Meng Fei shrugged: "I don't know..."
Seeing that Meng Fei didn't say anything, Second Aunt didn't ask any more questions.
"By the way, Second Aunt, what do you want to talk to me about?" Meng Fei asked.
"Hey! Look at my brain. I'm thinking about the Chinese New Year. There are still many people here. Let's make some dumplings and freeze them in advance. When we feel lazy, we can just cook some frozen dumplings and eat them. It's convenient."
Hearing this, Meng Fei nodded and said, "Okay! I'll listen to you. By the way, Second Aunt, I have a lot of beef and mutton. You can just prepare some pork and green onion stuffing. When we're done wrapping them, we can just share it among the families."
"Oh, then you're at a disadvantage. Beef and mutton are so expensive!" Second Aunt quickly waved her hand to refuse.
"Oh! Second Aunt! Why are you telling me off? We are family. Besides, there are only you, me and Second Master left in our village. We are three families, so we should support and care for each other."
Seeing Meng Fei's firm attitude, Second Aunt did not refuse and sighed.
"Okay then. I'll go back and knead the dough now."
"Oh, right! Second Aunt, we have to cook more for lunch. Director Zhao from the Security Bureau will be eating here at noon, and he will probably bring two or three guards with him."
Hearing this, Second Aunt nodded quickly: "Oh! Director Zhao is coming! We have to prepare a few more side dishes for lunch. Gouzi, Director Zhao has taken good care of us. This opportunity happened because Director Zhao personally brought people here. You have to thank him very much. Don't worry about the dishes. I'll take care of the lunch."
After saying that, Second Aunt hurried back home and started to get busy.
Meng Fei grinned, and a warm feeling surged through his heart.
After Second Aunt left, Meng Fei took out a large piece of beef ribs and a large piece of lamb tenderloin from the warehouse and began to prepare the stuffing.
At this time, the beef and mutton were frozen hard in the temperature of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, like two large pieces of iron, making a crisp sound when knocked together.
The normal operation should be to wait until the meat is thawed before cutting it into stuffing.
But Meng Fei did not wait, but drew out the short blade at his waist that could cut through iron like mud, and chopped directly at the beef ribs.
The extremely hard beef ribs were easily cut like tofu under the short blade, and each piece of beef was of even thickness.
Meng Fei's technique was extremely quick, and in the blink of an eye the beef ribs had turned into a pile of frozen meat slices.
Then he stacked the slices of meat neatly, and swung the short blade in his hand rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the slices of meat became thin beef strips.
Finally, strip the beef, cut it into small pieces and put it in a bowl.
As for the mutton, Meng Fei followed the same method and it didn't take long for him to chop the stuffing. Then he placed two large basins on the kang to thaw.
After the preparation is complete, the next step is the most important.
That's the filling.
Whether dumplings are delicious or not is largely determined by the fillings.
Meng Fei first grabbed a handful of peppercorns and soaked them in boiling water.
Then heat the oil in a pan, and when the oil is warm, add onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon and bay leaves into the pan.
Under the stimulation of hot oil, the aroma of various spices was instantly released and filled the entire kitchen.
As the hot oil continues to simmer, the spices in the pot begin to slowly turn brown. Then they are removed from the pot, discarded, and the oil set aside.
After frying, the beef and mutton in the pot have begun to become soft and tender under the warming of the hot kang.
Meng Feichao added appropriate amount of salt, thirteen spices, pepper, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce to the filling and mixed well.
Then, add the soaked pepper water and cooking oil into the minced meat in two or three times, and beat in one direction.
Finally, pour in chopped green onion and stir well.
At this point, the delicious beef and green onion filling and mutton and green onion filling are ready.
Picking up a chopstick, putting it to the tip of his tongue and taking a sip, Meng Fei nodded with satisfaction.
Then he carried two large bowls of stuffing and went to his second aunt's house. As soon as he went out, he ran into Feng Shuyi, who was disheveled and stretching lazily at the door in a daze.
"Ah~~~ Good morning, Brother Meng. It's so comfortable to sleep on this heated kang! I feel warm all over."
"You kid...you just got up when the sun is almost shining on your butt. Look at the time. Where is your grandma?" Meng Fei scolded with a smile.
"He was there when I got up. I guess he went to look for your second uncle... By the way... Brother Meng, I have something to tell you..." Feng Shuyi seemed to be hesitant to speak, but couldn't help himself.
"What's the matter? Why are you being so polite to me? Just tell me."
"Maybe I'm overthinking it. Why do I feel like my grandma seems to have some feelings towards your second master..." Feng Shuyi came up to Meng Fei, looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he whispered.
"What??!!!!" Meng Fei exclaimed.
Although Meng Fei is outstanding in all aspects, he doesn't have much experience in dating.
I did date someone in college, but after a few days, he was cheated out of his six-dollar spicy hot pot by a senior.
Until later on, Meng Fei stopped looking for her.
In fact, Meng Fei looks quite energetic. He is 187cm tall with a straight and strong body. Many girls in the same department have flirted with him.
But Meng Fei was a very straight man. When the food was delivered to his mouth, he thought it was too hot and blew on it a few more times.
This has led to Meng Fei living a single life for so many years. As for his girlfriend, it is no different from if she had never gone abroad.
Hearing Meng Fei's exclamation, Feng Shu hurried forward and covered his mouth: "Oh! Brother Meng! Brother Meng! Keep your voice down, if grandma knew that I was gossiping about her behind her back, she would beat me to death!!"
"No, how did you figure that out?"
Feng Shuyi raised his chin and said proudly: "Intuition! Based on my intuition from having dated more than 60 girlfriends!!"
Meng Fei felt insulted at this moment and spat out a word fiercely.
"roll!!!"
Then he walked towards his second uncle's house without looking back. Seeing this, Feng Shu smiled and followed him happily.
When they arrived at Second Aunt's house, Second Aunt was kneading dough, Second Uncle and Meng Long were busy chopping dumpling stuffing. Second Aunt was surprised to see Meng Fei finished the dumpling stuffing so quickly. "Meng Fei, you are really fast, did you prepare the meat in advance?"
Meng Fei smiled and followed his aunt's words, saying, "Well, I was thinking of getting some meat to nourish Baihu, and now I'm going to make dumplings, so I'll use it."
"Okay, then you go sit inside for a while, the dough will be ready soon. Long'er! Stop working and go call your second master and the others over. It will be more fun making dumplings with more people."
Meng Long nodded, wiped his hands, walked out the door, and ran towards the second master's house.
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