Liu Ming held the water cup and was stupid for a while, and finally Li Han still had a little conscience, glanced at Liu Ming, who looked depressed, and said with a smile. "Time, it's not early, Lisi, you chat with Liu Ming, and say hello Michelle, be good, dad go and make a meal." ”

"Mmmm, Dudu is very well-behaved, Michelle let's eat ice cream and watch TV, be well-behaved. "Hmm. The two little ones nodded obediently.

Lisi glanced at Liu Ming unhappily and shook her head slightly. "No, Han, I don't think I have a common language with this uncle, maybe, I can help you, I will make salad. Liu Ming can't be hit, this little fart kid, what are you talking about, uncle, Liu Ming felt that his entire chest was on fire, snorted, stood up, and rolled up his cuffs. "Sample, let you see and understand today, Han, I'll come to lunch. ”

The two little guys, Dudu and Michelle, blinked their big eyes, Dudu lowered his little head and muttered a few words to Michelle, and the two little ones raised their little hands. "Uncle Liu Ming, we want to eat dumplings. "Dudu wants to eat stuffed shrimp and fish. "Michelle eats beef. "And, and, cake. "Delicious soup. Dudu seemed to be going to tell Li Han all the delicious things he had done, and the two little guys could make Li Han and Liz laugh together.

Liu Ming looked at Dudu and Michelle, and pointed at himself with a blank expression, these two little things were too much to ask, and looked up at Li Han as if he was smiling, and his teeth were clucking. Liu Ming sighed, forget it, forget it, don't know the two little guys. "Forget it, Han, you're busy, I'll watch TV. ”

"Hahaha, that's interesting. Lisi giggled, turned around and asked Li Han curiously, what are dumplings, Li Han couldn't help it, and talked about the history of dumplings, dumplings in their long development process, there are many names, in ancient times, there were "prison pills", "flat food", "dumpling bait", "powder horn" and other names. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "crescent wonton", during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the dumplings were called "glaive-shaped wontons" in the Tang Dynasty, "slots" in the Song Dynasty, "flat food" in the Yuan Dynasty, and "dumplings" in the Qing Dynasty. Dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and were pioneered by the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing. At that time, dumplings were medicinal, and Zhang Zhongjing wrapped some cold-dispelling herbs on the dough to treat diseases (mutton, pepper, etc.) to avoid chilblains on the ears of patients. During the Three Kingdoms period, dumplings became a food and were known as "crescent wontons". In the book "Guangya" written by Wei Zhangyi, this food is mentioned.

Lisi's interest in history is obviously not as great as that of mythology, Li Han had to deal with the mythical story about dumplings when Nuwa kneaded the soil to cause people, due to the cold weather, the ears of the loess people were easy to freeze off, in order to make the ears can not be fixed, Nuwa pierced a small eye on the people's ears, tied the ears with a thin thread, and put the other end of the thread in the mouths of the loess people and bit them, so that the ears could be done. In order to commemorate Nuwa's exploits, the common people wrapped dumplings, pinched the shape of human ears with noodles, and filled them with stuffing (thread), and ate them with their mouths.

"That's great, Han, let's make dumplings. "Lisi never thought that a food was thousands of years old, it was amazing, and there were myths, so I was really curious about what dumplings looked like.

"Okay, let's eat dumplings today. "Li Han came to the kitchen, he needed to sort out the ingredients, dried shrimp and fish, some were raised in the bucket, and they could be fished out at any time, the dried shrimp was peeled, and the fish was thorny, Li Han's kung fu was good, with a bit of beauty, not to mention that Lisi stared at Li Han with a look of adoration, Liu Ming glanced at it, and secretly wiped his sweat, Yaya, this kid has good cooking skills, fortunately, he didn't show his hand just now, Liu Ming's eggs and fried tomatoes can still be eaten, but they can be compared, heaven and earth.

