During lunch, several people praised Zhang Shouyi for looking good in the clothes. Zhang Hongmei thought so too, so she glanced at Zhang Shouyi smugly and said, "How about it? My idea is pretty good, isn't it? Look, everyone appreciates it."
"Yes, you have good taste; you knew to choose me."
"That's right, based on my taste."
"Yes, you're the best. Hongmei, what are you doing this afternoon?" Zhang Shouyi really felt that he didn't have enough time, not even time to pursue girls.
"It's nothing, let's go back to Shuren Hutong."
"Shall we have dinner together tonight?"
"Do you have time?"
It's over. The girl he loves is too busy to reject him. Zhang Shouyi felt extremely helpless.
“I’ll stay here tonight and come back too. We haven’t chatted together in a long time. I’m not done with my own things, but I can make time for you now.”
"Forget it, you go ahead and do your thing, I can't afford to hold you back."
"Hongmei, stay here tonight."
"Okay, okay, I got it. What do you want to eat? Do you want some dessert?"
"I'll eat anything you make. As long as you cook it for me."
"So unambitious?"
"Hehe, my pursuit is very meaningful, you'll see later."
"Okay, I'll make you a cake tonight, a Western-style birthday cake. But there's no cream, just butter, so you'll have to make do."
"Okay, I'll definitely be back at six."
After seeing Zhang Shouyi off, Zhang Hongmei returned to her study to work on her homework.
Moreover, I didn't take notes on many of the knowledge points taught by the teachers in class, and now I'm borrowing Wei Huaqiang's notes, which I have to copy completely.
Zhang Hongmei has a habit of copying everything that is required to be memorized, believing that this will ensure a solid memory.
I wrote for about an hour until my fingers started to hurt, then I put down my pen and went to the kitchen to knead the dough.
Due to limited ingredients, Zhang Hongmei had to dissolve the milk powder, scoop out the flour (all amounts were estimated), add five eggs (only the egg whites), and then have Aunt Li stir continuously until it was whipped.
Aunt Li felt bad seeing the egg yolks added to the flour along with half a pound of sugar. She slowly added milk and secretly added a little yeast, otherwise it would be troublesome if it didn't whip up.
Zhang Hongmei watched as Aunt Li whipped the egg whites and added them to the batter.
"Aunt Li, you don't need to do anything now. Just wait a while before steaming. It needs to ferment first."
"Come over and check in a bit. If it can be steamed, I'll just start the fire."
Zhang Hongmei went to copy notes again; her balance between work and rest was quite good.
I checked on it in the kitchen half an hour later; the dough might have risen a bit too much.
That was the only way. I found a bowl, greased it with soybean oil, poured the flour in, and then put it in the pot to steam.
Zhang Hongmei didn't leave either; she just sat in the kitchen chatting with Aunt Li. They were both from the countryside, so they had a lot to talk about.
Twenty minutes later, the lid was lifted, and the bowl covering the cake bowl was removed. A sweet aroma wafted out, and the cake looked delicious.
"I thought it was going to fail, but it turned out to be pretty good." Zhang Hongmei took out the basin, turned it upside down on the board, and patted the bottom of the basin with her hand.
Aunt Li looked at the cake on the counter and exclaimed in amazement, "You can even make it like this? It's really good to be educated!"
"Aunt Li, would you like to try some?"
"No need to taste it. Just smelling it makes me know it's delicious. Let's wait for the secretary to come back so we can eat together. You made this for him yourself, how can we let others eat it first?"
"Let's try it. If it's not good, we won't give it to him."
Zhang Hongmei cut off a piece and handed it to Aunt Li. She also tried it herself and thought it was alright, with the taste of chiffon cake from her previous life.
"It's so delicious! I've never had such a delicious cake before."
Aunt Li only took one bite, and held the rest in her hand, probably for Uncle Li to try.
Now that the cake was ready, Zhang Hongmei left the kitchen and returned to her bedroom.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li won't come unless I call them, so it's a good opportunity to take a shower in my spatial dimension. If Zhang Shouyi were here, I wouldn't dare to go into my spatial dimension.
I took a comfortable bath in the space and even made myself a glass of juice. It had been a long time since I had eaten fruit, and the sour fresh juice that I used to dislike now tasted especially delicious.
After thinking about what aspects of the learning report were still lacking, I realized I needed to write a plan.
I'm just asking for trouble. This obsessive-compulsive disorder of mine is really unacceptable. If something happens to me in the future, it will definitely be because of this.
This explains why Zhang Hongmei insisted on publishing all accounts and meeting minutes signed by everyone on the bulletin board, and also why she wouldn't be raising funds to invest this time, to avoid any misunderstandings later.
Honestly, it's a thankless task, and that perfectly describes me. Things are different now than before. When there's nothing going on, everyone's laughing and joking. But if you step up and something happens, problems will come looking for you.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when I left the space, so I just wandered around the yard out of boredom.
The roses don't look dead at all, and the seeds have all sprouted. They'll be especially beautiful when they bloom. We didn't plant any flowers in the back courtyard, but vegetables, which is good. At least it'll be convenient to get scallions.
I'll go back to Shuren Hutong tomorrow and buy some scallion seedlings to plant, at least to give it some greenery.
I wandered into the kitchen and saw Aunt Li making dumplings. These were the dumplings Zhang Shouyi had ordered, requesting extra meat.
"Hongmei, go play outside. It'll be ready here soon."
"Okay. I'll take a look."
Uncle Li suddenly entered the kitchen. "Hongmei, someone's looking for you outside. It's that young man who came to eat here."
"Okay, Uncle Li, I'll go out and take a look."
It turned out to be Shan Mianzhi; I thought it was Liu Jingze.
"Chairman, is there something you need? Please come in from inside."
"It's nothing, I just wanted to invite you out for roast duck tonight."
"I'm so sorry, we have guests coming to our house tonight and I can't leave. I apologize."
"It's okay, I'll go eat by myself then. See you at school tomorrow."
Zhang Hongmei was puzzled as to why he was inviting her to dinner. Even if Zhang Shouyi hadn't come back today, she wouldn't have gone out to eat with him. They didn't have a deep relationship, and it was just that he was so friendly.
Zhang Shouyi returned right on time at six o'clock in the evening.
"It's really not easy for such a busy person to come back so punctually."
Zhang Shouyi laughed. His tone and words sounded a bit like a wife complaining about her husband who is often away from home.
"I'm never unpunctual, am I? Don't wrong me. I've never broken a promise I made to you. It makes me feel very wronged by what you're saying."
"Okay, okay, I was just saying. I'll make it up to you with cake, so hurry up and wash up and come back to try it." It's really shocking to see such a big shot making such a effeminate expression.
Zhang Hongmei cut the cake into triangular pieces, placed them on the table, and handed one to Zhang Shouyi.
"Try it, I think it's especially delicious." It even has the tiger-stripe pattern that chiffon cakes have. This cake was a great success. Both the appearance and the taste are excellent.
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