dumpling
"Big brother! This is my elm rolling pin, which I made overnight using the scraps I got from the Shaofu Supervisor. How could you break it? You have to compensate me!" Cui Zhichou exclaimed, feeling aggrieved as he held the elm rolling pin that was broken into two pieces.
Cui Zhijun was studying the filling of the dumplings as if nothing had happened.
He knew full well that although the two brothers were born of the same mother, they had been at odds since childhood, so he simply let them be. Sure enough, when Cui Zhijian saw that he was being blamed, he turned around and started to criticize his younger brother.
"You little brat, you're nothing but a piece of wood. What's the compensation for me?"
There was a conflict between the two brothers.
Cang Yi hurriedly asked from the corridor: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
She had been observing the three brothers' every move, her mind never settling. After Cang Yi finished speaking, he lifted the blanket and tried to get up, but Song Mingyue held him back. "Hey, sister-in-law, you can't go. Why are you caring about them? What's the harm in worrying less? Just rest today."
Zheng also agreed, "Yes, sister-in-law, it's their business how they perform. You should just take a break."
But how could Cangyi be as broad-minded as these two daughters-in-law?
If she didn't take a look, she would be restless. Cang Yi begged, "I'll just take a look, just one look."
Seeing her like that, Song Mingyue and Taishi Zheng couldn't help her, so they just allowed her to go and take a look, and they couldn't help her with anything else.
Cang Yi responded repeatedly, turning and heading back to the noodle table. Yu Shengzheng and Song Mingyue, the sisters-in-law, smiled at each other and lazily leaned against the lighted corridor. As for whether Cang Yi would actually help, or not, they didn't ask any more questions...
At this moment, the warm winter sun bathed them, Zheng and Song Mingyue tucked away under a fluffy blanket. It felt as if the grudges had faded, the tension of that day gone. Song Mingyue reached up and grabbed a handful of fragrant roasted red dates and handed them to Taishi Zheng. Zheng slowly accepted them and thanked him.
The two of them blocked out all the noise from the outside world and quietly chewed the red dates in their hands.
When she casually asked the people around her, Zheng said, "Song Laoliu, why haven't you seen any movement in your tabloid these days?"
Song Mingyue tilted her head and yawned lazily, then took a cup of hot tea and drank it. She answered softly, "I won't write anymore... My father told me to be more obedient. He said that if I dared to offend you, offend the Taishi family, and then be caught by the Cui family and kicked out, he would skin me alive."
Song Mingyue spoke calmly, but Taishi Zheng was terrified.
Zheng exclaimed, "How can it be so serious! Our family isn't that scary, is it? My dad is just an old man who loves to cook. Besides, even if they wanted to kick you out, Sanlang would never agree. Don't let your imagination run wild!"
Song Mingyue smiled upon hearing this. She thought that Taishi Zheng was not at all like those noble ladies who were prone to putting on airs; she was actually quite adorable. She feigned annoyance and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm not imagining things. Can't you see? This Cui Lao San is eager to take advantage of this opportunity to change his wife! He's already disliked me..."
Zheng shook her head and kept saying it was impossible.
Song Mingyue burst into laughter. Zheng then realized that she had been fooled and angrily said, "Song Mingyue, you dare to lie to me——"
"I'm not lying to you! My father really said that he would skin me alive if I was kicked out!" But it was absolutely impossible for Cui Zhichou to change his wife. Although the couple seemed to be in love during the day, in the middle of the night, Cui Zhichou would call out Song Mingyue's name in his dreams.
How could he possibly want Song Mingyue to be kicked out? Song Mingyue was so fearless because of Cui Zhichou's support.
The two sisters-in-law were quarreling in the corridor, and the dispute between the brothers was still going on in front of the table.
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Fortunately, Cang Yi's arrival eased the atmosphere a lot.
After understanding the whole story, she looked at the broken rolling pin in Cui Zhichou's hand and apologized embarrassedly, "Sanlang, don't be angry. Your elder brother has always been clumsy and has never done such delicate work. Why don't you, my sister-in-law, accompany you with a piece of jujube wood? It's just not as good as you, a piece of elm wood..."
When Cui Zhijian saw Cang Yi bowing low to apologize for him, he immediately said, "What's there to apologize for? This bastard stole things from the prison, and he thinks he's right?"
"If you don't want to compensate, then don't compensate. But big brother, don't put the blame on me! These are scraps and will be discarded. Besides, it's not just me. Our supervisor took some too!" Cui Zhichou curled his lips and accidentally betrayed his boss.
Seeing this, Cang Yi pulled Cui Zhijian's sleeve, signaling him to stop talking nonsense.
She was just about to appease the two when Cui Zhijun, holding the filling, interrupted Cang Yi quietly, "Wait a minute. Sister-in-law, I want to ask, do you know what the filling of these dumplings is? I really don't know."
Cang Yi was stunned by him, and the other two brothers also looked at him.
But since Erlang asked, it was difficult for her, as the eldest sister-in-law, to not answer. Cang Yi looked at the fillings and replied, "Look, this one should be the sunflower vegetable, vermicelli and egg one, and the one next to you should be the lotus root and pork one."
"I see." Cui Zhijun nodded. Then he casually took out an identical rolling pin from the dough table and rolled out the dough as if nothing had happened. He said to everyone, "I'm fine now. You guys continue."
But his angry and excited mood was suddenly interrupted. Cui Zhijian looked at Cui Zhichou and raised his hands several times, opened his mouth and didn't know where to start...
Tall, Choi Shik-kyung is really tall.
The two brothers couldn't make any more noise, so they just lowered their eyes and went about their business.
