The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 112: Eating Dumplings for Chinese New Year

"Well, prepare four or five cows and sheep each. You can distribute them among the males and females. I will take them out in a few days."

"Okay, we'll make sure to pick out a few plump ones for you." Several men promised with a smile.

After Su Tang gave instructions to everyone, she came out of the space.

Outside, even though the kang was heated, the temperature was still a little low. Su Tang rubbed her face, then opened the door and left the house.

"Miss, you're awake. Breakfast is heating up on the stove. I'll bring it to you." Seeing Su Tang's door open, Aunt Zhao poked her head out of the kitchen and said.

Because it was the slack season in winter, even though the Su family had sufficient food supplies, they only had two meals a day.

According to Old Man Su, it's not a heavy job and eating too much is bad for your health.

When the old doctor speaks, everyone believes him without a doubt.

Of course, pregnant Zhang ate small meals frequently, and there were always some steamed cakes made by Aunt Guan in her room.

The cake is soft and won’t get hard even when it cools down.

Ever since Aunt Guan and her family came, the Su family has felt much more relaxed than before, and they no longer have to do most of the housework.

Before winter came, Zhao Shan and his son prepared enough firewood for the family to last for two years, so this winter, the Su family no longer had to save firewood.

Su Tang ate some cakes and went to the kitchen with the bowl of cakes.

Today is New Year's Eve, and Su Tang plans to make some dumplings for everyone.

In this era, there is no custom of making dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

"Miss, why are you in the kitchen? Please leave this bowl in the room and I will collect it later."

Sun Yueyun was washing the dishes for dinner. Now Sun Yueyun no longer looked like a young lady, and she adapted to this new identity very quickly.

"Hey, I have to move too. I can't just do nothing." Su Tang put the bowl next to the stove, then went to the cabinet where rice and flour were kept and took out the white flour.

"What do you want to eat? Let me see if I can cook it. You don't have to get involved." Aunt Guan was shaving the hair off a piece of pork belly. She put down her things and was about to come over to help Su Tang.

"Then help me get six pounds of lean pork and mince it. I plan to make some dumplings."

Su Tang found a large wooden basin and poured most of the noodles into it.

"Okay. But miss, what are dumplings?" Aunt Guan thought she had been cooking for half her life, but she had never heard of dumplings.

This is actually because farmers hardly eat refined flour. The meals they eat on a daily basis are all coarse grains. Who would think of using refined flour to wrap meatballs in a meal?

Su Tang told Aunt Guan and Sun Yueyun how to make dumplings. After watching Su Tang make it, the two of them immediately understood what dumplings were.

"To make these dumplings delicious, the most important thing is to mix the dough and mix the fillings."

Su Tang said as she beat an egg and put it into the flour, then started kneading the dough.

The kneaded dough then needed to rise for a while. Su Tang took this opportunity to put the minced meat prepared by Aunt Guan in another wooden basin, added soy sauce and other seasonings, and stirred it. Finally, she beat an egg and put it in the minced meat.

"Chop some more cabbage." Su Tang said to Aunt Guan.

Aunt Guan was very strong and chopped the vegetables quickly and finely. In no time, she had chopped a large bowl of cabbage.

Su Tang didn't even glance at it, but Aunt Guan actually chopped so much cabbage.

She was a little amused and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Forget it, since she had chopped too much cabbage, she would let Aunt Guan chop some more meat.

When eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve, Su Tang doesn’t want to eat anything too vegetarian.

After listening to Su Tang, Aunt Guan chopped some more meat.

Although the meat all belongs to the owner, they usually eat the same food as the owner.

Aunt Guan thought that she would make some dumplings stuffed with cabbage without meat for them to eat, so she chopped more cabbage.

Su Tang took the chopped meat, mixed it with the previous meat, and added some seasoning, "Don't be stingy with the seasoning when cooking. If you put less seasoning, the aroma of the dish will be a little lacking."

Finally, the filling was ready and the dough was almost done. Su Tang kneaded it again and waited for a while before she remembered that there were no rolling pins in this era.

She thought for a while, took out the rolling pin from the cafeteria from the space, and walked towards Old Man Su's main house holding the bowl of meat stuffing.

The room was spacious, and it was lively when everyone learned to make dumplings together.

Hearing that Su Tang was going to prepare new food, the Su family members all went to Old Man Su's main house.

"Aunt, what are dumplings? Are they delicious?" Erniu woke up early this morning and saw Su Tang. He was so happy that he wanted to stick to Su Tang's legs and not get off.

Fortunately, Zhang called Erniu away, saying that her aunt was tired on the way back and he couldn't hang on her.

Erniu then reluctantly stopped chasing Su Tang.

Being locked in Zhang's room, Erniu insisted on opening the window to see Su Tang who occasionally passed by in the yard.

Seeing Su Tang carrying the things to the main house, Zhang took Erniu to the main house.

Hearing Erniu's question, Su Tang wiped Erniu's nose and cheeks with her flour-soaked hands.

Erniu's dark face suddenly looked like a funny mask was painted on it, causing everyone to laugh.

Erniu couldn't see what was happening on his face. When he saw everyone laughing, he laughed along with them foolishly.

"Silly child." Zhang scolded with a smile and called Erniu to stay beside her, "Erniu, come here quickly, don't block the adults from doing their work."

"Hey, but I want to see the dumplings my aunt makes."

“You can see it from here.”

Su Tang pulled a small piece of dough from the basin and handed it to Erniu, "You play with this."

Erniu took it with a smile, and stopped bothering the adults, concentrating on kneading the small dough in his hand.

Aunt Guan and Sun Yueyun also moved other things into the main house, and Su Tang took out the noodles and began to divide the doses.

After a short while, the lump of dough was divided into several small doughs in Su Tang's hands.

Su Tang sprinkled some more flour and started to press the dough into pieces and roll it out.

A round piece of dough was rolled out in just a few strokes.

"Oh, this small piece of dough is quite round, but isn't it a little thin? Will it break?" No one had ever made dumplings before, so Sun asked worriedly.

"No, adding eggs to the flour will increase the toughness of the flour. After we wrap the dumplings, we will freeze them in the yard and cook them in the evening when we have dinner."

Su Tang found the big basket that Old Man Su used to dry herbs and put the dumplings in it. At that time, Old Man Su said a few words of disdain to her.

"These are all for drying medicine. If you put flour in them, will they breed insects in the future?"

"It's okay. I'll buy you some new ones later. You don't have anything else to use right now."

In winter, Old Man Su no longer needs to dry the herbs, so the baskets are piled in the room to the west where he keeps the herbs.

"Let me try it too." Aunt Guan stood beside the table, picked up a rolling pin on the table, and slowly rolled the dough like Su Tang had just done.

Soon, she also rolled out a dough, but it was not as round as Su Tang's.

"Well done, it looks like this." Su Tang looked at it and praised.

"Then I'll do it too." Sun also picked up a rolling pin and started to learn.