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Colorful fireworks shot up into the sky, and the fireworks on the top of Lingshan Mountain lit up the night sky of Xiaofeng City. The dazzling fireworks fell into the eyes of everyone, and everyone's smiles were more dazzling than the fireworks.
Tai Shuhong looked up at the sky, his eyes burning: "Will there be fireworks every New Year in the future?" Xiaoxiao told him affirmatively: "Yes! There will definitely be! And there will be more and more!"
Xuan Yu held Du Heng's hand and said, "I only bought these fireworks because of limited time. I will buy more next year when we are settled down." Du Heng smiled and said, "I already have a lot."
The fireworks in Wan Workshop are big, and each box can hold a cup of tea. Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyufeng lit the fireworks at the same time, and they only lasted for a stick of incense before they were gone. When the last firework dissipated in the air, everyone was still not satisfied.
The brilliant fireworks entered everyone’s dreams. Throughout the night, huge fireworks bloomed in the monks’ dreams.
After staying in Xiaofeng City for a day and a night, on the morning of the second day of the New Year, everyone set out again on the snow. After the 鯥兽 flew for ten days, Dongji Mountain was right in front of us. Dongji Mountain was covered with snow, and it looked like a silver blanket from afar.
It was freezing outside, but the carriage was warm as spring. This was mainly because Du Heng took out the oven to bake something, and the sweet aroma filled every corner of the carriage.
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu were squatting in front of the oven, waiting patiently for the food inside to come out of the oven. Du Heng was kneading the dough on the chopping board next to the oven, while Jingnan and the others were sitting around the round table next to them to discuss important matters.
Everyone was discussing how to get to the Dragon Tribe's territory. As we all know, the Dragon Tribe lives in the sea southeast of the Demon Tribe. Generally speaking, to get to the Dragon Tribe, you have to cross most of the Demon Tribe to the east coast.
Xuan Yu didn't want to take this route, because it would take more than a month to cross Dongji Mountain and pass through the demon tribe. The demon world is now more chaotic than the human world, and those forces are ready to make a move. If an ambush is set on the road, it will bring unnecessary trouble.
Moreover, it was snowing all the way east, so there was not much scenery to see.
Xuan Yu wanted to take everyone on a different route. He wanted to take everyone south, but through Dongji Mountain, and go directly into the sea from the south and head towards the direction of the dragon clan.
However, Xuan Yu himself had never walked this road in the south. He had only heard people mention this road when he was in the tribe. This road passed through the territory of the mermaids, and the mermaids in the sea were notoriously difficult to deal with.
Feng Gui said calmly, "We are not just facing the mermaids in the east. The beast tribe has thirteen tribes. We killed the prince of the tiger tribe, and the tiger tribe will not let us off easily. In addition, the eagle tribe is ready to make a move, so there must be more than one tribe that will trip us up. Let's go south into the sea!"
Du Heng kneaded the dough and interrupted, "Since we are going to go south, why don't we go directly south after leaving Shenxu Palace?"
Jing Nan said: "If you head south from the beginning, it will be easy for the spies to follow you and guess your target. And once we enter Dongji Mountain, which is so big, who knows which way we can go out?"
Yun Zheng said: "There is also a river in Dongji Mountain that flows all the way south into the sea. There are some water monsters lurking in the river, but with the Dragon King here, the water monsters dare not act rashly."
Xuan Yu made the final decision: "Okay, let's go by water. Lianhua Xiyue, after entering the water, you will take turns to clear the way for the bream." Zhou Lianhua and Zhou Xiyue accepted the order: "Yes!"
Xiaoxiao reminded: "Du Hengheng, it's ready! Chirp chirp~" Afraid that Du Heng didn't hear him, he deliberately added the dialect.
Hearing Xiaoxiao's chirping, Du Heng quickly put down the dough in his hand: "Here it comes!"
Xiaoxiao stretched her neck and waited for Du Heng to open the oven: "Cake, cake~" Du Heng hadn't made egg cake for a long time, and his stock had long been eaten up!
Du Heng pulled out a baking tray from the oven. Inside the tray were golden and yellow egg cakes in the shape of little chickens and flowers. They were cute and delicious. However, under the baking tray, Xiaoxiao found a whole tray of egg cakes.
