In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

Chapter 107 Spending Mid-Autumn Festival Together

That evening, after school, Qiao Zien went straight to Chen's house.

Feng Liangyu led him into the hall. After seeing Chen Ruotong, he hurriedly asked, "Gu Chuan, do you really want to go on a blind date?"

Chen Ruotong was confused, "Blind date? I'm not going on a blind date!"

Qiao Zien breathed a sigh of relief, "I told you, how could you possibly go on a blind date?"

Chen Ruotong smiled and said, "I just want to do business well now. Besides, I'm still young, so there's no rush to get married."

Qiao Zien chuckled, "That's good. I was worried that you would be persuaded by those matchmakers."

Chen Ruotong teased, "Why, you are so concerned about my marriage, do you want to introduce a girl to me?"

Qiao Zien's face instantly turned red, "I...of course I don't want to, but if you don't want to get married, then we can still be friends!"

Chen Ruotong looked at his shy look and couldn't help laughing, "If I get married, why can't we be friends?"

"Ah, isn't it said that once you have a wife, you forget your friends!"

"Hey, Zien, that's not right! He should have a wife and forgotten his mother. You are wrong!"

"Hey, it's about the same..."

"Okay, no more jokes. Is there anything else you want to talk to me about today?"

Qiao Zien then remembered the important matter, "By the way, I came here this time to tell you that I plan to participate in the autumn examination next year."

Chen Ruotong gave a thumbs up and said, "You will definitely get first place in the provincial examination. Let me think about what the first place is? Yes, it's called Jieyuan. I wish Zien will get a place on the list. You still have one year to work hard. Come on, Zien!"

Qiao Zien nodded seriously, "I will work harder and I will definitely pass the exam for you."

Chen Ruotong looked at him with appreciation. "If you encounter any difficulties in the process of preparing for the exam, feel free to come to me. Speaking of which, I have been too busy these days and have no time to visit you. I have neglected you a little. Don't mind, I will visit you often in the future!"

Qiao Zien held her hand gratefully, "Thank you, Gu Chuan."

Chen Ruotong felt that the boy seemed a little fragile today, and she had to comfort him, so she hugged him gently.

Qiao Zien felt like she had received an electric shock. She felt numb all over, dizzy, and floating with happiness...

Although Chen Ruotong is an experienced person, she didn't think much about it. Now she is a man, and they are all adult souls. Besides, Qiao Zien said that he is not gay, so what else can he think?

Little did she know that Qiao Zien did have feelings for her and had been secretly in love with her for a long time, but she was completely unaware.

Ever since Chen Ruotong told him last time that the love between them had nothing to do with gender, he has become determined to love her.

Because of this, Qiao Zien often worries about gains and losses, like an idiot. For example, today, he stupidly went to someone's house to ask questions, and directly asked the person if he had gone on a blind date. How rude this is, what's the difference between him and Fang Wenxuan?

After returning to Qiao's house, he calmed down and began to reflect on himself. He felt that he was stupid, funny, and a little pitiful.

He let this feeling take its natural course, maybe one day it will come to fruition, who knows!

The vegetables on the farm have been harvested. Like last year, Chen Ruotong stored most of the vegetables in the space so that she can eat fresh vegetables all winter.

The grains from the five farms had all been harvested, and Chen Ruotong was delighted to see the grains piled up like a mountain of gold in the yard. She wanted to store some of the grains in the space for emergency use.

On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, Old Lady Chen suggested, "We should celebrate this year's Mid-Autumn Festival in a big way, not only because our family has been promoted to a higher rank this year, but more importantly, due to the severe drought last year, Jianshu went to his hometown to deliver grain and missed the Mid-Autumn Festival. People at home waiting for news have no mood to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, so this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, let's make up for last year's!"

Old Man Chen agreed, "Old Madam Chen is right. The grain output on the farm this year is much higher than last year. The five farms, big and small, have harvested more than 600,000 kilograms of grain!

Something that I never dared to dream of actually happened. The most important thing is that our family does not have to hand over a pound of grain, and we still have to collect grain handed over by 300 households. We really should celebrate!

Jianshu, take a look at what to buy, and ask the farm to send some meat and eggs. Jianshu's wife, lead the maids in the kitchen, and make more mooncakes. We can't just eat the mooncakes. The servants and tenants should share some so that everyone can have fun together."

Chen Jianshu readily agreed and immediately took Chen Daquan out to purchase goods for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Chen Ruotong took out several jars of canned fruit from the space, as well as various drinks, cakes, and the strong liquor that Old Man Chen and Chen Jianshu liked to drink.

There are many kinds of mooncakes in the space, including five-nut ones, red bean paste ones, and meat-filled ones. Take out a few pieces of each and eat them with your family while enjoying the moon at night, so that your family can also taste the flavor of mooncakes thousands of years later.

The academy was also closed on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so Chen Ruotong had asked Qiao Zien to come over to her house long ago to help her prepare the Mid-Autumn Festival food.

Chen Ruotong taught Qiao Zien how to make mooncakes, so that the Mid-Autumn Festival would have a sense of ritual.

The dough had been kneaded in the dough kneading machine in the space, and the fillings were also ready in the space. They just had to wrap it into a ball, put it in the mold, press it, and then send it to the kitchen, hand it over to Zhang, and let the maids bake the mooncakes.

Chen Jianshu and Chen Daquan quickly prepared all the items needed for the festival. In the afternoon, various farms successively delivered some pork, mutton, eggs and seasonal fruits and vegetables. The maids in the kitchen were divided into two groups and started to work. One group was responsible for making and baking mooncakes; the other group was responsible for chopping meat and vegetables, mixing dough and stuffing, making dumplings and steaming buns. It was a scene of great enthusiasm.

By dinner time, hundreds of mooncakes had been prepared.

The housekeeper Zhou Qian carried two large baskets of mooncakes to the courtyard and was responsible for distributing them to the servants. Chen Ruotong also took out a box of silver peanuts and gave them to Zhou Qian, two mooncakes and two silver peanuts per person.

The servants were filled with happiness.

Chen Jianshu also asked Chen Daquan to wrap the mooncakes into packages of four with oil paper, pull them to the farm, and distribute them to the surrounding tenant farmers so that everyone could have a happy festival.

As night fell, a bright moon hung in the sky, casting silver light. Qiao Zien and the Chen family sat in the yard, eating a reunion dinner. They ate and chatted while enjoying the bright moon. Chen Ruotong brought out the moon cakes from the space, distributed them to everyone, and poured the prepared drinks for everyone.

"This mooncake is really delicious, with a delicate texture and sweet taste." Old Mrs. Chen praised.

"Yes, the taste of this mooncake is really unique, much better than the one we made just now." Others also echoed.

Old man Chen said, "Grandson, where did you buy the liquor? It's so fragrant and strong! Hahaha..."

"Grandpa, this is fine wine that merchants brought from the capital. It has a high alcohol content and is easy to get drunk. Please drink less!"

The others drank beverages, while Chen Ruotong and Qiao Zien drank beer.

The family spent a happy Mid-Autumn Festival night with laughter and joy.