Dumpling is the traditional cate of our the Chinese nation, father mother and I like to eat dumpling. Spent the New Year, every family wraps dumpling. Dumpling “ makes the name child ” or ” of “ charming ear. Hand in child, take more year old hand in child meaning, child for the period of the day from 11 pm to 1 am, implied meaning new old acquaintance is replaced. Dumpling is the cate with necessary meal of the eve of the lunar New Year. This year the New Year's Eve, I follow father mother to wrap dumpling of stuffing of shepherd's purse pork together, prepare meal of the eve of the lunar New Year.
饺子是我们中华民族的传统美食，爸爸妈妈和我都喜欢吃饺子。过年了，家家户户包饺子。饺子又名“交子”或者“娇耳”。交子，取更岁交子之意，子为子时，寓意新旧交替。饺子是年夜饭必备的美食。今年除夕，我跟着爸爸妈妈一起包荠菜猪肉馅饺子，准备年夜饭。
The first pace: Pick shepherd's purse. Pick off old leaf, cut off old root, collect a fireweed. Shepherd's purse is a kind of potherb, these shepherd's purse are mother father belt I am in old continent collect. Shepherd's purse is long in different local pattern not quite same also. The lamina of local shepherd's purse with water sufficient fertilizer is wide, color verdure, toothed not apparent. The shepherd's purse of roadside, color is celadon, plant is short, toothed and apparent.
第一步：摘荠菜。摘掉老叶，剪掉老根，捡出杂草。荠菜是一种野菜，这些荠菜是妈妈爸爸带我在老洲采的。荠菜长在不同的地方样子也不太一样。水肥足的地方荠菜叶片宽，颜色碧绿，锯齿不明显。路边的荠菜，颜色是灰绿色，植株矮小，锯齿明显。
The 2nd pace: Knead dough, roll skin. This one pace needs very great strength and skill. I won't, it is mom those who do.
第二步：和面，擀皮。这一步需要很大的力气和技巧。我不会，就是妈妈做的啦。
The 3rd pace: Wash dish, chop stuffing. Chop flesh is an effort work, of father not decline to shoulder a responsibility assume the full marks that removed chop meat stuffing / the job.
第三步：洗菜，剁馅。剁肉是个力气活，爸爸当仁不让的承担起了剁肉馅的满分/工作。
The 4th pace: Tone stuffing. Shepherd's purse breaks and ground meat is put in a big bowl, put chopped green onion again, jiang Mo, oily, salt, soy an agitate. The bowl of my home is very beautiful, have a meal with beautiful tableware, the life is good.
第四步：调馅。荠菜碎和肉末放在一个大碗里，再放上葱花，姜末，油，盐，酱油一起搅拌。我家的碗很漂亮吧，用漂亮的餐具吃饭，生活都是美好的。
The 5th pace: Bag dumpling. Take leftward of booth of skin of a dumpling, one spoon stuffing puts dip on dumpling skin, edge of both hands edge holds close fact, a dumpling is good with respect to the bag. What I wrap is a bit ugly, have bit of shrivelled. But the family works together, its are happy boundless. I also understood father mother at ordinary times not easy.
第五步：包饺子。拿一个饺子皮摊在左手上，舀一勺馅放在饺子皮上，双手沿边捏紧实，一个饺子就包好啦。我包的有点丑，有点瘪。但是一家人一起劳动，其乐无穷。我也明白了爸爸妈妈平时的不容易。
The 6th pace: Decoct dumpling. The code with the shipshape dumpling that has wrapped is on pan, ha, discharge fine line to them. Irrigate on half bowls of water, the half that has done not have dumpling is OK. Build boiler, firing. Water is boiled dry, burn 2 minutes again, an anxious fragrance is tangy and come. Can have pot.
第六步：煎饺子。包好的饺子整整齐齐的码在平底锅上，哈哈，给他们排好队。浇上半碗水，没过饺子的一半就可以啦。盖锅，开火。水煮干，再烧2分钟，一股焦香味扑鼻而来。可以起锅了。
Mom takes out the tray of chief bamboo leaf body, place dumpling only only, I collected a macrobian flower to select end of two branches pea in the courtyard, did an ornament. Finished!
妈妈拿出长的竹叶形的盘子，把饺子一只只摆上去，我在院子里采了一朵长寿花摘了两枝豌豆梢，做了点缀。完成了！(文/邵阳)