This layer of egg cake is different from the egg cake above. First of all, it is a big piece, three inches thick, two feet long and one and a half feet wide. Secondly, it looks softer than the cake above.
Xiaoxiao stared at the cake at the bottom in surprise: "Du Hengheng, this cake looks very different." Du Heng smiled and said: "Yes, I plan to use it to make a cream cake."
Last year, Xuan Yu bought a lot of milk and put it in the refrigerator. Du Heng had been busy cooking before and had no time to take care of the milk. Although milk is not easy to spoil with the formation, it has been stored for a long time, and Du Heng is always worried that it will go bad. Taking advantage of this period of free time, he thought of a way to deal with the milk.
Du Heng is not really good at making Western-style pastries. Back home, baking a pudding and making a Chinese egg tart was the limit. However, these few days, he had nothing to do, so he tinkered with it and actually made something.
He created butter. He originally wanted to make cream, but he over-whipped the cream, so he got some butter.
However, he still wanted the cream. There was no other reason. Which child could resist the temptation of cream cake? For Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu, he tried his best to make the cream.
Du Heng took out the un-creamed egg cake, put it on a plate and brought it to the round table. He looked around and saw Chonghua dozing with his head down and his eyes squinting. Hey, that's great, someone can do the hard labor for me.
At that moment, Du Heng called out softly, "Chonghua."
Chonghua suddenly woke up: "I'm not asleep! I'm awake!" What a confession!
Feng Gui snorted coldly: "You and Mao Buyan always doze off during meetings. Do you want me to keep your eyelids open?"
The cat said, "But Feng Jun, owls sleep during the day."
Feng Gui ruthlessly exposed Mao Buyan: "I haven't seen you skip a meal during the day." Mao Buyan was silent immediately.
Chonghua quickly changed the subject: "What do you want to talk to me about?" Du Heng pointed to the counter next to him and said, "Can you help me whip the cream?"
He really didn't dare to call Lao Dao and Yun Zheng anymore, because the two of them beat his bucket of cream into butter. The butter in Du Heng's hand was enough for him to make bread for several months in a row. This time he changed to Chonghua, hoping that this time it would be successful.
Besides, he changed the recipe this time and would never be so stupid as to use pure milk again!
Chonghua felt as if he had been pardoned. He happily picked up an egg cake and stuffed it into his mouth: "Here I come, here I come~"
When Chonghua saw the large and small bowls on the chopping board, he almost couldn't hold the cake in his mouth: "This...this...there are too many things..."
Du Heng smiled and scratched his head: "Well, it's a bit too much." He was a little greedy, he wanted to make bread and cake. This resulted in a lot of ingredients piled on the table, which looked like pots and bowls.
Du Heng said: "I'll clean it up, just clean it up."
Du Heng cleaned his hands and took the dough he kneaded out of the wooden basin and placed it on the chopping board. Chonghua stretched his neck to take a look: "Du Heng, this dough is different from the dough I usually see."
Most of the doughs Du Heng kneaded before were quite white, but this dough felt a bit greasy to him. In addition, the dough was a bit sticky. Why did Chonghua say that? Because he saw that when Du Heng pulled the dough, the dough was pulled very long.
Du Heng smiled and said, "Because butter and palm oil are added to the dough, it has good ductility. Look!" Du Heng pulled a piece of dough and stretched it open. The dough turned into a slightly transparent film, and Du Heng's fingers could be seen through the film.
Chonghua was convinced: "You look really impressive."
Du Heng said proudly: "It takes skill to knead the dough into a hand mask. Do you want to learn? I'll teach you." Chonghua shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I just want to watch."
If Chonghua is asked to knead the dough, he will die in front of Du Heng.
Du Heng quickly divided his dough into evenly sized pieces. He took out the baking tray and placed it aside. He took a piece of dough and rolled it on the chopping board. The irregular dough immediately turned into a smooth ball shape.
Du Heng flattened the ball and wrapped the red bean paste in the middle of the dough. In a few seconds, a palm-sized ball appeared in Du Heng's palm. He placed the ball on the baking tray. Soon, neat rows of balls appeared on the baking tray.
