Chapter 173 Making Dumplings

Chapter 173 making dumplings

Although Li Jianhong had lost a lot of weight, she was still the fattest of the group. Her buns were round, and of course, the most beautiful. Li Tao didn't make dumplings at all, so it could be said that they were thin sticks. Duan Jinqiao made them as small as glass beads. She didn't even know if those dates, candy, sesame seeds were wrapped in them. Liu Fen was not big enough to be round and oval.

"Sister hoi tong, stop pinching. You're so tall and skinny. You'll probably be longer than Li Tao's. You'll be a carrot stick." Duan Jinqiao laughed and joked.

Li Haitang also wanted to try. He didn't listen to her and picked up a ball of kneaded noodles in a big bowl. First knead into a ball, let go of the heart to flatten, put down all kinds of stuffing, round up the surrounding, knead, a very standard and beautiful ball came out.

"Dang dang! Look, this is my bun. It looks good." Li Haitang smiled and showed them his new work, killing them all in a second.

"It's so unfair. How can you make such a round ball with such a thin body?" Li Tao growled unhappily, then his brain flashed and he burst out laughing, "Sister hoi tong, you will definitely grow to be as round as the ball in your hand in the future."

Li Haitang glanced sideways at him and began to make a second one in his hand, "At my height, no matter how round it is, it won't be as round as a dumpling. You're laughing for nothing."

Li Jianguo did not join the group of buns. He opened the lid of the pot and saw that the water was boiling. He took all the buns that had been wrapped in the dustpan and poured them into it. He took a vegetable shovel and turned it over to prevent the pot from sticking. He covered the lid again and sat in front of the stove to add more wood to make the fire burn up.

Li Haitang's buns were beautiful and fast. Everyone soon found out her bunting skills and learned them from her. Soon, they made beautiful buns.

"Sister hoi tong, let's have dumplings for the new year, shall we?" Li Tao suddenly remembered this. The north always eats dumplings during the new year, but the south doesn't eat this. However, he likes to eat dumplings, and Li Haitang can make them, so he made this request.

"Sure, but there doesn't seem to be any flour at home, does it?" Li Haitang looked at Liu Fen, the head of the family.

Liu Fen smiled and said, "There's only a little bit at home. When I was in the market last time, I bought half a kilo and put it away. It's definitely not enough to make dumplings."

"Then we'll bring back a few pounds of flour when we go to the county tomorrow. You guys make the stuffing at home first, and we'll make dumplings together tomorrow night. How about that?" Li Tao's eyes lit up and he couldn't help drooling at the thought of the delicious food.

"Sure. What kind of stuffing do you want?" Li Haitang had no choice but to smile and show this exaggerated expression when she wanted to eat. She was still a child who had not grown up.

Li Tao pondered for a while before saying, "I think everyone likes to eat carrot meat, leek egg, mushroom meat. How about some of each?"

"Okay, dumplings are also a good staple for guests. Come back with more flour. We'll make more tomorrow night. When people come to visit us for the spring festival and cook some for dinner, it'll be very polite and decent." The southerners had hardly eaten dumplings, so Li Haitang decided to let everyone have a taste of them.

"Okay, no problem." Li Tao replied generously.

While li jianhong was wrapping up the dumplings and watching the two of them interact, she sighed in her heart that he was still the smartest and most farsighted elder brother. Although he had worked hard to support her all these years, he would receive unimaginable rewards in the future. With such a daughter to be filial to him, a certain pain in his heart would be comforted.

After about ten minutes, Li Jianguo got up and opened the lid of the pot. He saw that the dumplings were floating, which meant they were cooked. He took out some clean bowls from the cupboard and said to duan jinqiao, "Jinqiao, go inside and call chunmei and Chunxing to eat dumplings."

"Okay." Duan Jinqiao ran out without washing his hands.

Zhou Chunxing's grades were not good enough. She wanted to get into a better technical secondary school, and now she was busy reading every night.

Zhou Chunmei didn't go to school anyway. She learned how to make clothes with Li Jianhong when she was a child. Before that, they had a lot of cloth in stock at their shop in Yutian town. Now, whenever she had time, she would use the sewing machine at home to make clothes and small bags for sale.

Li Jianhong was pleased that both of them were sensible.

Smelling the familiar aroma in the kitchen, the two sisters ran over happily. "Wow, we actually made dumplings tonight. Why didn't you call us in advance to help?"

"You two are too busy to watch tv shows. How can we bother you?" Li Tao gave them a sidelong glance.

"Come on, Chunmei, Chunxing, jin qiao, you three eat first." Li Jianguo filled a bowl for each of them and put the rest of the pot into a bowl, "Haitang, come and eat, too."

