Chapter 20 Eating Dumplings
"Sister Meng, the noodles you made are really delicious. I can eat two bowls," Zhou Hui praised while eating.
"Come on, you've said everything. What else can I say? Anyway, Mengmeng is the most virtuous, capable and beautiful girl I have ever seen. If I were a man, I would marry you home," Wu Ruirui also took over the conversation to flatter.
Zhou Hui snorted, "Flatterer,"
Wu Ruirui looked at him with disdain and retorted, "If I am a flatterer, then you are the flatterer No. 2. Neither of us should say anything about each other, humph."
"Okay, both of you stop talking nonsense. The lunch is short, so let's eat something simple. How about having dumplings when we come back tonight?" Li Meng asked the three people after taking a bite of noodles.
"We can eat whatever you say, Sister Meng. We have no objection. We will follow your lead and make the final decision," Zhou Hui said.
"If there is anything missing, please tell us and we will take care of it. Don't take on everything by yourself," Pei Yu looked at her deeply.
"Well, don't worry, I won't be polite if you need anything, hehe, let's eat quickly," let's take a rest after eating, and remember to pick up some firewood when you come back in the evening. Ruirui, when you get off work, come back directly to boil some hot water and wait for me to come back. The three agreed in unison,
When she went back to her room to take an afternoon nap, Li Meng was still thinking about how she should bring the peach cakes to share with the little ones in the afternoon. They were all taken back by their mothers at noon and she didn't have time to give them to the children. She also had to release the eggs in the afternoon. As she was thinking about it, Li Meng went to play chess with Zhou Gong.
The horn for the afternoon work had already sounded, and Li Meng brought the sheep to the hillside again. The little kids also came, and when they saw Li Meng coming, they enthusiastically rushed over and called her "sister, sister", chirping like little sparrows.
"Come here, Dazhu, this is the peach cake that my sister promised to give you this morning. Each of you will get two pieces. Please help distribute them. After you finish eating,
Sister will tell you another story of Little Red Riding Hood, "Okay, thank you Sister Mengmeng,"
A skinny little boy took a bite of the peach cake. It was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten, fragrant and sweet. He approached Li Meng and asked in a low voice, "Sister, can I take the peach cake home for my sister to eat? She is 3 years old and has never eaten such delicious food. Is that okay?"
"Of course you can. You can eat the food I give you anytime. From now on, whenever you come to help me weed, I will give you something delicious. This is a secret between us," Li Meng said, and she touched the little boy's head.
In this way, for several days in a row, the villagers found that when Li Zhiqing was herding sheep, there were always a few children following him, and these children were jumping around and looked very happy.
When they came back that afternoon, Dandan was smuggled out of the space by Li Meng. Dandan transformed into a mynah bird and squatted on Li Meng's shoulder before returning.
As soon as I entered the door, I attracted a lot of people's attention.
"This is"? Li Laidi was the first to ask,
"I saw a starling under the tree. It had an injured leg, so I brought it home to raise. It is very obedient and won't disturb you, so you don't have to worry," Li Meng explained.
"Oh oh oh, Mengmeng, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that I haven't seen such a big starling before. I'm just a little curious. Don't worry, I don't mind even if you raise a wolf," Li Laidi explained hurriedly, fearing that Li Meng would misunderstand her meaning.
"Big sister, if you feed this to a wolf, you'll probably be the first one to run away," everyone thought.
Liu Huan glanced at Li Meng. How could she find such a good thing as picking up a bird? If she had picked it up, she would not have kept it, but would have killed it and eaten its meat. She was really craving meat these days.
"Come on, sister, I'm going back to my room first. I'll make dumplings later, remember to come and try some," Li Meng attracted another wave of hatred and took Dandan back to the room.
After chopping the dumpling stuffing, they had cabbage and pork dumplings for dinner. Li Meng said the meat was bought last time, but they didn't care. The cabbage was given to her by Aunt Ma last time, and it happened to be used today. Instead of using all white flour, she added some buckwheat flour.
When everything was ready, Li Laidi came in with a bowl of kimchi, "Mengmeng, this is the kimchi my mother made for me, try it, if it tastes good, I'll ask my mother to send me more next time."
"Thank you, sister Lai Di," Li Meng said with a smile. "Then don't leave. Come and help make dumplings together," Wu Ruirui called Li Lai Di to stop him from just eating and not working.
The three of them finished wrapping very quickly. Pei Yu and Zhou Hui also came back. The water in the big pot soon boiled. They put 100 in first and ate them first. If they were not enough, they would eat them later. Anyway, they had wrapped a lot. If they could not finish them in one meal, they could eat them the next day. The weather would not be bad.
It smelled really good. Five people gathered around the small table and ate the dumplings happily. They praised Li Meng with waves of compliments, as if they were free.
Meanwhile, at Uncle Li's house, this girl didn't even bother to send a telegram back. Grandma Li muttered to Uncle Li,
"I guess he just arrived and has a lot of things to do, so he forgot about it for a while. He should be able to receive the telegram in the next few days."
"Mother, mother..." Before I even entered the house, Aunt Li's loud voice came into the house.
"What's the matter? Why are you so anxious? What happened?" Uncle Li asked hurriedly. "Let me drink some water first." Aunt Li took a few sips of water.
"Do you know? Li Juan has also gone to the countryside, not far from Mengmeng,"
"Who told you that? What's going on? Isn't there only one quota for each family to go to the countryside?" Uncle Li asked hurriedly.
"I heard it from Zhao Xiaohua, the girl who worked for Mai Mengmeng. I also heard her say that she and Li Juan broke up. Now your eldest brother's family is in chaos every day, and the neighbors are laughing at him. Don't you think this is retribution? He deserves it," Aunt Li got angry when she thought about it.
"Mom, do you think we should go to our eldest brother's house to see what's going on?" Uncle Li asked Grandma Li.
"No, don't get involved in this muddy water. Your elder brother can do whatever he wants. Otherwise, if you go, Wang Xia will think you are here to see a joke.
"Don't meddle in other people's business. Just live our own lives. When you get off work tomorrow, remember to go to the post office and ask if there is a telegram for you. If Mengmeng has sent a telegram in the past few days, it will arrive soon." OK, I got it. When Uncle Li heard his mother say this, he gave up the idea of going to visit his eldest brother.
After finishing the meal and clearing the dishes, Li Laidi said that the whole team would rest tomorrow afternoon, and she planned to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and asked Li Meng and the others if they wanted to go.
"Okay, come on, sister, let's go," Wu Ruirui was the first to raise his hand and agree. Okay, we haven't been there yet, let's all go. Zhou Hui also wanted to go to the mountain to have a look.
Pei Yu and Li Meng looked at each other and decided to go. Li Meng thought that they must bring Dandan with them this time and make a big splash. It would be even better if they could kill a wild boar. Pei Yu had a similar idea as her. In general, they both wanted to get some meat to eat.
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