Chapter 164 Focaccia Bread
The merchants nearby are the ones who suffer the most. They can smell all kinds of fragrances every day, but they can only smell them but cannot eat them.
"It's a pity that they are closed today, otherwise I would really like to go and ask."
"Let's go, let's go. You can't get any food standing here. Let's finish shopping and go home to eat."
Wen Yongnan turned the heat down from medium to low: "Yi Yi, do you want a lower temperature this time?"
"Well, the temperature of the things you make will also change, but you can only feel this temperature yourself. No one else can do it in a short time."
“It’s really not easy.”
"Brother, isn't it difficult for you to study?"
"That being said, it's not easy for you to achieve what you have done."
Old Mrs. Ma and Old Mrs. Wen came back after a while, both of them looked very happy.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the two of them strangely: "Grandma, why did you come back so soon?"
"The owner of the cloth shop is preparing to move, so they're selling the cloth at a low price. We bought a lot."
"Moving shop?"
"Well, the shops across the street are preparing to move."
"Why?"
"It's Boss Wu's son. He's been making a fuss over the family property. All these merchants are annoyed by him, so they're planning to move here."
Old Man Wen looked puzzled: "We are all family, what is there to fight about?"
"It's true that they are a family, but they didn't come from the same womb, so how can they be the same?"
Old Man Wen stopped talking, shook his head and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Wen Zhenyi saw that the chrysanthemum pastries in the oven were ready, so he took them out and set them aside to cool.
The bread that had been baked earlier had already cooled. She used a knife to cut the bread into small pieces and gave each person a piece: "Taste it and see how it tastes. The bottom is a little crispy."
"It still feels a bit regrettable to eat it like this." Geng Ru looked at the bread in her hand with a little regret.
Wen Zhenyi smiled and joked, "Aunt, if you don't eat it, it would be a shame if it goes bad."
"You're right."
Old Man Ma took a bite. It was soft and had the aroma of vegetables and fruits. "It's delicious. It's soft and fluffy."
Old Man Wen also likes to eat it: "Yi Yi, what is this called?"
“Focaccia bread.”
Ma Yinghe felt a little awkward when hearing this name: "Why is this name so strange?"
"Mom, just know it's called bread."
Wen Yongman had already finished the piece of bread in his hand. He turned to look at Ma Ruier and said, "Cousin, if you don't want to eat it, why not give it to me?"
Ma Ruier was reluctant to eat it. After hearing Wen Yongman's words, she opened her mouth and took a bite: "Who said I won't eat it?"
Wen Yongman looked at the empty baking tray with some regret. He really wanted to eat another piece, but unfortunately there was none left.
Old Ma looked at Old Madam Wen and said, "I envy you. You can eat delicious food every day."
"I don't have good food every day now. If today weren't the birthdays of the two children, we would still be in the village."
"You didn't help?"
"We are going back to the village to farm and build a pigpen to raise pigs."
"Want to raise pigs?"
"Well, we can't just rely on buying pork from outside in the future. If they raise the price anytime they want, or refuse to sell it to us, then it will be difficult for the people in our town to even have a bite of meat."
"Can you handle it?"
"If we're too busy, we'll hire someone when the time comes."
"Do you want us to help?"
"No, no, you guys are also going to go back and open the shop, you'll be busy then."
Old Mrs. Ma looked at her and smiled: "If you need help, just tell me, you're welcome, we're good at farm work."
"Haha, I won't be polite with you."
At noon, Wen Zhenyi decided to cook himself and prepare a sumptuous lunch for everyone.
After lunch, Ma Can and Ma Yuruo had to return to the county town first. They had to be on duty tomorrow and had to rush back today.
Wen Zhen packed up all the cooled chrysanthemum cakes for them to take away. "Uncle, you can eat these chrysanthemum cakes on the way. If there are any left, go back and share them with your colleagues to taste."
"No, just keep it for yourselves."
"We can still make it, you can take these back."
Old Man Wen smiled and said, "This is a token of my appreciation. You can take it back."
Ma Yuruo smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, cousin."
Wen Zhenyi inserted it into his mouth and whispered, "Cousin, don't forget to give some to the woman who gave you the sachet."
Ma Yuruo was stunned, then looked down at the sachet on her waist, a smile appearing on her face: "Don't you think my aunt made this for me?"
"This is not the needlework of my aunt and cousin." Wen Zhenyi blinked mischievously.
Ma Yuruo smiled slightly: "Okay."
"Looks like I'm going to have a drink at my cousin's wedding soon."
Ma Yuruo's face rarely turned red: "I'm leaving now since nothing has been decided yet." Then he turned around and walked out the door.
Ma Yushun came over with a puzzled look on his face: "Cousin, what were you and big brother talking about just now?"
"Nothing, I just told him to be careful not to crush the chrysanthemum crisps."
"Big brother is calm and steady in his work."
Wen Zhenyi looked him up and down: "Second cousin, why are you so jumpy?"
"That's because my heart is so vast."
"Are you still planning to venture into the martial arts world?"
Ma Yushun glanced at Geng Ru's back and whispered, "Your aunt wouldn't let me, otherwise I might have already gone."
Wen Zhenyi shook his head helplessly: "You don't have any chrysanthemum crisps today."
"Cousin, why don't you do more? We can help."
"Cousin, you said that."
"Of course I said that."
Wen Zhenyi also planned to do more so that he wouldn't have to repeat it tomorrow.
Everyone was free and started helping to make snacks to take with them tomorrow.
There is still time to bake the bread tomorrow, but the process of making the chrysanthemum pastry is a bit more complicated, so it’s okay to make it earlier.
She did what she said, and with everyone helping her, the work became much more efficient, so she didn't have to do it herself.
Zhu Tao has already memorized the steps.
Wen Zhenyi was still wondering what else he could do.
Now that she lacks butter and milk, she is limited in many things and can only choose to make things that do not require these two things.
She also needs to prepare some scented tea and drinks. She plans to bring only bread, chrysanthemum pastries and two-color lollipops tomorrow.
She couldn't help here, so she went to the kitchen to make two-color lollipops.
She checked the ingredients and chose to use purple sweet potato powder to make a layer of dye.
"Do you need help?"
"Brother Shen, aren't you outside?"
"There's no place for me outside." Chen Hanxing was speechless. He went to the toilet and came back, but all the places were taken.
Wen Zhenyi saw Axiang walk in again: "Is there no place for you?"
Ah Xiang nodded: "Yeah."
"Then you two can help me with the rest."
Pour the purple potato starch, flour, sugar and egg white into a bowl and mix them into a batter. Add the egg yolks to the flour and make a batter as well.
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