Meng Yan's Transformation

Just as Zhan Zixun was about to say something, Yun Qing glared at him, and he walked sullenly to the washbasin to wash his hands.

After washing his hands, Zhan Zixun deliberately stood next to Zhan Mengyan. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Zhan Mengyan, after we finish eating dumplings, let's play another round together. I refuse to believe that you can beat me without Zhang Xincheng's help—I'll definitely annihilate you..."

"Zhan Zixun, focus on making dumplings. What are you whispering to Zhan Mengyan about? Pay attention! You didn't seal the edges of the dumplings properly. If you don't seal the edges properly when you cook them today, the filling will spill out. You'll have to eat some soup."

As Zhan Yu spoke, he pointed to the dumplings that Zhan Zixun had made.

"Dad, my brother Zixun is practicing checkers with me. We just played a move in checkers, and he almost lost. He's really upset about it. He said he wants to play checkers with me again after we finish eating dumplings, and he's determined to crush me completely! Hehe..."

Zhan Mengyan chuckled as she spoke.

"How dare you say that? You colluded with Zhang Xincheng to cheat—they colluded to cheat each other! It was an unfair victory!"

Zhan Zixun spoke with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"How can our win-win cooperation be considered cheating? You saw that we were helping each other, so why didn't you stop it? It's just that your own chess skills are not good enough, so you can't blame others!"

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she curled her lip, revealing a disdainful expression.

"Zhan Mengyan, how can you speak so righteously? If you want a win-win cooperation, why don't you go to your own brother instead of Zhang Xincheng?!"

Zhan Zixun became emotional as he spoke.

“Brother Zixun, didn’t you boast that you were capable and didn’t need to work with me, a ‘little spider’? You said you liked to do things your own way.”

Zhan Mengyan spoke with a playful tone.

"Zhan Mengyan, you! You..."

As Zhan Zixun spoke, his hands trembled with anger, and the dumplings in his hands fell to the ground.

"Zhan Zixun, if you put that competitive spirit into your studies, you'd be amazing! You'd definitely get into a top university! Zhan Zixun, pick up those dumplings! Don't waste food! Especially since they're refined grains."

When Zhan Yu spoke, he looked at Zhan Zixun with a serious expression.

Zhan Zixun immediately wilted and glared at Zhan Mengyan.

Zhan Mengyan hurriedly picked up the dumplings that had fallen on the ground before Zhan Zixun could, blew off the dust, and went to the kitchen to wash them.

The room fell silent, with only the rhythmic clatter of Zhan Yingying rolling out dumpling wrappers with her rolling pin.

The dumpling wrappers were like a dance on Zhan Yingying's fingertips. The rolling pin was like a magic wand, and the dumpling wrappers spun merrily on the cutting board, becoming rounder and rounder. Zhan Yingying's hands were like a little whirlwind. By the time Zhan Mengyan washed the dumpling that had fallen on the ground and returned to the house, the dumpling wrappers on the cutting board had already piled up into a 'small hill'.

"Sister Yingying, you're so fast! You've rolled out so many in such a short time!"

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she placed the dumplings on the bamboo mat.

Zhan Yingying put down the rolling pin and joined the dumpling-making team.

"Oh dear, I almost forgot about the coin."

While Zhan Yingying was speaking, she put the cleaned coins into the dumpling filling.

"Don't we only release one every year? Why are we releasing so many this year? Releasing too many will make it less effective!"

As Zhan Yu spoke, he took two coins out of the dumpling filling!

"Zhan Yu, just put them all in there. What's this about whether they're effective or not? It's the New Year, so let's just have something auspicious and bring good luck. Zhan Yingying, you should also make two sweet dumplings. If you don't get the coin-filled ones, you'll get the sweet ones—a lifetime of sweetness!"

As Yunqing spoke, she tossed two coins into the dumpling filling.