I decided to do it right away, since all the materials were readily available at home anyway.
Making dumplings is a delicate skill that someone from a past life wouldn't have been able to do.
Having come here and spent the winter here, I've learned by watching. Regardless of the technique, the key is to use plenty of oil and heavy ingredients.
The pickled cabbage had already turned sour, but Sun Xiang helped with the pickling, so the taste was naturally good.
I boiled a large pot of water, ladled it into a large basin, added half of it with cold water, and left it to wash the sauerkraut later.
Lifting the lid of the large vat, the distinctive aroma of pickled cabbage immediately filled the entire room; it was sour, but not unpleasant.
Skim off the cloudy water, scoop out a few and put them in a basin. Were they washed before pickling? Now just wash them twice to remove the brine and sour taste.
Wash it clean and place it on a cutting board. The outer stem is thick, so you need to slice it into pieces. You don't need to slice the pickled cabbage heart inside. Besides, the pickled cabbage heart is crisp and delicious as a snack.
I simply sliced a few pieces and gave them to the little girl to chew on, while I chopped the pickled cabbage into smaller pieces myself.
Two more pieces of meat were found. This sauerkraut absorbs a lot of oil, and without meat, the taste is quite different.
The little girl had sharp eyes; she could tell at a glance it was chubby, and her eyes immediately lit up.
"Meatball! Sister, do you want me to make meatball?"
Frozen meat is easy to cut; I didn't even need to lift my head.
"Yes, the dumplings need to have meat in them, like dumplings with sauerkraut and meat, is that okay?"
The little girl was so happy that she threw the pickled cabbage hearts aside, saying they didn't taste good anymore.
"Sister, I'll help too."
"you?"
With such small arms and legs, and such interest, after a quick look around, I saw that the filling and dough were ready.
"Go find a rolling pin for your sister. She'll teach you how to make dumplings in a bit."
"Why!"
The reply was so loud that even the simple hand holding the basin trembled.
The two sisters weren't in a hurry. They carried the things inside and went out to find a curtain.
The dough mats here are all made from the thinnest part of sorghum stalks. Everyone in the village has life skills, but Jian Dan naturally doesn't. She got them from Liu Guangming. When the little girl brought in the rolling pin, Jian Dan had already laid out five or six dough mats in a row on the kang (a heated brick bed) and was kneading dough on the board.
The little girl took off her shoes, obediently climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), sat down next to the work surface, and waited. Her little nose twitched as she chuckled to herself.
I couldn't help but chuckle; this kid is quite amusing.
"Sister, meat dumplings, slurp!"
After being here for so long, the food has been good, and Jian Xin's little face has gotten a bit fuller. Li Yan and the others like to pinch her cheeks more and more.
"You really like eating meat that much?"
To be fair, the food during that period was really good, and the quality never dropped. But the child just liked it. He ate dumplings a few times, but we were busy then. Later, when we weren't busy anymore, he was simple and didn't like to exercise, so we bought food from the commune's mealtimes.
A few days ago, Jian Xin had a meal prepared by Li Yan and her friends. Although it was mostly vegetables with little meat and not much oil, she still enjoyed it very much.
Then it was quickly decided that the child likes to eat dumplings. Today she chopped some sauerkraut, but she didn't plan to make all of them sauerkraut dumplings. She was thinking of making some sauerkraut and pork dumplings, and some pure meat dumplings for the child. She thought she would like them too.
The dough is kneaded well; it's simple and doesn't lie to the kids.
"Come on, sprinkle flour on this dough, make sure it's even."
Jian Xin accepted the task, her little face tense. She carefully pinched a handful of dough and gently dotted it onto the dough pieces. She had already finished pinching off a single dough ball, and she was still slowly dotting it.
Without saying a word, Jian Dan grabbed a handful of dough, tossed it up, and scattered all the dough pieces around him. Then, without even looking up, he started kneading the dough.
The little girl was startled for a moment, then secretly glanced at Jian Dan without looking at her, and copied her by grabbing a handful and tossing it upwards. However, her little hand was disobedient, and a handful of noodles ended up on her bangs.
Before Jian Dan could even speak, she was startled.
"ah!"
I looked up briefly and burst out laughing.
By the time the two sisters finished getting ready and started making dumplings, half a day had already passed.
He may be small, but he has big ambitions.
If they insist on learning, I won't stop them even if it's simple.
Watching her lay the rolled-out dumpling wrapper on the board, scoop a little filling with a spoon, and carefully place it on top, which actually only occupied a tiny bit in the middle, then pinch the two sides of the dumpling wrapper together with her two little hands and forcefully push them together.
Simple didn't interfere; children have a strong ability to imitate, so she just wrapped it up by herself, but her movements were slowed down countless times. The little girl was also very serious, staring intently with almost no blink, gesturing with her little hands.
After quite some time, when the first dough ball was half-wrapped, the little girl's excited voice rang out.
"Sister, look, I've wrapped it up."
I glanced up briefly, and wow, not bad at all. I wonder what shape the dumplings are.
"Wow, that's amazing! The dumplings you made for the first time didn't leak."
I can't make out the shape, and I really can't find any other good points, but the child needs encouragement. I'm generous with praise, even if it's simple.
"Xin Xin, you made a dumpling on your first try! Wow, this dumpling is really special. You have to try it later, since you made it yourself."
The praise made the little girl's eyes sparkle, and she nodded her head repeatedly.
"Mmm, I made them myself, they smell delicious."
"right!"
It's easy to fool children, and they feel no guilt whatsoever.
Praised, Jian Xin was incredibly motivated, her speed increased rapidly, and as for efficiency, well, her innovative ability was remarkable, with more and more shapes emerging.
I simply placed her wrapped dumplings on a separate covered tray. Some of the dumplings that the child wrapped were definitely too big to freeze, so I cooked them fresh later so she could taste the little girl's cooking.
The sauerkraut filling was half-finished, and several full bamboo trays were taken outside. After bringing it back inside, the meat filling was simply brought in.
Do you like to eat meat?
No need for an answer; you can tell from that obviously excited expression that it's purely carnivorous.
Practice makes perfect, and this applies to Jian Xin as well. Her dumplings are becoming more and more beautiful, and she's also growing prettier, grinning with her little teeth and swaying her head.
"Look, isn't this pretty?"
"Sister, I want to eat meat dumplings?"
"Okay, then we'll have meat today. How many can you eat?"
She had a basic foundation in simple literacy and counting, and after learning with JianDan for so many days, counting up to twenty was no problem for her. However, she didn't have enough fingers, and the little girl hesitated.
"I can eat ten, no, twelve, I can eat twelve."
It's simply making conversation out of nothing.
"I can eat twenty, who can eat the most?"
Children who can count are not easily fooled; one immediately raised its little hand covered in flour.
"You eat a lot! I only ate twelve, I'm still growing."
It's so simple.
"Where did you learn that phrase?"
Why does it look so familiar?
Did you steal my lines?
The little girl finished speaking and then ignored it.
"Hehe, sister, look, isn't this pretty?"
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