Chapter 96: A Little Partner Who Lacks Love
"Eh, Li Jing's craftsmanship is very good!" Cheng Yun looked at the first dumpling made by General Li and couldn't help but praise.
He only taught it once, and even didn't say it very clearly, and General Li made a very beautiful dumpling almost without a teacher. The dumplings have a perfect curve, and the folds on the edges are regular and neat, as if each fold is as wide!
General Li smiled shyly when he heard this, and said, "It's not a good craft, it's just that I often dealt with these gnocchi when I was a child, and I got used to it." ”
"Yes, this stupid big guy can make such a delicious pot helmet, and he must know better than us how much stuffing should be put in a dumpling, how to make it look good, and so on. Yin Nuxia pinched a malnourished dumpling in her hand to excuse herself. She always felt that something was wrong, looked up at the dumplings that General Li had put in the basket, and then looked at the dumplings she had wrapped, and her brows became tighter and tighter-
"Shouldn't I use beef stuffing, this beef stuffing is so ugly!"
"The stuffing is all the same. ”
"That's the skin is not right......"
"Less! My skills are poor!" Cheng Yun was speechless, rolled his eyes and said, "Can't you put more filling?" The dumplings have been wrapped into wontons by you. ”
"Beef is so expensive, you can save more money if you pack a little less, and you can pack a few more ......" Yin Nuxia silently made a small calculation.
"......" Cheng Yun was very helpless, "But you pack so little, it won't be delicious at that time." ”
"Oh......"
Yin Nuxia took the first dumpling in her life and looked at it for a long time, but after all, she couldn't bear to put it into that basket - there are currently only four dumplings in the basket, all of which are made by Cheng Yun and General Li, each beautiful and full. She always felt that it would be strange and abrupt to throw such a shriveled dumpling in, and maybe it would attract the shame of Miss Xiao Yu and others, so that her reputation would be ruined.
So she silently reopened the dumplings and picked a small lump of beef into it. Then she glanced at Cheng Yun, stared at the dumplings in her hand and hesitated, and picked another one......
In the end, when Yin Nuxia found that her dumpling skin could not be closed, she couldn't help blushing, quickly pinched the dumplings in her hand and hid them, and then looked up like a thief, looking around to see if anyone had discovered her embarrassment!
Swish!
Her gaze met Tang Qingying!
Yin Nuxia couldn't help but tremble! She still admired this teacher who taught her to 'fight', but now her embarrassment was caught by Teacher Tang, which made her completely unsure of what to do for a while!
But just when she was embarrassed, she found that Teacher Tang Yaoyao smiled gently at her-
"Wow~"
A warm current suddenly rose in Yin Nuxia's heart.
Teacher Tang didn't forget to comfort him at this time...... Wait, that doesn't seem to be a comforting smile, but ...... It seems that he has found the kind of smile of his fellow practitioners......
Yin Nuxia's eyes drooped slightly, and then she realized that Mr. Tang's chest was as swollen as his own dumplings, so that the dumpling skin could not be contained, revealing a slit, and the mushroom filling inside could be clearly seen...... It seems that any more stuffing will burst!
Lady Yin was stunned for a moment, and then grinned.
I thought I was the only one who messed up, but it turned out that there was Mr. Tang...... Wait for others to be the same as yourself!
She was immediately relieved.
Most of the embarrassment on Lady Yin's face was gone, and she nodded to Cheng Yan and Yu Dian, who were staring at her silently, respectively, and then opened the dumplings and picked out some fillings.
In the end, she became the first person besides Cheng Yun and General Li to successfully make dumplings. Although her dumplings were stained with stuffing on the outside and the folds were messy, the stuffing was finally wrapped in the skin, and she could barely get out of the pot.
The second is Yu Dian, needless to say, is also very ugly, she herself is embarrassed, and her face is as red as a red apple.
Cheng Yan struggled for a long time, and she still had the same problem - she always liked to put the filling in the middle of the dumpling skin, and then pinch the four sides of the dumpling skin to the middle. This kind of bun can be wrapped, but the dumplings will be like xiaolongbao, round, not like a dumpling at all.
Cheng Yan hesitated, but Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Tang Qingying next to her who was already pinching the last corner, so she was not to be left behind, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and threw the dumpling into the basket - that posture was like a dumpling, it was not a dumpling, it was a grenade!
Suddenly, everyone was stunned!
"This ......"
“……”
The little girl Yu was stunned, blinked, and chose to bow her head and continue to make her dumplings.
No matter how old Yin Nuxia is, of course she knows how to read words and looks. She also decided to take care of Cheng Yan's face, after all, the people of the rivers and lakes are like this, if you give me face, I will give you face, and it will ...... But when she heard Tang Qingying's laughter, she seemed to be infected, and she couldn't help it-
"Poof! poof......"
I saw that Yin Nuxia closed her mouth tightly, her face was flushed, and her shoulders trembled slightly, but the laughter had been squeezed out from between her lips!
And Mr. Tang smiled very crisply......
Cheng Yan's face was extremely ugly for a while.
She glanced up at Cheng Yun and found that Cheng Yun was not smiling, but had an expression of 'I had expected this to be the case'.
"Damn!"
Her face couldn't help but look even more ugly.
