The two were about to go out with the three kids when Tao Huayu came over with a plastic bag in his hand.
He waved his hand and spoke before entering the courtyard: "Hey, Wenxi is here. I just went to the studio and my sister said that Xuxu was going to write a script there. Why hasn't she come over at this time? It turns out that a friend is coming."
Wenxi greeted him: "Long time no see."
Tao Huayu walked closer and opened the plastic bag to show her: "You are here this time. My uncle just sent me some sweet potatoes early in the morning. They taste great."
"Oh, I like to eat this, it's a blessing!" Wenxi said with a smile.
"Let me see," Liu Wangxue poked her head out to take a look and guessed, "Did my brother-in-law use this to make dessert?"
"Yes, I have. I just went to deliver some ingredients for milk tea, as well as biscuits and cakes to the studio." Tao Huayu nodded. It seemed that they were about to go there as well. "You must try them when you go there later."
Gu Xuelan heard the conversation in the yard and came out to see who was coming. She smiled and said, "Hua Yu is here."
"Hey, auntie, my uncle brought some sweet potatoes this morning, and my mother asked me to bring some to you." Tao Huayu handed the plastic bag to Gu Xuelan.
Gu Xuelan took it with a smile: "Thank her for me. I mentioned it a few days ago, and she still remembers it. I ran into her in the store yesterday and we chatted for a while. She said she also wanted to learn cross-stitch. I happen to have a practice bag here, and I plan to send it to her this afternoon. It's just right that you can help me bring it back to her later."
Tao Huayu couldn't imagine her mother embroidering. "She is busy from morning till night, how can she have time to embroider this? I guess she just said it casually, don't take it seriously."
Gu Xuelan walked towards the kitchen and raised the bag in her hand: "I just said casually that I wanted to eat this. It's up to her to take it seriously, but not me."
Liu Wangxue laughed at Tao Huayu: "Young people shouldn't interfere in the affairs between old sisters. Just be a courier."
"Okay," Tao Huayu said, "I just happened to be here to see you."
Liu Wangxue asked: "What do you want from me?"
Tao Huayu said: "I just received a call from the manufacturer this morning. The sofa you ordered is temporarily out of stock. I want to ask if you want to wait or change to another model directly."
"Why is it out of stock?" Liu Wangxue asked.
Tao Huayu smiled and said, "There is a high-end property in Linshi that was delivered with fine decoration, and all the orders were taken at once. I told you before that when they designed this sofa, they gave up some unnecessary aesthetics for the sake of comfort, and the price is high, so sales have not been very good. The manufacturer does not have much inventory, and originally planned to stop production, but now they are forced to rush the work. So if you wait, it will probably be after the New Year, but I think it will be uncertain after the New Year, and it will be available for retail until the beginning of March."
Liu Wangxue plans to move to the small building at the end of January. In fact, she can also move the sofa set she is using now over there, but this set is much smaller than the space in the living room over there, and it will not look good if put in.
She thought for a moment and said, "Then let's change it. You have similar models somewhere. My mom will definitely buy a blanket to cover the sofa, so this one won't make much difference."
Wenxi asked Liu Wangxue, "But didn't you choose this model for its comfort? You don't need it urgently anyway, so why don't you wait?"
"I'm in a hurry, of course I am," Liu Wangxue said, "My aunt and uncle are coming over during the Chinese New Year, and there will be no place to sit then."
Tao Huayu promised: "Do you feel safe leaving it to me? I will definitely strictly check the quality! I will definitely choose the best one for you at the same price."
Liu Wangxue was of course relieved. She was already in Haishi when she was choosing furniture, and Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan didn't have time to go to Tao Huayu's store. She just told him her requirements, and Tao Huayu sent her the pictures, and she chose according to them.
Liu Wangxue said to him, "Okay, thank you for your help. I'll treat you to a meal when the house is finished."
"What's the trouble?" Tao Huayu laughed heartily.
