Xiaoguo first sent Mrs. Yang and her family to the door, then came to his own door, took out the key and asked Zhuangzhuang to open the door.

After Zhuangzhuang opened the door and took away the puppy that ran out, Xiaoguo drove the donkey cart into the house.

I carried the basket down and put everything in order. I put the snacks and wine into the house, took the meat and soybeans into the kitchen, cut a piece of pork to save for lunch, and put the rest, along with the ribs and a piece of mutton, in the refrigerator in the space.

After coming out, Zhuangzhuang was washing his hands by the well. The boy was thinking about feeding the little animals as soon as he came back. After feeding each one, he went back to the house to find Xiaoguo. Xiaoguo had already entered the house early, took a piece of clean oil paper, took out a piece of each snack and mooncake, wrapped them and put them outside. He could just take them when he wanted to eat. He wrapped all the others and put them back in the cupboard.

Xiaoguo placed the mooncakes she had divided out in a conspicuous place. After looking around the house, she decided that Zhuangzhuang's desk was the best place to put them, so she placed them on the desk. This way, it would be convenient for Zhuangzhuang to take them.

As soon as Zhuangzhuang was put down, Xiaoguo came in. Xiaoguo opened the oil paper and let him take it, and told him not to eat too much because he had to eat at noon, and if he was full, he would not be able to eat anything else.

Zhuangzhuang obediently took only one piece, and then took the initiative to pack the rest of the snacks and put them down.

Xiaoguo was preparing to cook, and Zhuangzhuang followed behind with snacks. He took the initiative to call Xiaoguo and wanted to give her some. Xiaoguo smiled and did not eat this time.

"Mom doesn't want to eat anymore, you eat it."

Now Zhuangzhuang will share his food with Xiaoguo, so Xiaoguo feels relieved. She doesn't need to continue to guide Zhuangzhuang deliberately. Zhuangzhuang knows to ask others if they want to eat before eating.

Zhuangzhuang followed Xiaoguo to the kitchen, holding a snack in his hand and eating it in small bites. He remembered that his mother had told him not to eat too fast, otherwise he would choke, and he had to chew food slowly!

Xiaoguo came to the stove and looked at the piece of pork belly he had just left. He thought it would be better to eat braised pork. Xiaoguo swallowed his saliva. He hadn't had that bite for a long time and he missed it.

After talking to Zhuangzhuang and getting his agreement, Xiaoguo steamed the rice, took a piece of pork belly and cut it into five-centimeter thick pieces.

Add oil to the pot. Zhuangzhuang has finished his snack by now and sits obediently in front of the stove, stuffing firewood into the pot.

When the oil is hot, add the pork directly and stir-fry until the oil comes out. Then add the prepared spices and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add soy sauce, rock sugar, and boiling water.

The braised pork needs to be stewed over high heat, so Xiaoguo asked Zhuangzhuang to add more firewood. Zhuangzhuang grunted and grabbed two thicker pieces of wood and added them in.

Xiaoguo covered the pot with a lid, took a basket and went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables, as the meat alone was not enough.

Xiaoguo asked Zhuangzhuang in the room what he wanted to eat, and then decided what dishes to cook for lunch.

After hearing this, Zhuangzhuang ran out and followed Xiaoguo around the vegetable garden.

The two eyes searched for the vegetables they wanted to eat, and finally chose a bright red place, "Mom! I want to eat tomatoes and eggs, they are sweet!"

When Xiaoguo heard Zhuangzhuang ordering, he did not hesitate and asked Zhuangzhuang to pick them. Zhuangzhuang received the order and ran over to pick two big tomatoes.

Xiaoguo continued looking for vegetables. She actually wanted to eat green vegetables. Green vegetables looked good, so she picked some.

A plate of braised pork, a plate of tomatoes and eggs, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables; this was lunch for the mother and her son.

After waking up from a nap, Zhuangzhuang was eating a snack. Xiaoguo saw how relishing it was and took a piece of it as well. It was soft and fragrant in the mouth and really delicious.

"Mom, why don't you have any snacks?"

