Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15
Song Yuehua bought a lot of white lotus seeds and red beans, cooked them, added sugar to make lotus paste and red bean paste, and added the salted egg yolks at home to make mooncakes with egg yolk and lotus paste, as well as red bean paste and egg yolk mooncakes.
Xie Wenwu asked, "Master, don't you make meat filling?"
This kid is quite creative! Song Yuehua smiled and said, "You can try it yourself. There are also nut fillings and fruit fillings."
After hearing this, Xie Wenwu seemed to have opened the door to a new world and shouted, "Master, you are so amazing. How come you can think of everything!"
Song Yuehua's old face turned red. It was really not her fault, but it was good that she could give Xie Wenwu some inspiration.
On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, primary schools will be closed for one day.
Wenwu and Xiaoyu were going home to celebrate the festival. When Xie Feng came to pick them up, Song Yuehua picked up a basket of mooncakes and put it directly on the bicycle rack.
Xie Feng seemed to have anticipated this and took out the honey he had prepared. "I found it in the mountains. It tastes pretty good. You can try it too."
Wild honey! This is so rare.
Song Yuehua took it shamelessly and said with a grin, "Thank you, second uncle!"
Of the remaining mooncakes, 7 were given to the Zhang family and 6 were given to the Zhou family.
When I went to Zhou's house, I found out that the youngest daughter Zhou Baozhu and her family had also returned and brought four mooncakes from home to send over.
After the two families received the gifts, the Zhang family brought over a chicken, while the Zhou family sent over several portions of cakes from the county town.
At the reunion dinner in the evening, except for Dabao and Xiaobao who could not sit at the table, there were only Song Yuehua, Xiaoyu, and Grandma Wang.
Although there were only three people, Song Yuehua still cooked four delicious dishes.
Steamed carp, lotus root and old duck soup, fried pork intestines, and cold pork head.
A portion of fish paste and egg custard was prepared for Dabao and Xiaobao.
When Xiaoyu and Granny Wang saw it, they were both shocked. Xiaoyu asked worriedly, "Sister, can we eat it?"
Granny Wang said, "If Wenwu were here, we would definitely be able to finish the meal."
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "We will eat as much as we can at the reunion dinner tonight."
Xiaoyu picked up a handful of fried pork intestines, and the aroma of meat filled the air. "Sister, what kind of meat is this? It's so delicious!"
"Hmm..." Song Yuehua didn't know whether she should say it or not. After thinking about it, she decided to celebrate the festival first.
Grandma Wang is old, so she only ate the fish and soup. The other two dishes looked strong in taste, but the old lady has a fragile intestine and she dared not eat them.
After dinner, several people sat in the yard to admire the moon, and Granny Wang cut a moon cake.
In order to let the two little ones experience the Mid-Autumn Festival, Song Yuehua specially took a piece of mooncake and let the two little ones smell it.
One mooncake was not much, but after all, they had just finished their meal, so Xiaoyu and Grandma Wang only ate a small piece each, and the rest went into Song Yuehua's stomach.
Several people were talking and laughing in the yard, enjoying the moon, making tea, and playing with the big and small treasures.
At this time, Zhou Baozhu came to visit with her little daughter in her arms. As soon as she saw them, she smiled and said, "Daya, where are your two little kids?"
Song Yuehua: "..." I don't think we are familiar with each other!
Just as Granny Wang brought the two treasures back into the house, Song Yuehua simply brought them in as well.
As soon as she entered the room, Zhou Baozhu put the little girl in her arms on the kang and said, "Jia Li, mother has found two friends for you. Come and play with them."
There was still red bean soup stewing on the stove. Song Yuehua served a bowl to Zhou Baozhu, "Aunt Baozhu, let the little kid have some red bean soup too."
As soon as Chen Jiali crawled in front of Xiaobao, Zhou Baozhu dragged her back by grabbing one of her legs.
Zhou Baozhu took a sip herself and said with a smile, "Daya, you are living a really good life. You even put sugar in the soup. After tasting the sweetness, I'm afraid Jiali won't be able to eat rice soup when she goes back."
Song Yuehua chuckled twice. Zhou Baozhu was quite capable of making a good sentence sound sarcastic.
After feeding her the red bean soup, Zhou Baozhu came over again and asked, "Daya, I heard you are going to build a school. Have you hired a teacher yet?"
"Not yet, but it's just a matter of time." Song Yuehua said.
"Well..." Zhou Baozhu said embarrassedly, "I have two boys at home. If I send them both to school, how much silver do I need to prepare?"
Today at her mother's house, Zhou Baozhu heard her father and two brothers discussing Song Daya's plan to build a school.
After listening for a long time, she also became interested.
It would definitely not be a good idea to send my two boys to the county school because my family simply can't afford it. But if they go to the school here in Daya, maybe both boys can go to school.
Zhou Baozhu came here without telling her family, thinking that it would never be a bad idea to test the waters first.
Naturally, Song Yuehua would recruit students when she opened a school, but she had not yet decided on how to recruit them.
"If you take care of your own food and accommodation, it won't be a big problem to provide for two. If you live in the school, the food expenses will be a big expense, and the specific fee has not been decided yet."
Zhou Baozhu was very excited when she heard Song Yuehua's words that her two boys would be able to study.
Chen Jiali crawled to Song Yuehua's side and looked at her curiously with her little face raised.
Song Yuehua picked up the little Jiali and said with a smile, "If Jiali wants to study, I don't need to pay a cent for her tuition."
"Not charging a penny?" Zhou Baozhu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"
There are many reasons, but Song Yuehua didn't want to say more, just smiled and said, "To find a friend for our little treasure!"
Zhou Baozhu also laughed.
I thought to myself, this girl is just as my father said, she has a good brain, a kind heart, and is a capable person.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the team of craftsmen started working again nearby.
As for the toilet and bathroom, Song Yuehua asked the master craftsman to follow the previous design. The original one bathroom was changed into two bathrooms, and the hidden trough for water storage had to be dug deeper.
The lecture hall is open from north to south, and except for the load-bearing parts, all parts will be equipped with large windows. Once it is painted white, the whole room will be bright.
There are 4 large kang rooms because Song Yuehua has experienced the benefits brought by kang and always wanted to popularize it.
After discussing with Grandma Wang, Song Yuehua asked the craftsmen to build a kang in Grandma Wang's house first. It was only a matter of a few bricks and not too much trouble. After hearing this, Zhou Ergui also had the idea.
Last winter he heard from his nephew that the whole bed was so warm that he could just lie on it and do anything.
After asking Song Yuehua, he bought several carts of bricks and took craftsmen to make three bricks for his home.
One bed for my parents, one for my eldest daughter, and one for myself and my wife.
After the work was done, Zhou Ergui wanted to pay the craftsman, but the old master couldn't accept his money as he had already done two business deals with him. It wouldn't be difficult to make a kang, so he just considered it as a favor.
This made Zhou Ergui feel a little embarrassed. After all, he felt that he was relying on Song Yuehua's help.
He took two laying hens from the chicken coop and threw them directly into the Song family's chicken coop.
Song Yuehua: "..." If you give it to me directly, I will accept it. I am not as polite as you think.
Zhou Ergui privately asked Song Yuehua whether he wanted to leave another wellhead.
Of course I agree to something like this that doesn't cost any money.
The master who came was an old acquaintance. He had just received 25 taels of silver, which was still warm. So he came quickly after hearing the news.
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