Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 32

On August [-]th, Ding Erniang asked Zhang Mu and Wu Ling to go back to have dinner. Zhang Mu got up earlier in the morning, thinking of the snowy mooncakes he used to eat, he felt itchy, so he went to the rice store to buy some glutinous rice flour, Sticky rice flour and Chengfen, white sugar and cooked glutinous rice flour, purple sweet potato, and pumpkin came back. Only then did I feel that it was convenient to live in the town. Ling also got up, and was calling Zhang Mu in the yard when he saw his daughter-in-law come back with a few bags of flour.

"Sister-in-law, it's still early, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Zhang Mu looked at Wu Ling's bleary-eyed look, and said in a soft voice, why does he always feel that his husband is so cute and cute? "May I make mooncakes for you?"

"Daughter-in-law, just buy some outside, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, and we can't eat much!" Wu Ling took the daughter-in-law's flour and said with a smile.In fact, he was afraid that his daughter-in-law would make it too unpalatable, and he would be embarrassed again later!

Hearing the voice, Zhang Mu knew that Xianggong didn't believe her!I don't want to argue at the moment, I'll show him after I make it, "Hmph, Mr., don't lick your tongue for a while!" Zhang Mu turned around and entered the kitchen arrogantly, not believing her!As a foodie, it's good that she has some dry goods at the bottom of the box!
When Wu Ling saw that his daughter-in-law was angry and ignored him, he instantly realized that he had said the wrong thing. No matter how bad his daughter-in-law made it, he shouldn't dislike it!I didn't dare to say any more for a while, and obediently followed my daughter-in-law into the kitchen with the flour in hand!
I saw that Zhang Mu disassembled the flour, mixed all the flour and sugar in turn, poured in a bowl of water and stirred well, then poured in a bowl of water and stirred evenly, until the naked eyes could not see the small particles of agglomeration, poured into the vegetables Then stir the seed oil, cover it with a layer of fine gauze, put it into a large pot to be steamed, and throw the washed purple potatoes and pumpkins into the other pot.Seeing the opportunity, Wu Ling immediately ran to the stove to light a fire, so he had to hurry up and fight for leniency!
Seeing that he wanted to show off, Zhang Mu resisted the twitching of the corner of his mouth and ignored him.

After steaming for a quarter of an hour, Zhang Mu felt that the time was almost up, so he said to Wu Ling: "Hurry up and put out the fire, I will make trouble with you if it gets burnt."

"My lady, I said the wrong thing just now, don't be angry with me!" Wu Ling got up and pulled Zhang Mu's sleeve, begging for mercy.Zhang Mu couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed out "puchi", "Okay, then you help me knead the dough, and I won't care about you."

Zhang Mu bought a lot of flour. Originally, he only planned to make a few for the family, but he thought that it was the first year of marriage after all. On such a reunion day, the Zhang family must be thinking about her, so he thought about making more. I will ask someone to take it back in the afternoon.Uncle Ding's house is also my uncle's house, so I should bring some, as well as Grandma Fang, Brother Jun's house, Xiaozhuzhu and Shitou.So, when Wu Ling's kneading hands are a little cramped, he still has to worry that so much flour will not be made well and it will be a waste, but his daughter-in-law likes it, so he should silently support it!If it doesn't work, he will eat mooncakes for breakfast in the future!

After Wu Ling kneaded one, Zhang Mu used chopsticks to color them one by one. There are three kinds of pigments, one is purple pink kneaded with amaranth, the other is orange of carrot, and the third is kneaded with green vegetable leaves. green.Then wrap it in purple sweet potato stuffing and knead it into balls one by one. This year is too urgent. Next year, I can ask my husband to make a few flower molds, which will definitely look better!

"Meow!" The beauty smelled the familiar fragrance, and ran over cheerfully shouting all the way!He raised his front paws and tried to climb up the wooden legs!
Zhang Mu was dipping the wrapped moon cake in some glutinous rice flour, his hands were covered with flour, and he couldn't hold it, so he instructed Wu Ling to carry it out. Wu Ling picked up the beauty's two front paws, and was about to carry it to the yard. Here, the beauty was about to howl, when she caught a glimpse of Wu Ling's cold eyes, she closed her mouth strangely.

After Wu Ling tasted a pink purple sweet potato mooncake, the delicate dough and the fragrant and glutinous taste made his eyes brighten, "My lady, it's really delicious!" The heart that came up went down safely, and now I don't have to worry about not being able to give it away!
Seeing Wu Ling and Zhang Mu bring a basket of mooncakes, Ding Erniang scolded, "You can't finish buying these, it's not a waste of dozens of dollars!" After Ah Ling got married, he acted more properly , I still remember the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past, and I couldn’t respond to a piece of mooncake!Seeing that there were forty or fifty in the basket for a while, she was so distressed that she went to the bakery today and bought five of them, each costing ten cents!These two kids really can't save money!

