The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 15 Delicious but Dumplings
Gao Ren'er was the first to open the window and rush out, causing Feng Jian, who had just got up, to be blown with snow all over his face, but the remaining sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

A smile flashed in Lao Yang's eyes, but his subordinates quickly closed the window, "Miss Lu, what kind of delicious food did you cook? If you live like this for a few months, the old man will be too fat to walk. .”

The corner of Feng Jian's mouth curled up unconsciously. When she was busy before, she never knew that a good night's sleep and waking up with delicious food to look forward to was such a happy thing.

In the kitchen, Lu Xiaomi carried Gao Ren out with one hand on his hips and the other, and said angrily, "Come here to steal food without washing your hands! Go wash up quickly, or I won't give you food this morning!"

Gao Ren jumped into a rage, shaking the loose braid on the top of his head, wishing to raise his hand and crush the little girl who dared to offend him, but he clenched and clenched his fists, but he didn't swing down.

He took a deep breath of the fragrance in the kitchen, turned around and ran to the well platform, and didn't care how cold the well water was in winter, he picked up a bucket and washed it away.

Hmph, after eating this breakfast, I must give the little girl some color!However, I heard that I want to eat frozen tofu at noon, so I have to delay it...

Seeing Gao Ren's head submerged in the basin, Lu Xiaomi shuddered for him, and hurried back to serve the noodles.

Lao Yang put on a padded jacket, wiped his face, and when he went out to help in the kitchen, he was startled by the solidity of the surface of the two clay pots.

"Miss Lu, you want to...roll noodles!"

Lu Xiaomi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "No, I'm going to make more dumplings and steamed stuffed buns, and let my third brother take them to the academy. When I'm tired from studying at night, I'll warm them up to fill my stomach."

Lao Yang couldn't help but glanced at the two pots of dough weighing several tens of catties, and was very moved by the girl's care for his brother.

There are so many sides, I’m afraid I can’t finish it all day...

"If the girl is trustworthy, why not ask us to help after dinner."

Lu Xiaomi hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay, then I will trouble Uncle Yang."

Lao Yang rolled his eyes, but he smiled again, "Our young master also has a pair of skillful hands, and now he can't move his legs, making dumplings by hand is a good way to pass the time."

Lu Xiaomi didn't think much about it, picked up the noodle bowl and replied, "Okay, let's eat first."

It seemed like half a month had passed since he entered the gate of Lu's house, and Feng Jian was used to the whole family gathering in his room for dinner.Now if he was allowed to eat alone like in the previous 20 years, lifting chopsticks would be tasteless.So habit is a terrible thing...

However, seeing that the big bowls in front of everyone are full of white noodles poured with bright red meat sauce, chopped green onion cores, thin shreds of pickled melon, and golden omelette strips, the colors are bright, Do your best to seduce.And his bowl is also considered rich, the only thing missing is the spoonful of hot sauce.

However, he didn't say anything, he took the bowl and stirred it with chopsticks like the three brothers of the Lu family, but his eyes would look into the bowls of everyone from time to time.

Lu Xiaomi naturally found out, and quickly explained, "Brother Feng, half of the chili peppers are put in this meat sauce. Your leg injury is still not healed and you should avoid it. I can only wrong you."

Feng Jian raised his eyebrows, obviously very displeased.

Gao Ren didn't know what to rely on, or his brain was ironed without wrinkles, and he always sang against his master.Now seeing the master being treated differently, he almost jumped up with joy.While eating the noodles, he shook his head and praised loudly, "This meat sauce is really fragrant, it's so fragrant, it's much better than the signature meat sauce of Liu's old shop in Kyoto!"

Sure enough, Feng Jian's face turned dark again.

Lu Xiaomi gave Gao Ren a hard look, "Eat it as soon as it tastes good, if you deliberately show off, if you cause trouble again, I won't give you dumplings at noon!"

Gao Ren puffed his cheeks in annoyance, stared at his eyes, and his subordinates stuffed the noodles into his mouth more and more vigorously.

Lu Xiaomi was mixing the noodles in his hands. For some reason, he felt a little soft in his heart. After all, he scooped up half a spoonful of meat sauce and covered it in Feng Jian's bowl.

Feng Jian raised his head, his eyes flashed brightly, which made Lu Xiaomi blush, and said in a low voice, "You can only take half a spoonful, if you take more, you won't be able to do it. I will take medicine soon, so I must avoid it."

Feng Jian nodded, but when she lowered her head, the corners of her mouth turned up high.

The small diced meat was fried to remove a small amount of fat, a little burnt, mixed with the spicy pepper, the freshness of onion and ginger, and the saltiness of bean paste, all wrapped on the thick and thin noodles with chopsticks, eating it in one bite, as if everything in the world All the delicacies are taken by the stomach and intestines, which is really satisfying.

Gao Ren looked angrily at his master eating with satisfaction, and raised his hand to dig another big spoonful of meat sauce...

After eating a big pot of boiled noodles for breakfast, Lao Yang helped remove the bowls and chopsticks, but he didn't move the table.

Lu Laosan wanted to make a move, but he stopped him with a smile, "Third young master, Miss Xiaomi is going to take everyone to make dumplings and buns for you to take to the academy."

"Make dumplings?"

To Lao Yang's surprise, when he heard that he was going to do the cooking, Lu Boss and Lu Er Er who were about to go out immediately turned back, not only not annoyed, but extremely happy.

