Unable to go out to stock up on goods, Xu Lin felt uneasy. Remembering the dumpling filling in her spatial storage, she took out her walkie-talkie.
"Zhou Pin, are you there?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Shall we make dumplings today?"
"Okay, just come over here."
"good."
Yesterday, when Zhou Pin was making steamed buns, he gave the house key to Xu Lin. Anyway, all his belongings were with Xu Lin, so it didn't matter if he had three more keys.
Xu Lin took out her key and opened Zhou Pin's door. Zhou Pin had already set out the cutting board, and Xu Lin took out the dumpling filling and dough.
Having learned from yesterday's experience, Zhou Pin didn't try to make dumplings today. Instead, he picked up the dough and rolled out the wrappers. The two chatted as they made dumplings.
"Let's go out once the ice outside freezes completely," Zhou Pin said.
"Where to?" Xu Lin asked eagerly.
“There’s an antique market in the east of the city. Although there are a lot of fakes there, I know a place that only sells genuine items. You could go there to upgrade your space,” Zhou Pin said.
"Okay, I know where it is, I've passed by it before." Of course, I can't let an opportunity to upgrade my space pass by.
"They're probably going to form a team downstairs to go out and look for supplies again," Zhou Pin speculated.
"We were already out of food, and with this sudden cold snap, we need to replenish our energy even more. Should we team up with them?" Xu Lin didn't want to team up with anyone; she couldn't use her cheat-like abilities.
"Let's not form a group. It'll be too tiring for you, and you won't be able to collect much." Zhou Pin seemed to know what Xu Lin was thinking.
"Yes, that's what I think too." Xu Lin was even more satisfied with Zhou Pin.
The first batch of dumplings was made while they were chatting. Zhou Pin and Xu Lin took the keys and went to 802 (Xu Lin's house) to boil water and cook the dumplings.
Xu Lin wanted to cook all the dumplings and put them in her space. Since the space keeps them fresh, she could just take them out and put them in directly. They would taste just like freshly cooked dumplings. She could take them out whenever she wanted to eat them, which was much faster than cooking them fresh.
The first batch of dumpling filling was cabbage and pork, which I estimate would make about 200 dumplings. The other fillings included chives and eggs, beef and celery, tomato and eggs, cucumber and onion, etc., all of which Xu Lin loves to eat. The most amazing thing is that there was also mackerel filling. As a port city native, how could I not eat mackerel dumplings!
Xu Lin plans to steam more rice next, putting some in lunchboxes for later consumption, and making rice balls and sushi with the rest. When it's inconvenient to eat boxed lunches outside, she can take out the sushi to eat, which is both filling and convenient, and can be eaten one bite at a time.
I cooked four pots of dumplings this morning. For lunch, we had beef and celery dumplings. I also made some plain dumplings especially for the two little ones, and they enjoyed them very much.
In the afternoon, I finished wrapping and cooking all the other fillings and put them in the space. By the time I finished everything, it was already 7 p.m. We ate mackerel dumplings for dinner, and the two little ones ate them with tears of happiness streaming down their faces.
For the next few days, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin exercised every morning and steamed rice, steamed buns, made rice balls and sushi in the afternoon, keeping their days very fulfilling. The stove in the house was always running, and the kang (heated brick bed) was warm, almost making them forget that it was extremely cold outside.
"Bang bang bang"
Xu Lin and Zhou Pin were making pancakes when there was a knock on the door.
"I'll go take a look," Zhou Pin said.
Zhou Pin came out of the kitchen and went to the stairwell. It was the person from apartment 602 downstairs knocking on the door.
"What is it?" Zhou Pin asked coldly.
"Here's the thing, the ice outside has frozen solid, so we've decided that one person from each family will go out to find supplies. Do you want to come along?" the man from apartment 602 said.
"You guys go ahead, we won't go with you."
"Alright then." The man from 602 turned and left.
Zhou Pin returned home and went into the kitchen to start a fire.
"What's going on outside?" Xu Lin asked.
"It's nothing, the ice has frozen solid. The people downstairs asked if we wanted to go look for supplies together," Zhou Pin said.
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