Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 142 Making Dumplings

When Sha Zhu returned home, Yu Shui and Cai Quanwu were chatting and laughing inside.

"Second Uncle, these are my treasured candies, please have some."

"Second Uncle, this is a Mickey Mouse candy that I wouldn't even eat myself,"

"Second Uncle, here you go. This is a big, bright red apple that I hid. My friends wouldn't let them eat it."

"Second Uncle, this is a donkey roll that my brother bought this afternoon at Daqianmen, and this is a jujube cake."

"Second Uncle, this is the milk powder I stole from my brother. He didn't even know. I'm making you some milk."

"Second Uncle, ... Second Uncle, this is a comic book. I don't recognize many of the words on it. Can you read them to me?"

Has Rainwater taken everything out of its big wooden crate?

"Cough cough," Sha Zhu coughed twice, entered the house, pretended his eyes lit up, and casually took an apple from the table into his hand.

Seeing this, Yu Shui rushed over and snatched the apple from Sha Zhu's hand again.

"Brother, these are all I have. My second uncle and I each have one, so there's none for you. Brother, didn't you hide a lot? If you want some, go get some yourself."

"How about I eat one of your Mickey Mouse candies?"

"Oh no, brother, you have so many, but you won't give any to me, so I can't get them."

The rain pushed Sha Zhu away quickly.

Thinking to myself, "You stinky brother, you have so much food in your basement, why are you trying to steal mine?"

When you go out again, I'm going to find a small stool, stand on it, and try to find the basement button in your cabinet.

Everything in there is mine, mine.

Sha Zhu had no idea that by unintentionally taking an apple, his basement was about to be swept clean by the rain.

After chasing her brother away, Yu Shui started pestering Cai Quanwu to tell her stories again.

Seeing how much his niece liked him, Cai Quanwu cooperated fully with the rain.

He'll do whatever he's told to do. It's just telling stories, he can just read from a picture book.

Sha Zhu, chased away by the rain, began to sort through the New Year's goods he had brought back.

The snacks, candies, and pastries have disappeared; the rainwater must have been collected in its large wooden crate.

Organize all the ingredients and meats and take them to the kitchen.

Marinate what needs to be marinated, and mince what needs to be minced.

Make plenty of dumplings, fried meatballs, steamed buns, and meat buns, and enjoy them slowly.

Sha Zhu originally wanted to be lazy, but with two grown men in the house, he couldn't just chop the meat without making a sound.

So I had no choice but to symbolically start chopping minced meat on the kitchen cutting board.

The "thump-thump" sound came from the kitchen into the living room.

Cai Quanwu stopped telling his story.

He said to the rain, "Is your brother chopping filling and making dumplings? Why don't we go help him knead the dough and roll out the wrappers?"

"No need, Second Uncle. My brother is an amazing cook; he can make hundreds of dishes."

Every time I try to help, my brother chases me away.

He thinks I'm in his way; if I go to help, I won't be able to eat for an hour.

If I wait patiently for the food, my brother will have it ready in no time.

"I find it all so amazing." Rainwater's head was full of question marks.

"That must be because you disobeyed and caused trouble for your brother."

Rainwater became agitated and argued, "No, Second Uncle, I really just wanted to help."

My brother would say to me, "You're just a kid."

When we go out to play, my brother will close the door, afraid that Lele and I will peek in.

"Really? Your second uncle will take you to make dumplings. Dumplings made by ourselves taste better, and your brother definitely won't stop us from helping."

Cai Quanwu said, thinking to himself, "It must be because Yushui is young and only knows how to cause trouble."

They should also learn to do things themselves.

"Second Uncle, if you don't believe me, my brother will definitely kick us out. If you don't believe me, go and try it."

Rainwater confidently raised its little fist and said.

Cai Quanwu naturally didn't believe it, and carrying the rainwater, he left the living room and went to the kitchen.

“Zhu Zi, is there anything I can help with?” Cai Quanwu asked.

