The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Li Taohua said: "I have only seen big and soft meat buns, but I have never seen these steamed dumplings."

Lin Dajiang said with a smile: "Taohua, we have never been out of Jialin County. We have never seen the world, so of course we don't know."

Lin Xiaoman said with a smile: "The soup dumplings are hot when they are fresh out of the pot, especially the juice inside the dumplings, which is even hotter because it is full of oil."

"Xiaoman, I'm not afraid of the heat." Lin Jingzhe couldn't wait to taste it.

"Is that so?" Lin Xiaoman could understand Lin Jingzhe's eagerness to try the delicious food. At the beginning, she also ate it without waiting for it to cool down, and she still enjoyed it even after getting a burn on her mouth.

"Brother, be careful of the heat."

Lin Jingzhe picked up a steamed dumpling. Since Xiaoman said it was juicy inside, he took a bowl to catch the gravy. He didn't want to waste even a drop of it.

He took a small bite of the steamed dumpling and the gravy immediately gushed out.

Lin Jingzhe took a light sip, and the boiling hot gravy rushed up, flowing down his mouth to his throat and then to his stomach.

Regardless of the burn, the delicious hot juice spreads in your mouth. Then take a bite of the meat filling. The meat filling wrapped in juice is delicious and not greasy.

Lin Jingzhe slowed down and savored the food carefully, his face full of satisfaction at being conquered by the delicious food.

When Li Taohua saw Lin Jingzhe’s expression, she knew that the dumplings tasted good.

But she still asked, "How does it taste?"

After carefully experiencing it, Lin Jingzhe exclaimed: "Mom, it's so delicious. I've never eaten anything so delicious!"

"Isn't it too hot?" Lin Xiaoman asked; "Is it better than pickled fish and braised pork?"

"It's worth it even if it burns your mouth! Xiaoman, everything is delicious. As long as it's made by you, it's delicious."

Lin Jingzhe is actually a sister-con.

Besides, the juicy dumplings are a new product.

In his eyes, everything Lin Xiaoman cooks is delicious, the only difference is between delicious and very delicious.

It’s better to ask your parents, as it will be more helpful as a reference.

Lin Xiaoman smiled and looked at Lin Dajiang and Li Taohua, who had wanted to try it for a long time: "Dad, Mom, you guys try it too."

He looked down and saw Baba looking at Guyu, so he pulled Guyu to his side and put one in her bowl.

"Guyu, the gravy inside is very hot and will blister your mouth. Wait for it to cool down before eating, okay?"

Guyu nodded and pointed at her brother crawling on the ground outside, "Sister, you have to keep the ones from Lidong too."

Lin Xiaoman touched Lin Guyu's head and said, "Well, you see there are still a lot of them that haven't been steamed yet. You can make more if your brother is hungry."

"Sister, don't you set up stalls to sell them?"

"How can that be possible! When we sell food, it must be freshly prepared and sold immediately, so that it is clean and fresh. The ones you mentioned are for our family to eat."

"Really? That's great. We have meat to eat again." Lin Guyu jumped up and down while hugging Lin Xiaoman's arm. He was so happy.

"Since we moved out of the old house, we can eat meat more often. Sister, was the meat locked up by grandma and eaten by Uncle and Aunt?"

"Uh..." This stumped Lin Xiaoman.

You could say that Old Lady Lin was partial, but she felt that the main reason was that the Lin family was too poor.

The sparrows that my brother caught had to be shared among the whole family.

The eldest grandson and the youngest son are the lifeblood of the older generation.

Uncle San is an educated man, and if people tell others about it, Old Lady Lin will feel very proud.

As a result of multiple factors, Mrs. Lin's heart became more and more biased, and finally leaned towards the Pacific Ocean.

"Guyu, our family was too poor before. Look, now my parents get up early and go out to set up stalls. The family earns money and can buy meat with the money. Only by eating meat can we have the energy and motivation to continue working. But when I lived with my grandparents before, didn't everyone take turns to work? No one thought about going out to make money?"

Lin Guyu thought about it and nodded, "Sister, as long as we keep working, will we always have meat to eat?

Lin Xiaoman glanced at her parents and saw that they were also looking at her, so she smiled and said, "Not really. Do you think Second Uncle is the most hardworking one in the family? Did he eat meat?"

Guyu hesitated for a moment, and Lin Jingzhe smiled and said, "Of course not!"

"So being hardworking isn't enough, you also have to use your brain." As he said this, Lin Xiaoman's restless hands went to play with the little bun on Lin Guyu's head again.

"In addition to being hardworking and smart, you also need to be sensible. We have to work together as a team. You see, we are a family, and we discuss everything together. We work together, and even you have to dig earthworms to feed the chickens every day."

Lin Guyu seemed to understand: "Well, each of us has our own job to do."

"Yes, so our Guyu is great." Lin Xiaoman said with a smile: "It's almost cold, try it and give me some advice."

Lin Dajiang was very happy to see the love between the sisters, and after eating the delicious juicy dumplings, he felt extremely comfortable.

