Zhou Guilan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law prepared the noodles and fillings for making dumplings, so they put the panel and curtain on the kang and started making dumplings.
Xu Shiyan washed his hands and rolled out the dough. Xu Jinping and Xu Jinhui also washed their hands and came over to help wrap it.
Although Xu Jinhui is still young, her hands are not clumsy, and the dumplings are so small and exquisite that they look particularly beautiful.
Xu Haiyuan glanced at the panel and quickly turned his head.
No, this thing will take a hit every time. He has practiced it many times, but the wrapping is not good, and it is not as good as the one made by the third sister.
It's so shocking and sad, so let's just watch TV.
The stuffing of leeks likes to be watery, so I wrap the stuffing with leeks first. After wrapping it with a curtain, immediately cover it with a clean white cloth and carry it to the shed outside.
This plastic shed is quite warm during the day when the sun shines, but at night the temperature drops to minus ten degrees Celsius.
Put the dumplings in the shed, and when it's about ten o'clock, the outer skin will be frozen hard, but the filling inside has not yet frozen through. It is better than leaving it in the house.
We started making dumplings before seven o'clock, and there were so many people working. Even though Xu Jinhui was young, she didn't miss a beat in making dumplings.
So at half past eight, all the dumplings were made, just in time to watch the party in peace.
This year's party was very lively, with comedians from all walks of life performing, and the crosstalk and sketches were all very exciting.
There is a program in the middle, which was selected by the Liaoyuan No. 2 Experimental Primary School in this province, and is about children's collective speed calculation.
This program attracted Xu Jinping's attention.
Watching the children on TV quickly calculating the numbers reported by the host, the little girl's eyes immediately widened.
"Dad, I want to learn this."
After hearing this, Xu Shiyan could only smile bitterly, "Daughter, you seem to be over your age. Look, they are all younger than you."
It is said that it is best to train this kind of quick calculation starting from the first grade and simulate a small abacus in the child's mind.
Through some formulas and high-intensity calculation training, children can form a mechanical memory.
So after hearing the host report the number, he will give the answer very quickly.
Xu Shiyan didn't understand how this training was done.
Anyway, it seems that for a few years in my last life, there were a lot of mental and mental arithmetic training programs in this province, and many children went to learn them.
It was popular for a short period of time, and then it disappeared and no one learned it anymore.
It is said that this does not have much effect on improving mathematical ability.
Especially in junior high school and high school, mathematics pays more attention to logic and thinking, and this kind of quick calculation is useless.
"Besides, we don't have this in our area, didn't you hear? This is from Liaoyuan, which is quite far away from here.
Even if I can send you there, you can only go and train for a period of time during the winter and summer vacations.
If you don't practice regularly, you will quickly become unfamiliar with it, and it will be useless in the end.
If you really like mathematics, I might as well find some mathematics books for you to buy when I go out next time, and you can read them yourself."
Donggang is a rural area and development is slow.
It will take at least five or six years for these special interest classes to be introduced. Right now, there is really no such thing and it is impossible to learn.
"Okay, then I won't study. Dad, remember, buy me more math books next time."
Xu Jinping was not stubborn and had to learn. Since her father said she couldn't learn, then forget it.
So, the conversation between father and daughter ended, and everyone concentrated on watching TV again.
The wonderful performance on TV made everyone laugh.
The exciting program attracted everyone's attention and made people forget the passage of time.
Suddenly a burst of firecrackers reminded Zhou Guilan, and she turned around and saw, hey, it's almost eleven o'clock.
"Okay, let's boil the water and cook the dumplings quickly. Don't delay sending out the paper."
No matter how beautiful the party was, it couldn't delay the business, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hurried to the kitchen to light a fire and boil water to cook dumplings.
On the other end, Xu Chenghou and Xu Shiyan also quickly took out a large pile of burning paper and spread it on the ground.
Xu Shiyan took out a ten-dollar bill and measured it a few times on the burning paper.
Some people say that if the burned paper is not printed, it will be blank after burning, so it is useless.
In the early days, copper coins were used for printing. In the intervening years, feudal superstitions were eradicated, and all the copper coins of each family were gone.
Nowadays, banknotes are used, and the banknote with the largest denomination is counted a few times and it is considered to be printed.
In a few years, there will be new versions of this burning paper with copper coin patterns on them, as well as specially printed Hades coins, so there will be no need to go to such trouble.
After printing on the burned paper, turn and pull it with both hands, then fold it up and divide it into several parts.
The other side said that the water was boiling and they were about to cook the dumplings. Xu Shiyan was holding the paper, and Xu Haiyuan and Xu Haiqing were holding the firecrackers. The three of them went out to hand out paper and set off the firecrackers.
Bid farewell to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and the new year has just arrived.
The two of us set off a few strings of firecrackers outside, as well as a few glittering thunderbolts, colorful pearls, and sky-piercing monkeys.
Just as someone shouted that it was time to eat, the three of them didn't bother to put too much food in, so they hurriedly ran back into the room with their hands in their hands, ready to eat dumplings.
The dumplings stuffed with chives will release a fragrant aroma when the pot is boiled.
I couldn't feel it when I stayed in the house before, but as soon as I entered the house from the outside, the fresh fragrance penetrated directly into my nose, attracting greedy people to come out.
Especially Xu Haiqing, at the reunion dinner in the afternoon, he just fell in love with the drinks and drank a lot of water.
I just complained that I was hungry and ate some snacks.
At this moment, smelling the aroma of dumplings, the little guy finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed directly into the room, shouting to start eating quickly. He was hungry.
"Why did you tell me you were coming this afternoon? I had to refuse to listen. Are you hungry this time?"
Su Anying brought the dumplings into the house and sneered when she heard her son shouting.
"Wait, the adults haven't come to the table to eat yet, what do you want to do? There are no rules."
Su Anying glared at her youngest son and forbade him from reaching out to eat the dumplings secretly.
Xu Haiqing was glared at by her mother and could only sit there obediently, staring at the dumplings in front of her, thinking about it all the time.
Eat quickly, eat quickly.
Two large pots were used to cook the two kinds of stuffing separately. Soon they were all taken out and served to the table, and everyone sat down to eat.
"Come on, let's try this year's dumplings, the dumplings with leeks, shrimps, elm and yellow mushrooms. Hey you, these are so delicious.
If you don’t like leeks, you can eat cabbage and radish stuffing.
I put money into both kinds of stuffing, including jujubes, peanuts, and candies, to see who can eat the money."
This is a clever trick to get kids to eat more, and it works every time.
The children, who were already hungry, didn't all open their eyes when they heard this?
But the dumplings are all made the same way, with a skin on the outside, so how can you tell what's inside?
After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't see anything, so I could only eat casually.
"Well, it's delicious. These leek and shrimp dumplings are so fresh and delicious."
Xu Chenghou picked up a piece filled with chives, took a bite, and nodded repeatedly.
"Tell me, how much better are the conditions now than before?
If this had happened in the past, who would have dared to think that we would be able to eat dumplings stuffed with leek, elm, and yellow mushrooms during the Chinese New Year?
And these shrimps, in the past, they could only be a little bit of shrimp, and that would be pretty awesome.
Now, who would dare to think about making dumplings with prawns?" Xu Chenghou said with emotion while eating.