Chapter 51
Your sister doesn't allow you to drink too much, but it's not that I'm stingy
Xiao Yue took out a bag of black tea from the cupboard, poured it into the pot without oil or water and started roasting it.
Black tea leaves are in the form of brown-red strips and are slightly tough at first. As they are roasted, they begin to become dry and the tea aroma gradually spreads, transforming from a settled fragrance into a refreshing fragrance.
Fu Xunzhou and Fang Sanhong were unable to help and could only watch from the sidelines. Only the former would occasionally look towards Xiao Yue.
Not long after the tea leaves were roasted, Xiao Yue took out the white sugar and poured it into the pot to roast it together with the black tea leaves.
This step is especially important. If you are not careful, the whole pot will be ruined.
Therefore, Xiao Yue controlled the heat particularly carefully, keeping it at medium heat throughout the process so that the sugar could slowly dissolve and blend with the fragrant black tea leaves, gradually emitting a charming caramel aroma.
Soon after, Xiao Yue poured all the warm water prepared on the side into the pot.
A "sizzling" sound was heard, and the water that came into contact with the black tea syrup began to roll instantly.
That’s not all. Xiao Yue took out some pure white milk and poured it in.
The originally brown soup was mixed with milk, and the brown and white collided and blended into a unique light brown color.
Xiao Yue stirred the spoon to allow them to continue to blend fully.
Soon, fine and dense bubbles appeared on the edge of the pot, and the mellow aroma unique to milk tea made people feel sweet.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yue served out the boiled milk tea, left half of it normally, and put the other half into the water dispenser beside him, and directly lowered the temperature to let it cool.
However, no matter how fast it cools down, milk tea’s soul mate—pearls—is still indispensable.
Xiao Yue took out sugar again, this time brown sugar, and quickly boiled the brown sugar water. Then he added tapioca starch into it and stirred it into a paste.
Then Xiao Yue took out the dough. It was a little hot, but it got much better as she used a rolling pin and worked slowly.
Roll out the dough, divide it into long strips, sprinkle it with starch, and finally cut it into small pieces and roll it into balls...
This step was a bit long, so Fu Xunzhou came up to help and asked, "Is this added to the milk tea?"
"That's right." Xiao Yue made room for Fang Sanhong and said as he rubbed her: "Don't worry, you can't drink the iced milk tea, but there's still a portion of hot milk tea!"
Fu Xunzhou paused, looked at the sun outside the window, and was silent for a while: "I think I can do it too..."
"No." Xiao Yue didn't even look at him and interrupted him bluntly: "Don't you know what your body is like?"
"My body...?"
Fu Xunzhou said something immediately, but before he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Yue glance at him, then lowered his head and rubbed the pearls seriously.
"As you say."
“That’s more like it!”
Fang Sanhong: “?”
Fang Sanhong: "I said..."
Fang Sanhong glanced at Xiao Yue's clear eyes and held back: "Forget it, I won't say anything."
The amount of pearls included the portion for tomorrow’s customers, so there was a lot of dough and it took the three of them a long time to finish kneading it all.
After rubbing the pearls, the next step is to boil water and wait for the pearls to float up one by one, then scoop them out and rinse them with cold water.
Xiao Yue took out three cups, asked Fu Xunzhou and Fang Sanhong to wait aside, and then began to add pearls into the cups.
There is the same amount in the three cups, no more, no less, and after adding them, you can pour in the milk tea with the tempting fragrance that has been dyeing your hair on the side.
The first two cups were cool milk tea, and Xiao Yue also added some ice cubes.
She added the steaming milk tea she had taken out separately to the third cup, and the temperature was just right, neither too hot nor too cold.
After finishing, Xiao Yue took out the prepared straw and handed the warm milk tea to Fu Xunzhou first.
"...Thank you." Fu Xunzhou reached out to take it and clearly saw the mockery in her eyes.
Fu Xunzhou had no choice but to lower his head to look at the liquid in the cup and tried to take a sip.
It has a rich milky aroma at first, and the aftertaste has the fragrance of tea and the sweetness of sugar. It is very mellow and has a great taste.
