Chapter 223 Both of them were looking forward to their birthdays, but they were both thinking in different directions.
Finally, they decided to try to make a cake base with flour, the kind without butter.
Da Xi didn’t have an oven, so he tried steaming instead.
Su Jinshi had tried baking small cakes at home before.
She couldn’t bake anything too complicated, so she made one at home. It looked a bit like the old-fashioned cakes made with flower molds in the old bakeries in the market when she was a child.
This kind of cake does not require very high proportions and cooking time, so Su Jinshi decided to give it a try.
Shen Shilang was not at home during the day, so Su Jinshi took Shuangyun to the kitchen.
Add flour and egg white beaten with chopsticks.
Fortunately, Shuangyun and the cook were there, and they could take turns with her.
Add sugar and oil and mix.
Su Jinshi searched for the mold for a long time and found that the bottom of the tea bowl was flat and quite suitable, so he poured the cake batter into the tea bowl and put it in the steamer.
Unexpectedly, I actually succeeded in making it for her, and the steamed little cake looked very good.
Su Jinshi shared the small cakes with Shuangyun and the others. Knowing that it was successful, she planned to add some ingredients to make a more exquisite one for Shen Shilang on his birthday.
Su Jinshi secretly went to ask for an audience with the Fifth Prince, who should now be called King Ying, and asked him if he could use the hot spring villa on Shen Shilang's birthday.
When the King of England heard this, he wanted to give the hot spring villa to Su Jinshi.
"Your Highness, let's not do that." Su Jinshi said. "You gave me the Hot Spring Villa, and I have to pay for its upkeep. I don't have that much money."
"You'd better leave it with the prince and take care of it yourself. If I need it, I will borrow it from you." Su Jinshi said bluntly.
It was the first time that the King of England met someone who could talk about getting something for free so confidently.
Let him maintain the villa and give it to her for free.
Of course, the King of England didn't mind at all.
I even feel that the Grand Tutor and his wife each have their own unique characteristics and are a wonderful pair.
The master's wife had a very different personality from the other women he knew.
Perhaps, this is why the Grand Tutor likes his master's wife so much.
The King of England naturally agreed.
Today Shen Shilang came back a little earlier than before.
At least I got back before dinner.
During the meal, Su Jinshi said to Shen Shilang, "The day after tomorrow is your birthday, and it's also your day off. Let's go to the hot spring resort together, shall we?"
Shen Shilang was suddenly stunned, and then he felt a little excited.
Su Jinshi took the initiative to suggest going to the hot spring village. Could it be that he wanted to...
He could hardly hide his smile.
Shen Shilang was thinking about the happiness of their marriage.
Looking at Shen Shilang's reaction, Su Jinshi thought that he was expecting a surprise and was happy that she was preparing a birthday for him.
Both of them were looking forward to the birthday, but their thoughts were simultaneously going in the wrong direction.
The next day, Su Jinshi went to the shop in person to select candied fruits.
Prepare to chop it into pieces and put it in the cake batter and steam it together with the cake. Also use an iron pan to bake some biscuits.
After selecting all these, Su Jinshi asked Shuangyun and others to pack their luggage and follow them to the hot spring resort to relax.
Su Jinshi also called housekeeper Jiang.
Butler Jiang didn't expect that he could go there, and was a little hesitant, "Madam, what about the mansion? This...should I stay in the mansion to take care of it?"
"It's okay. There aren't many people in our house anyway. If we leave them here to guard the house, the other servants can have a couple of days off." Su Jinshi said, "You can go with us and take a break."
Butler Jiang was relieved, "Thank you, Madam."
Unexpectedly, he could go to the hot spring resort to rest.
The night before Shen Shilang's birthday, when Shen Shilang came back from work, Su Jinshi had already packed his things and loaded the carriage.
Shen Shilang arrived home, changed into casual clothes, and followed Su Jinshi on the carriage to the villa.
But I didn’t expect that the King of England would come that night.
Everyone was surprised and everyone in the villa started to get busy.
"This time I came here to celebrate the birthday of the Grand Tutor." The King of England still called himself the King in front of his servants.
He looked at Shen Shilang and Su Jin with a stern face, "Do the Grand Master and Master's Wife treat me as an outsider? Why didn't you invite me to your Grand Master's birthday?"
Shen Shilang thought, did you come here to be a light bulb for us? Of course, the King of England didn't know what a light bulb was.
The King of England said again, "I am not such a tactless person, so how could I disturb the world of two between the Master and his wife? I will leave tomorrow morning."
This made Su Jinshi feel embarrassed.
Originally, Shen Shilang should have invited close relatives to his birthday party.
So Su Jinshi brought Butler Jiang and others along as well.
But I don’t know whether the relationship between King Ying and Shen Shilang should be described as close.
Although the relationship is good now, Shen Shilang still wants to support the King of England.
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When the King of England ascends the throne in the future, the relationship will be different.
Su Jinshi felt that it was not appropriate to get too close now.
Moreover, Shen Shilang has never been too close to the King of England, so Su Jinshi naturally did not dare to invite the King of England without authorization.
But now seeing that the King of England still had a sincere heart towards Shen Shilang, Su Jinshi softened his heart and said, "Then Your Majesty, have a bowl of longevity noodles tomorrow morning before leaving."
So the King of England happily stayed there.
However, it seems that the King of England did not come here entirely because of Shen Shilang’s birthday.
In the evening he discussed things with Shen Shilang in the study again.
Su Jinshi went to the kitchen to bake cookies.
Due to limited conditions, there are no molds.
Su Jinshi used a teacup to press out round biscuits without embossing any patterns on them.
Su Jinshi spread a thin layer of oil on the bottom of the pan and placed the biscuits on the oil to slowly bake.
I saw that the cookie had become larger than at the beginning and the edges had changed color.
Su Jinshi turned the biscuit over again, and finally took it out and sprinkled some sugar on it.
After the temperature of the biscuits cooled down, I took a bite.
Although there is still some gap compared to the oven, it is very close.
And it has a different scent.
Su Jinshi nodded while eating and continued to bake the remaining cookies.
After they were all baked, Su Jinshi let the cookies cool down before putting them in a box and leaving them in the kitchen.
I went to the hot spring to wash off the smell of cooking oil.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, there is no need to burn charcoal in the house.
She had said in advance that she was going to take a hot spring bath, so the hot spring had been cleared out for Su Jinshi, and there were servants serving her.
When Su Jinshi entered the lounge, a maid was ready to help her change clothes.
"You just stay here, I'll do it myself." Su Jinshi is still not used to others helping her change clothes.
"Madam, would you like me to serve you while you take a hot spring bath?" the maid asked again.
"No, just rest here." Su Jinshi said, "I'll call you if I need anything."
"yes."
The maid was puzzled when she saw Su Jinshi was reluctant to move. Then she heard Su Jinshi say, "Um... can you turn your back? I'm not used to others watching me changing clothes."
The maid thought to herself that this Madam Shen was really strange.
She doesn't like being served, nor is she used to being watched changing clothes.