The peaks of the mountains have turned from white to green, a sign that spring has arrived, as everyone knows.
When Chen Yunyun returned from work, she took out the dough that had been rested.
Pinch the dough into small balls, roll them out with a rolling pin, and flatten the dough into a circle.
Then put it in a pot and steam for about ten minutes.
Taking advantage of this moment, Chen Yunyun pulled out the carrots she had planted in the private plot behind the house.
Her magic touch could make crops grow faster; this batch of vegetables was planted the day before she went to a meeting at the commune.
Wash the carrots and cut them into long, thin strips.
Chop some seasonal vegetables, such as tender green lettuce, and prepare them in advance on a plate.
The spring roll wrappers in the pot were ready, so she took them out and separated them one by one.
The round pancake is as thin as a cicada's wing, and you can see the steaming hot steamer behind it through it.
I stir-fried shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with toon leaves, and minced meat with cowpeas this morning...
And there are also the shredded carrots and lettuce strips I just cut...
They were all rolled up in this thin, semi-transparent skin.
You can see the red and green colors inside; it's fresh and beautiful!
"Mommy, what is this?" Niu Niu had finished her homework sometime earlier and was standing by the stove, staring intently at it for a while.
Chen Yunyun quickly wrapped another one and replied in a moment, "This is a spring pancake. Spring is here, so we should eat these!"
Niu Niu's little face showed longing, and she secretly swallowed.
She used to be not greedy at all, but ever since her mother came, she's become quite the little glutton.
While she was still in a daze, a thin pancake filled with the essence of spring was handed to her.
Niu Niu squinted her eyes, smiled like a little crescent moon, and after taking the spring pancake, said sweetly, "Thank you, Mom!"
"You're welcome, eat up~ there's more."
The little girl lowered her head, not in a hurry to take a bite, but first carefully examined the spring pancake in her palm.
Through the sweet-smelling outer crust, you can clearly see the neatly wrapped vegetables inside.
Niu Niu roughly counted them and found there were as many as eight items, how meticulous!
She took a bite, and the first thing she tasted was the sweetness of the dough.
It's really thin, so the sweetness is quickly overwhelmed by the flavor of the side dishes inside.
The freshness of lettuce, the crisp sweetness of shredded carrots, and the domineering aroma of eggs and minced meat repeatedly assault the taste buds.
It's so delicious!
My mother made two flavors, with the sauce spread on the pancake: one spicy and the other sweet and spicy.
There's another kind of spring pancake. The pancake wrappers my mother used were pan-fried once, so they were crispy and crumbly.
This one is delicious too!
The children ate too much without us noticing.
Seeing Niu Niu clutching her stomach in discomfort, Chen Yunyun could only smile wryly and tell her to stand up and walk around a bit.
Rong Yan sat across the table and silently finished off the remaining spring pancakes, leaving none behind.
When Tiger came in the afternoon and heard there were spring pancakes, he regretted not being able to eat any. He wished he had stayed at his godmother's house in the morning too!
"Mother, would you like some more toon leaves?"
“The Chinese toon tree outside the village has so many leaves. Some children are carrying baskets on their backs to pick them. If we don’t go soon, they will all be picked clean.”
What about that Chinese toon tree outside the village?
Chen Yunyun had seen it when she came back from outside. Because it was close to the village and the stir-fried toon leaves were delicious, it was a hot commodity in the village.
There weren't many leaves left on it.
She remembered that there were two Chinese toon trees on the hillside below the mountain. The terrain there was flat and safe, so she let the children go there to pick them.
This time, Niu Niu's eldest child brought her third child along as well.
The third child's clothes have a small pocket on the front, which is also intended to be used to store toon leaves.
Chen Yunyun didn't go, because she knew that something "funny" about her was going to happen soon in the team.
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