Guessing that they would come back, Feng Guizhi didn't go to bed so early at night. At about 8 o'clock, she heard some noise outside. Feng Guizhi immediately got up, put on her clothes, and went out to open the door.
Outside the door were Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan, both of them carrying large and small bags of things. Although they were very tired after the journey back, they couldn't help but feel happy when they saw Feng Guizhi and arrived home.
"Mom." Both of them called out with a smile.
"Come in quickly." Feng Guizhi made way for them to enter the yard, then closed the door.
After all, it was late now, so Feng Guizhi didn't ask too many questions and asked them to wash up and go to bed.
After cleaning up, Li Qingyan went to Feng Guizhi's room and carried the sleeping Tiantian back. Yuanbao was sleeping in the west room, so they didn't go over to call him.
The quilt in the room had just been dried in the sun by Feng Guizhi these two days, so it was warm to sleep on. Li Qingyan hugged Tiantian and felt extremely satisfied.
The family of three had a comfortable sleep.
The next day was Saturday, which was also Mid-Autumn Festival. The children in the family all knew that there would be delicious food during the festival, and when they woke up in the morning, they all had smiles on their faces.
Especially Baoya and Yuanbao, since their brothers didn’t have to go to school, they had playmates, and it was a holiday, so they were even happier.
Moreover, Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan also came back, and Yuanbao was very happy to see them in the morning.
Song Jianshe hadn't seen his son for a while, and he missed him very much. He picked up Yuanbao and asked, "Do you miss your dad?"
Of course Yuanbao thought about it, but when Song Jianshe asked him this, he didn't want to say it out loud. He turned his face away and followed him: "No, I don't think about it."
Seeing Yuanbao's duplicity, Song Jianshe threw him up and said, "Really? You really didn't think about it?"
Yuanbao screamed and called Li Qingyan to save him. Li Qingyan was holding Tiantian at the door, watching the two of them fighting, and she couldn't help but smile.
After a while, Song Jianshe carried the things he brought back to the kitchen. He bought a lot of things because he came back during the holiday.
There were two pounds of pork, mooncakes, osmanthus cakes, some pig offal, and some other miscellaneous food and daily necessities.
The last time the Song family ate pork was when Song Yuan just sent a few pounds of pork as a reward to Song Jianye. Because it was too hot, meat could not be kept, so Song Jianye ate the most pork every time he came back from the city.
He just brought back some pork bones and didn't buy any meat. It happened that the weather was not so hot now, so he didn't have to worry about the meat going bad. Plus, it was the holiday season, so he bought two pounds of pork to satisfy the family's cravings.
Everyone eats mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Song family didn't buy any because they thought Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan would definitely come back for the holiday and would definitely buy some mooncakes then. Now Song Jianshe has come back and indeed brought some mooncakes.
If you buy mooncakes in town, you'll mostly buy five-nut mooncakes, which are cheap and affordable. Song Jianshe brought back not only five-nut mooncakes, but also some red bean and bean paste mooncakes. He didn't buy much, just enough for the kids to try. He also bought osmanthus cakes, which are a bit more expensive. On a normal day, he might not have been willing to buy them, but for the holiday, he bought some, thinking his kids would love them.
Feng Guizhi looked at it and said nothing. Now that her family's life was better, it was okay to buy some. Besides, she didn't eat like this every day, so she didn't feel reluctant.
Because it was a holiday, there wasn't much work to do in the fields, so Song Yuangang gave everyone in the team half a day off. After all, Mid-Autumn Festival was an important holiday for everyone, allowing families to reunite.
After breakfast, Song Jianshe gave each of the children two White Rabbit milk candies. The children quickly peeled off the candy wrappers and put them into their mouths. The sweet taste filled their mouths.
"Fourth Uncle, what else did you bring back? Any mooncakes?" Wenjie asked vaguely while eating candy.
"Yes, Fourth Uncle bought you some delicious mooncakes when he came back this time."
"It must be the one with five nuts, but the one with five nuts is delicious too," said Boyu.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the Song family would buy a piece of five-nut cake as big as a plate, break it into pieces, and each person would eat a small piece.
