After a while, Xiaozheng dragged Aunt Wu over from home.
"What's delicious? You're in such a hurry that you have to put down what I'm doing right now. I'm just about to wash the rice and cook."
“Fresh-baked bread, we bake it ourselves.”
"There are original flavor, nut flavor, salty flavor with sausage and chives, and pineapple pie. Pick the one you like and try it."
"I'll have a nut flavor."
"It's a little hot, be careful."
The bread is not too big, just the size that can be held in one hand.
"Aunt Yan, can I have a pineapple pie?"
"No, eat something else first. The pineapple pie has pineapple and syrup in it. It's very hot. You have to wait a little longer if you want to eat it."
"Then I'll have the nut flavor too."
Xiaozheng is not the kind of child who will throw a tantrum if he can't get what he wants. He will listen to the adults' advice and make choices. Even when Song Fuyu gave him a small piece of bread, he was still very happy.
"Tiantian, take whichever one you want."
In the end, except for Song Fuyu who ate the original flavor, the other four people, without exception, each had a nut bread.
"It's so delicious! So fragrant and soft!"
“After eating one, I want to eat the next one.”
"Eat them. I made dozens of them. If they're not enough, I'll make more. The time it takes is not much different from steaming buns."
"I'll come and learn it some other day. When Ziyuan is on vacation, I'll ask him to build one in our yard. I have nothing to do at home anyway, so I might as well learn to bake something."
Wu Hong worked in the studio for a few days before being called back by Uncle Li.
She is over 50 years old and has to sit in the studio to work all day long. Li Yunhua doesn't want her to work too hard.
"Mom, can we let Dad have one too?"
"You have to talk to him yourself. If he agrees, I have no objection."
"Yeah! That's great, Dad will definitely agree."
Liu Aihua looked at her silly son and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What if her father built an oven? She still had to cook. If she didn't cook, the oven was useless.
"Fuyu, are we going to make the cake now?"
"No, wait until Ziyuan and Li Hu come back and leave the physical work to them."
"Toast the dried fruits first. This will take at least twice as long as the bread."
While waiting for the dried fruits, each of us ate two or three pieces of bread and felt full.
"Let the men eat bread at noon. If Uncle Li doesn't like it, ask Ziyuan to make him some noodles. We have minced meat sauce at home."
"That's fine, it saves me some trouble."
"I think he will like this sausage bread. He prefers salty food."
"I usually put less salt in the dishes for his health, but he is not happy about it."
"You still have to eat less salt. Eating too much is really not good for you."
"Oh, that old man is very stubborn. He can't cook very well and he has too many complaints. I am the only one who can tolerate him."
"Aunt Wu, please don't say that. I see Uncle Li is always obedient to you. If you tell him to go east, he will never dare to look west."
At noon, when Li Yunhua saw the closed gate, he knew that his wife had gone to Yan's house.
"What's going on at noon today? Why are you all sitting here in the yard? Aren't you going to eat?"
"Fu Yuxin made some bread. You three will eat this for lunch today."
Yan Ziyuan had eaten the bread made by Xiao Yu when they were dating before. He took the first one that tasted like sausage and took a big bite.
"handwashing!"
"The kids are watching, don't set a bad example!"
"Hehe, Uncle Yan doesn't care about hygiene. He eats without washing his hands."
Xiaozheng watched him being scolded and covered his mouth with his hands while laughing.
"I'm just too hungry, that's all, go wash now!"
There was a water tank in their yard. They scooped a bucket of water and washed their hands before starting to eat bread.
"Yes, this tastes good."
Li Yunhua gave it a very high evaluation. Li Hu had never eaten it before and accepted the unfamiliar taste well.
"Eat quickly. After that, I'll leave important work for you three to do."
"So you're waiting for us here, right?"
"Of course, otherwise you would think the food is free."
"Okay, you are the boss, whatever you say goes."
After they finished eating, Song Fuyu gave them the job of whipping the cream.
The first ten minutes were fine, but gradually the three of them felt that this job was much more tiring than training. Their hands didn't hurt, but they felt an indescribable soreness.
"Fu Yu, how long will it take to stir this?"
“Just stir until it turns white and doesn’t flow easily.”
"Huh~~ It turns out that eating something delicious often requires a corresponding price."
She didn't want to be so tired, but there was no other way and she couldn't take out the automatic tools.
She remembered that Jin Kai had been the one who had organized her birthday before, and he was exhausted. The three of them were better, at least they took turns, changing roles every few minutes.
While they were busy whipping the cream, the first batch of dried fruits was finally ready.
"It's shrunk a lot. I put so much in, but only a tiny amount came out."
"This is still good. Fruits with a lot of water will be lonely when put in and come out."
The two kinds of dried fruits also captured everyone's taste buds, especially the brother and sister Tiantian and Xiaozheng, who liked them so much that they were reluctant to eat them. They nibbled them bit by bit with their front teeth, fearing that they would be gone after they were finished.
After grilling things all day, my body was filled with charcoal and sweet aroma.
She likes the feeling of cooking. For her, it is a way to relax her body and mind, and she doesn't really eat for herself.
I packed some bread and dried fruits for Aunt Wu, and gave the uneaten cake base to Xiaozheng and his sister, asking them to take it back for breakfast tomorrow.
"Aunt Yan, next time you make something, you can ask me to come over and help you~"
"I'm not going to help you. You just eat and eat. You should be thankful if you don't disturb your Aunt Yan."
Liu Aihua brought her two children, who were bulging with food, home.
"Wife, I've boiled some hot water for you. Go take a shower. I'll clean up outside."
"Why are you so nice?"
"You are my wife, so go now."
..........
Early the next morning, they boarded the transport truck driven by Huazi and his team and headed to Qin City.
She put some of what she had made yesterday into a bag and gave it to Xiaohai and Xiaoyue.
Of course, the amount made yesterday was definitely not enough, so I smuggled some out from the space.
"We ate so many delicious foods yesterday that the word 'delicious' was all Xiaozheng said in his sleep."
"Haha, it fits his image as a greedy little devil."
"You'll be away from home for four days again this time. Why didn't you let your mother-in-law stay here for a while longer?"
"Hey, as soon as I came back, she wanted to leave. My eldest sister-in-law and my younger sister-in-law were not happy with her staying for too long."
"My eldest uncle has five children, and my younger uncle has three. When I go back, I can not only do farm work, but also cook, wash clothes and take care of the children."
"Tsk tsk... I think it would be better for the old couple to live separately."
"I said the same thing to Li Hu. They can live with us if they want, but the old couple don't want to. In their hearts, the second child is just a weed, and the eldest and the youngest are the treasures."
"In that case, we can't say anything more. Let them be happy."