[No, Mom, please don't take the lead. ]
Qu Manman subconsciously stopped herself in her heart:
It's winter, and you've only just finished your confinement, not even the 42-day postpartum period. If you get tired and catch a cold, it could cause you lifelong problems.
[Don't be afraid of my grandma's yelling. She just bullies the weak and fears the strong.]
There are so many people at home, why doesn't she ask others to do the work? Why does she have to wait for us to come back?
Qu Manman knew very well that her parents couldn't understand her babbling.
I still can't help but say in my heart:
"Dad, don't think you should take care of all the household chores. This isn't just your home."
[If you and mom don't come back, will they have trouble living? ]
[I'm sure you and my mom are soft-hearted and easy to talk to.]
[Speaking of the house, they are all sons, so why should we have to work the least in the house we get?]
It’s only fair if everyone works together.
"Dad, you need to understand now. You've already split up the family. Your priority is taking care of our little family, not everyone else."
Qu Songsheng couldn't help but smile when he heard his daughter's thoughts.
The little girl is not only smart, but also very patient and will not suffer any loss.
Although he agreed to come back for the New Year, he had no intention of working hard and complaining.
He immediately said to Lin Wanxia, "You take a rest. I'll be there for you outside."
Lin Wanxia thought: "I don't know how to steam buns anyway, so I might as well learn a skill."
"Making steamed buns for the ancestral offering is a big deal. I should be busy with it. Mom, don't think of using this matter to ruin my reputation in the village in the future."
Offering steamed buns to ancestors is indeed a big deal in the customs of Quwan Village.
During the Chinese New Year, we must steam a lot of steamed buns, big and small, which will use at least dozens of kilograms of flour.
Place it on the ancestral table for a few days.
Those steamed buns are not only for offering sacrifices to ancestors, but also serve as dry food for the whole family during the next month of the Lunar New Year.
Qu Manman guessed that this custom might be a relic from the past war period.
In winter, steamed buns are easy to store and do not spoil easily. If you encounter danger, you can carry them on your back and run away.
Nowadays, the custom of steaming buns has not only been preserved, but has also become a way for families to compete with each other to show their strength and cleverness.
During the Chinese New Year, the family that makes the most and better steamed buns is considered wealthy and the women there know how to manage their lives.
Steaming buns is the most important thing during the Chinese New Year in Quwan Village.
Any daughter-in-law who doesn’t participate will be ridiculed and called a lazy person.
Lin Wanxia insisted on going, and Qu Songsheng couldn't stop her, so he had to say to his wife: "Don't be so arrogant, just go and try, and come back quickly when you are tired."
"I'm here anyway,"
"Don't worry, I'll pay attention."
With the care of her husband, Lin Wanxia went to the kitchen full of love.
Looking at the dozens of kilograms of dough in the large basin, and asking if she was the only one making steamed buns, she was dumbfounded: "Am I the only one making steamed buns this year?"
"What else?"
Mrs. Qu rolled her eyes immediately: "Whose daughter-in-law hasn't gone through this process?"
"If you can't even steam buns properly, what else can you do?"
Lin Wanxia gritted her teeth and quickly took a basin to knead the dough.
Steaming buns by hand is very tiring. First, you have to divide dozens of kilograms of leavened dough into small pieces.
Add lye water piece by piece and knead evenly.
In this step, the amount of lye water should be neither too much nor too little. If you add too much, the steamed buns will turn yellow and have an alkaline taste that makes them unpalatable.
If you add too little, the steamed bun will be sour and not tasty.
You have to knead the dough vigorously for a long time, and then divide it into individual steamed buns.
Then knead them into round and smooth buns one by one.
The whole process is both laborious and requires skill.
If you don't knead the dough properly, the steamed buns will be weird in shape and full of lumps, and will not be presentable.
During the Chinese New Year last year, Lin Wanxia had just gotten married.
The steaming of buns was done by Old Mrs. Qu and Wang Guihua.
She just helped out by lighting the fire.
Today, Old Lady Qu actually wanted her to take the lead.
Lin Wanxia kneaded the dough for a long time, and was sweating profusely.
The steamed buns are still not round enough.
She was just feeling a little discouraged when she heard her daughter crying, so she quickly hugged Qu Manman to her side.
Qu Manman was crying on purpose to take up her mother's time.
Watching my mother kneading the dough with great effort.
Qu Manman couldn't help but scream in her heart: [Mom, why are you taking this so seriously?]
[If the steamed buns are not steamed well, then they are not steamed well. Who said that a daughter-in-law has to steam the buns well? ]
[The more capable you are, the more work you do. Do you understand? The more skilled you are, the more housework you will have.]
"Third Aunt is also at home, but she doesn't even come out to help. Do you really think she can't?"
【She just deliberately didn't make any, waiting to eat the ready-made food.】
[It's just a steamed bun. You can eat it as long as it's cooked.]
[At least you participated. If you steam it ugly, you have no talent.]
[With Aunt Three at the bottom, no one can scold you no matter how hard they try.]
【Don't do it, you've tried your best anyway. 】
[Only the crying child gets the candy. You should know how to show weakness, Mom...]
That’s right!
Why am I working so hard now?
Even if you want to learn technology.
No one says you have to learn it in one day.
Listening to my daughter's series of concerned and anxious voices.
Lin Wanxia suddenly understood.
After that, she stopped kneading the dough carefully and diligently.
Just add enough lye water and the steamed buns will look round.
Steam directly in the pot.
As soon as the lid of the first pot was opened after steaming, Mrs. Qu was so angry that she fell backwards.
I saw that the steamed buns in the pot were some yellow and some white, and some were even white and some were yellow because the alkaline water was not evenly kneaded.
The bun was crooked, collapsed, and covered in blisters, looking like a toad's skin...
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