Chapter 107 Birthday
Place it upside down on a plate with two chopsticks to let it cool.
After an hour, the homemade cream is ready.
Zhao Yeqing cleaned the homemade egg beater and began to try to whip the cream.
Whether it will succeed or not depends on now.
Beating cream is easier than beating egg whites. After she beat it for five minutes, the liquid in the bowl slowly turned into solid cream.
Zhao Yeqing dipped her finger in some and tasted it. It was a little lighter in milk flavor than the ready-made cream she bought, but she was already very satisfied.
Beat for a few minutes longer to allow the butter to firm up slightly so it doesn't melt too quickly.
I glanced at the time and it was already seven o'clock. The sunlight outside had turned orange.
The cake base has cooled down. After turning it upside down, it has shrunk a little bit, but overall it is still very successful.
The golden skin around and on the top of the cake base should be peeled off to reveal the sponge-like middle part, and the peeled part should be put into your stomach.
Zhao Yeqing found a small knife, scooped out the cream from the basin and spread it on the cake base. There was no fruit to decorate it, but there were some fruit-flavored soft candies among the supplies she collected. She decorated the cake with the round fruit candies.
There were no birthday candles left, so Zhao Yeqing found a piece of rush, a thin, white piece of rush that could be lit and inserted into the cake as a candle.
Rush is also a herb and will not harm the human body if put on the cake.
When everything was ready, Zhao Yeqing hid the cake in a bucket and hung it in the well to refrigerate.
I had been planning on making smoked fish for dinner tonight, but now I’m afraid it’s a bit too late as it takes a bit too long to make the cake.
Zhao Yeqing took out the flour and planned to make two simple bowls of noodles tonight.
Longevity noodles must be long and not broken. After kneading the dough, she carefully rolled out an extra-long noodle for fear that it would break when cooked. The noodle was as thick as a little finger.
It doesn't necessarily taste good, it's mainly for a good omen.
If it doesn’t taste good, there’s still cake.
I'll feed the dog at home with the leftover fish soup tonight, just in time to use up the last fish.
After Zhao Yeqing cooked the fish soup, Mu Xi came home with the sheep and the dog.
"You can eat soon." Zhao Yeqing was afraid that he would find the cake when he went to get water, so he pointed to the bucket at the door and said, "I've got water for you, go wash up."
Scoop out two tablespoons of the cooked fish soup, boil the noodles in water in advance, put them into the fish soup, and add a poached egg and a few freshly grown tender vegetable leaves on top.
Zhao Yeqing's bowl was ordinary noodles, and Mu Xi's bowl was handmade by her. She thought that today was not her birthday, so she didn't care about the meaning. What if the noodles she made were not delicious?
It is enough for one person to suffer this pain.
Mu Xi walked in, and Zhao Yeqing handed him the noodles, "Try it."
Mu Xi took it and looked down at the unusual noodles in the bowl. The noodles were very thick and took a long time to cook, so the surface of the noodles was a little mushy.
He was so fascinated by this bowl of noodles that didn't look good. Zhao Yeqing coughed awkwardly and said, "It's just a good omen. Don't take it too seriously."
Mu Xi shook his head, picked up the chopsticks and stirred the bowl gently, found the beginning of the noodles, and started eating carefully from the beginning.
There were some blobs on the outside of the noodles, but the inside was just cooked. Zhao Yeqing knew that they were not very tasty just by thinking about it, and he ate the finished noodles in his bowl with a guilty conscience.
Mu Xi didn't say a word until he had finished all the noodles, the side dishes and the soup, then he raised his head.
“It’s delicious.”
Zhao Yeqing thought these three words should be somewhat sarcastic, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Mu Xi's eyebrows softened, a slight smile on the corners of his mouth, and there seemed to be stars of light dancing in his eyes.
She didn't know why she was stunned. After a few seconds, she came back to her senses. Her cheeks were a little hot. She lowered her head and said casually, "It's delicious. I'll make it for you next year."
Unexpectedly, the other party responded solemnly, "It's agreed."
Is it really that delicious?
Zhao Yeqing even doubted whether he had performed beyond his normal level.
When she finished eating the noodles, the rice in the pot was steamed, and Mu Xi walked over to fill the dog's rice bowl.
Zhao Yeqing took the opportunity to walk out and around the back of the house and pulled the cake out of the well.
After lighting the rush outside the house, he carefully brought it in.
She didn't sing Happy Birthday because she thought that would be awkward.
Afraid that the rush would go out, he walked in carefully.
When he reached Mu Xi, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and said with a smile, "Mu Xi, happy birthday."
Mu Xi lowered his head slightly and looked at the girl in front of him. Her beautiful face with curved eyebrows looked a little hazy in the dim firelight.
His throat moved slightly, and some emotions in his heart seemed to be unable to be suppressed and were about to burst out. He looked at her with deep eyes.
Seeing that the person in front of him was motionless, Zhao Yeqing urged, "Make a wish quickly, this rush is about to emit black smoke."
Mu Xi suppressed his emotions, reached out to take the cake, held it himself, closed his eyes, made a wish, and then blew out the candles.
This cake must have taken a lot of effort to make. He wanted to celebrate her birthday well before thinking about anything else. He was afraid of affecting her mood and wasting his kindness.
"Try it quickly!" Zhao Yeqing took a spoon and handed it to him.
Since there were only two of them, they didn't need to bother cutting the cake, and they could also wash two fewer dishes.
Mu Xi took the spoon and scooped a spoonful into his mouth, "Delicious."
The person who cooked the food would definitely be the happiest when it was praised. Zhao Yeqing also took a spoon and scooped a bite from it.
“As expected of me.”
Mu Xi looked at her smug look without stopping his hands and ate most of the cake.
Zhao Yeqing handed him the unused milk that had been opened after making the cake, "Drink some and don't choke."
She also ate half of it. The cream cake soothed her recent fatigue. If only she had a cow, she would have an endless supply of milk to make cakes.
In theory, goat milk should be able to do the same, but I'm afraid it will be too smelly if not handled properly.
After eating the cake, Mu Xi cleaned up the dishes and washed them, while Zhao Yeqing went to take a shower.
I sweated just as much in the kitchen as I did outside. I fell asleep in just a few minutes after taking a shower and lying on the bed.
Mu Xi put grass in the sheepfold and the stable for the night before going to take a bath.
When she returned to the room, Zhao Yeqing had already fallen asleep. The moonlight shone in onto the bed. The girl was sleeping soundly with the quilt in her arms. Her knee-length shorts had risen a little, and there were three or two red spots on them that looked particularly glaring.
Mu Xi took a quick look and immediately looked away, lit a mosquito coil in the corner of the room, and before the coil took effect, he squatted beside the bed and drove away the mosquitoes with his hands without looking around.
The moon is rising.
The sleeping bag was completely opened and spread out on the ground. Mu Xi lay down on it and closed his eyes.
He hasn't had a proper birthday in a long time. Ever since his grandparents passed away, on his birthday he would just go out for dinner with a few work friends at most.
The feeling of celebrating my birthday at home has become vague.
He thought he didn't care.
Mu Xi couldn't sleep very well, but he didn't dare open his eyes and look towards the bed.
His last thought before falling asleep was that it would be great if making a wish would work.
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