By the time Gu Erniu returned after changing his clothes, the water had boiled.
While Gu Lili pretended to look for something, she went into her space and bought some cold medicine, poured it into a bowl, and each of the four of them made a bowl.
The reason we gave Gu Sigou some to drink was because he was already dressed in thin clothes, and today he had been standing in the wind waiting for his older brother and sister, so he already had two big snot hanging from his nose.
"Here, drink this quickly to warm yourself up." Gu Lili prepared the medicine and handed it to the other three.
The three siblings thought it was maltose water and drank it without thinking.
"Sister, the sweet soup isn't as sweet as it was yesterday," Gu Sigou said, sniffling.
Gu Lili could hardly bear to look at it. It seemed she would have to find a suitable opportunity to buy some of this paper, otherwise it would be really inconvenient.
"Maybe I didn't put enough in, so it's not very sweet. Drink it quickly, it'll warm you up." Gu Lili said while drinking.
As Gu Lili blew on the drink, she was about to finish it, and finally felt much warmer.
She originally wanted to wash her hair, but the roads outside were already icy, and it would be troublesome to go out to fetch water, so the siblings simply gathered around the stove to warm themselves.
Gu Lili looked outside and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Icicles were already hanging from their eaves, and Gu Lili was a little worried that if this continued, their little house might collapse.
However, there was no solution at the moment, and they could only silently pray that their little house would hold on.
Once she had warmed up enough, Gu Lili prepared to cook today's meal.
It was so cold outside that Gu Lili thought for a moment, then, seeing that she still had some shepherd's purse at home, decided to make dumplings.
Gu Lili took out some of the leftover meat from yesterday and asked Gu Erniu to chop it into minced meat, while she went back inside to get some noodles.
If you make dumplings with coarse flour, the texture will definitely not be as good as with white flour.
Gu Lili thought for a moment and bought ten catties of flour and put it in her basket. Fortunately, Gu Erniu hadn't tidied up the basket yet, otherwise it would have been hard to say where the flour came from.
Gu Lili brought the noodles to the kitchen and began adding water and kneading the dough.
"Wow, sister, did you buy noodles today? These noodles are so white, they look delicious!" Gu Sigou said, licking his lips.
They had seen white flour before at the second branch of the Gu family, but it was never their turn to eat it; they would just stand aside and watch the second branch of the Gu family eat it.
Gu Lili smiled and said, "Yes, your second brother and I sold everything today, so we bought some good food for you. Now we'll have a place to buy candy, so you can eat as much as you want and never go hungry again."
Gu Sigou nodded heavily, leaning over the table and peering at Gu Lili kneading the dough.
Gu Lili kneaded the dough and set it aside, then started washing and blanching the vegetables.
The blanched vegetables were chopped and mixed with the meat filling that Gu Erniu had prepared. Then they started cutting dough, rolling it out, and making dumplings.
Seeing the three of them staring at her, Gu Lili smiled and said, "Go wash your hands, I'll teach you how to make dumplings."
The three of them had been waiting for a few words for a long time. They watched as the dough in Gu Lili's hands quickly turned into a chubby little crescent moon, and they were itching to try it themselves.
Gu Lili wrapped the dumplings while teaching the three of them.
At first, the three of them were a little at a loss, but gradually they managed to wrap it up quite well.
Many hands make light work, and the dumplings were quickly wrapped.
Seeing that the water in the pot had boiled, Gu Lili instructed the three of them to cook dumplings together.
The four of them took turns playing, having a great time and seemingly forgetting that freezing rain was still falling outside.
The dumplings floated to the surface, so Gu Lili added some cold water.
Because they are meat dumplings, they need to be cooked a little longer.
"Watch the pot, I'm going to get some more things!" Gu Lili said, handing the spatula to Gu Erniu. "Once the water boils again, we can serve it."
Gu Lili really missed the spicy wontons from Sichuan and Chongqing. On such a cold day, a bowl of them would be wonderful.
Gu Lili returned to her room and bought a jar of spicy chili oil from the mall.
When I took it back, the dumplings had already been served.
Gu Lili deliberately chose a more retro-style ceramic jar, which did not arouse the suspicion of the three.
As soon as the dumplings were served, Gu Lili couldn't wait to pick some out with her chopsticks and put them into the dumpling bowl.
Stir it, and the soup instantly turns red.
"Sister, is this also something delicious you bought today?" Gu Ergou asked.
How come my sister bought so much stuff even though she didn't go for very long?
Gu Lili said without batting an eye, "I saw an old lady selling it by the roadside. She said it's cold, and it's warming to eat in soup, but it's spicy."
"Spicy? Is that Vietnamese pepper? It doesn't look like it," Gu Erniu said.
They also add chili peppers to their dishes as a seasoning.
Gu Lili knew what he meant by "Yuejiao"—it was actually the dogwood.
Although they are also called peppers and are red, they are quite different from chili peppers.
Gu Lili scratched her head and said, "The old lady selling things said this is chili pepper, not Vietnamese chili pepper. I smelled it and thought it smelled nice, so I bought it to try. Let's eat quickly, or the dumplings will get cold."
Upon hearing this, Gu Erniu remained silent and instead followed Gu Lili's example, picking out some chili oil and putting it into his own bowl.
After mixing it well, he picked one up and ate it. As soon as he put it in his mouth, the spicy and numbing sensation traveled from his taste buds to his brain, and soon his nose started to sweat.
"Ssss... It's so delicious, sister! That old lady was right, it really warms me up, I'm even sweating!" Gu Erniu was sssing from the spiciness, but that didn't stop him from talking.
Gu Huanhuan said, "I'll try some too!"
"Third sister, give me some too, it smells so good!" Gu Sigou was also eager to try it.
Gu Lili said indulgently, "Put less on it, or your stomach will hurt from the spiciness."
Upon hearing this, Gu Huanhuan picked out a small amount and put it in a bowl. After stirring it well, she took a bite and found it to be delicious.
The four of them finished their dumplings with a few slurps. Gu Lili glanced outside and saw that the rain had lessened, so she called Erniu to return the raincoat to Aunt Zhang's house.
Gu Lili handed the bowl to Gu Huanhuan to wash, then went out to check on the freezing rain.
Gu Lili went under the eaves and saw that the water in the basin under the eaves had frozen into ice.
Gu Lili thought of the wheat in the field, and her heart clenched.
If the crops in the fields are damaged by the frost, then grain prices will likely be high in the summer.
Ancient grain yields were already low, and they simply couldn't withstand such natural disasters.
"Sister, waaaaah...come quick, something's happened!"
As Gu Lili was thinking, she heard Gu Sigou crying from inside the house.
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