Chapter 249 Hidden merit and fame

Today is New Year's Eve, and we are going to eat dumplings in the evening. Zhang Lan is kneading the dough, Wang Jianting is peeling onions, and Wang Jiannan is washing radishes.

Wang Jianye was chopping meat for stuffing. He bought five pounds of pork today, which was seven parts fat and three parts lean. It was perfect for making dumplings as stuffing.

After chopping for more than an hour, the five pounds of meat filling were finally prepared. At this time, Wang Jiannan had also washed the radish and cut it into small pieces with a knife. Wang Jianye took it and started chopping the radish filling.

After chopping the radish, Wang Jianye took the onion and ginger that Wang Jianting had washed, chopped them into small pieces and mixed them into the stuffing.

Then add five-spice powder, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and other seasonings into the filling, and stir with chopsticks until mixed thoroughly.

After working until 11:30 in the morning, Wang Jianye finally finished making a large casserole pot of dumpling filling, which was delicious.

Zhang Lan had already kneaded the dough, but it was already time for lunch, so she left the work of rolling the dumpling skins for the afternoon after lunch.

Wang Jianye simply fried a few dishes, and Zhang Lan cooked a pot of cornmeal porridge.

Wang Jiannan came outside and called Wang Jianwu and Wang Jianwen, who were setting off firecrackers, to go home for dinner.

After lunch, Zhang Lan did not let Wang Jianwu go out to play again, but asked the whole family to make dumplings together.

This is an annual tradition in Wang Jianye's family. On New Year's Eve, the whole family will make dumplings together.

In the past, Wang Jianye was rather clumsy, and the dumplings he made were crooked, hollow, and the shapes were particularly imaginative.

So this time, before starting, Wang Jianye deliberately improved his dumpling-making skills to the state banquet level.

In this way he can peel them quickly and well, making each one upright, plump and round.

Zhang Lan was responsible for rolling out the dumpling wrappers, while Wang Jianwu and his younger brothers and sisters sat at the table and made the dumplings. In addition to the meat filling, there were also prepared bran, one-cent coins, and white sugar on the table.

These should also be wrapped inside the dumplings.

Whoever eats bran will be blessed in the coming year, whoever eats money will be rich next year, and whoever eats white sugar will have a sweet life next year.

In short, it is a good omen and auspicious.

"Brother, let's see who makes better dumplings?"

Wang Jianting looked at Wang Jianye provocatively and said.

She knew that Wang Jianye's dumplings in previous years were very bad, not even as good as hers, so she wanted to compete with this state banquet chef in dumpling making.

Wang Jianye smiled and said, "Sure, since you don't know your own limits, let's have a competition."

As they spoke, Wang Jianting and Wang Jianye simultaneously picked up a piece of dumpling wrapper that Zhang Lan had just rolled out, then picked up the chopsticks, picked up a small piece of meat stuffing from the stuffing bowl, put it in the center of the dumpling wrapper in their hands, put down the chopsticks and started kneading it.

Wang Jianting is already very skilled at making dumplings. Zhang Lan even praised her for her skill, otherwise she wouldn't have suddenly decided to compete with Wang Jianye.

Soon, a cute dumpling appeared in Wang Jianting's dexterous hands.

"Mom, what do you think of my wrapping?"

Wang Jianting felt that she had wrapped it well this time, so she stretched out her hand to show off to Zhang Lan.

While rolling out the dumpling wrappers, Zhang Lan took a quick glance over here, smiled and nodded, saying, "They're well made."

After being praised, Wang Jianting looked proudly at Wang Jianye next to her and was about to say something.

But after seeing the beautiful dumpling in Wang Jianye's hand, which looked like a gold ingot, tall and plump.

The smug smile on Wang Jianting's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by surprise:
"Brother, did you make this? Why is it better looking than mine?"

"Isn't this a very normal thing?" Wang Jianye smiled and said as a matter of course: "Don't forget, I am your brother and a chef for state banquets. How can it be difficult for me to do a small job like making dumplings? You are underestimating your brother."

"But brother, I remember that the dumplings you made last time were really ugly. When did you learn how to make them so good?"

Wang Jianting couldn't understand and looked at Wang Jianye in confusion.

"I can cook so many difficult dishes, how could I be stumped by a simple dish like making dumplings?"

Wang Jianye explained, which made Wang Jianting very envious: "Brother, you are really born to do this job, you are so talented,
I wish I could be as talented in studying as you are in cooking."

"You have poor academic talent. You have always been number one in your class since you were a child, and you even got into college."

Zhang Lan was wrapping dumplings while she expressed her feelings to Wang Jianting.

In her opinion, Wang Jianting has always had good grades since she was young, and now she has been admitted to university.

My talent for learning is far beyond that of ordinary people, and that is enough.

But in Wang Jianting's opinion, her talent is far from enough.

Because the grass is always greener on the other side, after Wang Jianting was admitted to university, she found that her classmates were all academic masters like her, and she did not stand out among them.

Seeing Wang Jianting's envious look as if she wanted to have a talent like his, Wang Jianye said nothing.

His older sister has not yet realized that over this period of time, she has eaten so many meals with special effects made by him.

Their IQ and attention span have been greatly improved, and their learning efficiency will be further improved.

"Sister, I feel like I've been learning things faster and faster these days.
I can finish the homework assigned by the teacher in class in a short time when I get home, and I don’t find it difficult at all.
I originally thought that the questions the teacher gave were too easy, but when I asked the students,
They all said that the homework assigned by the teacher was not easier, but more difficult than before. "

After Wang Jiannan talked about his situation, Wang Jianwu also discovered a similar situation.

Wang Jianwu has a relatively poor foundation, so he can feel it more clearly.

"I didn't understand much of what the teacher said in class before, but I basically understood it all during this period.
I also often raise my hand to answer questions, and the teacher praised me for making great progress compared to before."

Wang Jianwen, who was not good at speaking, felt the same way at this time, so he nodded and said:

"me too."

"Hey, after what you said, I found that I seem to learn faster than before."

Wang Jianting thought carefully about her situation and was surprised to find that her learning efficiency had increased during this period.

"Mom, how are you doing over there? What's going on now?"

“I feel like I can understand the drawings that I couldn’t understand before easily now.”

Zhang Lan thought about it carefully and found that her learning talent had also improved.

"So what's going on?"

"Why has the learning talent of my whole family increased?"

"..."

Wang Jianye wrapped dumplings silently, and left after the work was done, keeping his achievement and fame to himself.

Don't look at me, I don't know anything.

(End of this chapter)