Xiaoxiao asked curiously while chewing the egg cake: "Du Hengheng, what are you doing?"
Du Heng said: "I made a small quantity of red bean bread, just to test the water first. If everyone likes it, I will make more next time." He wanted to try various Western-style snacks just to use up the milk, but he was afraid of failure, so he made a small amount first to test the water.
There was an inch of space between the bread doughs. After Du Heng finished, he put the baking tray aside and left it alone. Xiaoxiao asked again, "Aren't you going to put the bread in the oven?"
Du Heng said, "Not yet. We have to wait for the bread to ferment. Watch it for me and tell me when the bread becomes twice as big as it is now. Then we can brush it with egg wash and bake it in the oven."
Xiaoxiao raised her little wings: "I can do it! I'm good at brushing egg wash!" Du Heng smiled and handed the task to Xiaoxiao: "Then I'll leave it to you."
After moving the small loaf of bread off the table, the tabletop became a little emptier. Chonghua looked around and asked, "Where is the thing you need my help with?"
Du Heng pointed to the wooden basin in front of Chonghua, which contained some milky yellow and slightly thick liquid. This was melted butter, covered with a layer of fine icing sugar.
Chonghua thought that Du Heng wanted him to help beat egg liquid or something like that. He had helped Du Heng make egg cakes before. He didn't expect that there weren't many things to beat this time, and he wasn't familiar with them. But this didn't bother Chonghua, he was a professional at doing the hard work!
Chonghua devoured the egg cake in two or three bites. He rolled up his sleeves and picked up the brush-like wooden whisk: "Okay, I'll start!"
As he spoke, Zhonghua pressed the edge of the wooden basin with one hand and held the handle of the egg beater with the other. He began to exert force: "Oh oh oh oh——"
Lao Dao and the others looked in the direction of Chonghua: "..." What is Chonghua doing? Why is he making such a shameful sound?
Jing Nan laughed out loud: "Are you embarrassed now? The way you two whipped the cream a few days ago was not much better than this."
Yun Zheng and Lao Dao looked at each other. No wonder the usually active Dragon King never came forward when giving away things. Was he so embarrassed? !
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After Chonghua had been beating for a while, the butter in the wooden basin had turned milky white, and the icing sugar had been stirred into the butter. The more Chonghua beat the butter, the more he felt that the mixture in the wooden basin was a bit dry. At this time, Du Heng said, "Chonghua, you can add milk little by little now."
Chonghua looked over and saw a large bowl next to the wooden basin, which was half full of milk. Du Heng picked up the milk and said to Chonghua, "Stir it slowly while I add more milk."
Chonghua responded: "Okay!"
As the milk was added into the wooden basin little by little, the dry mixture gradually became smooth and its color changed from slightly yellow to white.
Xiaoxiao turned into a human form at this time, and he stood next to Du Heng: "Let me see~" Xiaoxiao's appearance was fine, Du Heng's hand shook, and the milk in the bowl suddenly poured too much!
Suddenly, there was some milk under the cream in the wooden basin. No matter how Chonghua stirred it, the milk could not be absorbed by the cream.
When Xiaoxiao saw that he had done something wrong, he smiled innocently: "Hey, I'm sorry, Du Hengheng, I think I did something bad."
Du Heng stopped what he was doing and said with a smile, "It's okay, just pour it out." Xiaoxiao's interruption actually made Du Heng realize how much milk to add.
Chonghua carefully poured the excess milk in the wooden basin into the large bowl. After stirring it a few times, the cream in the wooden basin really became smooth again. The cream at this time did not look like the white cream that Du Heng usually ate, but rather like the condensed milk he ate. However, the texture of the cream was thicker than that of condensed milk.
He dipped some of it with his finger and tasted it. It tasted very good, mellow and smooth. Although it didn't look good, the taste was unexpectedly good. Du Heng thought that this cream would be delicious when used as a sandwich!
This may not look good when applied on the cake, but who cares, as long as it tastes good! If it doesn't work, he will just cut the cake in half and make a few more layers of filling.
It’s a pity that he really can’t make the snow-white cream like the one in his hometown. There are some things he still can’t make even if he lives two lifetimes.
