After lunch, the two of them cleaned up simply and started preparing to make dumplings.
Unlike the Shen family’s dumplings which were made with sorghum rice and flour, the ones made by Shitou and Shen Siyue were made with pure white flour.
The dumpling filling is made of chopped wild boar meat mixed with a little cabbage.
Because I made a lot of money selling wild animals this year, I also bought some condiments such as peppercorns and aniseed.
Shen Siyue slowly fried the seasoning with lard to bring out the aroma, then picked out the seasoning and poured the oil back into the dumpling filling.
So this year during the Chinese New Year, the dumplings that Shen Siyue and Shitou ate had plenty of meat in their fillings, and they also added some oil.
Just looking at the filling, with more meat, oil and less vegetables, it makes people drool just thinking about it.
Originally, Shen Siyue wanted to roll the dough, but Shitou refused to let her do so and insisted that she just sit on the kang and wait for the wrapping.
Shitou: "From now on, as long as I'm around, I'll do all the physical work!"
Shen Siyue was amused by his serious look: "It's just rolling dough, or is it physical work?"
But Shitou doesn't think so: "When my mother was still alive, she had to prepare the dumpling fillings and roll out the dough. Many times, I saw her secretly pounding her waist."
He was still young at that time and didn't think much of it.
But when he grew up and tried to make it himself, he realized that his mother had been chopping the stuffing in the outer room for a long time, and when she came into the house she had to bend over and roll the dough.
What may seem like an easy task to men may be very strenuous for women.
Compared to standing on the ground and bending over to roll the dough, making dumplings while sitting on the warm kang seems much easier.
Shen Siyue looked up at Shitou: "I like you who can correct your past life."
In fact, don’t men know how tiring it is for women to prepare meals for the whole family on New Year’s Eve?
They know everything clearly!
However, the tradition that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world, which has been passed down from ancient times to the present, has made men selectively turn a blind eye to these things.
Shen Siyue’s words also benefited Shitou a lot.
When two people can feel every little bit of goodness that they show to each other, that's what life is all about.
Moreover, for Shitou, it was not easy to meet someone who suited his taste, so he was willing to love her in any way he could.
He would never let Shen Siyue suffer the pain that his mother suffered when she was alive.
In the following time, the two of us looked at each other, and the sour smell between lovers was too strong.
Shen Siyue pursed her lips and smiled, then fell backwards on the kang.
Shitou thought she had fallen because she didn't sit properly, and he was so scared that he almost dropped the rolling pin in his hand.
Shen Siyue quickly put the dumpling wrappers in her hand on the panel, then lay on the kang and laughed to her heart's content.
Shitou smiled helplessly at her: "What could make you laugh so hard?"
Shen Siyue laughed so hard that her breath was a little uneven: "I...I just thought about how we were like fools just now, you looked at me, I looked at you, and I could actually make pink bubbles appear, and I couldn't help but want to laugh!"
Shitou didn't understand what she meant by pink bubbles, but he could guess that it was a word to describe the relationship between objects.
"Be careful not to choke on your laughter, sit up quickly!"
Seeing that she was fine, Shitou picked up the rolling pin and started rolling the dough again.
He held the rolling pin with one hand and quickly turned the dumpling wrappers with the other hand, and soon, a lot of dumpling wrappers were piled in front of Shen Siyue.
Shen Siyue quickly put away her playful thoughts and started to wrap, but no matter how fast she was, she couldn't be faster than the stone.
"Slow down, slow down, slow down, I can't wrap it all."
But Shitou did not slow down. He did not add any technology or hard work to the dough he kneaded. In addition, he added a little more sugar for the taste of the dumplings, so the dumpling skins were particularly soft today.
They have been stacked together for a long time, it's time to stick them together.
Seeing that there were a lot of dumpling wrappers, Shitou put down his rolling pin, sat on the edge of the kang and started wrapping them: "Don't worry, let's wrap them together. After we wrap these, I'll roll out new ones."
Shen Siyue gave him a thumbs up, not to praise how fast he worked, but because she felt that his careful attitude was worthy of praise.
A man should be praised when he does something right so that he can keep going.
Sure enough, Shitou was very happy when he learned that Shen Siyue understood his feelings.
Shen Siyue finally realized it, no wonder when she saw others in love, even the smallest things could make the young couples so sweet.
Two people, one rolling the dough and the other wrapping it, finished wrapping it in no time.
In winter, it gets dark early. Before 5 o'clock, the sun is almost setting.
According to previous New Year customs, the village chief's family would set off firecrackers first at around 9 o'clock in the evening, followed by other families in the village.
Even though the villagers don't earn much money throughout the year, in order to have a good luck during the New Year, every household will still tighten their belts and save a little money to buy a small string of firecrackers.
After the firecrackers are finished, the round dumplings can be put into the pot.
But this year Shitou plans to change the order and eat dumplings first.
Because after eating dumplings, he would have to go to his relatives' house nearby to pay New Year's greetings immediately, so he would be a little rushed, and he would not be able to have a good New Year's Eve dinner with Shen Siyue.
So he planned to eat first and then set off firecrackers after finishing his meal.
Seeing that it was getting dark, the two of them began to fry, stir-fry and cook to prepare meals for New Year's Eve.
After all the dishes were served, Shitou took out a bottle of white wine from the cabinet.
He unscrewed the bottle cap and poured a little bit for Shen Siyue and himself.
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