Eating melons

After Liu Jiaojiao chopped the mushrooms, she immediately came to help Wei Wei and Jiang Qi chop the sauerkraut.

Seeing Liu Jiaojiao like this, Wei Wei felt a little emotional. When Liu Jiaojiao first went to the countryside, she didn't even know how to use a knife.

Now, it seems that the mushroom stuffing is chopped no worse than hers, but her work is just so-so.

After Wei Wei and the other three had chopped and mixed the stuffing, Wu Mei also mixed four bowls of flour: two bowls of corn flour and two bowls of white flour.

Seeing four large basins full of noodles on the kang, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't know what to say.

They originally planned to learn how to knead the dough from Wu Mei after chopping the stuffing, but they didn't expect Wu Mei to knead all the dough so quickly.

But thinking that I still had to make buns tomorrow, I didn’t say much.

Seeing that the filling was ready, Wu Mei immediately took out the bowl of dough that she had kneaded first.

Looking at the large bowl full of dough, Wu Mei nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, very good, it has risen."

Then he poured the dough onto the sticky board and said, "Just knead these air holes again."

After hearing Wu Mei's words, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi nodded seriously and took notes seriously to remember all of this.

Although Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't know what it looked like, they both felt that it was not particularly fluffy.

But Wu Mei said it was good, so it must be good! After all, I saw online that to knead the dough well, you need to make the surface, bowl, and hands smooth.

The basin was already clean, Wu Mei's hands were also clean, and the dough was very smooth, so it should be pretty good.

After all, he is the master, and they are two half-baked ones. No, it should be said that they are not even half-baked ones, but two newbies.

You have no right to say anything to others or point fingers at them.

In a short while, Wu Mei divided the dough into countless small pieces.

Wei Wei looked at these things curiously, "Is this for making buns?"

Wu Mei nodded, "Yes, look at my hands. First do this, then this. Now the thickness of the steamed bun skin is just right, and then fill it with stuffing."

After saying that, Wu Mei scooped up two large spoonfuls of stuffing and filled the dough.

"Fold it up slowly like this."

Wei Wei, Jiang Qi, Liu Jiaojiao and Yu Xi all followed Wu Mei's instructions seriously.

After wrapping one bun, Wei Wei looked at the five buns in front of her and fell silent.

Wu Mei is worthy of being a master. The things she makes can be sold at a stall.

Yu Xi and Jiang Qi’s are also pretty good, and look quite good.

It’s hard to describe the ones made by Wei Wei and Liu Jiaojiao. You really can’t tell that they are buns. You can only say that they are dough.

Wu Mei looked at Wei Wei and Liu Jiaojiao and quickly comforted them, "It's okay. It's your first time, so it's inevitable. You'll get used to it after making a few more."

Wei Wei waved her hand. "It's okay. I know my own strengths and weaknesses. Don't worry about me."

Liu Jiaojiao also laughed and said, "I know my own strengths and weaknesses. You don't need to worry about me or comfort me. I will just learn slowly."

Seeing the two people's optimistic look, Wu Mei didn't say anything. She taught them how to make dumplings seriously. After teaching them how to make buns, she taught them how to make dumplings.

In the end, after finishing a pot of bread, Yu Xi and Jiang Qi learned everything except rolling out the dumpling wrappers.

Wei Wei only learned how to make a crescent dumpling, and nothing else worked out well, while Liu Jiaojiao only learned how to make a round steamed bun.

Looking at the appearance of the things she made, Liu Jiaojiao didn't plan to waste the ingredients. After all, these were all good things. She might as well just make buns or put stuffing in them.

Wei Wei didn't plan to waste the ingredients. After all, the things she made looked really unappetizing, so she just grabbed the crescent-shaped dumplings.

A pot of bread was enough, but the whole pot could not hold it anymore. Liu Jiaojiao stopped making trouble and helped them steam the buns, steamed buns, dumplings and light the fire.

The rest were placed on straw mats under the eaves to freeze.

After the two pots of noodles were put in, the first pot was also steamed. The soft buns and steamed buns looked very appetizing. Wei Wei didn't think twice and went for a pure meat bun.

She grabbed it and took a big bite. The buns were naturally very hot since they were just out of the pot. Wei Wei was so hot that she grimaced and was reluctant to spit them out.

After the five of them had almost finished eating, Wei Wei said to Liu Jiaojiao, "We still need to continue cooking. Why don't you help me deliver the remaining food to the old educated youth.

They helped us sweep the snow for most of the day, and they also know we are steaming buns, so it would be unreasonable not to send some over."

