Chapter 88: So you are bringing your wife and children to work today?
The next morning, Su Taotao got up very early. She woke up almost as soon as Fu Zhengtu left the house.
This was the earliest he had woken up since arriving on the island, and both children were still asleep.
After washing up, Su Taotao started preparing breakfast.
I didn’t have much appetite in the early morning of a hot summer day, so Su Taotao made some slightly sweet pumpkin steamed cake and boiled a pot of kelp and mung bean soup.
The method of making pumpkin steamed cake is similar to that of cake. Steam the pumpkin in a pan and press it into a paste. Pour in an appropriate amount of flour and baking powder. Then add two eggs and mix evenly. Finally, it should be in a batter that sticks to your hands.
After covering the pot and letting it ferment for about ten to twenty minutes, disperse the bubbles in the batter. Finally, brush a layer of oil on the plate you usually use to steam sausage noodles, pour the batter in, turn on the heat and steam for twenty minutes, then simmer for a few minutes.
In order to make the cake look good, Su Taotao also inserted a circle of red dates on it.
The steamed result is no worse than Chenchen’s birthday cake that day.
The weather is hot now, so Su Taotao usually soaks some mung beans after dinner so that it will be easy to boil the mung bean soup the next day.
When Fu Zhengtu came back carrying a lot of bags, the two children and Baibai were just coming downstairs.
Fu Yuanhang went to make malt milk for Baibai first.
Chenchen doesn't have much milk powder, so Baibai can only drink milk powder one day and malted milk the next for breakfast. At other times, he usually drinks porridge. Baibai is a Chinese pastoral dog, not at all timid, he will eat whatever you give him and adapts well.
Su Taotao brought out the pumpkin steamed cake. The men in the family, especially the youngest one, surrounded it and exclaimed in amazement.
Chenchen climbed up onto the stool to see more clearly, and clapped his hands: "Mom~~ Birthday, Gaogao~~ It's Mom's birthday~~"
Su Taotao rubbed the little boy's smart head: "Chenchen is really smart, but it's not mom's birthday. This is called pumpkin cake. The production principle is similar to birthday cake, but pumpkin is added, so the color is better, right?"
"Yeah," Chen Chen nodded. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. "It tastes so good~~"
Su Taotao: "So you don't have to be reluctant to eat it, mom can make it anytime."
The breakfast in the cafeteria is always the same. No matter how delicious it is, people will get tired of it. Even Fu Zhengtu and Fu Yuanhang were surprised to see this pumpkin steamed cake.
Su Taotao does not add any extra sugar, so all you can taste is the slightly sweet taste of the pumpkin itself. Paired with a bowl of mung bean soup, it is perfect on such a hot summer day.
Su Taotao put eight red dates in the steamed cake, and cut one red date into eight portions.
Su Taotao and Chenchen were full after eating only one eighth of the meal, and the two brothers took care of the rest.
Chenchen usually drinks milk instead of mung bean soup in the morning. Su Taotao will only let him drink a little at noon or in the afternoon.
Fu Yuanhang drinks soy milk, malted milk, and mung bean soup. He drinks whatever is available at home.
"Is it troublesome to do this?" Fu Zhengtu asked after silently eating the last bite.
It just so happened that there were three big pumpkins among the rations he brought back today.
Su Taotao shook her head and said, "It's not a problem, it just needs some time to ferment."
Fu Zhengtu: "I bought three pumpkins today."
Su Taotao laughed and resisted the urge to touch his head in front of the children: "Mr. Fu, you want to eat it tomorrow, right? Okay, I'll make it for you."
Fu Zhengtu looked at her and curled his lips: "I'll help you."
The oven needs to speed up, she said it tastes better when baked.
It was a rare occasion today that the whole family went out at the same time, and what was even rarer was that the whole family tacitly changed into white shirts and black pants.
It will be so cool to walk out with such neat arrangement.
Sure enough, at the door, they ran into Xia Zhiqiu's family and Aunt Zhong's family, who were also going out to work and buying groceries at the same time.
The three lesbians smiled at each other and said in unison: "What a coincidence?"
Aunt Zhong couldn't help but sigh: "Your family is so beautiful, I don't know how they grow up. The older ones are good-looking, and the younger ones are also good-looking. Just looking at them makes people feel happy."
