"Mom, I also want to make mooncakes."

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Daohua ordered the kitchen to make a lot of mooncakes. Some of them were packaged and given to officials in Liangdu, and some were sent to military towns for soldiers in the army.

Daozi passed by the kitchen and saw the cooks in the kitchen busy making mooncakes. He immediately became interested and ran to find Daohua.

Daohua looked at her son with a smile: "Mooncakes are not easy to make."

Daozi was full of confidence: "Mom, didn't you say the clay figurine I made looks good? I can even make clay figurines, how could I not be able to make mooncakes?"

Daohua doesn't want to raise her son to be a dandy who doesn't know how to distinguish between grains and grains, and is industrious. She has been cultivating his hands-on ability. Now that Daohua is so active, she naturally has no objection.

"My mother will send a cook to teach you. You are not allowed to make trouble in the kitchen. Also, mooncakes are different from clay figurines. Mooncakes are made of grain and are meant to be eaten. You are not allowed to waste grain during this period."

Daozi nodded hurriedly: "I know."

After getting Daohua's permission, Daozi felt bored alone, so he ran to pull Xiao Mofu over and learned to make mooncakes with him.

Xiao Mozhen had never done this before. From birth to now, he has always been able to open his mouth and open his hands for food. It was completely uncomfortable to be suddenly pulled into a kitchen that he had never been to before.

But seeing Daozi quickly kneading the dough under the guidance of the cook, in order not to lose his brotherly demeanor, he could only bite the bullet and put his hand into the flour.

Nanshan Hall.

Xiao Moqing and Xiao Mokuan came to pay their respects to Gu Jian as usual, and they, who fulfilled their father's filial piety, now come to the palace to check in every day.

Come here in the morning, go back in the afternoon, and have a meal with Gu Jian at the Wang Mansion at noon.

Several children said they were here to accompany Gu Jian, but in fact they spent most of the time playing by themselves.

In the morning, Daozi and Xiao Moreng had to learn martial arts, so they played by themselves in the amusement park. In the afternoon, they got together to have a wild time.

After saying goodbye, Xiao Mokuan noticed that Dao Zi and Xiao Mo Reng were not there. He thought they had gone to the martial arts training ground, so he said to Xiao Moqing and others: "I'm going to the martial arts training ground to find Fourth Brother and Dao Zi. Do you want to come with us?"

During this period, he had more contact with his younger brothers, and he became much more comfortable getting along with them, which made him temporarily forget the difference between direct descendants and concubines.

Xiao Moqing shook his head: "I want to go to the amusement park." There are many toys in Daozi amusement park that he has never seen before, and he hasn't had enough of them yet. Besides, practicing martial arts is so tiring, so he doesn't want to take the initiative to find them.

Xiao Mobao loves to have fun, and his mellow body can tell how inactive he usually is, and naturally he doesn't want to go to the martial arts training ground.

Xiao Moxu felt that he was still young, so of course he had to go to the amusement park first.

Seeing that none of the younger brothers were willing, Xiao Mokuan said: "Then I'll take you to the amusement park first, and then go find Fourth Brother and Daozi."

Dong Li heard their conversation on the side and said with a smile: "Your Highnesses, the Young Prince and the Fourth Highness did not go to the martial arts training ground. They are now learning to make mooncakes in the kitchen."

Hearing this, Xiao Moqing's eyes suddenly widened: "What, Fourth Brother and Daozi are making mooncakes in the kitchen? Isn't this what servants should do?"

After Gu Jian heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Learn to make your own food, what's wrong with it? Now that you have servants around you, you don't have to do anything, but what if one day you and the servants around you

We are separated. How are you going to get food then?"

After hearing Gu Jian's question, Xiao Moqing and others fell silent.

Xiao Mokuan thought for a while, then stepped forward and replied: "Ancestor, let's go to the kitchen now and learn how to make mooncakes with Fourth Brother and Daozi."

Gu Jian said 'hmm': "Although you are the sons of the prince, it is good to learn more skills. People's lives have ups and downs, and who can guarantee that they will be safe and happy throughout their lives."

