Lu Zhixia merely glanced at her and didn't intend to pay her any attention.
Liu Yue'e saw the meat on the cutting board and wanted nothing more than to grab a handful. She spat out some sunflower seeds from her mouth onto the ground and started yelling.
"You guys have such a good life, making dumplings whenever you want! It's not like it's New Year's or any other holiday, it's so tempting!"
"How about I eat with you guys tonight? I don't have a big appetite, ten dumplings are enough for me!"
Su Lan laughed and retorted, "You don't have a big appetite? If you want to eat, is it so hard to go out and buy a couple of ounces of meat and make a meal of dumplings? Anyway, you're just living alone, one person is enough to feed the whole family."
"Don't you have them ready-made? Why are you afraid of having an extra pair of chopsticks?" Liu Yue'e thought that with so many meat buns, they must be dumplings with pure meat filling.
She threw the sunflower seed shells on the ground, determined to eat this meal.
"I don't care! You absolutely have to treat me to these dumplings, or we'll never speak to each other again!"
"What, you're threatening me now?" Lu Zhixia said.
“Aren’t we neighbors? If you can make dumplings with Sister Su, can’t I have some dumplings too?” Liu Yue’e deliberately took a few more steps forward, meeting Su Lan’s eyes, looking determined to get what she wanted.
Su Lan slammed the knife into the cutting board with a loud bang, startling Liu Yue'e into taking several steps back.
"This pork is top-quality wild boar meat, my sister brought it back. If you're trying to freeload off someone else, don't come here to mooch off us!"
Liu Yue'e touched her chest, thinking of the soldier she had just seen, and then looked at the meat on the cutting board.
"So it was unclean meat? I won't eat it! You're such a flirt, you've only been here a few days and you're already seducing men and sending them meat! Maybe in a few days, your Dacheng will be sleeping with her too!"
Lu Zhixia walked over, grabbed her collar, and slapped her across the face.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll give you this slap to teach you a lesson so you'll remember what you shouldn't say and what you should say!"
Liu Yue'e was completely stunned; she hadn't expected Lu Zhixia to hit her. She wasn't one to back down, and raised her hand to strike back.
Su Lan stepped forward and grabbed her hand. "Liu Yue'e! Haven't we been giving you too much face? You covet anything good that someone has, and if we don't give it to you, you make a scene! Who do you think you are?"
In this entire tenement building, who do you think is friendly with you? Who would avoid you if they saw you?
Unable to fight back, Liu Yue'e blushed with anger. "You shouldn't be bullying me like this! I just said a few truths!" She looked at Lu Zhixia. "You dare say that soldier didn't bring you back! Everyone saw it!"
"Yes, soldiers brought me back, but you shouldn't smear us!"
Lu Zhixia reached out and pinched her chin, lifting it gently with two snapping sounds.
They removed her chin.
Liu Yue'e wanted to start cursing but found she couldn't speak, so she panicked and could only make "woo-woo-woo" sounds!
"What's wrong with her?" Su Lan asked anxiously, afraid that things would escalate and become difficult to handle.
"I'm just teaching her a lesson. This is what will happen if she talks nonsense again." Lu Zhixia said this to Liu Yue'e.
Liu Yue'e, standing opposite, panicked and shook her head at Lu Zhixia, indicating that she would not say anything more out of line.
She didn't know what was wrong with her mouth, or why she couldn't speak.
No matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to speak.
Lu Zhixia stepped forward and gently lifted her chin with her hand once again.
With a click.
Liu Yue'e felt that she could move her mouth again and was about to start cursing, but when she thought of how formidable Lu Zhixia was, she could only fum in anger.
Su Lan quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "We're all neighbors, let's not make things unpleasant, let's just let this go!"
Liu Yue'e glared at her, turned around and left. If she couldn't afford to offend her, couldn't she at least avoid her?
Anyway, I'll find a chance to deal with them later!
I forgot there was a threshold when I went inside, and I fell to the ground with a thud. Then I quickly got up and climbed inside.
Su Lan burst into laughter. She had never seen Liu Yue'e so miserable before. She always liked to take advantage of others.
After laughing, she said to Lu Zhixia, "You don't know, she has lived in this tenement building for almost 6 years. She is considered a long-time resident here. All the people who lived here before have moved away after being allocated apartments."
Taking advantage of her long tenure here, she always tries to take advantage of any new family that moves in.
Lu Zhixia couldn't help but laugh, "People should give and take, no one owes anyone anything, why should you take advantage of others for nothing?"
“Yes! That makes sense, that’s what I think too.” Su Lan took out a scallion, cleaned it, washed it in a basin, and then picked up a cleaver to start chopping it.
"This filling can't be without scallions, otherwise it won't be fragrant."
"I'll prepare the filling in a bit." Lu Zhixia was very confident in the dumpling filling she prepared. "I guarantee you'll like it."
"Sure! You can mix it." Su Lan chopped the scallions and put them in the bowl, then gave up her seat.
Lu Zhixia took out the seasonings one by one from the cabinet, poured a little of each according to the approximate proportions, but did not put in the scallions. Instead, she heated the oil in a wok and fried the scallions to make scallion oil.
Su Lan watched from the side, feeling a little distressed to see so much oil poured out.
But considering how hard it was to get this meat, I didn't feel bad about using too much oil.
She's the kind of person who's used to saving every penny she can.
Soon the dumpling filling was prepared and the dough had risen.
Zhou Cheng originally wanted to move the table to the hallway, where it was more spacious, but then he thought that if others saw it, some shameless people might come over to freeload.
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