After giving the sickle to Gu Yunyang, Jiang Yiyi walked back with the two children in hand. Gu Yuncan and Gu Yunyang put the picked cucumbers, tomatoes and eggplants into the basket and carried them back home.

He took three small stools and gave one to the two children to sit on. Jiang Yiyi also sat down and started picking leeks.

Gu Yunchi bought a few pounds of meat. He used a little over a pound for the braised shredded pork at noon, and there were more than three pounds left. It was hot now, and it wouldn't be able to be stored for a few days even if it was stored in the well. What's more, Jiang Yiyi didn't want to eat overnight meat, so she planned to use the remaining meat to make dumplings, so she cut a lot of leeks and fennel.

Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan also squatted down to pick them together, and the two little girls followed suit and picked up the leeks. Jiang Yiyi touched their heads encouragingly.

Mother Gu saw it from the window and also came out of the house.

Gu Yunchi walked into the door and saw this warm scene, a smile appeared on his face.

Jiang Yiyi saw her first, "You're back. I'll make you noodles and chop the meat."

"good."

Gu Yunchi walked over briskly, touched his two daughters' heads, walked into the kitchen, took a basin, scooped out the noodles, poured water, and started cooking the noodles.

Jiang Yiyi also entered the kitchen and saw that she had only scooped out three bowls of noodles. She said, "Order more. Use the remaining meat, leeks, and fennel to make dumplings."

"It's too much for us to eat."

"If you can't finish it, save it for lunch tomorrow. Don't let the meat go bad."

As he spoke, he put the panel away and took all the meat.

Gu Yunchi opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed it back in the end. She had already made plans. She would let her mother take care of the two children while she went to the county to find a job, which would earn her some money. The eldest sister-in-law wanted to eat it all, so she could eat it all and buy more for the family after she earned more money.

Jiang Yiyi cut the meat into small pieces and began to chop it, adding soy sauce, chopped green onions, chopped garlic and chopped ginger while chopping to make the meat filling fully flavored.

After the minced meat was chopped, salt and various seasonings were added. Jiang Yiyi lit a fire to heat the oil, added the peppercorns after the oil was hot, and waited for the peppercorns to turn black. She scooped a portion of the hot oil and poured it on the minced meat to fully stimulate the aroma of the meat. She stirred it evenly and set it aside for later use.

The leeks and fennel were washed clean. Jiang Yiyi shook off the water and took them into the kitchen.

"Come and cut it."

Gu Yunchi said.

Jiang Yiyi did not argue with her. After she finished cutting, she washed and wiped the working surface, put the cooked dough on the working surface, kneaded the dough into pieces of similar size, leaving only one piece on the working surface and putting the rest back into the basin. Then, she kneaded the dough on the working surface into long strips and pinched them into small pieces with her hands. Her dough was like dumplings, all of which were the same size and very even.

After pinching the dough, she didn't need a rolling pin. She took a piece of dough dipped in flour and rubbed it back and forth on the panel. After a few strokes, she made round dumpling skins. Before she entered the book, she saw this video on TikTok and it took her more than a year to master it.

Gu Yunchi was full of admiration, "Sister-in-law, your skill in making dumpling wrappers is better than that of the chefs in state-owned restaurants."

"It's not that it's high, it's very high. I dare say there are only a few people like it in the whole country."

Jiang Yiyi boasted about herself without any modesty. People of this generation eat dumplings, not to mention Chinese New Year and other festivals. The number of times they eat dumplings in a year can be counted, so how could they practice this skill? Even if the later generations can eat dumplings every day, they will not spend more than a year practicing it like her.

"Brother 놖 is so lucky to marry such a capable wife like my sister-in-law."

"Your brother is not lucky, he must have burned incense for eight lifetimes to marry you."

Gu's mother, who came in to eat dumplings, heard Jiang Yiyi's words and thought that her eldest son had not come back for two years. She planned to find someone to write him a letter and ask him to come back someday.

Jiang Yiyi didn't know that she was just joking, and she didn't want to make Gu's mother want to urge Gu Yunze to come back. She handed the dumpling wrapper to Gu Yunchi, "Make the filling bigger."

"good."

After the dumplings were cooked, it was dark, the water boiled, and the round dumplings were put into the pot.

Jiang Yiyi cleaned the work surface, took off her apron, and cooked the dumplings. There were more than ten bowls filling up the entire table.

Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan swallowed their saliva, and even Gu's mother Gu Yunchi couldn't help but secretly swallow a few times. Jiang Yiyi saw it and said, "I made a lot, so you can eat as much as you want, but don't eat too much. If you eat too much, don't even think about eating anymore."

