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After coming down from Luoxia Mountain, Chang Luoyun finally couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with Madam?"

Mu Jingyi said lightly: "When my father passed away, my mother was overly sad. She lay on the bed for half a month. After it was cured, she suffered from leg pain. She had to take medicine in winter. If Xiaying could be used as medicine, mother's The leg disease may be cured."

As if guessing what Chang Luoyun was thinking, Mu Jingyi said again: "Yu Lun is developing a pill to treat injuries. If it can be made, it can reduce the suffering of the soldiers."

No wonder Mu Jingyi wanted to ask Xiaying.

It was already noon when they returned to Changping Hou Mansion, Mu Jingyi and Chang Luoyun washed and changed their clothes and came out. The food was already set on the table.

Madam Mu smiled and took the seat first, and Chang Luoyun sat down next to Mu Jingyi on her right.

There was an empty pair of bowls and chopsticks on Madam Mu's right. Chang Luoyun was wondering whose place it was, when she saw Madam Mu pick up the chopsticks and put a piece of fermented duck in the empty bowl next to it.

"Master Hou, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Jing Yi has also married a bride. You must bless them to be well." She picked up the jug, filled the empty glass with wine, and said softly with a smile, "It's cold over there, drink it." A small cup to warm you up."

Chang Luoyun raised his head and met Madam Mu's gaze. Madam Mu put down the jug and said with a smile: "Old Hou Ye likes to eat wine-stuffed duck the most, and the kitchen of the Hou's mansion is not good at making wine-stuffed duck. good."

Mu Jingyi picked up a piece and put it in Chang Luoyun's bowl, "Jiu Niang Duck is a must-have dish in our family during New Years and festivals, and my mother is especially good at making this dish."

Chang Luoyun picked up the duck and tasted it. It was fragrant and rotten, and she swallowed it carefully, feeling a little sour in her heart.

She can't remember what A Niang likes to eat. She only remembers that when she was a child, she was sick and couldn't eat. The minced meat porridge made by A Niang was very delicious.I have never eaten such delicious minced meat porridge since then.

Chang Luoyun raised his head and smiled at Mrs. Mu, "The wine-stuffed duck from the Hou Mansion is really delicious."

Mrs. Mu recalled with a smile, "When I first married into the Hou's mansion, I didn't touch the spring water with my ten fingers. Once when I went out of the mansion with Lord Hou, I ate a duck made with wine. Master Hou liked it very much, so I asked the girl to ask about it." How to do it, even if you do it a few times, it still looks the same.”

Madam Mu had a faint smile on her face, "Later, I improved the ingredients a little bit. After I got Jing Yi, Jing Yi actually liked it too."

"I like it too." Chang Luoyun said with a smile.

Madam Mu laughed even more cheerfully, "No wonder we are a family, even the taste is similar."

The maids and mothers who were serving at the side all laughed.

After the meal, Mu Jingyi went to the study, and Chang Luoyun followed Mrs. Mu to prepare the melon and fruit mooncakes for the moon festival.

Madam Mu led Chang Luoyun all the way to the highest pavilion in the back garden of the Hou Mansion.Although Chang Luoyun has been here twice, but the first time was at night, and the second time he didn't have any thoughts, and didn't look as carefully as this time.

Now sitting in the pavilion with Mrs. Mu, I feel that the view here is not so good. Sitting in the pavilion, the cool breeze blows, the sky is high and the clouds are clear, and it must be very good to watch the moon.

"This pavilion was built when Lord Hou was here. Apart from enjoying the scenery, there is another advantage." Mrs. Mu pulled Chang Luoyun to stand up and pointed it out to her, "You can see half of Lindu from here. What is going on here can be seen clearly.”

Chang Luoyun pursed her lips slightly and said with a smile, "The sight here is really good."

"This pavilion is also called Yueyue Pavilion. It is the best place to enjoy the moon." Mrs. Mu said with a smile, "The table in the pavilion is specially made for worshiping the moon, so it is bigger than other tables."

Mrs. Mu told Chang Luoyun everything in detail, so that Chang Luoyun became familiar with the unfamiliar Hou Mansion.

"You only see Jing Yi's stable appearance now, but you don't know how naughty Jing Yi was when he was a child." Madam Mu said with a smile, "Have you seen that tree? It's the biggest pagoda tree in front of you."

Chang Luoyun looked along where her finger was, and there was a leafy locust tree growing at the intersection in front of the pavilion.

"When I was young, Jing Yi liked climbing trees the most. Once I fell asleep on it, and Hou Ye was not at home. I was so anxious that I couldn't help it. Later, it was his nanny who came to this tree to find him."

Chang Luoyun laughed when he heard that.

Madam Mu suddenly took her hand, her eyes were red, "Yun'er, after Master Hou left, the burden of the Hou family fell on the 12-year-old Jing Yi, and since then, Jing Yi has become what he is today.

I can see that he treats you differently from others, and you must treat him well in the future. "

Chang Luoyun whispered: "I will."

The two sat in the pavilion for a while, and then Yun Cai came up with a few maids holding food boxes containing moon cakes.

There are actually many shops selling mooncakes in Lindu, but most of the aristocratic families do not go to the shops to buy them, but make them by themselves.The mooncakes made by each family have different emblems, and the materials and shapes are more exquisite.

The moon cakes in Changping Houfu are only as big as a baby's fist, and they are all in round molds. The eight colors on the top represent eight flavors, implying auspiciousness for the members of the group.

Mrs. Mu took a simple ebony carved box, opened it, and there was a big moon cake inside, with a round blessing character written in carmine on it.

"It's stuffed with five kernels," Madam Mu put the box in the middle of the table with a smile, "I wonder what kind of mooncakes are used for moon festivals in Qingzhou?"

Chang Luoyun really didn't know what fillings Qingzhou used for mooncakes to worship the moon. When they were in Zhuangzi, the mooncakes she and Biyan ate were sent by Uncle Yanqing.

"I'm not very clear either," Chang Luoyun said, "I was at home when I was a child, and I don't remember how grandma and A Niang arranged it."

Madam Mu felt sorry for her.

"In Lindu Moon Festival, almonds, peach kernels, olive kernels, sesame kernels and melon seeds are usually used as fillings, and embellished with green and red shreds made of candied green apricots, candied roses and orange peel, which can add color and taste. "

Madam Mu picked up a small mooncake with a lotus pattern printed on it and handed it to Chang Luoyun, "Try it and see if it tastes good."

Chang Luoyun took the mooncake and took a bite with his hands. It was soft and crispy, with a variety of nutty aromas intertwined, giving it a sweet and happy sweetness.

After Chang Luoyun finished eating the mooncakes, he took a sip of the tea Biyan handed over, "It really is delicious."

"Jing Yi doesn't like sweets, so I reduced the sugar." Mrs. Mu said, "This tea is also specially made with dried tangerine peel tea."

Chang Luoyun smiled and said: "Madam really knows the way."

Madam Mu smiled wistfully, "I'm always looking for something to pass the time in this mansion, what else can I do if I don't fiddle with these things?"

Although she was smiling, the corners of her brows and eyes were slightly bleak and lonely, "Now that I have you, my life may be more interesting."

While talking, Madam Mu's confidant mother hurried in, "Madam, Madam Cheng Anbo sent someone to bring moon cakes."

Madam Mu stood up with a happy face, "Since the Cheng'an House sent mooncakes, we will return the gift as usual."

This little sister of hers is planning to turn over all the unhappiness in the past!