Jing Nan walked up to Du Heng without knowing when. "What are you busy with? I saw you kneading dough and pouring milk so early in the morning."
Du Heng said: "I wanted to make a cream cake, but I was missing something. I couldn't make that snow-white cream no matter what I did." Gelatin is really... too difficult to find a substitute for!
Jing Nan thought for a moment and said, "Some people in the horse tribe in the north can make butter, but the butter they make is not the snow-white one you said, but yellow. Yes, just like the butter you made before, but the butter they make is hard and has a bit of a smell."
Du Heng thought for a while and said, "What you are talking about might be cheese." Jing Nan spread his hands and said, "Never mind. It doesn't taste good anyway. Some of them have maggots inside. I can't get used to eating them anyway." Du Heng's mouth twitched when he heard Jing Nan's words.
Du Heng asked: "Nannan, do you know that they put something in when they make cream? Something that can make the milk coagulate."
Jing Nan thought for a moment and said, "Yes, they will add a kind of gelatin obtained by steaming and drying animal skins, or juice extracted from a kind of seaweed in the sea."
Du Heng's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes! That's what I need!"
Jing Nan said, "It's useless if you don't have it. Where can I find the glue made from steamed leather for you now?"
Du Heng sighed with regret. He comforted himself: "It's okay. When I get to the beast tribe in the future, I will definitely go find some gelatin. I still need some cream cake. Let's not touch the surface today. Let's eat a cream cake with a filling first."
As he spoke, Du Heng placed the whole cake on the chopping board, and with a flick of the knife he cut the three-inch thick cake base into two horizontal slices, dividing it into three layers.
The bright yellow cake was placed on the chopping board, and Du Heng rolled the cream in the wooden basin and smeared it on the middle of the cake. He also cut some fresh fruits and sandwiched them in between. Soon, there were two layers of cream and fruit in the middle of the bright yellow cake.
There was still some cream left in the bowl, so he spread it on the surface of the cake. A plain-looking cake with rich fillings appeared. He cut the square cake into dozens of pieces: "Come on, everyone, try the not-so-good cream cake."
Xuan Yu held a triangular cake in his hand. From the thick cross section of the cake, he could see the layers of fruit filling inside. He took a bite, and the rich cream wrapped around the sweet cake melted in his mouth, and the fruit mixed in it was sweet and sour. Whether in terms of taste or layers, this cake was much more delicious than the previous egg cake!
Xuan Yu liked this sweet taste, and he praised sincerely: "Delicious!"
The generals had never eaten cream cake before, and Chonghua was amazed after taking a bite: "This is delicious! Du Heng, can we make some more?!" Chonghua thought he could do it, and he could continue to whip up several basins of cream!
Du Heng took a bite of the finished product from Xuan Yu's hand. Just as he expected, although the whipped cream didn't look good, the taste was great! This could really be made more. Du Heng thought about his butter inventory and nodded: "Okay, I'll bake a few more cake bases later, and Chonghua, you can help whip some more cream."
Xuan Yu swallowed the cake and said seriously: "Let me fight, we have already discussed the matter, I am free now."
Du Heng replied: "Okay!"
At this time, the red bean buns that were placed in the baking tray finally grew to twice their original size. The swollen buns were crowded together in the baking tray, like chubby little chicks, and looked very cute.
Xiaoxiao held the cake in her mouth while brushing the bread with egg liquid with a small brush: "Du Hengheng, the bread can be baked. How long does it take to bake this?"
Du Heng said: "One stick of incense and a cup of tea is enough, but you need to keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't get burnt."
Watching the oven was something Xiaoxiao loved to do the most, so he immediately took on the task: "Okay! I'll keep an eye on it!"
At this time, the sound of a cow calling came from outside the car. Du Heng lifted the curtain and saw that the cow had stopped on the road at the foot of the mountain. Du Heng asked the cow in confusion, "Why don't you move?"
The cow turned around and lowered its head. Du Heng jumped off the frame and touched its head: "Are you tired? You need to take a rest, right? Here, I'll give you a salted duck egg."
The whole journey was carried out relying on the Cow. If it weren't for it, Du Heng and his companions would have to find a way to travel on their own.
