The Spring Festival is closed for seven days, and the factory has to take turns on duty. Bai Ling is from the countryside and was arranged to work on the fourth day of the first lunar month. This is a great care for Bai Ling from the countryside.

This Spring Festival is extraordinary for Bai Ling. This is the first Spring Festival after she left the countryside and went to the city to become a worker, and it is also the first Spring Festival after her two younger brothers interrupted their studies, embarked on the road of learning and art, and began to live independently.

The three sisters and brothers are equivalent to going to work at the same time, the pressure of survival has been reduced, the standard of material life has been improved, and the spirit has never been as easy as today. In their own life, this is their first comfortable and happy Spring Festival.

On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Bai Ling and her two younger brothers Bai Long and Bai Hu chatted happily while wrapping dumplings and watching TV programs.

Supposedly, the preparations for the New Year have been made. There was nothing left to do in the evening of the thirtieth night. But every family will make a dumpling-making look. Because this is a local custom, a legend, a moral of the place.

"Dumplings" and "godson" have the same sound. Making dumplings on the eve of the first night means that you can educate your children to be outstanding. Because parents are their children's first teachers. Which parent is not looking forward to Jackie Chan? Looking forward to a woman becoming a phoenix? "Dumplings" is "godson".

"Dumplings" and "calls" are also homophonies. Call the son, this is for young couples. Especially for newlyweds, "calling a child" means making you pregnant and having a child. How many families in our once-patriarchal nation don't want a boy? Therefore, the newlywed couple, whether you can make dumplings or not, you must reach out and wrap a few, in order to send Guanyin to a son, so that the son can come to the world as soon as possible.

In fact, many people know in their hearts that this traditional statement is unreliable. knew that this was nonsense, but no one called it true, denied it, or did it. This is a legend left by our ancestors, a custom of thousands of years, and it is better to believe it than to believe it. Besides, the New Year can only be the icing on the cake, and it must not be added to the heart. Even the stupidest people have to say some good words at this time, hoping for a bumper harvest in the coming year, and the wind and rain will be smooth, without considering the truth of the words.

Why is there candy on every table? Give you candy as soon as you see your child? One is to gag your mouth first to prevent you from talking nonsense; The second is that the words spoken are also sweet words.

Bai Ling rolled the dumpling skin, and Bai Long and Bai Hu started to make dumplings. Bai Ling just wanted to say that she was alone, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed again. In the future, the little brothers will one day have to live on their own, and they must be able to do any housework. Now it is necessary to exercise them. Thinking of this, Bai Ling felt a faint pain in her heart. Is my sister's heart a little too ruthless? Having said that, when he picked up the burden of life himself, he was much earlier than the two of them. She must be an older sister after all, and pity these two little brothers.

What Bai Ling didn't expect was that the dumplings made by the two brothers were as beautiful as the full-time staff of the hotel. Each dumpling is like a craft.

Bai Ling laughed.

"Sister, what are you laughing at?" The little brothers spoke almost in unison.

"I'm worried about you at first. If I am on duty in the factory this Spring Festival, I am afraid that you will not be able to eat dumplings. It seems that I have to worry about it for a long time. I didn't expect the dumplings made by the two of you to be so beautiful. Who do you learn from? ”

"Boss, that aunt's dumplings are such a wrapping method. Let's take a look, think about it carefully, and then practice it, and it's all rolled out. Paulan hurriedly explained.

"When you become a family, it seems that you will not be hungry. Sister doesn't have to worry about your life. ”

"Sister, this proprietress is really a master of work. It's not just the hands and feet, but the quality is really amazing. The taste of the steamed bun and the knife skill of cutting vegetables are as beautiful as the chef who opens a restaurant. We pay attention to observation and learning. ”

Bai Hu answered: "Sister, whether it is cooking, driving machines, or engaging in production, a lot of it is the work in front of you." As my brother said, you just have to pay a little attention, and there is nothing you can't learn. ”

Bai Ling stopped the rolling pin in her hand: "That's right, it seems that you have been working with others for more than half a year, and you have learned a lot more than going to school." People are also much more mature. You're learning the most practical things right now. Sister will never dare to treat you as children in the future. ”

"In front of outsiders, we are no longer children. However, in front of my sister, we are still children. Compared to our sister, we are still a lot worse. This boss Wang never praises people easily. But for you, sister, he is full of praise. He said, you have to behave, more mature and experienced than those middle-aged people in their forties and fifties. Every time he said this, he would stop what he was doing and stick out his thumbs at the same time. ”

Bai Hu also said: "This boss is indeed highly skilled and comprehensive. Those who work in their village just want to save trouble and get paid for selling some effort. They don't want to learn, they don't learn at all, they find the boss when they have problems, and try to be quiet by themselves. We're different. Let's learn the real skills of eating. So, it's hard to learn. ”

"Sister, our brothers and sons sell more strength, work more, and sweat more than those of them. People don't treat us as outsiders, so we treat it as our home. Therefore, I don't let go of big and small jobs, and I have mastered many skills. You're absolutely right: without doing, without practice, there is no technique. Now, their gang goes to the boss whenever they have a problem. As soon as the boss asked clearly, he said: I don't need to go to this matter, just find Bailong Baihu. ”

The sisters and brothers made dumplings for the New Year, and they had a heart-to-heart exchange, and for more than half a year, they sat happily together for the first time.