Cang Yi stood by the noodle counter in amazement, wondering if she should leave. But her worries kept coming. She had just finished worrying about her brothers' quarrel, but now that they had stopped, she began to pay attention to Cui Zhijian, wondering if he could make the dumplings well and not delay everyone's meal.
Cui Zhijun seemed to have noticed. He turned around and placed the dumpling wrappers that were neither too thin nor too thick in front of Cui Zhijian and said, "Sister-in-law, they are fine. You can go back and rest."
Since Erlang has said so, Cangyi can't stay any longer.
She sighed, took a few steps back, and finally gritted her teeth and went back to the corridor.
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Then sprinkle the dough, roll out the dough, and wrap the stuffing.
Cui Zhijun's movements were fluid, as if an innate ability. Every dumpling he created was exquisitely beautiful, a sight that drew admiration from the clumsy brothers watching nearby. But as they lowered their gazes at the ugly, crude dumplings in their own hands, which seemed tasteless even before they were even in the pot, a strange desire to win emerged.
The two brothers glared at each other, determined to see who could wrap the uglier one.
In this way, this small noodle board was divided into a mess of suffering on one side and a peaceful and harmonious life on the other.
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By the time Cang Yi returned, the corridor had become quiet.
Song Mingyue and Taishi Zheng were close friends, and as they clinked their wine cups, they simply said, "Have we reconciled?"
The two people who hit it off immediately leaned against each other with blushes on their faces.
When they looked at Cang Yi with a smile, Song Mingyue spoke boldly, "Have you dealt with Big Brother? Sister-in-law, come quickly. I want to ask you what happened today. I thought Big Brother wouldn't participate in such activities. Sister-in-law, tell me quickly, how did you subdue Big Brother?"
Cang Yi sat down by the charcoal fire again. When she looked up, she saw that both of them looked a little drunk, but their eyes were full of clarity.
She lowered her eyes and warmed herself by the fire, finally feeling relieved when she saw these two kind sisters-in-law. Without looking up, Cang Yi said, "How could I possibly have won over Da Lang? Isn't it all Zheng's credit?"
Song Mingyue laughed heartily upon hearing this. "Who? You mean her? She subdued Big Brother?"
Zheng Ben curiously leaned in to listen, but who knew the fire would burn herself. She sat up suddenly and denied it, saying, "It's none of my business, it's none of my business. Song Laoliu, please don't write nonsense in your tabloid—"
Cang Yi quickly raised his head and explained, "It's not like that, it's not what you think! Mingyue, you should have heard about what happened in the small garden a few days ago. Ever since Zheng said those words for me, Dalang couldn't sleep after he went back, and sat in the study all night. The next morning, he was like a different person, asking about my well-being. I told him some things, and he was no longer silent like before. Just yesterday, when Mingyue mentioned coming to Ginkgo Pavilion to spend the beginning of winter, I was nervous, but he agreed without hesitation."
After hearing this, Song Mingyue looked at Taishi Zheng beside her in surprise, "Taishi Zheng, what on earth did you say to big brother?"
"I...I didn't say anything..." Zheng smiled embarrassedly.
She hadn't expected her brother to actually listen to her impulsive words; he was indeed a teachable child. Although she didn't know how long Cui Zhijian could hold out, Taishi Zheng felt that she hadn't caused trouble for Cang Yi and disrupted their relationship, which was already a blessing.
Unexpectedly, Cang Yi picked up a cup of hot wine, held it solemnly in front of him and said, "Zheng, Mingyue. I am very happy to meet you in this home. Thank you for your help. I toast to you."
How can it be reasonable for seniors to toast juniors?
Taishi Zheng and Song Mingyue quickly stood up and knelt, raising their glasses to toast him. The three of them drank a cup of warm wine filled with friendship. When their eyes met for the last time, they all laughed. Thus, the mundane days of the Bo Mansion began to brighten.
Tai Shi Zheng took the opportunity to put down his wine glass and, under the influence of alcohol, asked the question he had been wanting to ask for a long time, "Sister-in-law, I'm free right now. I've actually been curious about how you and Big Brother met. Could you tell us about it?"
Zheng said this while jokingly jokingly to Song Mingyue, who immediately understood and chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, I'm curious too. Even though I've been married for so long, I've never heard my sister-in-law mention anything about you and my brother. So, tell me about it and we can chat about family matters. After all, you and my brother are the only ones among us who arranged our own marriage!"
The two sisters-in-law looked at each other with sharp eyes.
Cang Yi felt really embarrassed. She thought about it, paused, and tentatively responded, "Then let's... tell it." Zheng and Song Mingyue immediately went to the stove, grabbed a handful of roasted peanuts, and said in unison, "Speak!"
At that time, this scene was seen by several men in front of the noodle table, and they all turned around to look at each other.
Cui Zhichou, his face filled with resentment, was the first to speak as he pinched the dough. "Damn Song Mingyue! It was her bad idea to have us make dumplings. I think she was just trying to mess with me and my brothers. Look, she must be... saying bad things about you, big brother!"
Cui Zhichou was completely baffled.
"Why are you saying bad things about me? Why aren't you saying anything bad about you? You little brat, are you really looking for trouble?"
Cui Zhijian was about to throw the new rolling pin at Cui Zhichou, but Cui Zhichou was flexible and changed his tone immediately. "Yes, big brother is so powerful, how can I say bad things about him! That must be saying -"
Cui Laosan then turned his gaze towards Cui Zhijun, and Cui Dalang also joined in the fun.
The two brothers stared at Cui Zhijun, throwing the blame on him. Cui Zhijun calmly put down his dumplings and retorted, "Don't look at me. I've only known my wife for a short time, so I don't have anything bad to say."
After these words were spoken, the two brothers looked at each other and nodded.
It's rare to reach a consensus.
Well, we've only known each other for a short time, so she must be saying bad things about Erlang—
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