At the winter solstice, just as Yang Rui was about to make bread dumplings, Yang’s second sister-in-law Zhou Jie came over quickly:
"Fourth child and younger siblings, have you cooked?"
Yang Rui shook his head: "Not yet! I was just about to make noodles, second sister-in-law, you are here!"
Zhou Jie smiled proudly: "I knew you hadn't finished it yet! These are the dumplings I made. I'll bring you two curtains. You can just cook them and eat them!"
Yang Rui and Wen Nuan looked at the two lotus dumplings sent by their second sister-in-law. They didn't say what the fillings were. They just said they were made of white bread, so they were very precious. How dare you get it for free?
Yang Rui declined: "Second sister-in-law, you can just stay home and eat. Why bring it to us? I have vegetables, meat, and noodles at home. I can cook them myself!"
Wen Nuan also declined: "Yes, second sister-in-law, you have two children at home, unlike us..."
Zhou Jie put it on the table insistently and said, "Brothers and sisters, just keep it for yourself to eat, ah! I still have it at home!
Sister-in-law, thanks to you, you allowed me to take this class on my behalf. During this time, I have been paid twice!
Now that the family is much better off, my sister-in-law can still afford a meal of dumplings! "
After speaking, he ignored Yang Rui and Wen Nuan's refusal and left directly.
The remaining two people looked at each other, and Yang Rui said: "I can see that the second sister-in-law really wants to thank you. Since it is here, let's eat it, right?"
Nuan Nuan nodded: "Okay! It just saves us the trouble of packing!"
Then Yang Rui went to cook the dumplings. This was a lot, and it was enough for two people.
After all, farm stuff is basically rough and practical, even this curtain is the same, it’s almost as big as an iron pot!
Yang Rui went to boil water to cook dumplings. The warmth allowed him to easily pull off a piece of garlic from its braid and began to peel the garlic.
When Yang Rui's dumplings are cooked, Wen Wen here has added salt to the peeled garlic cloves, then smashed them into minced garlic, added some soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil, and mixed them together, and it will be perfect.
Pick up a dumpling, dip it in a little garlic sauce, put it in your mouth, and when you bite it, all the juice inside will flow out.
They are meat dumplings, very typical ones stuffed with sauerkraut and meat, with more meat and less sauerkraut. The sauerkraut is full of fat, and the garlic juice neutralizes it. These meat dumplings are not greasy at all, but only fragrant!
After chewing this in his mouth, Wen Nuan gave Yang Rui a thumbs up: "Your second sister-in-law's cooking is amazing, it's so delicious!"
"Yeah, when I was little, I used to eat with my second brother and sister-in-law! It's so delicious!"
Yang Rui told what he knew: "I heard from my second sister-in-law that Mrs. Zhou's cooking is not delicious, so she learned to cook a long time ago!"
"Originally I was thinking about what kind of stuffing to make? Now I don't have to think about it anymore, I just eat it ready-made!" Nuan Nuan said.
Yang Rui: "Second sister-in-law also wants to thank me!"
Nuan Nuan didn't talk much about this topic, and just said: "I want to take a bath after eating. It's been almost a month, right? I don't feel comfortable if I don't take a bath for so long!"
Yang Rui basically responded to all requests for warmth and agreed directly: "Okay, I'll boil the water in a moment. I made a big new bathtub, so it's convenient for you to take a bath!"
"Really? When was it done? Why didn't I see it?" Nuan Nuan started to ask three questions in a row.
Yang Rui was amused by his daughter-in-law's eagerness: "I know you are pregnant now and it is inconvenient to take a bath, so I made it specially for you! I hid it from you just to give you a surprise!"
"Okay, I'll try it later and see if it leaks!" Wen Nuan said arrogantly when Yang Rui laughed at her.
After the meal, Yang Rui lit a brazier in the house to increase the temperature in the house.
Then directly use the big iron pot for cooking to boil water. Not only can you burn the kang at the same time and heat up the house, but the key is to use the big iron pot to boil water quickly and in large quantities.
Nuan Nuan then took the most comfortable bath in the past few months.
After taking a shower and then washing her hair, she felt relaxed and felt like she weighed a few pounds lighter.
While wiping her hair, Nuan Nuan asked Yang Rui next to her: "Why don't you take a shower too? The water is boiling anyway, and the room is still warm at the moment!"
"Then I'll just use your leftover bath water to wash it off!" Yang Rui said.
Nuan Nuan felt a little ashamed, and she was embarrassed. After all, she hadn't taken a shower for so long, and her body was covered in chaff, and she had rubbed a lot off just now.
He immediately refused and said: "No, boil some new water! The water is already cold. If you wash it, what if it keeps freezing? That's no joke!"
Yang Rui originally just wanted to save some trouble, but when his wife persuaded him, he didn't insist. After all, her wife was doing it for his own good.
Just like that, Wen Nuan sat on the small bench in front of the stove, drying her hair over the fire, watching the fire, and occasionally adding some corn kernels (the corn kernels are the cobs of corn).
They both took a warm bath.