Compared to simple tea leaves and pure fresh milk, milk tea seems to extract the most essential parts of both and finally blend them into such a delicious cup.
Especially since this was the milk tea Xiao Yue had specially prepared, the warmth seemed to flow through the body and spread to all limbs once it took a sip.
"It tastes very good." Fu Xunzhou looked at Xiao Yue and spoke in a gentle voice.
Xiao Yue was lifting the cup, and when she sucked the milk tea into her mouth, she suddenly closed her eyes and took a deep breath, her whole soul almost drifting away.
That’s the taste!
Her favorite milk tea!
Even if it is the simplest and most common way of making it, it still tastes like this!
Not only the taste, but also the pearls inside are dark brown in color, soft and chewy, and the mellow aroma lingering in the mouth makes it even more memorable.
The two are truly the best partners!
Xiao Yue drank two cups in a row and felt relaxed all over, thinking about other small things in his mind.
Coconut flakes, tapioca pearls, crispy popcorn, candied beans, taro paste... there are so many that I can’t even count them all.
Xiao Yue is self-aware. There are too many types and he is simply unable to handle them all. Some of them can be made by himself, but more can only be exchanged directly from the mall.
Just like – the cream and condensed milk needed to make shaved ice.
Tomorrow is the first day of the cool-down plan, so how could there be only iced milk tea?
So when Xiao Yue took out something new from the cabinet, it attracted the puzzled gazes of the two people in the kitchen.
Xiao Yue took out a large portion of fresh milk and poured it into two wooden barrels respectively. Then he added the two things he had just taken out, stirred them evenly, covered them with a lid, and placed them in the freezer at the bottom of the refrigerator.
Fu Xunzhou was puzzled: "What is this?"
"Refreshing shaved ice is also a new series for tomorrow!" Xiao Yue clapped her hands and explained, "It needs to be frozen for two hours and hardened before it can be made, so I can only let you try it tomorrow."
Fu Xunzhou nodded: "What else do we need to do now?"
"Well... we need to cut some fruit." Xiao Yue looked at him: "But I don't need your help. It's getting late. You can bring some milk tea back later..."
"Meow~"
Before she could finish her words, the voice of a little orange cat came from the door.
Xiao Yue was stunned, he looked down and found that the little orange cat had been squatting at the door at some point, looking over at him curiously with watery eyes.
"Meow~"
The little orange cat didn't run away. Instead, it squatted obediently at the door and swept the ground with its tail.
Xiao Yue subconsciously looked at the milk tea that smelled of milk, and understood it in her mind. She couldn't help laughing: "So you want to drink this, okay, but you can't drink too much."
But she had already given the remaining warm milk tea to Fu Xunzhou...
Xiao Yue was about to ask, but saw that he had already taken out a small plate and poured out a small amount of milk tea.
Then Fu Xunzhou went to the door, squatted down and put the small plate on the ground.
The little orange cat stepped back subconsciously, its tail slightly puffed up, staring at him warily.
"Your sister doesn't allow you to drink too much, but I'm not stingy." Fu Xunzhou said in a low voice, tapping the edge of the plate with his finger, letting the thin layer of milk tea inside roll.
The little orange cat looked down, wandered there for a while before tentatively moving forward, sniffed the plate, then stuck out its tongue and rolled up the milk tea.
Xiao Yue blinked, and saw Fu Xunzhou turned his head, looking at her with a smile in his dark brown eyes.
He was squatting at the door, and a ray of light hit his face, giving it an orange-gold glow.
Xiao Yue was a little dazed for a moment.
You know what, Fu Xunzhou’s eyes are quite beautiful, but... but what kind of address is “your sister”?
In the kitchen, Fang Sanhong, who had drunk three cups of milk tea and eaten pearls to her heart's content, finally put down the cup and looked over while burping.
At this glance, she saw Xiao Yue cough lightly and touch his nose.
Fang Sanhong: “?”
What's the matter?
——
At night, at the gate of Su Mansion.
"Don't forget about tomorrow."
"I know, I know! I won't forget it. Go back soon, I'm already home!"
