"Okay! But where do the bean sprouts come from?" Zhou Jiahui asked curiously.
"Don't worry, I'll go find the bean sprouts. You just need to make dumplings."
Fang Yuan said confidently, then asked uncertainly, "Making dumplings...you know how to do that, right?"
"I know a little bit about this; I've made dumplings before." Zhou Jiahui nodded, thankfully her mother had taught her when she made dumplings.
But that's limited to making dumplings; she doesn't know how to roll out dumpling wrappers or anything like that.
"That's good. Actually, it's okay if you don't know how. I can teach you."
Fang Yuan kneaded the dough and let it rest for half an hour. He then went out for a walk and came back with a large handful of bean sprouts.
"Look, bean sprouts!"
"Wow, these bean sprouts look really good! Yuanyuan, you're amazing!" Zhou Jiahui looked at Fang Yuan with admiration.
"I also sprouted some bean sprouts last night, and they'll be ready to eat in a couple of days! Okay, let's start chopping the dumpling filling now."
After Fang Yuan managed to convince Zhou Jiahui, he began preparing the dumpling filling.
“Okay, I’ll help you!” Zhou Jiahui said earnestly.
Then, Fang Yuan helped prepare the dumpling filling.
Working together made things much faster.
When Zhou He and Luo Jin returned carrying the processed rice and flour, Fang Yuan had just put some dumplings into the pot.
"Are we having dumplings today?" Luo Jin asked, looking at the dumplings in front of him with some surprise.
They ate dumplings at a restaurant last night for lunch, had shredded pork rice for dinner, and ate dumplings again for lunch today. Are they sure they're here to visit the countryside?
This is much better than his life at home; compared to the people next door, it's like living in heaven.
"Yes, I thought you all really enjoyed the dumplings at the restaurant yesterday, so I made some today too. They're filled with chives and cabbage," Fang Yuan replied.
"I can eat both chive filling and cabbage filling," Luo Jin replied without hesitation.
He doesn't have any dietary restrictions.
“I can eat all of those too,” Zhou He replied.
"That's good. The ones in the pot are filled with chives. Since you've come all this way, you can eat first." Fang Yuan nodded.
In case some people don't like other flavors, I only cook chive dumplings in the pot.
"Brother, why did you go to move grain? Weren't you supposed to be looking at our house?" Zhou Jiahui asked Zhou He curiously.
"They don't need my help over there, so I'm going to get the food."
He had only lent a hand, but the workers were afraid he would take their jobs, so they sent him back immediately.
"In that case, shall we continue to rest for a few more days?" Zhou Jiahui asked happily.
After hearing what He Hongying had told her last time, she had no expectations whatsoever about going to work in the fields.
Fang Yuan shook his head: "We need to stock up on other things now, like firewood."
The key point is that she wants to go up the mountain to take a look.
But the dense forest stretched endlessly behind her, and being a newcomer, she dared not venture in alone.
"Firewood? We really need to stock up on it. Let's go up the mountain this afternoon."
Zhou He looked around the main room and found that there wasn't much firewood left; it was all that he and Luo Jin had gathered from the surrounding area.
It was all dry grass and thin twigs, not good for burning.
In winter, we can stockpile coal, but now that we can use firewood, we still have to use firewood.
“Go up the mountain? Yes, this is Northeast China, I also want to go up the mountain and have a look.” Luo Jin immediately became interested.
You might even encounter pheasants or roe deer if you go up the mountain.
Zhou He said, "Then let's go up the mountain and take a look over the next few days."
Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people going up the mountain, they could go up and check the situation. He also wanted to go hunting in the winter.
As they chatted, the dumplings were cooked.
"Come on, let's eat dumplings."
Fang Yuan took out the three lunchboxes and put the dumplings into them.
She discovered that eating from a lunchbox was the best option when there was no table, at least it was big enough to hold a lot of food.
She divided the pot of dumplings among the three people; they were just plain dumplings without any bean sprouts.
"Wow, Sister Yuanyuan's dumplings are so delicious, much better than those in restaurants."
Zhou Jiahui didn't notice any of this. She ate the dumplings with vinegar and garlic, and the taste was simply wonderful.
She felt that the dumplings her mother used to make couldn't compare to the ones Fangyuan made.
"It really is delicious. Comrade Fang Yuan is indeed a very good cook."
Luo Jin ate the dumplings and expressed his approval of Fang Yuan's cooking skills, saying that the dumplings he ate yesterday were quite different from today's.
"tasty."
Zhou He replied, then ate a dumpling in two bites, quite quickly.
"If you like it, eat more. I'm also planning to cook some cabbage dumplings. It's hot now, and these things don't keep very long."
Fang Yuan said this while cooking cabbage dumplings.
This time she cooked bean sprouts in the pot.
Although the system says that eating things from the space will improve one's physique, the actual improvement it brings to outsiders is far less than what it brings to her.
After all, in her previous life, Zhao Qingzhuo and her children ate with her.
The children are better than ordinary people in many ways, but not by much.
Zhao Qingzhuo hasn't changed much, except that he ages more slowly and lives longer.
"Sister Yuanyuan, we've finished all the meat, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
Looking at the cabbage dumplings in the pot, Zhou Jiahui asked curiously.
There's no meat left. Does that mean we'll have to eat vegetarian food tonight?
"Tonight? Let's have rice for dinner, how about stir-fried eggs with chives?"
Fang Yuan is obsessed with food, so she has to use her culinary skills to keep people willing to spend money on delicious food.
"Then... will we run out of food in the future?"
Zhou Jiahui realized she had eaten about twenty dumplings, and seeing the ones still in the pot made her want to eat more, which worried her.
"It's alright, I can buy grain in town, we don't lack that much."
Zhou He didn't object; if you can eat better, there's no need to eat worse.
Their family doesn't lack this subsidy; if his cousin really gets too thin from hunger, he won't be able to explain it when he goes back.
“Yes, I also get a subsidy, so we can afford it,” Luo Jin quickly chimed in.
The luckiest thing about coming to the countryside was meeting Fang Yuan, a comrade who can cook.
"You're right, so I'll be more frugal in the future?" Fang Yuan asked, feigning nervousness, before looking at the two men.
"No need, just do it this way. We'll buy whatever you need. The two of us men will cover the cost."
After Zhou He finished speaking, he looked at Luo Jin, who quickly nodded in agreement.
"Yes, just do it. We'll make up for anything you need. We're not short of money."
After answering, he continued to stare at the dumplings in the pot. Having already eaten more than twenty dumplings, he said he could eat ten more.
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