Chapter 3 Dumplings
Seeing the wild vegetables in Pan Yingying's basket, the two sisters shook their heads, squatted down and started to help.

Pan Yingying felt a little embarrassed. She found the sweet-scented osmanthus candy that cost eight cents per pound in the mall and clicked to buy half a pound.

"Chun'er, Qiu'er, come here quickly." She turned around and spoke mysteriously.

The two little girls didn't understand, but they walked over anyway.

Pan Yingying pretended to take out the oil paper bag from her bosom and took out the half pound of osmanthus sugar.

Osmanthus candy was square, and half a pound was only about ten pieces. She wrapped her hands with a handkerchief, picked up the candy, and stuffed a piece into each of their mouths, "Thank you, aunt, for helping me pick wild vegetables."

Candies were a rare commodity, and the two little girls could only enjoy one or two sweet treats during the Chinese New Year.

As soon as the candy entered their mouths, the sweet taste made them squint their eyes in happiness.

Pan Yingying found it funny. She wrapped the candy and put it into Yu Chuner's arms. "Keep it for Qiuer to eat slowly."

Yu Chun'er was startled and tried to push it back hastily, "One piece is enough for each of us, Auntie can keep it for yourself."

Yu Qiuer had candy in her mouth and couldn't speak, so she could only nod continuously.

Pan Yingying immediately put on an aggrieved expression and sighed, "Alas...it seems that you treat your aunt as an outsider..."

Yu Chuner quickly waved her hands and tried to explain, "No, no, my aunt is one of us..." Then she quickly put the oil paper bag into her pocket and patted it solemnly.

Only then did Pan Yingying start to laugh.

The little girl pretends to be mature all day long, and only she can control her.

The two little girls, one ten years old and the other eight years old, were both skinny, with dry and yellow hair, and no blood on their faces. Their coarse cloth clothes were covered with patches.

Pan Yingying glimpsed the wild vegetables in her basket, slapped her thigh, and lowered her voice, "Chun'er, Qiu'er, how about I hire you to help me pick wild vegetables? Two cents for a pound of wild vegetables."

Facing the two girls' rejecting looks, Pan Yingying raised her hand to stop them from saying, "If you don't agree, I won't let Chun'er help me cook. I'll starve myself to death!"

Yu Chuner: ...

Yu Qiuer: ???

"Okay! It's a happy decision!" Pan Yingying grabbed the two little girls' hands and signed pinky promises with them one by one.

If Yu Chuner loses, the worst that can happen is that she saves the money and gives it to her uncle.

Dayu Chao had no habit of eating lunch, and Pan Yingying felt hungry, so she stopped and asked the two girls to go home with her.

Xiao Wang's face looked unhappy. She had seen clearly just now that the third son's wife had been asking her two daughters to help pick wild vegetables. Before, Chun'er went to the third son's yard to help with cooking, but she only said a few words and was turned back by her husband. Now, in front of Yu Laoer, she naturally didn't dare to speak.

Seeing the three people were about to leave, she couldn't help but shout loudly to the two girls to come over.

She would never dare to provoke the third brother's wife. Which boy from her mother's family had not been beaten by the third brother's wife?

It turns out that the Pan family had a relative who was a bodyguard. The three sons and one daughter of the Pan family all learned a few tricks from him. It is said that the third son's wife is more capable than his three brothers, otherwise she would not have become the "Evil Flower".

Pan Yingying brought the two little girls to Xiao Wang's side and waved to her, "Second sister-in-law, I'm going to take Chun'er and Qiu'er home for dinner!"

Little Wang's words were pushed back by her words. She muttered in a bad mood, "Eat, eat, eat! You only know how to eat! There is so much food that you can't finish it all!"

Pan Yingying tilted her head and raised a hand to her ear, "Second sister-in-law, what did you say? I didn't hear you clearly?"

Little Wang glanced at Yu Laoer beside her and forced a smile, "It's okay, I told Chun'er and Qiu'er to be more diligent, so they don't have to come out in the afternoon." Pan Yingying smiled and nodded, "Then we'll leave first, second brother and second sister-in-law, you can take your time with your work."

She just looked in the mall and saw that pork was 30 cents a pound and pork bones were 10 cents a pound. She planned to buy a pound of pork to make dumplings and a pork bone to make soup.

Although this body is not skin and bones, it is still pitifully thin and short. It is probably due to malnutrition. She needs to take good care of herself and try to grow half a head taller.

When she got home, Yu Chaosheng had not come back yet. She didn't know where he was wandering around. Pan Yingying didn't care and just opened the door and went in.

While the two little girls went to the kitchen, I bought pork and flour in the mall and followed them in.

"Let's make dumplings today!" She smiled and looked at Yu Chun'er, "Do you know how to make dumplings?"

Yu Chuner nodded. As a farm girl, she had to cook before she even had a stove. Naturally, she knew how to make dumplings.

Yu Qiuer sucked the saliva that had reached her lips and raised her hand, "Aunt, I'll light the fire."

Pan Yingying rubbed her furry head and put pork and flour on the stove. "Then Chun'er and Qiu'er will have to work hard."

Seeing that the sun was still bright outside, she added, "After dinner, let's boil some water and take a bath and wash our hair."

Yu Chun'er shook her head, thinking that her aunt was too extravagant. It was such a waste not to celebrate the festival.

"Auntie, just wash it yourself. My sister and I don't need to wash it."

Pan Yingying firmly disagreed. If nothing unexpected happened, she would have to hang out with these two little girls in the future. How could she be dirty? What if she got lice? So - "Must wash!"

"Okay." Yu Chun'er was defeated. At worst, she would just have to work a little harder and make a few more trips to the river to fetch water in the afternoon.

The three of them worked together, Pan Yingying was responsible for chopping the stuffing, Yu Chuner was responsible for kneading the dough, and finally they made dumplings together.

But the dumplings Pan Yingying made would never take shape and the stuffing would always leak out. She didn't make it hard on herself and simply sat under the stove, watching the fire, and browsing the mall on the virtual panel.

I spent one cent to buy a toothbrush, and another twenty-five cents to buy a toothpaste cup and a towel. Finally, I gritted my teeth and spent one hundred and thirty cents to buy a basic facial cleanser and skin care set.

After thinking about it, I bought another bar of soap, a bottle of shampoo, a large bottle of conditioner, two sets of underwear, and a bar of soap.

Seeing that nearly half of the silver had been spent in one go, Pan Yingying's heart was bleeding, but she kept telling herself that these were necessities, and luckily she didn't cry out loud.

The plump white dumplings were put into the pot and the fragrance spread out soon.

Yu Chaosheng walked in carrying a pheasant and just happened to smell the scent.

He walked quickly to the kitchen, and before he could say anything, Yu Qiuer was the first to call out "Uncle."

Yu Chaosheng nodded reservedly and put down the pheasant, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yu Chuner quickly shook her head, "It's not hard, uncle, wash your hands and get ready for dinner. Auntie made dumplings today."

Pan Yingying curled her lips and thought to herself, you little girl really knows how to save face for me.

Then he snorted at Yu Chaosheng, "Eating and taking at the same time, how shameless, bah!"

Yu Chaosheng raised his heroic eyebrows and immediately confronted him, "You know shit! This is because my father-in-law and mother-in-law love me!"

(End of this chapter)