Under the disbelieving gaze of the rain, Sha Zhu said,

"Oh, Second Uncle, perfect timing! I can't manage all this by myself."

There's hot water on the stove. Go to the cellar and get some scallions, radishes, and cabbages.

Now that it's clean, we'll make steamed buns and dumplings later.

I chopped several kinds of fillings, including pork, beef, and lamb.

We'll prepare a variety of vegetables later, and we'll make whatever filling you want.

"Rain, haven't you been wanting to help? Later, you can wrap your own dumplings, however they turn out, and you can eat what you made yourself, okay?"

Rain looked at her brother suspiciously, making sure she hadn't misheard, "Brother, can I make them too?"

"What, you're not young anymore, you should learn to cook."

Don't just think about playing all day. Look at other people's children; they can do so much at such a young age.

Your friends are alright now, and they even went out to collect coal cinders.

"I won't take you out to collect coal cinders, that's too dirty. From now on, you'll start learning to cook from your second uncle and brother." Sha Zhu began to lecture Yu Shui.

Rain looked on incredulously. "Was it that I didn't want to study?"

Every time, it was you who chased me away; I was so upset I almost cried.

Seeing this, Cai Quanwu quickly pulled Yushui towards the cellar.

If this continues, the lovely raindrops will be brought to tears by their nephew's lecture.

After Cai Quanwu and Yushui washed the scallions, radishes and cabbages clean.

Sha Zhu handed a basin from the kitchen to Cai Quanwu and said...

"Second Uncle, this is dumpling dough. Why don't you and Yushui go to the living room and roll out the dough first?"

The kitchen is too small; the minced meat will have to wait a while.

The dough for the meat buns hasn't risen enough yet; we'll wrap them later.

After Cai Quanwu led Yushui to the living room, Shazhu sped up his work, steaming and frying the food in no time.

When Sha Zhu entered the living room, Yu Shui and Cai Quanwu were chatting and laughing again.

Upon seeing her brother enter, she immediately wiped the smile off her face, snorted, and turned her head away, deliberately ignoring him.

"Hey, Rain, who are you angry with? Tell me, and I'll go beat him up for you," Sha Zhu said deliberately.

"It's because you bullied me, brother!"

"Okay, okay, I won't bully you anymore. I'll give you some pocket money later to buy fireworks and firecrackers, okay?"

"Brother, didn't you forbid me from playing with firecrackers?"

"Yeah, I'll play with firecrackers, you play with fireworks. Which of these dough sheets on the table were you rolling out?" Sha Zhu asked, looking at Yu Shui.

Just as I was about to sit down and make dumplings with the two of them, there was a knock on the door.

It's almost dinnertime, who would come over at this hour?

Sha Zhu scanned with his mind and discovered that Yan Bugui was at the front gate.

Cai Quanwu was about to stand up and go out to open the door when

Sha Zhu quickly stopped him, lying and saying, "I remember it was Yan Bugui, Yan Laokou, who was coming to find me."

Then he looked at Yushui and said, "Old Yan is coming. Yushui, do you want to put away all that food?"

When he comes in later and sees this, he'll definitely ask you to take it back for his kids to eat.

If he takes it from you, he definitely won't have to spend his own money to buy it.

Rainwater naturally knew Teacher Yan's personality; he'd heard his brother talk about it back in school.

Whenever the manure cart passed by, Teacher Yan would taste it to check the saltiness, and occasionally he would even go to his own house to take advantage of the situation.

Although it was a cornbread, a type of coarse grain, that I didn't like to eat myself.

Rain quickly stood up and ran to the snack area, gathering all his favorite treats.

Sha Zhu waited until the rainwater had been mostly collected before going out to open the door.

Watching the siblings' actions, Cai Quanwu thought to himself that it must be a neighbor they didn't like who had come to visit.

When Yu Shui saw her brother go out to open the door, she muttered to Cai Quanwu about Teacher Yan's stingy image.

She also told Cai Quanwu what her brother had told her, as well as what she had seen and heard in the courtyard before.