Chapter 27: The Birthday Banquet I

The gray-haired old man hurriedly turned his head to look for Tang Qian, but there was no one everywhere.

Tang Qian hid in the cabin again at this time, she was looking at her reward, she was rewarded with a total of 100 yuan for this flavor osmanthus glutinous rice lotus!

The gray-haired old man came to Lin Huimin and said, "This chef, can I ask you and your daughter to cook for my grandson? I, I will thank you a lot!"

Lin Huimin was both happy and worried when she heard it - happy that someone appreciated her daughter's cooking skills, and worried that these distinguished guests were all from Jiangcheng, and Lingzhen was hundreds of kilometers away from Jiangcheng, it was impossible for people to live in Lingzhen, and it was impossible for her daughter to run to Jiangcheng for a while.

She said half-joyed and half-worried: "This old gentleman, thank you so much for looking up to our little skill of coriander, but our mother and daughter are both in Lingzhen, and we can't go to Jiangcheng for the time being." If the old gentleman hasn't returned to Jiangcheng in the past two days, and he doesn't dislike it, we can cook you a few meals for free. ”

When the old gentleman heard this, he was very happy at the moment, and hurriedly responded: "Okay! I'm still in Lingzhen for the past two days! People are old and can't stand the toss, so they have to rest for another two days before leaving." ”

His little grandson was not happy, he was so thin that he had two big eyes, and he was about to go to the sky: "Hmph! I want to eat Western food!"

The old man scraped his back and smiled: "Let's live in Tingsong Pavilion in Lingzhen, you can come here directly, I have a small kitchen there." ”

Lin Huimin hurriedly responded: "Okay! The old gentleman will hand over the food for the past two days to us!"

The old gentleman looked around the boat meaningfully, and said, "You can't stay in Lingzhen all the time, when you go to Jiangcheng, you must come to me." ”

When Lin Huimin heard it, this is a favor from you, and said thank you with a smile.

When Lin Huimin told his daughter and younger brother about it when he was packing up, everyone was very happy, after all, the people who came and went with Zhuang Shize's family were not ordinary people, and people were willing to say this kind of thing, not to mention whether it would help you in the future, and it would not hurt to make friends.

Tang Qian finally knew why Zhuang Shize chose to hide his true birthday - after eating on the boat at noon, it was time to have a party with their classmates in the evening.

has not stopped for several days, just socializing with a smiling face is stiff, how can you have any thoughts about celebrating your birthday?

Tang Qian couldn't help but feel deeply that it was a very wise decision for Zhuang Shize to choose to live silently on his real birthday!

When she and Zhuang Shize returned to his house, the small cake at home was ready.

The venue has also been changed - Zhuang Shize's birthday this time is the third year of high school that everyone has graduated, so he used a nostalgic classroom theme this time.

There is a large blackboard at the door as a sign-in area, and a large border is drawn with chalk, and inside are small boxes, which look like the seating chart that the teacher holds. The box is set, and the people he invites are also set, so he is not afraid of chaos.

There is no decoration in the yard, and it is back to the usual appearance of flowers and plants.

There are desks in the room, one by one put together in a circle for food and drinks, four sheets of four behind the circle are put together, and at one end of the circle is a podium, and behind the podium is a blackboard, which reads "We graduate!"

Tang Qian saw this kind of scene, and felt a little moved for no reason, although her relationship with everyone was not very good, but in this situation, she was a little reluctant to give up on her former classmates.

In fact, it wasn't just her, the girls who had just arrived saw this scene, and their eyes were red.

Because everyone knew in advance that it was the theme of the campus, they all wore school uniforms - the school uniform in the mausoleum followed the trend of my country's school uniform, the top was a short-sleeved T-shirt with navy blue edges on a white background, the logo of the Chinese and English abbreviation "LZ" was printed on the right chest, and the pants were fat navy blue long sweatpants.

Most of the girls are very careful and change the bucket pants into pleated skirts, which looks much more youthful and lively!

Tang Qian looked at everyone wearing school uniforms together, she was already after the college entrance examination as soon as she was reborn, and she didn't have time to experience the most innocent high school life, now seeing this picture, her heart can't help but be a little enthusiastic - in fact, everyone always misses which person, which place and which snack, in fact, they just miss the carefree at that time, when they could go to the toilet together after class, and go to the cafeteria together between classes.

There were not many people coming, Tang Qian was full of enthusiasm by his own blood, and said to Zhuang Shize with a fist: "I'll make you some snacks!"

Zhuang Shize looked at his face flushed with pink, his eyes were shining, and he was full of vitality, and he wanted to pretend to be cool, but the smile on his lips couldn't hide it.

The color is not charming, people are fascinated by themselves, Zhuang Shize was so fascinated by his own careful thinking that he almost couldn't find the north, but when Tang Qian went to find the ingredients, he came to his senses.

He was a little worried: "The materials are all leftover from yesterday, and if you buy new materials in the freezer now, you will have to work for a long time." ”

Tang Qian looked at him embarrassed and smiled: "It's okay! I'll see what's left! I'll do something casually." ”

In fact, today's main dish is the birthday cake, and there are cups of sponge cake and various small snacks, and the drinks are also quite well prepared, enough to cope with this simple pie.

