Gu Xin, Gu En, and Gu Si wanted to try hammering it a couple more times, but their arms were too thin, and the glutinous rice ball in the mortar didn't change at all when they hammered it!
When Gu Xin saw Lu Zheng and Grandma Xiao arrive, she quickly ran over to greet them, then pulled Lu Zheng over, saying, "Brother Yuanyuan, come here, do you think you can handle this?"
Lu Zheng picked up the wooden mallet and began to strike, mimicking Uncle Gu's posture.
Gu Xin: "!"
Sister Huihui is good, my older sister is good, and now Brother Yuanyuan is good too. Waaah, I'm so bad.
"Xin Xin, let's go to Grandpa's and bake mooncakes! It's no trouble at all!" Gu Si tugged at Gu Xin's sleeve, seeing how discouraged she looked.
"Yes, everyone has their own strengths! I want to learn how to bake mooncakes from Grandpa!" Gu Xin nodded, her spirits immediately lifted.
Lu Zheng smiled as he watched her retreating figure, but then suddenly realized that Gu Nian, holding Gu Ren, was staring at him from the doorway of the main room.
The siblings' eyes were both very complicated, but he felt that the meaning contained in those complicated eyes was definitely different.
It's understandable that the three members of the second family could see that they were interested in Xin Xin, but does that little one understand as well?
When Lu Zheng noticed them, Gu Nian and Gu Ren looked up at the sky and down at the ground, respectively, as if they hadn't been looking at him at all.
Lu Zheng withdrew his gaze, stopped thinking about it, and focused on making glutinous rice cakes.
...
That evening, besides the Gu family, Yang Xiaohuan and her father, as well as Lu Zheng and his grandson, were also celebrating the festival at the Gu family's home.
Dinner was always eaten on a table moved to the courtyard. Gu Shouxin brought out the wine he had brewed in his spare time, and Cai Xiaolian opened the first batch of wine she had made.
Everyone except the children drank it.
The meal was a lively affair, with mooncakes, glutinous rice cakes, fine wine, and delicious food. The Gu family in the whole village was probably the first to have such a feast.
During the gathering, everyone talked about the newly appointed village head of Sanchakou Village.
The newly appointed village head is a native of Sanchakou Village, surnamed Wang. There are two major surnames in Sanchakou Village, one is Zhang and the other is Wang. The village head is basically selected from these two families.
The two families don't get along.
Lord Yan was afraid that the Zhang family would cause trouble for the Gu family and delay Gu Shouxin's letter-writing, so he finally chose someone surnamed Wang to be the village head.
Gu Shouxin didn't care about this. Although there were more than 40 households in the village, 20 of them were surnamed Zhang, not every family was willing to help Zhang Lizheng. Zhang Lizheng's purchase of exam questions made them lose face. The Zhang clan had been so proud of Zhang Yunfu, the scholar, for the past two years, but now they were as ashamed. Why would they bother him for no reason?
Moreover, he's not afraid of trouble at all.
After discussing the newly appointed village head, they moved on to the matter of Gu Shouxin's examination.
This time, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu still planned to go to the prefectural city to accompany the examinee. Grandma Gu didn't have many opinions, but Grandpa Gu was nervous. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to sleep if he didn't know the results immediately.
Then it will be Uncle Gu, Zhang Shi, and Fourth Uncle Gu who will stay at home again.
Gu Ren's eyes darted around and around, and he decided that he wanted to go too.
He can walk with the support of the wall now. Gu Nian and his older sister are strong enough to carry him. He also wants to visit Gu Nian and her sister's estate. He has a lot of things that he can sell for money and buy an estate for himself.
Finally, he decided to target Gu Xin. Going to Gu Nian would be useless; Gu Nian would definitely find him troublesome and not take him along. He would go to Xiao Xin Xin; his second uncle, second aunt, and grandparents all liked Xiao Xin Xin. As long as she asked, there would be no problem.
So that night, Gu Ren clung to Gu Xin, calling out, "Xin, Xin Xin, Xin..."
Gu Xin was flattered: "Renren, you're usually so attached to my sister, what's wrong with you today? You mistook me for my sister?"
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