Liu Ming stupidly acted invisible for a while while holding the water glass. Finally, Li Han still had some conscience. He glanced at Liu Ming, who looked depressed and said with a smile. "It's getting late. Liz, please chat with Liu Ming, Dudu."
Say hello to Michelle, be good, daddy will make some delicious food."
"Yeah, Dudu is very well-behaved. Michelle, let's eat ice cream and watch TV, so be good." "Yeah." The two little guys nodded obediently.
Liz glanced at Liu Ming unhappily and shook her head slightly. "No, Han, I think this uncle and I have no common language. Maybe I can help you. I can make salad." Liu Ming was shocked and couldn't do it.
This little brat, what are you talking about? Uncle, Liu Ming felt his whole chest was on fire. He snorted, stood up, and rolled up his sleeves. "Boy, let me show you something today, Han. I'll have lunch."
Dudu and Michelle blinked their big eyes. Dudu lowered his head and muttered a few words to Michelle. The two little guys raised their hands. "Uncle Liu Ming, we want to eat dumplings." "Dudu."
Dudu wants to eat shrimp stuffing and fish stuffing." "Michelle wants beef stuffing." "And, and, cake." "Delicious soup." "" Dudu seems to want to make Li Han all the good things.
I said it all over again, but the two little guys made Li Han and Liz very amused by co-writing it.
Liu Ming looked at Dudu and Michelle, and pointed at himself with a blank look on his face. These two little ones had too many demands. He looked up at Li Han who was half-smiling, and his teeth clenched loudly. Liu Ming sighed.
He took a breath and said, forget it, forget it, I'm not as familiar as the two little guys. "Forget it, Han, you go ahead and do your work, I'll watch TV."
"Hahaha, that's really interesting." Liz giggled and turned back to ask Li Han curiously what dumplings were. Li Han had no choice but to talk about the history of dumplings. During its long development process, dumplings had many names. In ancient times,
There are names such as "Lao Wan", "Bian Shi", "Dumpling Bait" and "Fan Jiao". During the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "Crescent Wonton", during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was called "Wonton". In the Tang Dynasty, dumplings were called "Crescent Wonton", and in the Song Dynasty, they were called "Crescent Wonton".
"Jiaozi" was called "Bianshi" in the Yuan Dynasty and "dumplings" in the Qing Dynasty. Dumplings originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and were first created by the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing. At that time, dumplings were used for medicinal purposes. Zhang Zhongjing used dough to wrap some medicinal materials to dispel cold.
(mutton, pepper, etc.) to avoid frostbite on the patient's ears. During the Three Kingdoms period, dumplings had become a kind of food and were called "Crescent Wontons". The book "Guang Ya" written by Wei Zhangyi mentioned
This kind of food.
Liz was obviously not as interested in history as in mythology. Li Han had to deal with it casually and talked about the mythical story about dumplings. When Nuwa kneaded earth to create human beings, the ears of the loess people were easily frozen due to the cold weather. In order to make the ears strong
If the ear cannot be fixed, Nuwa pricks a small hole in the person's ear, ties the ear with a thin thread, and puts the other end of the thread in the mouth of the loess man to bite it. This is how the ear is done. People commemorate Nüwa in order to
Wa's achievement was to make dumplings, shape them into the shape of human ears with dough, fill them with stuffing (thread), and eat them with your mouth.
"That's great, Han, let's make dumplings." Liz had never thought that a kind of food could have thousands of years of history. It's so amazing. There are also myths and stories. She was really curious about what dumplings looked like.
"Okay, let's eat dumplings today." Li Han came to the kitchen and needed to sort out the ingredients. There are some shrimps and fish in the bucket, which can be fished out at any time. Peel the shrimps and remove the spines from the fish. Li Han is good at kung fu.
With a sense of beauty, not to mention Li Si stared at Li Han with admiration, Liu Ming glanced at it and secretly wiped his sweat, Yaya, this guy is good at cooking, luckily he didn't show off his skills just now, Liu Ming fried tomatoes with eggs, still
What can be eaten can be compared in heaven and on earth.
Dudu and Michelle sat next to Liu Ming, dangling their calves, eating ice cream and watching TV. They asked one question after another. The two question marks made Liu Ming tortured to the point where he was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.
