Hua Manman was worried.
Where was she supposed to get sticky rice balls on such short notice?
But she did remember a bag of glutinous rice flour in the cupboard.
"Eat this meat bun first to tide you over. I'll go make you some sticky rice balls."
Only then did Li Yi reach out and take the still-warm meat bun.
Hua Manman rolled up her sleeves, added a little water to the glutinous rice flour, and mixed it evenly.
Making sticky rice balls was actually quite simple.
Hua Manman had learned how from her grandmother. She kneaded the dough and shaped it into small balls.
Li Yi had already finished the meat bun.
He stared at Hua Manman with wide, hopeful eyes, as if seeing his mother in her.
The thought of his mother made Li Yi want to cry.
He had only taken a nap, so how could his mother be gone?
She had clearly promised him she would make him sticky rice balls.
How could his mother go back on her word?
