Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

"Sister, these blueberries give me a sense of peace and well-being..." Lin Lanshan said with a look of disgust.

An'an Kang Kang only becomes obedient when he is constantly scolded and slapped.

Six blueberry seedlings:...

The strawberry seedlings next to them were growing even better; there were eighteen of them, and they all had small white flowers.

I understand. Growing vegetables means giving them a sense of crisis and fostering a competitive spirit.

Only then can they muster all their strength to charge upwards!

On the other side, the first batch of chives has grown, clumps of green and emitting a unique spicy aroma.

The two sisters looked at the chive patch and it seemed as if they could see a field of chive dumplings.

"Lanshan, I'll go back and fry the eggs first. Hurry up and cut some chives and come back, then we'll make chive pancakes!"

Lin Chunyi happily said something to her sister, then hurried towards the kitchen.

"Chive dumplings... Huh? Sis, how many do you want?"

“Fill that little bamboo basket full…” Lin Chunyi called out loudly from a distance.

After buying so many eggs in the county, I've finally got my leek dumplings for today!

Lin Chunyi took an egg in each hand in the kitchen and cracked it into a soup bowl. She cracked fifteen eggs in total before stopping.

Then add an appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce, and stir to combine.

Heat a cast iron pot with firewood, then pour in oil. Once the oil is hot, add the beaten eggs.

The golden egg mixture sizzled and popped in the oil.

Lin Chunyi quickly stirred the mixture clockwise with chopsticks, and after it slightly solidified, she switched to stirring counterclockwise.

Stir back and forth until set, then remove from heat. Continue frying with the residual heat until the eggs are scrambled and broken up.

Pour it out and let it cool.

Next, add water to the pot and bring it to a boil to prepare for making semi-scalded noodles.

Lin Chunyi poured a large basin of flour, shook the bag, and muttered to herself:

"The flour is going through so fast, I have to buy more."

Then I added some salt and mixed it in, and then divided the flour into two piles.

Pour a bunch of water into freshly boiled water and stir it with chopsticks until it becomes flocculent.

Another batch of heated water was also stirred into a flocculent state.

Then she mixed them together and started kneading. Lin Chunyi's hand touched the scalding dough, "Hiss~ It's so hot..."

She withdrew her hand, rubbed her fingers together, and continued kneading the dough.

Once the dough is kneaded, let it rest for a while.

Lin Lanshan came in carrying a basket of washed chives. "Sister, the chives have all been washed and shaken dry."

"Okay, then chop the chives. Once the eggs have cooled down, mix the filling."

Lin Lanshan responded, chopped the chives, and put them in a bowl. Then she added vegetable oil and stirred it to lock in the moisture.

Lin Chunyi placed the dough on the worktable, kneaded it into a long strip, and divided it into a large pile of portions.

Then roll it out into a thin circle using a rolling pin.

Just then, Lin Lanshan came over with a bowl of seasoned egg and chive filling.

The two then started making chive dumplings.

Hold a piece of dough in your left hand and fill it halfway with filling.

Then fold the other half over and pinch it tightly, then twist the edges to create a decorative border, and a palm-sized chive box is ready.

Lin Chunyi wrapped a few dumplings, then patted the flour and oil off her hands and said to her younger sister:

"You keep wrapping, I'll go and brand these."

She added more firewood, heated the iron pot, and poured in vegetable oil. Then she gently placed the five wrapped chive boxes into the oil.

When hot oil meets raw dough, it starts to splatter and pop.

She went to the stove and removed two pieces of firewood, slowly baking the chive pancakes over a low flame.

Once the edges of the dough start to turn yellow, flip it over and continue cooking.

At this moment, the aroma of chives, eggs, and oil wafted out of the box.

Lin Lanshan sniffed at the table, and her movements slowed down as she wrapped the chive boxes.

Holding the dough in her hand, she turned around and walked over.

"Sis, let me have one first, the smell of it makes me so weak..."

Lin Chunyi placed the five chive boxes upright one by one and seared the bottoms as well.

"Wait a minute, it'll be ready soon. I'll give it to you as soon as it's cooked. Hurry up and wrap a few more, I'm afraid you can't wrap them as fast as you eat them."

Lin Lanshan chuckled and went back to continue wrapping.

After a while, Lin Chunyi placed the five golden-brown chive pancakes on a plate.

She put five more into the oil, then placed the plate on the counter and said with a smile:

"Alright, these are all cooked. They're very hot, blow on them before you take them."

Lin Lanshan looked at the steaming hot food and wanted to reach out to take it, but was afraid of burning herself.

So he bent down, blew on the edge of the box, and took a bite.

The crispy bits of crust swished around in her mouth, "Whoosh, whoosh, so crispy, so delicious!"

The noodles smell delicious.

She decided against using her hands and took a second bite directly with her mouth. The outer layer was crispy, the inside soft, and the chives and eggs exuded a rich aroma.

This taste is amazing!

Lin Chunyi also took one, "It would taste even better if there were some dried shrimp..."

It's alright, chives and eggs are a perfect match!

After finishing their chive dumplings, the two continued making them.

An hour later, all the chive pancakes were baked and put into the space, leaving only a few to eat immediately.

"Sis, when the second batch of chives grows, let's make chive pancakes again. I feel that's the best way to eat chives."

"Yeah, it's too slow to bake just a few at a time in a pan. How about we build an oven? We can bake sweet potatoes, bread, chicken..."

Lin Lanshan was excited for a moment, then sighed:

"Sis, we've been talking about building a charcoal kiln since last year, and we still haven't done it. Now we have to build a baking oven... Sigh. I'm still so young, it seems like I always have endless work to do."

In the past, besides going to school, the two sisters would only occasionally help their parents with housework and cooking.

"That's enough already. We've basically been working one day and resting one day this year. There's not much work to do tomorrow, except cleaning up after Peach and the others."

He rolled his eyes and said again:

"Besides, all this is just to satisfy our appetites. Actually, it's fine if we don't make it. Do you want to eat it?"

"Then let's make it! I want to eat it!" Lin Lanshan took a big bite of the last chive pancake, then said helplessly.

"Sis, please don't talk about peaches and their byproducts while we're eating, it makes me feel nauseous."

After saying that, he took out a chive pancake.

"..."

With an appetite like yours, you could probably eat your fill even in a pile of peaches' droppings.

They didn't rest the next day because they discovered that the lettuce had grown big enough to eat!

Alright, the workers need to get back to work.

The two sisters were dumbfounded when they saw the more than thirty lettuce plants that had grown to almost half their height.

The lettuce field was close to the cornfield, both behind the outer yard, so they didn't notice it much.

If I hadn't remembered to check on how the corn was growing, I wouldn't have known that the lettuce had grown so big.

"Lanshan, we need to pull up all the lettuce these next few days, or it'll grow hollow." Lin Chunyi rolled up her sleeves and started pulling up the lettuce.

"There's so much, we can't possibly finish it all at once."

"Pick them first, and if we can't finish them, we can dry them in the sun. They should be good like dried lily buds."