, Liu Ming tuned the TV to the education channel ordered by Li Han, which was playing a special episode on dinosaurs. When he saw Dudu, he stretched out his little finger and pointed at the big guy flying on the TV. Liu Ming quickly patted his butt. "Dudu, uncle, go help dad.
, you can see for yourselves.”
Liu Ming ran into the kitchen, wiped his cold sweat, and Li Han said with a smile. "Oh, I came just in time. I just need a helper." "Han, I can help you." Liz raised her little hand and glared at Liu Ming.
With a glance, uncle, please go away quickly, Liu Ming felt depressed. "Okay, let me show you my craftsmanship." Liu Ming took the rolling pin with a good look, pressed the dough, pressed the rolling pin with one hand, and squeezed it gently with the other.
Pressing slightly hard, the dough under the rolling pin slowly rotates into a round dough.
Li Han gestured with his thumb and said, "Okay, I have a hand." "That's a joke." Liu Ming was very happy. Looking back, he felt something was wrong. He was a guest. Not only did he do the work, but he also looked touching.
Be virtuous.
Liz pursed her lips and stood aside. Liz had no intention of attacking this bad uncle. She could only be unhappy as Dudu and Michelle's teacher. The two children with little problems were happy. Liz was so patient. "Han."
, Little Lisi is pretty good, maybe she’ll be raised for two years.”
Li Han really wanted to squirt Liu Ming to death with a mouthful of stuffing, so he wrapped the dumplings and put them away, and said, "Do you want me to seal your mouth with dumpling wrappers, or should I switch to Liz to roll out the dough? You watch TV with Dudu and Michelle."
." "No, why am I wrong? Don't you know that the problems of these two little guys are one after another, one is more tricky than the other, why am I a hundred thousand, Han, I admire you very much." Liu Mingbian
Rolling out the dough, he said.
The two grown men were busy in the kitchen. It was really interesting to watch from a distance. The two looked at each other and laughed. After finishing their work, Liu Ming found that Li Han treated him completely as an assistant and did not treat him as a guest at all. "
Okay, this is enough for me." Li Han's water is cooked, the small dumplings are ready to be cooked, the medium dumplings are fried, and the large dumplings are steamed. The small dumplings and large dumplings are cooked and steamed, and Li Han's frying pan is filled with oil and heated.
After a while, the dumplings were fried until they were brown and fragrant.
The four heads of one senior, one junior, and two juniors were leaning against the kitchen counter and staring at the medium-sized dumplings in the pot. They were so fragrant. Liu Ming and Liz each held a little one, and their four pairs of eyes were staring at the frying pan. The oil was sizzling.
The browned dumplings were full of fragrance. Liu Ming swallowed. He had just arrived in Montana. Who would have thought that there would be no Chinese food here. Everyday beef, lamb, and vegetable salads made him feel a little nauseous. Dudu told Michelle that her father made it.
The dumplings are the best. Little Michelle nodded her head.
Dudu was lying on the kitchen table, licking her little lips, and asked her father. "Dad, the dumplings are now fragrant." "Yes, they are so fragrant." Michelle nodded her little head vigorously, and Li Han nodded Dudu with a smile.
He pouted his little nose. "Okay, take out the pot and get the plate for me." Li Han called Liu Ming, which was really rude. Liu Ming snorted and handed over the plate.
The dumplings are boiled and ready. Each person has a small bowl. The dumplings are added with dried shrimps and chopped green onion to make soup. Michelle and Liz love boiled dumplings, while Li Han and Liu Ming specialize in fried dumplings. "Not bad, Han.
You can even open a shop with this craft."
Li Han smiled and said, "When I came to the United States, I had nothing. I worked in a dumpling shop at home for half a year and didn't get a penny, but I learned some skills." "Oh, tell me, there's this part.
"Liu Ming sat upright with a curious look on his face. Li Han was now worth a small amount, and his farm was worth over ten million. Liu Ming originally thought that Li Han would take over the family fortune.
Li Han smiled and took the dumplings, dipped them in some vinegar, and said while eating. "Young and ignorant, I thought I would get rich when I came to the United States. But in reality, when I came to the United States, I had no identity, no ability, and worked illegally.
I was tired for an hour and my whole body ached. No one thought about bad luck. The shop owner hired illegal workers and was arrested. He couldn't get the money and couldn't stay in the place. He ran away. It was just before the Spring Festival and it was so cold in winter. At that time, I wanted to get a deal the most.
