in2ebook Chapter 113 Qingming Dumplings
Chapter 113 Qingming Dumplings
Lin Xiaoman gave one to each person, "Qingming steamed buns are made with glutinous rice flour, you can't eat too much during the beginning of winter!"
After saying that, he gave some to his parents and his brother respectively.
Finally I took one and ate it myself.
Take a bite, the dough is soft and chewy, and the fragrance of mugwort fills your mouth.
The dough is not sticky at all.
The sauerkraut in the filling is just the right saltiness and has absorbed the meat oil. The bamboo shoots are extremely tender and fresh, and they are extremely delicious in one bite.
Li Taohua finished her meal in two or three bites. "The salty ones are really delicious."
Guyu squinted his eyes, tasted the food in small bites, and was reluctant to finish it immediately.
Lin Xiaoman packed eight Qingming steamed buns, wrapped them in oil paper, and handed them to Lin Jingzhe.
"Send it to your teacher."
He took some oil paper and wrapped a few more, "These are for Aunt Li next door."
Lin Dajiang was about to say something but stopped himself. Li Taohua took a look and asked Xiaoman to pack two portions in oil paper, each containing four.
After that, he gave it to Lin Dajiang: "Boss, send it to my parents and my second brother."
Seeing that Xiaoman and Jingzhe were not dissatisfied, Lin Dajiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Qingming Festival is coming soon. We have to give gifts during festivals. I thought I would not buy anything else. Homemade Qingming dumplings are the most practical gifts."
"Tomorrow my third brother and little sister will also send four, so there will be no fault to be found."
"Alright, alright." Li Taohua nodded casually: "Go ahead and send it off. I didn't say you can't."
Lin Dajiang and Li Taohua walked towards the village with bamboo baskets filled with Qingming steamed buns.
The Lin family's old house was quiet and the gate to the courtyard was open.
Lin Dajiang shouted: "Dad, Mom, and second brother!"
"Big brother!"
Lin Dahai ran out from the backyard, "Brother, Lichun and I are weaving bamboo baskets."
Lin Dajiang was surprised: "What? Still making it up? Have they all been sold out?"
Last time he saw thirty or forty bamboo baskets of different sizes placed in the backyard.
"Brother, since we have finished the work in the fields, we have nothing to do. Bamboo is free, so Lichun and I will weave it."
"Where are your parents?"
"I went to town early this morning and haven't returned yet."
"You went to look for your third brother?"
"Yes, my third brother's little girl has turned over a new leaf. Mom and Dad are so happy that they rushed over early in the morning."
Wang Chunxiu came out of the room and heard them talking about her third brother. She sneered, "Dad and Mom are really stupid. It's not a big deal for the kid to turn over a new leaf. Why are you rushing to town to show your affection and get rejected?"
Lin Dahai felt embarrassed and his face looked unhappy.
Lin Dajiang saw the clue and asked, "What's going on?"
"My third brother didn't come back on New Year's Eve, and he still didn't come back on the sixth day. My parents couldn't sit still anymore. They took a dozen eggs to the town, but they came back without even having lunch."
"My third brother used to come back one or two days a month, but now he only comes back once every two or three months, and he leaves within an hour of sitting down."
Li Taohua murmured in her heart, this is the good son in her mother-in-law's eyes.
It was agreed when the family was divided that parents would follow the third son from now on.
It's not even time for them to be taken care of in their old age yet, and the third child already dislikes his parents so much?
What if my parents can’t walk anymore and won’t come over anymore?
Lin Dajiang frowned: "That's outrageous."
Wang Chunxiu sneered, "That's totally different! When Young Master Gu gave us tea and brown sugar at Ruyi Tower, my mother couldn't bear to eat them herself, so she kept a can of tea and took the rest to town."
"Do you know what mother said when she came back?"
Li Taohua was curious, "What did you say?"
Wang Chunxiu snorted and laughed: "Haha~ Mom said that she raised an ungrateful person with a lot of hard work. Do you know what my third brother said? Haha~ He asked, Mom, why do you still have a can of tea? You guys don't want to eat it..."
