Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

Chapter 68

Hmm, no backsies

Author: 橙子澄澄

Source: Instadoses

Soon, the cabin courtyard gate was opened, and a small figure stood behind it, smiling at her, his dark eyes shining under his messy hair.

Liu Yusheng ran over happily, threw herself into his arms, and tilted her head up, "Brother Axiu, our family is going to the town today. Will you come with us? We can go and eat delicious food. Also, there's lots and lots of fun things in town. Go and play with me, will you?"

Axiu hesitated when faced with the little baby's barrage of questions. He glanced back into the cabin. He didn't want to refuse Nannan, but would his mother allow him to go out?

Wanrong had long been listening to the conversation at the courtyard entrance, and had come up with an excuse to refuse when she walked out.

But looking at the almost identical expectant eyes of the two children, the words of refusal got stuck in her throat.

"Wanrong, get ready and come along. Come with us to town! The ox cart will be here soon, so hurry up." Grandma Liu's voice sounded behind the little child.

"Auntie, I-I-I don't…" Wanrong struggled with how to decline.

Grandma Liu thought she was just embarrassed and didn't want to bother anyone, so she laughingly pulled her forward, "Let's go, don't think about anything else. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. We should spend the day together, and join in the noise and excitement. You two are all alone in the cabin, so let's eat at our house. It's livelier. I treat Axiu like my own grandson, so don't refuse or I'll be saddened."

Mid-Autumn Festival, a day of reunions.

A glimmer of gloom flitted across Wanrong's eyes, then she nodded slowly after a moment of silence. "Okay. Then today, we'll follow Auntie to town and join in the fun."

"Now, that's better! If you refuse, the kids will be disappointed, don't you think so? Don't bring anything either; we'll just take a casual stroll. It's rare to have a leisure time in such a busy year."

Seeing that Grandma had convinced Aunt Wanrong with a few words, Liu Yusheng pursed her lips and smirked like a little fox, took Axiu's hand and led him out, "Brother Axiu, have you ever ridden in an ox cart? We'll be taking an ox cart ride to town in a little while – oh. I wonder what's on sale in town, what's delicious to eat. Besides sweets and snacks, will there be any mooncakes ah?"

"Mooncakes?" Axiu frowned, then said, "Shengsheng is talking about moon dumplings."

"Moon dumplings?" Liu Yusheng was confused. "What is a moon dumpling?"

"It's a kind of small cake. It's used as a moon sacrifice during the Mid-autumn festival. The cakes are wrapped with sesame seeds, walnut and other fillings, making them a tasty sweet treat."

Only then did it dawn on Liu Yusheng that moon dumplings should be moon cakes. She had always thought there were no moon cakes in ancient times.

"Are the moon dumplings delicious?" She asked again.

Axiu replied, "It tastes okay." He didn't really like the sweet taste. However, Shengsheng seemed to like it.

"Then, besides the moon dumplings, what else do people eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"In addition to the moon dumplings, they also eat watermelon and drink osmanthus wine. Besides those, in some places, they go tide watching and release lanterns at mid-autumn night. Many towns have lantern fairs for people to tour and riddles to compete in. It's totally lively."