Gu Xuelan had just put the sweet potatoes in the kitchen and went back to the living room to get the practice bag and handed it to Tao Huayu.
After they finished talking, Liu Wangxue and Wenxi were about to go out, so they asked him if he wanted to go with them.
Tao Huayu shook his head and pointed to the small building: "You guys go first. I just happened to be going over to check on the progress of the renovation so that I can arrange a time to deliver the furniture to you."
So the two of them said goodbye to him and left with the three of them.
When they arrived at the studio, they saw Tao Huaxin coming out of the office with a tray as soon as they entered the courtyard. Tao Huaxin hadn't seen Wenxi for a long time. She had heard from Tao Huayu about her help to Li Yu, and her favorability towards her was rising. She was so happy that she took two quick steps to greet her.
As the three of them greeted each other, Wenxi, who had nothing in her hands, hurried over to support her: "Sister Hua Xin, don't forget that you are a pregnant woman. Why are you walking so fast? It makes people tremble with fear."
"I'm still strong enough," Tao Huaxin called them, "Let's go and try the new desserts."
Liu Wangxue put her bag on the small sofa, untied the leashes of the three cats and let them play by themselves, then sat down at the bar with Wenxi.
Tao Huaxin served each of them a small bowl of red sugar fermented rice dumplings, and took out two sweet potato tarts from the cake cabinet: "Try them. Huayu just sent them not long ago. Everyone likes them very much. They are almost sold out."
Tao's mother made the fermented glutinous rice herself, and this is also what Tao Huaxin and Tao Huayu love to eat. The dumplings are made from sweet potatoes. Peel them, cut them into thin slices, steam them, and let them cool. Then mash them into a paste, add an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour to make dough, and then roll them into small balls and cook them. Then boil brown sugar and red dates water, add the fermented glutinous rice, pour in starch water after it boils, and pour in the beaten egg liquid after it thickens. Because it is to be sold, the soup is put in a thermos bucket, and the balls are placed separately, and then served together when eating.
The crust of the egg tart is also made of sweet potato. Add appropriate amount of starch to the mashed potato and knead it evenly. Take a small piece and put it in a paper cake cup. Press it into the shape of the cup against the inner wall. Brush a thin layer of oil on the surface, then pour in the egg tart liquid mixed with fresh fruit particles and put it in the oven. The sweet potato tart crust is sweet and soft, mixed with tender and delicate light milk pudding, the baked caramel aroma is matched with the sweetness of the fruit, and the taste is fourfold. No matter how bad your mood is, you can instantly explode fireworks with one bite, which makes people unable to stop.
As they ate, they listened to Tao Huaxin saying, "Except for brown sugar, no extra sugar was added. It's all the sweetness of the ingredients themselves."
Wenxi finished the last bite of the egg tart and said, "If I hadn't been abroad at the time, Sister Huaxin, I would have bought a ticket the moment I saw your circle of friends. Oh, how many delicious foods have I missed in the past few months——"
Liu Wangxue had already finished her egg tarts. She took a sip of the brown sugar fermented rice wine with a spoon and laughed at her: "I don't know who is talking about losing weight all the time. Even if she didn't miss it, it would probably be more of a feast for her eyes than a feast for her mouth."
Tao Huaxin pointed to the trademark on the bowl and said to Wenxi, "Don't worry, our store is called 'Not Sweet', and all our products are natural and healthy. Look, I eat it every day, and I haven't gained much weight."
"That's different. Sister Huaxin, you're pregnant." Wenxi said, and suddenly thought of something. She also pointed at the trademark and asked Tao Huaxin, "Oh, by the way, have you picked a nickname for the child? Is it Tiantian?"
Liu Wangxue continued: "Why don't you say 'no no'?"
Tao Huaxin smiled: "Not yet. Xiang Rong has already started thinking about it and has chosen many, but in the end he felt that none of them were good. Anyway, there are still several months left, so there is no rush." (End of this chapter)
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