Even though we've been eating them for years, the kids still don't think the five-nut mooncakes are any less delicious. Some kids in our team can't even get the five-nut mooncakes. So, it's great to have mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the five-nut mooncakes are delicious too.
Song Jianshe laughed: "Yes, Boyu's guess is correct, but you are only half right."
After hearing what he said, the younger ones became curious, "Fourth Uncle, what does it mean to guess half right?"
"Do you mean there are other mooncakes?"
"Wow, what other mooncakes are there? Fourth Uncle, please tell us quickly, tell us quickly."
"Fourth Uncle also brought you some food that you haven't eaten yet, you can eat it in the evening.
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The children looked at each other in surprise. They had never thought there were other mooncakes. However, they had only eaten the five-nut mooncakes before, so they couldn't imagine what other mooncakes would look like.
"Fourth Uncle, are other mooncakes better than the five-nut ones...?" Tian'en asked Song Jianshe eagerly.
Baoya had never eaten mooncakes before. Chen Fengxia said she was too young and that mooncakes would get stuck in her throat, so she hadn't given them to her. She only tasted a tiny bit of mooncake when she saw Liu Dazhu's mooncake crumbs fall on the table. She only knew it had a slight sweetness.
Now seeing Song Jianshe bringing back mooncakes, Baoya blinked her big eyes and listened attentively, secretly looking forward to it in her heart.
Song Jianshe: "Fourth Uncle hasn't eaten it either. You can try them yourself in the evening and see which one you like better."
The little ones nodded their heads vigorously and began to look forward to the mooncakes in the evening.
After a while, seeing that he had nothing to do at home, Song Jianshe decided to take a few kids with him to catch some snails.
Actually, there was already quite a bit at home. Song Aiguo and Song Aimin had made some these past two days after work. The kids loved it, and since it didn't cost much, just time, they'd grabbed a large bowl, just enough for the whole family.
Moreover, not only the children at home like to eat snails, but they also like to eat them.
The younger ones nodded vigorously when they heard this, then immediately ran to change into shoes and pants suitable for going into the river, and were ready to leave with the baskets on their backs. Seeing that Song Jianshe was still dawdling, they all started to urge him on:
"Fourth Uncle, hurry up."
Song Jianshe looked at the anxious little ones and laughed, "Here they come."
Soon, several people headed towards the stream. The snails were at their plumpest at this time, making them perfect for eating. Last time, he and Li Qingyan were in a hurry and didn't get to eat any, so this time they could finally taste them.
When they arrived at the river, Bowen Boyu and the others couldn't wait to go down. This time, Yunduo and Baoya stayed on the shore and watched.
Boyu and his friends were having a blast in the creek, catching snails and splashing water at each other, laughing happily. They didn't have to go to school, and it was a holiday, so they were all happy.
After Baoya and Yunduo watched for a while, Yunduo took Baoya to a nearby place to pick flowers. Girls all like beautiful flowers. Baoya's eyes sparkled when she saw the red and yellow flowers.
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We picked some flowers together, and the various colors were beautiful when we held them in our hands.
"Let's put the flowers in a pot when we get home so that they won't die." Yun Duo happily fiddled with the flowers in her hand and said to Bao Ya.
Baoya looked at the flowers in her hand and nodded. Although she had only picked a few, she didn't want the flowers to die.
After playing for a while, they were ready over there, and they together got half a small basin of snails.
Several people looked at it with a sense of accomplishment, and this much was enough for them to eat for several meals. Thinking of the delicious snails last time, everyone couldn't help swallowing.
Song Jianshe took them home. After arriving home, Boyu poured the snails in the basket into a small basin, and a rustling sound was heard.
"Wow~" The little ones became excited after hearing this.
"Okay, go wash first." Song Jianshe washed his legs with water and said to them.
"Yeah." The younger ones looked at the snails in the basin, nodded, and went to wash them.
At noon, the adults who went to work came back, and they rested at home in the afternoon and didn't have to go to work.
Today's lunch was made with hand-rolled noodles made by Feng Guizhi using white flour and shredded pork. The already fragrant hand-rolled noodles, paired with the stir-fried pork, were incredibly satisfying.
