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    In the next few days, everyone was extremely busy.  They have to practice for more than half an hour every morning. In the afternoon, Mr. Xie will also teach Da Lang and others to study for more than half an hour. In the remaining time, everyone has to work in the fields.

    However, children still have a lot of free time.  Mrs. Xie gathered Dabao, Amao and Atu together and taught them some children's songs to recite the Three-Character Sutra, "Hundred Family Surnames", so that the children could have something to do.  After all, other people have a lot of work to do, too.  No time to take care of them.

    For example, in the past few days, Xinhu and Xie Shuer have been cutting dead reeds, and she is going to ask the adults to help get some mats for the sun.  At this time, there are many dry reed stalks and there is also free time. After all, it is not yet the busy farming season.  You can prepare a lot of things you will need in the future in advance.

    This kind of drying mat is woven with dry reed poles. It doesn¡¯t have to be very fine, as long as it can be used to dry things.  When not in use, just roll it up and bundle it into bundles, making it very convenient to store.

    There are a lot of wild vegetables in this season, so she plans to dry some. When there are more vegetables in her garden, she can also dry some dried beans and other items.  If you want to dry the grain after the autumn harvest, you cannot weave such a simple drying mat.  It is necessary to weave a fine mat for the sun.  She doesn't know how to do that stuff.

    It is very simple in ordinary sunflow, that is, peeling a row of rows of deeds and branched reed rods. Simply woven it with a rope and string together.  This job is not too difficult, and everyone will be able to do it after trying it a few times.  Among them, Sister-in-law Xie made it the neatest and strongest, while Aunt Zhang and Aunt Liu did a good job. Only Xin Hu and Xie Shuer made it loose and looked like they wanted to fall apart.

    "Hey, this thing is not only used for drying things. If it is made finely and used, it can be used for many purposes. It can also be used as a mat." Aunt Zhang said, putting the little Chuba on the mat and letting him roll on it.  Just for fun, I used this sun mat as a mat.

    "Well, it can be used as a door curtain or a window curtain." Sister-in-law Xie quickly thought of a new use.

    The weather is still cold now, and the doors and windows are closed most of the time. If it comes to summer, the doors and windows have to be opened for ventilation, but it is not good to fully open them. It would be much better to have this curtain to block them.

    "It can also be used as a fence." Xin Hu thought of his own vegetable garden. Dalang had long said that he wanted to build a fence, but he only cut down a few thick branches, inserted one every few feet, and made a rough circle.  The frame comes out.  Now take these clean reed poles back, just in time to weave a fence.

    "I would like to make a curtain to put dumplings on." Aunt Liu said.

    "Okay, okay. I want one too." Xin Hu said quickly.  She was about to make dumplings to eat, but she didn't expect that she needed a dumpling curtain.

    "I want it too. This one needs to be knitted more finely, so get a finer one," Sister-in-law Xie said.

    It took two or three days to weave five sun-drying mats about four to five meters long and six medium-sized dumpling curtains.

    ¡°Okay, do you still want to edit it?¡± Xie Shuer asked.

    She is the least able to do these delicate tasks and can only help everyone. In fact, Xinhu is the same.  The two of them were just doing the work of cleaning the reed stalks. In fact, there was no advantage at all in doing this job.  It hurts your hands to peel, so wear gloves. Your fingers are not that flexible, so don't wear them. Reed leaves are actually very sharp and can easily cut your hands.  There was also a lot of dust, so neither of them wanted to do it, but they had to do it.

    "I won't make it up anymore. I'm going to dig up more wild leeks tomorrow and pickle them." Xin Hu said.  If it's not enough, you can edit it again after a few days.  She doesn't want to do this kind of work every day.

    "Can wild leeks be made into pickles?" Aunt Liu asked in surprise.  Aunt Zhang and Sister Xie even showed curious expressions.

    "Of course you can. The roots of wild leeks are delicious when pickled." Xin Hu raised his eyebrows and answered.

    Now is the time when wild leeks are most luxuriant, and they will be old in a while.  Take advantage of the good weather now, dig some out, dry them in the sun and then pickle them. You can also keep them to eat later, or even keep them until winter.

