Xiao Qiao Flowing Water

In the blink of an eye, January passed, and the weather became cooler every day.One day, when the running water came back from collecting herbs, covered in mud, he shouted in the courtyard: "Little Qiao, I'm back."

Xiao Qiao came out of the kitchen when she heard the sound, and said, "This is covered in mud, go wash it before eating."

Liu Shui nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll wash the herbs first." Then he went into the room and took out the bamboo weaving, poured the herbs into it, and put them away by category.

Xiao Qiao finished the food and put it on the kitchen stove to warm it up. Thinking of the few clothes that were just finished today, she went into the room and took out the two clothes that were made for the running water.Walking to the main room, handed it to Liu Shui, "This is yours. I just finished it this afternoon. Tomorrow will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can choose one to wear."

Hearing the words, Liu Shui had a big smile on his face, wiped his hands on his body, stretched out his hands, then retracted them, "Wait a minute, I'll wash my hands, don't get my clothes dirty." He quickly ran to the courtyard to fetch water to wash his hands, Xiao Qiao saw He was as happy as a child, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

After a while, the running water picked up the clothes, and said straight to the clothes, "Then I'll take the clothes to take a bath, and try it after washing." Then he went into the room again.

After washing in running water, he came out of the kitchen. He was wearing a blue brocade robe, his hair was tied up high, his lips were red and his teeth were white. Perhaps he had just finished washing, his cheeks were white and rosy, and he was a handsome young man.Liu Shui saw Xiao Qiao scrutinizing her eyes, and felt embarrassed to touch the back of her head, "It fits well, I'm still dressed, it's okay."

Seeing this, Xiao Qiao completely ruined the image of Mr. Jun. She looked like a foolish scholar. She couldn't feel it was funny. She nodded and said narrowly: "It's very good-looking, Mr. Jun."

Liu Shui blushed even more, said: "I, I'm going to serve the dishes." Then he went into the kitchen again.

After eating, the running water cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, "I'll fix it, you sit and rest for a while, and drink the medicine later."

Xiao Qiao nodded when she heard this, she cleaned up the dishes and went into the kitchen, put the medicine cup on the stove and boiled it slowly, and washed it by herself.

Ru Qing, Liu Shui brought out the medicinal soup and handed it to Xiao Qiao, Xiao Qiao took it and drank it, handed back the bowl, Liu Shui took it, thinking about tomorrow, excitedly said: "Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival, I was already in the city a few days ago I bought good materials here, I haven’t made moon cakes for several years, I don’t know if the craftsmanship is rusty, let’s make moon cakes together tomorrow.” Seeing Xiao Qiao nodded, she was very excited, “Okay, I won’t go to the mountains tomorrow, then I will go to the kitchen to make some , you also wash up and go to bed early." Even if he turned around and went into the kitchen to clean up.

When Xiao Qiao saw this, the corners of her mouth curled up, as if she hadn't celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival for a long time.

At night, Liu Shui was lying on the bed, thinking about spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with Xiao Qiao tomorrow, and he was very excited. Since his father passed away, the Mid-Autumn Festival was rarely celebrated in these years, and most of them were spent alone in the mountains collecting herbs.

As time went by, the sun came out later and later. It was still dark at Maoshi, and Liu Shui got up habitually. After washing, he tidied up the medicinal materials and went into the kitchen to light a fire to cook.After everything was done, the sky gradually became brighter, and Liu Shui went to the courtyard to practice Wuqinxi.

Xiao Qiao heard a little sound in the main room, and knew that the running water was running, turned over and continued to sleep for a while, when the sun rose, Xiao Qiao got up, went out to wash, after washing, the running water had just finished training, and brought out the breakfast in the kitchen stove .

After breakfast, Liu Shui and Xiao Qiao sat and chatted for a while, Xiao Qiao cleaned up the dishes, and Liu Shui went out to fetch water.

"Morning, sisters-in-law and aunts", I met my sister-in-law and aunt who were washing by the stream while fetching water.

