Chapter 198 Who

Li's eyes wandered a little, not daring to look at her mother-in-law, "Well, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and my mother gave me some money. I want to go to the county to buy some things to use."

Zhulan didn't say anything. It was obvious that Li was hiding something. When Li was about to give up, Zhulan spoke up, "That's great. Go see if you have any honey. If you do, buy me two kilograms of honey. And remember to come back early."

Li's heart was relieved, but she felt a little guilty about her mother's trust. She wanted to speak several times but held back. Now was not the right time. She lowered her head and took the money from her mother, "I will be back as soon as possible and won't delay."

Two hours later, Li came back with a bag, "Mom, this is the honey you asked for, and this is the mooncake I gave you as a gift."

Zhulan was surprised to see mooncakes. Wang Ru didn't make them, but they already existed. She would buy them every Mid-Autumn Festival. In the end, Zhulan blamed the unusualness on Wang Ru. She took the mooncake and took a bite. "The snack shop made mooncakes so early this year? There's still a month before Mid-Autumn Festival."

Li's guilty conscience had long gone, and she explained, "It's because there are many Ruyi cake shops in the county, and they want to launch snowy mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which has forced the other shops to make mooncakes in advance. Mom, what can make snowy mooncakes?"

Zhulan swallowed the mooncake in her mouth. Hmm, the mooncakes in ancient times were delicious. She was happy to eat them. Zhulan really knew the snowy skin mooncakes. The mooncakes eaten at home nowadays were all made by grandma. She didn't know how to make them, but she had seen them many times and really knew what was inside. "The snowy skin mooncakes are made of the same thing as the glutinous rice cakes in the snack shop. But in order to make it too sticky, it seems that more rice flour is needed. I'm not sure. However, the glutinous rice cakes are easy to crack after a long time, so it's better to eat the snowy skin mooncakes now."

It is best to eat it refrigerated, but unfortunately the conditions in ancient times did not allow it. However, Ruyi Pastry Shop belongs to the Shi family, and the Shi family should have built their own ice cave.

Li clapped his hands, "Oh, why didn't I think of that."

Zhulan raised her eyebrows. It seemed that all Li bought were mooncakes. "You want to make mooncakes yourself?"

Li's heart was pounding. "I have nothing to do, and I thought that buying mooncakes every year is expensive, so I might as well make them myself to save some money."

Zhulan wiped her fingertips with a handkerchief. Li was not just trying to save money. She looked at Li speechlessly, afraid that she would see something. Her head was almost lowered to her chest. "Okay, hurry up and cook!"

Li breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her mother did not ask any more questions, otherwise she would not have been able to bear it and would have quickly run away with her bag.

In the afternoon, when the students were returning home from school, Zhulan squatted in the vegetable garden, picking cucumbers and eating them. Just as she was about to get up, Li and the third brother came to the backyard, and Zhulan squatted down again.

Li said in a low voice: "Third brother, you are making things difficult for me. I am not a smart person. Mother must have seen something today, but she just ignored me. Third brother, I can't keep it a secret for long, so don't blame me when the time comes."

Chang Lian's mouth twitched, "Sister-in-law, you just helped me make mooncakes, is it necessary to keep this a secret?"

Li's eyes widened. "Didn't you ask me to work hard and make mooncakes that are not available on the market? It would be best if I could win the Dong family's recognition, so that I can use the opportunity to have my third sister-in-law come forward to help me sell the recipe to my third sister-in-law's distant in-laws' pastry shop?"

Chang Lian nodded, "That's right, but the prerequisite is to be appreciated. If not, my sister-in-law will just help me make mooncakes."

So there is really nothing to hide. He didn't tell his parents about his intention because he was afraid of being embarrassed. He hoped that after it was done, he could show his father that he is a capable person. However, the premise of everything is that it can be done. Otherwise, it would just be a Mid-Autumn Festival gift for Chuchu.

Li thought the same and said, "Why should I feel guilty today? You should have explained it to me earlier."

Chang Lian, "......."

He has made it very clear. It is obviously the sister-in-law who wants to overthink it.

Zhulan and the others left, and she lowered her legs, which were numb from squatting. Chang Lian was really smart. From what he said just now, Chang Lian had found out about all the relatives of the Dong family, even the cousins. She didn't know as much as Chang Lian. When she thought about it carefully, among the four sons in the family, Chang Lian was becoming more and more like Zhou Shuren.

It was past dinner time, but Zhou Shuren hadn't come home yet. When it got dark, Zhou Shuren finally got home. He stayed at Dong's house for dinner. Zhulan took out the clothes Zhou Shuren wanted to change into, "Does the county magistrate have guests today?"

Zhou Shuren wiped his face and said, "Yes, and you know the person who came."

Zhulan blinked her eyes and said, "What nonsense."

The few people she met in ancient times were all ordinary women. How could she become a guest of the county magistrate!

Zhou Shuren smiled, not in a hurry to answer the question, "If you think about it carefully, you may not have seen it before, but you must know today's guest."

Zhulan racked her brains, and then an idea flashed through her mind: "Is it him?"