It would be great to eat the dumplings made by my mother. You may not know that during the New Year’s Eve dinner, you and a wild dog are fighting over a bucket of garbage. That is really not fun." Li Han stretched out his arm and rolled it up, showing a few scars.
, said. "It was left over from competing for food with wild dogs in the winter. Thinking about it, at that time, I was really not afraid of anything. I just wanted to stutter."
Liu Ming didn't expect that Li Han had such a history. Liz wiped her tears and Li Han smiled. "What are you talking about? Fortunately, I won at that time. I ate a box of leftover pizza for two days and survived. Then
A wild dog froze to death on the street. He didn't feel anything at the time. Look, what are you talking about? Come and eat dumplings."
"Okay, brother, I admire you. Let's have a drink." Liu Ming patted Li Han on the shoulder and poured a glass of beer. Li Han took it with a smile and drank it in one gulp. "Thinking about it now, I should really be grateful for that.
Years of hard work, eating leftovers, sleeping in parks and streets, but fortunately when I was kneeling on the ground, I still wanted to move forward, and I finally came to life, saying these nonsense and coming to drink."
I was talking while drinking. Unknowingly, I was drunk and fell asleep for who knows how long. I shook my head and felt a little dizzy.
"Wow, daddy woke up." Dudu was wiping Li Han's sweat with a towel. The little girl took care of his drunken daddy. Li Han didn't expect that he was drunk. He was very happy to see his daddy awake. "Dudu,
You're so good, you must be tired."
"You're not tired. Sister Lisi said that Dudu wiped dad's sweat, and dad's head no longer hurts." Dudu stretched out his little hand and touched Li Han's forehead. "Dad, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Dudu will rub it for you."
oh."
Li Han hugged Dudu and kissed Dudu's fleshy little face. "Daddy, it doesn't hurt. Dudu rubbed it the best." "Well, Dudu will rub it for dad again." Dudu got up and said
While rubbing and wiping, Li Han thought about falling asleep and felt a small ice hand touching his forehead, pulling Dudu. "Dudu, have you been helping daddy rub his forehead?" "Well, daddy has a headache." Li Han said.
He was holding his little hands, which were red, and there was a small ice bucket beside him.
Little girl, Li Han rubbed Dudu's little hand and put it on his chest to warm it up. Dudu lay in his father's arms. "Dad, don't cry." "Dad didn't cry. Dad is happy." Li Han hugged Dudu, little girl.
The guy was very tired and fell asleep soon.
Li Han gently carried Dudu upstairs, put down the quilt, and went downstairs. Liu Ming came back with a small bucket. "It's okay." "It's okay. I'm so sorry. It's ridiculous." Li Han thought.
I am really embarrassed, the old men are crying.
Liu Ming patted Li Han on the shoulder and said, "Don't say that, come and take a look. I just caught a fish. I didn't expect you to have crucian carp here. I'll make braised fish tonight." "I'll take care of it later." Li Han
Taking the bucket with a smile, Liu Ming put down the fishing rod and clapped his hands. "Han, you really walked from California to Montana." "Yes, along the Pacific Trail, I really should thank those kind people who came here."
When I arrived in Montana, all I had left was a pair of rags and a pair of worn-out slippers."
Liu Ming gestured with his thumbs. "Okay, I recognize your friend, he is capable." "I didn't have much idea at the time. Since we have walked so far on our knees, we should continue to move forward on our knees. Even if we are crawling, we must look up at the sky. Fortunately,
The sky in the United States is quite blue." Li Han put the bucket in the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took a cup, scooped out a cup of sour plum soup and handed it to Liu Ming. "I brought it from home, it tastes pretty good, and it can relieve hangovers."
Liu Ming then took a sip. The taste was quite good, sour and sweet. The two chatted for a while, and Li Han thought of Liz and Michelle. "Don't be careful, I asked Phillip to take him back. By the way, Xiao Li
Silk is crying like a mess, I think she might come again."
Li Han smiled bitterly and said, "Kid, by the way, I have time to come over for a drink tomorrow on my birthday and introduce some friends. I may not be able to help you much, but they are all pretty good people. I wish I could meet a few more friends."
"
"No problem, if you don't tell me, I'll come too." Liu Ming said with a smile. Li Han didn't know what Liu Ming's family did, but it shouldn't be simple. He didn't ask more. Friends don't have to hold back anything. Such friendship
