After time travel, I ate glutinous rice bran in ancient times

The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is almost here.

When the Chunsheng brothers came to give holiday gifts, Wang Yugui wondered whether he should also give something to Mr. Tan?

Send some food, such as lotus root mooncakes. The Tan family has the best ones, and they are not interested in those sold on the street.

Besides, I haven't formally proposed yet, so it's not appropriate to give those gifts.

After thinking about it, I decided to paint a picture of the Mid-Autumn Festival full moon and give it to Mr. and Mrs. Tan.

After finishing the painting, he ran to the Tan residence in person to deliver the painting with trepidation.

Fortunately, Master Tan looked at the painting, smiled, and accepted it: "You came at the right time, I was just about to ask the servant to pass you!"

Mr. Tan looked at Wang Yugui and said, "I have read all the articles you submitted last time."

"The writing is not very outstanding, it can only be said to be average and quite ordinary!"

Mr. Tan said, sighing: "I think you will have a hard time passing the college entrance examination next year!"

After hearing this, Wang Yugui broke out in a sweat and didn't dare to respond.

Mr. Tan looked at him and frowned: "It would be great if you could use your cleverness in painting to write articles!"

"Oh, you got the priorities wrong. If you can write a good article and paint a few strokes, it will be the icing on the cake."

"If you can draw well but write so-so articles, what do you call that? That's not doing your job properly!"

"Mr. Tan is right, but I think everyone has their own strengths, and there's nothing wrong with being good at painting." Wang Yugui couldn't help but argue.

I thought to myself, Mr. Tan looks down on painters, but it was thanks to my painting skills that I was able to escape poverty and turn my life around.

After hearing this, Mr. Tan glared at him and said, "Idiot!"

"I said the painting was good, so what?"

"I hope you can add icing on the cake, don't you understand?"

"No matter how good you are at painting, can you pass the imperial examination with your paintings? At most, you can be a small painter and earn a few taels of silver!"

"If you want to pass the imperial examination and stand out, you have to write articles and study."

Mr. Tan said, and then looked at Wang Yugui: "I see that you have no ambition and just muddle through all day long!"

"Yes, Mr. Tan is teaching me that I am narrow-minded." Wang Yugui shut up and could no longer argue.

Mr. Tan has such a bad temper that the more you argue with him, the more he scolds you. It’s better not to provoke him.

Mr. Tan sat down, drank a sip of tea, and looked at Wang Yugui again: "A good man should have lofty ambitions, how can he be satisfied with the little petty gains in front of him!"

"Do you think you are so great just because you are a well-known painter in Wangtian County?"

"No, no, I have never thought about it that way." Wang Yugui was so scared that he stood up and replied.

I thought, oh, the training isn’t over yet!

Mr. Tan put down his teacup and snorted, "You'd better not think so!"

"You have to know that there are always better places. With your mediocre painting skills, you may be able to get by in Wangtian County, but outside, you are nothing!"

"You should put more effort into studying and getting a good academic performance!"

"Yes, Mr. Tan is right. I will keep your teachings in mind," Wang Yugui said hurriedly.

Mr. Tan took another sip of tea and snorted: "You, it doesn't matter if you don't remember what I said."

"Anyway, if you can't even pass the exam to become a scholar, I won't marry Xi'er to you!"

Oh my god, the trump card has come again. Wang Yugui hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tan, I will study harder and pass the college entrance examination next year."

After hearing this, Mr. Tan looked at Wang Yugui and said, "Well, you don't have to deal with me here anymore. Let's see how you perform!"

He added, "You go ahead and come over for dinner on the evening of August 16th!"

What? Mr. Tan is inviting me? Wang Yugui almost thought he had misheard and asked again: "Mr. Tan, are you talking about the night of August 16?"

"Yes, what's the matter? Are you hard of hearing?" Mr. Tan gave Wang Yugui a displeased look.

Wang Yugui smiled: "No, my ears are fine at night, that's it, that's it..."

"You just thought you heard it wrong." Before Wang Yugui finished speaking, Mr. Tan laughed.

Then he added: "August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night."

You must be at home with your family, so I asked you to come over for dinner on the evening of August 16th, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, I understand. Mr. Tan has put in a lot of effort." Wang Yugui nodded and thanked him.

Mr. Tan nodded and waved his hand: "That's good to know, go ahead!"

Wang Yugui was in a good mood when he left the Tan Mansion this time. Although Mr. Tan looked very serious and scolded him every time they met.

However, after each meeting, Wang Yugui felt that his relationship with Mr. Tan became closer.

After scolding him, I gave him a big surprise and invited him to dinner on August 16th!

Hehe, the moon will be full on the 15th and 16th, the night of reunion. I will definitely be able to see Miss Tan then.

On the 15th of August, Wang Yugui's family was very busy.

At noon, Wang prepared a table of delicious food and entertained her two future sons-in-law, Chunsheng and Shuisheng.

In the evening, Wang Yugui's family of four had a reunion dinner and set up two tables in the yard.

Lotus roots, water chestnuts, moon cakes, pears and tea are placed on a table... incense and candles are lit to worship the moon god.

On another table, there were also water chestnuts, chicken rice, moon cakes, pears and other festival foods to treat oneself.

The whole family sat around the table, eating moon cakes and watching the moon.

"These good days pass by so quickly. It's already Mid-Autumn Festival in the blink of an eye," Wang sighed after eating a small piece of mooncake.

He added: "When I was in Xiaowang Village, I lived a hard life. I had no idea where I would get my next meal. I worried about how to fill my stomach every day. I felt that life was really hard to endure. Oh!"

"Yes, mother, you are right, I feel the same way." The eldest sister heard this and laughed.

He added: "When I was poor, it felt like the Chinese New Year took a long time to come."

"Life is getting better now. It feels like time has passed in the blink of an eye. Look, it's already Mid-Autumn Festival!"

The second sister also laughed when she heard this: "Yes, I still remember last year during the Chinese New Year, we made lanterns to sell, and went to see the lanterns with Chunsheng and Shuisheng."

"It feels like it just happened yesterday. It's already the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and in a few months it will be Chinese New Year again!"

"Yes, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be the New Year in the blink of an eye. Time flies so fast." Wang sighed again after hearing this.

Wang Yugui smiled: "Oh, Mom, tonight is a reunion night. Our family will get together and we can just eat mooncakes and enjoy the moon. Why think so much!"

"Why are you still reminiscing about the good old days? Haha!"

"Hehe, brother is right. Thinking back to the hard times we had in the past is like a nightmare." The elder sister laughed.

Wang Yugui smiled: "Since it is a nightmare, forget it. Let's think about more good dreams!"

"Yes, brother is right, nightmares are too scary." The second sister nodded and asked Wang Yugui with a smile: "Brother, are we still making lanterns to sell during the Chinese New Year this year?"

"Yes, brother, we should do it earlier this year and do more," the eldest sister also said.

Wang Yugui smiled and thought: These two little girls are quite serious about making money.

However, I need to think again about making lanterns. Last year, I had to paint the lanterns by myself, which was too tiring.