The peasant girl who escaped the famine: pick up the leak and pick up a prince

Chapter 108 Han's Gossip

Yu Maimai came home, prepared some celery and a piece of lean meat, and was cooking in the kitchen?
Ning was a little confused. Seeing her mother-in-law working so hard, she said: "Mother, you should rest. I can chop stuffing with my sister-in-law. You have been tired all day."

While washing the celery, Yu Maimai said, "Don't worry, if mother is in a good mood, she won't be tired. In this way, we should go to the back mountain more often, and we can't let some people take the lead, don't you think? "

Mrs. Zhang held a pile of firewood and put it on the stove door.

"Mother, but those peaches and apricots on the mountain, can they be sold for money? I don't think they are of any use."

Yu Maimai shook his head: "You don't know about this. Apricot meat can be made into nutritious dried apricots, which children like to eat very much. Not to mention the uses of apricot stones, not only can be used as medicine, but also can be used as a shampoo What about the spices for the hair, to keep the hair smooth and not robbed?"

Mrs. Zhang yelled: "Really? Such a good thing, so do we want to make a fortune?"

Ning prepared the seasoning, put it on the chopping board, and cut it into fine pieces according to her mother-in-law's instructions.

"Okay, now it's time to cut the meat. The meat must be cut thinner, the thinner the better. In this case, it doesn't take too much trouble to chop the meat, and the stuffing can be mixed soon."

Ning took the knife from her mother-in-law's hand, and said with a smile, "Mother, I'll cut the meat. You knead the dough. I think my kneading dough is too hard to make dumplings."

It may be that everyone's hand strength is different. Ning's kneading noodles are relatively hard, and rolling noodles are okay, but if you want to eat dumplings, it's not good.

While talking, Yu Maimai rolled up his sleeves, scooped a sufficient amount of flour into the basin, and began to teach his daughter-in-law: "You two, you still need to learn how to cook, otherwise, in the future If the people in the village have something to ask you to go out to help, isn’t it a disgrace to our old Zhang’s family? The noodles with dumplings must be soft, but not too soft. When kneading the noodles, put a little Salt is enough. When pouring water, you must pour it in a small amount many times. You can’t pour it in all at once, and then knead the dough. The dough will be too soft, and the dumpling skin will not be smooth, and it will easily reveal the stuffing. .”

Mrs. Zhang stood up and leaned over to take a look: "Mother, in the future, if there is anything to do in the village, let the second child's family go. Anyway, I can't learn it, so there is no need.

"Do you think there is no need to eat? You can't even cook well, so that your family can't even eat a delicious meal. Do you think you are still a competent woman? Everyone, especially you , if you don’t study hard with me, and the cooking is still a mess, then I will assign you out and go there by myself.”

When Mrs. Zhang heard that her mother-in-law was going to separate herself, she hurriedly said: "No, mother-in-law, I will study hard, I must study hard, please don't separate me, I, I am still used to being together as a family. "

After Ning's dumpling stuffing was chopped for a while, Yu Maimai called out to Zhang: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and chop for a while, wash your hands, and prepare to make dumplings."

Sitting at the door of the stove, Ning said while stuffing firewood into the stove, "Mother, will the Lizheng family all be called? If there are too many people, will the three of us make dumplings? Will it be too late?"

Yu Maimai doesn't know how these people made dumplings in ancient times, but in modern times, making dumplings is much simpler, knead the reconciled noodles into strips, and then cut them into equal-sized portions , Just use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a circle. The technique of rolling the noodles is also very particular. It must be turned around so that the rolled dough is thinner at the edges and thicker in the middle.

"No problem, as long as you are a little faster when making dumplings, I will roll the skin, and you all have to learn a little bit. I won't make dumplings next time, you two will do it."

After kneading the dough, Yu Maimai swiftly squeezed it into small, uniform dough, then rolled it out and put it on the chopping board. The two daughters-in-law were ready, and started wrapping the dough with Yu Maimai's dough.

"Mother, the dough you rolled out is so thin, will it reveal the stuffing?"

Mai Mai took a look and nodded: "Touch the middle, is it thicker than the edge?"

Mrs. Zhang took the dough and glanced at it: "Well, yes, mother's dumplings with good dough are more beautiful, and they really don't reveal the filling?"

The two daughters-in-law were talking while making dumplings, Nan Nan and Tun Tun also ran in and yelled at Yu Mai Mai: "Grandma, we also want to make dumplings."

"What are you wrapping? Go, go back and do your homework. Grandma has invited guests tonight, so I don't need your help. When we eat dumplings by ourselves, can you come and make dumplings?"

The two little melons nodded obediently: "Well, yes, grandma."

At this time, Li Zhengsu came in one after another with her wife, Han Shi, and two children.

"Oh, Lizheng, you old couple are here, come in quickly, our dumplings are all wrapped, and we are waiting for you to come."

Wearing a gray cotton-padded jacket, Mrs. Han took a look at Yu Maimai's new gown, and quickly rubbed it with her hands: "Oh, her aunt, what kind of material is this? It's so good. It costs a lot of money. Bar?"

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's worthless, did you buy it when you went to town last time?"

Walking into the main room, Yu Maimai lit the oil lamp, set up the table and bowls and chopsticks, and greeted Lizheng and his family to sit down.

"Oh, her aunt, you are very quick. You made the dumplings so quickly."

Yu Maimai raised the corner of his mouth, poured a pot of hot water, handed it to Lizheng and Han Shi, and said with a smile: "Isn't this thanks to the help of the two daughters-in-law? Otherwise, I don't know when I can eat it alone." What about the dumplings, maybe I need your help?"

Han waved his hand: "Don't say that, if you want to talk about this cooking skill, I can't do it well, unlike you, who dare to go to the town to sell buns, by the way, your sister-in-law Don’t they also sell steamed buns in the town? What’s the matter now?”

Yu Maimai didn't want to mention the Zhao family, so he shook his head: "I don't know about that, our two families are also incompatible, and everyone in the dry water river knows about it."

However, Mrs. Han whispered to Yu Maimai's ear: "You don't know, I heard that Mrs. Zhao really liked that little boy, and I went to someone to look for it a few days ago, and it turned out, ye Was kicked out by others and said a lot of nasty things?"

(End of this chapter)