Start wrapping while boiling water.

Take the wonton wrapper, use chopsticks to pick up some meat filling and put a shrimp on it, then bend and roll it, and a small ear-shaped wonton will appear on the lid.

When they were halfway through wrapping, Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming came over to wash their hands. They thought it was fun, so they joined in.

"This is the prawn? From the sea?"

Qin Anming touched the nearly transparent shrimps in the bowl in confusion. Neither he nor Zhuangzhuang had ever seen sea creatures. If they saw them normally, they would have thought they were something dirty, especially the head with such long whiskers and two big eyes that looked scary.

"Yes, I took off its shell and head, leaving only its flesh."

Xiaoguo brought the shrimp closer and showed it to them.

Zhuangzhuang carefully reached out his hand to touch the shrimps in the bowl, but when he felt the slippery feel, he immediately withdrew his hand in fright. He looked at Xiaoguo with a pair of frightened eyes, as if wondering why it was so strange.

Xiaoguo couldn't help but burst out laughing, it was so adorable.

After studying the shrimps, the two were ready to start making wontons. Xiaoguo taught them patiently, and Qin Anming slowly got the hang of it. Only Zhuangzhuang was still studying the one in his hand.

After a while.

"See how I wrapped it?"

Zhuangzhuang spent a long time wrapping and finally pinched one. He couldn't wait to show it to the two of them.

Xiaoguo chuckled, but Qin Anming started to praise first.

Zhuangzhuang was very excited. This was the first wonton he had made. He carefully placed it on the small lid that Xiaoguo had specially prepared for him. She also promised him that she would cook the wontons he made in a pot later.

Thinking about her own wontons, her hands became faster, making one at a time, faster than the two adults.

Xiao Guo took a curious look and stopped him when he saw it, "Zhuangzhuang, the dumplings you make will turn into porridge if you put them in the pot."

These are not wontons at all. They are not wrapped tightly and the meat filling is exposed on the edges. They will fall apart once they are put into the pot.

Zhuangzhuang listened to Xiaoguo and began to calm down and wrap it step by step. Although the shape was still not round, at least the edges and corners were tight.

When they were almost done wrapping the wontons, Xiaoguo patted the flour on his hands and said there wasn't much flour left, so he left it for them to wrap and went to prepare the wonton soup himself.

The water in the big pot was boiling, but Xiaoguo ignored it and just took the shrimps in the bowl and put them in another pot. He poured oil and put the shrimps in to stir-fry to produce shrimp oil. Then he took out the shrimps and threw them away. He added the hot water used to cook dumplings into the pot and added some salt. The simple wonton soup was ready. Just add chopped green onions and sesame oil to the bowl before serving.

Of course, it would be even better if there were seaweed and shrimps. She forgot to ask the seafood girl if she had any. If she did, she could just buy some and bring them back. She didn't know if she would be able to meet someone selling seafood again in the future.

Here, Qin Anming and his friend had also wrapped the wontons and asked Xiaoguo whether she wanted to cook them.

"cook."

Xiaoguo opened the lid of the pot and asked Qin Anming to put it on while she used a spatula to stir the food inside gently to prevent it from sticking to the pot.

While it was cooking here, when it was almost done, Xiaoguo took three large bowls, scooped out the wontons with a colander and put them in the bowls, then added the soup that had just been cooked, put a handful of green onions, and drizzled a few drops of sesame oil, and a bowl of hot wontons was ready.

The remaining wontons were put on a plate and placed on the table.

The pot was brought out and the wontons that Zhuangzhuang had wrapped himself were finally cooked. Zhuangzhuang couldn't wait any longer. As soon as the wontons were put into the pot, he couldn't stay there and kept hanging around the pot. When he saw Qin Anming bringing out plate after plate of wontons, he got angry. Why weren't his wontons cooked yet?

Xiaoguo also took a big bowl for Zhuangzhuang. Although he was small, he ate a lot. Xiaoguo put all the wontons into his bowl and added soup to it, but there were more wontons than soup.

Three people sat at the table, each of them had a large bowl of wontons in front of them. Except for Xiaoguo, Qin Anming ate three large bowls, and even Zhuangzhuang ate one and a half bowls.

