the shop, there were fourteen servants. If the masters set up one table, the servants would have to set up two.
Originally, boys and girls were supposed to sit separately after the age of seven. However, masters and servants couldn't sit at the same table. Although Peng Zhang didn't mind, Han Xun and Granny Qin were both from wealthy families, and Zhao Yiming and Xiaokang would take the imperial examinations and become officials, so some rules had to be observed. So, this was the only possible arrangement.
After a good rest, Mr. Han took Xiaokang and Zhao Yiming to test their lessons. The village school would reopen after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and while he had some time, he wanted to see how well they were doing so he could teach them according to their abilities. Zhao Yiming also dragged Peng Zhang along.
If I don't take him away, will he continue to pester Tian An?
Tian An stood up, looked at the ingredients, planned the dishes for dinner and started giving orders.
Liu Hui and Wu Zhuang are responsible for killing fish and cleaning crabs.
Qingmei and Qiaoniang are in charge of cooking.
Dongru and Mangzhong are responsible for cutting vegetables and preparing side dishes.
The other maids picked vegetables, washed them, and did odd jobs, helping wherever needed...
Grandma Qin took a look and found that Tian An did everything by himself, so she came to talk to her.
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