Only Lu San asked with a frown, "I've only been back to the academy for more than a month, and I'm on vacation again. Is it too much to prepare so much food?"

Lu Wu rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Not much, not much, millet stuffing is the best, if you think it's too much, I'll help you eat more on the way."

Boss Lu patted his nervous second brother, and when he was about to speak, Xiaomi came in with a basin, followed by Lao Yang, who brought meat stuffing.

Feng Jian was already leaning on the quilt and picked up the book in his hand, but he frowned slightly and put it down again.

Lu Xiaomi told everyone to wash their hands, and then began to knead the dough, pull the dough, and roll the skin.

Including Gao Ren, the young and old sat around the table, each with a round dumpling wrapper in their hands, with a nervous look on their faces as if they were facing an enemy.

Lu Xiaomi picked up a flat spoon made from pork ribs and scooped out a spoonful of oily sauerkraut and pork stuffing and spread it on the dough. With dexterous fingers, he squeezed out a beautiful Yuanbao dumpling in the blink of an eye.

Everyone thought it was easy, but when they did it themselves, they realized that it really echoed the old saying that it is easy to see flowers but difficult to embroider them.

"Oh, it's leaked, it's leaked!"

"Sister, the skin is too small, I can't fit it!"

Lu Xiaomi turned into a firefighter, and for a while he was trying to lose weight on the big-bellied dumplings in his second brother's hand, and for a while he slapped Gao Ren's little paw away for stealing meat stuffing.

Finally, everyone managed to teach them. When they turned around, they found that Feng Jian had placed two dumplings in front of him.Although it is not as beautiful as her bag, it is still neat.

So she couldn't help laughing and said, "Ah, brother Feng's hands are so skillful, no wonder Uncle Yang praised him in the morning!"

Everyone looked over after hearing the sound, so naturally they couldn't help but express their envy and jealousy.

Feng Jian didn't respond, but her ears were covered with red, the corners of her eyes and brows were a bit smug, and her subordinates were striving for perfection even more.

Fewer people eat better, and more people work better.Lu Xiaomi was in charge of rolling the skin, and everyone made the dumplings by hand. The dumplings made all morning were filled with six large sorghum poles.Originally, Lu Xiaomi wanted to share half of the buns, but seeing that everyone seemed to prefer dumplings, he didn't say anything.

The largest iron pot in the kitchen boiled most of the hot water. When the water was boiling, the dumplings were put into the pot. One by one, they were immersed in the water, and after a while, they turned out and squeezed on the water surface, like cute little white dumplings. Goose.

Gao Ren squatted in front of the stove, calling it a fire, but actually grabbed a dumpling from the pot from time to time to taste the raw and cooked ones, which made Lu Xiaomi exclaim incessantly, but finally found that his hands had never been scalded by the hot water .

By the time the dumplings were on the table, everyone had scooped up the garlic sauce and waited for a long time.

Even Father Lu, who hadn't gone out for a few days, was present. Although his expression was still haggard, the speed of chopsticks was not lagging behind at all.

Lu Xiaomi was overjoyed and told everyone to eat more.

Every household in Laoxiongling is used to pickling sauerkraut at the end of August or early September. Families with a large population often have to pickle two of the largest ceramic vats, and those with a small population also have a small one.

At this moment, the sauerkraut has been pickled and fermented for more than two months, which is the most crispy time.There are too few fresh vegetables in winter, and the dumplings made with cabbage and radishes are too bland, so when Lu Xiaomi was preparing the filling last night, he hesitated for a long time and picked up sauerkraut.

When I sold candied haws before, I rewarded all the younger generations and already wrapped the buns with oil, but now I can only dig a few more spoonfuls of meat oil and add a few spoonfuls of bone broth to freeze.

I don't want to, after the dumplings are out of the pot, when you take a bite, they spray out hot soup, which is very similar to the soup dumplings in the south.

After working hard all morning, everyone enjoyed the fruits of their labor, and they were all extremely satisfied.

Lu Xiaomi watched Gao Ren poking his head out from time to time to look at the few covered dumplings that had been weathered and shaped, and quickly ate the dumplings in the bowl, then ran to put all the frozen dumplings into cloth bags.Gao Ren rolled his eyes so angry that he swept away all the leftover dumplings on the table.

With enough wine and food, everyone didn't want to move, and the empty bowls and plates continued to occupy the dining table.

At such a time, there are guests at home.

Liu Xiaodao carried a black iron guy into the yard and shouted, "Miss Xiaomi, see what I brought you."

Lu Xiaomi came out from the ear room, glanced at it and shouted with a smile, "Oh, Brother Xiaodao, Uncle Liu turned on the stove so quickly?"

"Of course, I'm helping too."

The white teeth of Liu Xiaodao's smile gleamed faintly under the thin winter sun, so Feng Jian, who opened the window to look around, suddenly felt a little glaring.

Fortunately, Lu Xiaomi walked around Heipidao a few times, and said, "Take this stove to the academy for my third brother first, and as long as the rest are placed in Brother Feng's house, there is no need to worry. Brother Xiaodao went back and told Uncle Liu said, don't be too tired, it doesn't matter if you finish playing in a few days."

After finishing speaking, she ran to the kitchen and took a bowl of dumplings and stuffed them into Liu Xiaodao's arms, "I was cooking dumplings at home, and I was thinking of sending them to Aunt Liu just now, brother Xiaodao came just in time, so save me running errands .”

(End of this chapter)