Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.
Before the festival, Song Yuehua prepared the mooncake ingredients, including lotus seeds, salted egg yolks, ham, and red beans.
Among the food that Damao asked someone to bring last month were various kinds of nuts, which could be made into five-nut fillings.
The night before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Wenwu, Song Yuehua, and Tian were busy in the kitchen until late at night.
On the day of the festival, Song Yuehua spent 25 cents to buy five exquisitely crafted hand-held baskets from a bamboo craftsman.
Send a basket of mooncakes and salted eggs to each of the Zhou, Wang, Zhang, and Ma families.
When Xie Feng came to the Song family to pick up Xie Wenwu and his sister, he brought in three ducks as a holiday gift.
Song Yuehua brought the prepared mooncake basket to the ox cart and said, "Second Uncle, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival," Xie Feng chuckled.
"Master, I will spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you next year." After Xie Wenwu sat on the ox cart, he turned around and said to Song Yuehua.
Xie Yu couldn't stand it anymore, "I'll be back tomorrow!"
Song Yuehua patted their heads and said, "Spend time with your parents. You don't have to worry about me. It doesn't matter if you come back two days later. I'll ask Zhang Rushan to teach Xiaoyu two more classes. It's not a big problem. As for the civil and military courses..."
It doesn't matter whether Xie Wenwu attends two more classes or two less classes.
Song Yuehua sighed and said, "Wenwu should just rest at home for a few days."
Finally, Song Yuehua invited Xie Feng again, "Second Uncle, please leave a meal for us next time you come. I have made a new dish of Eight Treasure Duck, and I would like you to help me taste it."
"Thank you, I will definitely stay." Xie Feng said.
As soon as they sent the people away, the return gifts from the Zhang, Zhou, Ma, and Wang families were sent over.
Lin made a pair of shoes for each of the four siblings. "Your Aunt Zhang and I have nothing to do at home, so we made a few pairs of cloth shoes. Go try them on and see if they fit your feet."
The gifts the Zhou family sends back are always very thoughtful.
Tang and Zhang came together, and in their baskets were homemade dried vermicelli, dried bamboo shoots, and two air-dried chickens.
After taking a look at the shoes Lin sent, Tang smiled and said, "We don't have such ingenuity. These are fresh dried goods made this year. They won't go bad if left alone. You can try them when you have time."
The Zhang family always likes to send some food.
Song Yuehua lowered her head and smelled it. "It smells really good. What else do you put in it? I'm afraid I'll be too greedy to sleep at night."
Several people laughed happily.
Tan Xiuxiu returned with a box of dried seaweed.
"Aunt Qin, this is too expensive."
This thing might not be available in the county town, so Song Yuehua didn't dare to accept it.
Tan Xiuxiu smiled and said, "My father-in-law knows a few people who work at the sea in the county. He brought some local specialties back to our house this time. I heard they are not expensive, so he just shared them with everyone to try."
Scarcity makes things valuable. How can something that cannot be found even in the county not be valuable?
Seeing Song Yuehua in a dilemma, Qin Xiuxiu stuffed the food into her arms and said, "It's just some food. If you refuse again, I will complain to the old man."
"Okay, I'll take it." Song Yuehua took it with a smile.
Granny Wang made a new set of clothes for each of the two treasures.
"Mother-in-law, why do you bother with this?" Song Yuehua said.
Granny Wang smiled and said, "This is the only skill I can show off."
Song Yuehua dressed Dabao and Xiaobao in new clothes and shoes. As the weather was nice, she let the two little ones play in the yard with Zhang Dandan, Liu Shitou and Bai Shu.
Zhu Wenyan and Liu Xiaomian sat aside, feeding the little white rabbits in the yard with handfuls of vegetable leaves.
Liu Xue, Ji Ming, and Grandma Xi were also invited to the Song family to celebrate the festival.
At the school, Madam Nie and Guan Xiaodie did not go home, so Song Yuehua invited them to come over for a reunion dinner.
I don’t know why Guan Xiaodie didn’t go back.
According to Zhang Dandan, she was unwilling to go back, unlike Hua Baoer, who had to ask for two more days off after the school had two days off.
It was rare that Madam Nie agreed to come out, so Song Yuehua also wanted to treat her well.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Song Yuehua asked Aunt Tian to go home for a reunion, and she, Madam Xia, Liu Xue and Grandma Wang were responsible for preparing the reunion dinner.
It took a lot of effort to prepare two large tables of food, and fortunately, the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much.
The two masters always had a big drink at this time.
I thought this year would be no exception, but as soon as the meal was over, Duan Yidao went to Dongshan with Grandma Wang, holding chicken soup.
Zhu Yanli's baby has been crying a lot recently, and she didn't come this time for fear of disturbing the guests from the Song family.
Grandma Wang was worried about it, and Duan Yidao was also worried about it.
"Forget your friends when you see a beautiful woman." Master Yi snorted.
Seeing him like this, Lady Xia smiled and said, "It's still early now. Wouldn't it be more interesting to enjoy the moon and drink later?"
Master Yi's eyes lit up and he nodded, "The one who understands me is Madam."
After finishing her meal, Madam Nie thanked him and went back.
Xiaoyu knew her master's temper and did not stop her, but Guan Xiaodie was pulled back by her, and the two sat in the yard together to make tea and talk.
Ji Ming, who was sitting opposite them, was crossing his arms and listening to Zhang Dandan talking about interesting things in the village without saying a word. His eyes always unconsciously drifted to the light purple figure opposite him.
When Guan Xiaodie looked back, Ji Ming turned his gaze to Zhang Dandan without saying a word and responded with a smile.
Guan Xiaodie lowered her head to look at the tea, hiding the disappointment in her eyes.
After digesting the food for a while, Song Yuehua distributed mooncakes to everyone. She sat in the yard, held Xiaobao on her lap, fed her mooncakes, and told her the story of Chang'e flying to the moon.
Adults and children in the yard all listened with great interest.
Zhang Dandan looked up at the moon and said, "So there is a palace in there. If a brick falls down, we will be rich if we pick it up."
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