Chapter 55 Xia Juanjuan is different from before

Peel off the yellowish outer skin of the bamboo shoots until the tender white part is exposed, and cut them in half. Heat water in a pot, add the halved bamboo shoots after the water boils, and cook for seven or eight minutes, then drain and cool. This is the initial processing of the bamboo shoots, which can remove the oxalic acid in the bamboo shoots and make the taste much better.

The next step was to chop the pork into puree. This job required a lot of strength, so it was given to Xia Shuangshan.

The piece of meat that Xia Juanjuan took out from the space was just the right amount of fat and lean, almost the perfect proportion of three parts fat and seven parts lean.

After the meat is minced, chop the cooked bamboo shoots into small pieces and mix them with the meat filling.

Xia Juanjuan added three more eggs, and then added salt, a little cooking wine, soy sauce, chicken essence and other seasonings.

Lin Yuru said with some heartache: "The meat filling is already very good, it would be a waste to add three eggs to it."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's not a waste. It tastes better this way. Besides, it's a rare opportunity to be extravagant. I can just save it later."

She naturally didn't plan to save them later. She could harvest hundreds of eggs from the space every day, and she wouldn't have enough time to eat them all!

These words were meant to comfort Lin Yuru, so that she wouldn't have to worry about her spending lavishly and suffering again after the allowance ran out.

After hearing this, Lin Yuru didn't say anything else.

The dumpling skin is made of 80% white flour mixed with 20% sweet potato flour.

Xia Juanjuan doesn't dislike coarse grains. In the world before she traveled through time, people would buy coarse grains to replace fine rice and white flour, thinking that coarse grains contain more dietary fiber than refined white rice and flour, and are healthier.

Therefore, mixing a little bit can reduce Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru's worries and is also healthier.

Moreover, she doesn't like cornmeal and has reservations, but sweet potato flour is sweet, and when mixed with white flour, it has a different flavor.

Soon, the dough was ready. Xia Shuangshan was in charge of rolling out the dumpling skin with a rolling pin, while Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru were in charge of wrapping it.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei, the three little ones, were also busy. Xia Juanjuan specially prepared some stuffing and skin for them and let them sit aside and learn how to make them like the adults.

The three little boys used their six chubby little hands to clumsily but conscientiously wrap the meat filling into the skins, and in the end, they actually managed to wrap it quite well.

Seeing that the three little ones knew how to work at such a young age, Lin Yuru felt more relieved.

Although it’s still early now, a kid who can help the family with work won’t be an ungrateful person when he grows up…

In a short while, a plate of more than sixty round and plump dumplings was wrapped.

Li Wen ran to light the fire, and after the water boiled, he put the dumplings in. After boiling them a few times, they were cooked.

Xia Juanjuan served dumplings to everyone. Xia Shuangshan got twenty, Lin Yuru and she got fifteen each, and the three little ones got about seven or eight each.

It was the first time for Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru to eat so many dumplings in one meal.

In the past, even for the dumplings at the New Year’s Eve dinner in the Xia family, there were always more people than dumplings. Because of Li Cuihua’s favoritism, the second branch of the Xia family was always the last to be served, and having five or six dumplings in one person’s bowl was already a lot!

Xia Shuangshan felt a little sour when he saw the plump white dumplings in the bowl that were almost filled with no space. He couldn't help but stand up and go to the kitchen to get a bowl.

Xia Juanjuan looked at him suspiciously: "Dad, what are you doing with the bowl?"

Xia Shuangshan was about to take the dumplings out of his bowl, saying, "This is too much! How can you finish it in one meal! I'll take some out, you can keep it for the three kids tonight!"

Lin Yuru also nodded and said, "Put half of mine aside, and the other half will be enough for us to eat!"

Xia Juanjuan raised her voice slightly and said, "Don't move! How come it's too much? I can eat fifteen by myself without any problem. You are so big, twenty is not enough for me. You can only eat half full at most! And you too, the three kids are so small, I'm afraid you can eat seven or eight! You only eat that much?"

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru stood there awkwardly after hearing what was said. It was not a good idea to pick up the dumpling, nor was it a good idea not to pick it up.

Xia Juanjuan sighed, knowing that they were used to being frugal and could not change their frugal habits in a short time, so she spoke again:

"Didn't I say today is a celebration, let's be extravagant for once? You guys eat your food! Besides, I'll need you guys to help me out later, so this meal won't be for nothing!"

When Xia Shuangshan heard this, he immediately said, "What kind of effort? Tell me!"

Xia Juanjuan said with a smile: "Eat the dumplings first! If you don't eat them, just pretend nothing happened!"

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru looked at each other and had to eat the whole bowl of dumplings obediently.

The three little ones also held their bowls and used chopsticks that were much bigger than their hands to eat their dumplings seriously.

Bite through the chewy outer skin, and the meaty filling inside will overflow with aroma. Paired with crispy bamboo shoots, it is extremely delicious and will leave your mouth greasy!

In those years in the countryside, it was not easy to have a full meal. Didn’t everyone only eat until they were 50% full or even 30% full?

After the meal, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru both felt that this was the most satisfying and delicious meal they had had in the past ten or twenty years.

Xia Juanjuan then said, "Dad, if you have time these winter days, come and help me build the fence in my yard! I have already collected most of the tree stumps and branches for the fence in the mountains these days."

Xia Shuangshan was stunned for a moment before he realized that Xia Juanjuan was talking about the matter that she had asked him to help with. He immediately agreed without thinking: "Okay! No need to wait a few days. I'll do it for you this afternoon!"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. She had not intended to be so hasty, but since today is the best day, she would do it today.

We will have to wait for the village to approve the homestead before we can build a new house, but that will probably have to wait until the beginning of next spring.

The fence of the house here is built first. The wood stakes, tree branches, bamboo branches and the like used for the fence are naturally all the ready-made economical trees in the space.

Xia Shuangshan was not vague and did what he said. Lin Yuru and Xia Juanjuan also helped. Sure enough, they built a fence wall that was almost one person high in just one afternoon.

In this way, it was separated from the place where Wang Guixiang and Liu Lan lived, and a door was opened from the other side. From now on, I would not have to be under the supervision of Wang Guixiang and Liu Lan when entering and leaving!

The days are short in winter and it gets dark quickly. Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru insisted on not staying for dinner and wanted to hurry back to Xia Village.

Xia Juanjuan was not reluctant, but still insisted that Lin Yuru take back a pound of flour, a pound of wild boar meat and ten eggs as a "reward" for repairing the fence.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru couldn't refuse, so they accepted it.

On the way back, Lin Yuru suddenly whispered, "Juan'er's father, do you feel that... our Juan'er has been different since she was captured on the day of her wedding?"

Xia Shuangshan was stunned for a moment. In fact, he felt the same way in his heart.