Su Yue lives in the Han family. Apart from Han Aiguo, the only happiest one was Mrs. Han.
She didn’t say anything, but she was so happy that she couldn’t help humming a tune while sewing clothes.
At night, she took out the thin white noodles from the bottom of the box and announced: “Let’s eat white flour dumplings tonight.”
White flour dumplings are a good thing that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year. Now outof nowhere they eat dumplings all of a sudden. The whole family was surprised, especially the four children, who were so excited and cheered on.
Old Mrs. Su directed: “Second daughter-in-law, you go cut some leeks and come back. Third daughter-in-law, you go knead the dough and roll out the dumpling wrappers. When we finish it later, we will make dumplings together.”
Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law and Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law hurriedly got up. Going to work, the thought of having dumplings to eat in the evening makes them full of energy.
Su Yue didn’t cook anything all day today and didn’t earn a single point. When she heard that they were going to make dumplings, her eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately volunteered: “Auntie, let me make the dumpling stuffing later. I used to make it often.”
Whether the dumplings are delicious or not depends mainly on the filling. Mrs. Han knows about Su Yue’s good cooking skills, so she agreed straightforwardly, “Xiao Su, you are good at your craftsmanship, and the fillings you make will definitely be delicious. Then Auntie won’t be polite, I’ll leave tonight’s dumpling stuffing to you.”
Su Yue waved her hand, “Auntie, I’m going to live in your house from now on. If there’s any work you need to do, just give me orders and don’t see me as an outsider.”
After finishing, Su Yue rolled up her sleeves, washed her hands and went to the kitchen to prepare the fillings. Generally speaking, dumplings are most delicious if they have some fat and lean meat in them, but now that there is no meat, they can only make vegan fillings.
For the sake of texture, Su Yue took a few eggs, broke them, stirred them, and fried them in a pot. Then break it into pieces, then mix it with the chopped leeks, add various seasonings and stir evenly to enhance the aroma.
Afraid that the Han family would be reluctant to put in the oil, Su Yue took out the sesame oil she brought and put a few spoons of sesame oil in. The dumpling filling suddenly became fragrant and looked oily, not so clear and watery.
By the time Su Yue had prepared the dumpling fillings, Han’s third daughter-in-law had kneaded the dough and was rolling out the dumpling wrappers with Han’s second daughter-in-law.
Su Yue brought the prepared dumpling fillings to the table, and a scent wafted out. Han Aimin came closer and sniffed, “Sister Su Yue, this dumpling filling is so fragrant. You can feel the aroma even before it is cooked.”
Su Yue smiled and said, “Hurry up and make the dumplings. Let’s eat the dumplings early.”
”Okay, it’s up to me.” Han Aimin confidently prepared to make a good meal of dumplings. Who knew that the dumplings in Su Yue’s hands would be very obedient? When it came to his hands, they became disobedient. When he pinched it, the stuffing on one side would be exposed before the other side was pinched. He finally managed to pinch all the sides, but who knew that the belly of the dumpling would burst.
Han Aimin pinched several of them in succession but they all broke.
Old Mrs. Han was so distressed that she hurriedly chased him away and stopped him from making dumplings. “If I let you continue making dumplings, you will ruin my dumplings. You should hurry up and play with your nephews. Don’t make trouble here.”
Han Aimin was so frustrated that he had no choice but to leave with his head hanging down, which made everyone laugh hard.
Han Lao Er and Han Lao San was a little more nimble than Han Aimin, but only a little bit. Su Yue made five dumplings, but the two of them hadn’t finished wrapping one yet. The dumplings they made were weird and ugly, which made Old Mrs. Han angry, so she finally let them go do other work.
In the end, only Su Yue, Mrs. Han and Han Aiguo were left in the dumpling-making army.
Unexpectedly, Han Aiguo looks like a tall and thick man, but he can make dumplings very neatly, and the wraps are quite beautiful. He looks like expert in it, and don’t know where he learned it.
Su Yue looked at his hands while holding her hands.
As if seeing her curiosity, Han Aiguo took the initiative to explain: “I learned it in the army. Sometimes during the Chinese New Year, I would go to the cooking class to make dumplings collectively. The soldiers would compete to see who could make dumplings faster and better.”
Su Yue glanced at him and smiled secretly in her heart. This man, who used to answer her questions only with very few words, now took the initiative to explain to her.
Not bad, children can be taught.
With Su Yue’s participation, the dumplings were made quickly and were ready to be cooked in a short while. The hot dumplings came out of the pot and were full of fragrance. The children ate them one by one and wanted to bury their faces in the bowls.
Han’s third daughter-in-law gave Su Yue a thumbs up, “Su Yue, I thought white flour dumplings were the most delicious. Now that I have eaten the white flour dumplings you made, I know what deliciousness is. It’s made differently than us. Your vegetarian stuffing tastes better than our stuffing with meat.”
Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law said: “This is a matter of craftsmanship. Everything Su Yue does tastes delicious. We don’t have that skill, so it’s natural It doesn’t taste good.”
Everyone agreed. Cooking skills really depend on the individual.
At this time, the familiar system sounded: “Congratulations to the host, the dumplings made were rated as C level and received ten points.”
