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Chapter 45 Untitled
After being cooked, the dumplings are even whiter, fatter and cute, which whets the appetite. Xing Xiaokang is holding his cartoon porcelain bowl, dancing with a small spoon to pick and pull the dumplings into his own bowl. Just as Baitang picked up the chopsticks, the little guy has already Filled his little bowl.

"It's so hot!" Xing Xiaokang hurriedly took a bite of the dumpling, and was immediately scalded and yelled, sticking out his tongue like a puppy.

"Where's the burn? Let grandma see!" Bai's mother felt distressed, but his own mother said sarcastically, "You deserve it. Who told you to eat so fast, like a starving ghost reincarnated! It seems like hundreds of I haven’t eaten dumplings in New Year.”

Xing Xiaokang gasped and said aggrievedly: "Dumplings are delicious! Mutton is also delicious!"

"You're a foodie!" Wu Xuemei tapped her son's forehead with her finger, "You didn't do well in the final exam this time, so I'll cook meat with bamboo shoots!"

Xing Xiaokang quickly promised: "I will pass the exam!"

"Sister Meimei, don't worry, with my father and I helping Xiaokang with his homework, he is guaranteed to pass the exam, and maybe he will give you the first place in the class." Baitang said slowly, she picked up a dumpling and gently Bite the skin lightly, absorb the gravy inside, and then put it in the dipping plate to wrap it, scaring the lower half with one bite. It is delicious and delicious.

"He, thanks to you and Uncle Bai's teaching. My mother who just graduated from junior high school can't teach him anything at all." Wu Xuemei was very grateful, "How about I let Xiaokang recognize you as a godmother?"

"Didn't you recognize my parents as godfathers and godmothers? Xiaokang is my parents' god-grandson, my god-nephew, why bother?" Baitang picked up another dumpling, and although he was talking, he chewed The movement is not slow, and more than a dozen dumplings have fallen.

"That's right, I said it was bad." Wu Xuemei smiled, "I will invite you to go shopping in the provincial capital on New Year's Day. You can buy whatever you want, and I will pay for it!"

In the past, Wu Xuemei couldn't say such things. In the past, the environment in the house was poor. It would be good for her to buy a new dress in two years. It's not like she can buy whatever she wants now.

"Hey, it's rare for a local tyrant to treat you!" Baitang said with a chuckle, "But I don't have time on New Year's Day, and I'm going to attend an old classmate's wedding."

"Are you going to Wen Xin and Shao Liang's wedding?" Bai Ma asked.

Baitang's high school classmates are all children of factory and mine workers, and most of the adults know them well.

"It's them!" Baitang curled her lips. To be honest, she really didn't want to attend the wedding banquet of these two people, but she was also afraid that there would be some weird rumors that would spread unfavorable rumors about her, so she could only wrong herself. go once.

"These two people have bad character. You should avoid contact with them in the future." Bai Ma warned.

"What's wrong with them?" Bai Tang asked curiously, it's rare that Bai Ma, who is not very gossip, said that Wen Xin and Shao Liang were not good, these two must have done something out of the ordinary and spread in the factory and community.

"Do you have a classmate named Zhao Jing?"

Bai Tang nodded, Zhao Jing is still Wen Xin's cousin, the two sisters are only a month apart, they were in the same class in high school, and they have a good relationship, so the relationship between Bai Tang and Zhao Jing is closer than other classmates.However, since falling out with Wen Xin, Bai Tang has gradually become estranged from Zhao Jing.

"Zhao Jing's death is related to Wen Xin and Shao Liang. The Zhao family and the Wen family have become enemies because of this." Bai Ma said.

"Dead? How did he die?" Bai Tang was so surprised that he put down the bowl and chopsticks and stared at Bai Ma.

Bai Ma sighed: "The child committed suicide."

Speaking of it, Wen Xin and Shao Liang were not directly responsible for Zhao Jing's death, but they did choose to commit suicide because of their help.After graduating from university, Shao Liang started his own business. His family was rich and well-connected, and his business grew bigger. He also met some rich and powerful people, and they often ate and drank together.Shao Liang and Wen Xin would occasionally take Zhao Jing to socialize, so Zhao Jing met a rich man.That man was good for Shao Liang's business, and Shao Liang and Wen Xin contributed to making Zhao Jing a couple.It's just that this man has a fiancée, but he took Zhao Jing as a spice, and after playing for a few months, he went back to get married.Zhao Jing was abandoned by her boyfriend and found out that she was pregnant with a child. She wanted to find a man to take responsibility.The man handed over the matter to Shao Liang. Shao Liang and Wen Xin did not help Zhao Jing to seek justice, but instead persuaded Zhao Jing to be the man's mistress.Zhao Jing naturally refused, and quarreled with Shao Liang and Wen Xin, but others heard the news that she was pregnant out of wedlock.In a small city, this kind of thing is very shameful. Mother Zhao had a cerebral hemorrhage and left in a fit of anger. Zhao Jing felt extremely hurt and felt sorry for her parents, and finally walked on a busy driveway...

"These two are the scourge, and my cousin has no sense of guilt or shame. How long have you loved each other? The two of you are going to get married happily. I'm not afraid that Zhao Jing will go to them in the middle of the night to settle accounts!" Bai The mother despised Wen Xin and Shao Liang very much, and said to her daughter, "You don't associate with them, lest they also harm you."

"Don't worry, Mom, I don't want to have such friends either. After I attend their wedding banquet this time, I will never associate with them again." Baitang comforted her mother, she really didn't want to see those two people, and she didn't want to have any social relations with them .

"That's good! Don't give too much gift money or anything else. Our family doesn't give money to that kind of people."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Baitang insisted.

Early the next morning, Bai Ma and Wu Xuemei went to the market to buy 5 catties of pork leg and brought them home.Wu Xuemei cut the meat into one-inch pieces, cleaned them, put them in a basin, and then cut the minced ginger.Bai Ma put the meat, salt, chili, pepper noodles, thirteen spice powder and ginger powder into the meat, mixed well, and marinated for half an hour.Papa Bai found out the meat blender that had not been used for a long time, cleaned it and fixed it on the dining table.Bai Ma hangs the casing on the barrel of the machine and knots the front end of the casing.Wu Xuemei brought out the meat basin, and the three of them began to fill the sausage.Wu Xuemei is in charge of stuffing the marinated meat into the machine, Bai's father is in charge of stirring the handle of the meat blender, Bai's mother presses the casing with her hand, so that the meat can enter the casing smoothly, and squeezes it down with her hand after a while to make the meat It becomes tighter. If you use too much force, you are afraid of breaking the casing. After filling a certain length, tie it with a thread and use a toothpick to pierce the hole where there is air.The three of them worked together in a division of labor and cooperated very well. In less than [-] minutes, a sausage was filled.The weather has been relatively good recently, and it only takes ten days to hang it outside the balcony to dry it.Put it in the refrigerator at that time, take it out and steam it when you eat.Baitang wanted to step forward to help but didn't know what to do, so the three of them drove her aside as "in the way".

Baitang pursed her mouth, well, she won't make trouble anymore.

(End of this chapter)