Dudu and Michelle sat next to Liu Ming, dangling their calves, eating ice cream and watching TV, one question after another, two question marks Xiao Luo * Li, can torture Liu Ming on the outside and tender on the inside, it really can't work, Liu Ming tuned the TV to the educational channel ordered by Li Han, and is playing a dinosaur special. Seeing it, Dudu stretched out his little finger and pointed at the big guy flying in the TV, Liu Ming quickly patted his buttocks. "Dudu, uncle go help Dad, see for yourself. ”

Liu Ming ran into the kitchen, wiped a cold sweat, and Li Han said with a smile. "Oh, it's just in time, just in time for a helper. "Han, I can help you. Lisi raised her little hand and didn't forget to glare at Liu Ming, uncle, go away, Liu Ming was depressed. "Okay, I'll show you, my craft. Liu Ming took the rolling pin, looked very good, pressed the dough, pressed the rolling pin with one hand, gently pinched it with the other, pressed it with a slight force, and the dough under the rolling pin slowly rotated into a round dough.

Li Han gestured his thumb and said. "Okay, there's a hand. "That's, little meaning. Liu Ming was very happy, he felt that something was wrong when he looked back, he came to be a guest, not to mention this work, but also touching and virtuous.

Lisi pouted and stood aside, this bad uncle, Lisi didn't do anything, only sullenly to do Dudu and Michelle question mark teacher, two little problem children, happy, Lisi is really patient. "Han, Xiao Lisi is good, raise it for two years, maybe. ”

Li Han really wanted to spray Liu Ming to death with a mouthful of filling, wrapped the dumplings and put them away, and said. "Do you want me to seal your mouth with dumpling wrappers, or do I change Lisy to roll out the dough, and you accompany Dudu and Michelle to watch TV. "Don't, I'm wrong, can't I? Don't you know that these two little guys have one problem after another, one is more tricky than the other, I am 100,000 why, Han, I admire you a lot." Liu Ming said while rolling the dough.

Two big men, busy in the kitchen, it's really interesting to look at it from a distance, the two looked at each other and laughed, and after being busy, Liu Ming found that Li Han completely regarded himself as an assistant, and did not treat himself as a guest at all. "Alright, I've got enough of it here. "Li Han boiled, small dumplings can be served, medium-sized dumplings are fried, and large dumplings are steamed. The small dumplings and large dumplings were steamed, and the Li Han frying pan was poured with oil and heated, and after a while, the dumplings were fried and browned, and the fragrance was overflowing.

One big and one middle school, two small and four heads gathered on the kitchen counter to stare at the medium-sized dumplings in the pot, it was too fragrant, Liu Ming and Lisi were holding a little guy, four pairs of eyes staring at the frying pan, the oil was sizzling, the burnt dumplings were full of fragrance, Liu Ming swallowed his saliva, just came to Montana, who thought that there was no Chinese food here, beef, mutton, vegetable salad every day, a little disgusting. Dudu told Sù Michelle that the dumplings made by Dad were the best, and Honey Cher nodded her little head.

Dudu lay on the kitchen counter, clicked his mouth, and asked his father. "Dad, the dumplings are fragrant. "Well, it smells so good. Michelle nodded her little head vigorously, and Li Han smiled and nodded her little nose. "Alright, get out of the pot and help me get the plate. Li Han summoned Liu Ming, it was really not polite, Liu Ming snorted, and handed over the saucer.

Boiled dumplings are good, one person and one small bowl, dumplings are added with dried shrimp, chopped green onions, and soup is prepared. "That's right, Han, this craft can open a shop. ”

Li Han smiled and said. "When I came to the United States before, I didn't have anything, I worked in a dumpling shop for half a year, and I didn't get a penny, but I learned the craft. "Oh, tell me, there's another one. Liu Ming sat up straight, looking curious, Li Han is now worth a little, and the farm is worth more than 10 million, Liu Ming originally thought that Li Han would follow the family.

