"Make more. Let's have dinner together tomorrow night, admire the moon and eat moon cakes."

Mrs. Sun nodded happily, and her kneading movements became more interesting.

On Yang Ruoqing's side, she was also preparing mooncake fillings in an orderly manner.

"Sister Lan'er, you are pregnant. Don't stand. Come, sit on the stool and peel the melon seeds."

Yang Ruoqing brought a small stool to the side of the small round table and asked Yang Ruolan to sit down.

Yang Ruolan glanced at Yang Ruoqing gratefully and then sat down.

She glanced at the melon seeds and peanuts in front of her and asked Yang Ruoqing: "Is it my job to peel these?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "You peel it first, don't worry, I'll peel it with you after I finish the mooncake fillings here."

Yang Ruolan smiled and nodded, "It's okay, my job is light, you go about your business first."

Yang Ruoqing also smiled, turned around and went to the ground in the corner of the stove, and took out a small wooden bucket.

Inside the wooden barrel were red beans soaked in water last night.

Every red bean is a plump and plump bean after removing impurities and bad beans.

After sucking water all night, I became a little worried now.

Yang Ruoqing fished them out, put them into a small pot on the pot table, added an appropriate amount of water, covered the pot lid, and started to simmer.

When it is almost cooked, take it out and put it in a small bamboo sieve with a basin of water under the basket.

The hot, soft red beans have been cooked and swollen.

Yang Ruoqing picked up the spatula and kneaded, pressed, rubbed, pounded...

In short, I tried my best to smash the red beans into pieces.

A lot of the gurgling red bean puree fell through the gaps in the bamboo sieve into the basin below.

When it was all over, Yang Ruoqing found a piece of cotton cloth, wrapped it all up with a basin of water and red bean paste, and then squeezed out the water inside.

After squeezing it for a while, the cloth was loosened, and the red bean paste left inside was the red bean paste needed to make mooncake fillings.

Heat a small pot, add an appropriate amount of lard, pour the red bean paste into it and stir-fry.

"Would you like brown sugar?"

Mrs. Sun poked her head over and asked.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "The brown sugar is a bit greasy and the texture is a bit rough. I prepared sophora flower honey!"

While she was talking, she brought over a small jar and scooped out a spoonful of shiny, fragrant honey.

Pour evenly over the red bean paste in the pot, then stir-fry.

The warm, sweet fragrance spreads little by little in the kitchen.

The smile on people's faces is infected and becomes sweet.

When the temperature of the bean paste fillings was about the same, Yang Ruoqing kneaded them into meatball-sized balls and set them aside to cool.

"The bean paste stuffing is ready, Sister Lan'er, let me help you peel the melon seeds." Yang Ruoqing washed her hands, turned around and came to the small table here.

Yang Ruolan smiled and said, "It's almost peeled off."

Yang Ruoqing took a look, and sure enough, the melon seeds and peanuts were all peeled.

There were only a few pine nuts left, so there was no need for her to take action.

"Sure, then I'll keep doing it, haha."

She smiled, took a small wooden basin, and put these melon seeds, peanut kernels, pine nuts, black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds, etc. together.

Add some rock sugar granules and mash it with a rolling pin until it becomes smooth.

Then, add an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour and the previously cooled cold boiled water, stir evenly, then knead the stuffing into a ball and set it aside.

"It's almost done here, we can start making mooncakes." Mrs. Sun's voice also came from the other side.

At first glance, Mr. Sun had already kneaded the mooncake dough into round balls, and placed them neatly on a large, clean tray, like soldiers lining up, preparing to go into battle.

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"Okay, let's do it now." Yang Ruoqing said.

The three mothers sat down and started making moon cakes.

The stuffing and everything are already prepared, so the process of making this bag is much simpler.

Just like making glutinous rice balls, flatten the mooncake skin, add round fillings, and then pinch it up from the periphery.

After pinching it, place it into the mooncake mold that has been prepared aside.

The bottom of the mold needs to be brushed with a layer of oil first, then put in and then pressed hard.

Then knock it on the tray aside, and it becomes a mooncake with exquisitely carved patterns.

At this time, it's time for the men to come on stage.

Luo Fengtang and Ah Hao entered the kitchen. Luo Fengtang said to Yang Ruoqing: "Qing'er, the iron stove for baking is ready."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Very good, brush the first wave of mooncakes with egg wash and then send them in to bake!"

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Men and women are matched, so work is not tiring.

After spending most of the day making and baking mooncakes, the warm and sweet fragrance lingered in the sky above Yang Huazhong's backyard.

Not only the villagers passing by stopped to take a few more sniffs, but the children in the whole village drooled when they looked at it.

Mrs. Sun left the prepared mooncakes for the family to eat during the festival and for the family banquet tomorrow night.

The rest was sorted into several copies and given to relatives and friends.

Between relatives and friends, to put it bluntly, isn't it just a matter of human relations?

Don't ask for incredible wealth, just give small favors. This is how relationships are maintained.

In the afternoon, Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin returned to the village together.

Yang Ruoqing guessed that the two of them were going home for a walk and would definitely come over to Yang Huazhong's house to chat at night.

Sure enough, after dinner, uncle and nephew Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin came over together.

Both of them brought mooncakes bought from the county and county towns.

"My Mianmian said that the mooncakes my father brought back from the county are not as delicious as the mooncakes made by my third mother." Yang Huazhou laughed and said.

"Well, that's all for this festival. Sister-in-law, please accept my mooncakes."

Mrs. Sun accepted the moon cake with a smile, and everyone exchanged pleasantries with each other. Then Mrs. Sun went to the backyard, leaving the main room to the men to talk about things.

Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang were also among them.

First of all, of course, let’s get down to business. Yang Huazhou and Yang Yongjin reported to Yang Ruoqing respectively on the operating conditions of the restaurants they were running.

As well as the thick account books brought back, as well as other purchasing and operating records, for Yang Ruoqing to slowly sort out and better understand the situation.

After finishing talking about the business in the restaurant, Yang Ruoqing began to ask Yang Huazhou about his third brother Yang Yongzhi.

"I originally thought he would come back during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but why didn't he come back?" she asked.
Chapter completed!