【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Jia Yucun observed that Lin Pin'er had recognized him, but she was too cautious to make a sound. He could only speak to test her:

"Can I talk to you alone for a few minutes?"

Lin Pin'er nodded and told Zijuan to wait for her in front.

"It is you. I remember that when you were little in that life, you were not as tall as the piano table. Your father specially made a short piano for you that suits your body shape..." When he wanted to say more, he choked up for a moment. His eyes turned red and tears were welling up in his eyes.

"Teacher, you must not be too sad..." Lin Pin'er was completely moved by him, and her previous defensiveness disappeared.

The two of them talked about a lot of things in that life, and talked about her father. Jia Yucun sincerely thanked him for his kindness...

After a long time, Jia Yucun saw that it was getting late, so he had to hurriedly leave his contact information, sent her to the end of the corridor, and asked her to contact him often before rushing back to the banquet hall.

When Lin Pin'er came out, the car was already waiting at the door. As soon as she got in the car, a pair of big hands reached out to her.

"You scared me again..." Lin Pin'er said coquettishly.

Li Shuirong laughed and said, "You've grown older every year, but you're still so timid?"

After Lin Pin'er sat down, she began to ask, "How did you get here? Did Shifan pick you up?"

"Well, he dropped you off and rushed over to pick me up."

"What about your grandmother? Who will spend the New Year with her?"

"My second brother is here. I want to spend the New Year with you tonight."

Lin Pin'er pushed him and said seriously, "It's good to just meet once. You'd better go back early. Your grandmother must be looking forward to your reunion."

Li Shuirong did not argue with her, but remained silent.

When they arrived at Guanyuan Garden, Jia's mother's party had indeed left early, so they had no choice but to return to the courtyard.

"Last year, grandma waited until twelve o'clock to eat dumplings before going back." Lin Pin'er muttered softly, feeling a little disappointed.

"Grandmothers should go to bed early when they are old. My grandmother might have already gone to bed by now."

Shi Xiangyun was also taken back by her uncle, and the small courtyard did feel a lot quieter.

Li Shuirong adjusted the projector, and then asked Zijuan to make some hot tea. The two of them snuggled on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

Seeing a program she didn’t like, Lin Pin’er suggested, “Let’s also shoot a New Year’s greeting video and post it on Weibo.”

Li Shuirong was wearing a dark red cashmere suit today, which matched well with Lin Pin'er's red cheongsam. The two found the wall opposite the sofa, where the rainbow painting Jia Xichun gave her was hung, which was just right for the background.

Then find a floor-standing live broadcast stand and adjust the angle.

"Hello, fans! I am moly."

"I'm Noly."

The two said together: "Here I wish you all a happy new year! Academic progress! Success in your career! Good health!"

As expected, the two of them passed the audition in one go. After the recording, Lin Pin'er was responsible for editing, adding some New Year special effects, and then posted it on Weibo.

After sending the New Year greetings video, Lin Pin'er smelled something delicious. She followed the smell to the kitchen and found that Zijuan was mixing dumpling stuffing.

"Are we going to make our own dumplings today?" Lin Pin'er looked like she had discovered a new world.

"Yes, we used to eat in the banquet hall over there. It was prepared by their kitchen staff, but the old man didn't enjoy it today and went to bed early. But I think you and Master Li will stay up late, so I'll prepare it now and cook it for you at twelve o'clock."

Lin Pin'er immediately became interested: "I'll help you wrap it, can you teach me?"

Zijuan nodded: "Okay, just don't delay your watching the Spring Festival Gala."

"Don't be afraid, let's bring the tablet over. Let's watch it together in the kitchen." After saying that, Lin Pin'er went to find Shui Rong. Shui Rong was responsible for debugging the tablet, while Lin Pin'er went upstairs to change into home clothes. Today's home clothes were also new. They were pink and printed with Hello Kitty, and they were very cute when she wore them.

Lin Pin'er came downstairs and saw that Li Shuirong had already put on an apron, which looked quite decent. She also took out an elephant apron and put it on, then followed Zijuan's instructions.

Zijuan took the dough bowl off the automatic dough kneading machine, checked to see if it was just the right hardness, and spread the dough on the silicone panel. She took a silicone cutting board and cut off one-fifth of the dough.

"Next time you cut, do the same as I did, cut this much. Then roll it into long strips, and use a cutting board to cut the strips into small dough pieces. Make sure they are of moderate size. If you can't grasp it well, cut according to the scale on the board, about two centimeters for each dough piece."

Lin Pin'er said she understood, and took the snake-like noodles from Zijuan's hand. Then she placed them near the scale bar and carefully cut them one by two centimeters.

Li Shuirong stood by and it seemed like there was nothing he could do?

Zijuan spoke up: "Mr. Li can help her flatten the cut dough. Remember to sprinkle some flour on it to prevent it from sticking."

Li Shuirong was happy to hear this, this was easy. Then he stood beside Lin Pin'er and flattened the small pieces of dough she had cut one by one.

"This is fun. Leave a few for me so I can make them, too." The two of them found fun in the dough.

However, rolling out the dumpling wrappers was not so easy. When they watched Zijuan demonstrating, they thought it was quite easy. But why did the dough become unobedient when it was their turn?

The two of them stopped playing around at this moment. Each of them held a small rolling pin and struggled with the dough in their hands.

"Is mine okay? It's just not very round." Lin Pin'er held up the not-so-round dumpling wrapper in her hand to show Zijuan.

"This is already very good and can be used." Zijuan encouraged.

You can't force it, if you want to do it, you have to do it to the best of your ability. Lin Pin'er continued to study how to roll the dumpling skin into a round shape.

Shui Rong was getting better and better over there. He did not learn Zijuan's quick technique of rolling the dough because that was a move that required practice. He found the pattern after slowing down the movements.

When rolling out the dumpling wrappers, you need to roll and stop, adjust the angle and roll again to fill in the missing parts. In this way, you can roll out a complete circle by adjusting, it just happens more slowly.

"How about mine?"

"Mr. Li, this is so standard!" Zijuan quickly praised.

"How do you roll it so round? Teach me."

Li Shuirong looked very proud, and then he turned to teach Lin Pin'er step by step to slow down the movements, roll it one stroke at a time, and then adjust it.

"I have to say you are a good teacher. I understand immediately when you teach me this way." Pin'er-style honey.

The next step was to make dumplings. The two learned several ways of making dumplings from Zijuan. Lin Pin'er liked the braiding method the best, so all the dumplings she made later were delicate dumplings with a circle of braids.

The dumplings made by Li Shuirong were all large in size, and Lin Pin'er called them big white geese.