Chapter 92 Dumplings and Wine
"How much did you two buy?" The team leader saw Li Meng coming with a big bag from a distance, and quickly ran up to take the package from her.
"These are all things we'll need tomorrow. Please come early after you finish your work and help me take charge of the situation," Li Meng said to the captain with a grin.
The captain rolled his eyes at her and strode forward with his things on his back.
After everyone arrived and climbed into the car, Li Wen started the car and drove back. He had to hurry back to have lunch and make the sauce, so the time was tightly arranged.
After arriving home and moving the things in, Wu Ruirui had already cooked lunch with the help of Li Laidi.
"You really know how to use people. Instead of learning how to cook yourself, you coax your younger sister to come over to cook for you." Li Meng tapped Wu Ruirui and smiled dotingly.
"Oh, weren't I afraid that you would say that what I cooked was bad? Sister Lai's cooking skills are much better than mine, hahaha." Wu Ruirui smiled without any embarrassment at all.
"Haha, it's just a piece of cake, it's not a big deal. Ruirui also helped to light the fire, so don't knock her, haha." Li Laidi smiled and cleared the table, brought out the food, and several people sat around the table to eat lunch.
Stir-fried cabbage with pork slices, egg soup, dried mushrooms and tofu, and steamed buns with wild vegetables. Li Laidie's cooking skills were okay. They were not particularly delicious, but definitely much better than what Wu Ruirui made himself. After eating, Li Meng started to direct everyone to work.
Li Wen was responsible for cutting and chopping the meat, Zhou Hui was responsible for chopping the peppers, Li Laidi was responsible for cutting dried mushrooms and other ingredients, and Wu Ruirui was sent out by Li Meng to visit the surrounding villagers to borrow tables, chairs and benches for tomorrow's use.
Including the servants, there would probably be enough for 4 tables. Li Meng didn't plan to call anyone in the Youth League Home. She only called Li Laidi and Wang Fang. She wasn't familiar with the others. The only one who could be called was Liu Shu, who was still lying in the hospital.
While no one was in the kitchen, Li Meng took out the ingredients for making the sauce from the space and poured them all into the pot. As the aroma wafted out, the villagers passing by the yard drooled, wondering what the smell was and why it was so fragrant.
For the remaining meat filling, Li Meng asked Li Wen to chop some cabbage to make dumplings in the evening.
"Brother, do you know Li Juan? She lives in the village next to mine." Li Meng thought for a long time before deciding to talk to his brother.
"I know. My dad wrote to me and told me to help if I could if I could if I had any problems." Li Wen continued to chop the stuffing.
"Maybe you can't help her?" Li Meng told Li Juan everything she had done, and Li Wen frowned after listening.
"Mengmeng, you are my sister. Since she did this, she must bear the consequences. I won't care about her. I don't have the time for that," Li Wen said as if she deserved it.
Li Meng smiled slightly. This brother is quite nice. He is not the kind of person who always says that you are a family and sisters and must help each other. At least he is a person who knows right from wrong.
With the help of a few people, I packed up the cold meat sauce and started making dumplings.
"Sister Laidi, go call Wang Fang to come and eat dumplings," Li Meng said to Li Laidi who was kneading dough.
She thought that Wang Fang, an honest person, was a nice person and was happy to make friends with such people.
"Okay, I'll call her over to make dumplings after I mix the dough. You don't know, she moved to the room you lived in before, and that Liu Huan said a lot of nasty things to her." Li Laidi sneered at Liu Huan's behavior.
"Then Wang Fang didn't quarrel with her," Wu Ruirui said with a gossipy look on his face.
"No, just ignore her. Wang Fang is honest and never causes trouble. When she gets angry, she will just glare at her and go into the room. She doesn't say anything, so I can't say anything. If it were me, I would beat her up," said Li Laidi, raising his fist.
After listening to this, Li Meng also felt that what Li Laidie said was right. It is not easy for others to interfere in such matters, and only by being tough can the problem be solved.
After Li Laidi had made peace with the situation, he rushed back to the Youth League compound and called Wang Fang.
Li Meng prepares the meat filling, marinates it for a while, and then starts wrapping it.
"Wang Fang, Wang Fang, are you in there?" Li Laidi knocked on the door and shouted.
"I'm here. I was just knitting a sweater. What's the matter? Come here, sister." Wang Fang heard the knock on the door and hurried to open it.
"Mengmeng is calling you to come over to make dumplings. We'll have cabbage and pork dumplings tonight. I asked me to call you over. Hurry up and pack up so we can go together." Li Laidi's voice was loud and he didn't try to avoid people on purpose.
Liu Huan picked up the wooden basin in his hand and poured the water in the basin towards the yard, then cursed at the two people in a low voice, "Flatterers!"
If Li Laidie hadn't dodged quickly, the basin of water would have splashed onto her clothes.
"Some people just can't eat the grapes and complain that they are sour. They are really pitiful." Li Laidi has never been an easy-going person. Since he heard it, he must say something.
Liu Huan stared at the two of them fiercely, his eyes full of anger.
"What are you looking at? Don't you want your big eyeballs anymore?" Li Laidi pinched his waist and said.
Liu Huan is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. When he saw Li Laidi looking like he was about to fight, he was afraid of being at a disadvantage so he didn't dare to pick a fight. He stomped his feet, shook his head and went back.
"See? To deal with such a person, you have to be more ruthless than her. Then she won't dare to bully you. Got it?" Li Laidi taught Wang Fang.
"Let's go, Mengmeng is waiting for us." Wang Fang smiled and took Li Laidi away.
When they got here, they washed their hands and started making dumplings. The four girls finished making the dumplings quickly, and the bone soup in the pot was almost done.
"It smells so good. I wrote a letter home and told my dad that I had gained weight, but he didn't believe me and said I was bragging," Wu Ruirui said while sucking his saliva that was about to drip, but his eyes were fixed on the big bones in the pot without moving.
"Wait until you become a big fat man, and see who dares to marry you, hahaha." Zhou Hui started quarreling with Wu Ruirui again.
"People say that a happy heart makes the body fat. A skinny little guy like you looks narrow-minded and can't gain weight. It will be hard for you to find a wife in the future. It will be funny if you can't carry her into the house. Hahahaha," Wu Ruirui said without showing any weakness.
"Come on, let's go make dumplings. Let them continue." Li Meng pulled Li Laidi and Wang Fang into the kitchen in a bad mood.
When Wu Ruirui and Zhou Hui saw that the audience had left, they hurried to catch up, fearing that they would miss out if they were late.
Li Meng made dumplings with bone soup and put some cabbage in them. When they were served, the dumplings were round and plump, and with the aroma of the bone soup, people almost wanted to eat the whole pot. You have to know that it is not easy to eat meat in this era, and there are even fewer families who would make dumplings as lavishly as they do.
"Come on, pour a glass of wine for each of you. Dumplings taste better with wine." Li Meng raised the glass of wine, and the others followed suit.
"Cheers to our beautiful tomorrow!"
"cheers!"
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