rebirth through food

Make dumplings

Lan'er went to choose the shepherd's purse when she entered the door. Shepherd's purse was fresh and green, and she could even eat the tender root, as long as the sticky soil was washed off.Ye Xiaofeng washed his hands, took white flour with his hands and sprinkled it on the soybeans on the chopping board, and stirred it evenly.The white noodles less than two catties were all used up soon, Ye Xiaofeng found a clean bamboo plaque, spread the stirred soybeans in the bamboo plaque, and put them in the small wing on the west side of the house.

This small room is usually not used, there is only a big stove, and it is not allowed to cook in the house during autumn and summer, otherwise the weather will be hot, and the kang will be too hot to survive.So every family in this mountain village has a few large stoves, and the weather is cold in spring and winter, cooking involves burning kang, and the house is warm and dry.In summer, the kang was dry and cool, much more comfortable than the bed Ye Xiaofeng slept in before he was reborn.

This small room is the Ye family's spare stove, the room is not big, only this stove and a water tank.But the temperature here is suitable, just enough to put the stirred soybeans, and after closing the only small window, Ye Xiaofeng plugged the house from the outside.

Father Ye entered the door with a basket on his back, took out the bag wrapped in straw paper, and handed the basket to Ye Xiaofeng, "I packed all the offal from the butcher's place, but today's internal organs are not too many, and there are still a few bones. Yes. Butcher Chen explained that tomorrow is the fifteenth day, so there must be a lot of water tomorrow, so let me get it tomorrow!"

"Hey." Ye Xiaofeng was very happy, it doesn't matter if there is not much water or anything else, yesterday plus today's will always be enough for tomorrow, but this large intestine needs to be picked up and marinated quickly, otherwise it may not be able to taste it tomorrow.

"This is the remaining money." Father Ye handed the money bag in his arms to Ye Xiaofeng, "Two catties of pork belly, chopped into minced meat, and those offal, there are a few pieces of silver left here, and 230 more Big money, you've got it."

"Hey." Ye Xiaofeng took the money into his room, moved out a small bench and began to clean up the newly brought offal, while Lan'er boiled the water and prepared to blanch and wash the amaranth he had chosen.

In addition to the amaranth that was stuffed tonight, Ye Xiaofeng also set aside a part of it, which was only cleaned and not washed in water, so that it could be stored for more time.

"Father, do we have a spare small table?" Ye Xiaofeng shouted into the room as if he suddenly remembered something.

"A spare table?" Father Ye was helping with the dough, when he heard Ye Xiaofeng's voice he hurried over, "What is it for?"

"I want to sell biscuits and soup at our door tomorrow. The biscuits can be taken away, but the soup can't be taken away, so I want to set up a few tables and put a few benches so that everyone can sit down and slow down." Eat slowly."

"Our family does have a table, but there is only one table, which is quite old." Father Ye rubbed his chin, seeing the disappointment flashing across Ye Xiaofeng's face, he couldn't help but smile, "However, our family doesn't have one, we can borrow it." Ah. The son of the fifth aunt next door is a carpenter, so there must be someone rich on the table at home.”

"That's great dad." Ye Xiaofeng slapped his forehead, he really forgot about it.Before rebirth, I lived in a building, and every family looked at people through the door mirror. They didn't even talk to each other. It's not like this mountain village. Every family is close. It's really common to borrow a table, chair and bench. Even rice noodles are often borrowed. to go. "Then you are responsible for borrowing tables and benches."

"Success." Father Ye agreed happily, and went back to the room to continue the meeting.

Ye Xiaofeng was already proficient at cleaning up the sewage. He chopped onion, ginger, and garlic, mixed noodles and salt, stuffed them into the large intestine, and hung them on the shed.

There is still some bone mushroom soup in the house, but I can't eat it at noon, and I just eat it clean at night, so I vacate the pot and cook a new pot of soup.

After blanching the shepherd's purse, Ye Xiaofeng asked Lan'er to rest aside.The minced meat has already been chopped, as long as the shepherd's purse is chopped well, the stuffing can be mixed.

Father Ye's face has been reconciled, and the weather is neither hot nor cold, and it will be ready in a while.The whole family was starving, but everyone was looking for something else to eat, and they were all waiting for this dumpling meal.

After the shepherd's purse is blanched, it is not very dry. Put more lard in the pot and stir-fry the meat filling. This time the meat filling is fat and thin pork belly, which is more oily and watery than the last meat filling. Add ginger and fine salt , put more sesame oil, just smelling the raw stuffing feels delicious, Ye Xiaofeng swallowed while mixing the stuffing, with so much meat and oil, one can imagine how delicious the dumplings are.

Lan'er had never eaten dumplings before, so naturally she didn't know how to make them. Watching Father Ye and Ye Xiaofeng roll the noodles into long strips of the same size, and use a rolling pin to quickly roll them into round dough sheets, His eyes widened in surprise.

"Xiaofeng, you are really smart." Father Ye shook his head and sighed while helping Jizizi, "I just saw your mother do it once when I was young, and I remembered it all. Poor father, he can't even do it at his age. "

Ye Xiaofeng smiled but didn't speak.He is really not smart, but he has practiced it for more than ten years. Before he was reborn, no one in the family would help him every time he ate dumplings. Personally, he does the rest by himself. The kung fu of rolling skins and making dumplings has long been practiced.

Ye Xiaofeng makes dumplings very quickly. He rolls out more than a dozen skins at a time, gently picks them up with chopsticks, and puts a small amount of stuffing into the dough. Press the middle and emboss on both sides, and a small and delicate dumpling is formed.

Lan'er looked greedy, and pulled Ye Xiaofeng's sleeve to learn.Ye Xiaofeng was not in a hurry, and slowly instructed Lan'er to make dumplings, and finally even Ye's father couldn't help but pick up the dough and try it.

Lan'er is also considered extremely smart, although the first few were not very good, but after a dozen or so, they gradually became decent.

Ye Xiaofeng simply rolled the dumplings by himself, and let Father Ye and Lan'er wrap them. Anyway, the shape of the dumplings doesn't affect the taste, as long as they are squeezed tightly, they won't boil.The water in the pot has already been boiled, and the dumplings can be served as long as it is boiled.

After putting the dumplings in the pot, Ye Xiaofeng took the time to count them.They made more than 100 dumplings with the two catties of noodles, and there was still half of the stuffing left.Ye Xiaofeng did a rough calculation, and the two catties of black noodles made more than 100 dumplings. It can be said that other than the noodles and meat, other costs can be counted. More than 100 dumplings use about two catties of noodles and one catty of meat. Although they are a bit bigger, they are full of fillings.If it is sold as wontons, if you add more vegetables, you can make about [-] wontons with two catties of noodles and one catty of meat.

More than 400 wontons, six or seven a bowl, served with bone soup, sold for a penny a bowl, delicious and filling, if the business can be done, it is not impossible to earn fifty or sixty yuan a day, this is making money good idea.

Cooking dumplings in a large stove is easier than cooking in a small pot. Dozens of dumplings can be loaded at once, and the pot can be opened a little, and the lid can be removed after half a cup of tea.

Ye Xiaofeng instructed Lan'er to make vinegar and drink a pot of wine along the way. As the saying goes, dumplings are just wine, the more you eat, the better.It's not that there are really more dumplings, but it's more delicious to eat like this.