Children in ancient times were indeed precocious.

Xiaoguo later asked Zhuangzhuang what they usually played when they went to see Brother Xiaohu.

Zhuangzhuang thought about it seriously and then said, "Brother Xiaohu, take me to the threshing ground to watch people flying kites."

ha?

Xiaoguo knew that place. Originally people gathered grain and dried grain there, but later every household had no grain, so the place was abandoned.

It is a large and flat place, so children in the village would go there to play, ride bamboo horses, make mud sculptures, and fly kites.

Xiaoguo had passed by there before and saw that most of the people playing there were little girls. It should be said that in the whole village, there were more little girls than little boys.

Among the ten children, there are eight girls and two boys.

"Is the person flying the kite a boy or a girl?"

Xiaoguo raised her eyebrows. Although it was a question, she actually knew in her heart that it was most likely a girl.

"girl!"

As expected! Xiaoguo looked as if he had guessed it long ago.

Zhuangzhuang was ignorant and followed Xiaohu to play just for fun. Basically, he would follow Xiaohu wherever he took him.

I never thought that Xiaohu, who is so young, would know how to sneak around girls.

I looked down at the ignorant Zhuangzhuang. In comparison, Zhuangzhuang was still just a child.

Time flies, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer and closer without us noticing.

Because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaoguo invited everyone in Malatang to his home to celebrate the festival.

Because it is two days and one night, we have to sleep at home at night.

Xiaoguo carefully counted the number of people, including himself and Zhuangzhuang, there were eight people in total.

But there were only two sleeping rooms in the house, and five of us, Ruyi, Linglong Fuer and Xiaocui, had to squeeze into one room.

Zhuangzhuang, Qin Anming and Xu Shu were three of them in one room.

Xiaoguo looked at the bed in his room. It was indeed not small. It could accommodate five people, but it was a bit crowded.

Xiaoguo used herself as an example, comparing herself to the other girls on the bed. She thought that the other girls were all small, so the bed could definitely be open for them to sleep on, just a little crowded. However, it was warmer when crowded.

The bed in Qin Anming's room was perfectly adequate. It was more than enough for two adults and a strong child to sleep on.

Once the sleeping problem is solved, there won’t be any big problems.

"Mom, mom, are you saying you want to make mooncakes today?"

Xiaoguo nodded. When she was chatting with Zhuangzhuang last night, she told him that she was going to make mooncakes today. She hadn't done anything yet, but Zhuangzhuang was so excited that he couldn't sleep well the whole night.

Zhuangzhuang had never seen how mooncakes were made, so when he heard that Xiaoguo was going to make mooncakes, he was afraid that he would get up late in the morning and miss a step.

When Xiaoguo came out, he first put the rotten intestines into the kitchen. After hanging them for more than ten days, the rotten intestines were finally dried.

The prepared sausage can be left outside without having to worry about it going bad, so Xiaoguo hangs it directly on the kitchen wall.

From the moment the rope was taken down, the two puppies had been following Xiaoguo's movements. When Xiaoguo went into the house, they followed him in. When Xiaoguo was hanging the sausage, they stayed below and barked.

The two puppies usually eat with Xiaoguo and the others, and eat whatever is on the table. After such a long time, the two puppies have grown rapidly and are almost as big as their calves.

Xiao Guo looked at their sizes and even hung the sausages higher to make sure they couldn't reach them before leaving.

Because there were many ingredients to prepare for making mooncakes, Xiaoguo specially dug out some useful ingredients from the space, found a bag of red bean paste in the refrigerator, and took it out to prepare making mooncakes.

Originally, Xiaoguo was planning to make the red bean paste filling herself.

The method is very simple. Just soak the red beans in water and then cook them. After they are cooked, take them out and add sugar and start frying until the water is dried up.

Xiaoguo also found a bag of dried red beans in the space at first, but it was too late to soak them now. Fortunately, there was ready-made red bean paste in the refrigerator, so she just used it directly.

