Chapter 168 Fresh Meat Mooncake
There was no oven in the city, but the barbecue rack that Gu Yunyi had made before came in handy. He put the food on it and grilled it over charcoal fire.
All you need to do is keep turning the mooncakes over so that both sides are heated evenly until they are baked until golden and crispy.
As time went by, the fragrance of the mooncakes became stronger and stronger, and gradually the whole yard was surrounded by this fragrance.
Yuanbao was attracted by the fragrance and kept smacking his lips.
Xu Qingmeng smiled and said, "Yuanbao, do you want to eat too?"
"Aunt...Aunt...Xiangxiang..."
"You!" Hui Niang nodded Yuan Bao's head unhappily.
"Okay, let's give the first mooncake to Yuanbao later, okay?"
“Eat...I must eat..."
Under Yuanbao's expectant gaze, the first mooncake was finally baked.
Xu Qingmeng carefully took the mooncake off the grill. The mooncake exuded an enticing aroma. After it cooled down a little, she handed it to Yuanbao who was holding out his little hand.
Yuanbao couldn't wait to take the mooncake and took a small bite.
The crispy crust made a slight "crunching" sound under his little teeth, and the sweet filling spread in his mouth instantly.
His already big eyes suddenly lit up, his cheeks puffed up, and he said incoherently, "Good...delicious..."
Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang couldn't help laughing when they saw Yuanbao's cute appearance.
As the mooncakes were baked one by one, the aroma in the yard became stronger and stronger.
"Sister-in-law, you should try it too. This mooncake tastes best when it's just out of the oven."
There were only three of them, Xu Qingmeng, Hui Niang and Yuanbao, and Xu Qingmeng didn't do much.
Hui Niang took a mooncake, tasted it, and said, "Meng Niang, your mooncake crust is really crispy!"
Hui Niang had eaten mooncakes before, but none of them were as good as the ones made by Xu Qingmeng. Although the crispy crust on the outside was not thick, it was layered. When you took a bite, the filling inside was really delicious.
"There are more. If you like, have two more."
"What a pity, they have nothing to eat."
"What's the big deal? We'll do it when the time comes."
"Then don't do it. You've worked so hard."
“It’s not that hard.”
On the day the examination hall opened, Xu Qingmeng went to the street to buy a lot of fresh vegetables and an old hen. Thinking that Gu Yunyi did not eat mooncakes and he was a carnivore, Xu Qingmeng planned to make some fresh meat mooncakes.
Seeing Xu Qingmeng buy so many things, Hui Niang smiled and said, "It's only been three days, you can't lose a few pounds. You are just worrying about your life, and now you are pregnant!"
"Didn't I hear earlier that the examination hall is quite tiring? I don't know what it will be like after this." Xu Qingmeng said with a smile.
At noon, Xu Qingmeng had already prepared the fresh meat mooncakes.
In the afternoon, the examination room opened, and Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang took Yuanbao with them.
There were many people in front of the examination hall, all of whom were looking forward to their family members coming out of there, just like them. It was a huge crowd, just like the people picking up their children from school in front of the school in later generations.
As soon as the bell rang, someone in the crowd shouted, "It's out, it's out."
Then, the relatively calm crowd suddenly became crowded, with people constantly trying to move forward.
Xu Qingmeng and the other person were women, one of them was pregnant, and the other was carrying a child, so they did not squeeze to the front.
The two of them stood at the back with Yuanbao, constantly tiptoeing and looking inside.
"Da Lang, you finally got out. How was it? How did you do in the exam?"
"Mr. Li, have you seen my husband? Do you know when he will come out?"
"I heard that something went wrong during this exam. Son, do you know what it was?"
"I heard that he was smuggled and was sent to jail on the spot. I don't know if it's true or not."
Xu Qingmeng stood at the longevity counter, listening to everyone's discussions. Then, she looked at Hui Niang beside her in confusion: "Something happened in the examination room? Why didn't I hear about it?"
"I don't know. Maybe someone with connections heard about it and spread it. But this kind of thing must be true. No one would dare to make up a rumor about this kind of thing."
Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang both trusted their family members, so they did not take the matter to heart. Moreover, according to the people around them, there were always many people who tried to cheat their way through the exams every year.
But no one has ever really gotten away with it, they are all caught on the spot. Even if it is true, it is nothing surprising.
However, more and more students came out and said that the person who was arrested was from Yan County. Xu Qingmeng became uneasy.
Of course she believed Gu Yunyi, but she couldn't guarantee that County Lieutenant Liu...
After all, to be able to stir up trouble in the city, there must be someone above County Magistrate Liu. Xu Qingmeng was worried that they might be here to take revenge.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingmeng suddenly became a little nervous, while Hui Niang was a little confused.
Just when I was about to ask Xu Qingmeng what happened, I saw Fang Ziheng.
Hui Niang's eyes lit up, and she waved to him quickly, shouting, "Master, we are here. Yuanbao, look, your father is back."
Fang Ziheng had sharp ears, so he quickly turned around and saw Hui Niang and Xu Qingmeng. Although he looked a little weak, he still had a faint smile on his face.
When Fang Ziheng saw the people, he quickly pushed through the crowd and walked over to the two of them.
"Yuanbao, do you miss daddy? My eldest son." Fang Ziheng put the box on the ground, then wanted to take his son and give him a big kiss.
Before he could even get close to her, Hui Niang stretched out her arm and stopped him. She said, "What are you doing? You smell so bad. Stay away from your precious son. You're not in good health anyway."
Fang Ziheng didn't force it. After all, his son's health had not been good since the accident.
Then he looked at Xu Qingmeng who was standing aside. Seeing that he didn't see Gu Yunyi, he asked, "Why haven't Brother Gu and the others come out yet? It shouldn't be that the candidates from Yan County have come out before me?"
Fang Ziheng's words made Xu Qingmeng's already anxious heart drop to the bottom. Then she looked towards the gate of the courtyard nervously, her lips tightly pursed.
Seeing that she didn't say anything and looked unhappy, Fang Ziheng looked at Hui Niang in confusion.
After listening to Fang Ziheng's words, Hui Niang finally understood what Xu Qingmeng was worried about.
He quickly whispered in Fang Ziheng's ear what he had heard from the student who had just come out, "It was said that three people from Yan County were arrested."
(End of this chapter)
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