Their family had some assets, and Old Mrs. Tian was brave enough to secretly buy food on the black market at that time.
Moreover, their whole family can pick a lot of mountain products when they go up the mountain. They can get a lot by putting together the food. Although it cannot be said that they can eat enough to be 70% full, it can at least fill the whole family with water.
At that time, there were only Aunt Huang and Huang Kangri in the family, and the food distributed according to work points was not enough for the two of them to eat.
Aunt Huang left all the food to Huang Kangri, and ate some wild vegetables if she could pick them in the mountains. If she couldn't pick anything, she would drink water to fill her stomach. Later, she fainted from hunger. It was Grandma Tian who sent some wild walnuts from last year to their house that helped Aunt Huang survive.
Who knew that they, mother and son, would become like this.
"Don't mind other people's business, kid. How can you tell whether they are happy or not?"
Tian Tian pursed her lips after hearing what Old Lady Tian said. How could she not see it? She has been good at reading people's expressions since she was a child, right?
However, Tian Tian did not ask any more questions. It didn’t matter whether she knew or not. It had nothing to do with her.
Thinking of this, Tian Tian completely put the matter behind her.
In the blink of an eye, it was the Little New Year, and Grandma Tian started preparing to chop stuffing and make dumplings early in the morning.
She asked Tian Tian to go outside and bring in two cabbages.
In winter, some of the cabbage is kept outside at home, and the other half is kept inside the house.
The cabbage kept outside will taste sweeter after being frozen, while the cabbage grown indoors will taste tenderer.
However, pure natural and pollution-free cabbage tastes good no matter how you eat it, and Tian Tian likes both of these.
After she peeled off the withered cabbage leaves on the outside, she simply rinsed the remaining white and plump cabbage with water and handed it to Old Mrs. Tian.
After Grandma Tian finished chopping the cabbage stuffing, she took out two pieces of frozen shredded radish and put them in water to let them cool. Then she took out the meat left over from refining oil last time and chopped it up, preparing to mix it with the cabbage and shredded radish stuffing to make dumplings later.
Tian Tian has always been very fond of delicious food. Since Old Mrs. Tian and others started preparing to make dumplings, Tian Tian has been wandering around the kitchen.
To be honest, this was the first time she had eaten dumplings in the five months since she came here. She felt that eating dumplings together was also a small ritual for her to integrate into this family.
Tian Lisong came in with firewood and saw Tian Tian excitedly spinning around in the kitchen. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Tiantian has to eat a few more bites of dumplings tonight, otherwise it would be a shame for her to be here for the whole morning."
"You'd better take her out quickly. She's always causing trouble in the kitchen. Xiao Zhuo is more obedient than her." Lin Meiyu said.
Tian Tian pouted unconvincedly, "I just wanted to help you, but you are all so powerful that you don't need my help at all."
The Tian family has a good division of labor when it comes to having a meal. Lin Meiyu kneads the dough, Chen Guihua chops the stuffing, and Old Mrs. Tian is responsible for seasoning the chopped stuffing.
Tian Lilin was responsible for setting up the pot, adding firewood and boiling water, while Tian Lisong was responsible for running around to get them something.
Even running errands is not Tian Tian's job.
"Don't hang around here. Go and keep an eye on your two younger brothers. Are they doing anything bad?" Old Mrs. Tian also wanted to send Tian Tian away.
Seeing that her grandmother, who loved her the most, also asked her not to stay there, Tian Tian had no choice but to go to her two younger brothers with a grievance.
After the filling was seasoned and the dough was kneaded, everyone started making dumplings, and Tian Tian finally became excited.
She is very familiar with making dumplings. When she lived in an orphanage, she would make dumplings during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. It was at that time that Tian Tian learned how to make dumplings.
By the time the family finished making the dumplings, it was time for lunch.
Tian Lisong took a portion of the dumplings with a lid and put them in water to boil. He then put the rest of the dumplings outside to freeze them. When he wanted to eat them, he could just take them back and boil them.
I cooked two kinds of dumplings today, one with cabbage and meat filling, and the other with radish and meat filling.
There is not too much meat in these two fillings, the meat is just used for seasoning. And after adding the meat, there is no need to add too much oil.
While Tian Lilin was cooking the dumplings, Grandma Tian and Tian Tian quickly wrapped the remaining dumpling fillings and took them outside to freeze.
When the dumplings in the pot float up three times, you can take them out and eat them.
The dumplings at this time are not as white and plump as the ones later. The flour is slightly yellowish, but you can smell a strong wheat aroma when they are served.
Tian Tian and the other three little ones were a little impatient when they saw the dumplings. Tian Baobao even tried to steal one to taste it first, but was slapped away by Tian Lisong.
After Old Mrs. Tian came back with the garlic sauce and put a dumpling on the table to eat, they dared to pick up the dumplings.
Tian Tian picked up one, took a bite, and squinted her eyes in satisfaction. Her dumpling was stuffed with cabbage. The fresh fragrance of cabbage entered her mouth, and the oily texture brought out the sweetness of the cabbage to the extreme.
In particular, the dumpling skin has a wheat aroma and a tender and chewy texture. The combination of the two is wonderful.
Tian Tian picked up a few more, all of which were filled with cabbage. She finally got one filled with radish, and was very surprised.
The radish filling is actually slightly sweet, but it is not as juicy as the cabbage, and it still has the special smell of radish.
Tian Tian doesn’t hate eating radishes, so she still likes eating dumplings stuffed with radishes.
They didn't say they were particularly full during this meal, and everyone was about 60% full.
After all, there is not much to do in the winter, except sleeping on the kang and twisting corn and twisting hemp ropes. These jobs are not very physically demanding, so there is no need to eat so much and waste food.
After relaxing at home for a while after dinner, Tian Tian and Tian Baobao pulled the sled to the Little Ice Waterfall to play for a while.
Maybe because today is the Little New Year and everyone is at home eating delicious food, there are not many people at the ice waterfall. It feels like the two of them have it all to themselves, having fun there one after another.
They played until Tian Tian's scarf was covered with ice and her eyelashes and eyebrows were frozen. Only then did they go home.
It was already dark when we got home, and it was dark inside both Old Lady Tian and Lin Meiyu's rooms.
Tian Tian boiled some hot water to wash her and Tian Baobao's faces and feet, and then they went back to their rooms to sleep.
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