"Lilac" is very organized, and the squad leader is very competent. When the boy dragged the two sacks of vermicelli exchanged for rotten potatoes into the cafeteria, she had already organized the whole class, rolled up her arms and sleeves, and was busy and happy.

As the saying goes: "Delicious but dumplings, warm but collective." ”

To be able to eat dumplings that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, the students naturally work very hard. I saw "Lilac" holding a kitchen knife in each hand and quickly chopping up and down on the board, and constantly turning the bottom to the top. Zhan Zhizhan knew that in this way he could make the meat filling fine and even, and he had to chop it horizontally and then vertically, so that the meat would be chopped and evenly chopped. "Lilac" chops the meat filling and instructs the "anthracite" and noodles: "Hi! Who's ...... Wu Yanmei, you have to use warm boiled water to make noodles, put some salt in the water, put a few eggs in it, and knead the dough vigorously......"

"This kneading dough is a hard work, when will it end?" The kneading "anthracite" asked.

"When the surface of the dough is smooth, it is good, and the 'face light basin light and hand light' is the best state of kneading the dough." "Brother every week," Zhang Kaifeng interjected with a smile. The rhythmic chopping sound of "lilac" dong, accompanied by the laughter of female classmates, the scene is very lively.

It's Mr. Liu's turn to mix the dumpling filling. I saw Mr. Liu put salt, monosodium glutamate, ginger foam, minced green onion, pepper powder, soy sauce, cooking wine, sesame oil and water into the minced meat filling of "lilac", and then stirred clockwise. After stirring well, Mr. Liu said, "It would be better if there was broth!" Simmer the stuffing for half an hour, and then the meat and ingredients are blended together, and it is delicious! ”

The level of "Brother Every Week" chopping vegetables is also very good. I saw her holding a kitchen knife in one hand, her left hand up, her right hand falling, flying up and down, "dong dong" chopping the cabbage very thinly. Zhan Zhizhan thought to himself: "Although I have practiced the "Liang's Knife Technique", it is okay to chop meat like 'lilac', and chop cabbage like this, but the level is far inferior to 'open slit'." ”

After chopping the cabbage, the "Brother Yi" used gauze to squeeze the water dry and stir it into the meat. Finally, I tasted the taste again, spit out the dumpling filling in my mouth and added a little salt, and the dumpling filling was reconciled. "Lilac" is really capable, she took out the awakened noodles at this time, one of the children, one of the children, skillfully pulling the dumpling agent, and the dumpling powder pulled out is round and even, very good-looking.

"Bai Leba" stood beside "Lilac" and pressed the dumpling agent. "Lilac" pulled one, she pressed one, flattened, round, like a flying saucer. The female students are ingenious, and the dumplings are exquisite and chic. The male students are not far behind, not satisfied with the shape of the traditional dumplings, try to play with various tricks, one by one strange dumplings come out, there are different forms of dumplings such as sunflowers, big ingots, wheat ears, etc., but also show the differences in customs and habits in various places. The division of labor is clear, the orderly scene is not lacking in funny, the raised flour, and the creative dumplings make the laughter spread among the students.

Suddenly, "Lilac" shouted, "Hey! And who! Are you rolling dumpling wrappers or pancakes? When rolling out with a rolling pin, pay attention to the thick middle and thin edges. The middle is thick to prevent the dumpling filling from leaking, and the edges are thin and taste good. Got it? ”

"Brother Weekly" said: "Hehe...... I'm really embarrassed, if the dumpling wrappers I rolled out were broken dumplings, I would eat them. But the soup with the best taste after cooking the broken dumplings, and I must drink it in three bowls. ”

"The original soup turns into the original food, it's enough to drink one bowl, why drink so many ......" "Lilac" said, and when he saw the dumplings wrapped in "Bai Leba", he shouted: "Hey! Angel, with your current dumpling-making technique, don't put too much filling. Pinch the center first, then the sides, and then squeeze the edges of the dumpling wrapper from the middle to the sides, so that the dumplings will not leak the soup when they are cooked. ”

The students put the wrapped dumplings neatly on top of the curtain. When the water in a large iron pot is boiling, "lilac" puts the dumplings in and stirs clockwise to prevent the dumplings from sticking together in the water or sticking to the bottom of the pot. When the chubby dumplings floated on the water, the students began to cheer and scoop up the dumplings.

Plates of steaming dumplings were served, and the students took bowls and spoons, scrambling to taste the dumplings they had made by themselves and taste the fruits of their labor. One by one, they showed sweet smiles and felt the joy of youth and the warmth of the collective.

In the process of making dumplings with a clear division of labor and close cooperation, the students in a foreign country felt the warmth and fun of the collective, enhanced the cohesion and integration of the class, and deepened the feelings between the students. Although Zhan Zhizhan and "Condom" and a few other classmates were almost crazy on the way to deliver rotten potatoes, looking at the happy classmates, they felt that their hard work was worth the joy of the classmates. I felt the joy of "doing it myself, having enough food and clothing", and the pain was transformed into joy.

