A Yao was holding Jiuzi Zongzi, and obviously saw Mo Xingle's family's surprise.

What's so surprised?

She didn't understand and smiled and brought the desserts: "I thought today was Dragon Boat Festival, and after dinner, I made the rice dumplings smaller and one bite at a time. The old man might need to divide the rice dumplings into two and taste them."

It was a long plate, with branches drawn with sauce, and the Jiuzi Zongzi was decorated with fruit, and finally decorated with calamus.

Jiuzi Zongzi's colors are different. The little nephew looked at the cute little fat hand and touched it. He failed and was taken away by Mo Xingle's mother.

"The colors of the rice dumplings are different, and the tastes are different?" Mo Xingle's mother asked.

"The black rice dumplings on the left and right sides are made of black rice. The fillings are candied dates with a little sweet taste and the rustling duck egg yolk. The brown one is alkaline water bean paste dumpling, the jade one is mung bean bacon rice dumpling, and the next one is Babao rice dumpling, which contains glutinous rice, millet, millet, oats, red beans, mung beans, and lotus seeds. The taste is sweet. The middle is fresh meat dumpling. There is only one fresh meat dumpling, and the others are two."

She asked Mo Xingle in advance if he had any attention to the taste of the rice dumplings, and learned that every year their family always had a question of "Do you eat sweet rice dumplings or salty rice dumplings" to give it to you, no matter how long you eat two flavors of rice dumplings in the end, you can just pick it up before this.

"Yes." Grandpa and grandma each picked up a black rice dumpling. Grandpa ate sweet food and grandma ate salty food. Mo Xingle's father ate salty food, his mother ate sweet food, and his nephew was entangled between Babao zongzi and Bean paste zongzi.

Mo Xingle's mother: "Little girl, you made it all today. Isn't it very expensive? How old is this year?"

"Brother Mo passed by Nanxun and helped our family a very important help. Later, when I came to the capital, he solved the trouble of the gangsters. I had no special skills, only my cooking skills were a little bit good. Thanks to Brother Mo's favor, I invited me to the house to have a family banquet. I was too happy, so how could I collect money?" A Yao explained, "This year's 14..."

She thought that the Mo family felt that she was young and could not support a family dinner alone. She quickly added: "Don't look at me as young as I was seven or eight years old. I have been learning to cook with my master for seven years. I can make many dishes."

At the age of fourteen, she was waiting for her name at the age of fourteen, and she didn't even take a step further in the kitchen. This little girl could already make a good dish. Mo Xingle's mother looked at A Yao, who had a slightly fat cheek and quickly defended her, trying her best to pretend to be an adult, but no matter how she looked, she was still childish and liked her more and more. She said softly: "The little girl's home is so powerful, she often comes to her home in the future."

A Yao just thought it was a polite word and agreed well.

Later, she was invited by Mrs. Mo to cook several times, and most of them were Mo Xingle's father's former colleagues to visit and cook a table of side dishes. If you don't say it, Mo Xingle's three Jinshis in the Mo family, Mo Xingle is in Dali Temple, and his brother also holds a heavy position in the Ministry of Justice. His father retired early to pave the way for his two sons, but his influence is still there, and Mo Xingle and his brother are also favored by the big guys. After a while, the group of people who are familiar with the Mo family know that their family has a very comfortable and enjoyable cooking.

There are many chefs who can make delicious food, but it is difficult to find a chef who can make everyone feel comfortable and happy to eat when they are cooked.

A Yao gradually became famous without knowing it.

...

Since I already knew that the bird's nest was in the eldest princess's house and became a well-known maid, I felt worried that the bird's nest was not in that corner, so I let go of my heart.

Keeping in mind the instructions in the bird's nest letter, don't contact her. True to think that she had never seen her before. A Yao did as she did. In contrast, she felt content with the status quo. She had just taken bird's nest to go to the princess's house with a large identity. It was difficult. A Yao couldn't imagine how much she had to pay, but she knew very well that if she didn't move up or into the eyes of noble people, she would never have the chance to turn the story of looking at the moon.

Her master and her senior sister were involved in the affairs of the previous dynasty. She worshipped under Wangyue's door, and Wangyue taught her all the things she could do. She could not draw a clear line and went on both sides of the road. At present, all she could do was practice cooking diligently, and participated in the cooking exchanges on September 9 after the hairpin, and entered the official fourth department and six bureaus and then slowly planned it.

Time flies and Mid-Autumn Festival.

She will be in the same boat in another month!

But the cooking ceremony is on the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the September 20th, and her birthday is on the 15th of September... A Yao remembered this and hurried to inquire. Fortunately, they seem to be really eager to seek talented people. As long as the birthday is within September, they can sign up for registration whether before or after the Double Ninth Festival.

Delightful!

The two siblings in Sun Niang's foot shop can see that A Yao is in a good mood recently, so good that she sometimes gives them guidance, which makes Li Gang and Li Rou flattered. The chefs in many restaurants are unwilling to let others learn their eating skills, but A Yao is willing to give them guidance.