He sighed, "Xiao Man, once I eat the juicy dumplings you make, I will never forget them and will want to eat more."

Seeing that he had eaten two dumplings, Lin Xiaoman stopped eating and urged him, "Dad, why don't you eat anymore? Is it not tasty?"

Lin Dajiang blushed all of a sudden and said shyly, "It's delicious, how can it not be delicious? Xiaoman, ask your mother and the others to eat more. And you, it took so long to make the dumplings, you have contributed the most, hurry up and eat more!"

It was the first time that Li Taohua ate something so delicious. The skin was as thin as paper and the filling was tender and juicy.

She joked, "Xiao Man, this is incredible. Eating such delicious food every day will make my black-faced cakes look bad to everyone in the future!"

"Then let's work harder and set up a stall to sell dumplings in town after a while, how about that?" Lin Xiaoman felt that his parents would definitely agree.

Lin Dajiang nodded: "I see!"

Lin Jingzhe agreed with both hands: "It will definitely be as popular as Bingliangdong."

Li Taohua asked: "Why does it take some time? We can set up a stall tomorrow!"

Lin Xiaoman didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, the juicy dumplings are only delicious if they are freshly steamed. We don't have a charcoal stove at home, and we don't have enough bamboo steamers."

"That's right, look at my brain!" Li Taohua waved her hands in annoyance, "I've really been blinded by money, this is unacceptable!"

"Mom, you are a noble person who forgets things easily."

"Xiao Man, you are the only one in our family. Your little mouth is as sweet as honey. You coax me into a trance every day."

Lin Xiaoman stopped laughing: "Really? Of course not! Mom, you hold the financial power of our family. You have the final say in everything, and Dad has to listen to you. You are the pillar of our family!"

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Custom-made stoves aren’t cheap in this day and age.

There are quite a few small charcoal stoves, but large charcoal stoves suitable for business are hard to find.

Lin Dajiang searched all over Dayi Town but couldn't find a suitable one.

Finally, it was Lin Da who saw Lin Dajiang looking sad and asked him the reason, only to find out that Lin Dajiang was worried about not being able to buy a charcoal stove.

What a coincidence.

Lin Yaowu followed his two uncles to Jialin County and brought back a charcoal stove. His grandfather complained that the stove was too big.

After being told this several times, Lin Yaowu felt that he had been cheated, as his home did not need such a large charcoal stove.

I had originally planned to take the goods to Jialin County in a few days and return the large charcoal stove at the same time, even if it meant a small loss of money.

Now that was good, Lin Dajiang bought the stove at the original price after seeing it.

This made Lin Yaowu feel embarrassed.

"Yaowu, bring another one back to me next time."

"Uncle, do you want more?"

Lin Yaowu couldn't think of any other advantages of this stove other than being bigger.

"Yes, I want one, Yaowu, don't forget it!"

After getting the guarantee, Lin Dajiang rushed home with the stove, intending to give Xiaoman a surprise.

When she entered the room, she saw only Taohua, so she looked around and asked, "Where is Xiaoman? Why aren't Jingzhe and Guyu here either?"

Li Taohua was embroidering a handkerchief without raising her head: "She said she went to the back mountain to look for treasure. I don't know why she has so much energy every day."

"Just a kid!"

Lin Dajiang put down the stove and said, "Look at the good stuff I brought back."

Isn’t it Xiaoman who is going to the charcoal stove?

"Didn't you say you couldn't buy it? Where did it come from?"

When Lin Dajiang told her the whole story, Li Taohua felt that Xiaoman must be lucky.

If you don't fall asleep, someone will hand you a pillow. Whatever you need will be given to you.

"In two days, Yaowu will go to Jialin County with his uncle's family. I will ask him to bring back another charcoal stove."

"That's great! I think Xiaoman has been so worried about the food these past few days that she can't even eat. Now it's good. When Yaowu buys it back, we'll have to thank that kid."

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Lin Xiaoman and Lin Guyu returned home in high spirits.

Lin Jingzhe's steps were unsteady as he was ordered by his sisters to climb trees, take out bird eggs and dig traps.

He took care of all the dirty and tiring work.

Especially during Grain Rain, I go into the mountains less often and feel excited about seeing everything.

Going back and forth, and also having to take care of Guyu's safety, is much more tiring than going into the mountains by himself.

Lin Xiaoman put down the backpack and said, "Mom, I'm going to the backyard to pick cowpeas."

"Didn't we pick all the beans yesterday?" Li Taohua said.

"I'll go check, just in case there's any more."

Lin Xiaoman ran away.

She knew that the beans in the backyard were definitely gone, but she still had some in her space.

Every time she would rush here to pick them, for no reason, just to mix in some beans from the space.

Lin Xiaoman "picked" a handful of jar beans, and Li Taohua said in surprise: "There really are some, it seems that jar beans also grow in the wind."

"Mom, there is a piece of it that was blocked by the thatch of the rabbit hutch. Fortunately, I saw it. It would have been old in a few days."

Lin Xiaoman put the cowpeas in his hand into the kitchen and was almost tripped by a big object. "What is this?"

"Isn't this a charcoal stove? Mother!"

