On the winter solstice, the dumpling window in the school cafeteria was packed with people.
Wang Qi also dragged Kong Liu and the others to queue up to eat dumplings.
I remember that during the winter solstice last year, it was Wang Qi who invited them all to eat dumplings in the dormitory.
As a northerner who came to a southern city like Zhonghai to attend university, a considerable part of my longing for my hometown was pinned on food.
Just like Chen Zhirui often talks about the stir-fried beef river and hand-made beef balls in his hometown.
Kong Liu and Du Hongyuan cannot feel this feeling of leaving their hometown.
Xu Shi earned a lot of salary at Heping Mansion, and Wang Qi generously bought 100 yuan worth of dumplings today to treat the people in the dormitory to eat.
Four people gathered at a table for four in the corner of the cafeteria, happily eating dumplings and chatting.
Since Wang Qi and Kong Liu had a relationship, the four people in the dormitory had fewer dinner parties together. The last dinner party was the night when Kong Liu went to Gu Chenxi's house to work as a tutor on his first day.
In the blink of an eye, almost two months have passed. Time flies so fast.
"The dumplings in the cafeteria are quick-frozen. You can eat them even if they are whole."
Wang Qi ate two dumplings in one mouthful and said, "The dumplings filled with pickled cabbage and pork made by my mother must be delicious."
Chen Zhirui asked curiously: "What does sauerkraut and pork dumplings taste like? Will the sauerkraut dumplings really taste good?"
"Emma, that must be delicious!" Wang Qi patted his chest and said, "If you have a chance, come to my house and try my mother's cooking. The dumplings are thin in skin and big in filling. I'll give you the delicious dumplings directly. Hello, sir. have eaten."
Du Hongyuan asked back: "How delicious it is."
Wang Qi replied: "It's just very delicious!"
Kong Liu was more concerned about another question. He asked: "Will the thin-skinned and large dumplings with fillings not break?"
"No, no, no." Wang Qi waved his hand and said, "The wrappers of your dumplings are stronger and more flexible, so they won't break when cooked, and they taste better than the crap sold in the canteen."
Kong Liu heard Wang Qi's words and immediately asked: "Can you make dumpling wrappers? Teach me."
Although Kong Liu and Gu Chenxuan boasted about making dumplings by themselves, he could only wrap meat fillings in semi-finished dumpling wrappers and cook them, but he did not know how to make dumpling wrappers.
He originally wanted to go to the supermarket in the afternoon to buy some dumpling wrappers and meat fillings to make at school. Now that Wang Qi suddenly mentioned making dumplings, he was also very interested and wanted to learn how to make dumpling wrappers.
"Yes, my mother taught me when I was a child." Wang Qi looked at Kong Liu and asked, "Why are you asking this? You don't want to make dumplings in the dormitory, right?"
Kong Liu pursed his lips and smiled: "You are quite smart."
Du Hongyuan tilted his head and looked at Kong Liu and said, "Don't you want to make dumplings for Gu Chenxi to eat?"
"Tsk." After Du Hongyuan revealed his plan, Kong Liu tutted and said, "You are smarter."
"Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?" Du Hongyuan gritted his molars and said, "If you want to make dumplings in the dormitory, I'll be the first to not allow you!"
"invalid objection."
Kong Liu looked at Wang Qi expectantly and asked, "What materials are needed? Send them to me and I'll go to the supermarket to buy them in the afternoon."
"Okay, buy an extra portion when you buy ingredients, hehe." Wang Qi said with a smile: "I also want to make one for Xue'er to try, but I don't know if I can buy a big one like my hometown in Zhonghai. Jar of sauerkraut.”
Kong Liu said to Wang Qi very confidently: "Just tell me if you need anything, and I will find a way to get it for you. I can definitely make dumplings."
Wang Qi said: "That's great. We won't leave tonight. We will celebrate the New Year here and __ __ __ together!"
Chen Zhirui said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm cheating on the stage. That's a line from the Spring Festival Gala."
Du Hongyuan thought for a long time, then took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Shen Xia: "What kind of dumplings do you like?"
Shen Xia, who was accompanying Gu Chenxi to the supermarket, was stunned for a moment when she saw the message from Du Hongyuan.
Gu Chenxi was holding a bag of dumpling wrappers in his hand, looking at Shen Xia who was standing there looking at her phone, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Xia looked up at Gu Chenxi and said, "Du Hongyuan suddenly asked me what kind of dumplings I like to eat."
Gu Chenxi pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, and asked, "Then what did you do?"
Shen Xia turned off her phone and put it in her pocket: "I said I don't like dumplings."
"Well……"
Gu Chenxi was silenced by Shen Xia's words. She rolled her eyes and turned towards the pork stall.
She was thinking: "Xiaoxia is an idiot. She can break the steel bars that Yue Lao pulls for her. Unlike me, a gentle and considerate invincible beautiful girl, I can make dumplings for my partner with my own hands during the winter solstice."
After buying the ingredients, Gu Chenxi hurried back to school. After making chicken soup at home, this was her second time cooking - making dumplings at school.
This time she learned wisely and watched a lot of dumpling-making videos in advance, and even called on three other roommates to be her helpers - even though the three of them had never made dumplings before.
Gu Chenxi made up her mind: "This time I must make the baby look at me with admiration!"
For Gu Chenxi's love, Shen Xia, Lin Zhi, and Zhou Xiaonan also worked very hard to help. The girls' dormitory was busy in full swing, and the boys' dormitory also started making dumplings.
It only took Kong Liu half an hour to buy all the things Wang Qi wanted. The two of them also made dumplings in the dormitory, and Chen Zhirui helped them wash the vegetables.
At this moment, Du Hongyuan was the only one lying on the bed, feeling sad and lamenting the ruthlessness of the world and the cruelty of love.
No one knew what was causing this boy's convulsions. All they knew was that he looked so sluggish when he came back from dinner.
Wang Qi taught Kong Liu how to knead the dough, and then told him the technique of proofing the dough: "Let's make a simple dough like this first, then cover it with a damp cloth and proof it for 15 minutes, and then knead it again..."
Kong Liu listened carefully and remembered every detail of what Wang Qi said.
When it was time to wake up, the two began to prepare dumpling fillings.
What Gu Chenxuan told Kong Liu was that Gu Chenxi liked to eat cabbage and pork dumplings, so he bought cabbage. Wang Qi wanted to eat sauerkraut and pork from his hometown, and Kong Liu tried his best to get the big yellow-white sauerkraut from the north. In addition, Kong Liu also bought some mushrooms, shrimps and shepherd's purse.
After a busy afternoon, Kong Liu's dormitory was finally completed. Since there were too many bags, the table for four of them couldn't fit in them. In the end, they just put clean plastic bags on the bed and put the dumplings on the bed. .
Kong Liu and Wang Qi borrowed all the small electric pots from the surrounding dormitories, seven or eight small electric pots, and it took them two rounds of cooking to finish cooking the dumplings - except for the dumplings left for the partner.
Because so many illegal electrical appliances had never been used in the dormitory at once, when the few people were cooking dumplings, their hearts were hanging, for fear that the wires would be burnt and the dormitory manager would come to find them.
Fortunately, the power of the small electric pot was all within the power limit of the dormitory, so this did not happen.
[Dangerous behavior, it is not recommended to learn it. If you are caught by the dormitory officer after learning it, don’t come to me! 】
(End of chapter)
