Today, the three babies were unwilling to go upstairs. They started crying when their mother carried them upstairs. Only after their mother told them to eat first and then come down, did they stop crying and make a fuss and were carried upstairs.
Professor Chu was very excited. Where could he find such a smart child?
After they were full, Dong Yunrong suggested that they not go downstairs, as they were about to fall asleep with their eyes half closed. Zhou Xiang disagreed, "Mom, you have to fulfill the promises you made to your children, no matter how small or difficult they are. This will have an impact on their character."
Since her daughter-in-law had said so, Dong Yunrong did not refute it. "Okay, Ling Ran, go downstairs with the big quilt and fall asleep. You can't do without a big quilt."
Lying on the bed downstairs, listening to the noises of people making dumplings, the three babies slept soundly.
While there's strength in numbers, a lot of people also means a lot of appetite! Thirty-one people, aside from the older ones who have smaller appetites, the young people and children are all big eaters.
While wrapping dumplings, Zhou Nian quietly asked Zhou Xiang, "How many meals will it take to make so many?"
"A meal."
"ah?"
"What? Hurry up and make them! The dumplings on New Year's Eve are full. Count how many you can eat. How many can a big guy like Lu Zhaochong eat? Count all these dumplings, they're not even half enough!"
"Ohhhh, let me pack them quickly. I want to eat thirty."
"Okay, I didn't specify thirty for you, it's just a rough estimate."
"Hmm," Zhou Nian quickened her pace. It was finally her day to eat all-you-can-eat dumplings.
Guo Jia's hand speed is very fast. She has three younger sisters! There are many people eating at home, but few people working. She needs to work harder.
The diameter of the dumpling curtain in Huai County is 50 cm. One curtain can hold up to 60 large dumplings. After making 18 curtains, the two dough boards for rolling out the dumpling skins are also full.
"After dinner, while watching the evening show, I'll make dumplings for tomorrow morning."
Zhou's mother's words made those who had been making dumplings all afternoon feel mixed emotions. They were happy because the dumplings were delicious and they could eat as much as they wanted, but they were worried because they had to work hard to make the dough.
The firewood stove outside was boiling water and cooking dumplings very quickly. Zhou Kai, who was paralyzed by the training, got up immediately when he heard that the dumplings had already started to cook.
"I'll go take a shower and change clothes."
As soon as it got dark, firecrackers were set off. After the dumplings were taken out of the four stoves and two large steamer pots in the kitchen, a second pot was cooked in each of them. Only then were more than a thousand dumplings cooked.
Except for Xu Tong and Ling Ran, none of the men knew how to cook dumplings, so the men ate first, and the women who could help went to help.
Except for the youngest, everyone else among the Guo Jia sisters can make a fire, but an adult is needed to cook dumplings.
Ling Ran and Xu Tong cooked the second pot in the kitchen, and Zhou Kai ate it while shouting that it was delicious.
Of course it tastes good. The flour is mixed in a ratio of one to four, and special seasonings are added to the filling. It would be strange if it didn’t taste good.
The Guo Jia sisters who were stoking the fire were drooling. Yuanyuan brought the old and the young and stood next to Professor Chu and called him Grandpa Chu. Professor Chu asked them to wash their hands and he helped them dry the dumplings.
"oh."
The youngest is more than a year older than Yuanyuan. Now that he can run and jump, he will take care of Yuanyuan. At this time, he pulled her and the two of them stood on tiptoe to wash their hands in the pedestal basin in the bathroom. They shook off the water on their hands and came out. They couldn't reach the towel.
Professor Chu pulled a few tissues from the table and wiped the water off the two little girls' hands. He then pushed the plates in front of them and said, "Eat! Eat slowly, it's still a little hot."
"Yes! Thank you, Grandpa Chu."
"You're welcome."
The two little girls who finally had dumplings squinted their eyes and said, "Delicious."
Zhu Hang was helpless with his daughter. This girl had learned her lesson. She knew that Professor Chu liked children, so whenever she wanted to eat something, she would call Grandpa Chu.