I haven't had any meat for a long time. Eating too much is bad for my stomach.

Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan nodded frantically, and Gu's mother Gu Yunchi nodded several times. The two children followed suit and then couldn't wait to eat it. The skin was thin and the filling was big, and the mouth was full of fragrance when they took a bite.

Everyone at the table ate without raising their heads, except for the two children, who ate two large bowls each. They could have eaten more, but when they remembered that Jiang Yiyi said that they would not be allowed to eat anymore if they were too full, they reluctantly put down their chopsticks.

Seeing that Jiang Yiyi only ate one bowl, he realized that he had eaten a little too much and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Jiang Yiyi pretended not to see their expressions and said, "I'm going to the county town tomorrow. I may not be back at noon, so you don't have to wait for me to eat."

Gu Yunyang touched her round belly and sat up straight when she heard Jiang Yiyi's words. Every time she went to the county town, this girl would take a lot of things from home.

Jiang Yiyi glanced at him.

Gu Yunyang's straight little body softened again, and then straightened up secretly. She could take the picked vegetables, but he couldn't let her take them. If she did, he would fight her to the death.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunyang kept staring at Jiang Yiyi secretly until the lights in Jiang Yiyi's room went out, then he closed his eyes. He woke up before dawn the next day, listened carefully to see if there was any movement in Jiang Yiyi's room, quickly put on his clothes and ran to the kitchen to see if the noodles he bought yesterday were missing, and after confirming that there were no missing eggs, he tiptoed back into the room.

Gu Yunchi made breakfast, which consisted of white porridge, pickled vegetables and steamed buns. After breakfast, Gu Yunyang was reluctant to go to school until Gu Yuncan urged him again and again. When he was about to leave the door, he looked back and saw that Jiang Yiyi had not gotten up yet. He turned around and wanted to run back to secretly tell his eldest sister to keep an eye on Jiang Yiyi and not let her take the noodles from home. However, he thought that his eldest sister would definitely not listen to him, so he had to leave.

Jiang Yiyi woke up half an hour after he left and went into the room with her toiletries.

"Sister-in-law is awake. There is rice in the pot for you to heat up. Go and serve it to you."

Gu Yunchi came over with a quilt in his arms, hung it on the clothesline, and walked towards the kitchen while talking.

"No, just go do your thing and serve yourself later."

Gu Yunchi ignored it and went back into the house. After a while, he came back with a few pieces of clothes and put them in the washing basin, then scooped some water to soak them.

After washing up, Jiang Yiyi went to the kitchen, took a basin and asked for half a scoop of noodles, added an appropriate amount of salt and water, and put it aside. She washed it clean, opened the pot, ignored the steamed corn bread, scooped a bowl of white porridge to drink, and then took the steamed corn bread back, scrubbed the pot clean, then took a basin, added water, put the noodles in it and started washing them. It was hot now, and it was time to eat cold noodles. She planned to make cold noodles to sell.

Gu Yunchi heard the noise and put down his work to come over and see. Seeing Jiang Yiyi kneading the dough in her mouth, he looked puzzled and said, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing..."

“Make cold noodles.”

Gu Yunchi had never heard of cold noodles and was very curious. He stood aside and watched, seeing the dough being washed away bit by bit, until only residue was left.

Jiang Yiyi put the washed noodles aside. The noodles needed to settle, and she would make them after returning from the county town.

Looking up, he saw Gu Yunchi's face full of surprise, and said with a smile, "Go to the county to buy seasonings, and come back to cook for you."

Gu Yunchi nodded, and Jiang Yiyi went back to the house, got a dollar, rode her bicycle and went straight to the county town to rent a house for Bai Jun.

The house has two rooms, one for living and one for cooking. The rent is eight yuan per month.

She took the key and opened the door. She first rolled up the bedding on the bed and tied it up, then removed the bed board and stood it aside. She put all the things in the room in order, except for Bai Jun's spare clothes.

Then we went to the kitchen. There was a honeycomb coal stove in the middle of the room, with a kettle on the stove and a piece of honeycomb coal next to it, as well as all kinds of pots, pans, and utensils.

Jiang Yiyi scooped up some water, opened the stove lid and poured it in, then closed the stove lid and started to clean up the pots and pans. Although these had been used for almost two years, they could still be sold for a few dollars if they were sold as junk.

Bang!

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a woman entered the yard. She walked to the kitchen door in two or three steps and said, "I'm looking for you. I won't rent this house to you anymore. You have to move out immediately."