"Mother, all of these are less than [-] cents! This is what Amu made!" As soon as Wu Ling finished speaking, Azhu rushed out from the backyard, "Mother, let me taste sister-in-law first. The craftsmanship! Let’s see if Brother is afraid that you love money, so he deliberately lied to you!"

Ding Erniang was poked in the heart by her youngest son, and she slapped it on Azhu's arm, "Every day is lawless, I really read the book into the dog's stomach! Do you ever talk like that! Dare to make fun of your old lady!"

"Hey, mother, don't worry, I'll know after I taste it!" Azhu pretended to pick up a green mooncake dumpling, and bit it down. It was cool, soft, and waxy. The pumpkin filling inside was like It was as if it would melt in his mouth, and he swallowed it in one gulp. Seeing Azhu's impatient look, Wu Ling suddenly felt honored, his wife is so ingenious!
Ding Erniang was also amused by the small appearance of her youngest son, "This child really has no appearance at all!" As she said, she also took a pink one and tasted it. It was indeed better than the pastry shop. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Amu, people used to say that you are good at embroidery. In our town, except for Grandma Fang, there is no one who can compare to you, but I see, your cooking skills are probably better than embroidery. How high is it!"

Zhang Mu was a little embarrassed by the praise, and said with a blushing face, "I figured it out at home. If mother likes it, I will make some other pastries for you to try next time!" Although the appearance is not good, but as a An authentic foodie, she really knows how to make pastries and desserts!In the past, I didn't dare to do anything casually in the Zhang family, because I was afraid that my flaws would be exposed by accident, but now I don't have to worry about it!
"Sister-in-law, your craftsmanship is much better than the pastry shops in the town, why don't you make some and sell them?" A Zhu also came over and said.In this way, he can take some to the academy to eat, otherwise, if he asked his sister-in-law to make some for him, it would probably be a bit difficult to see A Ling's little eyes looking at his sister-in-law as if looking at a golden bump, but If my sister-in-law wanted to, Ah Ling probably wouldn't dare to say anything!

At a moment's notice, Ding Da came over with two pig's trotters and two catties of ribs. Ding Erniang saw that her nephew brought more ribs than before, so she knew it was for the young couple. Regarding the nephew's marriage, I couldn't help asking for a moment: "What did your father say about that?"

Ding Damo was silent, and said, "Father still hasn't let go!" Unexpectedly, even if Zhu Zhuer came out to speak out, his father would not agree at all. Recently, he was a little annoyed by this matter!
Ding Da couldn't help but looked at his uncle again, Second Master Ding lowered his eyes cruelly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. He heard from his brother that she proposed to marry her by herself, and he didn't think very much about the young lady of the Wang family. The nephew has not been married in these years, so he is anxious in his heart. At this time, he was softened by a few nice words from the woman. However, the village chief's family didn't talk about his girl, even his wife couldn't figure it out. !
"Ada, I think the same as your father. Although you have reached the age of marriage, you can't pull back both the donkey and the horse! You should think again! If you didn't want to two years ago, if you now If you want to get married, I can ask your second aunt to find out for you!" Second Master Ding looked at Ding Da and said a few words slowly.

The look in Ding Da's eyes darkened again. He didn't expect that the second uncle would reject Jasmine in this way. He neither nodded nor shook his head, and said dryly, "Uncle, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I'll go back to accompany Dad first!"

Seeing his nephew's reluctance, Second Master Ding could only sigh helplessly!

Zhang Mu told Ding Erniang early in the morning to bring some to his uncle's family and his mother's family, and Ding Erniang divided the basket of mooncakes into five portions early in the morning, and kept one for himself, and Tuo Ding took the rest back to the water. Yang Village.

Azhu looked at the back of her elder brother, her eyes flickered, she must not have seen Xianglan for a while!

Grandma Fang received the mooncake from Taozi, saying that it was brought back by the wooden girl, she smiled slightly, this girl still has a bit of conscience.I managed to pass on half my life's craftsmanship, but I didn't expect that all my hard work would be in vain after sleeping. She also taught this girl a little bit with her heart, but compared with the original one, her comprehension is still a bit weaker. I have learned a lot, but if I want to eat in this line of work, I am afraid it will be difficult.Taking a bite of a pink cake, Grandma Fang's wrinkled face turned into a chrysanthemum flower again. Although it looked round and round without any prints, the cake was sweet and not greasy, but it was very refreshing. Thinking that this pastry making skill is much better than hers.

A burst of fragrance came into the house along with the wind, and Grandma Fang looked at the golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus blooming in the yard, and suddenly felt that this girl was also somewhat blessed, whether she changed the dress or the core, it was her fault. Neither can run.

Grandma Fang stood up and went to find her grandchildren. At her age, she might not have a few years left. If she did two good deeds, it would be considered as a service to future generations.

(End of this chapter)