The cowshed was also having dinner, and today's meal was unusually sumptuous. Jiang Qiuli had cooked two dishes, a steamed egg, and some porridge made with the corn sent by the Song family.
Not only that, there were also two large bowls of porridge and rice that Song Jianshe had just brought over.
She looked at the steaming bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, a faint aroma wafting out. There was another bowl piled high with stir-fried vegetables: vermicelli noodles stewed with pork, lean meat stir-fried with potato slices, and fragrant snails.
The sight of the two bowls of food warmed Jiang Qiuli's heart. In this simple cowshed, she felt a strong warmth.
"Let's eat." Jiang Qiuli said to Zhao Rongsheng and Chen Yibei with a smile on her face.
The three of them sat at the table and ate together the most sumptuous dinner they had since arriving at the cowshed.
During the past two Mid-Autumn Festivals, they felt lonely and didn't feel any festive joy. But this year, they felt the long-lost festive atmosphere because they met a kind family.
Shen Yibei tasted the snails, thinking that when Baoya was eating, her little face must be full of satisfaction.
Jiang Qiuli took a sip of the preserved egg and lean meat porridge and couldn't help but smile: "I wrote this recipe for her Aunt Feng. It's really well made."
"Both are good. You write the recipe well, and Aunt Feng cooks well too." Zhao Rongsheng smiled as he listened.
Jiang Qiuli smiled and glared at him, then picked up some food for him with chopsticks.
Shen Yibei looked at Jiang Qiuli and Zhao Rongsheng, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Since he met the people of the old Song family, not only him, but also Jiang Qiuli and Zhao Rongsheng seemed to smile more often than before.
.......
After dinner, the Song family brought their small stools to sit in the yard. They had eaten early today, so sitting in the yard was a good opportunity to digest their food and take a look at the moon. The moon in the sky was round and bright, and its clear moonlight illuminated the ground.
The little ones couldn't sit still and were playing around in the yard. After a while, Yuanbao ran over and asked Feng Guizhi:
"Grandma, the moon is full on the 15th and 16th. So which one is fuller today or tomorrow?" Yuanbao looked up at the big round moon above his head and asked Feng Guizhi.
Feng Guizhi replied with a smile: "Look for yourself tomorrow and compare to see which one is rounder."
Yuanbao nodded: "Okay, then I will wait until tomorrow to see if the moon is rounder.
a little. "
"How about this, Yuanbao, let's guess which day the moon will be bigger. The one who guesses wrong will be responsible for cleaning the chicken coop for a day. What do you say?" Boyu was tired from running and sat aside to rest. He said when he heard it.
"Okay, let's make a bet." Yuanbao responded loudly. He looked up at the large, round moon above his head and said, "Well, then I'll bet that the moon is bigger today."
Boyu didn't argue with him. Seeing that he chose today, he chose tomorrow: "Okay, then I'll bet on tomorrow. Then we can compare and see which day is bigger."
"Okay." Yuanbao didn't forget to find a group of people to testify after he finished speaking, "Grandma, Dad, you two should take a closer look at today's moon. Then we can compare which day's moon is bigger."
Feng Guizhi couldn't help laughing: "Okay, let's see more milk."
Yang Yulan and the others were all laughing, and the whole yard was filled with a happy atmosphere.
How can Mid-Autumn Festival be complete without mooncakes? After watching the family digest their meal for a while, Feng Guizhi went into the house and took out the mooncakes that were presented as tribute, as well as some osmanthus cakes.
"Come, try the mooncakes your fourth uncle bought." Feng Guizhi said with a smile as she stepped out.
The children had just had a delicious dinner and were so full that they had forgotten about the mooncakes. When they heard about it, they ran over happily.
"Wow, it's time to eat mooncakes. I want to try what the mooncakes that Fourth Uncle described taste like."
"Mooncake, mooncake, let's eat mooncake~"
The five-nut mooncake comes in a whole piece and needs to be broken into pieces before eating, but the other mooncakes come in smaller pieces and can be eaten directly. However, since they were both quite full from their previous meal, Feng Guizhi asked them to split a piece. They could try it today and continue eating it tomorrow.
The little ones had no objection and looked at the half mooncake curiously, "This mooncake is different from the five-nut one. There is stuffing in the middle."
"What's the filling? Is it sweet?"
As soon as Yuanbao got it, he took a bite and his eyes widened: "Wow! So delicious, so sweet!~"
The one Yuanbao ate was filled with red bean paste. The crust was crispy and soft, and the red bean paste inside was sweet and delicious. Children especially love sweets, and this mooncake is just what they like.
When the other kids heard this, they quickly took a bite and tasted it, saying it was delicious.
"There are red bean paste and sweet osmanthus cakes here. You can take turns trying them." Seeing that they all liked them, Song Jianshe said with a smile.
Baoya pinched
I carefully placed the mooncake in my hand to my lips and took a small bite. The sweet taste came out immediately. Baoya's mooncake was filled with red bean paste, and it had a sweet aroma of red beans, which Baoya liked very much.