After eating the dumplings, the life committee member "Anthracite" distributed the remaining dumplings to the classmates, and the classmates gradually dispersed.

"Hey! Old Zhan, why are you still eating? Don't hold it out! "Doing it" asked in surprise with a bowl of rice and a rat's eyes.

"Don't stand and talk, don't feel a backache! After a day's work, I'm so tired that I can't eat enough. Come on, sit down with your buddies for a while. Zhan Zhizhan looked at the dozen or so dumplings left in the basin, and burped with a full heart.

"Doing it" said with a big round head, "Oops...... I'm dying of exhaustion......"

"Get out! Get out! Hurry back to burn the pig's head and hurry to reincarnate. Zhan Zhizhan waved his hand a little impatiently and said a sentence in the local dialect he had just learned.

"Hey...... Zhan Zhizhan, don't go! You and Kaifeng helped me clean up the canteen for me......" Anthracite suddenly shouted.

"Doing it" laughed so hard that his little eyes were gone: "Look at it! It's not that your brother doesn't accompany you, it's that you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, and it's inconvenient for your brother to be in the way of being here. Hey...... I'll go! Why can't I get this kind of good thing? Speaking of which, "Doing" put on another Pose, shook his head and sang a few words of the model children's play "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" in which the reconnaissance hero Yang Zirong sang after receiving the task: "Knowing that the journey is difficult, the more difficult and dangerous it is, the more ...... forward"

"Anthracite" giggled: "That's it! Whoever makes him a 'Flower Protector', he will have to take care of the girl's affairs......"

Zhan Zhizhan was also amused by "doing it" anymore, laughed out loud, and scolded: "Get out!" Get out! I don't have time to listen to you here! I'm done early and I'm going back to sleep! ”

After eating a meal of dumplings, it snowed heavily. This is the first heavy snowfall of the year in Butou, and the snowflakes fall on people, and the cold wind cuts their faces like knives. Zhan Zhizhan and "Anthracite" stood shoulder to shoulder, shrunk their necks, and walked to the bedroom with laughter and laughter along the way. On the tree-lined avenue leading from the cafeteria to the dormitory building, you can see fourteen and fifteen-year-old half-year-olds playing snowball fights and slippery feet from time to time. These half-grown children are the children of teachers who live in the school. What a happy age, I am jealous of Zhenzhan Zhizhan, most of the teenagers of this age do not know how to write the word sorrow.

Winter in Butou comes early, it is very cold, dripping into ice, it is simply terrifying, sometimes a heavy snow can fall for three days and three nights. The harsh climate of the port indirectly caused the habit of drinking in the port. In such a cold season, the people of the port often stay in the house, roasting the stove, a pot of wine, a plate of peanuts, and they are happy, which is the fun of the "cat winter" of the people in the northeast.

The boulevard has lost its former charm, and even the wide lawn known as the "green carpet" along the boulevard is now covered with snow. The once lovely hedgerows or the green walls of the well-manicured elms have been replaced by dead branches, and all that can be seen is the pine trees struggling alone in the wind and snow. The hateful thing is that a ditch was dug beside the boulevard, and the remnants of the soil covered with snow were piled up everywhere, so that you would bow your head as if you were touching money all over the ground, and walk around cautiously, for fear that if you accidentally slip under your feet, you will fall into the ditch. Zhan Zhizhan and "Anthracite" are naturally no exception, and they have to help each other from time to time.

According to Ms. Liu, this is because with the increase in the number of students eating in the cafeteria, the capacity of the original drainage pipe is insufficient, and it is necessary to replace it with a larger diameter drainage pipe. It is said that the state-owned units are black, the efficiency is not good, and the workers cannot pay their wages, but the leaders themselves still eat and drink a lot, buy cars and build houses, can the construction cost not be high? Therefore, after many meetings and studies, the leaders of the school used their brains, in line with the principle of "diligence and thrift, and doing the revolution", in order to save limited funds, did not entrust the construction of the state-run drainage department, but found a construction team composed of peasant brothers. For several days, the students had been able to see some rustic peasant brothers wielding primitive shovels and picks, sweating and digging desperately into the dirt they were once familiar with.

In the late 70s and early 80s, the per capita living standards of Chinese cities gradually began to rise, and the government began to vigorously promote the construction of urban infrastructure, which made the construction market boom. There are fewer and fewer original mud houses, replaced by brand new brick houses. Some people build houses, and some people spontaneously organize construction teams. The wisdom of the Chinese is infinite, and many peasants, who could not feed their families by relying on that one-third of an acre of land, put down their hoes, quickly picked up bricks and tiles, learned a skill in a very short time, and joined the construction team, in modern terms, "migrant workers".

Suddenly, under the dim light on the opposite side, three black shadows, one short and two high, appeared. The short man, who was obviously a girl, said to the two boys as she walked, "What's wrong with eight or nine?" It's an honor for both of you to be with me at eight or nine o'clock......"