"Just teach me one or two, aren't you afraid that we will learn to take your place?" Li Rou asked.

A Yao laughed: "If it is so easy to snatch it away, then your cooking skills must be extremely talented and you can cultivate them again. Don't think too much, help knead the dough and make mooncakes, and sell mooncakes at noon."

Sun Niang knew that A Yao had signed up for the Chongyang cooking competition, so she asked: "When I go to the Fourth Department and the Sixth Bureau of the Official Office, I won't come back, right?"

"I can continue to work here for a while. No matter what, I have to wait until I find a good cook, so I can leave with confidence." A Yao said with a smile.

She inquired that several chefs who stood out in the cooking competition were invited to the official nobles to have a banquet, which was the reward for participating in the cooking competition. If a chef registered in the official fourth department and sixth bureau is an idle cook, the official fourth department and sixth bureau can send work to them. The pricing is determined by the fourth department and sixth bureau, and the tax in it is also out of the remuneration, and customers can purchase materials from the fourth department and sixth bureau.

In general, the official Four Departments and Six Bureaus are backed by the imperial ship, which can easily manage the chefs in Beijing, and have standards for pricing, which effectively limits some chefs to ask for prices. The people can afford the chefs. Cooks with poor reputation can also find work through the Four Departments and Six Bureaus. They do not need to sign a contract for sale. If they don’t want to go to the Four Departments and Six Bureaus, they can not go, which is similar to a tooth shop.

The pros and cons are only based on whether your identity is the top of the pyramid or the countless people at the bottom of the tower.

"It's so good." Sun Niang smiled.

After noon, there were not many people in the store, and Sun Niang gave away a basket of fruits and mooncakes: "Today we will go back early."

"Okay, thank you, proprietress." A Yao and Li Gang and Li Rou brought the basket to their respective houses, but Song Fang didn't move. He touched his head and looked embarrassed: "I'm the only one at home. If you don't dislike me... can you make more meals for me?"

Sun Niang was stunned and cursed: "You idiot! Well, I'll go to the kitchen, and you can help take care of the big kid and the little treasure."

Song Fang laughed foolishly.

A Yao brought the fruit home, and all kinds of small lanterns were hung in the alley in the afternoon, and everyone's face was filled with smiles, as if they were during the Chinese New Year.

Infected with their family's joy of reunion, A Yao also smiled and curled her eyes.

When he got home and opened the door, the two dogs shook their tails, and the big white goose ran to welcome her home with their wings.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Do you want to eat mooncakes? Oh, I forgot that you can't speak, so you should stop eating." A Yao said with a smile. The dog and the big white goose seemed to understand and made a dissatisfied voice.

"Wang!"

"Ga!"

A Yao gently kicked the dog with her feet: "Don't make a fuss, I'm busy." She brought the lotus leaf porcelain plate and placed the fruit in the basket on the porcelain plate. The pomegranate, grape, orange, taro and a handful of chestnuts. The golden osmanthus floated away from the branches and fell on the green porcelain plate. The golden osmanthus flowers were dotted with half of them revealing the red pomegranate seeds inside, and the fragrant osmanthus fragrance. She subconsciously raised her head and the osmanthus tree was also at the harvest time.

Lay a piece of cloth on the ground and use a bamboo pole to knock down the osmanthus flowers on the branches, like a naughty boy sitting on the branches and sprinkling gold powder. They are all blowing, and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers is covered with. Shake it with a dustpan, filter out the dust and stems, wash it slightly with clean water and mix it in salt, spread it flat on the bamboo sieve to dry.

Taking advantage of this time, she began to prepare tonight's supper. Although she had to eat well even if she had only one person, she would not worry about Wangyue and the bird's nest.

This autumn news said that there are bumper harvests everywhere, and the prices of new rice and glutinous rice on the market have not increased. Instead, the prices have dropped slightly because of the large supply. A Yao bought more and transported them back, made rice vinegar, made wine, and then stocked up some rice to survive the winter.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, crabs are on the market. At this time, female crabs are full of roe and taste fresh, how can you miss it?

However, the crab is cold in nature and she can't eat much by herself. She can just put a crab in a small steamer. Put a slice of ginger on the belly of the crab and steam it in a pot to highlight its deliciousness.

Let’s go with a steamed pork ribs with glutinous rice, which consists of meat and rice. The portion is also a small steamer. The lotus pond is full of moonlight. The sweet soup after the meal is osmanthus candy taro.

The prepared taro is a small one, about the same size as a dumpling. The good taro is soft and not sticky, and is refreshing than the dumplings. It has a hint of sweetness in nature. A Yao doesn't like taro, either pink or hard, but the taro is just right.

Peel the outer skin of the taro, reveal the white and fat meat, and cut it into hob pieces. Add a spoonful of alkali noodles to the water and cook it together, which will make the taro turn red. The brown sugar in another pot is melted in the water and boiled, turning into a pot of brown sugar water. Pour in the taro chunks until the chopsticks poke it down and feel soft. Pour the mixed lotus root powder water into the pot, and the sugar water will go from clear to thick, and finally add the osmanthus sauce to complete.