    "In that case, we are all going to dig wild leeks tomorrow. Let us learn how to pickle them from you." The three adults were very interested in this matter, and naturally they all wanted to follow suit.  Throughout last winter, there was no extra food to keep everyone occupied.  You have to prepare early now.

    "Okay, let's clean these drying mats today. If we dig wild leeks tomorrow, we need to clean them first and dry them in the sun." Xin Hu added.

    ¡°Can I wash it directly in water?¡± Xie Shuer asked.

    "It definitely won't work. If the rope is wet and it dries so easily, how can it be used tomorrow?" Sister-in-law Xie continued.Chop the leeks and mix them together. Mix a small pot of leek-flavored stuffing and set it aside.  After a while, Dalang and the others came back with the washed vegetables.

    "Wow, eldest sister, you chopped so much meat." Ping'er shouted in surprise.

    "Of course, of course, meat is needed to make dumplings. Could it be that the dumplings are filled with vegetables?" Dalang said with a smile.  Anyway, now I don¡¯t have to worry about not being able to eat meat.  It doesn¡¯t actually take much meat to make dumplings.  You can make a lot of fillings by cutting two pounds of meat into pieces.

    "Da Lang, Ping'er, go wash your hands quickly and come over to help make dumplings." Xin Hu ordered.  It would take a lot of time for her to roll out the dough and make the dough all by herself.  It can't be wrapped first, it will be dry and hard.

    In fact, there was no rolling pin at home. Xin Hu found a smooth wooden stick as thick as his arm and prepared to roll out the dough.

    Although Xin Hu is young, he is very strong. He kneads the dough until it is smooth and even. He breaks it into small pieces and throws them on the small table.  Then she took a small amount and kneaded it a few times to form a small ball, and then started rolling it out.  Roll it out into a slightly thicker wrapper, but she doesn't roll it very thin. The wrapper is thicker, and the stuffing is enough. The dumplings are also larger, and they can be steamed, boiled or fried.

    She thought it was too troublesome to roll out thin and small leather like modern ones.  Moreover, the current noodles are not so fine, and the tools are not complete.  There is no need to pay attention to good looks.

    After rolling out ten pieces of dough, she asked Dalang to learn how to roll it, and she began to teach Ping'er how to make dumplings.  Her wrapping method is very ordinary. She just lifts and pinches the two sides together, with a few wrinkled patterns. It's not very beautiful but it's quite fast.  Ping'er hurriedly learned it and wrapped it ten times before it looked good.  Fortunately, the skin is large and thick. If it were like modern dumpling skins, I'm afraid it would have been useless long ago.  On the other hand, Dalang learned how to roll dough very well, and he quickly got started.

    Dabao and Amao were making trouble while making dumplings. Xinhu simply gave them a small piece of dough to play with, and they could shape it into whatever shape they wanted.  There is no need to waste it anyway.

    Because the rolled skins are larger, the dumplings they make are about the size of eggs. They don¡¯t even look like dumplings at all. They are about the same size as xiaolongbao. Two pots of material can make hundreds of them.  After finishing the wrapping, Dalang took five of each to Xie's house, and Ping'er also took ten to Xiao Shitou's house.  Eat them alternately to see which one tastes better.  This was agreed upon by the three companies in advance.

    "Ah Hu, our dumplings are very big, but they all wrap them very small." Dalang complained a little as he gave the dumplings as a gift and brought others' dumplings back.  When compared together, it seems that the dumplings they made are particularly ugly.

    Xie Shuer laughed when she saw such a big dumpling and said, "You guys also call this dumpling? It's too big."

    "Ah Hu said that if the bag is bigger, it can be packed faster." There was a reason for Dalang to grab it at that time.

    "Even Xiao Shitou laughed at the fact that the dumplings we made didn't look like dumplings." Ping'er said.

    "What are you afraid of? As long as you can eat it." Xin Hu said disapprovingly.  She looked at Xie's dumplings and then at Xiao Shitou's dumplings. Sure enough, they were both prettier and much smaller and cuter than their dumplings.  But so what, they were competing not just on packaging skills, but most importantly on taste.

    After making the dumplings, it was getting dark, so she sent Dalang directly to bring the wild leeks dried by the lake into the house. They could not leave them outside for fear of getting wet with dew and having to dry them again tomorrow.

    "You go first, and I'll cook the dumplings. You'll be ready to eat when you come back." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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