Chapter 16
In the kitchen, there were several large bowls on the silver oven, with egg yolks and egg whites placed in them respectively. There were also several half-opened bags of flour whose name I couldn't see, with some of the edges spilled onto the dark matte cabinet counter.
The two of them huddled together, and Mu Yunting held up his phone screen to show Su Qiong, "Well, let me see... The tutorial says to beat the egg whites into fish-eye bubbles."
"What is fish eye shape?" Mu Yunting asked.
Su Qiong recalled the appearance of fish eyes and wondered if they were really as ugly as she had imagined. How could they be made into fish eyes? "Can you search for them?"
Mu Yunting typed quickly with his thumbs, and a bunch of pictures of people's eyes came up. He was shocked to find that there was a type of eye called puffy eyes. He quickly scrolled through the screen, scrolling through two or three pages of things that were still confusing. Without a reliable answer, he exited Baidu and said, "I'll ask Aunt Lin."
The two of them finished lunch and used the time to make the cake. It was a little after two in the afternoon, and Aunt Lin quickly answered the phone.
Mu Yunting greeted her first: "Aunt Lin, good afternoon. How's Uncle's health lately?" Aunt Lin had been his nanny for nearly ten years, and their relationship had become more than just that of employer and employee. Given the severity of the pandemic, he worried that Aunt Lin might be struggling with supplies while caring for her husband alone, so he'd check in every week or two. Today was about the same timeframe, so he dropped in.
Aunt Lin had just finished wiping down her husband, who was on an IV drip, when she picked up the phone and cheerfully replied, "It's the same old thing. Oh my! This damn coronavirus is so virulent. Xiaoting, thank you for getting us a bed. Otherwise, I don't know how much this old man would have suffered staying home!" Aunt Lin's husband wasn't diagnosed earlier than the others, and due to hospital housing shortages and their lack of connections, they nearly missed out on timely medical treatment during the height of the outbreak. It wasn't until Mu Yunting saw Aunt Lin's text requesting leave and called to inquire that he learned about it and immediately used his connections to arrange it. Fortunately, he was able to recover in time, and the damage to his lung function wasn't serious.
He heard Aunt Lin's husband was in good health, and with a smile on his face, he continued, "Aunt Lin, I called you today to ask you something else. What does it look like to beat egg whites into a fish-eye shape?"
"Are you making a cake?" Aunt Lin asked, and without waiting for him to speak, she continued, "A lot of bubbles the size of fish eyes will appear on the surface of the egg white. Usually at this time, you may add a little sugar or something..." The voice faded away, and it was Aunt Lin scolding her bedridden husband for not lying still.
Mu Yunting turned on the speaker, and Su Qiong heard it. She then began to beat the egg whites with a blender, trying to recall the size of the fish eyes.
Aunt Lin came back soon, "Are you making a cake? Oh, this is not a good thing to try. If you are not careful, the whole pot of ingredients will be ruined. Now with the epidemic, can you still go out of the community to buy vegetables? You have to eat sparingly." She has cooked for Mu Yunting for so many years, so she knows very well whether Mu Yunting has experience in the kitchen.
Mu Yunting told her not to worry: "Don't worry, Aunt Lin, our community has fresh vegetables delivered every day. Although it's not much, didn't you fill my refrigerator before you took leave? The rice box is also full, enough to eat."
Su Qiong, stirring egg whites in a large stainless steel bowl, listened to the two exchange pleasantries, feeling a surge of curiosity. She hadn't expected her boss to be this approachable and understanding. It was truly strange to see someone talking on the phone with someone close to them, especially someone they didn't know well.
Aunt Lin was chatting when she heard a girl's voice coming from Mu Yunting's side. He then began to explain, "He is an employee of my company. He was accidentally locked up in my house because of work."
Su Qiong also leaned in closer to the phone, "Hello, Auntie Lin~" Sadly added in her mind, "It's a former employee! The unlucky guy who was banned right after resigning!"
Aunt Lin was very happy. Fortunately, Mu Yunting had someone by his side during the epidemic. She had been worried before, wondering how Mu Yunting, who could neither wash clothes nor do housework nor cook, could survive the lockdown alone. After chatting for a while, Aunt Lin finally said, "Xiaoting, you should also take care of the girl more. I won't say anymore, the old man is going to clamor to read the newspaper to him, bye!"
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