Su Xueli said, "Mom, I'm not tired. I'll learn from you so I can make it whenever I want."
Cao Maizi clapped his hands and said with a smile, "That's right, let's go then."
While washing the pumpkin, she explained the steps to her daughter-in-law for making pumpkin pancakes: "Peel the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, and steam it. After steaming, put it in a bowl to cool. Then add white sugar, some glutinous rice flour, and wheat flour, mix well, and let it rest for a while. This will make the pancakes soft and fluffy."
Finally, flatten the rested dough into a pancake, add a little oil to the pan, and fry until golden brown on both sides.
Su Xueli muttered to herself: No wonder my cooking in my previous life wasn't as good as hers. It turns out the steamed pumpkin wasn't cooled down, and I didn't add sugar and let the dough rest beforehand.
She couldn't help but praise Cao Maizi, "Mother, you have such skillful hands."
Cao Maizi was very pleased and modestly said that she had been cooking since she was a child, and had done it for most of her life, so she had some experience.
It was the twelfth lunar month, a time when farmers hibernated, eating, playing, and sleeping. Wei Mingyue ate breakfast and went to her friend's house to knit, unaware of what had happened at home.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw her mother and sister-in-law busy in the kitchen, chatting intimately. She pouted and was about to go back to her room when she suddenly smelled the sweet aroma of pumpkin. She asked, "Mom, didn't you say you were saving the pumpkin for the New Year to make pumpkin pancakes? Why are you making them now?"
Pumpkin cakes are a luxury item, because they require glutinous rice flour and white sugar, which are quite precious these days. That's why Cao Maizi saves them for the Lunar New Year.
When asked, Cao Maizi casually replied, "Your sister-in-law wants to eat it."
Upon hearing that Su Xueli wanted to eat, Wei Mingyue became furious. "Mom, I really am your own daughter. Last time I had a cold and craved pumpkin pancakes, you wouldn't make them for me and just gave me a bowl of sugar water. If she wants to eat them, you should make them for her. You should treat her like your grandmother!"
Cao Maizi was so angry she wanted to hit her, but before she could even open her mouth, she blurted out, "Are you jealous of your sister-in-law? That's easy, you should hurry up and get married and become a grandmother in your husband's family."
Wei Mingshen walked from his room to the kitchen as he spoke.
Su Xueli was extremely satisfied with this guy's performance, so she decided to let the siblings kill each other and just watch quietly.
Cao Maizi also felt that her son's words were satisfying, and said to her daughter, "Let's see if you still bully your sister-in-law. Your brother will be the first to object."
Wei Mingyue looked at her brother with a look of disbelief. "My good brother, you are such a model husband. But let me ask you, when our parents asked you to marry him, you resisted desperately and said that you would never want anyone but Lin Meizhi in your life. Why did you change your mind so quickly? Meizhi is waiting for you. You can't let her down."
After saying that, he gave Su Xueli a provocative look.
The elderly couple, Cao Maizi and her husband, were just feeling grateful to their daughter-in-law's family for not disliking their son when their daughter actually said those words. Enraged, she grabbed a rolling pin and hit Wei Mingyue on the head, yelling, "You little bastard, you're always causing trouble! I'll beat you to death..."
Wei Mingyue is the youngest in the family and has been spoiled since childhood. Today, her mother beat and scolded her in front of her new sister-in-law. Where is her dignity?
"Oh no, you hit me! You hit me! You hit me!" she cried, jumping up and down.
Cao Maizi said angrily, "You deserved to be hit, but I didn't hit you hard enough."
Wei Mingyue stretched her head and rammed it into her mother's arms, "Hit me, hit me, if you have the guts, kill me! If you kill me, it won't bother you. Spoil your daughter-in-law however you want..."
Wei Mingshen grabbed his mother and dodged, causing Wei Mingyue to stumble and nearly crash into the kitchen counter.
She startled herself and stood there motionless for a few seconds.
Su Xueli said casually, "Sister, you don't need to stand up for Lin Meizhi here. Just go and talk to her. She doesn't need to wait outside. She can come home. I'll make room for her when she arrives."
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