Young rich peasants

It's warm when you drink hot soup, it's warm when you eat mooncakes, and it's warm when you eat caramel... But Lei Shounuo thinks that what's really warm is being accompanied by his family.

Like doing things now, with Zao Zi or Xiao Dae by my side, I feel particularly motivated.

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset.Except for some fresh longan that came out a little later as a tribute from Baiyuelang in the Mid-Autumn Festival, most of the other longan was finally baked before the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month and packed in bamboo baskets with an attractive color.In order to make it easier for Lei Shounuo to take it away at that time, several families sent the bamboo baskets to Lei Shounuo's home for storage.

Zaozi helped move it, so he didn't dare to take another step when he saw that it was going to be sent into the moonless room.The two boys gave him a strange look, but they didn't pay attention, and a man came and hugged the bamboo basket.

After everyone left, Lei Shounuo tidied up the bamboo baskets and made preparations to prevent moisture before leaving the room.As soon as he came out, he saw Zaozi looking restless, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?" Zaozi grabbed Lei Shounuo's skirt, poked his head out to look at the room, and said, "That room is so scary."

It was only then that Lei Shounuo remembered what he had done before, he patted his forehead, and apologized: "I'm sorry, Zaozi, there was nothing in that room, I was the one who wanted to scare you that day. That bone was just a A log that grows like a bone."

Zaozi didn't believe it, so Lei Shounuo hugged him and moved inch by inch into the room.Zaozi was so frightened that his whole body tensed up, and Lei Shounuo kept talking to distract him.After finally entering the room, a beam of sunlight fell on the center of the room, revealing an empty bed frame without a bed board.

"Look, remove the grass on the roof, and the light will come through. After the rainy season, put the tile back on to prevent the things here from getting wet and moldy. Look over here, this small bag of rice... this one is for pickled radishes The crock... These two Xiaoying are dried vegetables and salted melons."

Listening, seeing the light again, Zaozi was finally not so afraid, but the hand holding Lei Shounuo's belt still did not dare to relax.He tried to keep up with Lei Shounuo's words, and asked, "What is melon, melon salty?"

"I don't know about this either?" Lei Shounuo wondered how different Zaozi's hometown is from here, "Guaxian is cucumber, the thick kind."

Zaozi has never seen such a pale yellow cucumber that is not like a cucumber, "Is it delicious?"

Lei Shounuo broke off a small piece, and handed it to Zaozi's mouth, "Try it and you'll know." Zaozi didn't doubt him, and opened his mouth to enclose Lei Shounuo's fingers.Before he started chewing, Zaozi's face wrinkled, and he whimpered, "It's so salty..."

Lei Shounuo laughed loudly, and dug out the melon salt that he dared not bite in Zaozi's mouth, "It has been pickled with coarse salt and dried, of course it is salty." He threw the small melon salt into his mouth Li, chewed a few times and swallowed.Zaozi asked in surprise, "Aren't you afraid of saltiness?"

How could it be possible not to be afraid of saltiness? In order to eat less vegetables and eat more, this little half-poppy melon was salted enough.But the saltiness in this section... Lei Shounuo eats salty fish to quench his thirst—what he wants to eat.

He didn't answer jujube, but instead said: "You can use it with porridge, especially when you eat porridge. When the jujube is finished, we will marinate new ones together."

Zaozi pursed his mouth, his mouth was still salty, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Lei Shounuo was amazing.On the contrary, the fear of this room is not left at all.

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The Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th has finally arrived.After every household has finished their work in the fields and mountains, they all start to cook dishes for the festival.Lei Shounuo's family was no exception. For dinner, it was the same as the jujube nourishment last time. They still had fish, a large bowl of steamed eggs, a small bowl of pork belly, and a large dish of loofah.People in the upper village of Mazi only add fish and eggs to their dishes, and occasionally they have meat. If there are bones, the pork guys in the lower village are nice, and they will pick some thin strips and sell them cheaply.This is not a small deal for southerners who like to drink soup.

