The Zhang family returned to their yard affectionately, and Ruixue also turned back to the house, but did not see Zhao Fengnian's shadow, looked up at the sun, it was already noon, and at this time the school was out of class, he should be at home, did he go out as a guest?

After going around, Rui Xue finally found the embarrassed Zhao Fengnian in the stove, the intact small iron pot was full of boiling a pot of water, he was squatting in front of the stove, adding firewood to the stove, but unfortunately he didn't know how to pick the thin branch to burn, and what was thrown into it was a wooden halberd with thick arms, the fire was half dead and refused to burn, he was anxious to open his mouth and blow vigorously, but he was raised all over his face by the black ash that was thrown out, and his eyes were so confused that he couldn't see clearly, and he wanted to reach out to wipe it, and his hands were not clean, so he was so anxious that his ears were red, How can there be such a cold and elegant appearance as usual.

Ruixue lay behind the door and laughed silently for a long time, then coughed twice, walked in and said, "I'm back!" Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you? ”

Zhao Fengnian was embarrassed and immediately stood up straight, turned his head in her direction, opened his thin lips, and finally endured the itching pain in his eyes, did not ask her to help wipe it, tried to pretend to be calm, and said, "It's nothing, I want to boil some water to cook porridge, but this stove is a little difficult to use." ”

Rui Xue looked at the water in the pot, if she really cooked porridge, she was afraid that it would be enough for the two of them to eat for three days, and guessed that he might be boiling water to scrub her body while she was not at home, but he didn't want to be stumped by the fire.

She didn't expose it, stepped forward and helped his arm and said, "Shopkeeper, I'll send you back to wash your hands and face, and I'll give you a steamed egg custard to pad your stomach later." ”

"No, it's not like I don't know the way." Zhao Fengnian gently shook off her hand, turned around elegantly, but walked to the door very slowly, Rui Xue shrugged, did not insist, smiled and hugged his shoulders and waited to watch the play, sure enough, the high threshold successfully made a roadblock, tripping the man who was strong and good-looking.

Zhao Fengnian heard Rui Xue laughing in the stove room, got up angrily, patted his shirt fiercely, and then endured the pain in his eyes, barely half-opened, walked quickly to the well, poured water from the bucket, washed his head and eyes, looked at the layer of black ash fluttering in the copper basin, his face was red and black, thinking that he must have been extremely embarrassed just now, the woman obviously saw it in her eyes, but let him make a fool of himself, and did not say a word to remind him.

He hatefully picked up the copper basin and splashed the dirty water on the corner of the courtyard, as if this would spill the ugly scene just now.

Ruixue watched him wash it in the stove, then brought out the egg custard, and without saying much, as soon as he was on the table, he brought the meat and spices into the stove.

Zhao Fengnian didn't eat much in the morning, and after tossing in the stove for so long, he was already so hungry that he was close to his back, and after hesitating for a while, he decided to put aside his prejudices for the time being, and fill his stomach first, so he sent the tender egg custard into his stomach in a few bites.

Rui Xue quickly scooped two catties of fine noodles to wake up, and cut another pound of thin and fat back meat and pressed it on the wooden cutting board, and chopped it happily.

When he was halfway through the chopping, Da Zhuang brought another basket of fresh vegetables and sent it, Rui Xue said, "Your mother is about to become a half-fairy, how do you know that Shi Niang is short of vegetables and stuffing, Da Zhuang stays to eat dumplings, Shi Niang makes a lot." ”

Da Zhuang didn't know what dumplings were, but he glanced at the meat filling on the cutting board, and guessed that it must be a delicious food with a lot of meat, his throat moved invisibly, smiled and thanked him, and then refused, "My mother also makes food at home, so let's keep it and eat it with my husband." I'll go back first. With that, he turned and ran away.

Rui Xue wanted to stop him, but saw that he had already left the courtyard, so he shook his head and smiled, what a real child, the opposite side of the stuffing is enough, pack more, send two more plates in a while, let the family taste it.

At the bottom of the basket are peas with a bundle of leeks and two old cucumbers.

Rui Xue happily picked out the leeks, washed them and chopped them finely and mixed them with the meat filling, added half a spoon of vegetable oil, two drops of sesame oil, salt, pepper noodles, and a little soy sauce, stirred well clockwise, and put aside. Then I began to knead the dough and roll out the skin, and wrap the dumplings.

In her previous life, she served her mother, took care of her two younger siblings, cooked and washed well, quickly and quickly, and in less than half an hour, there were four long rows of dumplings on the table, one next to the other, as stocky and cute as a little white pig.

The corners of Ruixue's mouth couldn't help but smile, and the big wood that only burned a small half at the bottom of the stove was replaced with bean straw and thin branches, and soon it crackled, and the water in the pot quickly boiled, and the little white pigs obediently lined up to get out of the pot, and when the water boiled twice, it was put into the four newly bought brown pottery plates to dry.

Chopped and mixed with soy sauce and vinegar, Ruixue brought two plates of dumplings and two bowls and chopsticks, and sent them to the back room with a smile.

Zhao Fengnian was holding a book and sitting at the table, when he saw Rui Xue coming in, he thought about the embarrassment just now, he couldn't help but turn his ears red again, turned his head and pretended to be serious about reading, and made up his mind to ignore it, anyway, he just ate egg custard, and his stomach was not hungry.

