My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

"I don't want to..."

Gu Li pouted at this time. But Chang An seemed to be fanning the flames and asked Wang Wei beside him: "Brother Mo Jie, please give us your opinion. What do you think of this poem?"

"Of course it's good. I wrote in the eyebrows that Madam Gu has when she is appreciating flowers."

Then Chang An was still not satisfied and asked again: "Brother Gao, what do you think of my poem?"

"It is the best."

After getting the affirmation from the two good pigeons, Chang An turned around and asked, "Even Brother Mo Jie and Brother Gao said this poem is good, what do you think is wrong with it, Madam Gu?"

"And...of course the name of the poem is not good, how embarrassing!" said Gu Li.

"Is the name not good?" Chang An looked at Wang Wei and Gao Shi again. After exchanging glances, Chang An asked again, "Brother Mo Jie, what do you think of the title of the poem? Is it inappropriate?"

"There is nothing wrong with it. Brother Yonghe loves Madam Gu so much that even his name is a term of endearment. The whole poem expresses Brother Yonghe's love for Madam Gu." Wang Wei answered in a serious and formal manner.

"Brother Gao, what do you think?"

After Gao Shi received Chang An's "signal", he began to think about what to say, so this time his answer was obviously prepared. He recited directly: "Of course it is good. Brother Chang expressed all his love for Madam Gu in this poem. And then use the title to summarize all the meanings of the poem."

But Gu Li still refused to give in and said, "No! That's not fair!"

"Mr. Wang and Mr. Gao are both good friends of Chang Lang. They must be on Chang Lang's side. So I want to ask Madam Cui!" Gu Li pouted and said very dissatisfiedly.

Chang An then turned slightly to let Gu Li ask, "Madam Cui, what do you think of Chang Lang's poem and name?"

"They're all...all good..." Cui Yu originally wanted to side with Gu Li, but when he saw that the two great poets, Wang Wei and Gao Shi, both said there was no problem with Chang An's poems, shouldn't he also follow suit?

So Cui Yu answered like this. In this way, everyone expressed their approval of Chang An's poem. Gu Li thought that at least one person would agree with him, but in the end, no one did.

She immediately turned away unhappily, lowered her head, and didn't even hold Chang'an's hand, sulking aside. At this time, Chang'an smiled and walked up to her, took her hand, and whispered, "Mother Gu?"

"Mrs. Gu isn't here!"

Gu Li turned away angrily and pulled his hand out of Chang An's palm. He changed his angle and continued to ignore Chang An.

"If Madam Gu thinks the title of the poem is not good, then I will change it, okay? Don't be angry, don't make yourself upset." Chang An came in front of Gu Li again, and said with an apologetic smile.

"do not want!"

Chang An looked at Wang Wei and Cui Yu awkwardly, but the two pretended not to see them and turned around to walk deeper into the osmanthus forest. Then Chang An turned his eyes to Gao Shi for help, but Gao Shi, like Wang Wei and his wife, turned his eyes away and walked away in another direction.

There was no other way, I had to do it myself in the end. Chang An rubbed his hands, came forward, and said, "Dear mother Gu?"

"Who is your baby? You bully me all day long. How can you treat me as your baby?" Gu Li seemed to have no appreciation and said angrily.

"Oh, I really treat Gu Niang as my dear. Gu Niang, you know me well. Please don't be angry, okay?" Chang An said, holding Gu Li's hand.

"Not good!" Gu Li was very angry. The consequences would be serious!

"Then...I should write another poem for Gu Niang? And not this poem?" This was all Chang An could say.

"No way! How can I just say I don't want to accept the poem Chang Lang wrote to me?"

"But doesn't Gu Niang dislike this poem? Then let's not take it and only keep the one that Gu Niang likes." Chang An said again.

"Who... who said I don't like it?" Gu Li was furious, but also a little anxious. "How can I just say I don't want something that Chang Lang said he would give me?"

"Then...then I will change the title of the poem?" Chang An asked tentatively when he saw Gu Li's emotions slowly calming down.

Gu Li rejected Chang An's proposal again: "No! What we agreed to is what we agreed to. Chang Lang can't change what he promised me - even if I don't like it!"

Then Chang An said, "Then let's just ignore this poem. Gu Niang can keep it or throw it away. Then I will just write a new one for her?"

"Okay, that's better." Gu Li "reluctantly" agreed.

"But I still need to see how Chang Lang writes and whether it is good, otherwise Chang Lang will have to rewrite it!"

