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In the evening, the four of them went for a stroll in the market.

Unfortunately, no one at the market was selling ready-made mooncakes.

However, the four of them were not too surprised, since many people were not in the mood for a holiday under such circumstances.

Everyone's exhausted just trying to survive; who has time to think about holidays?

Making mooncakes is labor-intensive and uses a lot of materials. If they can't be sold, they'll just be stuck with you. It's better to be a construction worker, which is hard work but you can earn real points.

Fortunately, the market and the official online store have ingredients for making mooncakes.

The four of them decided to buy some and make them themselves.

They didn't dare buy too much, thinking that even if it didn't taste good, there wouldn't be much left over.

Early in the morning, Master Li brought the finished wooden rocker to the villa.

Unlike before, he was not followed by ten people; only two people followed behind him.

"Are there so few people today?"

Jiang Li opened the door to welcome Master Li and the other two into the front yard.

Master Li directed the two men to place the wooden crank above the well.

"Just install a water-fetching tool, and three people will be enough. It won't take much time."

Jiang Li watched as the two helpers worked in perfect unison to drive the wooden posts on both sides of the wooden rocker into the ground and attach a rope to the thin pole in the middle.

The rope was attached to a thin pole and a wooden bucket on each side.

There is a rotating handle on one side of the wooden pillar. By gently turning the handle, water can be drawn up from the well.

After working for half an hour, Mr. Li finished the job quickly.

"It's ready to use right away. If any problems arise later, you can contact me through Captain Zhou, or you can contact me directly."

Jiang Li added Master Li's contact information.

Master Li had to go and modify the construction of another well, so he said goodbye to Jiang Li without staying long.

After seeing Mr. Li off, Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo also prepared to leave.

They were going to the Qin family next door to make mooncakes.

However, before setting off, Jiang Li wanted to test the well.

I just needed to fetch a bucket of water to take to the Qin family.

Ye Jingmo threw the wooden bucket into the well, making a "plop" sound.

He turned the handle next to the wooden post, and the rope slowly swung onto the thin pole, quickly lifting a bucket of water up.

He poured water into the bucket, and the clear water filled one-third of the bucket's volume.

After repeating this three times, the bucket was filled.

After Ye Jingmo filled the well with water, Jiang Li took a large steel plate from her spatial storage and covered the well opening.

This prevents the water from evaporating due to sunlight.

Jiang Li arrived at the Qin family's house with the materials she bought at the market and Ye Jingmo carrying a bucket of water.

Qin Yue looked at the full bucket of water, crystal clear, and longing welled up in her eyes.

She turned to look at Jiang Li.

"Sister Jiang Li, is your family's well finished?"

"Is this water from a well?"

Jiang Li took off her outer heat-protective suit and nodded to Qin Yue.

"Yes, it was officially completed this morning."

I was thinking of testing the well, and I also wanted to draw a bucket of water to make mooncakes later.

After discussing the well with Jiang Li, Qin Yu felt that digging a well was a very feasible idea.

After making the decision, they contacted Mr. Li to dig a well for their villa as well.

After chatting for a while, the four of them went to the restaurant and began preparing to make mooncakes.

Qin Yue cleaned the dining table thoroughly and even found the mat she had used to make noodles, placing it on the table.

The most complicated step in making mooncakes is the dough.

Jiang Li thought she should start with something simple and prepare the filling.

"There used to be many kinds of mooncakes, such as snow skin mooncakes, five-nut mooncakes, lotus seed paste mooncakes, and meat-filled mooncakes were less common."

I've never eaten a mooncake with meat filling before, but nowadays you can't find authentic ones anyway.

Qin Yue sighed, missing the wide variety of mooncakes she used to have.

Jiang Li put the soaked red beans on the pot, and Qin Yu took the pot outside and started steaming them over the stove.

"There aren't that many options now, so we can only make the classic red bean paste and salted egg yolk flavor."

"If we can find lotus seeds, we can make lotus seed paste."

Unfortunately, lotus seeds are difficult to store and are not sold in markets or official online stores.

Now that water resources are scarce, lotus flowers are rarely seen, and finding lotus seeds is quite difficult.

Jiang Li also misses lotus seed paste mooncakes, but she lacks the ingredients and can't make them taste the same.

"I miss the taste of durian mooncakes with snow skin."

A thin layer of shaved ice wraps around pure durian pulp; one bite and it's like a burst of juicy goodness.

Qin Yu said nostalgically.

The four of them divided the tasks and discussed the types of mooncakes they used to like.

Jiang Li mixed oil and syrup into the flour, added water, and stirred it into a dough.

Qin Yue took a plastic bag and wrapped the dough in it to let it rest.

Ye Jingmo had just brought the steamed red beans back into the house.

The four of them each poured a little red bean into a bowl and mashed it with a spoon.

Red beans need to be crushed until there are no granules left, and then sieved to extract the finest part before they can be used as filling for mooncakes.

This step is simple, but extremely laborious and tedious.

However, with each of the four people contributing a little, they quickly finished making the red bean paste.

The red bean skins were removed, leaving only the smooth red bean paste.

Ye Jingmo added an appropriate amount of sugar and stirred the red bean paste until smooth.

The salted duck eggs were the pre-packaged kind I bought from the official online store.

Simply open the bag to use it.

Qin Yue rummaged through the kitchen and found some white wine, spraying it on all the salted duck eggs to remove the fishy smell.

Ye Jingmo kneaded the relaxed dough into a small ball and divided it evenly into portions.

Qin Yu was in charge of rolling the dough into small wrappers.

Jiang Li and Qin Yue then added the prepared red bean paste and salted egg yolk to the small wrappers.

If there were a mold-making process, the process would be much faster.

Unfortunately, they didn't have the molds.

The only way to shape the dough is to manually wrap the entire dough into a round shape and then press it firmly into shape.

Place the shaped mooncakes on a plate, and the next step is to bake them.

The Qin family doesn't have solar panels, so they can't supply electricity to the oven.

"We'll take this plate of mooncakes back and bake them."

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so you can come directly to our room and celebrate the festival together.

Qin Yue and Qin Yu had no objections, since the mooncakes were only meant to be eaten on the Mid-Autumn Festival anyway.

Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo took the mooncakes back to bake them, which was perfectly fine.

So they carried a plate of mooncake dough back to the villa.

Jiang Li cracked two eggs, mixed them into an egg wash, and applied a thin layer to the mooncake dough.

After Ye Jingmo adjusted the oven temperature, he put the mooncakes in to bake.

The mooncakes in the oven slowly puffed up, as if they had gained a waist, and the crust gradually turned golden brown.

When the oven makes a "ding" sound, it means the mooncakes are done baking.

Jiang Li opened the oven and smelled the aroma of mooncakes. She swallowed hard, eager to try one right away.

However, thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, she decided to wait one more day.

Jiang Li put the mooncakes into her spatial storage, planning to take them out tomorrow.