Otoharu

Chapter 19 Dumplings
Mrs. Jiang leaned over to take a look, and said with a smile, "It is said that the zongzi on Guangxi Road is made of Shanqing. The Shanqing is pretty good, so it's not ugly."

Li Meier still couldn't help complaining, "Mother, you are too tolerant, what's so good about it."

"It doesn't matter if it looks good or not, as long as it tastes good." Jiang Shanqing rolled his eyes and said angrily.

The two were noisy, and soon dozens of zongzi were wrapped. Jiang picked out the most beautiful ones, put them in a food box, handed them to them and said, "You take these zongzi to grandma." Over there, let’s say that you packaged it yourself, and it’s dedicated to honoring her old man.”

Li Mei'er was a little displeased, she was still angry with Mrs. Li, but she didn't dare to have any opinions after her mother spoke.Holding a box of zongzi, the two went to Mrs. Li's room.

Mrs. Li looked at the zongzi in the box, still a little in disbelief, looked at them suspiciously and asked, "You two really made these?"

"Grandma doesn't trust people so much, why don't we make one for you on the spot." Li Meier replied unconvinced.

Mrs. Li believed it, smacked her lips and said, "It's rare for you to have such filial piety. I also made some rice dumplings here. You can take them home and try them." After finishing speaking, she asked Mrs. Lin to go to the back room to get rice dumplings.

The corners of Li Mei'er's mouth twitched a little when she got the zongzi given by Mrs. Li. This zongzi...was too small. With her current appetite, it wouldn't be a problem to eat five or six in one meal.

"These rice dumplings are all made of good glutinous rice, and I can't bear to eat them myself." Mrs. Li didn't feel embarrassed at all, and I left them for you to eat.

Li Meier was speechless, grandma, can you be a little more stingy?

The two were about to leave with the little rice dumplings, but Mrs. Li stopped them again, "Hey, what kind of stuffing are the rice dumplings you brought?"

"Candied dates and bean stuffing." Li Meier replied.Both her and her mother like to eat sweet rice dumplings, so they are basically filled with these two kinds of fillings.

Mrs. Li felt a little regretful after hearing this, and said with emotion: "My old man still likes to eat meat dumplings, especially the ones with fat. Once steamed, the fat will melt. It tastes good when eaten with glutinous rice." .”

Li Meier didn't take her word for it. Is grandma begging them for meat dumplings in a disguised form? She was silent for a while before she couldn't help but said: "Grandma, you should eat less greasy things as you get older. This thing is not easy to digest, and it is easy to accumulate food, so you'd better eat less."

Mrs. Li didn't achieve her goal, her face darkened immediately, and she said bluntly: "What do you know about movies, you little girl, who taught you these messy things."

"My father taught it. My father is a scholar and has great knowledge. He said it once, and I will remember it." Li Mei'er is not afraid of Mrs. Li now, and said triumphantly.

Mrs. Li was choked again. She couldn't refute that what her son said was wrong, so she waved her hand a little irritably, "Okay, okay, there are always so many unreasonable things at a young age, go back quickly."

Li Mei'er succeeded in making your old lady miserable, and she felt much better, so she pulled Jiang Shanqing and left.

After the two of them had gone far away, Mrs. Li said to Mrs. Lin beside her, "I won't eat zongzi tonight. Let's eat it after the May Festival."

Mrs. Lin suppressed a smile, nodded and said: "Madam, I think our lady is not simple. She has a series of truths at a young age, and she is very smart. Didn't you listen to her? What the uncle said, she Remember it after listening to it once, and you will definitely have great prospects in the future.”

Mrs. Li curled her lips, and said indifferently: "It's just a girl, no matter how smart she is, what can she do, and she can't be the champion, and she won't belong to someone else's family in the future."

"Madam, you can't say that. The girl is well-raised, and it is also the help of the family. You can say that the eldest sister married Mr. Dong. After Mr. Dong passed the Jinshi examination and became an official, the eldest sister is the wife of the official. Eldest sister My son has always been filial to you, and she is the first to think of you when she has any good things. If she really becomes an official wife, then the days of our family's prosperity will not come soon." Granny Lin said with a smile.

Mrs. Li thought about it, and felt that what Mrs. Lin said was also reasonable. Mei'er was a good-looking girl, and she didn't look stupid. If she really found a good husband's family in the future, she would indeed be able to help the family.Let's treat the girl better in the future. This girl has learned to hold grudges now, and she doesn't know how to arrange her old man behind her back.

"Mother! Look at grandma, this is too stingy." Li Meier angrily placed the small pile of zongzi in front of Jiang, feeling very annoyed.

Jiang shook her head helplessly and smiled, "Your grandmother has always been frugal, and it's not like you don't know it, that's all right, don't be angry, come over and eat rice dumplings, just out of the pot."

When Li Meier and the others went to deliver zongzi to Mrs. Li, Mrs. Jiang had already steamed the zongzi. Now that they came back, they just ate it while it was still hot.Li Meier cheered and dragged Jiang Shanqing over to eat zongzi.

Mrs. Jiang has carefully peeled off the zongzi for them and put them in their bowls one by one.

"Eat slowly, be careful not to burn your mouth." Seeing Li Meier pick up the rice dumpling and put it in her mouth, Jiang reminded with a smile.

Li Meier puffed, and she took a big bite, breathing out, swallowing it whole, maybe she choked on eating too fast, quickly picked up the teacup on the side, and drank it hard Take a sip of water.

"Let me eat slowly, I don't know who this monkey looks like in a hurry." Jiang smiled helplessly, and wiped the glutinous rice on the corner of Li Mei'er's mouth with a handkerchief.

"It's the zongzi made by mother's bag. It's so delicious. I love the candied date zongzi made by mother's bag the most." Li Meier squinted her eyes and smiled with a satisfied look on her face.

"You can't eat too much if you like it. Glutinous rice accumulates food." Jiang reminded softly.

Li Meier couldn't help laughing when she heard Jiang's words, "Mother, I told my grandmother the same thing just now, you don't know, she is not satisfied with the zongzi we sent, hinting that my daughter wants to eat meat zongzi, That's what I told her."

Seeing her daughter's cunning appearance, Mrs. Jiang was very helpless, and said angrily, "You are a big kid, and you keep teasing your grandmother. It's no wonder your grandmother doesn't like you anymore."

"If she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it. I just want my mother to like me." Li Mei'er also looked away at this moment, and said very openly.

Jiang smiled and shook her head, ignored Li Meier, looked at Jiang Shanqing who had been silent, and asked, "Shanqing, do you still have the habit of living with your aunt recently?"

Jiang Shanqing was distracted, when she heard Jiang's question, she quickly nodded and said: "Auntie, I live very well."

(End of this chapter)