Mid-Autumn Festival.
It is also the lunar birthday of the triplets.
Nowadays, most people still celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar.
But the year the little ones were born was a leap August.
The children happened to be born in the following August.
If we really follow that date, it will take many years for the children to have a real birthday.
Lan Guoer discussed with Tang's mother and finally decided that the children's birthdays should be celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, which is September 8th every year.
But since I have decided to go to Hai City.
I thought that they would probably all go to Hai City that day, so I couldn’t celebrate my birthday in Kyoto.
After thinking about it, Tang's mother and Lan Guoer decided to celebrate the little ones' birthdays in advance on this day when the family was reunited.
Xiaolie and Xiaonuan knew that they were going to celebrate their birthdays today.
When they got up early in the morning, they all changed into the new clothes that the third master had sent them.
Xiao Nuan was wearing a pink long-sleeved puffy skirt, white stockings, and pink leather shoes, looking like a princess in a picture book.
Xiao Lie wore a blue and white plaid shirt, dark overalls, and black leather shoes, looking like a true little gentleman.
"Brother, this is yours!"
Xiao Lie picked up two pieces of clothing that were exactly the same as his and handed them to Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling is not particular about what he wears. Most of the time, Xiao Lie wears whatever he wants and Xiao Ling arranges what he wears. He arranges his clothes very clearly.
"Big brother, second brother, can we receive gifts again today? Even more gifts than during Chinese New Year!"
Xiao Nuan blinked her big, bright eyes, stood on the bed, shaking her skirt, her voice full of excitement.
Xiao Lie took her hand and sat down on the bed, imitating Tang's mother and patting her little hands.
"My dear sister, we are both two years old today. We are big babies now. We can't be as ignorant as when we were little! If Nuannuan wants anything, you can tell your big brother. He will save money to buy it for you!"
Xiao Nuan blinked innocently, and her little mouth curled up, as if golden beans were about to fall down.
She is still a baby, why can't she receive gifts?
If she had known that growing up would come at such a price, she would never have wanted to grow up!
Xiao Ling put on his clothes and saw his little sister sitting there with a wronged look on her face, without any trace of the excitement she had before.
She crossed her short legs and squeezed in a seat between the two of them. She glanced at her unruly second brother and stroked the little girl's frizzy hair.
"Don't listen to your second brother! Our Nuannuan is only two years old, it's still too early for her to reach adulthood!
Besides, with my older brothers around, even if Nuannuan grows up to be as old as Grandma Zeng, you’ll still be our little sister and you can still receive gifts!"
Xiao Nuanshui's eyes rolled around, and she didn't know what she was thinking about, but her little face couldn't hold back any more!
He cried out "Wow" and burst into tears.
"No! Nuannuan, I don't want my hair to turn white, I don't want wrinkles, wuwu~"
Xiao Ling: “…”
No wonder books say not to reason with women! What did he say?
Why did you bring up gray hair and wrinkles?!
"Hey! I'm talking to you, big brother, not you, my younger brother!"
Xiao Lie rolled his eyes at him and shook his head, looking helpless.
"How old is my sister? How can you compare her with my great-grandmother?
Didn’t you hear what Grandma Qing said? The most important thing not to mention about women is their age, let alone calling them old!
Look how mad you made your sister! Her little face is all red from crying, and I’m so heartbroken for you, big brother! "
Xiao Ling: “…”
No wonder Confucius said that only women and villains are difficult to raise!
Can a two-year-old be considered a woman? Shame on me!
Xiao Lie took out a handkerchief to wipe Xiao Nuan's tears, and coaxed her like a little adult.
"Sister, you're the best. Don't cry! If your eyes get swollen from crying, you won't look pretty today! It's just a gift! I promise you, I'll prepare everything for your birthday from now on, okay?"
"Then let's make a pinky promise!"
Xiao Nuan sniffed and stopped dropping golden beans.
“Make a pinky promise!”
“…”
Tang's mother invited Mr. Meng from the Su family to come to Jinyuan to celebrate the festival, and she started preparing today's lunch last night.
After breakfast, he urged Baru and Old Man Tang to go to the backyard to slaughter the sheep.
Qinghe and Liu Guiying were kneading the dough and washing the vegetables, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner.
Lan Guoer and Yamei were busy making mooncakes in the kitchen.
It’s not that they aren’t sold outside, it’s just that mooncakes these days are too monotonous, and almost all of them in Kyoto have five-nut fillings.
The most important thing is that the mooncake skin is hard and it hurts your teeth when you bite it.
Lan Guoer learned from the space recipes and thought of making some snow skin and crispy mooncakes with different flavors for everyone to try.
With the Third Master who was abroad as a cover, Lan Guoer smuggled many things out of the space.
Nowadays, there is no shortage of various ingredients and seasonings at home.
There is also a ready-made mold for making lotus seed cakes, so it is not difficult to shape them.
The main thing is the crust and the filling.
The crust of the snow skin mooncake is made by mixing soybean flour, glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour with milk and white sugar into a paste, which is then steamed.
Add butter while it is still hot and knead into dough. After it cools down, wrap it with different fillings and press it into a mold.
The crust of the puff pastry mooncake is similar to that of the pan-fried pancake.
When kneading the dough, add water, salad oil and sugar, then knead the dough into a ball.
The most important thing is to put a piece of pastry inside the dough after kneading it, just like making dumplings. This way, the crust of the mooncake will be crispy and soft, with layers of thin skin.
Then comes the filling and baking.
Mute girl is very talented in making these foods.
Lan Guoer only explained it to her once and she was already able to make most of it. With Lan Guoer giving her some pointers from time to time, soon the kitchen was filled with the sweet aroma of pastries.
"It's really amazing!" The mute girl looked at the results of the two people's work for half the morning, her eyes full of disbelief!
"Just mixing these things together can actually make such a beautiful and delicious snack! Sister Guo'er, what's wrong with your brain? You can even come up with this!"
Lan Guoer was holding a piece of freshly baked crispy mooncake in her hand, her cheeks puffed up. She raised her eyebrows and responded silently.
The wisdom of our ancestors is profound and extensive! How could she have come up with this?
These practices of later generations are all based on the experience of our ancestors.
It’s just that everyone has had a hard time these years. Even a good cook cannot cook without rice, so many skills are no longer useful and are gradually lost.
As for her, she was adept at blending medicines, perfumes, and various chemical preparations! As for her cooking skills...she was just copying others, but she had the recipes and more seasonings than others.
There are four kinds of fillings: red bean paste, rose, five-nut and egg yolk.
"My eldest and second sisters-in-law both like sweets, so pack some for them and let them take it with them when they leave.
As for Xiaolong, San Ge, and Lu Jun, I also took a few extra pieces to school for them to eat as snacks when they were hungry at night. The rest was shared among everyone, as it was a holiday and everyone should be happy.
If you like it, we can make it for you guys when we have time."
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