Lin Xiaoman didn't care about her sore knee at all and was smiling from ear to ear while touching the charcoal stove.

Li Taohua found her daughter's excited expression funny.

Sure enough, he is still a child.

Everything shows on the face.

"Mom, we're going to town tomorrow."

Lin Xiaoman felt that what he saw was not a charcoal stove, but silver.

The bamboo steamer and the iron rack for the bamboo steamer had already been prepared.

Iron was a rare commodity these days, and the iron frame alone cost more than two taels of silver.

Li Taohua didn't say anything, but Lin Xiaoman knew she must be heartbroken.

Not to mention Li Taohua, she herself was also heartbroken.

Although there is only one charcoal stove for now, the soup dumplings have just appeared, so I guess not many people will buy them.

After lunch, Lin Xiaoman brought up the idea of ​​setting up a stall tomorrow.

Got unanimous approval from everyone.

Lin Dajiang felt that since he stopped selling frozen food, his life had become increasingly idle, and he felt anxious.

Li Taohua was secretly thinking about the two taels of silver she needed to buy the iron rack, and she thought that she must make more juicy dumplings with Xiaoman.

Earn back those two taels of silver as soon as possible.

Lin Jingzhe has no opinion in front of Xiaoman and does whatever Xiaoman says.

He plays the role of sister-con and food-con to the fullest.

After the agreement was reached, Lin Dajiang and Li Taohua tidied up their home and the two siblings went to the town to sell meat and flour.

Lin Xiaoman knew that her mother would not let her go to the town alone, but her brother was a thick-skinned man and would not notice if she went there.

When the time comes, she will buy some flour and mix the flour from the space in it. Her brother probably won’t be able to find out.

Lin Xiaoman was thinking about something beautiful when a big face came up and said, "Xiaoman, what bad idea are you planning?"

Lin Xiaoman pushed his cheap brother's face away with one hand, "Do you still want to eat pickled fish tonight?"

"Eat!" Lin Jingzhe didn't care about anything else when he heard about pickled fish.

It took the two siblings three hours to go back and forth. They deliberately entered the village in the dark.

When Lin Xiaoman got home, Lin Dajiang had already sliced ​​the fish.

It's not that the whole family relies on Lin Xiaoman to do the work alone, but Li Taohua also made sauerkraut fish two or three times, but the whole family unanimously agreed that none of the ones made by Xiaoman were as delicious.

So the task of making sauerkraut fish fell on Lin Xiaoman alone.

Lin Jingzhe put the meat he bought into a bamboo basket and wrapped it with a layer of gauze.

Take it to the well next door and hang it there.

Put the remaining flour into the flour jar at home.

He looked at the half-full jar of flour and couldn't help sighing.

This is white flour! The Lin family only eats white flour once or twice a year, and one of those times is during the Chinese New Year.

Ever since Xiaoman's brain got better, the family has been getting more and more prosperous.

He had never dared to imagine such a day before.

After doing all this, he went to feed the rabbits, and counted them carefully twice.

Not a single rabbit was missing.

Dinner consisted of white flour pancakes mixed with black flour, served with sour and tender pickled fish and cold-boiled black ears.

The whole family even drank up the sauerkraut fish soup.

After dinner, the family started to get busy.

The pork skin that will be added to the meat filling of tomorrow's juicy steamed dumplings must be frozen in advance.

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At the first hour of the next day, the whole family got up as if they had made an appointment.

Lin Dajiang chopped the meat, Lin Xiaoman and Li Taohua rolled the noodles, Lin Jingzhe prepared wild onions and soaked ginger in water in advance for later use.

Lin Jingzhe took out yesterday’s pork skin jelly and cut it into small pieces.

After everything was arranged, Lin Xiaoman began to prepare the meat filling.

Add sauce and wine respectively, and stir clockwise with chopsticks.

Add ginger water three times to allow the water and meat to blend perfectly together.

Finally, add green onions and pork skin jelly, and continue to stir the meat filling evenly.

In the end, the family packed up one third of the dumplings.

Li Taohua made breakfast, while Lin Dajiang dug up Guyu and Lidong and put on clothes.

I ate breakfast in a hurry and went out before dawn.

Halfway through the journey, the sky gradually turned red, the sun soon came out, and the trees in the fields began to become lively.

The Lin family arrived in town at 3:45 a.m., which was earlier than usual when they sold frozen food.

There is no way, because Xiaolongbao is considered breakfast. If you come late, you won’t get a good seat and you will miss the diners who are eating breakfast.

Lin Dajiang unloaded the charcoal stove and together with Lin Jingzhe set up a board.

Then one of them started a fire and burned charcoal while the other went to move the meat filling.

Lin Xiaoman and Li Taohua laid out the steamers one by one, twenty of which already had small steamed buns in them.

After Lin Dajiang lit the charcoal stove, Lin Xiaoman took out five baskets and placed them on the iron rack to steam.

A quarter of an hour later, the delicious aroma of Xiaolongbao wafted through the streets, attracting diners who came out to buy breakfast to look towards the source of the aroma.