"It's rare that Mid-Autumn Festival will be a sunny night." Shan Niang looked at the sunset in the sky. Because there was no cloud blocking it, the afterglow of red light reflected half of the sky.

Ci Gu ordered people to put cockscombs on the courtyard: "I remember that last August Festival was clouds all over the sky. The moon appeared and disappeared from time to time. It was clearly clouds running, but our girls insisted that the moon was running!"

Shan Niang recalled the past, and she didn't feel laughing. She looked at Xiaoxiao who was sleeping on the bed through the window: "It's only been a year, and this child has grown up so old."

Xiaoxiao came back today. She had been in the carriage for nearly three hours. Her excited expression showed faint fatigue. She was still wearing the skirt she was wearing when she went there, but the color was washed white. Her skin was a little darker by the mountain wind, and her eyes were still full of energy.

The smiling girls didn't feel tears when they saw the girl's appearance. They wanted to serve the girl to take a shower first, Ranbi insisted on asking the girl to make up for some of her favorite food first. Xiao Dier immediately washed the girl's skirt and dyed it with the freshest blue and green color. He Lu smiled and blinked: "Miss, please go and treat the old lady to the old lady."

Xiaoxiao felt reasonable. He brought him the snack box he brought from the Dawangzhuang, which contained the mooncakes he had personally participated in, and said that he must let his grandmother taste it.

Shan Niang naturally left a box here, and the packaging was very simple. When she opened it and looked at the quality, she concluded that it was less oil and sugar. Shan Niang still praised: "These impressions are beautiful, with mountain and water views, which are more interesting than the Chang'e flying to the moon and the toad rabbit in the moon palace that we often see every day."

There were also a lot of heavy colorful stones that Xiaoxiao Buwei brought back from the road. Shan Niang admired them piece by piece, and selected them as paperweights, seals, ornaments, and even a few small and smooth like agate. Shan Niang said that she could make a pressing skirt by tying a thread.

There are three beautiful bonsai pieces. Shan Niang especially likes the pot of "Lingling Scenery". The mountain is gentle and cute, with colorful leaves and trees planted everywhere, especially the long glazed pavilion on the top of the mountain. Wouldn't it be wonderful if she could really be in it? Xiaoxiao seemed to have understood Shan Niang's meaning in advance, and there were three small clay men next to the glazed pavilion, just like a family of three.

"The girl is really mean. It is said that the old pine bonsai is quite popular with the old lady, especially the old man who is a pair of old naughty boys. The old man will definitely like it when he sees it!" After saying this, Ci Gu hurriedly lowered her voice again, for fear of disturbing the girl's sleep. "The girl is a master of the past. It is said that she didn't even sleep for a long time for these five days and nights, alas."

Shan Niang smiled and looked at the girls placing a few pots of golden cockscombs in the courtyard. At this time, the corridor was filled with various colors of cockscombs, especially bright red, so as to make a prosperous harvest.

"One August Festival reflects the customs of various places," Ci Gu smiled. "I just admired the osmanthus in Lanxi, but when I came to Kyoto, I had to put on the cockscomb flowers. What's more interesting is that the branches of edamame, one by one, and one by one, were very beautiful when I was planted with crabapple fruits."

As soon as these words were finished, several girls knelt on the ground to thank them.

Shan Niang hurriedly ordered them to get up, and then continued, "As for the other girls, who are not on duty, they can have fun in the backyard," she said, "Put two tables of mats for everyone in the backyard, and each person will add eight mooncakes."

Now all the girls and women came to thank him. Ci Gu said, "Everyone is happy to be happy, don't be greedy for wine."

Everyone said "ah" together, and couldn't help but feel happy.

It was this loud "Ah" that woke Xiaoxiao who was sleeping. When he opened his eyes, he saw a crabapple-colored dress on the hanger beside the bed. There was a circle of small jade rabbits in various shapes on the hem. A full-moon round jade shaped like a royal blue tassel was hanged.

"This piece of jade is too big, like a gong." Xiaoxiao rubbed his eyes and sat up. At this time, he realized that he was asleep in his parents' room. Looking at the elegant decorations in front of him, he thought about his days in Dawangzhuang this month. I don't know if it was a dream or if everything in front of him looked more like a dream.

But I felt that there was nothing wrong with this full moon-pressing skirt. At today's dinner, several girls at home would dress themselves up as beautiful Chang'e: "This full moon is both suitable for the situation and also matches the girl's identity."

Xiaoxiao got up and saw that the makeup table on the table had prepared two pure gold osmanthus branches for tonight. The stars were very dazzling, with earrings and bracelets of the same series.

Tao Hong smiled and said, "This is just sent by the old lady."

"Grandma has a good vision. I like these very much, and they are suitable for wearing them at night." Xiaoxiao looked at the huge full moon trench skirt, "Forget it, just wear it."

He Lu smiled and brought a pair of red gold pods: "The old lady gave each girl a pair of edamame pods. It is said that this is also the rule for Kyoto to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"What are you giving to your grandchildren's edamame pods, then what are you giving to your grandchildren?" Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

He Lu smiled and said, "Each young man got a pair of golden gourds."

"Huh..." Could this be the origin of "Growing melons and getting beans and getting beans"? But the girls only have a pair of small bean pods, while the boys are a pair of big bean gourds! This...

He Lu smiled and said, "The gourds that men get are only as big as dates!"

Well, that's about the same...

Xiaoxiao, who is half an old Beijinger, has never heard of these Mid-Autumn Festival rules. After thinking about it carefully, Mid-Autumn Festival in the past was just eating moon cakes. At most, the old man would have a rabbit man at home. Then the whole family had a lively reunion dinner, watched a large-scale party of "Moon in a certain place, Chinese love", and then took the time to run to the balcony to see the moon, which fooled the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Now I see osmanthus and crabapple fruits growing in the vase on the table. The yard is filled with red cockscombs, and the edamame branches and cypress branches are folded into various auspicious shapes. Xiaoxiao once again experiences the atmosphere of ancient festivals.

"How do you worship the moon in Kyoto?" Xiaoxiao vaguely knew that the moon was worshipped on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

He Lu explained on the side: "After the dinner, you will watch the moon on a spacious moon ground. Set the moon palace talisman in the direction of the moon to worship all kinds of round fruits and full moon cakes. At that time, the old lady will lead the whole family to kneel down and burn incense. Even the servants present will kneel down and worship. The moon palace talisman will burn it when it arrives. The burned smoke slowly floats to the moon palace. This is considered worshiping the moon."

After hearing this, Paihong said unconsciously: "It turns out that Kyoto also emphasizes that 'men do not worship rabbits, women do not worship kitchens', and women do not worship kitchens'. When worshiping the moon, it is done by women."

He Lu said: "The Moon God is also called the Taiyin Lord, and it is more appropriate for the female family to worship him."

Xiaoxiao has never heard of these rules. At this moment, he only finds it fresh and interesting: "Where is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight?"

Helu replied: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet is set up in the old lady's room, and the moon-watching banquet is placed on the pillow platform, where there is water. It is excellent to watch the moon. Several large osmanthus trees are planted by the water, which can enjoy the osmanthus flowers."
Chapter completed!