Li Taohua laughed angrily.
Before the family split up, the third brother still pretended to be superior in front of them.
Now his true nature is completely exposed!
But mother is the same. She knows that the third son is an ungrateful person, but she still rushes to give him things.
Lin Dajiang didn't want to get involved in this mess.
"Second brother, these are the Qingming dumplings I made myself. I packed two portions, one for you and one for my parents. You can help me give them later."
After saying that, he exchanged a glance with Li Taohua and left.
"Boss, why are you here?"
Before I walked out of the gate, I heard the voice of Old Lady Lin from not far away.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Lin Dajiang smiled and said, "Mom, I made some Qingming steamed buns at home and brought some for you."
"I made it myself!" Old Mrs. Lin didn't even look at it. She just held the basket in her hand and said with a smile, "Look, this is the third son's gift to us. It's a whole piece of pork belly!"
Old Mrs. Lin was in a good mood today. She went into the house with a bamboo basket and came out with a small bag of brown sugar for Lin Dajiang: "Here, give it to Lidong to sweeten his mouth."
As he said this, he took the Qingming steamed buns that Lin Dajiang presented to him from Lin Dahai.
He didn't even wash his hands and just grabbed one and ate it.
I thought it was filled with sesame seeds, but when I took a bite, the salty and fragrant filling was so delicious that I almost bit my tongue off.
She glanced at the inconspicuous steamed bun and smiled unnaturally: "Homemade? It tastes just so-so."
But I thought to myself that the cooking of the old family was more delicious in the past, and now that the family has separated, they have to cook more attentively.
Look at the filling again, there is meat and bamboo shoots, and it is shiny with oil. It would be strange if it didn’t taste good!
"Old family, when you go to town to do business tomorrow, please remember to send a portion to your third brother. Your third brother's wife just had a baby and needs some nourishment, so you should send a few more."
Wang Chunxiu rolled her eyes. "Mom, why? Because my third sister-in-law is so arrogant? When my eldest sister-in-law and I had our babies within half a month of birth, we had to go to bed. Why didn't you tell us to take some supplements as well?"
Old Mrs. Lin was immediately furious when she was confronted by the second son's family.
"How dare you say that to me, you bastard? I've squandered all my money..."
Seeing that the fire was about to start again, Li Taohua hurriedly grabbed Old Lady Lin and said, "Mom, we only made twenty, four for my third brother's family and four for my youngest sister's family. There are no more."
What I mean is that it was done just right, so you don't have to worry about it.
But Mrs. Lin actually said, "What can Xiaohua send? Pan Yong is a butcher, what else does he need from you four minced meat dumplings?"
Seeing that his elder brother's kindness was wasted, Lin Dahai hurriedly said, "Mom!"
Li Taohua let go of Old Lady Lin's hand instantly, and the smile on her face faded a little.
She looked at Old Mrs. Lin casually and nonchalantly.
"Mother, the tea that Mr. Gu sent is Wuyi Dahongpao. That small jar is worth ten taels."
Wang Chunxiu was dumbfounded, Oh my God!
How could that can of tea be so valuable?
It’s a pity that she opened it!
Li Taohua looked at the people with different expressions and continued, "Of course, the people in our town are poor, and you can't sell them even if you want to. But my third brother is different. His father-in-law runs a grocery store in town, so he must be a connoisseur of goods."
"If you give me all the tea and brown sugar from Boss Gu, let alone a piece of pork belly, I would give my mother a pig's hind leg as a gift."
After saying that, Li Taohua didn't care about Old Lady Lin's expression. She glared at Lin Dajiang and left.
Wang Chunxiu slapped her thigh and sat on the ground, howling, and then received two slaps in the face.
"Oh my god, ten taels of silver! Ten taels of silver!"
Old Mrs. Lin was beating her chest in regret. How could that little tea leaf be so valuable?
Why didn’t the eldest brother’s wife, what a lazy bitch, say it earlier!