Chapter 703 - Chapter 703: Chapter 703: Another Reunion Festival Year (1/2)

Chapter 703: Chapter 703: Another Reunion Festival Year

Days passed one by one, and a few days away from the Mid-Autumn Festival, Di Yelei began making mooncakes.

He vividly remembered making mooncakes with Zhang Peng last year and that Liu Sisi favored the mooncakes he made. Therefore, he planned to make them by himself again this year.

This time around, he made considerably more and catered for a myriad of flavor preferences.

Chicken-flavored, candied fruit flavored, barbeque flavored, bean paste-filled, lotus paste-filled… a complete assortment.

While Di Yelei was in the process of making a batch, Liu Sisi took one, cut it into small pieces, and allowed everyone to have a taste, earning universal praises from the group.

“I never imagined that the Old Master was proficient in kitchen work!”

Xue Yi and Xue Lan, along with a few other little maids, were delighted as they tasted the mooncakes in their hands.

“There’s much you don’t know, our Master, apart from making mooncakes, can make a lot of delicious food. Back at home, the snacks and pastries for entertaining guests were all made by your Master. It’s one of the things I love most about him!”

Fearing that the laughter might startle Di Yelei, Liu Sisi quickly puts in a good word for him.

“Never knew our Madam was won over by the Master’s excellent cooking skills!”

The group fell into another fit of giggly laughter.

But Di Yelei didn’t mind at all: “What Sisi said is all true. At the time she was pregnant and couldn’t eat much, I made all kinds of pastries and snacks to coax her into eating for fear she might become malnourished. But when the children were born, they were triplets, which gave me a real fright!”

Triplets! It’s nerve-racking to have just one child, let alone three all at once. No wonder he was scared.

Liu Sisi giggled.

“Now you understand my hardship? It’s all thanks to your good cooking skills that the three children are growing up well. You should make some more delicious food today, so we won’t have to go out and buy any.”

Di Yelei looked at Liu Sisi intently: “Agreed! I will make some of each. To make up for my wife who gave me three big fat boys.”

Liu Sisi was heartened by the thought that he was doing this mainly to give her face.

Although Di Yelei didn’t say anything about the variety of food on the table lately, he surely noticed every change.

Di Yelei returned in the afternoon and worked tirelessly until the third period of late night. With the help of Granny Hu, Ms. Gao, and others in making preparations, he finally stopped to take a shower.

Liu Sisi took inventory, and an impressive array of pastries and desserts filled the available space in the kitchen.

Liu Sisi was busy calculating. Even though they used more than one tael of silver to make these pastries and desserts, they would probably cost more than ten taels to buy in the market. It’s because the grains, meats, sugars, and so on used to make the snacks and pastries were from their own home, with no additional costs.

The most essential point was the ample amount of mooncakes and pastries, enough for the ancestral worship without additional purchases.

Before long, Di Yelei came in, toweling off his wet hair.

“Tomorrow morning, I’m planning to take the mooncakes to the barracks to distribute to the soldiers so everyone can have a Reunion Festival.”

Liu Sisi considered it: “Good idea! Let’s all celebrate the Reunion Festival together. And while you’re at it, give everyone a couple of days off to rest.”