Shen Qiuhua saw her daughter stuffing and wrapping the dumplings and became eager to try. She put the dumpling skin in one and the filling on the other.
She put too much filling initially and could not fold the skin properly. "Did I put too much filling?" Shen Qiuhua used her chopsticks to remove some filling as she spoke.
She tried a few times but felt she could not fit the filling. She looked at the dumplings her daughter had made as they were round and full, just like a bao bun. Then Shen Qiuhua looked at the ones she made and discovered how flat they were, compared to her daughter's.
Su Binglan said patiently, "Mother, you're doing great for a first-timer. You just need to make a few more before getting the hang of it. If you can't fold the skin properly, you can make it like a bun. You can also pinch the edges of the skin to lock in the filling."
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