"Thank you, Grandma Wu."
"Thank you, Grandma Wu."
Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui said in unison.
"You are all good kids, go back soon." Mrs. Li looked at the two children with a smile on her face.
"Let's go back now, Grandma Wu."
After Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui finished talking, they ran away with the basket.
"What a pair of good, obedient and sensible children." After saying that, Mrs. Li turned around to help with cooking.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Yun Yiyi put down the basket and surrounded Zhang.
"Mom is rolling out the dough and will be wrapping the chive dumplings soon. Yiyi, do you want to smell the filling that Mom prepared? Is it fragrant?"
Yun Yiyi turned her head to look at the prepared chive filling in the bowl. The green wild chives and fried golden eggs were mixed evenly with oil and salt by Zhang. It looked both beautiful and delicious.
"Mom, it smells so good."
"Haha, just go wait over there. Mom will call you when it's done."
"Come on, mother."
Yun Yiyi turned around and grabbed Xie Zirui, "Brother Zirui, it's okay now. Please teach me how to read."
"Okay, let's go under that tree over there."
Yun Yiyi watched Xie Zirui quickly write five Chinese characters on the ground with a stick. She looked at them and didn't recognize any of them. She felt a little embarrassed.
"Yiyi, these are Xie, Li, Sun, Lu, and Wu. These are five surnames. Point and read them out first to familiarize yourself with them."
"Okay, Brother Zirui. I'll practice for a while and read it to you later."
"Okay, who can't read? I'll tell you." Yun Yiyi nodded and began to read word by word.
Xie Zirui, watching Yun Yiyi's focused study, felt a special sense of accomplishment. Yun Yiyi was very smart and could learn anything quickly. Even if she learned five new characters today, if you tested her on the five characters she learned yesterday, she would still be able to read and recognize them.
Xie Zirui recalled how when he first started learning to read, he would learn it one day and forget it the next. It took him a long time to repeat it before he could fully memorize it. Unlike Yun Yiyi, who was so smart and eager to learn.
"Brother Zirui, I remember this. Erase the words and write again."
"Here I come, Yiyi."
Xie Zirui smoothed out the words, messed up the order, and rewrote the five Chinese characters.
Yun Yiyi pointed and read out each word.
"Yiyi, that's right, all correct. Wait a moment, I'll erase these five words and read them again together with the five words from yesterday."
"Okay, Brother Zirui, you write it."
Xie Zirui quickly smoothed out the words, then wrote the ten Chinese characters in random order.
Yun Yiyi passed it in one try.
"How about it, Brother Zirui, do you feel honored to have a student like me?" Yun Yiyi put her hands on her waist and looked at Xie Zirui proudly.
"Haha, if all students were like you, teachers would be mad with joy."
"Brother Zirui, keep a low profile. I know I'm very good."
"Haha, Yiyi, you are too immodest." Xie Zirui tried to hold back, but still couldn't help it, turned around and burst into laughter.
"Brother Zirui, why are you so upset!" Yun Yiyi glared at Xie Zirui with disgust.
Xie Zirui laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. Yiyi's words were so humorous and witty that people couldn't help but laugh. To be honest, he had never met such a person before. However, Xie Zirui could basically accept what Yun Yiyi said now.
"Okay, stop laughing. Let's go see if the chive dumplings are ready. If they are, we can try one first."
Xie Zirui looked at Yun Yiyi's confident expression and felt very curious. In the First Prince's Mansion, the food was prepared by the kitchen, which did not give people any sense of anticipation.
And now, he actually had the same idea as Yun Yiyi. It was over, he had also caught Yun Yiyi's foodie nature.
Xie Zirui was secretly annoyed, but it did not stop him from moving forward.
"Mom, you've already made so many chive dumplings. They smell so good. Mom, can I taste them for you first? Is your filling too salty?"
After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she raised her head and blinked her bright big eyes as she looked at Zhang who was flipping the pancake back and forth.
Zhang was delighted when she saw it. "Eat it! Go wash your hands and taste it for me to see if it tastes good."
"Zi Rui, go wash your hands and try one for your auntie too."
When Yun Yiyi heard this, she ran away.
"Okay, Auntie, I'll go wash my hands then."
"Go ahead and wash your hands." Zhang nagged patiently.
Soon, Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui came back after washing their hands. Each of them picked up a leek box and prepared to eat.
"Mom, try it first." Yun Yiyi put the chive box to Zhang's mouth.
Zhang lowered her head and took a bite. "It's delicious. It smells so good. Yiyi, you should try it too."
Yun Yiyi held the pancake in her arms and began to eat it with big mouthfuls. The aroma of chives and eggs mixed with the aroma of flour was really delicious.
Xie Zirui next to him was also eating the chive dumplings with big mouthfuls.
"Boss, stop picking out the food and wash your hands. Let's get ready to eat. I'll have the food ready soon."
"I understand, Mom." Boss Yun put down the garlic cloves in his hand and followed Butcher Yun to wash his hands.
After Zhang had finished frying all the chive dumplings and brought them to the table, everyone had a chive dumpling and a bowl of shepherd's purse and egg soup, and started eating lunch.
"Mom, leek dumplings are so delicious. If Yiyi picks more wild leeks in the afternoon, can we eat leek dumplings in the evening?" After saying this, Third Brother Yun stared at Zhang.
"There's nothing wrong with me. The one with the problem is Yiyi." Zhang directly put the blame on Yun Yiyi.
After hearing what Zhang said, the whole family stared at Yun Yiyi who was eating the vegetable box in big mouthfuls.
Yun Yiyi swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "I'll go look for it this afternoon. I don't think it's a big problem. I can pick wild chives on this mountain, which means that the mountains here are suitable for growing wild chives."
"Maybe it's just a little hard to find. But don't worry, I will look for it carefully."
"Mom, next time you make vegetable boxes, you can soak some of the fungus you picked before, chop it up and put it in. I think it will taste good." Yun Yiyi turned to look at Zhang.
"Okay, let's make it next time. I'll soak some black fungus in advance. Yiyi, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that we have black fungus at home." Zhang looked at everyone embarrassedly.
"Yiyi, the village chief said he will take a break early in the afternoon. Then you can take us to pick wild vegetables."
"Yes, Yiyi, there is strength in numbers. With so many pairs of eyes, we will definitely be able to find a lot of wild vegetables."
"It's more fun to go with Yiyi. Yiyi is so lucky. I will definitely not return empty-handed if I follow her."
"Yiyi, you don't need to carry the basket this afternoon. Just hold the shovel, and my brother and I will carry the basket."
Yun Yiyi's eyes lit up when she heard this, "We agreed that you would carry the baskets, you can't change that."
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