Rebirth of farming for a living

Li Qiuyan left Jinxiu Cloth Shop and went to the bookstore.

Although his character is illiterate, his family has become accustomed to drawing.

In the past, I always favored shopkeeper Hu, but now Li Qiuyan also wants to buy some for home use.

I bought a stack of paper, a pen, an inkstone and a piece of ink. Except for the paper, I didn't buy the worst. Everything else was bought cheaply. Even so, it cost three yuan of silver. Li Qiuyan couldn't help but sigh. , reading is a costly activity.

Li Qiuyan paid the money and wandered back to the store.

Looking at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone held by Li Qiuyan, Li Xiangbei smiled and joked: "We are going to test the talents."

Li Qiuyan deliberately said proudly: "Isn't it?"

Everyone laughed.

After a busy day, Wang Congcong also brought good news to Li Qiuyan: "Master Mei said it's okay, but the milk is gone today, so you can go get it tomorrow."

Li Qiuyan was overjoyed and naturally agreed.

The next day, Li Qiuyan and Wang Congcong came to Master Mei's house.

Master Mei lives in a small courtyard with two entrances behind Jinxiu Cloth Village. Although the courtyard is small, the inside is extremely exquisite.

From Li Qiuyan's perspective, the decoration was even more elegant than Cui Qiong's courtyard.

Concealing their curiosity, Li Qiuyan and Wang Congcong entered the courtyard. A maid took them to the side room: "Miss Wang, please wait a moment, Madam is still having dinner."

An ordinary maid looked well-trained, and Li Qiuyan couldn't help but become more curious about Master Mei.

Before the cup of tea was finished, a little maid came over to invite him.

Master Mei had just finished her meal and was wearing homely clothes, giving her a softer feel. She smiled at Wang Congcong and said, "Is this the sister Qiu Yan you were talking about?"

Li Qiuyan hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Hello, Mrs. Mei."

She was also smart. When she heard that the maids were calling Master Mei, Mrs. Mei, she also changed her title.

Master Mei was gentle to Li Qiuyan, and said, "Sister Congcong said that you can make delicious snacks with milk. If you take my milk, you must give me a taste of the snacks you make."

Li Qiuyan hurriedly responded solemnly.

Mrs. Mei always likes to use cow's milk, and she has a cow at home.

After a wink, a little maid came with a clay pot, which was the milk that had been squeezed today.

Li Qiuyan said thank you and said goodbye together with Wang Congcong.

The two of them bit their ears as soon as they left the door.Li Qiuyan: "Sister, I think Master Mei is not cold at all."

Wang Congcong was also a little surprised: "I'm not usually so gentle. I don't know. Maybe I have a bad temper with you."

Little did she know that Master Mei had heard about Li Qiuyan for a long time. She came here precisely because the Cui family, although usually cold and cold-hearted, got along well with Wang Congcong.I am even more grateful to Li Qiuyan who saved Cui Qiong.

Li Qiuyan said goodbye to Wang Congcong and went home with the milk in hand, planning to make snowskin mooncakes.

The red adzuki beans have been soaked, and Li Qiuyan boiled the water.

Put all the ingredients into a bowl according to the proportion, stir evenly and mix into a thin batter, let it sit for two quarters of an hour, then put it on the steamer and steam it over high heat.

Remove the cooked red beans, mix with brown sugar, and form into evenly sized balls.

When the steamed ice skin is completely cooled, divide it into pieces, wrap them with bean paste filling, and then put them into molds and press them into mooncake shapes.

As soon as she finished making a few mooncakes, Mrs. Cheng entered the kitchen and couldn't help but marvel. She had seen mooncakes before, but she had never seen transparent ones.

There was no difficulty, and Mrs. Cheng also helped.It was much faster this way, and it didn’t take long for a lot to be packed out.

Li Qiuyan saw that there was still a lot of skin but not much bean paste filling left. He had an idea and crushed the leftover sweet potatoes into puree and added sweet potatoes into it.

The transparent ice skin shows through the golden sweet potato puree and a touch of bean paste powder. It’s so pretty.

Mrs. Cheng was stunned.Although snowskin mooncakes need to be chilled before they taste good, they are ready to eat now.

Li Qiuyan smiled: "Auntie, try it."

Cheng picked it up carefully. In her opinion, it was a work of art.After taking a bite, it was sweet but not greasy, and I finished it in two bites.

After realizing it, Mrs. Cheng smiled awkwardly. Li Qiuyan also wanted to laugh, but held it back.

She placed the prepared snowskin mooncakes in a cool place in the house, told Mrs. Cheng, and went to order the box.

When it comes to giving gifts, packaging is also very important.