Zhu Xiuyun cut the remaining braised pork trotters and knuckles into small pieces, just enough for everyone to try. As an elder, it is impossible for the children to eat two more bites. It is impossible to manage enough. You can't live a good life in one day.
As for the pork ribs and braised pork, I knew I should put a few potatoes in it, but now it's too late to think about it. It's not a lot to serve half.
Su Qing was so greedy that she couldn't help but pick up a piece of pork ribs to try. Woo hoo, it was delicious. Maybe it was because of the energy. It was much more fragrant than the pork raised on the earth.
After eating two pieces in a row to satisfy her craving, she found a bowl to pick out a few pieces of ribs and gave them to Meng Hang and Grandma Meng to try.
"Grandma, you should also try it."
Zhu Xiuyun couldn't defeat her granddaughter, so she picked up a piece of pork ribs and ate it. It was indeed delicious. She said, "How can meat not be delicious?" They also put in so much oil, salt, and seasonings that it made her liver tremble. It was all money!
"Okay, I'll just taste it. Let Grandma Meng and Meng Hang taste it too. I'll braise the pig's trotters and elbows as you asked, cut them and put them on a plate, and I'll make a garlic vinegar sauce. As a dipping sauce.”
"Yeah!!" Su Qing nodded, took the bowl and walked into the main room. Meng Hang's grandparents were still making dumplings, and half of the table was filled with white and fat dumplings.
"Grandma Meng, the ribs are cooked. Do you want to taste them?"
Luo Cuilan put the wrapped dumplings on the counter and waved her hands, "I won't eat them. I still have work to do."
"Eat it, Grandma Meng, you don't need to do anything," Su Qing put a piece of ribs directly to her mouth,
"You kid."
Luo Cuilan couldn't resist the hospitality. The baby was brought to her mouth, and the ribs were indeed fragrant. She had to reach out to take it, opened her mouth and took a bite. Well, it was delicious. She couldn't remember the last time she ate meat.
Without waiting for Meng Hang to ask for it, the second piece of Su Qing was stuffed directly into his mouth. Meng Hang bit it directly, and poof! ! After spitting out the bones, he was always good at eating them. Su Qing stuffed another piece into his mouth and asked Grandma Meng to eat another piece.
Luo Cuilan shook her head and said she wouldn't eat.
"I'll just give it a try, and you can eat it! Don't worry about my old lady. Children can grow bigger if they eat more."
Older people are the same. They always like to give delicious food to their children. There were two pieces left in the bowl, so Su Qing and Meng Hang shared one piece each.
The three of them ate deliciously. Meng Shuo, who was lying behind Grandma Meng, was not happy. Okay, you all ate deliciously. Just let me look at it. Even if I don’t have teeth, you can taste it, but you all ignored me.
Meng Shuo was babbling and waving his little hands behind his grandma in protest. Grandma Meng just patted him twice and continued working.
After Zhu Xiuyun finished her work, she came back and continued making dumplings. When she was wrapping the last pot of stuffing, Wang Sanmei and Wang Qian came over.
"Mom, Aunt Zhu, we are here."
Grandma Meng said: "Here we come, let's learn how to make dumplings first. It's a kind of eating that Qingqing learned in Mingyue City, so I invite everyone to have a meal together. You two wash your hands first."
Wang Sanmei and Wang Qian smiled and nodded. They definitely couldn't just watch and stop working. They immediately washed their hands and learned to make dumplings from them.
Wang Sanmei also said: "Sister-in-law, if you want to treat us, you don't have to tell us earlier. I won't go to the fields. Just let them water the wheat. I also asked Sister-in-law Meng to work with the child on her back."
Zhu Xiuyun said: "I also came back from town and decided on the spur of the moment. My child wants to eat dumplings, and you haven't eaten them either. I might as well ask everyone to come and try them."
There were enough people to make the dumplings, so Su Qing asked Meng Hang to go to the kitchen and sit on the pot. Since everyone had returned from the fields, they could cook the dumplings. It would be just in time to eat them when everyone arrived. They didn't eat well at noon, and they needed dinner. Have a hearty meal.
Su Qing and Meng Hang found a few extra-large plates in the kitchen, sprinkled them with dry flour, put the dumplings on the plates, and sent them to the kitchen for cooking.
Su Qing felt that it was inconvenient to have no curtains, so she asked Meng Hang to go to the river to get some calamus poles and string some curtains together.
Before Wang Qian had made three dumplings, Meng Shuo stopped. Seeing his mother come back, he felt aggrieved and kept twisting his little body.
