Qi Mengmeng pointed inside the house and lowered her voice: "Leilei and I went to the park. We were tired when we came back and fell asleep."
Zhao Xiaocao then sat down and asked Qi Mengmeng: "Leilei doesn't look like he's from here. Is he from your hometown?"
Qi Mengmeng shook her head vaguely: "It's not from our place. Lei Lei's parents are dead, so he recognized me as his godmother."
She was worried that Zhao Xiaocao would mention his parents in front of Lei Lei, so she told him about the death of Lei Lei's parents.
Zhao Xiaocao was surprised: "Both his parents passed away?"
"Yeah." Qi Mengmeng didn't say much.
Zhao Xiaocao then said with pity, "This child, even though his parents passed away, has grown up to be so sensible. His family has taken so much trouble."
"Yeah." Qi Mengmeng nodded: "Leilei's family treats him very well."
As the two were talking, Feng Lian walked out of the house and was stunned when she saw Zhao Xiaocao.
Qi Mengmeng introduced the two: "Sister Feng, this is my master's wife, you can just call her Aunt Zhao. Master's wife, this is Lei Lei's aunt, Feng Lian."
Feng Lian has taken care of Lei Lei over the years, and his temperament has changed a lot. He looks like a city person. Zhao Xiaocao is even more certain that Lei Lei's family background is not ordinary.
She originally wanted to ask Qi Mengmeng something else, but Feng Lian's appearance made her unable to say anything more. She said hello to Qi Mengmeng and went home.
Feng Lian then said to Qi Mengmeng apologetically, "I slept a little deeply today. Where's Lei Lei? Did he go to bed?"
Qi Mengmeng pointed to the room and said, "I see Leilei is tired, so let him sleep for a while. Leilei wants to eat buns, shall we make some buns tonight?"
Before Feng Lian came here, Mr. Feng told her that she should listen to Qi Mengmeng in everything.
If he didn't know that Qi Mengmeng had a job now, Mr. Feng would not have wanted Feng Lian to come along.
But now Qi Mengmeng has a job, and leaving Lei Lei to other people, and Mr. Feng is worried, so he asked Feng Lian to come along.
Although she didn't have much contact with Qi Mengmeng, Feng Lian had already seen that Qi Mengmeng was not a person who liked to take advantage of others, and that she should come from a well-off family, so she had no opinion on what she ate.
Qi Mengmeng took out two squashes from the basket brought by Zhao Xiaocao and prepared to make buns with squash filling.
She didn’t know whether Feng Lian had been to the kitchen, but she didn’t plan to take anything out of the space. She would make dumplings with pumpkin and eggs in the evening.
When Lei Lei woke up, Qi Mengmeng had already wrapped all the buns and placed the plump white buns on the lid curtain.
"Mom, is this what you just wrapped? It smells so good."
"Is this pumpkin and egg? Does Leilei like it?" Qi Mengmeng showed Leilei the remaining stuffing.
Leilei said curiously, "Mom, I want to make one too."
This time I made a lot of filling and it couldn’t fit in one pot, so there was some filling left over.
Qi Mengmeng took Lei Lei to wash his hands, then pinched a piece of dough for Lei Lei and taught him how to make dumplings.
Feng Lian hurried to stop him. Even though the Feng family was well-off, they had never let Lei Lei play with white flour.
When Lei Lei heard this, he looked at Qi Meng Meng and said, "Mom?"
Qi Mengmeng shook her head at Feng Lian, lowered her head and said gently to Lei Lei: "I'll teach Lei Lei how to make dumplings, and then we can put them in the pot and steam them together, okay?"
That is to say, although supplies are scarce nowadays, it is quite normal for adults to give children a piece of dough to play with when making buns or dumplings in modern times.
Of course, Qi Mengmeng would not let Lei Lei waste food. She taught Lei Lei how to roll out the dough, put a spoonful of stuffing on the dough, and then slowly pinched the bun skin.
Leilei is young and the dumpling skin is a little big, so Qi Mengmeng helps Leilei hold the dumpling skin, and when he doesn't pinch the folds well, she helps him pinch the folds well.
Feng Lian tried to speak several times, but Qi Mengmeng just shook her head at her. Lei Lei's eyes were shining, and he was obviously very happy.
"Mom, what do you think of the buns I made?" Lei Lei held up the half-formed "bun" in his hand.
Qi Mengmeng gave him a thumbs up and said, "Leilei is awesome. He made dumplings so well even for the first time."
"I'll give this bun to mom." Lei Lei's face flushed. She looked at Feng Lian next to her and said, "Auntie, I'll make one for you too."
Feng Lian quickly shook her head. There was only a small amount of stuffing in a large piece of dough, and some of it was even outside. What if it leaked out during steaming?
Lei Lei's expression immediately became depressed, Qi Mengmeng comforted him: "Leilei, Aunt Feng is worried that you are tired, and the remaining dough and stuffing can only make two buns. Mom will make them first. Next time we make buns, Lei Lei can help, okay?"
Feng Lian also noticed that Lei Lei was in a bad mood, and nodded: "Yes, Lei Lei, you can pack it next time."
Lei Lei looked at the stuffing and dough in the bowl, nodded, and said sensibly: "Then I'll make it next time."
"Leilei is so well behaved." Qi Mengmeng took Leilei to wash his hands and let him play in the yard for a while.
It was Lei Lei’s first time to come to Qi Meng Meng’s place. He was curious about everything and looked around the yard.
Qi Mengmeng took the opportunity to say to Feng Lian, "Leilei's help in making the dumplings is out of kindness. As long as he can make the dumplings, it's fine. Even if they don't look good, it won't affect the eating."
Having said that, Feng Lian still disagreed: "That's white flour, what if it's wasted?"
Qi Mengmeng looked at Feng Lian and said seriously, "I believe Leilei is not a child who wastes food. Besides, even if it is wasted, it is just a piece of flour. Of course, Leilei is more important."
Feng Lian didn't know whether Qi Mengmeng said this to curry favor with the Feng family or if she really thought so, but she didn't agree with Qi Mengmeng's statement.
Not only because white flour is precious, but also because Lei Lei is young and a boy, Feng Lian feels that Lei Lei should not be exposed to these things.
Qi Mengmeng could tell what Feng Lian meant from her expression. She didn't need Feng Lian's approval, as long as Feng Lian understood and didn't oppose her.
Neither of them spoke for a while. Qi Mengmeng stared at the pot, while Feng Lian watched Lei Lei playing in the yard.
Lei Lei played in the yard for a while, and when he came back he didn't see Qi Mengmeng, so he ran to the kitchen again, and Qi Mengmeng just put the second pot of buns into the pot.
"Mom, I'm hungry." Lei Lei looked at the steaming buns beside him.
Qi Mengmeng couldn't bear to see his greedy look, so she took the bun that was already in the bowl next to her and tore a small hole in it.
"The buns are just out of the pot, they're still a little hot."
Lei Lei first held the bun in front of Qi Meng Meng: "Mom, take a bite first."
Qi Mengmeng felt that Lei Lei treated her as his own mother, and would let her take a bite of anything even if it was just a bun.
Leilei looked at Qi Mengmeng expectantly. Qi Mengmeng tore a small piece of the bun skin off and put it in her mouth, then handed the bun back: "Leilei, eat it."
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