"Chengcheng, please bring something to the young master of the gambling house for me."
He Xiaomi took out a Maitreya Buddha in a cloth bag from the house. It was not too big and could be used as a decoration.
"What is this?" Jiang Cheng took it, it was quite heavy!
"This is Maitreya Buddha with a cloth bag, which symbolizes great wealth." He Xiaomi pursed her lips. "Although I don't like gambling houses very much, businessmen like silver, so I carved one as a thank you gift."
He Xiaomi was very grateful to Qi Yu for extending the repayment date.
"It's better if you deliver this kind of thing yourself!" Jiang Cheng understood what he meant and said.
"No, no, no, I don't know him. Ask your family to help deliver it."
He Xiaomi waved his hands quickly, as he didn't know the person and felt embarrassed.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's hesitation, He Xiaomi rubbed his hands, bowed, and pleaded: "Okay, Chengcheng, I'll help you!"
Seeing He Xiaomi blinking her big eyes, Jiang Cheng softened his heart and agreed.
"So clear!"
He Xiaomi hugged Jiang Cheng excitedly and jumped a few times.
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After returning home, Jiang Cheng told Song Tingzhi about the incident.
"You care more about He Xiaomi than me now."
After listening to this, Song Tingzhi pinched Jiang Cheng's little face and said jealously.
Jiang Cheng suddenly felt the air around him was sour.
"Xiaomi is the first good friend I ever met, so naturally I treat him differently. What's so sour about that?"
Jiang Cheng slapped Song Tingzhi's hand away and pouted.
"What about me? Who am I to you?"
Song Tingzhi hugged Jiang Cheng and kissed his fair face.
"Hehe, guess?"
Jiang Cheng broke free from Song Tingzhi's arms, stuck out his tongue, and ran out to find Xu Sanniang and the others.
Song Tingzhi smiled, put the things away, and brought them to Qi Yu the next time he went to town.
When Jiang Cheng went to find Xu Sanniang, she was kneading dough with Song Qian and the others.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Jiang Cheng pinched the dough twice and asked.
"Isn't the Moon Festival coming up soon? I'll make some mooncakes, half for myself and half for worshiping the Moon God."
Xu Sanniang kneaded the dough vigorously a few times and said, "Pray to the Moon God for the safety of my family and for a happy reunion."
"Let me help."
Jiang Cheng washed his hands and rolled up his sleeves.
"Okay, then Chengcheng, you go and help Xiaoqian with the invagination." Xu Sanniang nodded.
"I'll go light the fire."
Jiang Cheng watched Song Qian stirring the stuffing vigorously, took a look at the red bean stuffing, and went to light the fire.
"Thank you, Brother Chengcheng." Song Qian smiled. "Brother Chengcheng, what kind of filling do you like?"
"Sweet." Jiang Cheng thought for a moment.
"That's great. Except for Big Brother, we all like sweet things."
"So what does your elder brother like to eat?" Jiang Cheng asked curiously.
"Big brother doesn't like these snacks. He likes meat the most!" Song Qian thought for a long time. "Dad was not in good health a few years ago, and the little money we had was used to buy him medicine. Big brother didn't eat much meat. This year he's better, so he brought some of the wild game back home."
"Just love to eat meat?"
Jiang Cheng stuffed another handful of firewood in and said in surprise.
Meat! Who doesn’t like it? Everyone should love meat!
"I think so." Song Qian thought carefully for a while and felt that she should not have missed anything.
Jiang Cheng nodded.
It seems that I still need to work harder to satisfy Song Tingzhi's preferences!
In a short while, Song Qian had mixed the red bean filling.
Song Qian took a large bowl, filled it with red bean paste, and placed it on the table where Xu Sanniang was kneading dough.
Xu Sanniang had almost finished kneading the dough.
She divided the dough into small pieces and placed them on the table in order.
Song Yu next to him was also clamoring to make mooncakes, so Xu Sanniang pinched off a small piece of dough and handed it to him.
Song Yu stopped making a fuss after getting the thing and used the dough to tease Xiao Hui.
Jiang Cheng had never made mooncakes before, so he tried to learn and found it easy to learn, and he enjoyed making them.
The shape is not very pretty, but it is not a big deal.
With the help of several people, the filling and dough were quickly wrapped.
Jiang Cheng had already boiled the hot water an incense stick away.
Xu Sanniang put the wrapped mooncakes into the pot one by one to steam.
While waiting for the mooncakes, Xu Sanniang and Jiang Cheng talked about He's father.
From Xu Sanniang, Jiang Cheng learned that half of the wooden furniture in the house was made by He Pingshan.
He Pingshan and Li Xiuping had another child before He Xiaomi was born, but the child died within two months of birth.
After giving birth to He Xiaomi, Li Xiuping's body was basically unable to bear children.
He Pingshan cherished this hard-earned child and held him in his hands from childhood to adulthood.
Xu Sanniang felt relieved knowing that He Pingshan was doing well at home and not wandering around.
Time passed very quickly while they were chatting, and Jiang Cheng could already smell the aroma of mooncakes.
Song Yu also ran in from outside with Xiao Hui.
I looked at the stove eagerly, wanting to eat the freshly baked mooncakes.
"Little greedy cat!"
Xu Sanniang smiled and pinched Song Yu's nose.
Seeing that her little son was drooling with greed, Xu Sanniang didn't wait any longer and walked over to lift the lid of the pot.
A burst of heat filled the entire woodshed.
Xu Sanniang carefully took out the mooncake and blew it.
When the blowing was almost done, Xu Sanniang took out a piece that was not too hot and handed it to Song Yu.
Song Yu took it and took a bite, then broke off a small piece and fed it to Xiao Hui.
"Try it too!"
Xu Sanniang gave one piece each to Jiang Cheng and Song Qian.
"tasty!"
Jiang Cheng took a bite and realized that every Mid-Autumn Festival had been boring since his mother left.
Chen Mei never considered him a family member.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng's tears fell unconsciously.
"Ouch—" Xu Sanniang cried out, "Why are you crying?"
"It's okay, Mom." Jiang Cheng wiped his tears, "I miss my mom."
"Let Tingzhi accompany you to burn some paper money for your mother tomorrow. You should also tell your mother about your marriage."
Xu Sanniang patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder and comforted him.
"Um."
“The red beans are so sweet this year!”
Song Qian came over to lighten the mood, "Brother Chengcheng, this year—no, from now on, every year, we will celebrate together."
"Yes, we'll live together!"
Song Yu didn't feel any atmosphere. When he saw Song Qian talking, he followed suit.
"Okay!" Jiang Cheng burst into laughter.
"what happens?"
Song Tingzhi smelled the aroma of mooncakes outside and thought of going into the woodshed to take a look. As soon as he came in, he saw the scene in front of him.
"This is a secret between us!" Xu Sanniang snorted.
Song Tingzhi scratched his head and didn't ask any further questions.
"Take a bite!" Jiang Cheng walked to Song Tingzhi and raised his mooncake to Song Tingzhi's mouth.
Song Tingzhi took a bite and found it sweet.
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