"Yamachō, what are dumplings?"
In front of the Academy's cafeteria, someone finally asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.
Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and explained, "Dumplings are similar to wonton, stuffing the dough with fillings! But I think dumplings sound better! Tonight, Zi Hour is the beginning of two years, the time to welcome the new and bid farewell to the old. It has a special meaning. Dumplings are named after the meaning of 'coming of age'. 'Zi' means' Zi Hour ', which is homophonic to' dumplings'. It represents festive reunion and good luck, indicating good luck in the new year.
In the future, no matter what position you hold or where you are, as your former Yamachō, I hope that you can eat dumplings during the New Year and remember today's dumpling making competition! "
"Good!"
Anyway, Li Zexuan said that the name of dumplings sounded good, so it sounded good. All the students cheered loudly!
Li Zexuan continued, "Today's dumpling making competition will be held in classes. The time limit is two hours. The dumpling wrappers and dumpling fillings have already been prepared by the chefs in the cafeteria. After two hours, the class with the most dumplings will win! Note that those dumplings that are randomly made to make up the numbers will not be counted in the total, and the corresponding amount will be deducted from the qualified dumplings!
As for the reward for the winning class, in addition to winning money, everyone will have a chance to personally light fireworks tonight! In addition, all the students can eat dumplings for free tonight. It will definitely be enough! Okay, let's not talk nonsense. If there are no questions, then go in and start making dumplings now! "
(Winning money is almost equivalent to the modern red envelope. It was first popular in the Western Han Dynasty, but this kind of money is not the currency circulating in the market. It is specially cast into the shape of a coin to ward off evil spirits. The front of it is usually cast with words and various auspicious words, such as "Long live the ages", "Peace in the world", "Get rid of evil spirits", etc.; the back of it is cast with various patterns, such as dragons and phoenixes, turtles and snakes, fish, sword fighting, stars, etc. This is equivalent to the auspicious gifts that relatives and friends give to each other. It can't be used to buy things.)
"Yamachō, what kind of dumplings are qualified?"
Ceng Ziran asked.
Li Zexuan asked Wang Erhu, who was behind him, for a portion of dumpling skin and a spoonful of dumpling filling. He casually made a dumpling shaped like a gold ingot. He often made dumplings like this in his previous life, but as far as he knew, the dumplings made by northerners were crescent-shaped. The dumplings made by southerners and other places were more unique in appearance. There were pigeon-shaped, willow-leaf-shaped, skirt-shaped, cicada-shaped, and gold ingot shaped dumplings.
In Li Zexuan's previous life, this kind of gold ingot was popular in his hometown.
"Well, this is just an example for you, but it's not limited to what you can wrap up like this. As long as it's not obvious, it's fine! Also, before making the dumplings, all of you have to wash your hands clean. You can't go to the outhouse or pick your nose. Do you hear me? "
"Pfft! Haha! "
As soon as Li Zexuan finished speaking, the students burst into laughter.
But laughter aside, they still accepted Li Zexuan's request. After all, these dumplings would be in their stomachs at night.
"Shiqing, the situation is not good for our class! Qingque, Zifan, Cheng Chumo, and the others have all gone home. There are only 13 people left in our class, and I think the average number of people in the other classes is around 20! How can we compare? "
Ceng Ziran said with a frown. After entering the cafeteria, the students divided up their seats.
The others also looked at Ke Shiqing.
When Li Tai and the others were not around, Ke Shiqing had the most prestige in class one.
Ke Shiqing frowned for a moment and said, "Who has made dumplings at home before?"
"I have!"
"I haven't!"
Eight people raised their hands, and four shook their heads. Ke Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I have too! Later, those who have made dumplings before, concentrate on making them. Those who haven't, help to distribute the dough. If we work together and work together, we might have a chance! "
"Okay!"
Everyone roared in agreement, and then they quickly spread out according to their individual duties. Ke Shiqing quickly took the dumpling skin from his companion, and then put a spoonful of dumpling filling on the skin. Then, everyone saw his hands kneading, and a crescent-shaped dumpling was formed in an instant. The speed was so fast that it left everyone dumbfounded!
"Damn! Shiqing, your speed is amazing! You are a master! "
Ceng Ziran said in surprise.
"Yeah! I didn't see it! Shiqing, you have such a trick up your sleeve! "
"Amazing!"
"Now, we might have a chance to get first place!"
The students of class one saw hope from Ke Shiqing's "operation" and were overjoyed.
"Haha! This is nothing! But I can't do it alone. If we want to get first place, we must work together! "
Ke Shiqing smiled, but he sighed helplessly in his heart. It was said that children from poor families learned to take care of the family early. These classmates only saw his speed in making dumplings, but they did not know that his family used to sell dumplings. When he was young, he often helped his family make dumplings. This was all practice!
"Shiqing is right! Everyone, hurry up! "
With his encouragement, the students of class one were suddenly filled with motivation.
An hour later, class one had made ten trays of dumplings, about six hundred of them. Ke Shiqing was doing three by himself, and his speed was very fast. Class two also made ten trays, and their speed was about the same. The other classes mostly hovered around nine trays, and no class dared to say that they had an absolute advantage!
"Damn! Are you all really making dumplings here? I heard that there is a big prize for first place? Hehe, I'm not too late! "
At this moment, a few students walked in from outside the cafeteria. It was Cheng Chumo, Wang Meng, Li Tai, and the others.
They all came over after the reunion dinner at home, but when they returned to Guanghua Building, they found that there was no one inside. They asked the academy guards and found out that there was a dumpling making competition in the cafeteria, and that there was a prize, so they hurried over.
Because Li Tai lived in the palace and did not have his own residence, he needed to accompany Concubine Yang in the palace, so he did not come with Li Tai.
"Phew! Chumo, you're finally here. Come and help. If we win, we can personally set off the fireworks tonight! "
Zeng Ziran said with a sigh of relief.
"There's such a good thing? Uh, but I don't know how to make dumplings! Qingque, do you know how to do it? "
Cheng Chumo was overjoyed at first, but when he saw Ke Shiqing's dumplings, he was immediately dumbfounded.
Li Tai opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't know how to do it either, but I can learn! Shiqing, I'll learn from you! No matter what, one more person means one more chance of winning! "
With that, the little fatty rolled up his sleeves and prepared to "personally participate". If Li Zexuan saw that his son was going to do such a thing, his eyes would probably pop out, and then he would come and fight Li Zexuan to the death!
"Damn! I'll also learn! "
When Sun Zifan, Wang Meng, and the others saw this, how could they have the nerve to stand outside and watch? They all joined the "battle" and began to make dumplings for the first time in their lives.
With the addition of this new group of people, the first class, which was not at a disadvantage, quickly pulled away from the other classes!
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