Grandma and brother refused to feed him delicious food. He kept babbling for a long time, but grandma ignored him. He was so greedy that he salivated. When he saw his mother, he wanted to cry.
"Feed the child first. He is probably hungry. He has been tossing about it just now and is not honest."
"Okay, I'll go up to the back room and feed Shuoshuo first,"
Wang Qian saw the look in her little son's eyes and thought he was hungry. She untied the sling and carried Meng Shuo into the back room to feed him.
But Meng Shuo took a few mouthfuls of milk and stopped eating. He pointed his little finger to the outer room and kept babbling.
Wang Qian patted him and said, "Shuoshuo, hurry up and suck. When you're full, mommy still has to help with the work."
But Meng Shuo refused to eat anything and always wanted to look outside.
"Mom, I don't know what's wrong with Shuoshuo. He took two mouthfuls of milk and then stopped eating. He kept looking outside. Do you want to eat dumplings? I smelled a scent when I first came in."
Luo Cuilan smiled and said: "Qingqing's pork ribs just came out of the pot. She gave us two pieces to try. I guess Shuoshuo saw us eating them and wouldn't let him eat, so he was angry."
"Shuoshuo, is this what it is?" Wang Qian touched her little son's nose, causing him to groan in dissatisfaction.
Several women made dumplings faster, and after a while the last pot of stuffing was finished.
It's the kitchen, the water has boiled, put some salt, Su Qing and Meng Hang started making dumplings.
Zhu Xiuyun was listening to her granddaughter Jiang explaining the secret of cooking dumplings. Wang Qian had already put the cleaned vegetable basin back into the kitchen.
Zhu Xiuyun asked her to bring the cut pig's trotters, braised pork, pork knuckles, and braised pork to the main room dining table, then put the bowls and chopsticks on it, and waited to eat the dumplings.
Wang Qian couldn't help but swallowed when she saw the delicious meat. It was so delicious. Aunt Zhu was really willing to give it up. There were several plates of meat, and there was also a lot of meat in the dumplings. How much would it cost?
There were a lot of people, so each person had to carry one dish. The dining room table in the main room was set with several meat dishes, bowls and chopsticks, and two small bowls of garlic and vinegar sauce.
Set up a large firewood, and the firewood pot can cook nearly a hundred dumplings at once. Su Qing ordered water three times, and it took about ten minutes to cook. Zhu Xiuyun and Luo Cuilan understood the secret of cooking dumplings after just one look. It was so simple.
It just so happened that Uncle Su came with his son, Meng Lin and Grandpa Meng Hang's Meng Hong.
Su Qing rarely sees Meng Hang's grandfather. The old man works as a gatekeeper for a company in the town and is often away from home. He happened to be back from vacation today and caught up with him for a dinner party.
Meng Lin also brought two bottles of wine from home, otherwise it would be embarrassing for the whole family to come to his house for dinner.
Seeing the plates of meat on our table, the big furniture was stunned. It was so rich. Zhu Xiuyun had already brought a large pot of dumplings to the table. She warmly greeted everyone to sit down and eat.
Su Feng is not embarrassed at all. You don't have to be polite to his sister-in-law, we are a family!
Meng Lin and Meng Hong were not good at it, so they first greeted Zhu Xiuyun politely and thanked her for inviting the whole family over for dinner.
Zhu Xiuyun smiled and said: "Brother Meng, don't be too polite. Our two families have been friends for many years. Sister Cuilan and I are even more like sisters. It doesn't matter if we have a meal. Sit down and have a taste of my Qingqing from Mingyue City." The dumplings you learned, how do they taste?"
Just as he was talking, Meng Hang brought in another large pot of dumplings. There were about 100 dumplings in one pot. Everyone in the village had big firewood pots. The dumplings in one pot could be eaten by so many people. Come on, the second pot will be ready soon.
The Su family's dining table is square, with stools placed on each side that can seat three people, that is, nine people can serve at the table. The third of the Su family, the two men of the Meng family, plus Meng Hang, Su Qing, and Wang Sanmei, are the first to eat.
Wang Qian said that she would take care of the children and eat last, but the two old ladies insisted on cooking the dumplings and were worried about leaving the kitchen to Su Qing and Meng Hang.
Su Qing and Meng Hang wanted to help, but they both refused. The grandson finally came back and was already hungry for meat. Let's go eat something good first.
Seeing that her grandmother insisted that she eat first, Su Qing stopped arguing. Even if she ate first, she could still help by holding a basin and picking up dumplings in the middle.
