The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

In Dachu, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a grand festival with various customs, such as lighting lanterns, guessing riddles, appreciating osmanthus, drinking osmanthus wine, playing with lanterns, etc. Of course, worshiping the moon god and eating moon cakes are indispensable.

As night fell, beautiful ram's horn lanterns were hung high on the eaves, casting a soft light over the entire house.

In the middle of the courtyard, a large incense table was set up, with moon cakes, watermelons, chestnuts, red dates and other offerings placed on it. No matter how poor the family is, when worshiping the moon god, they will offer moon cakes and watermelon on the incense table. The watermelon is also cut into lotus shapes, which symbolizes reunion, so it is also called "Reunion Melon".

Everyone stood in front of the altar table, looking up at the east, waiting for the moon to rise. When the red moon slowly jumped out of the horizon and was completely full, Mo Qingze held incense in both hands and knelt on the ground to worship.

After Mo Qingze bowed, it was Mo Yan's turn. But at the moment when she was kneeling on the ground holding the incense, Xiao Ruiyuan, who was standing aside, suddenly stepped forward, held her hand and knelt on the ground with her, with a pious expression. Incomparable.

Mo Yan was stunned, and under the blank gazes of the others, she couldn't help but bow down with Xiao Ruiyuan. Suddenly, she felt as if the two of them were worshiping heaven and earth.

Mo Yan was not the only one to feel this way, Xiao Ruiyuan's mood also had ups and downs. Under the silent full moon on the horizon, I stared at the woman beside me and silently made my first wish in my life.

Mo Qingze pretended not to notice, and several little guys also worshiped the moon god one by one at the urging of their father. Mo Yan was looked at curiously by her siblings, and she felt a little embarrassed. She quickly took out the knife she had already carried and cut the mooncakes to divert their attention.

Mooncakes dedicated to the Moon God are shared by the whole family. Usually, the bigger the mooncakes, the better. The Mo family is not exempt from customs, and specially prepared a bean paste-filled mooncake that is larger than the basin. Mo Yan held a knife and cut the large moon cake on the offering table into seven equal-sized pieces, each piece representing a person.

Xiao Ruiyuan looked at the seven mooncakes on the plate, and suddenly felt a sense of sourness in his heart. Since the year my grandfather passed away, no one will cut a moon cake for him on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

For such a big piece of mooncake, even if it is cut into small pieces, each piece is still substantial. Everyone had just finished dinner, and they couldn't eat their portions anyway. They only took a few symbolic bites and then put them down. Only Xiao Ruiyuan actually ate it all in one bite.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" On the way to the moon-viewing platform, Mo Yan and Xiao Ruiyuan were at the back. The lights along the road shone on Xiao Ruiyuan's face. His eyebrows were slightly frowned and he seemed a little uncomfortable. Mo Yan He asked worriedly.

Xiao Ruiyuan shook his head, but subconsciously covered his abdomen with his hand. When Mo Yan looked over, he took it down calmly.

Seeing this, Mo Yan didn't understand anything, and she felt distressed and angry at the same time: "You know you can't eat it, but you insist on stuffing it in. Are you stupid?"

A flash of shock flashed across Xiao Ruiyuan's stern face, he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, and was too embarrassed to look at Mo Yan.

"Pfft!" Mo Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud. Seeing Xiao Ruiyuan looking over with a dark face, she quickly stopped and said, "You come with my dad, I'll go to the kitchen to boil some pepper water first."

Pepper water helps digestion. If you eat too much or eat too many things that cause abdominal bloating, drinking a bowl of pepper water can relieve it.

"What are you cooking this for? Can you drink it?" Xiao Ruiyuan asked in confusion. Apparently in his eyes, pepper was a condiment that didn't taste very good, and he didn't know that it had another use.

Mo Yan felt that if he told the truth, this guy would probably be angry, so he made a random excuse: "The moon-viewing platform is near water and the humidity is heavy, and there is a chill at night. Let's boil some pepper water to drive away the dampness and cold."