Lu Zhiheng thought about it all night and finally remembered that these supplies only came after his daughter returned, which meant that these supplies must be related to his daughter.
After figuring out this key point, Lu Zhiheng stopped worrying about it and stopped thinking about where these things came from. In any case, everything about his daughter was extraordinary, and he didn't need to ask, much less know.
Of course, it wasn't just him. He thought of Lu, Qingfeng thought of Lu, and even the usually carefree Lu Qingzhu realized the key. He knew his sister's abilities. Back in the Russian territory, his sister had hidden so much grain, and these things must have been taken from the place where his sister hid things.
But I'll pretend I don't know, and I'll just rummage through those things for my sister more often in the future.
Lu Qingfeng could think of things that they couldn't. He had read the Classic of Mountains and Seas before and seen all sorts of magical things in it. He knew about the "Sleeve Universe" thing, but he didn't know if the little fairy's was this treasure.
Although they had a lot of ideas in their minds, their hands kept moving. Lu Qingfeng and his brother had also made dumplings before, but Lu Qingfeng knew how to roll out dumpling wrappers while Lu Qingzhu did not.
After He Caiwei kneaded the dough, she asked Lu Qingfeng to tidy up the dining table in the room. The dining table was quite spacious and could be used to make dumplings, but not too many at once. After all, this place wasn't freezing cold, and there was no refrigerator. If too many were made, they would spoil in a couple of days.
"Goodness, isn't this too little? I saw your aunt made a whole basin of them." The old man looked at the pitiful little bit of dumpling wrappers in the basin and thought it was too little no matter how he looked at it.
"Grandpa, we don't have a natural refrigerator here. If we make too much, it'll spoil quickly if we can't finish it." He Caiwei said helplessly. Why do we need so much? Where will we put it if we can't finish it all?
"Hey, old man, how could you forget about this? We can't put it outside to freeze." The old man then remembered that it hadn't snowed here.
"Alright, alright, I'll give you some in a bit. Uncle Zhang and the tailor each get a bowl. If it's not enough, make it a little softer." The old man, having something to eat, didn't forget Director Zhang and the tailor.
"Okay, Grandpa, I'm getting ready. Don't worry, I won't forget them. What kind of filling would you like, Grandpa? I'll go get it ready." After kneading the dumpling wrappers, it's time to prepare the filling. Since we have pork at home, we can chop it into minced meat.
You can make it with cabbage and scallions, or with pure pork filling. I also have some dried shiitake mushrooms at home, so I can make shiitake mushroom and pork filling that too.
"What do we have at home that can be used as filling?" The old man didn't know what they had at home that could be used as filling, so he could only ask his granddaughter.
"There's fresh pork, mushrooms, and scallions. We can make pork and scallion filling, pork and mushroom filling, cabbage and vermicelli filling, and peanuts and sesame seeds," He Caiwei read aloud, leaving the Lu Qingfeng brothers somewhat dumbfounded.
They'd heard of pork and scallion filling, and cabbage and pork filling, and even shiitake mushroom and pork filling, and cabbage and vermicelli filling—what on earth is this? And can dumplings really be filled with peanut and sesame? Isn't that the filling for glutinous rice balls?
The food people eat in the south is so strange. How can anyone eat something that's both sweet and salty? And isn't cabbage and glass noodles a dish? Why are they wrapped in dumplings?
"No, little sister, peanuts and sesame seeds aren't suitable for dumplings. They're both sweet and salty, so they definitely won't taste good. Let's not waste food." Lu Qingzhu almost begged her sister not to waste food. These are times when resources are scarce, and wasting food like this would be a curse.
He Caiwei thought about it and agreed. Dumplings filled with peanuts and sesame seeds are fried, not boiled like this. Okay, then let's remove the peanuts and sesame seeds.
"Let me make this clear first, I don't like the taste of chives, so don't even think about egg and chive dumplings." He Caiwei remembered that her aunt seemed to have made a kind of egg and chive dumpling, but she really didn't like the taste of chives.
Now that she's in charge of supplying materials, no one can get anything she doesn't like.
"I know, I know you're the head chef, you're the boss. We'll eat whatever you make. Or you can teach me how to cook." Lu Qingfeng had never really cooked much in his life, except for reheating food, of course. His mother would cook it and leave it there. He just needed to reheat it for his younger siblings and they could eat. He didn't need any cooking skills.
"Alright, I'll teach you how to cook while you're here. Otherwise, what will you do if your uncle and aunt aren't home when you go back? The food in the cafeteria is much better, and you can't bear to go without it." He Caiwei felt that both boys and girls should learn to cook, and of course, this was also to ease the burden on her aunt.
“Okay, as long as you’re willing to teach, we’ll definitely learn. Little sister can learn too, otherwise he won’t have anything to eat when we go to school.” Lu Qingfeng only just remembered that his parents were really busy with work, and when they were little, the three of them practically ate all three meals in the cafeteria.
Perhaps because they could make do, none of the three of them ever thought about learning to cook.
"Okay, let's make dumplings first. I'll go mix the pork filling. Whatever filling I make, you can make the dumplings. Pork and scallion filling might not be possible, since we only have small scallions here, not large ones." He Caiwei had just forgotten to consider where the scallions for the pork and scallion filling would come from. After all, people here usually use small scallions, and if they have large scallions, they bring them home to satisfy their cravings. Buying them is out of the question.
"Alright, if we don't have scallions, green onions will do." Lu Qingfeng didn't like the taste of scallions, nor did he have the habit of eating them with dipping sauce. His impression of scallions was simply that they were pungent.
He Caiwei grabbed two laborers to chop meat filling. In the end, they made a cabbage and pork filling and a mushroom and pork filling. She originally wanted to smuggle out two carrots to make carrot and pork filling, but after she took out the two carrots, they were taken away to be admired.
“I haven’t been to the sea lately, otherwise I could have made crab dumplings and mackerel dumplings. Although it was a bit of a hassle, those two kinds of dumplings are really delicious. Are any of you three allergic to seafood?” Suddenly, He Caiwei was missing crab dumplings and mackerel dumplings, but she didn’t have any ingredients available right now.
Although it's impossible to make both kinds of dumplings right away, it's still okay to daydream. I need to find an opportunity to get some crabs and fish to put in my space. Most of the fish in my space are ornamental fish, and there are very few fish that can actually be eaten. She had to get them herself from the river.
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