Looking at the table, Xiaoguo was quite satisfied. There was only one plate of wontons left, which was just right for frying and eating tomorrow morning.

The shrimp soup in the pot was gone. Xiaoguo washed the bowl with the hot water from cooking the dumplings, then washed it again with clean water, wiped the table and finally finished cleaning up.

But she was in no hurry to go back home, because tomorrow was New Year's Eve, and she had to take out the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner, especially the frozen meat and seafood in the refrigerator, and thaw them in advance.

After putting all the frozen meat and seafood in a bowl, I went back to the house.

I looked around the room, took out a brush and a piece of rice paper, sat down at the desk, and started to list the menu for tomorrow so that I wouldn't forget it if I wrote it down.

First write down the hot dishes that require a lot of effort, and make them first thing tomorrow: braised pork elbow, roast chicken, steamed grouper, sweet and sour spare ribs, and braised pork with preserved vegetables.

Next comes the hot stir-fried dishes, including stir-fried squid with scallions, braised prawns, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, stir-fried celery and nuts, and stir-fried octopus with spicy sauce.

For cold dishes, I mixed a vegetarian dish, spicy and sour shredded chicken, and preserved egg and tofu.

Having written this, Xiaoguo counted. The dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner must be an even number, as odd numbers are unlucky. There are thirteen dishes in total, and fourteen is unlucky, so we can only make it sixteen, which is an auspicious number.

After thinking about it, I finally included three fried foods: sweet potato meatballs, red bean paste cakes, and brown sugar rice cakes.

Fortunately, Mrs. Yang brought me some glutinous rice cakes some time ago.

After counting them again and finding that there were exactly sixteen dishes, without any mistakes, he placed them on the table.

Rubbing his stiff shoulders, Xiaoguo thought to himself that he would have to get up early tomorrow to pack up.

As soon as he stood up, he heard the crackling sound coming from outside. Xiaoguo was delighted. How come people were setting off firecrackers today?

Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming also heard the noise and came out from the inner room, calling Xiaoguo as they walked outside.

The three of them walked into the yard, listened to the movements around them, and felt a little moved.

Zhuangzhuang took the lead and looked at Xiaoguo, and Qin Anming followed closely behind.

"mother?"

"Little Fruit..."

"..." Xiao Guo pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling extremely helpless. No matter how old you are, you will like this "Let it go."

I bought a lot, so I'll sell them all.

As soon as Xiaoguo said this, the two of them, one big and one small, burst into laughter and immediately ran to the inner room. When they came out, each of them was holding a bunch of firecrackers.

A shadow appeared in Xiaoguo's heart, so he subconsciously ran to the door frame, waited for them to arrive, and then ran back to the house.

"Zhuangzhuang, can you order?"

Qin Anming looked at Zhuangzhuang who was eager to try, and felt a little amused. How could such a villain do it?

Zhuangzhuang said nothing. He skillfully opened the fire stick and blew it. After it became bright, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Anming, "Of course it's OK!"

No, he has seen it too!

Qin Anming smiled and nodded, then took a pile of firecrackers and moved away, preparing to let Zhuangzhuang light them first.

Zhuangzhuang was a little unsure when he saw his uncle leave. After all, it was his first time touching firecrackers. What should he do if his legs became weak?

No one knows a child better than his mother. When Xiaoguo looked at the little figure who had an appointment, he knew why. It seemed that the heroic mother was about to appear online.

then……

"elder brother!"

Xiaoguo is not going to do it herself, so she lets Qin Anming decide.

Qin Anming did not walk far, but just put the firecrackers aside to avoid lighting one and setting the others on fire.

Hearing Xiaoguo's voice, Zhuangzhuang was stunned and looked at her embarrassedly. Xiaoguo didn't mean to laugh at him, but just asked him to come over and see his uncle.

Qin Anming was always by his side. When he was called, he immediately took the fire starter and said, "Get ready!"

Xiaoguo and Zhuangzhuang raised their hands to cover their ears, grinned, and nodded at him to show that they were ready.

As soon as the fire was lit, Qin Anming ran over, covered his ears and looked at the firecrackers, with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes.

Speaking of firecrackers, he hasn't touched them for a long time. The last time he lit them was when Xiaoguo got married. Thinking about it, it's been a long time...