Chapter 221: Making Dumplings
After dinner, the cubs still felt unsatisfied, wishing for another late-night snack.
Sang Luo asked Lan Cang, "Can you make dumplings?"
"Dumplings? I've never heard of them, I don't know how to make them."
"I'll teach you!"
Sang Luo explained the steps of making dumplings to him.
Lan Cang had cooking experience and understood as soon as he heard it, "I got it, I'll try."
"This is my first time in the Northern Continent, I don't know how strong the star beasts are here. I'll go kill a few and try them out." Si Ye took his daughter out for a trip.
Lan Cang then followed the method Sang Luo said, kneading a few large doughs to ferment.
It was time to mix the meat filling. Si Ye returned with his trophies, freshly killed king-level star beast meat, perfect for dumpling filling.
Sang Luo catered to everyone's tastes and made three kinds of dumpling fillings.
Meat filling, vegetarian filling, and seafood filling.
Sang Luo and Lou Xian Yue were responsible for pinching the dumplings.
Sang Luo easily pinched several with a simple hand movement, not expecting that after so long, her skills hadn't diminished at all.
Lou Xian Yue learned her technique to wrap dumplings, but every time either the skin was loose, or the soup would spill out… His usual cleverness was completely gone.
"Hey, let me teach you how to pinch them."
Sang Luo taught him hand-in-hand.
Lou Xian Yue quickly learned, holding her delicate little hand in his, his slender fingers easily pinching a few neat pleats, making a thin-skinned, large-filled dumpling, and softly smiled in her ear, "Hmm, is it like this, right?"
Sang Luo's ear roots went soft. This fish was deliberately taking advantage!
"Pa!"
Little Zhen Zhen jumped onto the table, reaching her little paws towards the meat filling in the basin, "I'm hungry again, I want to eat meat now!"
"Don't make trouble, go play aside." Si Ye pinched the back of its neck and threw it down casually.
Little Zhen Zhen swiped its claws on his arm.
Si Ye was already used to it. Since raising this daughter, the claw marks on his arm had never stopped.
The style of this father and daughter was particularly unique… Sang Luo shook her head with a smile, picked up Little Zhen Zhen, and found that the fur on its paws was wet and covered with mud.
She flicked her finger on its head, "Look how dirty you've become, still jumping on the table, go wash up quickly."
She said to the wolf cubs, "You guys go wash your paws too."
Little Stone led his younger siblings back after washing their paws. They watched the adults making dumplings and were eager to help.
"Are your paws clean?" Sang Luo asked.
"Mother, my paws are very clean! Super clean!" Zhen Zhen turned around and showed her four paws separately, pink little meat pads, like little plum blossoms.
"My hands are also clean." Lan An originally had water abilities, so he was always clean.
"Mother~ We've also washed them clean!" The three little wolf cubs replied in unison.
"Okay, then you come and help pinch dumplings."
Sang Luo taught them the steps to pinch dumplings.
The children listened very carefully, practicing over and over again, wasting a lot of dumpling skins.
Sang Luo didn't stop them, encouraging them to keep trying.
Soon, one of the cubs successfully pinched a dumpling first.
As expected, it was Little Lan An, after all, he was the only semi-humanoid among the cubs, and his hands were much more flexible and easier to use than paws.
Apart from the dumpling being a little soft on the lid, the other aspects were remarkable.
"Next time, put more filling in the dumplings, don't be afraid of not being able to wrap it."
"Mm-hmm, I know."
The second one to pinch a successful dumpling was Little Zhi Xin, as expected of her most clever little daughter.
It's a pity that the paws are a bit difficult to use, and she can't pinch the crescent shape, she can only pinch big-bellied dumplings, as long as the skin doesn't break when it's cooked.
Zhi Xin pondered for a while and pinched a dumpling that looked a bit like a little gold ingot.
The slowest progress belonged to the two little male wolf cubs, Little Stone and Zhui Zhui. The two brothers finally managed to pinch decent dumplings, but the skins were covered with paw prints, and no one could eat them.
"Eat the ones you pinched yourself." Sang Luo smiled.
Lan Cang comforted, "It's okay, if you really can't pinch them, Dad will pinch them for you."
Little Stone stubbornly said, "No need, my sister can pinch them, there's no reason why we can't… I've almost learned it, just need to control the strength…"
Little Zhen Zhen pinched them quite quickly, but the dumplings she pinched couldn't be cooked, her claws were too sharp and would tear the dumpling skin, and the dumpling filling would spill on her paws.
Sang Luo used a cleansing spell to wash its paws, not letting it do it.
"Come here and rest with Daddy." Si Ye opened his arms to catch Zhen Zhen, rubbed its frustrated little head, and put it on his left shoulder.
Zhi Xin actively raised her paw, "I'll help my sister pinch your share of dumplings."
"Thank you, Sister Zhi Xin!"
Zhi Xin was afraid that Zhen Zhen would be bored, so she took out a square milk popsicle from the refrigerator, "This popsicle is made by myself, it's especially delicious, I'll give it to you!"
Little Zhen Zhen's attention was instantly attracted by the popsicle, and she happily ate the popsicle. The rich milky aroma with a faint floral fragrance was super delicious!
This busy meal was almost around twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. It was New Year's Eve, so they had to stay up all night. The four little cubs continued to pinch dumplings.
Some had good-looking shapes, and some had various strange shapes.
Sang Luo put the dumplings they pinched into the pot and cooked them.
Several dumplings cracked in the middle.
But this was the first time the cubs pinched dumplings, and the progress was still great.
After Zhui Zhui finished eating the dumplings, he burped, and licked his mouth again, "Mother, that hot pot you ate when you came back last time… spicy, burns the mouth, so delicious, I want to eat it again!"
"Want to eat hot pot?" Sang Luo touched its bulging little belly, "Your little belly is almost full, you can't eat any more today, we'll eat hot pot tomorrow."
"Okay!"
After the children were full, Sang Luo still let them go back to rest first.
Around two or three in the middle of the night, Sang Luo was also very sleepy, stretched, and went back to her room to sleep.
Tonight she would sleep with Lan Cang first. The beast husbands also defaulted to the rotation system, fair and just.
Sang Luo lay on the bed, nestled in Lan Cang's arms, smelling the fresh soapy scent of his body after taking a shower, took out the camera and looked at the photos with him.
They were all taken by her today.
The joys and sorrows of the little cubs, and the three beast husbands, gathered together to make dumplings and eat a meal… Just looking at the photos, it was incredibly heartwarming.
"In the future, no matter how busy you are, even if the children grow up and start families, you must come to a gathering at least once a year." Sang Luo rubbed against Lan Cang's arms, her voice tired and lazy.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lan Cang saw that she was about to fall asleep, took the camera from her hand and put it on the table, and covered her with the quilt.
Sang Luo opened her eyes again, and pouted with some regret, "It's a pity that there are still four children who didn't come…" She touched her still flat belly and sighed, "Next year's gathering, we may not be able to see those four."
"Not necessarily, how can you determine next year's affairs this year? Maybe there will be other turning points." Lan Cang comforted, "The children like their mother, so they will definitely want to come and find you."
"Is that so…" Sang Luo thought of Little Qi, and felt even more sad.
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