Making dumplings is actually quite simple. Pei Yao first went to the yard and cut some chives.
Shen Yu walked over: "Do you need any help?"
Pei Yao handed him the bowl of chives in her hand: "Wash this."
Shen Yu took the chives and obediently went to the well to fetch water to wash them.
Pei Yao went back to the kitchen to knead the dough; dumpling wrappers weren't as troublesome as steamed bun wrappers.
It involves adding a pinch of salt to flour, then gradually adding cold water while stirring the flour with chopsticks until it forms clumps.
At this point, you can pour in a spoonful of vegetable oil.
This method of kneading will result in a softer and smoother dough.
After kneading into a dough, cover it and let it rest for a while.
While the dough was rising, Pei Yao didn't rest. She cracked a few eggs, whisked them, and added some salt.
First, stir-fry the dumpling filling. When frying the eggs, heat the oil in the pan, add the eggs, and quickly scramble them.
Once the eggs are slightly set, they can be taken out of the water; do not overcook them.
Shen Yu had almost finished washing the chives. Pei Yao took the chives that Shen Yu had washed and cut them into small pieces.
After chopping, pour some rapeseed oil over the chives and stir to lock in their original moisture.
Pei Yao bought this rapeseed oil from an oil mill in town. The rapeseed oil, freshly pressed using traditional methods, is very fragrant.
Then, add the cooled scrambled eggs and dried river shrimp to the chives and mix well.
Naturally, this task was handed over to Shen Yu, while Pei Yao went to roll out dumpling wrappers.
The dough for dumpling wrappers doesn't need to rest for too long.
Now you can take it out and knead it. After you get rid of the air inside, you can roll out the dough directly.
The rolling pin in Pei Yao's house was made by her taking Pei Dalang to the opposite hillside to cut off a side branch of a pepper tree.
This is the first time I've used it.
Pei Yao moved all the dumpling-making tools to the table in the yard, so that Shen Yu could help make dumplings later.
Pei Yao was very good at rolling out dough, and in no time a thin dumpling wrapper was ready.
Pei Yao rolled out two sheets first, giving one to Shen Yu and keeping one for herself.
"I'll teach you, it's very simple."
Pei Yao was worried that Shen Yu wouldn't know how to wrap a bag since it was his first time, so she taught him the simplest pattern.
The whole dumpling only needs to have three decorative folds made.
However, although this pattern looks simple, it can still be a little difficult for people making dumplings for the first time.
After all, humans have always found it difficult to tame their own hands and feet...
Although Shen Yu had never made dumplings before, he was a quick learner, so after watching Pei Yao demonstrate once, he immediately learned how to make them.
Moreover, the dumplings she made looked just as good as those made by Pei Yao, a food blogger.
Pei Yao thought it must be because the pattern was too simple, so Shen Yu learned it very quickly.
She then demonstrated a rather unusual dumpling-making technique using a dumpling wrapper.
"This dumpling flower shape is a bit more difficult. If you can't learn it, just use the first method to wrap it."
Shen Yu watched Pei Yao's dumpling-making technique carefully, and then tried it himself.
I learned it after watching it once, and the dumplings I made looked pretty good.
Pei Yao looked at Shen Yu and her lips twitched.
My defenses are starting to crumble a little.
Back when she was learning to make dumplings, she ruined two whole plates of them.
I just learned it!
How did Shen Yu manage to learn it so easily, and even more so after just one pack...?
This is not scientific!
Pei Yao expressed her incomprehension, wondering what Shen Yu could not learn.
Pei Yao resigned herself to her fate and went to roll out dumpling wrappers.
Pei Yao estimated that Pei Dalang, Pei Erlang, and Pei Xuan should be returning from town soon.
I don't need to set up a stall today, I'm just going to buy some things, so it definitely won't take as long as usual.
Sure enough, just as Pei Yao and Shen Yu finished making a plate of dumplings, the three of them returned from outside.
Yunniang, Chen Fang, and Pei Yichen followed behind.
Shen Yuxian saw them and politely stood up to greet them.
Pei Dalang, who was walking ahead, glanced at Shen Yu and smiled, "Little Yu is here. Oh, you two are making dumplings?"
They didn't find it strange at all that Shen Yu was making dumplings in his own yard.
Shen Yu nodded, continuing to wrap dumplings.
"Uncle, eat more later," Pei Yao said with a smile.
Pei Yichen, who was behind Pei Dalang, also came over when he heard about dumplings, his eyes shining as he looked at the dumplings on the table.
She glanced again at the round, plump dumplings that Shen Yu and Pei Yao had wrapped.
Just thinking about being able to eat soon made my stomach rumble twice.
"Sister, I want to eat fifty dumplings later!" Pei Yichen declared.
Xiao Xuan'er, who was holding a candied hawthorn, chimed in, "Then I want to eat fifty too, no, forty is enough for me."
Everyone was amused by the two children and laughed heartily.
Pei Dalang raised his hand and gave his son a flick on the forehead as a reward: "Can you finish them? There are only fifty."
Pei Yichen covered his head and glared at his father, then ran behind his mother and complained aggrievedly, "Mother, Father gave me 'chestnuts' again, it hurts so much."
Chen Fang rolled her eyes at the father and son, speechless.
Pei Yao looked at her family members who had returned with her and asked in confusion:
"Uncle, why are you all coming back together? Did you run into each other on the way?"
"Yes, we ran into them on the way back." As they spoke, they prepared to unload the tools and ingredients for making lychee wine from the carriage.
Pei Yao quickly stopped her when she saw this.
The group looked puzzled, so Pei Yao explained that she had asked Uncle Niu to temporarily give her the courtyard next door.
The Pei family members were stunned upon hearing this.
Before long, their faces were filled with surprise.
“I was thinking yesterday that with such a large order coming in all of a sudden, the yard definitely won’t be big enough. Yao, you’ve solved that problem.”
Chen Fang looked at Pei Yao with admiration; this girl was really efficient at her work.
"Then let's just put the things next door."
While we're at it, let's check out the neighborhood next door.
Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang pulled the oxcart directly to the courtyard next door, intending to put their things there first.
Shen Yu glanced at the fully loaded carriage and went over to help.
Pei Yao and Yun Niang continued making dumplings. When Pei Yao was kneading the dough, she deliberately added more flour. She was thinking that Pei Dalang and the others would be back soon, so she could make more dumplings and cook them when they returned.
I didn't expect them to come back so quickly, so they just finished wrapping all the dumpling wrappers.
"Yao girl, Young Master Gu wants a lot of seaweed, and time is tight. I was thinking we should get the villagers involved. We can teach them how to dry the seaweed, and then we can collect it all together. What do you think?"
Chen Fang struggled to learn how to make dumplings while talking to Pei Yao.
Chen Fang's idea was very similar to Pei Yao's.
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