Yu Jun

Under Mo Lingfeng's staring eyes, Yin Bei got up and went to the cashier to pay the money. Before he could buy the gifts, he went to the kitchen to carry a basket of freshly made pancakes, a pot of rice wine, a lamb chop, and brought ten stone street.

Sure enough, it was the same as what Mo Lefeng said, Wu's mother was taken aback, and couldn't help but refuse, it was after Wu Jin came out that his mother accepted it.

He only asked Yin Bei: "Miss Mo is back?"

Yin Bei nodded: "Yes."

Wu Jin smiled: "It's good to be back, I'll go there tomorrow morning."

On the next Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu's mother got up before dawn and went to the street to buy chestnuts.

She bought pine nuts, melon kernels, and chestnuts, and carried them home, cut the chestnuts open, soaked them in boiling water, and endured the blanching to peel the chestnut kernels.

While peeling, she panicked.

No reward for no merit, what did Wu Jin do in Mo Mansion to receive such kind treatment?
She thought she would still be a fasting servant as before, but now it seems that she is probably not.

But she couldn't get anything out of Wu Jin's mouth, she could only ask Mo Lingfeng's preferences, taking advantage of today's Mid-Autumn Festival, she made some pine nut and chestnut cakes for Wu Jin to send to Mo Lingfeng.

Wu Jin opened the door and came out, called "Aunt", then went to fetch water to wash up, then went to the kitchen to help light the fire, boiled the chestnuts very well, and then mashed them with sugar.

He added a piece of firewood, saw Wu's mother's worry, and said with a smile: "Are you worried that I will go the wrong way and do wrong things? Don't worry, I know it all in my heart."

Mother Wu fished out the cooked chestnuts, and said hesitantly, "I know you have the count, but I'm afraid you will be fascinated by these silvers. 100 taels, 1000 taels, 1 taels...that's how people's eyes are fascinated."

She took out the sugar and poured it into the basin: "I'm also afraid that you will make the second child troublesome. In order to pay off the debt, I even neglected my studies."

Wu Jin set up the steamer: "Second brother's debt, he sells cakes to pay off by himself, I don't help, let's talk about the family, don't talk about getting involved, it will make more money."

He spread the fine cloth: "Even if I go to the Mo Mansion, I won't waste my studies. There is also a ten-day holiday in the Mo Mansion. After the holiday, I will go to the state school to attend. Besides, I just go to the Mo Mansion to help with chores, not to break into the school." Longtan and Tiger's Den, Madam, don't worry, Miss Mo is in trouble now, if I don't help her, it will be ungrateful."

Wu's mother mixed glutinous rice flour and chestnut kernels together, and said with a smile: "What Longtan Tiger's Den, is Mo Jiedu better?"

"It's still the same."

"Miss Mo is pitiful, she is a motherless..."

The mother and son worked together to make a basket of pine nuts and chestnut cakes, and steamed them there. Wu Yi got up smelling the fragrance, washed her face, stood by the stove, and silently swallowed into the steamer.

"Brother..." He hesitated and looked at Wu Jin who was burning the fire, "I—"

He turned his head and looked at the door, and saw that Wu's mother was going to help Wu's father, so he whispered: "Brother, can I stay in the shop to help today?"

He quickly made a promise to himself: "It's not that I'm afraid of being tired, but there's no one buying pancakes now, and a basket of pancakes would take half of Kuanzhou City, and today is the Mid-Autumn Festival..."

Wu Jin nodded: "Okay, there are small cakes in the cupboard, you pack three pieces and take them to the bakery to share."

As soon as Wu Yi heard that there were pancakes, his eyes lit up immediately, and before he saw the pancakes, his mouth was already smacking with greed—he slept deeply at night, and he didn't know that Yin Beilai had delivered the pancakes, otherwise he would be in the middle of the night. Get up and steal a piece.

Rushing to the low cabinet, he opened the cabinet door, and immediately saw an exquisite food box inside. When he opened the food box, there were ten small shortbread neatly stacked inside, round and oily and golden: "Brother, it's Cheng Did it come from the third master's house?"

"No, it was from Miss Mo."

