Chapter 90: Making Dumplings
Chen Jinyan realized that something was wrong with him, and quickly restrained his emotions and smiled at Lin Yue, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about things just now, let's go, go back." With that, he stood up, picked up Lin Yue and walked out of the bar.
And Meng Huiran found out when they got up, and wanted to go up and say something, but in the end she didn't take a step, and could only watch them leave from a distance.
Because Chen Jinyan's grandmother is French, although his grandfather and grandmother have passed away, Chen Jinxiu is married to a family friend in his grandmother's family and is very famous in France.
What's more, Chen Jinyan may not have seen his sister for a long time, and they don't even have time to go back to attend their wedding.
So the last two days of the honeymoon went to visit Chen Jinxiu's house, when standing in front of the castle-like manor, Lin Yue couldn't help but be stunned, originally thought that Chen Jinyan's home in Beijing was already spectacular, but compared with the manor in front of him, it was still a little worse.
Chen Jinyan naturally knew her feelings, grabbed her hand with a smile, and pinched her, Lin Yue felt a lot less nervous in her heart, smiled at him, and the two walked in together.
Because the manor is too big, there is a medieval carriage parked there at the door, Chen Jinyan pulled her into the carriage, and the coachman began to drive the carriage when they were seated, such a unique feeling, Lin Yue felt it for the first time, exciting and fresh.
Once she got used to the sound of the carriage kicking and clattering, she began to observe the surrounding landscape, the manor was large, the trees were shady, and the houses hidden in the trees loomed in the background.
After about half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of a European-style building, Chen Jinxiu pulled the little Sophie to stand in front of the door, and when the two came, Sophie rushed over and rushed into Chen Jinyan's arms.
"Little uncle!"
But after not seeing her for more than half a year, little Sophie has grown a lot taller, Chen Jinyan squatted down and lifted her up, and flew around the sky, causing Sophie to giggle.
Chen Jinxiu stood aside and looked at them, with a smile on her face, "Okay, I am cautious, let her go quickly, she doesn't look like a lady at all." ”
Chen Jinyan put down Sophie at this time, and little Sophie looked at Lin Yue with an innocent and lovely smile on her face, "Little aunt, we meet again." "It's very old to speak, so that the three adults can't help but laugh.
Lin Yue bent down, touched her slightly curly hair, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Sophie, you have become beautiful again." ”
"Really, little aunt, you didn't lie to me, did you?" she was naturally happy when she was praised, and asked Lin Yue with a serious face on her little face.
Lin Yue couldn't help pinching her little face, and said with a smile: "Of course it's true, we Sophie are about to grow into little ladies." ”
Chen Jinxiu stood there, looking at the communication between Lin Yue and Sophie, she could see that Lin Yue really liked Sophie, and Sophie seemed to have a good impression of her, and after returning from China, she often mentioned this little aunt, but she didn't expect that she would really become Sophie's little aunt so soon.
Lin Yue stood up and nodded to Chen Jinxiu, now she was still a little shy in the face of this eldest sister-in-law, "Eldest sister." ”
"Come in, don't stand at the door, I know you're coming today, so I asked Sophie for leave, but your brother-in-law can't get out of the way, and has already asked me to pick you up at night. ”
Sophie led Chen Jinyan and Lin Yue from left to right, and the four of them went in together, although it looked like a classical castle on the outside, but the design of this house was very modern.
Chen Jinxiu personally led them to a small building not far from the main house, "Sincerely, this is where you lived when you used to study abroad, I have always kept it for you, and I clean it every day, this time I came, you still live here." ”
When Chen Jinyan studied in France, Chen Jinxiu was already married, as an older sister, his younger brother studied in France, so he naturally had to live in his own home, of course, at that time, there was Xinyi with him.
There is also an open-air swimming pool outside this small building, reflecting the blue sky, which looks very good, Chen Jinxiu placed them here and left, and said to them before leaving: "You guys take a rest first, we will wait for you in front, Sophie has been thinking about you, let's finally get together and have a good chat." ”
Since Chen Jinxiu said so, Lin Yue put down the salute and went to the main building in front with Chen Jinyan, Sophie was sitting in the living room playing with Lego toys, and when she saw them coming, she immediately put down the things in her hand and threw herself into Chen Jinyan's arms.
"Uncle, how long have you been in France this time?"
"Uncle will be on the plane the morning after tomorrow and will go back. ”
Sophie immediately folded her hands and counted, "So you're going to stay here for two days?"
"Haha, yes, you can count, what a smart kid. Chen Jinyan rubbed her little curly hair and smiled happily.
Sophie was praised and raised her eyebrows very proudly, and then she walked up to Lin Yue very familiarly, hugged her hand and said, "Little aunt, Sophie wants to eat the dumplings you made, and after coming back, Mommy asked people to make them, but they are not delicious, and they are not as good as you." ”
Lin Yue already liked her, but now that she was snuggling up in front of her like this, her heart melted in an instant, and making dumplings was not a difficult task, so she naturally agreed.
