"Okay, I'll eat quickly and start cooking after I finish eating." Seeing that her expression was not polite, Song Zhi got up and went to the kitchen to serve the meal.

After dinner, Song Zhi began to prepare ingredients for the pastries she was going to make, and You Lu followed behind her, watching curiously.

She first soaked some red beans, then mixed glutinous rice and cornmeal into dough. After adding sugar and stirring evenly, she put the red beans in and stirred evenly. It seemed that she would need to make some molds when she had time. But she didn't have any molds now, so she could only use chopsticks to divide it into squares, put it in the pot to steam, and put gauze underneath to prevent water mist.

Put it on the coal stove and steam it on high heat for 20 minutes. The red bean glutinous rice cake is done.

While steaming the red bean glutinous rice cake, she planned to make another salty one. For the sweet one, she would make a red bean glutinous rice cake, and for the salty one, she would make a yam glutinous rice cake.

After thinking it through, she started to act. She peeled the yam first. Song Zhi wore gloves when peeling. There were no disposable transparent gloves at that time, so she could only wear a pair of thread gloves. Although it looked a bit funny, the most important thing was that her hands would not itch after peeling the skin.

After peeling the skin, she cut the yam into pieces three fingers long, put them in the pot and started steaming. Since she couldn't light the firewood, You Lu looked at her unskilled appearance and anxiously took it and cut it herself.

"Sister Xiaozhi, I thought you knew everything, but it turns out there are things you don't know." You Lu looked at the food Song Zhi made that she had never seen before, her eyes full of anticipation. She wanted to help but couldn't. Now that she can finally help, she feels that her trip was not in vain.

Song Zhi glanced at her and said, "If I were omnipotent, where would your abilities be of any use?"

The two of them were chatting and laughing, and Song Zhi didn't stop what he was doing.

After the yam was cut into small pieces, it became smaller and easier to steam. It only took less than ten minutes. After taking it out, Song Zhi mashed the yam into a paste, added a spoonful of sugar and three spoonfuls of glutinous rice flour, and remembered that he had brought a bag of milk powder when he came from Kyoto.

This happened a long time ago, and Song's mother insisted on putting it in. Song Zhi didn't notice that there was milk powder in the luggage at that time. He only found it when he came here to pack up. He didn't care when packing up, and just put it in the table and cabinet. It was not in a conspicuous place, and he didn't think about it for such a long time.

She hurriedly found the place she remembered, added a few spoonfuls of milk powder, and poured in a cup of warm water. It would actually be okay without the milk powder, but it would definitely taste better with it.

The next step is a bit difficult. You need to knead these things together into dough and knead it for a while.

You Lu washed her hands and took over the task of kneading the dough. Song Zhi looked at the time and saw that the red bean glutinous rice cake was almost ready, so he put the red bean glutinous rice cake from the pot into a plate to cool.

After You Lu kneaded the dough, Song Zhi taught You Lu and they both kneaded the dough into small cakes little by little, then sprinkled some black sesame seeds on them. Then they were ready to put a frying pan on the coal stove, apply a layer of oil and wait for the oil to heat up.

Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown and they are done.

While frying the yam glutinous rice cake, he said to You Lu: "Try this yam glutinous rice cake first. It tastes better when it's hot."

Then she picked up a piece with chopsticks and handed it to You Lu. You Lu couldn't help it any longer. Her mouth was watering at the aroma. She hadn't eaten much for breakfast, and her stomach was empty. How could she resist the aroma at this moment? However, she still tried to restrain herself and shook her head: "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll wait for Sister Xiaozhi to finish cooking before eating."

Song Zhi wasn't stupid. He could see that her eyes were filled with the words "I want to eat." He couldn't help but smile and said, "Hurry up and eat. I won't laugh at you. Do you think you'll drool when you come to my place?"

"Wow, Sister Xiaozhi, you are so nice." You Lu hugged Song Zhi and quickly picked up a piece with chopsticks.

She ate too fast and burned her tongue with the first bite, but it didn't affect her eating at all. She squinted her eyes happily, enjoying the happiness brought by the food.

"It tastes so good. You're so amazing, Sister Xiaozhi." She didn't forget to praise Song Zhi while eating.

"If it tastes good, eat more." While You Lu was eating, she went into the house to find the packaging paper and packed the prepared pastries, packing a lot of them at once.

Song Zhi left some of it at home and wrote a note to Gu Huaijin telling him that he would not be at home for lunch and asked him to cook something for himself.

When they arrived at the office, Yan Yu was the only one there, still slumped in a wooden chair. The two of them were a little curious.

"That guy Ma Weicheng went to pick up Professor Yan and sent me to the county alone to buy food. It was really tiring."

You Lu ignored him and just checked what he bought. After making sure that everything was bought, she said, "Since he went to pick someone up, he should be here soon. Should we get ready first?"

Song Zhi nodded. This was the only way for now. She looked at the time and thought they should be back soon.

"Do we have tea here?" Song Zhi suddenly remembered that the best drinks to entertain people nowadays are wine or tea, but it is better not to drink tea during working hours. In that case, they can only drink tea, but she and Gu Huaijin do not drink tea in their family, so there is no custom of preparing tea at home.

"No, it's too late to buy it now." You Lu thought about it and calculated that there was not enough time, and she couldn't buy tea of ​​too low quality.

"I still have some Maojian tea, but not much. Let me wait for a while and I'll go back to get it." Yan Yu loves drinking tea. He always feels that boiled water has no taste, so he is always used to soaking tea leaves in boiling water.

So this time when he came to live in the military dormitory, he prepared some. Since he didn't have much at home, he only poured out half of it.

"It's troublesome. I have to put it here anyway. If the professor likes to drink it, I'll put it in. If he doesn't like it, I'll leave it out." Song Zhi considered.

On the other side, Ma Weicheng and Zhao Shitou had just arrived at the train station. Zhao Shitou was not busy today, so he was responsible for driving over to pick up Professor Yan. They held up signs and searched among the people getting off the train.

Soon an old man wearing glasses and with white hair came over.

Ma Weicheng watched him walk towards him and immediately went to meet him. He took the suitcase from his hand and asked, "Excuse me, are you Professor Yan Jun?"

"You are..." The old man stretched out his wrinkled hand to adjust the frame of his glasses, and looked at the young man in front of him seriously.

"Hello, Professor Yan. I am Ma Weicheng, the team leader of the Assistant Department. I am responsible for picking you up and taking you to the military district today." Ma Weicheng immediately saluted and introduced himself clearly.

"I haven't even arrived at the military region yet, and you've already given me an assistant department. I'm a half-buried man, I don't need any assistants." Professor Yan was furious when he heard him say that, and said sarcastically.