Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

The sky is getting cooler, there have been a few showers, and the [-]th of August is here again, the Mid-Autumn Festival for family reunion.

In the past, Li Kuer felt that this kind of festival made her most sad.After cleaning the courtyard silently, she returned home alone, and she was the only one at home.Although Uncle and Aunt Liu next door took good care of her, they were not a family after all. They had dinner together at his house, and when they came back here, they prepared some shabby melons, fruits and cakes to offer, and burned a pile of paper ingots to lie to themselves. Parents are back, and the whole family spends the Mid-Autumn Festival together where they can only talk to themselves.

But now, the house is full of excitement.Akui, Meihua, and He Weiran, Li Kuer felt that it was more lively than when his parents were there.

However, it is still unknown whether we will be able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with He Weiran this year.Thinking about this time last year, the princes and concubines celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in the temple, and they also brought He Weiran there, and generously let her make vegetarian meals for the monks in the temple, as well as moon cakes.The monks opened their stomachs and opened their eyes. It is said that after the prince and concubine left, they did not eat well for several days.

Li Kuer felt uneasy, and didn't want He Weiran to go to the Monk's Temple this year to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with a group of monks who are not well-connected.She had been inquiring about the plans of the prince and concubine for the Mid-Autumn Festival a few days ago, and later she heard that the son is going to bring the grandson here again, and it is estimated that she will spend this year in the mansion.

Li Kuer was so happy that he jumped up and down to the back kitchen to tell He Weiran the happy news.He Weiran was also happy, and said that he had to go to Li Kuer's house to cook some delicious food, drink wine and eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival night. It would be best to find Lord River God and let her come over to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival together.I haven't seen her for a long time, and I have saved a lot of things to say to her.

In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is here.

Early in the morning, He Weiran started busy making moon cakes, including five kernels, egg yolk, lotus seed paste, red bean paste, cloud leg, jujube paste... all kinds of moon cakes were so delicious that people drool.The princes and concubines have always been considerate of their servants, and each person can take a pair of mooncakes, telling those who have nothing to do to go home early so that they can reunite with their families.

He Weiran couldn't leave, so he had to cook dinner anyway, and Li Kuer naturally accompanied him, helping to cut the ingredients for the fire, and serving the food.The prince and concubine knew that Li Ku'er was He Weiran's apprentice, and would occasionally inquire about it when she had nothing to do. She knew that there was no one else in her family, and she was a poor girl whose parents died early, so she asked the master and apprentice to have a meal together. reunion dinner.How dare Li Ku'er break this taboo, no matter how kind the prince and concubine are, they are still part of the heavenly family, and the rules cannot be broken.She lowered her head, not daring to accept or refuse, just listening to He Weiran's reply.

He Weiran glanced at her, and replied quite calmly: "Thank you, my lord and concubine, but today I invited old friends to meet at Ku'er's house, I'm afraid I will disappoint the kindness of my lord and concubine."

When the prince saw this, he didn't force them to stay, he just asked them to go back earlier, so don't neglect their friends because of the affairs in the mansion.

The old prince is indeed a good man...

The two simply cleaned up the kitchen affairs, and then went home with food boxes.There were four mooncakes in the food box, and they didn't take half more for the two.Two with five kernels, one with bean paste, and one with jujube paste.Egg yolk and cloud leg fillings have long since been looted, and Li Kuer also wants to taste these flavors, but he must not be too greedy, and his stomach can't bear it.She took He Weiran's hand, dangling a food box with little weight on the other side, and asked, "Sister He, are four mooncakes enough? There are also Master He Shen and Sister Su. And Ah Kui has a big appetite .”

"These few months of cakes are for you to give to your neighbors."

"Huh? Then what shall we have for dinner?"

He Weiran smiled: "Yo, is this stingy?"

"How can there be?" Li Kuer shook He Weiran's hand, and said delicately: "Anyway, you are here, do you want any mooncakes? Am I afraid of being hungry and greedy?"

"That's right, what mooncakes do you want? Let's go over there tonight. I have to make you some mooncakes for the occasion."

"Over there? Where?" Li Kuer was puzzled.

"That world." He Weiran blinked: "After all, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's more lively than the world."

When the two returned home, Ah Kui and Mei Hua were sitting at the door, leaning together to look at the moon.

"Sister Plum Blossom, do you see a face on the moon? The eyes are crooked, and the mouth is also crooked, as if smiling."

Plum Blossom casually perfunctory Ah Kui: "Yes, there is a face."

Ah Kui continued: "Eh? Strange. Why do I think that face is so similar to yours?"

Mei Hua raised her eyebrows, and replied, "Maybe, the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival can print the face of everyone's sweetheart."

When Ah Kui heard this, she immediately smiled happily: "Sister Plum Blossom, did you see my face?"