Su Yue sighed in her heart, after working hard to make dumplings, she only received ten points, but No wonder, there is no meat at all, just leeks and a few eggs. Ten points is not bad. If there is meat, it will definitely be more than ten points.
Su Yue looked at the patter of rain outside. It seemed that the rain would not stop for a while. The brigade might not let the members go to work during this period, which was equivalent to giving everyone a holiday. Although the weather was not good, it was a good opportunity for her. She finally had a lot of opportunities to cook.
If she take advantage of these few days to cook something delicious, her points might be able to increase, and she can make a lot of money by selling them in town.
After dinner, Su Yue said to Mrs. Han: “Auntie, everyone doesn’t have to work now. We just have time. I plan to use this time to make some food to sell.”
Mrs. Han supported it unconditionally, “Okay, what do you want us to do for you? Just say, we have a lot of family members and we can do things quickly.”
Su Yue said, “One will light the fire for me this time. Please arrange for someone to help me light the fire.”
The old lady He wanted to say that it was simple, everyone in their family could light a fire, but she swallowed the words again, glanced at Han Aiguo, rolled her eyes and said: “The rest of us are busy, why don’t you let my eldest help you light the fire?” Come on, just give him orders.”
Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law originally wanted to volunteer to light the fire and build a good relationship with Su Yue, Unexpectedly, Mrs. Han blocked her back with a word, so she had to lower the hand she was about to raise.
Su Yue glanced at Han Aiguo, who was also looking at her, and then at the old lady who was smiling so hard that she couldn’t see her teeth. She finally felt sure that this old lady really knew something and was giving them a chance.
Su Yue did not refuse. She pretended to have a normal expression on the surface and said politely to Han Aiguo: “Then I’ll trouble Brother Han.”
A smile flashed in Han Aiguo’s eyes, and he cooperated with her and said: “No trouble.”
The two of them walked into the kitchen one after another and out of everyone’s sight, Su Yue instantly raised the corners of her mouth.
Han Aiguo also laughed, looking at Su Yue’s smiling face with an extremely gentle expression, “Don’t you want my family to know?”
Su Yue deliberately teased him : “I said it depends on your performance, if your legs are not good, what should I do if you push me away again? Now letting people know how shameful will it be for me then .”
Han Aiguo surrendered immediately, “Okay, okay, I will behave well in the future. We will let others know whenever you want. ”
”That’s pretty much good.” Su Yue glared at him and asked, “Does the aunt know about our affairs? I always feel that the way aunt looks at me is a bit strange. Yes, and it seems that she is deliberately creating opportunities for us to stay together.”
Han Aiguo scratched his head, “My mother has noticed it a long time ago. She has always liked you, and she wanted to bring us together before, but later she found out about us , so she is the happiest.”
” She even thought about marrying us ?” Su Yue didn’t expect it. It seemed that the old lady was smitten by her early on.
Han Aiguo was a little embarrassed when he thought about what his mother had done. He guessed that his mother always asked Su Yue to come to their home for dinner, and also promised to let Su Yue come to their home to cook food, in order to create opportunities for the two of them to get in touch. Unexpectedly, the old lady’s approach actually worked out. He fell in love with her, and she didn’t dislike him.
Han Aiguo thanked his mother in his heart, but he didn’t know that it was not the opportunity created by the old lady that played a role, but Su Yue’s deliberate approach that achieved good things.
While talking, Su Yue had washed the red beans and mung beans and put them in the steamer. Seeing this, Han Aiguo asked, “What are you going to do?”
Su Yue replied while busy, “Some days ago After collecting so many beans, I went to the club members to buy some separately, just in time to make some pastries.”
Han Aiguo looked at the red beans and mung beans and guessed: “Are we going to make red bean cakes and mung bean cakes?”
“These two are the same. Make, but not just these two.” Su Yue took out the yam she had bought for others to process, “I also plan to make red bean cake, honey bean yam cake, and red bean egg cake.”
“So diverse?”
Han Aiguo felt that it was a bit much, and she would be exhausted from making so much food at once. She was busy working alone, and there was no way he could make it, so he advised: “How long will it take you to do so many things? Why don’t you just make one or two things and sell them?, As long as the quantity is large, the selling price will be the same.”
If Su Yue was purely to make money, she would naturally only make one or two items and sell them, but her biggest purpose is to earn points, and she has to make more while not working. Points are the key. If you earn enough points as soon as possible, you can get the cure for the legs as soon as possible.
But she couldn’t tell him this, so she could only say: “It’s not troublesome. They all use red beans and mung beans as raw materials. I can make them quickly together. The more varieties we have, the better the sales will be. Besides, I don’t have to go to work now, so I have plenty of time.”
Han Aiguo stopped trying to persuade her when she said it was no trouble. He only started to light the fire seriously, and occasionally helped her as she asked, such as beating eggs, stirring stuffing, processing yams, etc. It was simple, but it helped Su Yue a lot.