"Absolutely. She gently rubbed Sophie's curly hair, raised her head to look at Chen Jinxiu and asked, "Eldest sister, I don't know if there are any materials here, I'm going to make dumplings?"
Chen Jinxiu glared at Sophie, then smiled and said: "You come so far, how can you be busy?" I specially invited a Chinese cook to come over, and often make dumplings for her, and the taste is also very good, Sophie is just a child's temper, you don't have to pay attention to her. ”
Although Sophie is favored, after all, she is a child in a big family, and she is still very sensible, especially after Chen Jinxiu glared at her like that, she didn't dare to speak anymore, but her face was a little aggrieved.
Lin Yue glanced at Sophie, raised her head and smiled at Chen Jinxiu, "The eldest sister is too polite, making dumplings is not a troublesome thing, I will take Sophie to the kitchen with me, and teach her by the way, when she grows up, she can do it herself, okay, Sophie?"
Little Sophie was naturally willing, nodded vigorously, and then looked at Chen Jinxiu with a pleading face, Chen Jinxiu shook her head helplessly, "Okay, then you can go with your little aunt, don't make trouble." ”
After she finished speaking, she shouted, and a middle-aged French woman walked over, Chen Jinxiu instructed her, and the middle-aged woman smiled at Lin Yue, and Lin Yue led Sophie and walked out with her.
The kitchen is on the outside of this floor, a spacious and bright room, which is very clean and tidy, Lin Yue has seen a dazzling array of all kinds of seasonings, it is really everything.
After the middle-aged woman brought them in, she went to call the Chinese cook, who was also a middle-aged woman, and learned that Lin Yue was going to make dumplings with Sophie, so she immediately took the two of them to the area dedicated to Chinese food.
took out the flour and tools, and asked Lin Yue what kind of flavor he wanted to make.
Lin Yue thought for a while, "Are there shepherd's cabbage and cabbage?" Actually, the leeks are also very good, but Chen Jinyan doesn't like to eat them, so she doesn't make them, and the shepherd's cabbage and cabbage are also delicious, enough.
Because I have made dumplings many times before, this common ingredient is naturally available, and the middle-aged woman's surname is Xu, so let Lin Yue call her Mother Xu, which is similar to the domestic name.
Mother Xu said hello and went out to prepare the ingredients, Lin Yue smiled at Sophie, "Let's meet, Sophie, you have to study hard." ”
Lin Yue was joking, but who knew that Sophie really took it to heart, and kept watching her movements intently, with a serious expression, and after Lin Yue kneaded a dough and put it aside, she suddenly said: "Little aunt, I also want to make peace." ”
"Do you want it too?" Lin Yue looked at her with some surprise, and when she saw Sophie's insistence, she thought, let's treat it as a child doing handicrafts, so she nodded.
Sophie had just passed the table, so Lin Yue found a chair for her to stand on it, and she stood aside to protect her from falling.
Seeing that although Sophie's movements were immature and unfamiliar, but the steps were not bad at all, Lin Yue was surprised, and couldn't help but praise: "Sophie, you are so smart, you learned it so quickly." ”
But Sophie is still a child after all, and the work of kneading dough naturally can't be done, and she can't stand it after a few kneading of her little hands, so Lin Yue smiled and hugged her little shoulder, "Okay, Sophie, you've learned, and noodles are this step, but you're still too young, so you can't knead the dough yet, and when you grow up, it's definitely okay, so you have to grow up quickly, let the little aunt come to the rest, let's make dumplings together later, okay?"
"Okay!" Sophie's little face was red, her blue eyes were full of sparkles, Lin Yue touched her little face, hugged her off the chair, washed her hands and kneaded her little dough.
Mother Xu had already washed the fresh shepherd's cabbage and cabbage aside, and the freshest pork was also washed and chopped, Lin Yue took out two more plates, blanched the Chinese cabbage and the shepherd's cabbage separately, and squeezed out the excess water inside.
She explained the steps to Sophie as she did it, and the filling was quickly ready, and now she started making dumplings.
Lin Yue pulled a piece of the dough, kneaded it into long strips, and then divided it into small dough of uniform size, "Sophie, my little aunt has given you a task, you can divide the long strips I kneaded into small dough according to the size of these small dough I made, okay?"
Sophie is naturally a hundred willing, Lin Yue smiled, she did this to let Sophie join, so that she would have a sense of accomplishment.
The two people, one big and one small, cooperated with each other, Lin Yue kneaded the dough and asked Xiao Sophie to divide it into small dough of uniform size, and then she began to roll out the dough, and the dough of uniform size was born from under her hands.
In the end, little Sophie couldn't help but roll it, so Lin Yue taught her by hand, and finally successfully rolled several pieces of dough, although the shape was not very good-looking, but it was also a success.
Sophie also kept watching when making dumplings, Lin Yue taught her the essentials of movements, she was very smart and learned quickly, but her hands were too small and the bag was not good, and the two were busy in the kitchen for two hours.