I went upstairs and returned to the door of my room, and was about to open the door, when the door of the next room suddenly opened, and Tanya poked her head out. "Tanya, Brivett (hi, hello, for acquaintances), why did you leave work so early today." "Peng, Brivett, I'm only working half a day today, and I've been waiting for you to come back in the dormitory in the afternoon." "I bought meat and vegetables, today is the weekend, we make dumplings, and in the evening Sasha and my friends come over." "Great, I like dumplings very much, do you know that our Siberian dumplings here are famous in Russia?" "Tanya, I really didn't know there were Siberian dumplings." "Peng, tomorrow at noon, I will take you to eat the most famous Siberian dumplings here. Today, you're going to wrap delicious Chinese dumplings for me to eat," Tanya said as she took the food I bought out of the bag.

I changed my clothes and started preparing for the dumplings together with Tanya. I reconciled the noodles, and Tanya also washed and peeled the cabbage and carrots, and when I was ready to chop the minced meat, I remembered that there was no suitable knife, and all that Russian stores sell are narrow knives, and you can cut vegetables, but you can't chop the minced meat. I was a little stupid at this time, I grabbed my hair and didn't know what to do, I thought that I had a big mess today, and I also invited Sasha Katya and them over. Tanya looked at me with a wolf look, laughed and bent over, "Peng, you are really not a qualified cook, and you don't even know what kind of tools you have." "Tanya, you're still laughing at me, think of a way." "How can you thank me?" Tanya picked up the shelf, I grabbed her, tickled her armpits and waist, Tanya rolled in my arms laughing and rolling, "Haha oooo I let go of my hand, and Tanya straightened up, "Peng, kiss me." I kissed her, and Tanya happily walked out of the room, and it wasn't long before Tanya came back with a hand-cranked mincing mincing machine, "Mara Jieji, where did you get it from?" I asked, "I borrowed it from Liuda on this floor, but I promised to give her a plate of dumplings when I was grinding meat stuffing." Tanya replied, "That's not a problem at all. "Tanya and I worked together to grind the minced meat, then use a mincing machine to grind the cabbage and carrots, chop some onions, and mix the stuffing with seasonings. Now just wait for Brother Chao Xiao Liu and them to arrive and start making dumplings.

Seeing that it was still early, I made a pot of tea, and chatted with Tanya while drinking tea, I said: "Tanya, tell me about Siberian dumplings, I used to think that dumplings are only a delicacy in China, but I didn't expect you to have them here." After taking a sip of tea, Danya said: "In fact, dumplings are not our traditional food in Russia, they were first introduced when Genghis Khan led the Mongol army to the west, maybe the Mongols learned it from you Chinese." I thought for a moment and said, "This is very likely, the legend of Chinese dumplings was invented by a Chinese medicine practitioner who was an official almost 2,000 years ago, when the weather was cold, and many poor people had frostbite on their ears. After eating for a while, the poor people who got sick were cured of cold ear disease, and since then people have learned to make dumplings and eat them in winter. Although I didn't say the words, Tanya understood, "What a touching legend, this doctor is too great and kind, your Chinese history is very long, and the oriental culture is very mysterious, Peng, do you know Chinese medicine?" "I know something, I studied acupuncture." I replied, "Wow! Is it true? Tanya took my hand and looked at me intently, "Yes, my aunt is a TCM practitioner, she taught me, and I also studied in TCM College. "It's amazing, I read in the book, acupuncture in China is amazing, I didn't expect my boyfriend to know acupuncture, I'm so lucky." After saying that, Danya leaned happily into my arms, "Peng, I sometimes have stomach pain, can you help me heal?" "If I don't help you heal, who will help you?" "Peng, thank you, you are so good, my mother often has low back pain, if you have time in the future, you can help her treat it." "Okay, I'll help her." Without thinking, I agreed.

"Tanya, you haven't told me about Siberian dumplings yet." I pulled the topic back, "I'm sorry, I'm so happy that I forgot to talk about it, because of the cold climate here, the locals usually wrap a lot of dumplings before winter, and store them until the next spring." In order to facilitate freezing, ice residues are added when mixing the filling, which also helps to preserve the moisture of the minced meat and is easy to keep fresh. In the past, we all lived by hunting, and when hunters went out hunting, they had to put on a big bag of dumplings that were frozen as hard as stones. When you are hungry during the hunt, you set up a bonfire and put the frozen dumplings in the pot, so that you can enjoy a convenient meal in a while, which is the origin of Siberian dumplings. There is something in common with the legend you just told, it is the food of people in cold areas in winter, but Siberian dumplings are all meat filling, and it is best to mix pork and beef together, rarely put vegetables, I see that you just added a lot of vegetables to the stuffing, and added some seasonings into it, the dumpling filling smells very fragrant, it should be delicious, I am really looking forward to Chinese dumplings now. "Tanya, I'm also looking forward to tomorrow's Siberian dumplings."

Tanya and I snuggled up together, quietly enjoying the afternoon. At this time, Brother Chao pushed the door in, followed by Xiao Liu, "I'm sorry, I didn't knock on the door, which disturbed your beautiful world of two." "Whatever will disturb us, Tanya and I will wait for you to come back." I got up and grabbed Xiao Liu, "Xiao Liu, I miss you a lot." "Brother Peng, I miss you too." "Tanya, get to know me, this is my friend Vega." I introduced Liu and Tanya to each other, "Wow! Brother Peng, you are so good, you have just had such a beautiful girlfriend in the past two days. "It's not me who soaked it, it's her who soaked me." Xiao Liu looked disbelieving, "Brother Peng, you just blow it." "Tanya asked what we were talking about? I said, "Tanya, Vega doesn't believe you're chasing me. Tanya looked at Xiao Liu and said, "Weijia, Peng didn't lie to you, I like him, and I took the initiative to pursue him." "Xiao Liu grew up with a mouth" is true, Brother Peng, you have given me too many unexpected surprises, and I admire you now. "Xiao Liu, there are so many beautiful women in your school, you have many opportunities." "Yes, yes, I'm going to hurry up and find a Russian beauty to be my girlfriend."

I figured out the rolling pin I had brought with me and started making dumplings. The Russian rolling pin is very thick in the middle, which is inconvenient to use, and when I came this time, Chao Ge pulled up a list, among which there was a rolling pin. Seeing me rolling the dumpling wrappers quickly, Tanya was once again stunned and applauded. Xiao Liu and Brother Chao are very skilled in making dumplings, even if men can't cook in the Northeast, they must be able to make dumplings, which is a must-have program for the whole family reunion during the Chinese New Year. Tanya learned how to make dumplings like we did, and soon became proficient. After a while we made a big dumpling

Sasha arrives with a bottle of Armenian brandy, as does Katya and Katya's boyfriend with a bottle of champagne.

I asked Brother Chao and Xiao Liu to go to the kitchen to cook dumplings, and told them that there were many beautiful women in the kitchen, so take advantage of the opportunity, Brother Chao squeezed his eyes at me and said, "Look at my brother, I'll bring two beauties back in a while." Sure enough, after a while, Brother Chao, Natasha, and the petite Katya each came from the kitchen with a plate of cooked dumplings.

It was a great meal of dumplings and my first unforgettable weekend in Russia.