Rui Xue put the dishes and chopsticks in place and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I cooked dumplings, you can eat them while they are hot." ”

Zhao Fengnian snorted coldly and said, "Take it down, I won't eat it." ”

Rui Xue saw that his cheeks were bulging, like an angry child, she couldn't help but feel funny, and she didn't get angry with him, and said with a smile, "Then let's put it first, I'll finish delivering dumplings to Sister-in-law Zhang first, and then let's pick them up." With that, he turned and walked out of the house.

Zhao Fengnian turned his head to look out the window, and saw her disappear behind the wooden door with two plates of dumplings, her face slowly calmed down, and she breathed softly, this is a mysterious woman, sometimes stupid, sometimes bold, sometimes very careful, her small body seems to have inexhaustible strength, no matter when, she has a smile on her face, he has to work hard to endure the desire to be close to her...

He removed the book and looked down at the table, where there were more than 20 small white and fat 'dim sum' lying flat on the brown pottery plate, with round bellies and small dough folds, which were very delicate, but somewhat similar to the flat food loved by the people of Northern Xinjiang. He had been there that year for a fur business, and had eaten it a few times. However, most people in northern Xinjiang eat mutton as their staple food, and the flat food tastes extremely fishy, and although the dim sum in front of me is similar, only the fresh fragrance of the nose is transmitted to the end of the nose.

He tried his best to retract his gaze, turned his head and forced himself to continue reading, but he couldn't concentrate at all, endured and endured, and secretly looked at the courtyard gate, but still didn't see Ruixue come back, so he quickly picked up a dumpling and threw it into his mouth.

The soup in the filling was so hot that he inhaled with cracked teeth, but the delicious oil from the tip of his tongue made him pick up the second one, anyway, there were a lot of them on the plate, and he didn't see anything less than one or two, but unfortunately, he couldn't stop eating this time, and only ate a plate of dumplings until he barely put down the chopsticks, and secretly blamed himself for being greedy, Rui Xue must have seen that he had eaten it when he came back, and the refusal just now became a joke in her eyes again...

Rui Xue took the dumplings with both hands, opened the wooden door of the Zhang family with her feet, walked in with a smile, and saw the five members of the Zhang family eating around the table. When Sister-in-law Zhang saw her coming, she quickly got up and asked, "Sister, why are you here, but have you eaten?" ”

"I just made some snacks from my hometown, and I think it tastes good, so I brought them to the children to try." Rui Xue put the two plates of dumplings on the table as she spoke, and the five members of the Zhang family looked at it together, all of them felt novel, and Zhang's sister-in-law asked, "What is this?" But it's made of fine noodles? ”

"Yes, I call this food dumplings, thin dough with stuffing in it. If my sister-in-law tastes good, I'll teach you how to wrap it one day. I'll go back first, and I'm afraid I haven't eaten yet. ”

"Ah, then you go back quickly, next time don't think about us while eating anything, you have to make up for yourself." Sister-in-law Zhang thought it was just ordinary fine noodles to eat, and she wasn't too polite, so she sent Ruixue out.

When she turned around and entered the house, several children looked at her with blank eyes, and she smiled and said, "Your master is literate and hyphenated, and the name is also elegant, but it is a vegetable dumpling wrapped in dough, you can taste it if you want to eat." ”

Da Zhuang heard his mother say this, but shook his head and retorted, "Mother, this is meat, when I delivered the food, I saw that my mother chopped a lot of minced meat." ”

"Oh? Got the meat? Sister-in-law Zhang first sandwiched one to the child's father, and then she also sandwiched one bite herself, only to find that only half of it was minced meat, mixed with finely chopped leeks, and the tip of the tongue was full of fresh fragrance, she hurriedly sandwiched a few children into the bowl, and several children shouted deliciously, after eating, they looked at the plate again, swallowing saliva greedily, but none of them did it.

Sister-in-law Zhang was both relieved and sour in her heart, and hurriedly divided four or five of them into each of them, and the rest were pushed in front of the child's father, and said with a smile, "Today is stained with the light of your master, and you can eat such delicious food." In the future, our family will have a better life, and my mother will give you this every day... uh..."

"Dumplings!" Several children reminded their mothers in unison, and Sister-in-law Zhang laughed, "It's still my son and daughter who have a good memory, it's dumplings, you study hard in the future, and we will eat dumplings every day." ”

"Yes, mother." A few children responded obediently, Zhang Dahe looked at it with a smile, and divided two dumplings into her bowl, and the family ate happily.

Zhao Fengnian was annoyed at the plate, and there was already a sound of footsteps outside the door, so he immediately picked up seven or eight dumplings from the other plate, barely making the plate in front of him look plump.

As soon as Rui Xue entered the house and saw that Zhao Fengnian was still holding a book and reading it as she was leaving, she thought that he really did what he said and didn't eat dumplings, so she regretted that she had annoyed him just now, and whispered comfortingly, "Why don't you eat at the shopkeeper, this is what I specially made for you, there are leeks in it, you have to eat it while it's hot, it should smell fishy when it's cold." ”

"Well, I don't want to eat it." Zhao Fengnian put down the book, quickly glanced at her, and responded simply.