Chapter 23 Making Dumplings
Lin Yujuan thinks that there must be a reason why there is less pasta here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are rivers and a lot of rain. In the rainy season, it is not too easy for this flour to become moldy. This rice is a little moldy, and you can wash and scrub it in the water, but there is no way to do it. She knew that moldy food was not to be eaten and could cause cancer. But this ordinary farmer in the countryside only harvests a few hundred catties in a season when the wind and rain are good. Once the wind and rain are out of tune, you will be hungry, and you will starve to death immediately and may die of illness in the future, of course, choose the latter one.
Lin Yujuan put aside the thoughts in her head and was not in a hurry to eat dumplings. Now it's time to renegotiate the distribution of income with your parents. Before going to bed, at Lin Yujuan's suggestion, this issue was brought out for discussion again. Speaking of which, the Qi family is not at ease to let the children keep their money. Because she also secretly calculated the accounts and knew how much money she could make in a month. When I thought that the money in my hands in the hands of these hairy children in the future would be ten taels or eight taels of silver, I was very uneasy.
The final result of the family's discussion was that the income was 55 points between the child and the adult. The children's cash box is kept by the Qi family, and the key is kept by the children. If you need to buy something, you have to make a report. In addition to legitimate expenses, each person can have 20 yuan in his share of pocket money every month. These twenty wen are what the four brothers and sisters can buy.
A few days later, the winter solstice finally arrived, and Lin Guilu bought two catties of pork from the street, and at the same time brought back the dyed black cotton thread. Because they had to work in a hurry to knit gloves and the weather was cold, the two sisters sat in the quilt and were busy. Naturally, the two who gave the Qi family a hand were Lin Yukou and Lin Xiaodi. The two sisters, while busy, whispered gossip. The sound of busy dumplings on the table outside is heard from time to time.
The two sisters kept busy until they heard Yukou calling them out to eat dumplings. The sisters hurriedly threw away their work, got dressed and got ready to eat dumplings. Lin Yujuan walked away and looked at the table, where a large piece of dough was spread. The dough is no longer in full shape, and it can be seen that one side has been dug out by a round thing, piece by piece. Looking at the unwrapped dumpling wrappers on the table, Lin Yujuan understood everything. Is this what Mom said about making dumplings?
It turned out that Qi first used a rolling pin to roll the dough into a large dough. The square table is almost unplaceable, and the dough is still thick. Then use the two bowls of rice to make the dough into a circle one by one, and then wrap the dumplings. Do you know how big this dumpling is? The cooked dumplings here have already been served, and there are only three in a large bowl. Is this a dumpling? It's almost catching up with the leek box, and it's still super thick-skinned.
In her previous life, Lin Yujuan didn't know how to roll dumpling skins, and she bought ready-made skins at the vegetable market to go home. Later, many handmade dumpling shops were opened in the south, and Lin Yujuan knew how the dumpling wrappers were rolled out. It was all rolled out one by one. It's not like this, roll it out into a big leather and card it out one by one. However, although the skin of this dumpling is thick, the taste of the dumpling trap is not bad. Lin Yujuan was very full after eating three.
"Mom, why is the dumpling skin stuck out like this? Aren't they rolled out one by one? Lin Yujuan asked.
"Huh? Isn't that so? Want to roll them out one by one? So troublesome? No wonder I felt something was wrong. After listening to her daughter's words, Qi Shi understood that they were rolled out one by one, but she couldn't do it. She had seen her father make dumplings when she was a child, and she got married when she was a teenager. How many years have I remembered?
"Isn't it right for Mom to do this? The dumplings are so delicious. How is that possible? Lin Xiujuan was very suspicious of her sister's words.
"Yes, sister, you are talking nonsense." Lin Xiaodi also raised questions
Lin Yujuan didn't answer, she went to wash her hands, and after drying, she pulled a small piece from the dough. Knead into a dough and squish it on the table. After pressing into a round cake, slowly roll it out with a rolling pin to form a thin dough. Of course, she can't roll it as fast and as well as the northerners. A leather rolled out for a long time. It was slow, but by the time she put the rolled leather in her hand. The family also understood that this was the right thing. If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. This skin is much smaller and thinner than the one that came out of Qi's card.
"I see, ah, I remember, your grandfather also rolled it out like this. Look, I've forgotten all about it. Qi suddenly realized, so he had to roll up the dough and roll it into long strips. Then use a knife to cut the dough into small dough one by one, and then roll it out with a rolling pin. Lin Yujuan saw that her mother would know, so she went back to the bed with her sister to continue working.
The days passed quickly, and it was the wax moon in a blink of an eye. Everyone is busy celebrating the New Year. Qi led a few children to clean and wash at home. When it comes to washing quilts, it's a big job. On a sunny day, you have to remove the quilt when you get up in the morning. After dismantling the quilt and putting away the cotton threads, I still need to use it to sew the quilt in the evening. The cotton tires are dried on reed mats. Of course, you can use hot water to wash the quilt, but when it is clear, you have to take it to the river. Qi Shi shook the quilt vigorously in the biting river water, and Lin Yujuan looked at her cold on the shore. As long as you don't live the days of calling slaves and maids, you can't escape this work and have to do it yourself. After rinsing it clean, take it home, and with the help of Lin Guilu, the two of them twisted it for a long time. After hanging on the rope, it was still dripping with water. This is the effect of manual squeezing.