With the help of Han Aiguo, Su Yue did it quickly. She asked Han Laoer to help her bring the big dining table into the kitchen. She placed several large clean sieves on the table, and put the same food in a sieve. Mix the mung bean filling with the flour to make mung bean cake, then use the red bean filling to make a hundred red bean cakes, and then make a hundred red bean cakes. All the remaining ingredients are used to make red bean egg cakes, and finally the yam filling is mixed. Make honey bean yam cake with red beans.
The last five large sieves were filled with pastries.
Time passed unconsciously, and by the time everything was done, the moon had already risen above the head, and it looked like it was already early morning. It was quiet outside, except for the occasional distant dog barking.
The Han family also fell asleep, and even the children who were waiting outside for delicious food couldn’t resist their sleepiness and went to bed obediently one by one.
It seemed as if she and Han Aiguo were suddenly the only two people left in the whole world. Su Yue felt that the atmosphere was a bit romantic, as if he and her were having a date under the lights.
Su Yue asked Han Aiguo to wash his hands and sit at the table. She also sat down next to him. Under the dim kerosene lamp, she reached out and gave him a piece of honey bean and yam cake. “Try it quickly.”
“Okay , you too Eat.” He said first before taking it.
Su Yue laughed and touched her belly. She had already digested her dinner, and now she was very hungry, so she also took a piece of honey bean and yam cake and stuffed it into her mouth. It was soft, sweet and delicious.
At this time, the voice she was most looking forward to sounded.
”Congratulations to the host. The mung bean cake has been rated as level C and has received ten points.”
“Congratulations to the host. The honey bean and yam cake has been rated as level B and has received twenty points.”
“…”
A series of reminders for earning points. When the sound started ringing, Su Yue watched the numbers on the points panel keep rising, and finally the number settled on 512 points.
Very good, very good, there are still more than two hundred points to reach the goal.
Su Yue couldn’t help laughing.
Han Aiguo watched her smiling like a flower under the light, and gradually became obsessed with it. He looked at her so intently that he even forgot to eat the cake in his hand.
Su Yue felt sweet in her heart when he saw her, she stretched out a green-white finger and tapped his chin, “Have you seen enough?”
At this point, Han Aiguo came back to his senses, his ears warmed up, and he quickly looked away to eat. He took a bite of the pastry, and then subconsciously moved his gaze back to Su Yue’s face, as if he couldn’t get enough of it.
Su Yue couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth, picked up the remaining cakes in her hand and brought them to his mouth, “Open your mouth.”
Han Aiguo subconsciously opened his mouth obediently, and she stuffed all the cakes into his mouth, while holding her fingers, she also touched his lips, feeling a touch of warmth running across her fingertips.
Han Aiguo chewed it. He realized that he was being fed by Su Yue, and his face turned red, all the way to his neck. For a moment, he didn’t know where to put his hands and feet.
It’s no wonder that Han Aiguo is embarrassed. In fact, people in this era are very conservative. Even when the couple goes out and walks together, they stay several steps apart and call each other as comrade. Some couples only communicate a little bit when they are on the kang at night. They don’t talk at all during the day and look like strangers. Han Aiguo has never seen feeding behavior like Su Yue’s, let alone experienced it.
A thirty-year-old man, his heart was pounding because of Su Yue’s move, he was happy and embarrassed at the same time.
Su Yue felt sweet to death by his innocent look, she secretly thought in her heart that he was so excited just after feeding him a mouthful of food. If we have more intimate contact like this in the future, would he be so excited that he would faint and fall?
After writhing in her heart for a while, Su Yue looked serious. She touched her stomach, but it was still empty, so she asked Han Aiguo: “Are you hungry?”
Aiguo nodded with a red face, he was indeed hungry.
Su Yue stood up and walked to the stove again, “I’m hungry too, can I make some scallion noodles and let’s eat together?”
If he were alone, Han Aiguo would definitely not waste food and make an extra meal , he would get over it after being hungry for a while, but now that Su Yue was hungry, he didn’t want her to starve, so he nodded sharply, sat behind the stove and lit a fire for her.
Su Yue filled some flour with white flour, rolled the dough into a pancake, then cut it into strips of noodles with a knife, put them into a pot and cooked them. After they were cooked, take them out, add some sesame seeds, mix them and set them aside.
Then cut the shallots into sections, pat the garlic, and fry in cold oil in a cold pan over low heat until the bottom of the garlic cloves begins to turn yellow. Flip the garlic cloves over. When the shallots gradually turn black, add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar. Adjust the sauce and add the prepared sauce to the pot, so that the scallion oil sauce is ready.
In the last step, add the sauce into the noodles and stir, and the scallion oil noodles will be freshly baked.
Su Yue served Han Aiguo a large bowl and herself a small bowl, and the two feasted again under the kerosene lamp.
Compared with snacks, especially sweet snacks, Han Aiguo prefers to eat such savory staple foods, so he eats them with extra flavour, swallowing them in big mouthfuls, and the more he eats, the brighter his eyes become.
”How is it? Is it delicious?” Su Yue asked with a smile.
Han Aiguo nodded, before he could swallow the noodles in his mouth.
Su Yue understood that this man didn’t like sweets and snacks. He liked to eat salty things like scallion noodles. It seemed that she could often make such food for him in the future.
