One twelfth lunar month coincided with his sixtieth birthday, and his children were planning to celebrate his birthday. Usually, every year during the Spring Festival, his life has improved, and his daughters-in-law will send him some delicious food to honor him, but his favorite food is the cakes made by his daughters-in-law.
In order to make him happy, the daughters-in-law showed their magical powers and made cakes for their father-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law is honest and careful. Knowing that my father-in-law usually likes to eat steamed cowpeas mixed with sugar, she had a whim. She mixed steamed cowpeas mixed with sugar into bean paste stuffing and wrapped it in a cake. When the cake was cooked, she put a red dot on the top of the cake and named it "bean cake". Second daughter-in-law is clever. She picked out nine noses on the cake, cut the dates into small strips with a knife and inserted them in the noses, and named them "jujube cakes". Third daughter-in-law is clever. She shaped the cake into a peach. When finished, she printed the pre-carved birthdates in red and named it "Peach Crisp".
On the birthday, the daughters-in-law brought the cake they made for their father-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law took the cake to her father-in-law and said, "My daughter-in-law makes bean cakes. I wish my father a long and safe life and a sweet heart. " The second daughter-in-law also put the cake in front of her father-in-law and said, "I made jujube cake with nine dates on it." I wish my father a long life. " The daughter-in-law also gave the cake to her father-in-law, saying, "My cake is like Xiantao, named Tao Bo. I wish my father happiness as the East China Sea and a long life as the South Mountain." My father-in-law smiled and was glad to have such a filial daughter-in-law.
The filial piety of the third daughter-in-law's birthday soon spread to eight neighboring villages. The cakes they make are both beautiful and delicious. Later, people learned to make this kind of cake, which was widely circulated in the local area. Gradually, when people visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, cakes become an indispensable gift for local people.