Take it out and squeeze it into the bowl while Zhuangzhuang is not paying attention, then throw the packaging into the stove, wait a while and then light it and burn it directly.

Put all the ingredients on the table, except for the bean paste and a lemon, which will be used to make the syrup later.

Zhuangzhuang came into the house with a bunch of firewood. Xiaoguo saw him light the fire, so he prepared to start the first step of converting the syrup.

"Mom, why do you want to make candy?"

Zhuangzhuang looked at Xiaoguo curiously holding a jar of sugar. After asking, he found out that it was for making converted syrup, but what was it used for?

"Converting syrup is the most important ingredient in making mooncakes."

As Xiaoguo explained, she added water to the pot and then poured in half a can of sugar.

After Zhuangzhuang lit the fire, the sugar in the pot melted and merged with the water.

Xiaoguo took out a lemon, and Zhuangzhuang walked closer to look at it curiously. What is this yellow round ball?

“It’s a lemon.”

Xiaoguo cut the lemon in half with a knife, held half the lemon and walked towards the curious Zhuangzhuang.

With a wicked smile on his face, he asked Zhuangzhuang to open his mouth, and Zhuangzhuang obediently opened his mouth.

“Ah~”

When Xiaoguo was just cut, he couldn't help but feel sour in his mouth. Seeing that Zhuangzhuang was curious, he prepared to let him taste it, but he didn't dare to squeeze too much.

Seeing Zhuangzhuang open his mouth obediently, Xiaoguo pinched the lemon and rubbed his little tongue lightly.

Zhuangzhuang covered his mouth and screamed "wow!". Seeing him like this, Xiaoguo couldn't help but feel sour in her mouth.

Zhuangzhuang smacked his lips curiously. This thing was so strange, so sour, yet with a fresh fruity fragrance.

Seeing that Zhuangzhuang was fine, Xiaoguo asked him if he wanted to eat again. Zhuangzhuang shook his head vigorously, indicating that he didn't want to eat anymore.

Xiaoguo squeezes all the lemon juice into the melted sugar water.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat. Xiaoguo calculated the time and found that it took about half an hour for the color to turn into amber, and the transformed syrup was ready.

Pour into a jar and set aside.

The next step is to prepare alkaline water. Add alkaline flour and water to make alkaline water and set it aside for later use.

After the syrup has completely cooled, pour out half of it and put it in a bowl. Cover the rest with a lid and keep it sealed. You can use it to make water or cake.

In a syrup bowl, add alkaline water, then pour in cooking oil and mix well.

After mixing evenly, pour in the flour, mix and press until it becomes a smooth and fine dough. Set aside for half an hour to increase the ductility of the dough.

Next, prepare the red bean paste. Add an appropriate amount of flour to the red bean paste bowl, knead it into a non-sticky red bean paste ball, and set aside.

The next step is to prepare the salted egg yolks.

Zhuangzhuang volunteered to move the altar. Xiaoguo looked at him and thought, "You're still thinking about moving it?"

Zhuangzhuang chuckled, and thought of the consequences of his attempt to move the altar. Then he changed his mind and said that he would take Xiaoguo to move it.

Xiaoguo said to him, "You clever boy," and then moved the altar to the table.

I calculated the time and it has been twenty days. I still don’t know if the salted duck eggs have been successful.

Zhuangzhuang stepped on a stool and peeped inside. He was also very curious about what the salted duck egg yolk that his mother wanted to eat looked like.

As soon as the bottle was opened, a strong smell of wine spread out. Xiaoguo picked out all the duck eggs and put them in water to cook.

After cooking for about ten minutes, the duck eggs are cooked and can be taken out.

Put it in cool water, pick out one of the fruits, and under Zhuangzhuang's curious and excited eyes, quickly peel it open, break it with your hands, and the oily duck egg yolk inside appears.