Wu Yi took out three cakes and wrapped them up, closed the cupboard door, walked to the stove, couldn't hold back, opened the paper bag, took out a piece of cake and brought it to his mouth, opened his mouth slightly, took a bite, and put it back .

"Delicious! Is Mo Jiedushi still not well?"

"No."

"Miss Mo is so pitiful," Wu Yi thought endlessly, rubbed his fingers, and expressed emotion, "It's still not as pitiful as us, Miss Mo has such a big family property, no matter how much money can be spent, she is not pitiful."

He picked up the cake that had been put back and took another bite. At the same time, he smelled the aroma of pine nut and chestnut cake, but Wu Jin didn't speak, so he didn't dare to eat it, and could only stand aside while sucking his saliva.

Wu Jin ignored his emotion, lifted the lid of the pot, and poked one with chopsticks. Seeing that it was completely steamed, she bent down and took out two sticks of firewood, leaving only a small stick of firewood, which was slightly ignited in the stove, and stood up. Go to the low cabinet and take out the food box, pick out the small cakes inside one by one, and put them in a bowl.

After cleaning the food box, he spread oiled paper on it, picked up the pine nut and chestnut cake while it was still hot, and took out the piece with the chopstick poked a hole in it for Wu Yi.

Wu Yi turned it upside down in his hands hotly, and bit off most of it while it was hot: "It's delicious, who do you want to give it to?"

Wu Jin covered the food box: "Miss Mo."

"Oh, I see, return the gift." While eating, Wu Yi watched as Wu Jin changed clothes in a hurry, with the crest on his head still tilted, and came to pick up the food box.

He stretched out his finger and pointed to his head: "Brother, it's crooked."

Wu Jin hurriedly righted herself, picked up the food box and walked away, her heels hitting the back of her head, but she disappeared after a while.

Wu Yi looked at it and murmured in his heart, wondering why he was in such a hurry?
Are you still afraid that the pine nut and chestnut cake will be cold?
Wu Jin didn't stop all the way, when she knocked on the corner door, her forehead was slightly sweaty.

The door opened quickly, and the door on duty at the corner gate saw him on weekdays, either saying "good day today" or "it's raining again", smiling and not taking Wu Jin as an outsider, but today he opened the door and met Wu Jin Jin, serious in speech and smile, bowed deeply, wishing he could get on all fours and welcome him in.

"Master Wu is here."

Wu Jin was surprised, but didn't ask any further questions, and hurried inside, and walked into the back garden as soon as she left.

In the back garden, babblers jumped around, croaked loudly, gathered on the treetops, and were not afraid of people at all. When the servants cleaning the path saw Wu Jin approaching, they respectfully retreated to the side, bent deeply, and let the He goes over.

Wu Jin felt a little strange, always felt that this kind of situation seemed familiar, took two more steps, and suddenly realized that these servants treated him as if they treated Zhao Shiheng and Mo Qianlan overnight.

They turned into saw-mouthed gourds, clay sculptures and wood sculptures, bending over and bowing their heads, and regarded him as their master.

He was unwell and didn't know what to do. He walked several steps with his hands and feet, recovered slowly, took a deep breath, and continued walking with the food box.

This feeling of aloofness can also be addictive, and if you are not careful, you will have the illusion that you also have such great power.

After walking a few more steps, amidst the din of birds, suddenly there was the sound of a lone phoenix, and the "woo--" rose to the sky, the autumn clouds suddenly darkened, and all the birds did not sing.

It was Mo Lingfeng blowing the xun in the water pavilion.

Wu Jin stood still and listened carefully to the song. It was not until the calm in the garden was restored that the babblers yelled twice, followed by a crowd of babblers, and continued to make noise. Then he woke up like a dream, and walked eagerly toward the Walk along the water pavilion.

Mo Lingfeng was sitting in the waterside pavilion rubbing the xun, the faint morning light entered from both sides of the waterside pavilion, and floated around her together with the dense water vapor, covering her into a phantom shadow, with the long white beanie on her body hanging down her side, She looks more and more slender.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mo Lingfeng looked back, saw that it was Wu Jin, and smiled at him, that smile seemed to be the same as before.