The first time she ate mooncakes, Baoya was reluctant to eat them too quickly. She ate them bit by bit in small bites, carefully savoring the sweet taste of the mooncake in her hand.
Feng Guizhi broke open the five-nut mooncake, and Yang Yulan, Chen Xiuxiu, and the others each pinched a piece to taste. The five-nut mooncake was delicious, filled with walnuts, melon seeds, almonds, olives, and sesame seeds. It had a crispy and fragrant texture, and Feng Guizhi and the others all loved it.
The whole family finished eating mooncakes in the yard, and only then did they feel that they had celebrated a complete Mid-Autumn Festival.
After making a fuss outside for about an hour, it was getting late, so everyone in the Song family went back to their rooms to sleep.
After a day of playing around, Baoya and Tianen fell asleep soon after they went to bed. Yang Yulan looked at their sleeping faces and a gentle smile appeared on her face. She reached out to tuck them in and turned to go to bed.
The kerosene lamp had been blown out, and the room was pitch black. Yang Yulan closed her eyes but couldn't sleep. She turned over and lay on her side, facing Song Jianye, and said softly:
"Jianye, life is so good now."
Song Jianye was not asleep at this moment. When he heard Yang Yulan's words, many images flashed through his mind. After a while, he said, "Yes, such a day is really good..."
His leg was healed, his act of saving someone was recognized as a good deed, and he even received a letter of introduction from the county. With the addition of a cute and well-behaved daughter, Tian'en became more lively than before.
Life like this is better than he had ever dreamed of before.
"Let's sleep." Song Jianye reached out and held Yang Yulan in his arms. The two of them hugged each other and fell asleep slowly with smiles on their faces.
Have a good night.
The next day, the younger ones went out for another wild play. When it was night, they still remembered the bet they made yesterday, but they started to have trouble comparing themselves to the older ones.
Yuanbao felt that today's moon seemed to be about the same size as yesterday's, but it also seemed to be a little bigger. He cupped his hands around his eyes, closed one eye, and compared the size of the moon with the one he measured yesterday. He ran to find Song Boyu and said,
"Brother, I won, I won! Yesterday's moon was bigger than today's!"
Boyu looked at the bright moon above his head
, disagreed with Yuanbao's statement: "I think today's is bigger than yesterday's, I win."
"No, no, I've measured it. Yesterday's moon was this... big, and today's is only this... big. It's a little smaller than yesterday's." Yuanbao said as he gestured with his hands to show Boyu the size.
"You're measuring it wrong. Today's should be this...bigger. Bigger than yesterday's."
Both of them thought they had won, but after talking for a long time they still couldn't convince the other, so they had to seek help.
"Grandma, grandma, which one do you think is bigger, today's moon or yesterday's moon?" Yuanbao pulled Feng Guizhi to stand in the yard and pointed at the bright moon in the sky.
Feng Guizhi looked at Yuanbao and then at Boyu, and said, "Grandma's eyesight isn't very good, she can't see clearly."
Yuanbao went to his father again and said, "Dad, can you show us which moon is bigger today or yesterday?"
Song Jianshe saw Feng Guizhi's back as she entered the kitchen. He wiped his face and laughed, "Dad ate too much yesterday and didn't have time to look. I think the moon should be about the same size today as it was yesterday. Almost the same size."
Then he quickly said, "Hey, Tiantian's diaper needs to be changed. Daddy will go change Tiantian's diaper." After saying that, he immediately slipped away.
Yuanbao tried to stop her but couldn't, which made him furious. He and Boyu went to ask Yang Yulan and the others, and of course their answers were the same. Finally, Yuanbao, helpless, asked Baoya and Tianen.
"Little Sister Xiaobao, which moon is bigger today or yesterday?"
Baoya blinked her big eyes and looked at the big round moon above her head, then looked at Yuanbao and Boyu in front of her, blinked, and was stumped.
She couldn't tell which was bigger, yesterday's moon or today's. After a long while, Baoya said softly, "Both are bigger~"
"..." Yuanbao was helpless. He and Boyu stared at each other. Boyu thought for a moment and said, "Since everyone says it's the same size, then we're even. Let's clean it together tomorrow."
Yuan Bao grinned and agreed, "Okay."
After solving the problem, the two of them went back to playing. The person who had just been asked couldn't help laughing, and then continued to busy themselves with their own things.
After another relaxing day at home, the next day, Monday, Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan got up early in the morning, packed up and left. Although they had only been at home for two short days, they were still a little reluctant to leave.
Li Qingyan's relatives
He kissed Tiantian's soft little face, rubbed Yuanbao's head gently, and then went out with Song Jianshe. Feng Guizhi packed a lot of food for them this time, including a bowl of snails from the basin, so that they could eat them in the county town.
When the day began to brighten, everyone in the room got up. Today was the day for the children to go to school.
After breakfast, the children all went to school. Baoya and Yuanbao didn't stay home either, but went out to play with Erni and the others in the team. In the afternoon, they carried their baskets and went to the back mountain together.
At around four or five o'clock, the two little ones ran into Shen Yibei. He hid his hands behind his back, as if holding something, very mysterious.
"Brother Yibei, what are you holding?"
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