General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 160

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 160 – Reunion (2)

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Su Xiaoxiao took the fermented dough over, cut it into even sized balls, rolled it into strips of 5cm, and twisted it into fried dough twists.

-Fried dough twists / Ma Hua

Su Ergou saw this and learned it. Then he followed the process and twisted ten dough twists in one breath. 

Father Su and Wei Ting didn’t have this talent. What they twisted was not dough twists, but Mahjong.

-Mahjong 

Su Xiaoxiao exploded, “It’s not easy for me to roll them from dough into strips…… and you guys twisted it into a ball again!” 

“Mom.” Dahu held up the ugly little dough twist that he twisted. 

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at it and said, “Children are even better at twisting dough than you guys!” 

Su Xiaoxiao gave the two of them a low-skill task — making ribbon pastry. 

-Ribbon pastry

Cut the thin dough into small rectangles, make a slit in the middle with a knife, let the corner of the dough pass through the hole, and then pull it through. 

These was the ribbon pastries that her laolao made for her when she was a little child.

-The steps of making ribbon pastries

*Laolao (姥姥) : maternal grandmother. The meaning is the same as waipo. Waipo is the term generally used in southern China, while laolao is used in the north and northeastern regions of China.

Wei Ting was in charge of cutting the dough, while Father Su was in charge of folding the dough. 

Needless to say, Wei Ting’s knife skills were really good, it was precise and efficient. No less and no more, not even an inch. 

Su Xiaoxing’s almond eyes widened open, and she bent down to admire the artwork Wei Ting had cut out, and muttered in a low voice, “You did it before ah?”

-Almond eyes

“En, I did.” 

Wei Ting’s slender jade fingers held a knife and easily made cuts that were exactly the same length and angle.

“When killing people, not only do you have to find the vital points accurately.….. if the angle or depth is one point off, you won’t be able to kill anyone.” 

Su Xiaoxiao: “……” 

Father Su, who was sitting at the opposite of the two of them, was working on the dough with great effort, which was also a form of exercise for his right hand. 

His right hand was becoming more and more flexible.

Her 80% certainty had become 100% certainty. 

Su Xiaoxiao believed that with one or two more bottles of the pharmacy’s black technology* bone-strengthening granules, it would definitely be able to cure him completely!

*Black technology (Heikeji): is to describe ‘technology that does not exist’. This term was translated into Chinese and emerged as a buzzword for describing impressive, futuristic technologies, and plays on different connotations associated with ‘black’. Heikeji resonates with the threatening obscurity of unofficial and secretive technologies, its connotation of unknowability and opacity is perhaps closer to the concept of ‘black box’.

-Bone-strengthening granules / Zhuanggu Keli

Su Xiaoxiao put the dough twists and the ribbon dough into the wok pan in the kitchen, and fried them until they were golden and crispy. 

-frying the fried dough twists

Among half of them, she put the sesame seeds. The aroma of the sesame seeds mixed with the ghee came out, floated over most of the village! 

-Fried dough twist with sesame seeds

-Sesame ribbon pastries

In addition, Su Xiaoxiao also fried a few catties of lotus root balls and mung bean balls. Then she also wrapped dumplings and spring rolls. 

-Lotus root balls

-Mung bean balls

-Dumplings 

-Chinese spring rolls

She called Su Ergou to send some of the fried foods and dumplings to Liu Ping and Mrs. Wu.

For Old Li Tou’s family and Aunt Liu’s family, she also sent them a bowl. 

“By the way, there’s also this one.” Su Xiaoxiao took a few window paper-cuts and the fortune couplets, and handed them to Su Ergou.

-Window paper-cuts / Chuang hua / 窗花, They are often glued to the exterior of windows.
Normally they are used on festivals such as Chinese New Year, weddings and childbirth. As cut-paper artwork is considered to symbolize luck and happiness.

-Fortune character couplets 

She didn’t give it to Mrs. Wu earlier because they still hadn’t separated from the family.

If she gave it, it would have been snatched away by Old Mrs. Wu and Liu An’s wife.  

Now, there wouldn’t be any trouble. 

Su Ergou’s movements were extremely nimbly, he bravely ran in an ice-cold blizzard with a swish! 

As expected of a strong child who grew up with cold baths!

When Su Ergou came back, he had two big baskets of fresh vegetables and a sack of plump chestnuts in his hand.

-Chinese chestnuts 

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On this New Year’s Eve, Su Xiaoxiao got up even earlier than when she was doing business.

She was going to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner.

-Chinese New Year’s Eve’s dinner / reunion dinner, is held on New Year’s Eve of the Chinese New Years, during which family members get together to celebrate. It is often considered the most important get-together meal of the entire year.

Other people’s families celebrated New Year’s Eve at noon. Most of them didn’t eat breakfast, or only ate some snacks. 

But their family couldn’t do it like that, they had to eat fully. 

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