The ox was eating salted duck eggs, and it lowered its head and rubbed Du Heng's chest. Perhaps because of the low temperature, the scales on the cow's body turned from ice blue to a deeper color, and a layer of fine fluff formed on the scales.
Xuan Yu also jumped down at this time. He saw at a glance why Niu Er stopped: "The temperature is too low. The fish beast can't stand it. We need to get into the water as soon as possible."
Du Heng followed Xuan Yu's line of sight and looked at the four hooves of the li beast, only to see that its thick hooves were covered with a layer of fine ice and snow. Du Heng reached out and patted the li beast's thighs, and the warm wood-type spiritual energy flowed into the li beast's body, and the ice and snow on the li beast's four hooves began to melt.
Yun Zheng came out from behind the curtain at this time: "The nearest river to the foot of the mountain is five miles away from here, we can follow the small waterway.
But the mountain was covered with snow and the water was covered with ice and snow. If we wanted to get out after entering the water, we would have to wait until we were in the river. "
Xuan Yu didn't think twice: "Let's go into the water now." Yun Zheng responded, and he sat in front of the carriage: "Mr. Du and Lord Long, please get in the carriage, I will drive."
Xuan Yu said, "It's okay. I'll drive. Just tell me the direction." Yun Zheng said, "Go straight along this road. You'll see a pond in less than five miles."
Xuan Yu nodded: "I understand. You go in first, Du Heng, you go in too."
The winter in Dongji Mountain can freeze a Jindan cultivator to death. Seeing that the weather is about to change again, Xuan Yu is ready to hurry on. He sat in front of the frame and said, "Let's go."
The 鯥 beast let out a low cry, and at this moment a layer of light blue barrier appeared outside the frame, enveloping both the vehicle and the 鯥 beast. Under the protection of the barrier, the footprints of the 鯥 beast and the traces of the wheel tracks disappeared.
The 鯥兽 pulled the cart steadily on the road. Xuan Yu looked around, and his consciousness swept over the nearby mountains. After entering Dongji Mountain, they had to stay alert at all times. They did not take the Qiongqi Road or the Taowu Road, so they had to stay extremely alert before entering the water.
The curtain suddenly moved, and Du Heng sat next to Xuan Yu holding a piece of cake in his hand: "Hey, this beauty is alone, do you need me to accompany you?"
Xuan Yu's smile overflowed from his eyes, and he said slowly: "I couldn't ask for more."
Du Heng used a small bamboo knife to cut a piece of cake and stuffed it into Xuan Yu's mouth: "Is it delicious?" Xuan Yu had answered this question before. Even if Du Heng asked ten times, Xuan Yu's answer would be the same: "Delicious."
Du Heng narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If it tastes good, eat more. I will bake more cakes in a while and put thick cream in them. You can eat them whenever you want."
Xuan Yu smiled and nodded: "Yeah!"
Du Heng looked at the snow-covered road ahead and said, "Come to think of it, Xiaoyu, you never told me about the Dragon Clan. Not only you, but also Nannan and Xixi. You never told me what happened after I left."
Before he died, Xuan Yu and the others had not yet transformed. Du Heng always thought that the three little ones around him were just ordinary fox feather tribes and snakes. He didn't expect that they all had the blood of divine beasts. After Du Heng's death, how did they return to their own race? How did they climb to the position of clan leader or demon god? The hardships involved cannot be explained in a few words.
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "We're here." Du Heng was stunned: "What?"
Xuan Yu pointed to his feet and said, "The pond is right below."
The surface of the pond was covered with snow. At first glance, it was impossible to tell where the road was and where the pond was. If I hadn't released my divine sense, I would have missed it.
How come they got here so soon? He still wanted to hear Xiaoyu talk about the dragon clan.
Xuan Yu raised his hand, and a hole with a diameter of ten feet appeared on the pond in front of him. The water at the bottom of the hole surged up, and the bream cried happily, and it stepped forward and walked towards the hole.
Xuan Yu raised his head and quickly kissed Du Heng on the forehead. He held Du Heng's hand and said, "Nothing will happen along the way. I will tell you everything you want to know."
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