Tian Yuqiao and his sister had returned with a great fortune on this trip up the mountain. Besides cooking half a pot of meat oil, he also got six wild eggs.
Seeing that the two siblings had finally returned from the mountain, Lady Wang's originally anxious heart was finally at ease.
"Mother." The two of them called out softly.
"Ai, it's good that you're back. It's good that you're back. "Kids like you can't just casually go there. A few years ago, someone accidentally fell into a trap dug by a hunter and broke his leg." A hint of worry appeared on Lady Wang's face.
"Hehe, Mother, don't worry. We're just going to get the oil. Quickly take the jar and scoop the oil out." Tian Yuqiao giggled as she began to move the items in the bamboo basket.
Yu Tang was already exhausted. He went back to his room to wash his face before going back to the brick bed to rest. Tian Yuqiao took advantage of the time while he was turning around to secretly take out the six eggs from the Emptiness Realm.
Holding it in his hands like he was offering treasures, he turned to Lady Wang and said, "Mother, look. I picked this up on the mountain. We'll just make dumplings tonight."
The moment he heard he was going to make dumplings, the little guy from Yutang immediately mumbled and got up from the brick bed. He said with excitement, "Yes, mother, sister is awesome. She picked up a nest of wild eggs. Hehe, let's make dumplings with wild eggs and oil."
Seeing the excited faces of the two children, although née Wang's personality was somewhat of a bun, she was also someone who doted on her children, so she agreed with a smile.
"Alright, I'll leave it all to you. "However, this dumpling should be covered with white noodles. Our branch family has only a few black faces this time …" Lady Wang's expression was somewhat distressed, as if she was a young wife who had been wronged.
Tian Yuqiao waved her hand and said, "Mother, you can rest assured. I'll borrow two catties of white noodles from Grandma Chrysanthemum later. After I've wrapped the dumplings, I'll send them a bowl. When I go back to town and sell herbs, I'll buy white noodles and return it to them."
"Then the relationship is pretty good, let's do as you say." Lady Wang said with a smile.
Tian Yuqiao shut the dilapidated wooden door of her house tightly, so as to not let the people on the side of the house smell it if they ran out. Lady Wang, on the other hand, neatly took out a small broken jar, carefully dug out the meat oil from the small pot and put it in.
Seeing her nervous expression, Tian Yuqiao could not help but be speechless. Alas, this is all poverty and fear of wasting a bit of the oily star.
The meat oil this time filled more than half of the small jar, Lady Wang vigilantly looked out from the gap of the door, and after making sure there was no one outside, she hid the oil jar inside the rice jar, and even pulled out a bundle of straw to cover the top of the jar.
After finishing all this, Lady Wang finally let out a long breath. Tian Yuqiao saw that sweat seemed to have seeped out from her forehead.
Tian Yuqiao handed the six eggs to Tian Yutang and told him to hide them. Then she carried a small basket to Tian Ju Hua's house.
Arriving at her home, she explained her purpose for coming here. Tian Ju Hua generously gave her a spoonful of white flour.
Tian Yuqiao saw that it weighed two and a half kilograms.
"Grandma chrysanthemum, we don't need this white mask at home. I only need to borrow two pounds." Tian Yuqiao said embarrassedly.
"Hey, kid, why are you being so polite to me. "At that time, after your family has wrapped the dumplings, bring me a bowl of dumplings and say that you don't want to borrow any dumplings, then say something stupid."
Tian Yuqiao was not a fussy person, so she carried the basket home.
Lady Wang took out the small bag of white flour from the basket and said in shock, "Ah, why are you borrowing this older?"
"Mom, this was given to me by Grandma Chrysanthemum. She said that there's no need for me to return it." Tian Yuqiao said with a smile.
"That's out of the question. We have to return the things that we borrowed, and they usually give us quite a bit of help …"
Seeing Lady Wang frown, Tian Yuqiao quickly said, "Mother, we can just send more dumplings to her house tonight. This favor is not something that can be repaid in one or two tries." "We need to know how to live our lives. When we have money in the future, don't forget the family that helped us before."
"Yes, Qiao'er is right. Mother is confused."
As a result of eating dumplings in the evening, the two children did not eat lunch at noon.
Tian Yuqiao wasn't greedy at first, but in order to do something that matched her current age, she had to go along with him and pretend to be a greedy little cat.
The two siblings stared at each other as they sat on the brick bed in the room, watching Lady Wang knead noodles on the edge of the brick bed.
The hut they lived in was pitifully small, and the kitchen had no room for the things they needed to wrap dumplings.
Besides, Tian Yuqiao didn't have any panel at home. This wooden board was given to them as a kitchen board when his wife came over. It was just that Lady Wang had been reluctant to use it.
After putting the chopping board into the room, Mrs. Wang put the noodles in the big wooden basin, which was placed at the end of the brick bed, covered with a quilt. Tian Yuqiao knew in her heart that she had to wait for him to speak up.
While waiting for the noodles to be served, Lady Wang began to clean up the wild vegetables.
This time, the siblings brought back a lot of grandmothers, which was the kind of wild vegetables that could grow dandelion. There are wild celery and shepherd's purse, which are common and edible for humans and animals.
Tian Yuqiao and Yutang snatched the pot of wild vegetables and helped to clean it up. On the other side, Lady Wang knocked the wild eggs into a bowl and scattered them.
The half-used black iron pot was covered with a layer of meat oil. The egg paste made a "Zi la" sound as it was placed into the pot.
A spicy aroma immediately rose from the pot, causing Tian Yuqiao, who was chopping wild vegetables, to gulp down a mouthful of saliva. Not to mention Tian Yutang, who could never eat an egg.
The little guy was already stretching his neck out in desire. Tian Yuqiao looked over and saw that he was wiping the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. After that, a sparkling line appeared on the back of his small hand.
It seemed like this little fellow had come to crave water! Tian Yuqiao made up her mind once again. She must take good care of Lady Wang and Yutang so that they would no longer be unable to eat their fill.
She was chopping wild vegetables on the old board of her house, where Mrs. Wang had turned all six wild eggs into egg pancakes and was now using chopsticks to grind the soft, golden pancakes.
While the wild eggs were still warm, Lady Wang quickly mixed them with wild vegetables and let Tian Yuqiao stir them with chopsticks. She took out the oil and chopped it into half a bowl, then added it into the bowl.
Then, he added some salt, soy sauce, pepper and other seasonings to make the dumpling stuffing.