By about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the quilt had already dried. Pick up the cotton tire, spread the quilt on the reed mat, put down the cotton tire, and tidy it up. Put the quilt on top of it. Then the lining is turned up, folded, and sewn with a needle and thread. I'll have to sew this seam for a while. Lin Yujuan thought that it would be better to make quilts directly in the future.
After the sanitation is almost cleaned up, it will be the New Year in ten days. The pigs in this house should also be killed. This is approaching the Chinese New Year, and the butcher who kills the pig is quite busy. Lin Guilu made an appointment with someone to come to his house on the twenty-second day of the lunar month to kill pigs. The family discussed it, and after the killing, the village sold it. If you can't sell it out, you can sell it on the street. In the end, you can also keep some for the New Year, but you can also marinate some salted meat if you have too much.
On the twenty-second day, the pig killer came just after dawn. Lin Guilu went to call the third uncle to help. My family helped boil water or something. Lin Yujuan ate breakfast and helped boil the water, and when she heard the heart-rending screams of the pigs that had been bundled there, she couldn't stand it anymore and hid out. I thought I'd wait a while and come back if I couldn't hear the pig cry. It's so oozing. said hello to my mother and ran away, and Lin Xiujuan also followed. The elder brother and the younger brother didn't come along, they all gathered around to see the excitement.
The two sisters walked out of the alleys, and they both heard the pigs howling all the time. I couldn't hear the sound for a long time, but I knew that I would come back after the killing. There are a lot of things that I have to help with. When the two sisters arrived home, not long after the pig had just finished bleeding, the pig killing master was disemboweling. Then, with the help of the three Lin Guilu brothers, the pig's meat, head, hooves, water (internal organs), bones and other parts were cleaned up in an orderly manner.
Of course, the pigs went into the water and ate them at home, knowing that the Lin family killed pigs, and the villagers in the village also came to buy pork. The pig killing master helped cut and sell, and after a while, dozens of households divided most of the pigs. Keep a little less at home, and give a few catties to grandpa and uncle. The remaining half of the pig was sold to the pig slaughterer. Such a pig was also sold for two taels of silver. The pig offal left by their own family, the pig's large intestine was made into sauerkraut fat sausage, and the pig's heart, lungs and belly were made into belly and lung soup. The pig's head was first rubbed with salt and put away. The family made up for a year's worth of oil and water.
"It's good to celebrate the New Year, it's good to celebrate the New Year every day." Brother Lin sighed.
"Hehe, I also like the New Year. But every day for the New Year, there are not so many delicious foods. Lin Yujuan also felt that the New Year had an atmosphere, unlike her previous life. I usually eat all the delicious food and drink, and I buy clothes according to my mood and preferences. When you arrive here, you will only have new clothes and delicious food for the New Year, so it is no wonder that the children are looking forward to the New Year.
This year, the family is more comfortable, Lin Guilu not only fried peanuts, melon seeds, broad beans and the like. I also made peanut candy and sesame candy. Under the leadership of Qi, meat buns were also steamed. Of course, it is not as good as what is sold on the street. Fortunately, the inner filling is not discounted at all, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of appearance.
When exchanging steamed buns with the neighbors, I found that the steamed buns that my mother steamed in the surrounding neighborhood were the best. Some people either don't have a dead face, or they put too much alkali. The steamed buns are yellow and dry.
After everything was eaten and drunk, the family counted this year's harvest. Lin Guilu earned three or four taels from the kiln this year, and the grain produced in the field was deducted from the taxes paid. The rest is eaten at home. There is no surplus in this piece. Several children earned more than two taels by selling vegetables, and later sold kimchi, and the sauerkraut was full for less than three months, but there were ten taels. But in addition to the cost of buying a tank, I received some vegetables. It costs two taels. The gloves were sold until later, and more than 70 pairs were sold in total. After removing the cost, I earned seven or eight hundred wen. There are also ducks for 1,800 wen and pigs for two taels of silver. There are still three sheep in the pen, which I originally wanted to sell, but Lin Yujuan didn't agree to keep the lamb. Now look at the ewe's belly, it seems that there are really lambs in it. In addition to buying a boat at home, Qi treated snake wounds. There is also a year's expenses at home, and there are only more than nine taels and less than ten taels left in the family.
After Qi finished counting the silver and change in the money box, he felt a lot of certainty in his heart. To say that this year's expenses are not small, there are still so many surpluses. It seems that if you want to have money in your hands, you can't rely on those two acres of land alone, and it is only enough for the family to eat. In the past, Lin Guilu alone sold coolies on the kiln, and the money he earned was only enough for the family's ordinary expenses. I can't save a handful of silver all year round. It seems that what my little girl said still makes sense. Most of the people in this village who have a little money are still doing business.