In early August, Emperor Xuan Zhao Heng, who was welcomed back to Luoyang by the Cao family, realized that the Yuan family wanted to become emperor, so he adopted Cao family's suggestion and moved the capital to Yuzhou, Xudu.
Soon, Cao De, the leader of the Cao family, was awarded the title of general.
But among them, there is another reality, that is, when the princes attacked Dong Xing, Dong Xing and the emperor moved to the old capital of Chang'an while fleeing, and burned Luoyang, which caused a devastating blow to this once super city.
Obviously, re-establishing a very large city is a bit complicated for the current Cao family. It is better to directly take the young emperor to Xuchang, which the Cao family has been running for a long time, and build a new capital city.
It has been half a month since Xu Da left Wubao, and every two days, my family will receive a letter from Xu Da.
The situation outside changed, and Xu Da's letter was also sent home, allowing Xu Yue and others who lived in Wubao to get first-hand news from the outside world.
Time passed very quickly in the busy schedule. When Xu Yue realized what she was doing, she calculated the almanac and found that it was already August 15th.
Last year, I didn’t even think about the Mid-Autumn Festival when I was on the run, but this year, it seems that I can celebrate it a little bit.
Xu Yue didn't know if there were any mooncakes at this time, but she didn't see any special preparations at her cousin's and grandma's house.
On the other hand, the tenant farmers, whose crops were about to mature, were busy preparing a lot of livestock and grains for sacrifice, and were preparing to worship the moon god tonight to pray for a good harvest.
Xu Yue looked at the tenants who were busy preparing for the festival and suddenly wanted to eat mooncakes.
Today's work in the tofu shop has been completed, and only one plate of tofu is left for retail sale in front of the courtyard. Xu Yue decided to give his brother and the slaves working in the tofu shop a half-day holiday.
Yangwazi had already learned some tofu making skills, but due to his status as a tenant, he never dared to open a mill on his own to sell tofu, so he continued to work in the tofu mill.
The good fortune sent by my cousin's grandmother also returned home after learning and left the mill.
Xu Yue suddenly came over and said that she wanted to give everyone a holiday. Everyone was obviously confused.
Ah San and the other three slaves were even more dumbfounded, as if this was something unbelievable.
Only Xu Dalang accepted it calmly and immediately threw away his apron and smiled happily.
"Isn't today the Mid-Autumn Festival? This is a day of reunion. Let's go home and celebrate the festival with our families." Xu Yue explained with a smile.
After hearing her words, several people understood why they were given half a day off today.
Yangwazi smiled and finally went home without any psychological burden.
There were three slaves left, Ah San. Xu Yue thought of the various beautiful shapes of mooncakes, so she asked the three of them who knew how to do carpentry and help him make two molds.
The three asked about the requirements and learned that they only needed a few petals or a round mold. They said it was very simple and went to find wood to make a mold for Xu Yue on the spot.
Xu Dalang originally wanted to go down to the river to soak in the water to cool down, but when he saw Xu Yue's posture, he immediately surrounded him.
"What are you going to do, sister?"
Xu Yue smiled mysteriously, "It's delicious."
There's something delicious again! Xu Dalang's eyes suddenly lit up and he didn't want to go into the river to soak in the water. He just followed Xu Yue and watched her busy.
Making mooncakes is easy, but making delicious mooncakes is not easy. The materials are limited. Xu Yue could only find brown sugar, soybeans, broad beans, sesame and other raw materials, so she prepared to DIY a sesame and soybean salty and sweet mooncake.
We also lacked an oven and there were no ready-made ones, so we had to choose to bake the puff pastry mooncakes in a pan.
Xu Yue's cooking skills are not very good, and what she is making now is driven by greed. She has many mooncake recipes in her mind, but the conditions are simple and she cannot come up with the ingredients for the original recipe, so she has to find out on her own according to local conditions.
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Mixing the fillings is relatively simple. First stir-fry all the ingredients in an iron pot, and then use a stone bowl to grind them into powder. A rich aroma of soybeans and sesame seeds wafts out and fills the entire yard.
Xu Erniang, who was hiding in the house, couldn't help but ran out. Jun Mei also smelled the smell and walked into the courtyard, watching Xu Yue's movements curiously.
Naturally, the result was that Xu Yue caught the strong man directly, handed the stone bowl to the two of them, and asked them to make stuffing.
I started making mooncake skins myself.
Oil and sugar were poured into the basin as if they were free of charge, leaving the three slaves stunned.
But in fact, in Xu Yue's eyes, she had tried to be as careful as possible.
However, in the eyes of ordinary people who are reluctant to add salt to their meals, it has reached the point where they will unconsciously breathe in the air-conditioning when they see it.
Busy from noon to evening, the first pot of plum blossom-shaped mooncakes came out of the oven.
Xu Yue took a sip first. Well, it didn't overturn. It tasted pretty good.
The skin is crispy and plump, and when you bite it, the filling mixed with sesame seeds, soybean noodles, and brown sugar is fragrant and soft, and the crushed broad beans add a rich texture.
It was done like this for the first time, so it can be said to be quite successful!
"Gulu~"
The sound of swallowing came from beside me.
Only then did Xu Yue react to the delicious taste. She ate up the remaining half of the puff pastry mooncake in one gulp, wiped off the remaining sesame oil on her fingers, and motioned to the people watching behind her to have a taste.
The pan was small, and seven mooncakes were made in one pan. Each one was as big as a child's hand. Xu Yue ate one, and the remaining six were exactly one for each of Xu Dalang and others.
However, Ah San and the others did not dare to come forward to take it. The master would never give such valuable food to slaves.
Junmei and Xu Erniang couldn't wait for a long time. They each took a bite with chopsticks and ate while not caring about burning their mouths.
There are very few girls who don't like this kind of sweet pastry, and it's not easy to eat something sweet in this era. Xu Erniang and Jun Mei ate so happily that their eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
Not to mention Xu Dalang, before Xu Yue finished speaking, he had already taken a piece of moon cake, opened his mouth, and swallowed the whole moon cake.
Somehow, seeing her brother eating like this, Xu Yue automatically picked out a line of words in her mind: Zhu Bajie eats ginseng fruit and swallows it whole.
Ah, she definitely didn't mean to slander her brother! Xu Yue made a mad vow in her heart to express her loyalty to her brother.
Turning around, she saw Ah San and the others still making mooncakes using molds. Xu Yue slapped her head in annoyance and said clearly again:
"Ah Da, Ah Er, Ah San, come and try the mooncakes you made by yourself. It's very delicious. We succeeded in one try."
The three of them raised their heads in surprise and said hello.
For a moment, the entire courtyard was filled with an alluring aroma.
However, oil, sugar, and fine noodles were too expensive after all, so Xu Yue didn't make many, only about fifty in total.
Gongsun Yan's family and his aunt's family each gave ten, and Wang Dayou's family gave five.
The remaining twenty-five were tightly guarded by Xu Dalang, as if he would go into a rage if anyone tried to give them away.
Xu Erniang, who was still thinking about eating mooncakes tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, was very angry.
Wang and Wang Youliang, who had not even had time to eat a piece, swallowed silently as they watched, and then considered their chances of grabbing the food from Xu Dalang's hands and escaping unharmed.