Mei Hua gave a low laugh and sighed, "Yes..."

He Weiran said how stupid the two people were talking, Li Kuer looked up at the moon in the sky, and muttered, "Sister He's face is so round and big."

"Hehehe, what do you want me to say?"

The two walked to the front of the room, Akui immediately stood up, raised her nose and rushed to Li Kuer's side to sniff and sniff.

"It smells so good, what's in it? Eat it for me!"

Li Ku'er held the food box high, just not letting her touch it.

"It's not for you. Sister He asked me to take me to Uncle Liu's house next door. Or you go with me?"

Ah Kui's mouth turned up: "It's fine if you don't give it to me, but I have to give it to others. I won't go, you can go with Sister He. Hey, I'm so hungry."

He Weiran shook his head, took out a small packet of maltose from his sleeve and gave it to her.

"Then Ah Kui and I will go to deliver the moon cakes first, you two go over there, isn't there a festival tonight? We will bring food later."

When Ah Kui heard this, she immediately laughed, turned around and ran to Mei Hua's side: "Sister Mei Hua, let's go over there to play."

Mei Hua nodded: "Alright, I haven't joined in this kind of excitement for a long time."

As the two talked, their figures gradually disappeared.Li Ku'er was not surprised, and carried the food box and He Weiran to the next door to deliver mooncakes.Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu felt very comforted, and said that Ku'er had really grown up.He was even more delighted to learn that the mooncakes were made by He Weiran himself, after all, they are the taste of the prince's mansion.

After a few pleasantries, the two went home.Without Ah Kui and sister Mei Hua, Li Kuer felt deserted at home again.Fortunately, there is He Weiran around me. Thinking about this kind of room, a couple, and only each other's atmosphere is quite worth appreciating.

"Okay, it's time for us to make mooncakes, and we can make more." He Weiran said, and went into the kitchen. "Are there still sweet potatoes and old pumpkins that were grown in the field before?"

"Yes! It's piled up behind the door. There are so many." Li Kuer dragged the sweet potatoes out and asked He Weiran what he was going to do with them.

"You pick a pumpkin and ten sweet potatoes, peel them, cut them into small pieces, and steam them in the pan." He Weiran ordered, and dug out another bag of grain from the cabinet on hand.Li Ku'er knew that it was sago. He just went to buy it together a few days ago. The goods from the south are not cheap.

In fact, ever since they confessed their love to each other, He Weiran often buys food and materials for the kitchen of Li Kuer's house, so as to save them from having to cook a meal when they are staying.

"Sister He, are we really making mooncakes? You don't use these when making mooncakes during the day." Li Kuer couldn't help being curious.

He Weiran didn't answer her either, just told her after a while.Scooped a large basin of water, poured sago into the water to soak.

"This sago is used to make cake crust. The first step is to soak it in water for an hour. After this treatment, the rice milk will be smooth and transparent after a while, and will not agglomerate."

The sago was soaked, it took an hour, He Weiran went to get the other ingredients - cornstarch, sweet-scented osmanthus, moon cake molds.Just these three?Li Kuer became even more curious, and kept imagining what kind of mooncakes such a combination could make in his mind.

"Be careful, and be careful not to cut your hands." He Weiran went over and took an old pumpkin, put it on the chopping board, cut the skin, and quickly cut it into small pieces.A fire was lit under the stove, and a pot was started on the stove. Not long after, Li Kuer's sweet potatoes were also peeled.Cut into pieces like pumpkin and steam in a pan.

An hour later, the sago was soaked, and the pumpkin and sweet potatoes were steamed.The two mashed the pumpkin and sweet potato into a puree, mixed them together evenly, kneaded them into dumplings the size of glutinous rice balls, and pressed them into thick cakes as fillings.Then set up another pot, put the soaked sago in the cold water pot, cook on low heat, and keep stirring with a spoon to prevent sticking to the pot.Slowly, the sago became a paste, and after a while, the paste became a clear and smooth syrup.At this time, He Weiran poured sweet-scented osmanthus sugar into the pot and continued to stir until the sugar and sago juice were completely fused, showing a little golden color, and then added an appropriate amount of raw powder mixed with water to set the shape.

"It's done, and the ingredients for the cake crust are also finished, it's just about to be put into the mold."

Li Ku'er already knew that the mooncakes that He Weiran would make must be transparent and delicate, with a different kind of sweet and soft texture.He Weiran gave her a model and asked her to do it together.

First scoop half a spoonful of sago syrup into the bottom layer of the mold, wait for it to cool and solidify, then place the previously pressed filling in the center, and then pour another layer of syrup so that the filling is wrapped in all directions, and wait for it to cool again , turn the mold upside down and slap the bottom, and a crystal clear osmanthus crystal mooncake is ready.