Every day when Xiao Moqing went out, Mrs. An would tell him to listen to Gu Jian's words, so as soon as he heard Gu Jian speak, he immediately said: "Old ancestor, let's go find Fourth Brother and Dao Zi to learn how to make mooncakes."

Gu Jian waved his hand, and the children quickly walked out of the yard.

......

The palace kitchen is a large independent courtyard. At this moment, more than ten cooks are busy making mooncakes.

In the kitchen wing, there are many maids pasting red paper with the palace's mark on the mooncake boxes delivered by the craftsmen.

At the corner of the kitchen, a cook is patiently instructing Dao Zi and Xiao Mo Rong to put dough into the mooncake mold.

"Fourth brother, I make rose mooncakes, what do you make?"

"I make Wufu mooncakes."

Daozi looked at the mooncakes made by Xiao Moreng, and then looked at the ones he made, and said a bit slyly: "I think I should do better and look better."

Xiao Moreng didn't argue with Dao Zi. When he saw the first mooncake he made, he felt a sense of accomplishment. At the same time, he became interested and said to Dao Zi: "Dao Zi, let's make more. Once it's done, give it to everyone."

Try it."

Daozi nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I want to make it for my mother, my father, my ancestors, my grandmother, and Grandpa Chu."

Xiao Moreng took over: "Then I'll cook it for my sixth brother and them."

As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them saw Xiao Mokuan and four others coming to the kitchen.

Xiao Mokuan and the other four entered the kitchen and saw Dazai and Xiao Mozheng with white flour on their faces.

When Xiao Moqing saw the dirty looks of the two of them, he immediately pointed at them and laughed.

Xiao Mo Reng and Dao Zi ignored him and looked at Xiao Mo Kuan and the others: "Why are you here?"

Xiao Mokuan: "Our ancestors said that you are learning to make mooncakes, so we also asked us to come and learn."

When the cook on the side heard this, she suddenly became a little confused. It was difficult for her to teach the young prince and the four emperors and grandchildren. She really couldn't handle it when a few more emperors and grandchildren came.

The cook immediately called a fire maid to go to the main courtyard to report the situation to Daohua.

After hearing this, Daohua didn't say anything, and asked the kitchen manager to send another cook over to teach a few children. As long as they didn't cause trouble, they could be left alone.

However, only half an hour later, someone from the kitchen came again, and this time it was directly the steward.

The kitchen steward said with a bitter look on his face: "Princess, just now the young prince and his grandsons were chasing each other in the kitchen and accidentally knocked over hundreds of mooncakes. Those mooncakes hadn't even been put into the oven yet, so they fell to the floor.

Dirty."

Daohua quickly asked: "Are the children okay?"

The kitchen steward quickly shook his head: "It's okay, the young prince and his grandchildren are all fine."

Daohua was relieved: "Take the dirty mooncakes to the livestock, and then quickly make a batch."

When the steward saw that Daohua didn't blame him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Daohua say again: "When you go back, send someone to bring those little guys to the main courtyard for me."

......

Dao Zi, Xiao Moqing and others, who overturned hundreds of moon cakes, knew they had gotten into trouble, so they ran out of the kitchen and hid in the amusement park, not daring to see adults.

"What should I do? Last time Brother Qi and Daozi fought, Auntie punished them. Now that we have knocked over the mooncakes, will Auntie punish us too?"

Xiao Mobao asked worriedly, his face still stained with flour that had not been wiped clean.

The rice is wilting: "My mother will definitely punish us."

Xiao Moqing asked uncertainly: "Isn't it just a matter of knocking over several cakes? Auntie won't be so stingy and punish us for such a trivial matter, right?"

Xiao Moreng thought for a while and said: "No matter whether Auntie punishes us or not, if we do something wrong, we should take the initiative to admit it to Auntie."

Hearing this, Daozi immediately looked over: "Fourth brother, you go ahead and I will follow you."
Chapter completed!