When she was ready for supper, the sun had not yet set. She flipped through the osmanthus flowers on the bamboo sieve and probably needed to be left overnight to dry it, making osmanthus sauce and sugar osmanthus flowers.

The door was always open, and every household was cooking one after another. The children were playing and playing with lanterns. A Yao looked at the children outside the door and murmured to herself: "Wait until it was dark... should I make a lantern?"

Since you think about it, just do it.

She didn't know how to start the paper lantern she wanted, but the grapefruit lantern was easy to make. Just like doing Sichuan Pepper Stew, cut a cover for the grapefruit first, and cut four cuts from top to bottom. Insert one of the bamboo spoons into it to easily separate the peel. The flesh will be eaten later. Put a small board and candle at the bottom of the grapefruit. The pomelo peel on the top was firmly connected with bamboo sticks to prevent the label from protruding the peel and tying the hand.

The outline of the moon rabbit is carved on all sides of the grapefruit skin. Cover the lid and lit a candle. The light emerges from the gap and the outline of the jade rabbit.

The grapefruit lantern is made, and the bamboo sticks exposed in the gap are tied with colorful strings, gathered on the top and twisted into a knot, and finally tied to a straight bamboo pole, and then you can carry it.

The sunset is gorgeous, and the full moon quietly appears on the branches to the east, slowly climbing up.

A Yao went back to the house and lit the lantern, put the grapefruit lantern on the stone table, and brought out all the supper.

The green crabs turned into red crabs in the steamer. She cut the crab claws, removed the crab cover, and peeled off the crab roe inside the crab cover. The crab roe almost overflowed. The clear yellow crab roe was so greedy that A Yao saliva immediately. She cleared the gills, crab heart and crab stomach on both sides, and scooped a small spoonful of Zhejiang vinegar on the crab roe, which was even more fresh while relieving the greasiness.

A Yao had a lot of fun dismantling the crabs. After eating the crab roe, she broke the crab body and burst out the white crab meat, which was fresh and sweet.

After eating sugar taro, the dog chewed on the ribs, the big white goose ate the meat soup bibimbap, and the last trace of afterglow spread into the clouds. Only the moon in the sky is bright, and lanterns hanging high everywhere on earth are not lonely.

A Yao looked up at the full moon and hummed softly:

"... People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has phases and waxing, and this matter is difficult to be complete in ancient times. I hope people will live long and share the beauty of the moon together from thousands of miles away."

Fuhai.

Qu Yunhe made a table of good dishes, looking at the moon and praying for blessings, and offering a stick of incense on the table, three plates of fruits and vegetables, apples, grapefruit, taro and cherry blossoms, and three plates of vegetarian lotus paste mooncakes.

I hope Bird's Nest and A Yao are both good.

After she finished worshiping Yue, she looked at Qu Yunhe and smiled and sat down to have a meal.

"You set out the day after tomorrow. I think you should prepare more sets of clothes. The capital is not as good as Fuhai. It is easy to catch a cold in the morning and night when autumn comes." Qu Yunhe said, and he stopped talking.

"What else?" Wangyue blinked.

Qu Yunhe sighed: "Come back early, I miss you very much."

She burst out laughing: "I haven't even set out, you just want to come back."

Before she finished speaking, Qu Yunhe hugged her, Wangyue knocked into his arms, counting the beating of his heart under his chest, and only heard him say, "I could bear it before, but we were separated for too long. I was already numb, and even the blood flowing in my body seemed to be cold. Because when you return to me, you are like treasures lost and regained, like spring returning to the earth, and the peach blossoms come, how can I endure the loneliness of gaining and regaining? This feeling is so uncomfortable."

Wangyue hugged Qu Yunhe, "I'm the same. But A Yao's wedding ceremony cannot be gone, I have already promised her." Her forehead pressed against Qu Yunhe's forehead, "I promise you, and I'll come back when the wedding ceremony is over."

...

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the teapot on the small red mud stove is boiling water and rumbling. The mooncake is at hand, and the candles in the grapefruit lantern are burning halfway. The dog and the big white goose return to their territory and doze off. A Yao doesn't know what she wants to do when she sits in the yard.

The little doll outside the door was still playing with energy. Three or two dolls built a simple stove with bricks. There were a few candles underneath, with banana leaves on them, and small taro and cooked snails at home were placed on them.

There was a movement by the wall.

She looked up and someone came to climb the wall without walking through the gate.

"A Yao, it turns out that you are still here. The moonlight is so beautiful today." Pei Shuo stepped over the wall with one foot, half of his body hung on the wall. He looked down and met A Yao's face with a black line. He smiled and flipped down from the wall, and landed steadily: "I sneaked out. Look, I brought you Dongshan oranges and let's share them together!"
Chapter completed!