[Chapter 24 Chapter 24 His girlfriend came to see him]
Shen Yuyao originally wanted to make steamed dumplings with meat filling.
She still hasn't forgotten how Cheng Liyan ate meat with such relish on the train.
But it was too late after the exam today, and the grocery store was no longer selling meat.
And she found that there was no meat ticket in the receipt Cheng Liyan gave her.
This meant that even if there was meat for sale, she couldn't buy it.
But it’s better this way, Shen Yuyao doesn’t want to clean up the raw meat.
Although she can cook, it doesn't mean she will clean up those dirty things.
When she was at the prime minister's residence, the cook would naturally prepare all the ingredients cleanly in advance before she started cooking.
My mother is not at home today.
Even at home, Shen Yuyao didn't want to add more work for her mother today.
Today is her funeral day.
Although she is still alive and well, Shen Yuyao still feels depressed when she thinks about this.
Not to mention her mother, father, and brothers who were still guarding her coffin.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuyao shook her head and put all these sad things behind her.
She decided to be self-reliant and make a basket of vegetarian steamed dumplings by herself.
Shen Yuyao looked at all the ingredients at home and took out flour, eggs, carrots, fungus, pumpkin and spinach.
Then she took out a small paper bag from the vegetables she bought today and opened it carefully.
This was recommended to her by a kind auntie when she mentioned making dumplings while shopping for vegetables at the store.
Auntie said that even without meat, it would be delicious if some dried shrimps were mixed into the stuffing.
Shen Yuyao has never eaten dried shrimps, but she wants to try it.
Just as she spread all the things on the table and was thinking about where to start, the door was pushed open a little and a little head poked in.
Seeing Shen Yuyao looking over, Xiaoya gave her a sweet smile, then ran in happily.
The thin girl came in with her.
"Auntie, Lai Di and I are here to play with you." Xiao Ya was not shy at all and even pulled the girl behind her while speaking.
But the girl was not happy.
She slapped Xiaoya's hand away and said unhappily, "Who calls me Lai Di? I'm not Lai Di. My name is Lai Lai, Zhang Lai Lai!"
Xiaoya immediately followed suit and said, "Auntie, Sister Lailai and I are here to play with you!"
Although Zhang Lailai is a bit fierce when facing Xiaoya, she is a bit shy towards Shen Yuyao.
Perhaps because she had just eaten the buns given to her by someone and wanted to repay them, she took a look at the dishes on the table and immediately said, "Auntie, what are you going to do? I'll help you."
Xiaoya also saw the vegetables now, and quickly followed suit: "I'll help too, Auntie, I'll wash the vegetables for you!"
As soon as the two children entered the house, Shen Yuyao knew that she had to make at least half more steamed dumplings today.
Seeing them rushing to work, she did not stop them.
Shen Yuyao thought about it and began to assign tasks to the two of them: "Lai Lai, take these vegetables out and wash them; Xiao Ya, borrow your fire and help me steam the pumpkin."
She had just checked that Xiaoya's stove was much bigger than hers, which meant that the fire was also stronger and steamed food could be cooked faster.
In this case, why not use it if you can?
With the help of two children, making steamed dumplings is much faster.
Shen Yuyao first mashed the steamed pumpkin into a paste, then poured in the dry flour while it was still hot and kneaded it into dough.
She was very skilled and it only took her a few minutes to knead the dough.
The two girls next to them were stunned.
Xiaoya couldn't help but murmured, "Auntie, what are you going to do? Make pumpkin noodles?"
Zhang Lailai poked her with her elbow and whispered, "What are you talking about? Auntie must be making dumplings. Don't you see that the stuffing has been mixed over there?"
Having said that, she couldn't help swallowing.
I just think that Aunt Shen is really particular about cooking.
Put scrambled eggs in the dumplings!
She and Xiaoya were in the room when they were frying eggs just now.
The smell is so delicious!
Zhang Lailai hasn't eaten eggs for a long time.
She couldn't even remember what eggs tasted like.
However, Zhang Lailai always remembered what her mother said: even if a person is poor, he should still have high aspirations.
So no matter how fragrant it was, she would just swallow her saliva secretly and not even look over there!
These Four-Happiness Steamed Dumplings can be said to be one of Shen Yuyao’s best classic dim sum.
The main thing is that it has good intentions and looks good.
My family makes it every year during Chinese New Year.
The dish that my parents ate must have been made by her.
So, even though the process was a bit complicated, Shen Yuyao was very efficient in doing it.
It only takes about an hour for the steamed dumplings to be ready.
These steamed dumplings were made in Xiaoya’s kitchen, using the same large steamer she uses to steam steamed cornbread.
Therefore, there are quite a lot of steamed dumplings coming out of this basket, a full forty in total!
Four-happiness steamed dumplings are made by pinching four small squares on the top of the dumplings, and filling each square with different fillings. It is important to use four dishes and ensure four colors.
This represents good fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness, and is a good omen.
Shen Yuyao used shredded eggs, chopped spinach, chopped carrots, and chopped black fungus.
The four colors of yellow, green, red and black are distinct, and they look extremely beautiful when placed in the steamed dumplings, which have an orange-yellow skin due to the addition of pumpkin puree and flour.
It looks like a blooming flower, but also like a work of art.
Not to mention the fragrant smell, the appearance alone was enough to make the two children stunned.
"Auntie, what did you make? It's so beautiful!"
Xiaoya stared at the steamed dumplings that were still steaming with her mouth half open, her eyes a little staring.
"It looks so good, it must be delicious!"
Zhang Lailai had forgotten her declaration that "even if one is poor, one has great ambitions" and she accidentally said what was in her heart.
Shen Yuyao couldn't help laughing when she heard this.
The dumplings she steamed today were huge, each one was as big as a baby's fist.
There were forty of them, filling up Xiaoya’s chopping board and there was no more space.
Shen Yuyao took the clean lunch box and started to put food in it. After only a dozen or so, it was already full.
She closed the lid of the lunch box.
He took another rice bowl, put four steamed dumplings in it, put another bowl on top, and placed it next to the stove.
This is left for Mrs. Qian as compensation for using someone else's stove.
Afterwards, she gave four to each of the two girls who were staring at her eagerly, and then took the rest home.
Shen Yuyao packed her things and prepared to go to the military camp.
Because she has now completely integrated the memories of the original owner, she has become much more familiar with this world.
Although she doesn't know where the troops are, she now knows how to take the bus.
Shen Yuyao felt that if she asked around, she would definitely be able to find it.
Who knew that just as she wrapped the lunch box in the bag, Xiaoya and Zhang Lailai came again.
As soon as she entered the door, Zhang Lailai said, "Aunt Shen, are you going to the army to see Commander Cheng? Let's go with you. We all know the way."
Only then did Shen Yuyao remember that Sister Qian had once worked as a temporary worker in the army.
So she didn't refuse and went out with the two little tails.
The military camp is different from other places. Even with two little girls leading the way, Shen Yuyao still has to register her identity when she finds someone.
When the sentry asked about her relationship with Cheng Liyan, Shen Yuyao was embarrassed for the first time.
She herself doesn't even know what the relationship between the two is.
Seeing that she was slow to answer, Zhang Lailai on the side became anxious and said to the sentry: "Uncle Xiao Li, Aunt Shen is Uncle Cheng's girlfriend. Tell him that his girlfriend is here to see him!"
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