It was a time of material deprivation. Hometown stone lens only a ourselves. The store in addition to sell some everyday items, only a small amount of candy biscuits. Only near the Mid-Autumn festival, in the autumn wind up in the cool idea at first glance, the shop counter will XiangPenDe filled up with moon cakes. But, the adults don't rush to buy, but waiting for the good holidays. The next ten days, children only toward the counter swallow saliva quietly out. So, I junior, eagerly looking forward to start, expecting the month bright as a mirror, bread attractive sweet night. Insomnia natural unavoidable. The days of the day good long ah, long as waiting for New Year's day.
I just read the fourth grade, is a close to the Mid-Autumn festival. From August 15 and QiBaTian, established the brigade of the shelves, already filled up with moon cakes, Snow White, have above black sesame and peanuts, are attractive. At that time I pocket with two horns three cents, filling the run, but the somebody else whether a sell, will sell jin, and a catty of moon cakes, to a piece of many. At this time, two hairs and iron ancient smell sweet running bread. I drew a bright, and iron at ancient said, put you two out of pocket money, we bought together half jins of moon cakes, and share. Iron ancient said this is a good idea, quick to touch a few note, all is two points of five points. A number, one of eight money. But, two hairs dirty hands in the pocket touch along while, only touch the three cents. In this way, half a catty of moon cake is not enough money. Are disappointed, the high spirits rushed into the clearly established, holding up the two singles, money, satisfiedly shout established uncle li: "a catty of moon cakes, a catty of moon cake." . The father is plainly production captain, the home rich. A catty of moon cake but seven or eight ah, we envy dead. Traction in the past. When we see three people look straight, intentionally put the red moon cakes lift up plastic bags, showing off said: "you not to explore this? All sweet delicious cakes?" The attractive fragrance, tick off to two hairs mouth watering.
At this moment, the accident scene, two hairs suddenly grabbed the openly plastic bags, from inside take out a moon cakes, ran out. Clearly the reaction come over, shouted and bad side to chase after, I and iron the follow behind. The village and a few children to follow for fun. The country winding road, had a group of carrying yellow yellow small bags, ran hard figure. Finally caught up with, but we found that the moon cakes at hand, early chew off smaller part, became a "jackals cry". Clearly gas to tears, home to the adult heads. With incomplete moon cakes at to we eat, and we didn't want to. They use the vision to see the despised him, scold him is bad, rob somebody else things. Soon, in the evening, the village rings at the cry. Two hairs beaten by his grandfather was to beat. At four years without the parents, let grandpa in with.
Very not easy to the Mid-Autumn festival. We LeiYang rural custom, morning, mother will go to 7 or 8 miles away my grandma's gifts. The gift, from the village is just bought a catty of moon cakes have established. But not be disappointed because the afternoon when the mother came back, will back to a "return". This return, is also a catty of moon cakes, white TangXian, there are eight. Then grandma alive, has more than eighty years old. Mother give first grandma to send a, then to send a at. I don't understand ground to ask mother: "two hairs is a bad boy, is what want to sent him a?" The mother say with smile: "silly child, people have make mistakes, how much more will your children, or have to admit mistake a, at acknowledge wrong and then change is good boy." The mother say that finish, and the remaining six moon cakes, and wrap it in a floor space is hanging in XiHanWu basket filled. I anxiously looking at the basket, imagining the sweet cakes, kept swallow saliva. Very not easy cook to night falls, my sister and I early in the sat around the table. Mother took out from the basket moon cakes. See the moon cakes have the oil, wrapped in paper was saturated with have to sleek. The mother bag, six moon cakes are numerous other delectable, like the above the moon. Sister can't wait stretched out his hand and robbed a, fill to small mouth, that gobble ChanMao appearance, make people laugh. Mother took one to me. I took the left hand, right hand again. Mother said: "children, you don't be greedy, all eat for you, your daddy your brother sister-in-law, eat what ah."
I'm ashamed to lower the head, pull up sister ran out. ShaiGuChang, moonlight for washing, adults want, table, clacking in melon seeds, taste rice wine, eating moon cakes. I saw two hairs and several other children in play, also join them. We eating moon cakes, side rear its head looked at full moon and sang songs: "August 15 moon Ming ah, grandpa for me a moon cake ah. Moon cakes circle circle sweet and delicious, a piece of moon cake a feeling?" moon cakes finished eat, sister boundless, said to me also eat a moon cakes. I say: "home that several moon cakes, not early points?" Sister said: "but I really want to eat?" At this time, I saw my father to two "home ChuanMenZi. Suddenly, eyebrows a wrinkly, came up with a solution, slip away to go home to touch dad pocket, steal money to buy moon cakes. But as the ticket stolen a few Angle just hand, let mother found. I thought out, bottom would get ZhuBian....... Strangely, this time mother not angry, but picked up her didn't eat moon cakes, cut the two small pieces, plugs to my sister and me to hand, and love to say: "you eat, eat you can grow up a bit faster, grew up you eat moon cakes. Until then, you want to eat much all can." Here, mother's eyes is the light of the moon from heaven like, very warm. I asked his mother: "we grew up, and really there will be a lot of moon cake to eat?" Mother said: "mother's words will also false?" The half moon sister suddenly and gave it to his mother and said, "mom, I don't want to eat, to eat for you!" Mother stroked sister head and cried my RuMing said: "dog son, see you sister more sensible, after that, you can't go through the adult things again!!!" Say that finish, with her tongue lick mouth cape of moon cakes, flocks gulped down throat, and gave it to younger sister, said: "mother ate a lot of melon seeds peanuts, eat early enough, you eat." The mother to eat the moon cake, I clear feel, the night of the moon, particularly of bright, particularly warm, also particularly happy.
Flash, more than 20 years in the past, my sister and I had grown up, a family business, but mother passed away early. Is the Mid-Autumn festival every year, moon cake is more and more, the Mid-Autumn festival eating moon cakes have is not what luxury. But, facing the supermarket exquisite packaging and various kinds of moon cakes, I no longer have the joy of childhood mood, that kind of sweet looking forward to, that kind of impoverished families to simple happiness. More than years old is the father of successive years, are wondering: why now of moon cakes, not the past in the countryside so sweet, so sweet?
