Baozi Xishi's Struggle

When she had cleared away the used utensils, took off her apron and walked into the house, the three men were still sitting at the table waiting for her.

Yu Cheng looked eagerly at the steaming basket, then looked at Shen Yu and then at Li, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, can we eat it now?"

When Li saw Shen Yu come over and sit down, and the whole family sat down, she nodded and said, "Eat, eat. If I don't let you eat, your saliva will flow to the back of your feet."

Yu Cheng didn't care about Li's jokes on her. She reached out and took a big white meat bun and started to bite it. Shen Yu saw it and reached out to grab Yu Cheng's hand. She hurriedly said, "Be careful, it's hot. There's soup in it!"

Unfortunately, he didn't catch it and it was too late for him to say anything. Yu Cheng had already taken a big bite. The juicy meat filling was so hot that he almost cried. However, the rich and delicious taste he had never tasted before made him reluctant to spit it out. He had to hold the bun in his mouth with tears in his eyes and kept breathing out. Finally, he swallowed it.

Seeing her youngest son was so scalded that he couldn't speak, Li hurriedly took the cold tea in front of her and handed it to Yucheng. Yucheng took two big gulps of the tea in both hands before saying, "Sister, this meat bun is so delicious, but it's too hot."

Seeing that he spoke fluently, Shen Yu asked him to open his mouth and took a look. Only after making sure that everything was fine did he breathe a sigh of relief.

She couldn't help but feel scared. Fortunately, she let the heat from the buns dissipate in the kitchen before putting them in the basket. Fortunately, Mrs. Li insisted on waiting until she had cleaned up the buns so that the family could eat together. If she had taken them directly out of the steamer and eaten them, she would have burned a layer of skin in her mouth.

She quickly picked up a meat bun and carefully opened a small hole on it to let some of the heat out. She explained to a few people, "This is a juicy meat bun. After the bun is steamed, it is filled with hot oil and soup from the meat filling. It doesn't look hot on the outside, but it's actually very hot inside. You should open a small hole and blow on it before eating. Be careful not to get burned."

Then he blamed himself and said, "It's my fault that I was busy cleaning up the utensils. Before I could talk to him after sitting down, Yucheng took a big bite of the bun. I wanted to grab his hand but couldn't. Fortunately, I didn't eat the buns right after they came out of the steamer, so I didn't get burned."

Seeing that Yucheng was fine, Li was relieved. She then scolded Yucheng harshly, "Didn't you eat breakfast this morning? You acted like you were hungry for three days. You just ate whatever you grabbed. You've learned a lesson this time."

Yu Cheng, who was used to being scolded by Li, had become thick-skinned. He said with a smile without changing his expression, "Mom, please stop scolding me. Eat this big bun quickly. It's delicious."

Li and Yutao then followed Shen Yu's example, picked up the buns, broke into small pieces to let the heat out, and then slowly started to eat. For a moment, the only sound of people chewing buns was heard on the dining table.

Shen Yu had been busy all morning and was really hungry now, so he picked up a meat bun and slowly savored it.

The skin of the big meat bun is thick and soft. The outside of the bun skin is smooth and has the unique sweet taste of wheat flour when chewed. The inside of the skin is soaked by the oily meat soup in the bun and has the rich aroma of the rich meat filling.

After steaming, the bun filling becomes a round meatball. The fat inside has been steamed and perfectly blended with the lean meat. It tastes fragrant, smooth and chewy, sweet and fatty but not greasy.

The chopped green onions mixed in the stuffing give off an aroma of onions soaked in oil. The emerald green and white chopped green onions are dotted on the surface of the slightly pink meat stuffing, which relieves the greasiness and compounds and overlaps to create a richer and more intense meaty aroma.

Although there was not much soup in the buns, it was rich and thick, with a non-greasy aftertaste.

Yes, this meat bun was made successfully. Shen Yu secretly gave the big bun he made a score of nine points. The extra point was because there was no oil added. The complex and layered aroma produced by frying various spices was still very tempting.