Chang An stroked his forehead and then began to recite poetry...

……

In the evening, after appreciating the sweet-scented osmanthus, Wang Wei and his wife, Gao Shi and the other two stayed for dinner. After seeing them off, Chang An and Gu Li began to arrange household affairs and prepare for the moon worship. After all, in the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a very important festival, and all kinds of rituals were required.

"We should worship the moon and pray to the gods on the moon for good weather and good harvests in the coming year." Gu Li said to Chang An who was following him as he walked around in the yard of his home.

"Well...how do you plan to worship the moon?" Chang An asked with some confusion.

"We can worship the moon as we normally would during festivals," said Gu Li, "but this time, we need to place the platform a little more spacious, because we also want to enjoy the moon together."

Chang An nodded, and then Gu Li took him to the main hall, where the stage had been set up. Then all that was left was to start worshipping the moon. After Chang An and Gu Li checked the tributes, they began to worship the moon.

However, the sky was a little gloomy, with a bright moon hanging in the sky. The overall sky looked a little gloomy, and there was a faint urge to cover the moon anytime and anywhere, so Chang An said:

"The sky is a bit gloomy, so let's worship the moon together. Let's finish it quickly so that we can distribute moon cakes later, and you can also rest early tonight."

"Yes, thank you Lord Marquis!"

Afterwards, Chang An and Gu Li brought their family members, each holding three sandalwood sticks, and leaned forward slightly to worship the full moon in the sky. That was the end.

After a simple worship of the moon, Gu Li and Chang An returned to their own courtyard. They sat in the pavilion and looked up, but only half of the moon was left in the sky.

Gu Li felt a little disappointed at this time, and then said: "Why is it like this every Mid-Autumn Festival? The full moon only appears for a short period of time, and it doesn't look round enough."

"Because the moon is fullest on the 16th." Chang An said.

"why?"

"This... this is not very easy to explain..." Chang An thought for a while, and finally said: "Because the time on the moon is a little strange, sometimes it is a little slower than here, so sometimes, the moon on the 15th is not full until the 16th."

Gu Li didn't quite understand what was said, but after she understood it in her own way, she nodded. At this moment, Huaiqin and Zhen'er each carried a plate of mooncakes into the yard and placed them in the pavilion.

"Master, Sanniang, the mooncakes are ready." Huaiqin said.

"Yes," Chang An nodded, then pointed to the location in the pavilion and said, "You guys can sit down and eat together and enjoy the moon."

"Thank you, sir."

Gu Li couldn't wait to pick up two mooncakes, keeping one for herself and giving the other to Chang An. After taking a bite, she said in surprise:

"Chang Lang, why are there two egg yolks in this egg yolk mooncake? And is this stuff inside lotus paste?"

Chang An also took a bite. His own one was the five-nut mooncake. He then said, "This is a lotus seed paste and double yolk mooncake. The egg yolk is wrapped in lotus seed paste. This way, the egg yolk is not easy to melt and it tastes better."

"It is indeed more delicious." Gu Li nodded, then took another bite, bit off one of the egg yolks, and then leaned close to Chang An's mouth and said:

"Chang Lang, have a bite too. I left an egg yolk for you!"

Chang An bit off the egg yolk with a smile, and then Gu Li said, "Two egg yolks, one for Chang Lang and one for me! This means that Chang Lang and I have always been a couple!"

Chang An smiled and said, "One egg yolk for each of us means we will be a couple forever. If Gu Niang eats two, doesn't that mean she will tie me to her side forever?"

"I don't want it. I want to be with Chang Lang. If I tie Chang Lang up, he will feel very uncomfortable." Gu Li shook his head and said,

Then, Gu Li took the opportunity to look up at the sky. At this time, the moon in the sky had been mostly covered by the moon. She tilted her head and asked, "Chang Lang."

"uh-huh?"

"Chang Lang, is there really a fairy named Chang'e in the sky?" Gu Li asked naively.

Although she had asked these questions to her father Gu Ke, more often than not, when she asked the same questions to Chang An, she could get more satisfactory answers from him.

Chang An leaned on the table, shook his head and said, "No."

Although Chang An wanted to tell her that there was Chang'e on the moon, he did not do so. Instead, he explained: "Mother Gu, look at the moon. Isn't it that most of the time, the moon is clean?"

"correct."

"If the fairy Chang'e really lives on the moon, then why is the moon so clean? The Guanghan Palace is so big, comparable to an imperial city, how could people on earth not see it?"