After dinner, Li Xin's sister and brother enjoyed the cool air in the backyard. There was a stone table and stone bench beside the lotus pond. The bench was long and could seat two people on each side. The five siblings sat on the stone bench.

There was already a lot of food on the table, including fruits and various purchased snacks and candied fruits, as well as some nuts such as melon seeds and peanuts. In the middle was a large birthday cake with not many decorations. Li Xin then

I only used cherry tomatoes to make a flower shape in the middle. But it still looks good. The fluffy cake looks soft and delicious.

"What is this? Is this a snack you bought too?" Wen Hao looked at the cake on the table curiously.

"It's a cake. Yuexiang and I made it together. It contains eggs, white flour, and sugar. I'll try it later to see if it tastes good." Li Xin said while lighting a small red candle outside the cake. Here

There are no edible candles, so we can only use ordinary candles instead. However, these candles cannot be placed on the cake. It would be bad if the candle tears drip on the cake.

It was Yueting's fifth birthday, so she lit five candles. Li Xin asked Yueting to make a wish quietly, and then blew out the candles.

"What wish did Xiaoting make?" Wen Hao asked impatiently after Yueting blew out the candle.

"Sister, you can't say it. It won't be effective if you say it." Yueting shook her head like a rattle as she said it. Yuexiang tied a red ribbon on the head of her bag. When she shook her head, the ribbon was gone.

As it swung, it really looked like a shaking rattle.

"Okay, Wen Hao, don't ask Xiaoting. It won't work if you say it. Let's cut the cake!" Li Xin took out a few plates and handed the knife to Yueting to make the first cut, and then she

He took the knife and cut the cake into pieces. Although it was just an ordinary chicken cake, the children still ate it happily.

"Sister, the cake is delicious, let's make it again tomorrow!" Wen Hao said inarticulately while chewing the cake.

"Sister said, this is only made for birthdays. How can I always make it." Yuexiang responded to Wen Hao while eating the cake in small bites.

"Oh, does the eldest sister do it on our birthdays?"

"I do it, no matter who's birthday it is."

The siblings sat together, chatting and laughing, and time passed quickly. Not long after, Yue Ting felt sleepy, so Li Xin hugged her and went to bed, leaving Wen Bo and the others to disperse. Yue Xiang also

After clearing everything on the table, I went to rest. I went to bed early and got up early in the morning. Now there is nothing to worry about at home, and Li Xin's sleep quality is getting better and better. There are no entertainment activities here at night.

It was almost as soon as it got dark that I was ready to go to bed, so I went to bed very early.

There is dew in this season, so early in the morning, there is always a refreshing and cool moist feeling in the air. The weather in the south is relatively humid, not to mention the rainy season of summer and autumn, so the air is always humid during this season.

It was damp. The lotus leaves were covered with sparkling dew, and the fragrance of lotus lingered, making the whole yard look particularly beautiful.

The petals of the lotus bloomed gently, and it was so tender that it made people want to take a bite. Li Xin suddenly thought of the fried lotus. Although the lotus was beautiful, she was not a lady who caressed the flowers and willows. She had always

She is very vulgar, so when she sees the beautiful petals, she will think of making them edible. So she has learned to make a lot of cauliflowers herself, with ingredients such as peonies, magnolias, lotus, chrysanthemums and so on.

Crispy fried lotus is a Han nationality snack in Jinan, Shandong. It is fragrant with cinnamon, sweet and fragrant. It clears away heat and reduces turbidity, nourishes the heart and calms the mind. When the white lotus is slightly open, take the tenderest petals in the middle as the raw material. Put the lotus petals in the eggs.

, add it to the white sugar flour batter and fry until brown. You can also smear the bean paste on the inside of the lotus petals. When the oil is 50% hot, dip the bean paste petals into the egg white paste and put it in the pot.

Thinking of fried lotus, Li Xin felt hungry. She picked a few slightly blooming white lotus flowers, picked a few lotus leaves, and went to the kitchen. When Wenbo and the others got up, Li Xin

Xin's breakfast has been prepared. A pot of lotus leaf porridge with fried lotus flowers, it tastes really good.

"Sister, what is this made of?" Yuexiang bit into the fried lotus and asked curiously.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious. It seems to have a floral fragrance, sweet and fresh." This was Wenbo's answer.

"I fried it with lotus petals. Seeing that the lotus flower was blooming well and it felt very tender, I thought it would be delicious when made into a dish, so I made it. If it tastes good, eat more. I made a lot of it.

"

"Master likes lotus flowers the most. If there are any left, elder sister can pack some and we can take them to Master to try!" Wen Hao suddenly shouted.

"Okay, I'll wrap some up and give them to you, Master. You don't have to be so excited!" Master Zhou is very serious about teaching. Wen Bo and Wen Hao can write a lot of words and understand a few simple articles. Speaking of which, Zhou Master

Master still has a lot of merit. Moreover, there are not many monks in the academy. Traditional monks have always been neither expensive nor cheap. This has been done since ancient times. Too many or too few are disrespectful to the teacher, so

Shuxiu also has a certain degree. However, Shuxiu is something that is displayed openly, so no one in the country accepts much. However, privately some masters will still accept money from some students' parents.

But Mrs. Zhou is quite good. In addition to accepting the apprenticeship ceremony from Wenbo and the others at first, she later also asked Wenbo and the others to send some small items. In fact, they were just some inkstones or wolf hairs, which were not expensive.

, but the academy was also in use, but even so, Master Zhou still returned them one by one, and later Li Xin did not give them away again.

Therefore, I have always wanted to thank Master Zhou, but I didn’t know what to do. If I ordered simple food made at home, Master Zhou would not refuse it! Li Xin thought about it, and got up to get it.

I wrapped some fried lotus flowers in lotus leaves, then went to the backyard to cut a few lotus flowers with scissors, and put them into the food box along with a few lotus leaves.

Master Zhou is a scholar and presumably an elegant person, so he should be able to get what he wants by giving him a few lotus flowers!

Wenbo and Wenhao finished their breakfast and went to school with their lunch boxes and schoolbags on their backs. Li Xin cleaned up the house and took Yuexiang and Yueting back to Guihua Village. They cooked a lot of food yesterday.

She gathered some and brought some back, including some chicken and fish, as well as a few pieces of cake. She took the things with her to Aunt Zhang's house.

Aunt Zhang's house is in the middle of the village, surrounded by people with the surname Zhang, and several of Uncle Zhang's brothers also live next to Uncle Zhang's house. When Uncle Zhang's family was divided, several brothers built separate houses and moved out.

, so Uncle Zhang’s family still lives in the old house. The Zhang family’s old house is also very old, but Uncle Zhang still tidies it up occasionally, so it’s not too shabby.

But it’s not that bad. Leaking when it rains is a common problem. I didn’t have money to fix it before.


Chapter completed!