Su Xiaoxiao waved goodbye to Cheng Min who sent her back. Her tone was impatient but with a smile on her face. After that, she walked back.
She hummed a little tune all the way, and when she returned to her courtyard, she saw the worried look on the maid's face.
"Miss!" The maid finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Where have you been? The mistress has been looking for you all night. She said that the master has something to discuss and is looking for you to come over!"
Su Xiaoxiao paused, a little impatient, and muttered in a low voice: "It's still the same things after all. I've already said that I don't want to get married, I don't want to get married..."
Despite this, Su Xiaoxiao sighed and went to find her grandfather's residence.
Sure enough, the house was brightly lit, and she could faintly hear the voices of her father, mother, and grandfather discussing something.
Su Xiaoxiao made a gesture to the maids and servants waiting at the door, signaling them to keep quiet, and tiptoed over.
"…West Street has been really busy lately. It's understandable that father wants to open a food store there. Cooperating with the Si family is also a strong alliance. But is it inappropriate to use marriage as a means of alliance?"
It was her father's voice, followed by her mother's.
"Yeah, how could Xiaoxiao agree? She is used to freedom. Even if we are on good terms with the Si family..."
Before they could finish, an old man interrupted them with a cold snort.
"You also said that the Su family and the Si family have been friends for generations, so why not form an alliance? The food store business in Liuyun City is booming now, and it's time for Xiaoxiao to marry in and consolidate the relationship and work for the Su family! What can she do if she disagrees?"
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned. The next second, she pushed the door open and said angrily, "Grandpa, how could you do this!"
The three people in the room were startled. Su's mother was the first to come to her senses and hurried over to hold her back: "No, Xiaoxiao, your grandfather was just talking, we haven't agreed yet..."
"What do you mean you didn't agree?" The white-haired, elegantly dressed old man in the room put down the teacup in his hand heavily, his eyes sharp and cloudy: "Tomorrow I will reply to the Si family that Xiaoxiao is willing to marry him, and the food store will be opened within this month. Is it your turn to disagree?"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him in disbelief. Her whole body felt as if a bucket of water had been poured over it. She couldn't help but shiver on this summer night.
Her eyes were red, tears rolled down her cheeks, and she turned and ran out.
"I won't marry! I won't marry even if I kill myself!! If you want to marry, you can do it yourself!!"
“Su Xiaoxiao——!”
Still hearing the angry voice behind her, Su Xiaoxiao ran away without looking back and went straight to her room to pack her things.
When she was halfway through packing, Su's mother came in a hurry and stopped her immediately: "Xiaoxiao, what are you doing!"
Su Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, just sniffed, her expression extremely determined.
"Xiao Xiao!"
Su's mother was extremely anxious. No matter what she said, she would not listen and had a bad feeling in her heart.
Sure enough, Su Xiaoxiao packed up her things, tied them up tightly and carried them on her back, her voice hoarse.
"I only took my underwear and some money. I will pay you back when I make money. Don't worry about me. I'm sorry, mom. I will take good care of myself in the future..."
Su Xiaoxiao was so sad that she broke free from her mother's hand and ran towards the door.
"Xiaoxiao..." Mother Su was dumbfounded. She came to her senses and quickly called the maid at the door: "Why don't you stop the young lady!"
But the maid was a step too slow, and Su Xiaoxiao brushed past her and quickly disappeared at the door.
Half an hour later.
Su Xiaoxiao came to a door, hesitated for a long time, and raised her hand to knock.
In his sleep, Cheng Min vaguely heard a cry, which startled him and he sat up. After realizing what was going on, he immediately got out of bed and ran to the door.
"Su Xiaoxiao?!"
When the door opened, it was Su Xiaoxiao who was squatting on the ground crying. When she saw him, she cried even harder.
"Cheng, Chengmin... I, I... Grandpa wasn't like this before. He loved me so much. Why did he force me... I don't even like Si Pu..."
Cheng Min was stunned for a moment, his heart immediately tightened, and he squatted down and slowly hugged her.
"Don't be afraid, don't cry."
“Wuwuwu…”
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