Qi Monan said, "I have an appointment with Zhou Wenli and will be leaving soon."

Song Yun thought that since she was the only one left, it would be better for her to go directly to Zhengde Street to eat instead of just eating noodles.

"Then I'll go back to Zhengde Street to eat."

Qi Monan really wanted to just stand Zhou Wenli up, but when he thought about the importance of the matter, he held back and said, "I'll pick you up at Zhengde Street later."

Song Yun nodded, "Ye."

After returning to the yard, the two immediately divided the work. Song Yun went to deal with the herbs, and Qi Mo Nan was responsible for pouring out the vegetables and mushrooms, putting them in a large winnowing basket, and putting them in a cool place to dry.

He cleaned up all three fish, then washed his hands, changed his clothes and went out.

After Song Yun finished collecting the herbs, she took out a piece of meat weighing about ten pounds from the storage compartment while Qi Mo Nan was not home, cut it in the middle, kept half, and put the other half into the bamboo basket. She then took a handful of fresh shepherd's purse to fill the basket, and filled a net bag with mushrooms and carried it up. She changed into clean clothes, rode her bicycle and went out.

The compound is a bit far from Zhengde Street. It takes at least 40 minutes to ride a bicycle at a fast speed, and an hour at a slow speed.

Song Yun rode very fast and arrived at Zhengde Street in 40 minutes.

Ziyi and Tangyu were still at school, and Song Hao and Qingxia had already officially started work, but they hadn't gotten off work yet, so there was no one at home.

After she put her things down, she took out four fat fish from the storage compartment, cleaned them neatly, left two in the kitchen, and took the other two next door. After giving the fish to her aunt, she asked her aunt and grandmother not to cook in the evening, as she wanted to make shepherd's purse dumplings.

When Ge Meilin heard this, she smiled and said, "Your grandmother was talking about it last morning, saying that now is the perfect time to eat shepherd's purse. She was thinking about this one."

The old lady also smiled and said, "Let's do it together. I can make dumplings, but I can't mix the filling. I'll learn from you tomorrow."

The old lady was born in a wealthy family and had never suffered any hardship in her life. She didn't know how to cook and only learned how to make dumplings in the past two years.

The two followed Song Yun to the next door, where Song Yun taught her aunt and grandmother how to prepare the shepherd's purse and meat filling, and also taught them how to make the dumpling wrappers evenly thick.

The two learned the trick well, so Song Yun simply let them do it. She cut the two fish into pieces, marinated them with salt for a while, then coated them with batter and fried them in a pan, making crispy fish pieces.

By the time everyone came back from school or get off work, more than two thousand dumplings had been made and were ready to be cooked.

"Ziyi, go call your uncle Gu and the others. Xiaoyu, go call Mr. Ji and his cousin's husband."

After instructing the two boys to call for help, she started making dumplings again, this time with mushroom and meat filling.

Although two or three dumplings seem like a lot and can make a big pot, there are many men in their family, and there are three teenage boys among them, so this is not enough to eat, and they have to continue making dumplings.

Gu Laotou ate dumplings and fried fish with great relish, "This is the taste. When we were in Sichuan Province, Xiaoyun also fried fried fish, but we caught fish from mountain streams back then, and they tasted better than this fish."

Song Ziyi nodded quickly, "Yes, that fish is very fresh, and the braised tofu is also very delicious." Then he asked Song Yun, "Sister, where did you get this fish?"

"My son caught it from a nearby lake when he was digging wild vegetables." Song Yun picked up a piece of crispy fish to taste, and it was indeed not as delicious as the fish from Qinshan Mountain in western Sichuan Province.

Ziyi looked envious and asked, "Sister, are there many fish in that lake?"

Song Yun glanced at her and asked, "Want to go?"

Song Ziyi nodded quickly, "I do." Then he pointed at Huibao and Yubao, who were busy eating, "Not only do I want to, they do too."

Song Yun was amused and reached out to tap Song Ziyi's forehead. "Little brat!" Then she looked at his parents and said, "I was just about to say this. I still have a few days off. If the weather is good this weekend, how about our family go on a spring outing in the suburbs?"