Moreover, Feng Guizhi also beat six eggs in it, four of which were made into poached eggs, and the other two were crushed. There was half a poached egg in each bowl of the children, and there were also some crushed eggs in the bowls of the adults.
This meal was very satisfying for both adults and children.
After lunch, everyone went back to the house for a nap. At two o'clock, almost everyone woke up, and the younger ones went out to play together.
At this moment, all the children in the brigade were gathered under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, laughing and playing happily. When the people from Old Song's family came over, they soon joined in the fun.
The boy was playing pickup, and the girl was playing hopscotch. Yun Duo brought Bao Ya to play with her. Bao Ya had never played before, but after Yun Duo taught her, she quickly got the hang of it.
Although Baoya couldn't jump as fast as them because she was too small, she was still very happy, with a happy smile on her little face.
The kids in the team couldn't help but like Baoya when they saw her. This little girl is so pretty~ She's fair-skinned, with big black eyes. She's especially pretty when she smiles.
They don't know many adjectives yet, they just think Baoya is special.
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After playing happily for the whole afternoon, they reluctantly went home when it was almost dark. However, thinking about the mooncakes that Song Jianshe had told them, the little ones ran home happily.
As soon as they entered the house, they smelled a delicious aroma and went straight to the kitchen. They lay down at the kitchen door and sniffed hard.
"Granny, what did you make? It smells so good~"
Feng Guizhi saw that they had been playing wildly for the whole afternoon and were sweating profusely. She smiled and said, "Xiang, you guys should eat more later. Go wash up quickly. You look so sweaty."
The little ones sniffed the fragrance a few more times and then went to the well to fetch water to wash their faces.
It was getting dark outside, and the Song family's dinner was almost ready. When the dishes were served, the little ones couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!"
There was a plate of pork stewed with vermicelli noodles, a plate of stir-fried lentils, a plate of stir-fried potato slices with meat, and a large bowl of stir-fried snails. There was also a bowl of porridge in front of the person next to them. It was the preserved egg and lean meat porridge that Feng Guizhi had made according to Jiang Qiuli's recipe.
To make this preserved egg and lean meat porridge, first soak the washed rice, then pour it into a pot and cook it over high heat. Bring it to a boil, then continue to simmer over low heat. At this point, place a grate on top and steam the preserved eggs and the marinated lean meat.
After that, cut the steamed lean meat into shreds and pour it into the cooked porridge. Add some shredded ginger. Then add the chopped preserved eggs. After two minutes, add salt to taste.
That’s almost it. Feng Guizhi turned around and dropped a few drops of sesame oil into the porridge, then sprinkled some chopped green onions on top, and the porridge was ready.
Feng Guizhi first scooped out a little and tasted it. It tasted particularly good.
She took out a small bowl and filled it up, and also put in some of the fried vegetables and snails. After packing everything, she asked Song Jianshe to send it to the cowshed.
When he went there, Song Jianshe also took the duck eggs he brought back with him.
Not long after the meal was served, Song Jianshe came back. The whole family sat neatly in the main room, having a great time.
Feng Guizhi looked around and couldn't help but smile. Jianye's leg was almost healed now, Li Qingyan became a primary school teacher again, and several children in the family also went to school. Looking at the food on the table, she couldn't help but think that life had really gotten better.
Feng Guizhi turned her head and looked at Baoya again, and the smile on her face deepened. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, she also had a good granddaughter.
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The other members of the Old Song family thought the same. Chen Xiuxiu couldn't help but sigh and said, "Life has really gotten better for our Old Song family. We couldn't have eaten all this during last year's Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Yeah, even before this, I never thought we could eat pork during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Besides, Jianye's leg has healed, and Qingyan has become a teacher again. Thinking about it now seems like a dream." Sun Suyun said.
Chen Xiuxiu clapped her hands and laughed, "Also, this year we not only have Tiantian but also Baoya in our family. Both of them are adorable. My Yunduo now has a little sister to play with. Otherwise, if she hangs out with those boys every day, I'm worried she'll turn into a tomboy."