Zhuangzhuang asked curiously, because he just saw Xiaoguo only ate a little and then put down his snack.

Xiaoguo shook her head. It wasn’t that she didn’t like it, the snack was delicious, but Xiaoguo wanted to eat the one with salted egg yolk filling more.

"Mom wants to eat a snack filled with salted egg yolk."

Salted egg yolk? Zhuangzhuang doesn’t know if snacks with such strange fillings can be delicious?

“What is salted egg yolk?”

Xiaoguo and Zhuangzhuang explained, “It’s duck eggs pickled in wine and salt water.”

After hearing Xiaoguo’s explanation, I thought, “Duck eggs, we just happen to have them at home!”

"Mom, we have a lot of duck eggs at home, let's make them ourselves!"

Zhuangzhuang said this naively. He had no idea how difficult it was to make a snack with salted egg yolk filling. He just wanted his mother to eat what she liked.

Xiao Guo laughed after hearing this. That's right! Why didn't she think of doing it herself?

Before Xiaoguo could be happy for long, he was defeated by a reality. Salted egg yolk is easy to make, but stuffing it into dough and baking it is not easy. You need an oven...

Xiaoguo's mood suddenly became unhappy, and her happiness was gone. Where could she get an oven? There was no room for one! And she couldn't possibly make one...

Make one? ?

Yes, she made one!

Xiaoguo clapped his hands and said, "Why not just make one yourself?" When I was watching TV before, I saw a documentary about the ancient method of making tools. One of the episodes talked about making an ancient oven.

Xiao Guo thought carefully about the steps of making an oven and found that it was not difficult to make. All it required was bricks, lime and iron mesh!

You can just buy these materials in the county. We don’t have time today, so let’s go early tomorrow morning!

Buy some white wine and pickle some duck eggs!

Xiaoguo looked at Zhuangzhuang's inquisitive eyes, his eyeballs were like two grapes, staring at herself with sparkling eyes. Xiaoguo then remembered that she was only thinking about herself and was happy, and forgot to tell Zhuangzhuang.

Xiaoguo told Zhuangzhuang about his idea. Zhuangzhuang said he wanted to help, too. He packed the snacks, clapped his hands, stood up and was about to go out.

"Let's go, mother!"

Xiao Guo held him back, "Let's go? Where to?"

Zhuangzhuang saw Xiaoguo still sitting on the bed, so he anxiously pulled her hand and pulled her up.

"Go to the county to buy things and make a barbecue."

The boy's veins were bulging from exerting himself. Xiao Guo was afraid that he would get hurt, so he quickly grabbed him and said, "Who said you're going today? It's not too late to go tomorrow."

Xiaoguo hugged Zhuangzhuang helplessly. Zhuangzhuang calmed down at this time and hugged Xiaoguo's neck, "So what are we going to do this afternoon?"

Looking at those cute little eyes, Xiaoguo uttered two words slowly and mercilessly.

“Shepherding cattle.”

The next morning, after dinner, the mother and son set out for the county town.

Because they had a shopping list, the two of them didn't waste time and went straight to get what they needed.

First, there are bricks and lime. Since I have half a bag of lime at home, I only need to buy a small bag this time, otherwise it would be a waste.

They went to the same store as last time. Xiaoguo talked to the boss about the use and the size of the bricks. The boss gave an estimate of the number of bricks. Xiaoguo was afraid that it would not be enough, so he bought a little more based on the boss's estimate. It is better to have some extra than not enough.

The boss helped me load the clothes onto the donkey cart and finally put a bag of lime on it.

After settling the bill, Xiaoguo took Zhuangzhuang and left on the donkey cart. Next, they had to go to the lumber store. At this time, it was estimated that lumber stores had ready-made mooncake molds. Although most of them were customized, there were still some ready-made ones for sale.

How can you make mooncakes without molds? I went to Su Hui and Tang Zhu’s house recently and bought some from them.

When they arrived at the place, Zhuangzhuang went to knock on the door. Xiaoguo tied up the donkey cart, walked to the door and waited for the other party to open it.