At the critical moment, General Li came out to relieve the siege, and he coughed twice and said: "What are you laughing at, haven't you ever eaten such dumplings, I saw someone eating such dumplings this morning! It's just bigger." ”
Cheng Yan: "......"
Tang Qingying covered her eyes with her hands, lowered her head and smiled even more happily!
"Ahem. Cheng Yun's expression was calm as usual, "Don't laugh, don't laugh, how can you be qualified to laugh at others." If you look at your own wrapping, the folds are as if they have been gnawed by dogs, and they are not only ugly, but they also need to be cooked for half a minute if they want to be cooked...... Come and see it carefully, I'll teach you again. This pleat, not to mention how nice it should be, at least it should look pleasing to the eye, and your purpose seems to be to bring it together......"
"Start at the very edge, start with little by little ......"
Tang Qingying, Yu Dian and Yin Nuxia all watched Cheng Yun's movements intently, looking very serious, at least they had enough face. Only Cheng Yan was absent-minded, but she also quietly paid attention to Cheng Yun's movements, and even showed a learning attitude towards sprinting for the college entrance examination!
Soon, there were more and more dumplings in the basket, and although the appearance was a little uneven, most of them should be able to withstand boiling.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you accidentally cook it, just add flavor to the dumpling soup.
"Each of these dumpling wrappers is the same size, as if they were as thin and thick. Yin Nuxia finally noticed this in the process of wrapping dumplings, and couldn't help but look at Cheng Yun with a little admiration, "Is the stationmaster's craftsmanship so good?"
"Bought ......"
"Oh, it turned out to be someone else's doing. ”
"It's made by machine, how can it be done so neatly by hand. Cheng Yun said.
"Oh!" Yin Nuxia's eyes widened slightly, she felt that the machine was really a universal thing.
"It was only when we were very young that we would roll the dough ourselves when we made dumplings. That way you can make a large dumpling, like a bun, eat a few and you will be full. Cheng Yun said to Yin Nuxia with a smile, his tone seemed to be talking to a child, but the action of making dumplings in his hand was not affected at all.
"I remember that in the past, we would lay the noodles neatly on the table and print them on top with the lid of the insulated kettle so that we could print the round dumpling wrappers. Sometimes I always think that the dumplings used to be delicious, and the yellow buns steamed with my own flour are also delicious, but I wonder if it's because I haven't seen the world when I was a child......
"Oh!!" Yin Nuxia opened her eyes, and seemed to think of the pictures with Cheng Yun's words, the noodles and large dumplings that covered the table, and the big yellow buns with meat made her swallow her saliva involuntarily......
But it's a pity that she didn't eat anything when she was a child, and the freshly steamed hot steamed buns and the oil residue boiled in lard are already the most beautiful childhood in her memory.
Most of the rest of the people listened silently, each with their own expressions.
General Lee's childhood consisted of war-induced hunger, cold, and displacement, and for a time it was even rumored that someone in the village ventured to the front line at night to cut the flesh off the thighs of corpses, and the first kind widow in the village quietly disappeared...... If he were younger, maybe he would be as yearning for Cheng Yun's memories as Tang Qingying, Yu Dian and Yin Nuxia now. But sadly, he is past that age.
Cheng Yun quickly realized that it was not appropriate to recall his childhood at this time, shook his head and changed the topic: "The dumplings made this time should be enough for us to eat for a long time!"
Tang Qingying Bingxue was smart, and immediately said: "You have to call me when you eat! Don't eat behind my back!"
Cheng Yun smiled: "Of course you can't work in vain." ”
"Brother-in-law, don't coax me!"
They were busy until half past four in the afternoon, and everyone finished wrapping all the dumpling skins.
Yin Nuxia frowned and asked, "Stationmaster, there are still a lot of stuffing left, what should I do?
"No, no, no. Cheng Yun sat on the small bench for so long and only felt a sore back, he really didn't want to wrap it anymore, so he looked at the rest of the filling, "Let's use it, cabbage pork and leek pork can be used to pinch meatballs, mushroom pork can be used to fry minced meat vermicelli, beef and green onions...... I'll buy an eggplant, make a minced eggplant, and sprinkle it on the eggplant!"
Tang Qingying listened to the little stars in his eyes, and only felt that Cheng Yun was so handsome at this time: "Wow, brother-in-law is so powerful!"
"That's it......" Yin Nuxia was a little unsatisfied, she hadn't finished it yet, "Then when will you make dumplings next time?"
"After eating, I'll wrap it again. Cheng Yundao, "Next time, if we have more time, we can roll the skin by ourselves, so that the dumplings are not so neat, but the home-cooked food tastes good, it is more comfortable to eat, and it is also fun." It's just that rolling the dumpling wrapper is a bit troublesome, and the technical requirements for you to make dumplings are also higher. ”
"Okay!" Yin Nuxia immediately became more interested, and at the same time full of confidence, "I am already very good at making dumplings now!"
"Then I'll roll the skin!" General Li said with a smile, and he was also very impressed by the warmth of preparing food together.
"It's okay, your kneading skills are probably much better than mine!"
Cheng Yun realized at this time that all the people present seemed to be lacking love. He and Cheng Yan are already the most normal.