"Especially Baoya. The little girl is so affectionate to Yulan that she can't bear to eat anything she stutters, and brings it to Yulan. It's really enviable to see. I don't know if it's because of Baoya that my Yunduo has learned to be caring."
"Oh, sister-in-law, what you said makes me want to have another daughter. They say a daughter is a mother's little cotton-padded jacket. Look at Baoya and Yunduo, each one knows how to care for others better than the other."
Li Qingyan smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, if you want to have a child, just have one. The brothers are all grown up and can help you take care of the child."
"Yes, Minzi, you and your sister-in-law should try harder and have another child." Song Aiguo also said with a smile.
Everyone at the table laughed and cheered, but Song Aimin and Sun Suyun's ears turned red.
Yang Yulan and Song Jianye exchanged a glance, their faces brimming with smiles. Song Jianye then began to speak, and Yang Yulan turned to look at Baoya and Tianen, who were sitting at the smaller table next to them. Her smile widened.
Feng Guizhi couldn't stop smiling as she listened to her son and daughter-in-law's words and looked at the happy atmosphere at the table.
After a while, he said, "The most important thing is that our family is together. If we all work together, our lives will definitely get better and better."
"Yes, mother is right." Several people looked at each other and said with a smile at Feng Guizhi.
"Eat quickly, the food will get cold soon."
The family started to eat. There were a lot of dishes on the table. Those who liked snails ate snails, and those who liked pork stewed with vermicelli ate pork stewed with vermicelli. No matter which one they liked, they all tasted especially good.
The snails are stir-fried with spices and are full of flavor. The pork and vermicelli stew has a rich broth and is full of meaty flavor. There are also fried meat with potato slices and stir-fried lentils, which are all popular dishes.
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There were a few dishes in particular that were particularly delicious, and the whole family immersed themselves in eating, enjoying this delicious meal.
Yuanbao's mouth was covered with soup, and he never stopped eating. He kept muttering to himself while putting snails into his mouth.
"Delicious, delicious, so delicious~! It's so delicious made with milk."
Wenjie listened and nodded and said, "It's so delicious."
The other children nodded vigorously in the affirmative.
Baoya picked up a snail and put it in her mouth. After finishing it, she picked up some pork vermicelli. She found it delicious. She slurped the vermicelli into her mouth, her cheeks bulging with food, like a cute little squirrel. She listened to Yuanbao and the others, nodding her head vigorously.
The adults at the table watched the children eating happily, and were too busy to say anything. They just smiled and shook their heads.
Soon, all the plates on the table were empty, with not a drop left. The children began to eat their porridge, but Yuanbao frowned.
"Grandma, why do you put preserved eggs in the porridge?"
Yuanbao watched as his favorite preserved egg was added to the porridge, along with some shredded lean pork. Although the sesame oil added a fragrant aroma, he felt it wouldn't be as good as before. Furthermore, the porridge was tasteless, and the preserved egg would be bland too.
The other children didn't say anything, but they had the same idea as Yuanbao. They remembered the chopped pepper preserved eggs they had made before, which tasted so delicious.
Feng Guizhi: "This is called preserved egg and lean meat porridge. It's different from the porridge we usually drink. Try it and see if it tastes good."
When the little ones heard it, they all took their bowls and took a sip. They found that this porridge was different from the white porridge they usually drank. It was salty and had the aroma of meat and the taste of sesame oil. It tasted particularly delicious.
Especially if you take a sip of it with preserved egg in it, the taste is even more fragrant. The little ones' eyes light up immediately and they almost bury their faces in the bowl.
"It's delicious, the preserved eggs are fragrant, and the meat is tasty too~!"
Baoya also thought that this preserved egg and lean meat porridge was particularly delicious, different from any porridge she had tasted before. Especially the preserved egg inside, which was particularly fragrant. Baoya drank it in small sips, and when she ate the preserved egg, she couldn't help but savor it.
After the meal, the whole family was full.
"So full, burp~"
Baoya licked her lips, burped a little, and then echoed softly, "Smells good, full~"
Adults couldn't help laughing when they saw this, and at the same time their hearts were full of satisfaction.
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