Zaozi also learned about this by listening to people's speeches at the head and tail of the village.Gaoliang County is close to the sea, so the fish is sold very cheaply, and the people in Mazishang Village can still afford it. Besides, it can be boiled or steamed, and it is good for the body, so everyone likes it.Pork is eaten less. For beef, you have to wait until someone’s cattle die before you can eat it. Because the imperial court ordered that the meat of farm cattle can only be sold for twenty yuan a catty at most, so beef is occasionally eaten. If the beef is not very tasty, it can be cheaper.

So the jujubes in this meal didn't get too much in the small bowl of pork belly, but the little dad always said he was too thin, so he insisted on stuffing it for him, so he secretly stuffed it into Lei Shounuo's mouth, Lei Shounuo frowned, and took another piece Stuffed it into his mouth, he bulged his cheeks and stared blankly, so he ate it.After going back and forth, all three of them ate it, and left some fried lard for bibimbap, which was also very fragrant.

Daddy ate bibimbap with lard and talked about the past of his ancestors.At the beginning, everyone used lard for cooking, and meat was the staple food.Later, the staple food became rice, and there were naturally fewer pigs. Later, when peanuts were produced, and smart people made peanut oil, they ate less lard.

Zaozi heard it strangely. He used to think that lard was cheap and peanut oil was expensive.Lei Shounuo analyzed it with him. If you want to fry lard, you have to kill the pig. Except for those who kill pigs for a living, the pigs in other people's homes are kept until the New Year. How can there be fat lard all year round? ?The pigs have to be fattened and strong. Lean pigs can at most have meat to eat, and there is still little oil and water.

Moreover, this is also related to the plague in Chen Kingdom in the early years, which killed many livestock, especially pigs.Even if it becomes prosperous in the future, pigs are harder to raise than before, and they are prone to diseases.

After eating the lard rice, Xiaopai and Lei Shounuo filled the bowl again, except for the jujube, which could only eat half a bowl.This time the fish is steamed, tender and smooth, comparable to eggs, and it tastes delicious when mixed with rice.Zaozi carefully shaved the fishbone, and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Lei Shounuo dug a few spoonfuls of steamed eggs into the rice, stirred it a few times, and ate half of the bowl with a bite of sweet loofah, and the bowl bottomed out.

Zaozi looked down at his bowl, and hadn't eaten a third of it yet.He stopped picking the fishbone, and quickly took a big mouthful of fish meat and rice into his mouth.It's too slow to eat by myself, it's not good to ask Xiaopai and Lei Shounuo to wait.Just thinking about it, his throat hurts, he coughed a few times, and his eyes turned red.

Lei Shounuo was adding the third bowl of rice, but he had actually been paying attention to Zaozi's behavior all the time. Seeing this, he knew that a fishbone was stuck in his throat.He took the bowl and ran to the kitchen to fill a bowl of rice soup, and told Zao Zi to swallow it down.The little dad was anxious beside him, saying that if he couldn't drink water, he would borrow some vinegar from Hua Ah.

Zaozi swallowed hard and drank another big bowl of rice soup, the thorn in his throat finally went down.Xiao Dae told him once, eat slowly when eating, and remember to spit out the bones when eating fish.Zaozi peeked at Lei Shounuo, and the younger dad stopped by and gave Lei Shounuo a hard lesson.It was because he was in a hurry to eat that he spoiled the dates.

After finishing what he had to say, Lei Shounuo turned his face away and made a small grimace at Zaozi, took Zaozi's bowl, and poured all the rice in it into his own bowl.The little dad stared, and Lei Shounuo said, "Zaozi drank two big bowls of rice soup and can't eat anymore. Why don't you eat more fish."

It made sense, so little dad didn't care.Zaozi immersed himself in picking fishbone, and after picking a piece for each person, everyone had a share.

After the meal, the family of three went to the village to chat with everyone, and to digest food.Zaozi likes to play with children at this time, although he is still a child of twelve or thirteen years old, but unexpectedly he can coax all mischievous children into obedience.

It's almost time to play, everyone looks at the sky, the moon like a silver basin has risen.Every family goes home, prepare a small wooden table or stool, or directly by the patio if you don’t have one.In short, it is to put fruits, moon cakes and tea wine in order, and light incense to worship the moon man.