Hearing this, Liu Jiaojiao nodded and said, "Okay."

Wu Mei glanced at the remaining buns, steamed buns, and dumplings, paused, and said:

"Just send those pickled cabbage buns over, don't send the steamed buns!

If you taste your steamed buns, you will know that a lot of sugar is put into them. If you meet someone with bad intentions, you will easily be taken advantage of.

After all, although we still have a good relationship with those old educated youth, you all know what they were like before. There must be people with bad intentions among them."

As for the meat-filled buns, Wei Wei didn't plan to give them away as gifts, and Wu Mei knew this.

Wei Wei was stunned when she heard Wu Mei's words. It was not because she was being taken advantage of, but because the steamed buns Wu Mei mentioned had a lot of sugar in them.

To be honest, Wei Wei really couldn't taste it. Not only Wei Wei, but Jiang Qi couldn't taste it either. They felt like it only had a little bit of sweetness!

Thinking of this, Jiang Qi also asked directly, "This steamed bun is not sweet!"

Wu Mei smiled and said, "You are from the south, where people rarely eat steamed buns. Even if they do eat them, they mainly eat stuffed buns, so you don't know.

This steamed bun has no filling. A lot of old flour is added when kneading the dough, so the steamed bun is generally slightly sour.

The one you made has no sour taste at all, only sweetness, so people can tell it has a lot of sugar in it as soon as they taste it."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi nodded as if they understood, but they really didn't know anything about it. They only knew that there was such a thing as old dough. At that time, there was no yeast powder, so old dough was usually used for fermentation.

They didn't know that steamed buns made from fermented old dough are sour. This is the first time they heard of it.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were very obedient, so they only let Liu Jiaojiao pick up the sauerkraut buns and pure sauerkraut dumplings.

However, there are quite a few buns and dumplings made entirely of sauerkraut, enough for the old educated youth at the educated youth center to have two each.

After all, Jiang Qi bought four steamers, and all four steamers were full.

As for Liu Jiaojiao, Yu Xi and Wu Mei, since they were Wei Wei and Jiang Qi's food, they were too embarrassed to eat more. Except for the dumplings, each of them only tried one of each kind to try it out, and did not eat more.

Each person can only take two dumplings with one filling, no more.

Only Wei Wei and Jiang Qi ate a lot of everything. Now they are full and don’t need to eat dinner later.

Seeing how polite Wu Mei, Liu Jiaojiao and Yu Xi were, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't say anything. They still had to continue steaming it later anyway.

I also need to steam a pot for dinner and bring some back to them. I don’t have to cook dinner today.

You can also take some of the frozen buns, dumplings and sauerkraut back with them and make them breakfast tomorrow. After breakfast, they can continue working for them.

Thinking of this, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi both felt as if they had been corrupted by black-hearted capitalists.

How could they be so calculating? They used a few sauerkraut buns and dumplings to trick three people into working as laborers for them for two days.

Liu Jiaojiao went to deliver the buns, and the three of them continued to work.

Yu Xi and Jiang Qi already knew how to roll out the dumpling wrappers, so Wu Mei let the three of them make the remaining bowl of dough themselves while she went to knead the dough.

After all, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi said that all the white flour and corn flour must be prepared today, so they have to hurry up.

Over there, Liu Jiaojiao came to the Youth League Institute with a basket. The old educated youth there were stunned when they saw Liu Jiaojiao.

After all, they had hardly any dealings with Liu Jiaojiao, except for the fight they had on the day she first arrived.

Even though the relationship between the new and old educated youth has eased, Liu Jiaojiao has not paid much attention to them these days.

Li Hong, the leader of the female educated youth, was pushed out. "Liu Zhiqing, what can I do for you?"

Seeing this group of people like this, Liu Jiaojiao pretended not to see it and didn't say anything.

After all, she had no desire to make friends with them. Instead of making friends with them, Liu Jiaojiao felt that it was better for them to not disturb each other like this.

Thinking of Wei Wei's mission, Liu Jiaojiao handed the basket in her hand to Li Hong.

"Wei Wei and Jiang Qi made a lot of dumplings today. Thank you for your help in clearing the snow. This is their thank you gift to you."

Li Hong didn't expect that Liu Jiaojiao came for this matter. When she opened the basket and saw the basket full of buns and dumplings, Li Hong was stunned.

After all, these are buns and dumplings made of pure white flour and fine cornbread. I didn’t expect Wei Wei and Jiang Qi to be so generous.