Chapter 135 - 135: Making Dumplings
Chapter 135: Making Dumplings
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Zhou Xiaoli had the same idea, so she nodded.
The two of them left after taking the umbrella.
The snow had just begun to fall, so the mountain path was still easy to walk on. The two of them chatted along the way and soon arrived at their destination.
When the two of them arrived, Yuan Zhengchun was cooking.
“Master, don’t cook anymore. It’s the Laba Festival today. Come down the mountain with us.”
Seeing his two disciples arrive, Yuan Zhengcun immediately beamed with joy. However, he did not like to trouble others, so he refused.
Zhou Xiaoli naturally knew her master’s temperament, so she did not give him a chance to refuse.
“Master, you can’t refuse. In the past, you didn’t have a cute disciple like me. It’s fine if you celebrate the holidays alone then, but now that you have a cute disciple like me, how can you celebrate the holidays alone? Wouldn’t that make taking me in as a disciple moot? If word gets out, people will criticize me for being unfilial.”
With that, she and Wei Chiyu supported him from both sides and were about to escort him down the mountain.
“You’re such a ruffian.’
Yuan Zhengchun could not do anything to Zhou Xiaoli. Although he was saying what a ruffian Zhou Xiaoli was, his face was full of smiles as he followed Zhou Xiaoli and Wei Chiyu down the mountain.
By the time the three of them went down the mountain, it was snowing heavily. There was already a thick layer of snow on the ground.
Every family in the village had basically closed their doors. On the way home, they did not encounter a single villager.
When they reached home, Zhou Yu had already made the meat filling and was cooking radishes with Zhang Lan.
This year, their family had stocked up more than five kilograms of pork. Today’s Laba dumplings were the first time in their family’s history that they had wrapped so much pork in it.
Seeing that Zhou Xiaoli and the other two had returned, Zhou Yu stopped what he was doing and called Yuan Zhengchun into the room to sit.
Zhang Lan and Zhou Xiaoyu brought the Eight Treasures Porridge into the house.
“Master, we don’t have much delicious food at home. Have a taste of the Eight Treasures Porridge we made this morning.”
Zhou Junjun placed the dishes and pancakes on the table.
The pork, cabbage, and tofu stew that Zhang Lan cooked was the best dish to entertain guests in the countryside.
Yuan Zhengchun waved his hand repeatedly. “I’m Xiaoli’s master. We’re all on the same side. You don’t have to be so polite.”
Zhou Xiaoli smiled and joked, “Master, don’t worry. I don’t treat you as an outsider. Today is the Laba Festival, so we have to eat something good. Besides, didn’t you say that your disciple doesn’t lack money in her life? How can we consider cabbage as a good dish then?”
“My mother wanted to make dumplings in the afternoon. Master, you have to help when the time comes.”
Her words made Yuan Zhengchun laugh. “You wretched girl, I’m the best at making dumplings.”
He was afraid of troubling others.
After Zhou Xiaoli finished speaking, she ran back to the kitchen to help Zhang Lan serve the Eight Treasures Porridge.
Zhang Lan and Zhou Yu had not eaten breakfast either. The entire family sat in a circle on the brick bed and ate a delicious breakfast.
After breakfast, Zhou Junjun braved the snow to deliver a holiday gift to his teacher.
Zhou Xiaoyu and the wolf cub were playing with the snow in the courtyard.
Yuan Zhengchun seized the opportunity to keep Zhou Xiaoli and Wei Chiyu in the room and test them on their learnings.
After Zhang Lan finished making the fillings for the dumplings, the two of them were finally free to go. The family gathered in the kitchen and started making dumplings.
It was snowing heavily. The family in the kitchen talked and laughed around the stove while the children were making a racket at the side.
This was ordinary happiness.
It had been a long time since Yuan Zhengchun felt such warmth in his heart. The smile on his face never stopped.
It snowed for an entire day, and the ground outside was covered in a thick layer of snow.
Yuan Zhengchun was invited to stay by Zhou Xiaoli..
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