Happy Little Scholar

Mid-Autumn Festival has been a very elegant festival since ancient times. 』』

Put an incense table in the courtyard, put some fruits and cakes, moon cakes and snacks on it, three cups of light wine, two dishes of small dishes, gather with family, raise the cup to the moon, how romantic.

But any elegant atmosphere will always be destroyed by Lao Fang and others. Even the elegant Mid-Autumn Festival will become vulgar.

Before dark, a huge shed has been built on the open space in front of Lao Fang's house. Inside the shed, a huge pot is bubbling with hot steam. Lao Fang stands on the platform next to it, waving a huge spatula in his hand, stirring it vigorously.

What is cooked in the pot is half a pig and some ribs that were bought just today. The aroma of meat is overflowing, and it can be smelled from a long distance.

Originally, they planned to buy a whole pig, but after asking the price, Lao Fang and others discussed it and bought half a pig together.

We have just escaped poverty and become well-off, so we should try to save as much as possible.

A few naughty kids wandered outside the shed, staring at the big pot with their eyes, swallowing saliva.

In the shed, several men gathered around the table with several newly fried side dishes on it. They took up the turbid wine in the bowl and drank it all, and heard extremely hearty laughter from time to time.

"Lao Fang, let the wife at home take care of the meat, come and drink with us!" A strong man put down the wine bowl, looked at Lao Fang, and said loudly.

"You drink first, I'll come over soon!" Lao Fang replied, but he didn't put down the giant shovel in his hand.

A trace of doubt appeared on the man's face, and he said to himself: "What's wrong with Lao Fang today? He usually drinks faster than anyone else, but today he didn't drink a drop of wine!"

A little further away, Lao Fang wiped the sweat from his forehead and made up his mind that he would never go tonight.

Last time, after drinking a bowl of wine from his brother-in-law, he lay down for a whole day before waking up. After waking up, his head hurt as if it was about to explode. Thinking of the feeling at that time, even though Lao Fang was a man of integrity, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. In the short term, he would not touch wine again.

After a while, seeing that the meat in the pot was almost cooked, Lao Fang waved his hand to call everyone over, and filled everyone's bowl with a bowl of broth, and meat chunks were naturally indispensable. Looking back, he saw a few naughty children wandering outside, and shouted from a distance, waved them in, and each naughty child was also given a bowl.

Although these children are direct descendants of the Liu family, the grievances between adults have nothing to do with the children. Lao Fang can still distinguish this clearly.

The naughty kids didn't even bother to say thank you after getting the benefit. They just picked up their bowls and ran to the side. The boiling broth made them gasp. They stretched out their dirty claws to fish out a bone that had been boiled to crispness from the bowl. After tearing off the meat shreds and eating them, they even chewed the bones and swallowed them.

These days, no one's life is easy. Even the direct descendants of the Liu family can't eat meat just because they want to.

In the village now, only Li Yi's family and Lao Fang and others can live such a comfortable life.

The business of candied haws has long been stable, and there is a lot of income every day. Although Lao Fang and his family don't eat so luxuriously at ordinary times, it would be unreasonable if they don't reward themselves during festivals.

Liuye Village is not small, but not too big. The open shed and such a big pot of meat can almost fill the whole village with the smell.

Some people stood at their doorsteps, looking at this place with envy, smelling the meat, and their throats moved involuntarily...

Among these people, there are many direct descendants of the Liu family.

"Do you think we should apologize to Ruyi and the others?" Seeing the lively atmosphere over there like the New Year, a middle-aged man turned his head and looked at another man beside him, and said hesitantly.

"What to apologize for?" The man was stunned and asked.

"We were a little too much to them before." The middle-aged man said with a complicated expression.

"We are all uncles, you can lose face, but I can't!" The man's face changed and he said immediately.

"What's the point of face? Look at the Fangs now. They have meat to eat and wine to drink. Their lives are much better than ours!" The middle-aged man's face was full of envy. He continued, "I have inquired indirectly. Their candied haws business earns one guan of money every day. That's one guan of money. If we can also sell candied haws..."

Recently, the most uncomfortable thing for the Liu clan is that they found that those people who they never looked at before are living better than them. They can drink big bowls of wine and eat big mouthfuls of meat, while they can't even drink soup.

As for comparing with Liu Ruyi and others, these people have never thought about it.

I heard from Mrs. Wu that every time Ruyi came back, he brought several hundred taels of silver with him. The silver ingots were as big as fists...

"You know that the secret recipe of the candied haws is in their hands, and now in the city, those people only recognize them in the candied haws business. We can't get involved unless they agree..."

"If Ruyi agrees, it will be possible..."

"I'm asking you to ask her, but I won't go!"

The man said this and left. The middle-aged man stood there, sighed, and murmured: "I really can't let go of this face. It's better to talk to the second uncle first. Ruyi should listen to the second uncle's words..."

He was stunned for a long time and was about to turn around and go home. Suddenly, he saw the man just coming out of the house, holding something in his arms, and hurriedly walked forward.

"Where are you going?" The middle-aged man asked casually.

"It's not easy for the two sisters Ruyi over the years. There are still a dozen eggs left at home. I will send them to them to replenish their bodies..."

The man's voice came from the dark night, and the figure gradually walked away, leaving the middle-aged man standing there with a stunned expression, a person in the night wind.

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In the courtyard, Li Yi was explaining to Xiaohuan and Liu Ruyi that there was no Chang'e, no osmanthus tree, no Wu Gang, and of course no Jade Rabbit on the moon... The courtyard where they were was hundreds of thousands of miles away from the moon... The moon itself was not bright, and the moonlight they saw now was actually------sunlight?

The little maid never doubted Li Yi's words. After listening to him, she was obviously a little sad that there was no Chang'e and Jade Rabbit on the moon.

Liu Ruyi never believed that there was Chang'e and Jade Rabbit on the moon. Those were things that only little girls believed, but she was skeptical about Li Yi's statement that the moon was not bright and what they saw now was actually sunlight.

It was not that she didn't believe it at all. Although this matter sounded a little incredible, compared with this, Liu Ruyi felt that two stones of different sizes fell from the same height and landed at the same time. This matter was even more incredible. Since such a thing could happen, what else was impossible?

As for Liu Ruyi, she just listened quietly. Although she was also confused in her heart, she didn't ask, and waited patiently for Li Yi's explanation.

Li Yi was about to explain to them the principle of how the moon reflects sunlight when there was a knock on the door.

"Just now you gave me eggs and mooncakes, what are you giving me this time?"

A puzzled look appeared on his face, and he was very surprised. Could it be that this world has the tradition of giving warmth during the Mid-Autumn Festival?