One big and one small are practicing love

"I want to eat dumplings." Zuo Xu said first.

"Okay!" Liu Xiaochen turned to Zuo Yan and asked, "What about you, Yanyan?"

"I want to eat dumplings too."

Zuo Kunmin interjected: "It's good to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, so let's make dumplings."

"Then what kind of stuffing do you want to eat?" Liu Xiaochen asked again.

"I want to eat pickled cabbage stuffing." Zuo Xu said.

"The carrot filling made by Aunt Liu last time was also delicious." Zuo Yan said.

Liu Xiaochen said again: "Yanyan, go see if your aunt is awake and ask her what kind of stuffing she likes."

Zuo Kunmin was looking down at his mobile phone. When he heard this, he quickly put down his mobile phone and said, "No need to ask her, she is just like me. She likes to eat as long as it is made by you." After saying that, he stood up and said, "I am here today." If you have nothing to do in the morning, let me help you do it together."

"I also want to help. Last time I saw you and Aunt Liu making dumplings, including wheat ears, ingots, and lace, I thought it was amazing. I want to learn." Zuo Xugao raised his hand.

"Teacher Xiaoxiao, I want to learn to make little goldfish and lotus shapes." Zuo Yan said.

Liu Xiaochen stretched out his hand to touch Zuo Xu's forehead and said, "You are not cured yet. You still have a low fever. You need to rest."

Zuo Xu looked at Zuo Kunmin longingly and begged: "Dad, I'm really fine. Don't you want me to have memories of our whole family making dumplings together in my memory?"

Zuo Kunmin and Liu Xiaochen glanced at each other unconsciously, both feeling slightly embarrassed. They wondered what else the child had heard last night.

"Xiao Xu, Yanyan, you go and watch the animation of "Spirited Away" first. There are still ten minutes left. After watching, write down your questions and prepare for your homework. I will teach you how to make dumplings." Liu Xiaochen said first. .

After that, the children happily went back to their respective rooms, got their tablets and notebooks, then sat at their desks and started studying consciously.

Liu Xiaochen and Zuo Kunmin were busy in the kitchen together.

Liu Xiaochen kneaded the noodles, while Zuo Kunmin washed the vegetables and prepared the fillings.

"Teacher Zuo, don't use cold water for soaking mushrooms, use warm water of about 30 degrees." Liu Xiaochen said while kneading the noodles.

"Oh!" Zuo Kunmin agreed, adjusted the water temperature, and asked, "Where's the fungus?"

"Soak in hot water for an hour." Liu Xiaochen said, grabbed another handful of flour, sprinkled it into the basin, and continued: "Soak the mushrooms and fungus, then slice the pork belly, then put it in a meat grinder and beat it into a paste. .”

In this way, Liu Xiaochen directed Zuo Kunmin to work together. Rinse the sauerkraut with water, squeeze out water and chop into pieces, fry in lard, chop onions and ginger...

While we were busy, the children hurriedly ran to the kitchen, holding up their notebooks and saying, "Teacher Xiaoxiao, we are done. Can we learn to make dumplings now?"

After Liu Xiaochen checked his notes and told Zuo Kunmin what to do next, he and the children moved the dumpling-making utensils to the wooden table in the living room.

The dough was ready, so Liu Xiaochen cut out a section and taught the children how to roll out the dough, waiting for Zuo Kunmin's fillings.

When Liu Xiaochen was holding Zuo Yan's hand and teaching her how to turn the rolling pin and how to move the dough on her fingertips, she heard Zuo Kunmin shouting from the kitchen: "Xiaoxiao, come on."

Liu Xiaochen patted the flour on his hands, stood up and went to the kitchen, saying, "What's the matter, Teacher Zuo?"

"For soy sauce, should I use dark soy sauce or light soy sauce?" Zuo Kunmin asked, holding two bottles of soy sauce in his hand.

"One spoonful of dark soy sauce, two spoons of light soy sauce." As he spoke, Liu Xiaochen took the soy sauce bottle, poured it in, and added salt, oyster sauce, sugar, sesame oil and other condiments in sequence, explaining how much of each condiment should be added.

After preparing the sauerkraut filling, Liu Xiaochen informed Zuo Kunmin about the precautions for preparing other fillings. Then go out and come to the children.

Seeing that the children had rolled out several pieces of dough, with different sizes and thicknesses, Liu Xiaochen smiled and told them which ones could be used and which ones needed to be redone. He picked up the rolling pin and adjusted it to the suitable shape.

Just like that, Liu Xiaochen ran to the kitchen and told Zuo Kunmin what to do. When I heard the children shouting, I came to the living room again and patiently taught the children how to make various forms of dumplings.

Finally, Zuo Kunmin mixed all the fillings and Bian Chang woke up. Everyone sat around the desk, talking and laughing while making dumplings.

At some point, it snowed heavily. Outside the window, dots of white snow were densely intertwined in the sky. The old red brick building, the bare branches, the barren mountains in the distance and other things all become hazy and beautiful.

From time to time they raised their eyes to look out the window casually, then lowered their heads to work and talk.

At noon, plates of steaming dumplings were served on the wooden table one by one. Everyone sat around the wooden table, looking at the strange-shaped dumplings on the plate, and each expressed emotion.

"What I wrapped is obviously Yuanbao, why does it look like a steamed bun?" Zuo Xu said frustratedly.

Zuo Yan stared at the scattered black beans on the plate and said, "My little goldfish's eyes have fallen off!"

Bian Chang looked at several well-shaped dumplings and exclaimed: "Eating is indeed an art. Those dough vegetables can actually turn into such beautiful and delicious things. It's even more magical than painting!"

Zuo Kunmin shook his head and said: "Eating dumplings requires four or five people to work all morning. The time cost is too high."

"Teacher Zuo," Liu Xiaochen called softly, a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, without your help, it wouldn't have taken so long."

"Giggle! Haha!..." Everyone laughed together.

Outside the window, snowflakes like small furballs fell straight down and accumulated irregularly on the granite window sill, and crystal thin ice formed on the glass. Inside the house, white cement curls up, and laughter and laughter are intertwined.

"Look, I got a coin." A clear childish voice shouted happily.