Li Han smiled and sandwiched the dumplings, dipped them in some vinegar, and said while eating. "Young and ignorant, thinking that you can get rich by coming to the United States, but the reality is coming to the United States, no identity, no ability, working in the dark, tired and hurting for thirteen or four hours a day, who thinks about luck, the shopkeeper hired a black worker to be caught, the money can't be obtained, the place can't stay, run, it was almost the Spring Festival, the winter was cold, at that time I thought most about having a plate of dumplings wrapped by my mother to eat, how good it should be, you may not know, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner actually grabbed a bucket of garbage with a wild dog, that is really not fun." Li Han stretched out his arm and rolled it up, with a few scars, and said. "I was left behind by grabbing food with wild dogs in winter, and when I thought about it, at that time, I was really not afraid of anything, I just wanted to stutter. ”

Liu Ming didn't expect Li Han to have such a history, Lisi wiped her tears, and Li Han smiled. "What to do with this, fortunately I won at the time, a box of leftover pizza was eaten for two days, and I survived, and the wild dog froze to death on the street, and I didn't feel anything at the time, you see, what are you doing here, come and eat dumplings. ”

"Okay, brother, brother admires, let's have a drink. Liu Ming patted Li Han on the shoulder and poured a glass of beer, Li Han took it with a smile and drank it in one gulp. "Thinking about it now, I should really be grateful for the beginning, a year of training, eating surplus food, sleeping in the park, the street, fortunately, when I was on my knees, I still thought about moving forward, finally came back to life, said these, came to drink. ”

While drinking, I said, unconsciously, I was drunk, I didn't know how long I fell asleep, and I shook my head a little dizzy.

"Wow, Daddy woke up. Dudu was wiping Li Han's sweat with a towel, the little girl took care of her drunk father, Li Han didn't expect that she was drunk, and she was very happy to see her father wake up. "Dudu, it's so good, I'm tired. ”

"I'm not tired, Sister Lisi said that Dudu helped Dad wipe his sweat, and Daddy's head didn't hurt. Dudu stretched out his little hand and touched Li Han's forehead. "Dad, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, Dudu will rub it for you. ”

Li Han hugged Dudu, and Dudu's fleshy little face kissed him a lot. "Dad doesn't hurt, Dudu rubs it best. "Well, Dudu rubbed it for Dad again. Dudu got up, rubbing and rubbing, Li Han thought about falling asleep and felt a little ice hand caressing his forehead and pulling Dudu. "Dudu, have you been helping Dad rub his forehead?" "Well, Daddy has a headache. Li Han pulled the little hand, the little hand was red, and there was a small Xiaoice bucket on the side.

Little girl, Li Han rubbed Dudu's little hands, put them on his chest and was hot, and Dudu lay in his father's arms. "Daddy doesn't cry. "Dad didn't cry, Dad was happy. Li Han hugged Dudu, the little guy was not lightly tired, and he fell asleep after a while.

Li Han gently hugged Dudu upstairs and put down the quilt, went downstairs, and Liu Ming came back with a small bucket. "It's all right. "It's okay, I'm so embarrassed, I'm smiling. Li Han thought that he was really embarrassed, and the old men cried and cried.

Liu Ming patted Li Han on the shoulder and said. "Don't say this, come and see, I just caught a fish, I didn't expect you to have crucian carp here, make a braised fish at night." "I'll clean it up in a moment. Li Han took the bucket with a smile, and Liu Ming's fishing rod was put away and clapped his hands. "Han, you really walked from California to Montana. "Yes, along the Pacific Trail, I should be thankful to the kind people who came to Montana, and all I was left with was a tattered dress and a pair of frayed-soled slippers. ”

Liu Ming gestured a thumbs up. "Okay, I recognize your friend, capable. "I didn't have much idea at the time, since I was kneeling and walking so far, I would continue to move forward on my knees, even if I was climbing, I had to look up at the sky, fortunately the sky in the United States was still blue. Li Han put the bucket in the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took a cup, scooped a cup of sour plum soup and handed it to Liu Ming. "Brought from home, it tastes good, it's a hangover. ”

Liu Ming then took a sip, the taste was not bad, sweet and sour, the two chatted, and Li Han thought of Lisi and Michelle. "Don't be careful, I'll send Philip back, by the way, little Liz is crying so much, I think she might come again." ”

Li Han smiled bitterly and said. "Kid, by the way, I have time to have a drink tomorrow on my birthday, introduce some friends to get to know you, maybe it won't help you much, but they are all very good people, you should meet a few more friends." ”

"No problem, if you don't say it, I'll come over too. Liu Ming said with a smile, Li Han didn't know what Liu Ming was doing at home, but it shouldn't be simple, he didn't ask much, between friends, it was not to have no reservations, so the friendship would not last long.