Chapter 33 33. Making dumplings
The eldest aunt was shocked by the results of her analysis.
What kind of agricultural cultivation?
What you say in such a formal way is actually not farming. What can you gain from farming? The economy is not good now. Is it better to have a stable job than anything else?
She put the meat aside in a hurry, walked over and asked, "Sister, are you serious?"
Ulan was washing vegetables: "Yes. Did you see the car at the door? Tantan earned it by selling wild vegetables."
What a spring and autumn brushwork! This was obviously bought for selling wild vegetables.
Song Tan was blowing bubbles next to her. When the bubbles exploded, she was stunned.
Qiaoqiao saw that she was stunned, and quickly reached out to touch her head: "If you don't cry, don't cry. Qiaoqiao will blow a big one for you."
Song Tan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sister, if you're not crying, give me a blow first!"
Grandpa is getting older and has poor legs and feet. He has been in a wheelchair for the past two years and has become increasingly lethargic. Now that his granddaughter and grandson are with him, he looks cheerful and smiles like the boss.
Song Tan's grandma, on the other hand, works in the fields from time to time, and is more capable than ordinary young people.
At this moment, she was looking at a large pot of shepherd's purse, disgusted with the cold water in the faucet, and pushed Ulan aside:
“I’m telling you, we all have these shepherd’s purses in the fields, why do you bring so many of them?”
“Didn’t you say that Tantan can make money by selling this? It would be great to keep it and sell it.”
The well water drawn from the faucet was refreshing, but grandma didn't seem to feel it at all. She was obviously used to it.
Wulan looked at her gray hair, but now he no longer worried about money: "The wild vegetables are growing very well this year, and I have made a lot of money. As for this, I am here to make dumplings for you."
“When you and dad don’t want to cook, just cook some dumplings and eat them. They are easy to chew and easy to digest.”
Although they share a courtyard, grandma and uncle live in separate quarters and eat their own food. There is a good dish that we all share together, but we are not together every day.
The eldest aunt also came up and said: "Sister, what do you think? Look at how good our Tantan looks! After working in Ningcheng, find a local person, what a blessing it will be!"
"What good partner can I find if I stay in the village? Aren't you delaying her?"
She looked at Song Tan, who was coaxing her grandfather with Qiao Qiao, and lowered her voice: "Qiao Qiao is like this. You can't drag the child down for him."
As a slightly patriarchal thinker, my aunt can say this, which shows that she really cares about her child.
Ulan was not angry either: "Sister-in-law, I didn't agree with it at first, but when Tantan came back, she was haggard and weak. She said she was exhausted from work - so I relented and decided to take care of her for a year and a half."
“As for farming, my child had to do it. I thought there was plenty of room at home, so I let her do it.”
But about the object…
“She is working hard at farming, and the little money she has has been spent long ago. Let her work on it first, and then talk about going back to work when she gives up.”
Working outside is really tiring, and my aunt’s son and daughter are also working hard outside. Hearing this, he sighed and put down the shepherd’s purse in his hand:
"Making dumplings, right? I'm going to chop the meat - oh, you took too much. Once these dumplings are made, they can fit into a refrigerator."
Song Sancheng was a little greedy - Chef Wu Lan was only focused on making money. He only wanted to take out the wild vegetables. If Tan Tan hadn't insisted on making them at home, he wouldn't even have thought about it.
That's it, the shepherd's purse dumplings at home have been eaten up a long time ago, and I haven't made them yet.
So he said proudly: "His aunt, don't worry! We said these wild vegetables cost twenty yuan a catty. We are not bragging. You will know when you eat them, but you don't have to eat them before."
For example, their family of four had more than a hundred dumplings for one meal!
Today I brought ten pounds of shepherd's purse and some other things, but they won't last long at all.
Turning his head and looking at the two huge pieces of meat, he quickly shouted again: "Qiaoqiao, go ahead and ask your uncle to come back and chop the meat!"…
Uncle Wu Chengtao rushed back not long after:
“Oh, what a great shout! I even lost two hundred and they wouldn’t let me leave the table. I’m so anxious!”
The aunt scolded him: "Whenever I lose, I want to run away. If they hadn't gathered enough people, who would have called you?"
The uncle was also aggrieved: "I told them they wouldn't do it if they paid me one dollar, otherwise I would definitely not run away."
The key is who competes with landlords for one dollar!
The aunt rolled her eyes and thrust the kitchen knife into his hand: "Hurry up, chop it into pieces and make dumplings for tonight."
The uncle turned around and washed his hands and asked again: "Whose car is this outside? Sancheng, have you taken the driver's license test?" He also looked like he was ready to make a move.
Song Sancheng waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, we are taking the exam. Didn't Tantan earn money selling vegetables at home, and then bought a car, which is convenient for going out."
Good guy!
Song Tan thought to herself, why would everyone put gold on her face? No wonder she is also very good at talking about it - it's all hereditary.
The uncle glanced at the car with envy: "It's better than a pickup truck. It can be loaded. It's so practical. When Wu Lei wanted to buy a car, I told him to buy a big one, but he refused to listen. He also thought about buying a small car for the whole family. It’s so tight when stuffed inside.”
The uncle's son Wu Lei used to work in the city. He recently had a girlfriend, so he went to Ningcheng with him. The family plans to raise some money and buy a car for the child first, and later go to the woman’s house to save face.
Looking at the meat on the chopping board again, he was dumbfounded: "How many dumplings do we have to make?"
Ulan laughed:
“I plan to load a cart with straw from home when I come back. I don’t want to buy more meat. Just so you know.”
The uncle glared at her:
“Straw is not valuable. You can pull it as much as you want. If you get so much straw at once, you will eat it until the end of the year.”
Song Sancheng still had that mysterious smile:
“If you can make these dumplings until the end of the month, I’ll be convinced! Hurry up, the dishes are washed and it’s time to make the dough.”
He is waiting to eat.
So the whole family got busy.
When the noodles were ready, even the grandfather in the wheelchair began to slowly wrap the dumplings.
On the other hand, grandma looked at the shepherd's purse, smelled it again, and nodded secretly: "No wonder you said this dish costs 20 yuan. The taste is just different from before. It's fragrant."
When she said this, my eldest aunt seemed to think the smell was a bit too good, so she said generously: "Mom, you and dad like to eat soft dumplings. These dumplings will be frozen in your refrigerator later. I want to eat them." Just cook it yourself, it’s still nutritious and easy to digest.”
“We don’t need it, we can dig it ourselves if we want to eat it.”
He said to Ulan: "If you want to pull straw, just pull it. That thing is of no use except to ignite the fire. We are not going to plant rice this year. We are going to have to worry about it, so we might as well buy it and eat it ourselves."
Ulan was also polite: "Okay, I'll let Qiaoqiao and the others load the car later. But sister-in-law, you can share half of these dumplings with our mother. They are really different from other wild vegetables."
She has tasted all the other wild vegetables in the village, but nowhere has this taste.
I have written several chapters, and not even a day has passed in the article...I am so slow!
It’s the third update today!
Also, I thought no one would guess the answer to the previous chapter, but I didn’t expect that not even a day had passed, or even only a few hours had passed, but the answer came out.
Lu Xiaowen, I remember you.
Applause for her! !
(End of this chapter)