First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

"I'll teach you." Su Jixiang thought Qu Wanning's somewhat dejected look was very cute. She took the "tongue"-like dough from her hand, picked up the rolling pin and turned it a few times on the dough again. The long strip of dough suddenly became round.

"How amazing!" Qu Wanning's eyes suddenly widened.

"You have to do it this way." Su Jixiang taught step by step, "Press the rolling pin on the edge of the dough, don't press too deep, press it once, then use your fingers to turn the dough in one direction and press it again like before, apply force evenly, turn it a few more times, and it will be pressed into a round piece, right? And it is thick in the middle and thin at the edges. The advantage of this is that you can put a lot of stuffing in the dough without the belly being burst, and the dough at the edges is thin and can be easily pinched together. The dumplings made in this way have a big belly and thin skin, as cute as small ingots."

After saying that, she wrapped a dumpling. Just as she said, the dumpling had a bulging belly and looked very cute when placed on the bamboo stick beside it.

"Let me try!" Qu Wanning imitated Su Jixiang and slowly started to do it.

The first few were still a little crooked, but by the time she got to the tenth dumpling wrapper, she had rolled it into a round shape!

Qu Wanning was extremely excited. This was the first time she had accomplished something independently. "I've told you, it's nothing special, I just got used to it!" Su Jixiang said with a smile.

After the dumplings were wrapped, Su Jixiang called Lushui and Guihua in to help light the fire and boil water.

She took out some dried fish that had been soaked in green water and osmanthus.

These small dried fish are caught from streams in autumn. Although they have been dried, they still have fish roe inside. After just a little soaking, they can be fried in a pan with hot oil until crispy.

The small fish will turn golden after being fried. After being picked up, drain the floating oil and fry it again at 80% of the oil temperature. Only after being fried twice will the dried fish become more crispy, and the bones inside will fall off with a touch.

Su Jixiang sprinkled the pepper and salt she had prepared on it, then sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds and stirred it. She fried a large pot of it, enough for four people.

There are really not many vegetables in the north in winter. Apart from some cabbages stored in the vegetable cellar that can survive the winter, there is almost nothing else.

In this era, the variety of vegetables was not so complete, but onions were already available, called shallots, which were introduced from foreign countries.

So Su Jixiang chopped some onions and fried some onion scrambled eggs.

Guihua and her friends would pickle cabbage, which tasted very salty, so Su Jixiang made a slight improvement. After taking out the pickled vegetables and washing them with water, he added honey, pepper, and shallots, and then mixed them with mashed garlic. The taste was both delicious and refreshing.

By the time Su Jixiang had finished preparing these things, the dumplings over there were also cooked and ready to go.

Su Jixiang prepared two seasoning dishes, one with mashed garlic and the other with spicy oil, and then asked Guihua and Lushui to help deliver the dishes to the room.

The table in the middle of the room was instantly set with dishes and chopsticks.

Wei Ling had already put on his coat and sat up.

He is indeed a cockroach just as Xie Yingfeng said, the kind that cannot be killed.

He looked half-dead just a few days ago, but he was able to walk a few days after waking up.

But he was still very weak, which was visible to the naked eye.

"Wow!" After everyone sat down, Xie Yingfeng rubbed his hands excitedly as he looked at the food on the table. "What should I do? They all look delicious. Which one should I eat first?"

Su Jixiang's eyebrows suddenly curved with smile.

If the cook doesn't like to hear a compliment from others, wouldn't he be very unmotivated to cook?

"You are so shameless!" Wei Ling glanced at him and then said indifferently.

"Isn't this one of my few advantages?" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile. He looked at Qu Wanning, "If I didn't have a big face, how could I have married Wan Wanning?" Although he was a scholar, he had been in the military camp for many years and was a bit unrestrained.

Qu Wanning was stunned for a moment when her name was suddenly called, and then her whole face turned red.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" She was too embarrassed to raise her eyes. She just glared at Xie Yingfeng and quickly lowered her head.

Don't mention it, although these words were abrupt, Qu Wanning felt a bit shy and happy in his heart.

In fact, it is more of a joy...

"We are all family, so who doesn't know my background?" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile, "Madam, you don't have to feel restrained here!"

"This seems to be my home?" Wei Ling snorted.

"Haha. Your home, your home! Of course it's your home!" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile.

"Stop talking nonsense and try it!" Su Jixiang interrupted the conversation between Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng at the right time. Although he knew that the two had a good relationship, if they continued chatting like this, the food would get cold.

"Let's eat!" Wei Ling glanced at Su Jixiang and said lightly.

"Then I won't be polite!" Xie Yingfeng was really not polite. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fried fish, gave it to his wife first, and then added another piece and stuffed it into his own mouth.

After taking this bite, Xie Yingfeng's eyes brightened a little.

"Delicious!" His full talent now turned into these two heartfelt compliments! "It's really delicious!"

The bones of the fried fish are crispy, and your mouth is full of fragrance when you bite it. The combination of pepper, salt and sesame seeds makes your mouth full of the aroma of sesame and fish, without any fishy smell at all.

The belly of this little fish is full of fish roe. When you bite it, it feels like it is exploding in your mouth...

Qu Wanning also thought that the little fish was absolutely delicious.

"I have this thing at home, but I usually just stew it. I never thought of this way of cooking it!" Qu Wanning said with a smile, "I learned it today! Thank you for your good luck!"

"Then you're welcome. Just remember to pay the tuition!" Su Jixiang joked.

After all, Wei Ling was still injured, and it was a bit difficult for him to raise his hand forward, so Su Jixiang quickly put the dumplings he wanted to pick up into his bowl.

"The chopsticks are still new. I have never used them!" Su Jixiang said quickly when he saw Wei Ling looking up at him.

Wei Ling lowered his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes like crow feathers covered the expression in his eyes.

"Yeah." He responded softly. "I know."

Xie Yingfeng and Qu Wanning, who were already enjoying their meal, didn't notice the interaction between Wei Ling and Su Jixiang at all. The two of them were really not polite at all. Xie Yingfeng would pick up some food for Qu Wanning from time to time, "Eat more, you're too thin!"

He said to Qu Wanning while picking up the food.