Legend has it that Yuelang is the god in charge of the moon, and he represents the reunion of the moon and the moon. There is also a saying that he knows Yuelao, who is in charge of marriage, so worshiping Yuelang can also bless the marriage smoothly and the harmony inside and outside.

Little Daddy hasn't paid homage to him for many years, and this year he finally made an exception, holding Zaozi's hand from behind and teaching him to say auspicious words.

The more Zaozi listened, the more embarrassed he became, because Xiaopa was talking about him and Lei Shounuo.

Lei Shounuo held the incense stick, and praying three times was enough, and praying was the son's patent.

After paying his respects, he had to wait for a while until Yuelang had eaten the tribute before spilling the three cups of wine and three cups of tea, and finally burning the ingots.Once the whole set is done, the whole family can sit on the edge of the patio and eat mooncakes while admiring the moonlight.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Zaozi feels that the mooncakes here are very sweet, the sugar and melon kernels are both fragrant, and the mouth will not be astringent after eating.In the past, the dean said that many modern mooncakes love to add saccharine and preservatives, and the taste has long been different.

It would be great if the dean was there. Although we can only share this simple moon cake, it tastes better if you eat less, and it is very delicious. If you can eat it, you will be happy.

Little daddy turned his head to wipe the corner of his eyes while he was eating, Zaozi looked at Lei Shounuo, Lei Shounuo made a "shh" gesture to him, he nodded, pretending he didn't see what little daddy did.

"I haven't eaten for so many years, I'm tired of eating a little bit," Xiao Dae said with a smile, "Keep promise, you open a pomelo for Xiao Dae to eat, and you will share the rest of the mooncakes with the jujubes."

"Okay, look at my kung fu." Lei Shounuo rolled up his sleeves, pressed the grapefruit, cut off the head of the grapefruit, and then used a kitchen knife to cut a boundary on the thick skin.His hands were particularly strong, with a snap here and there, he dug out the whole grapefruit with ease.

The jujube was going to pick up the grapefruit, Lei Shounuo was puzzled and said, "You can't break it." The grapefruit still needs to be broken into petals to be easy to eat.

"There's white skin on the outside, I'll tear that off." Zaozi remembered that it would be easier to tear off that layer of white skin.

Lei Shounuo gave him the grapefruit, and opened the second one.

The grapefruit was really sweet and juicy, and the jujube was bitten directly. The little dad pinched his face, "Eating it like this will make your mouth bitter, silly boy. Give it to the little dad, and watch."

Xiao Dae used a kitchen knife to cut across the top edge of the pomelo, and the two skins opened naturally. When the skin was lifted, the flesh stood out, and after a few strokes with his hands, the core came into his hand. "Hey, take it, if you eat it like this, you'll get all the flesh in every bite."

The jujube is a bit slow, but it is also successful. It is very convenient and satisfying to eat.

"For pigs." Lei Shounuo suddenly leaned closer to Zaozi's lips and whispered, then turned his head and pretended nothing happened, and lay down on the ground with open arms to look at the moon.

Zaozi didn't understand, so he asked his little dad, "What does it mean to eat pigs?" The little dad glanced at his son angrily, then turned around and explained to Xiaoxin Baozi, "I just like to eat like a pig."

Zaozi choked for a while, only to realize that his stomach had already stretched out.Dad also found out that if he ate any more, he might have a stomachache at night, so he confiscated the longan from Zaozi's hand.

When I was young, I didn't have to eat, and whenever I had something to eat, I stuffed it into my stomach. This habit followed unconsciously.Zaozi scratched her face, thinking about changing it in the future.

Dad is used to going to bed early, so he packed up his things and went back to his room.Lei Shounuo held the small jug, leaned against the railing, and looked at the moon in the sky and took a sip.

When Zaozi was sleepy, she pillowed on Lei Shounuo's lap, from bottom to top, watching Lei Shounuo's raised neck and sliding Adam's apple while drinking, and gradually fell asleep.

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