"Flowing water, morning."

Aunt Wang saw that Liushui was wearing a new dress, and said, "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Liushui is different from previous years. Looking at this new dress, it must be our little Qiao's handicraft."

Liu Shui nodded and said, "En."

Aunt Li continued to jokingly said: "This little Qiao's craftsmanship is really good, look at our running water, it's different if there is a woman in the family, running water, you have to hurry up."

"Yes, yes, Xiao Qiao is a rare girl."

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Liu Shui blushed at the jokes of his sisters-in-law and aunts, humming and perfunctory, and hurriedly fetched water and went back.

Xiao Qiao sat in the courtyard and saw the running water hurriedly carrying water back, panting, "Why are you in such a hurry, things are taking your time."

Liu Shui nodded hurriedly, recalling what he had said to the folks by the stream along the way, thinking to himself that he ran fast.

After the white dew, the dew is very heavy every morning. When the sun is shining, the running water will take out the herbs to dry.

After finishing some daily chores at home, Liu Shui took out the materials bought in the city a few days ago, pointed to the cloth bag and introduced: "These three are sesame, walnut and red bean, which are used to make stuffing. This bag contains flour. " Pointing to the container again, he said: "This is sugar syrup. Later, we will first steam the walnuts and red beans, put in an appropriate amount of sugar syrup, and crush them..."

Xiao Qiao listened carefully to each step, and then performed their duties and cooperated with each other.The whole morning was spent in a busy way.At noon, the stuffing was ready, and while the stove was on fire, Xiao Qiao washed the vegetables, and then put them into the pan and stir-fried them under running water.

After lunch was finished, Liu Shui cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and started kneading noodles again. Seeing that there were not enough eggs, "Xiao Qiao, there are not enough eggs, please go to Big Niu's house to buy some eggs."

Xiao Qiao hummed, put down the firewood in her hand, "How many do you want?"

Liu Shui thought about it, and said, "Ten, the money is where it used to be."

Xiao Qiao hummed, got up and left.

When time passed, Xiao Qiao came back and put the eggs beside the running water, "Just put them here."

Liu Shui hummed, raised his head, and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, we'll make up later, you take down the mold."

Xiao Qiao hummed, seeing some flour on Liu Shui's cheek at some point, supported Liu Shui's head that was about to bow, took out a handkerchief, and wiped it seriously.

Seeing Xiao Qiao pressing her cheek, Liu Shui was stunned for a moment, seeing Xiao Qiao wiping her face earnestly, looking at the face so close, she couldn't recover for a long time, until Xiao Qiao put away the handkerchief and said: "Okay. Only then did Liu Shui come back to his senses, his face flushed, he hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to be busy, his hands turned upside down.

Seeing this, Xiao Qiao smiled lightly, turned around and walked out, somehow her cheeks flushed slightly because of the watery gaze just now.

After a busy afternoon, Liu Shui and Xiao Qiao prepared all the things for the festival.At night, when the moon shines brightly, a large incense table is set up in the flowing water, and moon cakes, melons and fruits, red dates, candied fruit and other sacrifices are placed, and the cold and moon sacrifices begin.

After offering incense in the running water, I opened my eyes to see Xiao Qiao worshiping the moon devoutly under the moonlight. She looks like Chang'e, and when her face is like a bright moon, she is dazed for a moment.

After offering incense, Liu Shui blushed and handed the knife to Xiao Qiao, "You can cut this big mooncake, but I'm not suitable."

Xiao Qiao took the knife, and the corners of her mouth curled up, knowing the meaning of flowing water. This is a custom handed down. After the sacrifice, the housewife cuts the reunion mooncakes.The person who cuts the moon cakes calculates in advance how many people are in the whole family. Those who are at home and those who are out of town should be counted together.Xiao Qiao cut the mooncake in half and sat down together to drink tea and enjoy the moon and chat.

This Mid-Autumn Festival is different in the hearts of Liu Shui and Xiao Qiao.

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