"Dad, you eat first. This place will be over soon. I'll wrap this up and eat the second pot." Li Haitang smiled at him.

"Okay."

Zhou Chunmei looked at the different sizes and shapes of the dumplings in the bowl and smiled, "Your skills in making these dumplings, really, really, are not to be despised by your family."

He had laughed before, but now he didn't laugh anymore. He didn't look good, he didn't care. He just had to eat it.

"Delicious, super delicious!" Duan Jinqiao ate a pearl dumpling that he had wrapped up and smiled until his eyes were bent. He added, "It's as delicious as the ciba that auntie er zhu gave you. It's sweet and soft."

Li Haitang thought of the ciba she had eaten yesterday and couldn't help but laugh, "If you go to see the ciba made by aunt er zhu tomorrow, you will know that the dumplings on tonight can really be categorized as beautiful ones."

"Hehe, I've already seen it and tried it. I really can't stand it. It tastes great."

Liu Fen smiled happily. He looked up at the watch on his wrist and saw that it was exactly 9: 30. He said, "Taoer, go next door to see if brother er zhu and the others are asleep. If not, ask rong zi to come and bring some dumplings to eat. They have children and should like them."

"Okay." Li Tao put the ball in the dustpan, washed his hands in the basin beside him, and then walked out.

As soon as the second pot of dumplings came out of the pot, there were two footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a cheerful voice: "Uncle jianguo, aunt Fen, what do you make for a good night snack at night? I get hungry when I smell it from afar."

Li Jianguo looked back at him and saw that he had a big bowl in his hand. He pulled the corner of his mouth, "Just in time. Bring the bowl."

Li rongli was about to hand over the bowl and glanced at the round snow-white dumpling in the dustpan. "Wow, good stuff. Why did your family suddenly do this this this year?" We haven't eaten this for years. I really miss it."

"Brother Rongzi, it's delicious. Try one first." Duan Jinqiao brought him a pair of clean chopsticks.

"Thank you, little jinqiao."

Li Rong took the chopsticks and casually put a big one in her bowl. She swallowed it in one gulp. It was so beautiful that she said, "Wow, that's the taste. It's so delicious. Aunt jianhong, I know you must have made this dumpling. Please help me make some for my family."

Li jianhong chuckled, "Okay, we didn't have enough ingredients for today, just enough for everyone to eat. Do some more tomorrow night, and then you can pack your things."

"Hehe, okay, thank you, thank you." Li Rong happily picked up another piece of food in duan jinqiao's bowl. After eating, he put down his chopsticks, took the big bowl of dumplings that Li Jianguo had prepared for him, and thanked him before returning home happily.

After all the dumplings were wrapped up, Li Jianhong took a big bowl and put a bowl of raw rice into the cupboard. He said, "This bowl will be cooked tomorrow morning. You can bring it to Li Ting and let her have a taste."

"Okay." Li Tao grinned. It turned out that his aunt suddenly made dumplings for her sister tonight. It seemed that they were all in her good graces tonight.

The others had finished eating and it was finally their turn to eat. Li Haitang bit one. It was really good. It was sweet and sticky. I couldn't tell that Li Jianhong's cooking was really good.

Li Jianguo went to the toilet and came back to wash his hands. He suddenly said, "Liu Fen, tomorrow morning we are going to the county. You stewed the pigeons at home for haitang to eat. In addition, kill an old hen and stew it. At night, everyone else will drink a big bowl of chicken soup to make up for it."

"Okay." Liu Fen answered, but still pleaded, "Jianguo, I don't know how to kill pigeons, and I'm afraid to do it. Can you help me kill them first?" She used to buy this kind of chicken, duck, pigeon and so on. She asked the farmers at the market to help kill them first, and then went home to take off her hair.

"Sure, I'll kill the chickens and pigeons tomorrow morning before leaving." He used to do all the housework at home, and he knew that women might be a little scared. Although his face was always cold, his heart was actually very considerate and delicate.

Li Haitang's eyes darted around. In fact, she felt that her foster father was really a good man, and her mother abandoned this kind of man who could live a real life. She didn't know if she would regret it in the future.

If she regretted it, she would definitely give her a word: yes!

"The next time we cook it, we'll add some bone soup and chopped scallions. It'll taste better. Even if we eat a few more, it won't be too sweet." Li jianhong told them as she ate. There were a lot of dishes made tonight, but there was not one left. They were all eaten up. It was obvious that they all liked to eat.

Liu fen nodded as she ate. It was the same as dumplings. It was good to drink some soup and press it down.

After the pork was steamed, everyone cleaned up the kitchen and poured hot water again to wash up before going back to their rooms to rest.

Sleep well all night until dawn.