Although no broth or oil was added, because there was no pollution in that era, the wheat flour was chewy and the pork was delicious, even more delicious and fragrant than the steamed buns she made after carefully preparing them in modern times.

The buns were quite big. Shen Yu stretched out her slender hand and made a fist to compare them. One bun was bigger than her fist. Two to three buns should be enough for an adult's breakfast. If one has a big appetite, he or she can probably eat another one.

Shen Yu was thinking as she ate, how much should the buns be priced at? After she finished one, she looked up and saw that there were 20 buns in the steamer. By the time she finished one, she had almost finished half of the basket of meat buns. Yu Cheng was still eating enthusiastically, but not as anxiously as at the beginning.

She suddenly became anxious. Before she knew it, Yu Cheng had already eaten the first few pieces. What if he got an upset stomach after eating so much at once?

She reached out and held down Yu Cheng's hand that was about to take the meat bun, and asked him nervously, "How many have you eaten? Eating so much at once, are you afraid of getting an upset stomach?"

Li and Yutao were also eating with relish. It was only when they saw Shen Yuwen that they noticed Yucheng's eating habits and the half-empty winnowing basket.

Yu Cheng was held by Shen Yu's hand. He was stunned for a moment before he said uncertainly: "The fourth one? The fifth one?"

When Li heard this, she looked at Yucheng's belly, which was already bulging under his thin clothes, and then looked at the basket with half of the meat buns missing. She hurriedly said, "Don't eat anymore. Eating so much at once will make your stomach unable to bear it."

Yucheng was already full, but the aroma of the meat buns was so tempting that he wanted to have another one. He sat down unwillingly and stared at the half-eaten buns in Li and Yutao's hands. The meat filling was shiny with oil.

Shen Yu looked at his greedy look and burst out laughing. She took a vegetable and mushroom bun, broke off a small half and handed it to him, saying gently: "There are still so many. Eat them when you are hungry tonight. Please help me taste this vegetable and mushroom stuffing. Is it delicious?"

When they were in Dongxi Village, they often had vegetable dumplings as a meal. The three Li family members were not very interested in the dumplings stuffed with vegetables and mushrooms. Yucheng took the small half of the dumpling reluctantly, but his eyes were still fixed on the basket containing the meat dumplings. He took a bite absentmindedly, chewed it twice, and his eyes immediately lit up, and he ate the small half of the dumpling in two or three bites.

The unhappiness just now was swept away, and he said to Shen Yu with bright eyes: "Sister, this vegetable dumpling is also delicious, fresh and fragrant. It tastes different from the vegetable dumplings that mom made when we were at home."

After hearing this, Li also picked up a vegetable bun, cut it in half and handed one half to Yutao. Yutao had already eaten two meat buns and was a little full, so she took the smaller half. After they both ate it, they both said that the vegetable bun was delicious as well, with a different kind of light, fresh and fragrant taste.

Shen Yu had also finished eating half of the vegetable bun in her hand, and she also thought it was good.

The dough is thick and soft, the vegetables are still green because the heat is well controlled, the mushrooms are delicious and soft, and the fried gluten is chewy. The three ingredients are a perfect mixture of freshness, deliciousness and chewiness, with a fresh fragrance and a long aftertaste.

After eating, she felt that it was delicious. Li took another vegetable bun, but was afraid that she could not finish it by herself, so she gave a small half to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu felt almost full after eating one and a half buns. He was thinking about whether to eat half a bun stuffed with red bean paste and candied dates to taste it, but when he saw Li handing over the vegetable and mushroom bun, he had to give up the idea of ​​trying the bun stuffed with red bean paste and candied dates.

There was really no room for the red bean paste and candied date buns. The fruit filling was already cooked. Shen Yu had tasted it after bringing it back and had an idea of ​​the taste. The buns would have a sweet aftertaste after cooling down and would taste better, so he could just put them aside for the next meal.