Su Taotao smiled politely and didn't respond.
They are a good-looking family, and we don't want to be pretentious, and there is no way to refute it.
Aunt Zhong nodded towards the vegetable patch and said, "Xiao Su, I have planted all the vegetables. Did you see it?"
Su Taotao then discovered that seedlings were planted in the open space. Next to each seedling there were branches taller than the seedlings, which could not be noticed without careful observation.
"What are the branches for?" Su Taotao asked.
Aunt Zhong pointed to the sky and said, "Block the sun. If you don't give it some shade, it will wilt in the sun in a short time."
Su Taotao nodded: "Fortunately I planted it for you, I really can't get it."
Mumu jumped and skipped to find his good friend Fu Yuanhang.
Aunt Zhong called him and said, "Mumu, have you finished writing the letter to your brother? If you have, give it to me to mail."
"It's finished." Mumu handed the letter to his mother.
Aunt Zhong took it and put it in the basket without even looking at it: "Did you ask him to come back quickly?"
Mumu nodded: "Yes, I said you can't even eat if you can't see him."
Aunt Zhong reached out and hit him: "You kid."
Mumu smiled and ran away.
Aunt Zhong sighed and said to Su Taotao, "I'm really worried about my eldest son. He's such a good kid, but he's been working like a pig every day and he doesn't want to find a partner. I don't know what to do. How come there are so many people vying for even a job like cleaning the toilets in such a large base?"
Su Taotao glanced at Aunt Zhong thoughtfully: "What kind of job does he do now?"
Aunt Zhong said, "The job of a boiler worker in a steel factory is very hard. If I had known this earlier, I would have sent him to the countryside when he graduated from high school."
Su Taotao: "He told you it was hard?"
Aunt Zhong shook her head and said, "No, the child is able to endure hardships and only report good news, not worries. In the early years, I followed Lao Mo and took Mu Mu everywhere, and I didn't have time to take care of him. I feel sad."
Su Taotao knew what was going on and said nothing more.
Fu Zhengtu, holding Chenchen, and Zhang Chuncheng, holding Dongdong, had already reached the road.
The two kids struggled to get down to the ground. Dongdong smiled and took Chenchen's hand: "Let's go buy vegetables together today."
Chenchen shook his head: "No, I'm not going~~ I'm going to work with my dad~~"
Dong Dong blinked and turned to look at Zhang Chuncheng: "Dad, can I go to work with you?"
Zhang Chuncheng looked at Fu Zhengtu blankly. Why did he take his son to work again? Wasn't he visited enough last time?
Before he could even say anything, Su Taotao had already walked onto the bus. Fu Zhengtu bent down, picked up Chen Chen, and also got on the bus.
Zhang Chuncheng: "..." What do you mean? Are you bringing your wife and children to work today?
Their laboratory must be in a mess today, right?
Xia Zhiqiu came over and took Dongdong's hand: "Dongdong, go to the supply and marketing cooperative with your mother. Don't you want to eat prawns? We have to go early to buy them. If we are late, they will be sold out."
Dongdong looked at the bus eagerly: "But, Daddy Chenchen is taking Chenchen to work, and I want to go too."
Zhang Chuncheng had a heavy task today and looked at Xia Zhiqiu with embarrassment.
Xia Zhiqiu understood and said, "It's all Mom's fault for not booking a seat in advance. Look, there's no room on the bus. Let's go next time."
Dongdong was taken away by his mother.
Zhang Chuncheng got in the car and felt a little depressed when he saw the attractive family of three. What were they going to do?
Mr. Mo was thinking about the conversation between Su Taotao and her husband just now.
Hearing the music, one can understand the elegant meaning.
Aunt Zhong couldn't figure out what was going on, but Engineer Mo did.
If her business is to succeed, she will have to recruit workers.
The old man was chatting about family matters, and his objective evaluation of his son might have accidentally caught Su Taotao's attention.
Su Taotao and her family of three were sitting diagonally opposite him. How could someone who was the center of attention wherever he went not accomplish anything?
Engineer Mo calmed himself down and realized that there might be a storm in the base soon.
However, he didn't plan to do anything and just let things take their course.