Every year during the Lantern Festival, Tang Shuo would cook glutinous rice balls for her. This year, she wanted to cook for him, even though it wasn't the Lantern Festival yet.

Tang Shuo agreed: "Okay."

In later generations, handmade Yuanxiao were rare, and Tang Huan had no sense of taste. Tang Shuo always thought that glutinous rice balls and Yuanxiao were the same species, just with different names.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, he would cook glutinous rice balls for Tang Huan to eat. No one knew if it was the glutinous rice balls' problem or his problem, but he could cook the glutinous rice balls from the size of quail eggs to the size of ping-pong balls.

Tang Huan only ate one every year to express his support, and later he simply cooked two or three each time.

Tang Shuo agreed to eat Yuanxiao, and Tang Huan ran to the yard to find Comrade Xing Cui to ask her to teach her how to shake the Yuanxiao.

There were ingredients for making Yuanxiao at home, and Xing Cui had been planning to make some to eat during the next one or two days.

The filling is made of white sugar, walnuts and sesame, and the outer skin is made of glutinous rice flour.

Tang Huan thought it might be similar to making dumplings, rolling the glutinous rice flour into the skin and then wrapping the filling.

The actual process was completely different from what she had imagined. Lard should be poured into the filling and mixed, and then the filling should be rolled into small round balls.

Dip the small balls in water slightly, then throw them into the glutinous rice flour and shake until the surface is covered with glutinous rice flour. Use a colander to take out the balls and dip them in water again.

After dipping it in water, throw it into the glutinous rice flour and continue rolling.

Repeat the same steps until the dumplings are the right size.

It's not difficult to do, it just takes effort.

Since we have already started, we might as well make the Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings) for the Lantern Festival.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked until eight o'clock in the evening to shake all the stuffings, and cooked a few Yuanxiao to taste them.

After eating, Tang Huan gave a thumbs up. This Yuanxiao was completely different from any she had eaten before.

At least the size is right, and secondly, it is sweet but not greasy.

Of course, she couldn’t taste the big Yuanxiao she had before, but it’s possible that they were delicious.

Next time you can try making other fillings, such as black sesame, red bean paste, etc.

Tang Huan had no experience, but she had a capable comrade Xing Cui at home. She only needed to express the general direction, and her mother-in-law would be able to figure it out.

The next morning, she waited for Tang Shuo to come to her house so that she could cook Yuanxiao for him herself.

She wanted to repay Tang Shuo for his kindness to her over the years.

Tang Shuo arrived late at noon, carrying a lot of bags in his hands.

Xing Cui saw this and yelled at him angrily: "Xiao Shuo, what's wrong with you? Didn't you agree last time not to take anything when you come to our house in the future? Why did you take it again? Do you treat us like outsiders?"

Ever since this child came back from the south, he never came empty-handed whenever he came to visit. The things he brought back were always very good, and Xing Cui felt embarrassed to accept them all.

Tang Shuo smiled and said, "Aunt, I'm going to the south for a while, and I can't say when I'll be back. I came to see you before I left, because I was worried you'd forget me if I was gone too long."

In Tang Shuo's eyes, Tang Huan was his responsibility, even if she was not by his side.

These things are his way of expressing gratitude to the Meng family. He feels most at ease knowing Xiao Huan is here.

"You are talking nonsense, kid. Xiao Huan only has you as a brother. How could we forget you!" Xing Cui really hated herself for not having a daughter. This child is such a good one. If she had a daughter, she would have made him her son-in-law.

After delivering the things into the house, Tang Huan dragged Tang Shuo to the kitchen, where she cooked Yuanxiao for her brother herself without anyone else's help.

Put the Yuanxiao into the boiling water and cook until the Yuanxiao float up, then scoop one out to taste.

The first one was not quite done, so I cooked it for another two minutes and tasted it again. This time it was done. This chapter has been read (please click on the next chapter to continue reading!)