Professor Chu touched Yuanyuan's head. He saw how smart the little girl was. He looked forward to seeing Tongtong and the others grow up.
The second pot of dumplings was ready, and another bowl was brought to the man's table.
Zhou Kai simply sat down at the table with the women and said, "I'll help you finish what you can't finish."
Zhou Xiang pushed him away and said, "Stand over there and wait. Come over here when we can't finish eating."
Zhou Kai blinked his eyes. Why did this sound wrong?
Finally, it was time to start eating. Zhou Nian put 30 dumplings into her bowl. If there were no dumplings left on the table, these 30 should be enough. She didn't know how many she could eat. 30 was the number she had always dreamed of.
Guo Jia took a look and took 30 for himself and 20 for his two sisters. "You guys finish these first, and take more if you're not satisfied."
Guo Yao and Guo Mei looked at their elder sister. Since their elder sister had picked up the dumplings for them, it should be fine. There were six bowls on the table, with a hundred dumplings in each bowl!
The two of them counted on their fingers. Hmm, they couldn't count, so they added, 20 plus 20, 15 times. Hmm! There should be a lot left, so don't worry, we can't finish it.
As a result, those people who had never eaten a full meal of dumplings had leftovers in their bowls.
Guo Xuehua ate what was left in the bowls of her second and third daughters. Guo Jia stared at the dumplings in the bowl. The dumplings smelled delicious, but she couldn't eat any more.
Zhou Nian was in a dilemma, holding the bowl. She still had 10 left! Should she save them for tomorrow? Or wait until she rested a bit before eating them?
A large hand took her bowl, poured the dumplings into its own bowl, and returned the bowl to her. "Silly, pick up ten dumplings next time."
Zhou Nian was stunned. No, that was my leftovers. Isn’t that unhygienic?
Seeing that the women were no longer able to fight, Zhou Kai immediately walked to the dining table and asked, "Can I eat now?"
“Eat!”
Xiong Mingli and Xiao Tan also came over, they were not full.
Ling Ran, the big eater, naturally came over as well. Lu Zhaochong also took the opportunity to sit down. Zhou Kai didn't manage to snatch the food from these four big eaters. Seeing that there were still a few left in Guo Jia's bowl, he took her bowl and said, "I'll help you eat."
After shoveling a few dumplings into his bowl, he lowered his head to eat the dumplings, not noticing the meaningful looks from others.
After clearing the table and washing the dishes, Guo Xuehua deliberately dragged his eldest daughter to wash the pot on the other side of the alley. He even stretched his head to look outside the alley before softly warning his eldest daughter, "Jia Jia, stay away from Zhou Kai."
Guo Jia didn't quite understand what her mother meant, but she obeyed, "I understand. I didn't plan to play with him. He's so carefree, well, as Miss Zhou would say, stupid. I don't like his temper. He's so jumpy and annoying."
Guo Xuehua was relieved. "Try to stay away from him. Don't eat too much in the future. There's always enough food at home. I'm sure there will be enough dumplings for New Year's Eve. I'm just not sure about tomorrow morning's dumplings. I heard that people come to pay New Year's greetings very early, so we cook dumplings for them. Tomorrow morning, eat 15 dumplings until you're full. Don't overeat."
"Okay, do you want to chop stuffing and make dumplings later?"
"No need to chop the stuffing. We'll have meat dumplings tomorrow morning. The meat stuffing is already chopped. I'll just mix the dough and stuffing later."
After washing up, everyone returned to the dining room and started distributing New Year’s money.
Professor Chu was the oldest, so he was the first to receive red envelopes. Xiao Tan helped him take the handbag, opened it and took out a pile of red envelopes that had been prepared. Except for people of the same generation as him, everyone else, regardless of age, received a red envelope.
The red envelopes given to Sanbao were different and especially thick. "It was Sanbao's first year of Lunar New Year, and Grandpa Chu gave them thick red envelopes."
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