Opening a Tavern in the Tang Dynasty

Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaidao dragged their tired bodies and slowly walked towards their respective rooms. Xiaoyu turned to look at Yuyu and said softly, "Yuyu, go to the space and get some mooncake ingredients for me. I want to make another five-jin mooncake."

When Yuyu heard this, he immediately perked up and responded crisply, "Okay, I'm coming!"

As he spoke, he closed his eyes and concentrated. After a while, he took out a bunch of materials needed to make mooncakes from his portable space, including kneaded dough and various fillings, and placed them neatly on the table.

Xiaoyu looked at the materials with a satisfied smile on her face and said to Yuyu, "Well, you're really good. You've been busy all day today. If you're tired now, go and take a rest. I can make it myself. You should get a good sleep."

Yuyu rubbed her sleepy eyes, but still shook her head and said, "Mom, I'm not sleepy yet. How about I stay and help you? It will be faster, so you can rest earlier."

Xiaoyu smiled and touched Yuyu's head, saying, "No need, little girl. I appreciate your kindness, but your eyelids are starting to droop. Go to sleep. I can handle these five kilograms of mooncakes by myself, so don't worry about it."

Yuyu couldn't resist Xiaoyu, so she nodded obediently and said with a yawn, "Okay, Mom, don't tire yourself out. I'll go back to the house to rest first. You should finish early and go to bed early."

After saying that, he walked towards his room, looking back every few steps. Before entering the house, he did not forget to give Xiaoyu a few words of advice.

Xiaoyu looked at Yuyu's back and smiled helplessly. Then he rolled up his sleeves and began to prepare the mooncake ingredients, preparing to carefully make the extra five-pound mooncake.

Xiaoyu first placed the prepared dough on the chopping board and began to knead it carefully. Her hands pressed the dough rhythmically, and she muttered to herself, "This dough must be kneaded well, so that it will be easier to wrap the filling."

After kneading, the dough becomes softer and more elastic.

Then, she took out the egg yolk and lotus seed paste filling that she had carefully prepared before. The egg yolks were plump and orange in color, and the lotus seed paste was delicate and sweet. The two mixed together made people salivate just by looking at it.

Xiaoyu piled the egg yolk and lotus seed paste filling in the middle of the chopping board. It was quite a large portion. After all, she was going to make a five-jin mooncake, so the filling had to be full.

Then, Xiaoyu slowly rolled out the kneaded dough, and the dough gradually turned into a large piece of dough with uniform thickness under her hands, which was enough to wrap all the fillings.

She carefully poured all the egg yolk and lotus seed paste filling into the middle of the dough and began to fold it up, carefully fitting the dough onto the filling as she did so. However, there was too much filling in this large mooncake.

As soon as she finished pinching one part here, more filling came out there. Xiaoyu was so busy that beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, but she still patiently pinched the dough together bit by bit.

After a lot of effort, I finally managed to wrap the filling tightly into the dough, and a big round mooncake blank was formed.

Afterwards, Xiaoyu brought out a bowl of roasted sesame seeds. The sesame seeds were plump and exuded a rich aroma.

She gently placed the wrapped large mooncake dough in the pile of sesame seeds and rolled it slowly to allow the sesame seeds to stick evenly to the mooncake skin.

After a while, the originally monotonous mooncake skin was covered with a dense layer of sesame seeds, which looked more tempting and also exuded a unique sesame fragrance.

After finishing all this, Xiaoyu picked up the baking tray with the five-pound mooncake covered with sesame seeds and walked towards the oven.

She opened the oven door, placed the baking tray in steadily, and carefully adjusted the heat and baking time before closing the oven door.

Standing by the oven, Xiaoyu stared at the inside of the oven intently. As the temperature rose, a mixture of the aroma of egg yolk, lotus seed paste and sesame gradually emanated from the oven. The aroma became stronger and stronger, drifting throughout the house bit by bit.

As time passed, the surface of the big mooncake became more and more golden during baking, and the sesame seeds also changed color slightly, emitting a burnt aroma.

Xiaoyu felt that the fire was about right, so she put on thick gloves, carefully opened the oven door, and took out the baking tray.

The five-pound mooncake that had just been baked was steaming hot. The sesame seeds wrapped on the golden crust looked even more shiny, and the tempting aroma filled the air, making people want to have a taste of it as soon as they saw it.

Xiaoyu put the baked big mooncake aside to cool, with a relieved smile on her face.

Yu Yu was originally dozing off in her sleep, when suddenly, the tempting aroma of mooncakes wafting from the kitchen slowly entered her nose. The fragrance was so fragrant.

Yu Yu opened her eyes drowsily and rubbed them. Although the sleepiness had not completely dissipated, her greed prevailed.

She walked slowly towards the kitchen in her slippers, yawning as she walked, until she reached the kitchen door.

She saw Xiaoyu standing there looking at the freshly baked mooncakes, and she said in a baby voice, feeling very sleepy, "Mom, what's that smell? It smells so good! I was sleeping soundly in the room when I was woken up by the fragrance. Did you make new mooncakes?"

Xiaoyu turned around and saw Yuyu's sleepy look. She couldn't help but smile and said, "You little greedy cat, you have a really good nose. Mom just made another five-jin mooncake."

"It's filled with egg yolk and lotus seed paste, and coated with sesame seeds. It's freshly baked and is cooling down now. I guess the aroma must have attracted you here."

When Yuyu heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up and she felt less sleepy. She hurried over and stared at the big mooncake that was still steaming. "Wow, what a beautiful big mooncake! It looks delicious. Mom, why did you want to make another one?"

Xiaoyu smiled and patted Yuyu's head, then replied, "Since everyone likes it, I thought we'd make an extra one so we can enjoy it more tomorrow. We've been busy for so long today, we have to make sure everyone is satisfied."

Yuyu nodded repeatedly, moved closer, and sniffed the aroma of the mooncake, muttering, "This fragrance is too torturous. I really want to taste it now. Mom, can you cut some for me first?"

Xiaoyu scratched Yuyu's nose helplessly and said, "Little greedy girl, these are not the mooncakes for tomorrow. Eat the seven mooncakes first tomorrow."

After hearing what Xiaoyu said, Yuyu's eyes sparkled and she nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Mom, let's eat the seven mooncakes first tomorrow." As she spoke, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.