At Shenshi (3-5 PM), Min Yueqing put down the sachet she was almost finished with, stretched and moved her hands and feet, and then got off the bed.

Xiao Wei was still asleep on the couch. Min Yueqing moved gently, intentionally not wanting to wake it. After all, both Wu San Niang and her daughter were afraid of tigers, and Min Yueqing didn't want them to be frightened again.

Min Yueqing walked over to the little boy who was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, gently patted his back, and called out, "Lele."

When Pei Ji saw Min Yueqing approaching, he immediately asked, "Mother, are you going to the kitchen?"

Min Yueqing put her index finger to her lips to signal him to be quiet so as not to wake Xiao Wei, and then reached out to beckon him to go outside.

Pei Ji immediately put away the brush and followed Min Yueqing out the door quietly.

After walking for a while, Pei Ji couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mother, what new food are you going to make?"

Min Yueqing answered with absolute certainty, "You'll definitely like it!"

Pei Ji's curiosity grew even stronger. She grabbed Min Yueqing's hand with both of her small hands and shook it back and forth, excitedly asking, "What is it? What is it?"

Min Yueqing kept speaking in riddles to the little one, no matter how much the little one pleaded and begged, she just wouldn't give him a straight answer.

Pei Ji didn't get an answer even after entering the kitchen, but this only made him more eager for this new food.

Min Yueqing asked Wu Sanniang, "Where is the milk that was left over from yesterday?"

When Wu San Niang saw that Min Yueqing had come to find her in person, she quickly said, "Madam, please wait a moment. I will go with Yan Yan to move it."

Min Yueqing quickly stopped her, saying, "We can't move it now. Just take a few clean large soup bowls and ladles with you."

Min Yueqing only knew some basic theories, and this was the first time she had ever done it herself. After all, it was very convenient to buy cream in the future, and it could be bought even in ordinary convenience stores.

To minimize the failure rate, she decided to be cautious. The purpose of letting it sit for so long was to separate the milk and cream from the fresh milk. What if shaking the bucket now ruined everything?

Wu San Niang was a little confused, but that didn't stop her from listening to Min Yueqing. She quickly took out several large soup bowls and ladles and led Min Yueqing to the storage room where the milk was stored.

The storage room was very cool; as soon as you stepped inside, it felt several degrees cooler than outside. Min Yueqing squatted down and examined the fresh milk in the bucket. Sure enough, a thick layer of cream floated on top, giving it a pale yellow color.

Min Yueqing stretched out her hand to Wu Sanniang and said, "Give me a large soup ladle and a soup bowl."

Wu San Niang quickly stepped forward and said, "Madam, do you want to scoop out milk? Let me and Yan Yan do it."

Min Yueqing shook her head and said, "It's alright, give me the things. Lele, you take a soup spoon too."

Having no other choice, Wu San Niang had to do as Min Yueqing instructed.

Min Yueqing first tried scooping it out herself a few times. After she became more skilled, she demonstrated and said, "Lele, put the spoon in like this, not too deep. We only need to scoop out the thickest layer of cream on top. We don't need to scoop out the milk below."

Pei Ji grabbed the soup spoon with great interest and watched Min Yueqing's movements intently. After Min Yueqing demonstrated twice, Pei Ji tried to do it himself.

At first, it was inevitable that some milk would spill out unintentionally, but Min Yueqing would teach him how to use a spoon to drain the milk before pouring the cream into the soup bowl. After a few tries, Pei Ji was able to get the hang of it better.

The two became increasingly skilled, and in no time, all the cream separated from a large bucket of fresh milk was scooped into soup bowls. In the end, only two bowls of cream were separated from the large bucket of fresh milk.

Min Yueqing couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had reserved enough milk yesterday, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough for her two experiments.

Back in the kitchen, Min Yueqing first asked Wu Yanyan to hang the cream in the well and let it steep in cold water before asking Wu Sanniang, "How many eggs have you stored up recently?"

From the day she decided to make the cake, Min Yueqing asked Amei to tell Wu Sanniang to reduce the use of eggs in cooking and save a few eggs she bought each day.

After thinking for a moment, Wu San Niang replied, "Madam, there are about thirty."

Min Yueqing nodded. It was enough. Even if they failed a few times, they wouldn't run out of the main ingredients for making a cake.

"Then take out five eggs first, then bring over the milk, oil, sugar, and flour, and prepare several clean bowls and basins. The bowls and basins must be completely dry, without a single drop of water in them."

Actually, cake flour is best for making cakes, but we don't have any here, so we'll have to make do with regular flour.

Wu San Niang quickly prepared all the materials that Min Yueqing needed. She thought that Min Yueqing would still teach her how to make it this time, but Min Yueqing showed no intention of giving up her place. It seemed that she was going to do it herself.

Just as Wu San Niang thought, the steps to making a cake are quite complicated, and Min Yueqing herself is still in the process of figuring it out, so naturally she would not feel comfortable leaving it entirely to others.

However, one important tool is missing: an electric mixer. So she definitely needs someone strong enough to help her.

Min Yueqing said to Amei, "Go and call three strong men over here."

Ah Mei immediately accepted the order and left.

Before long, Amei arrived with three burly men. Min Yueqing told them to wash their hands and dry them completely.

Min Yueqing first cracked five eggs, then separated the egg whites and yolks into two clean bowls. She placed the bowl containing the egg whites in front of the workers, and at the same time scooped some sugar into a bowl and put it over there.

Min Yueqing carefully instructed the workers: "Use chopsticks to continuously stir the egg whites in the same direction, just like I'm doing. If you get tired, have someone else take over stirring. Don't stop for too long in between, understand?"

The men all nodded.

Min Yueqing then said to Wu Sanniang, "Stand over here and watch the egg whites in this bowl. When they start to form large bubbles the size of fish eyes, add two tablespoons of sugar. When they start to form fine bubbles, add two more tablespoons of sugar. When they expand to this height, add two more tablespoons of sugar for the last time."

Wu San Niang and Wu Yan Yan couldn't remember it at first, so Min Yue Qing repeated a few keywords, and the two of them finally remembered it.

Min Yueqing gave the workers a final instruction: "When she adds sugar, you should stop for a moment and continue stirring after she finishes adding the sugar."

Compared to Wu San Niang's job, the workers felt that theirs was much simpler, at least they didn't have to use their brains to remember so many things, so they all readily agreed.

After instructing Pei Ji on how to whip the egg whites, Min Yueqing carefully added oil and milk to the mixture using a small spoon, according to the amount of egg yolks. At the same time, she told Pei Ji the quantities of the ingredients to be used this time.