Tang Qian looked briefly at the freezer, and marinated the leftover pork belly, sausages, and mushrooms, the cube milk cake left over from her fried crispy milk yesterday, the glutinous rice left over from making glutinous rice dates, the wonton skin left over from fried bananas, the lotus leaves left over from the lotus leaf rice, as well as chicken wings and salted duck eggs......

After just looking at it, Tang Qian had an idea in her heart, she smiled and pulled out the big milk cakes, Zhuang Shize didn't care about the maid reminding him to change clothes, and quickly took the support: "I'll come, this support is heavy." ”

The servant watched from the side, and didn't dare to scream anymore, and left with a snicker, this support is not particularly heavy, it seems that the young master is reluctant to let the little girl be tired.

A thin flush flew on Tang Qian's face, and he turned around and went to the material box that the maid had packed and took out a bag of desiccated coconut.

She took a spoon out of the desiccated coconut and sprinkled it evenly on the milk cake: "Okay, desiccated coconut milk cake, let everyone eat this first!"

Zhuang Shize was about to serve it, and the discerning maids flashed into the kitchen, quickly took the coconut milk cake, and packed it with small white porcelain plates, and sent it out with forks.

A few female classmates who just came came on foot, although the air conditioning was turned on in the room, but the warm-up had not completely faded, and it was comfortable to drink a drink, but the cake and snacks or something, still couldn't eat, and they were hot and had no appetite.

At this time, as soon as the cool coconut was brought to them, they felt a chill on their faces.

The milk cake is frozen for a night, and the milky taste is a little lighter, and it looks a little sweeter.

They all put a whole piece of milk cake into their mouths, and the coconut fragrance melted on the tip of the tongue with the milk aroma, but the milk cake was melted off as a whole, and the inside taste was firm, chewing and elastic!

Their eyes widened as they chewed, and they both saw the wonder in each other's eyes.

The richer milk fragrance is only then accompanied by sweetness, the coconut fragrance of the coconut is perfectly combined with the milk fragrance, and the cold taste really makes them quench their thirst and appetize!

She even ate several pieces of coconut milk cake, and she couldn't sit still at this moment, and a few little girls discussed it and said to peek at what else was delicious!

As soon as they arrived in the kitchen, they all felt a little blushing - the host of the birthday banquet, Zhuang Shize, had a happy look on his face that couldn't be concealed, and poked next to Tang Qian to hand her a basin.

The female classmate who walked in front smelled the unusual smell at a glance, and quickly stopped, but the two behind were too anxious, and they all bumped into it, and as a result, the two of them crashed into the kitchen together, and together they broke Zhuang Shize's little luck.

They were all a little embarrassed, after all, they were usually not familiar with Tang Qian, and they wanted to leave, Tang Qian was not too surprised, she had already heard the sound of talking outside, so she smiled and asked: "Have you eaten the coconut milk cake?"

When they saw Tang Qian, the flower of kaolin, they were all enthusiastic, and their hearts were relieved, and after knowing that Tang Qian made it, they hurriedly walked up with doglegs, and said that it was delicious and delicious.

Several girls gathered together and squeaked and talked, Zhuang Shize cleared his throat and said, "I'll go up and change my clothes first." ”

Tang Qian just took the time to wave a shovel at him: "Go, go, go." ”

Zhuang Shize, who was disturbed by others, stood at the door, looking at the four of them talking and laughing, feeling a little desolate.

The girl who had just electrocuted an explosive roll said: "Tang Qian, we are going to check the score tomorrow, are you nervous? I'm so nervous! I can eat hard here today! Tomorrow the score will come out and it will not be ideal, my mother will starve me for a day!"

Tang Qian smiled: "I'm nervous, so I'll just put things on hold here, temporarily distracting and distracting!" She actually didn't feel anything, she knew how many points she had, but this stall said that she wasn't nervous, this was looking for a draw!

Another girl who was electrified with a big wave said, "Hey, if the score is good, you can go to school next Friday to get the notice, if the score is not good, then you have to wait for ten days and eight days." ”

Another one with short brown hair said, "Just like the two of you, you won't be allowed to enter the school if you have a notice! Look at that end!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she was looked at by the two electric ones and Tang Qian together.

The short-haired brown man eased up: "Hey, I said I forgot to dye my hair, hehe! Don't be angry, little beauty, aren't we here to see the delicious food? What's delicious?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the three of them looked at Tang Qian together.

Tang Qian was a little embarrassed to come, pulled the hair from his ears, and said, "The oil in the pot is just hot, I'll fry the wonton skin for you and eat it!"

All three cheered—

"Frying! Frying!

Without shouting a few times, the short brown hair smiled and said solemnly: "Girls, be reserved! Don't eat too much fried food, be careful of acne!"

Of course, she was beaten by the other two after she finished speaking.

Tang Qian was in a good mood by a few enthusiastic classmates, picked up the wonton skin, and gently put it into the hot oil pot.

The pot suddenly sounded with a "boom", a "boom", a "boom".

After a while, the wonton skin was fried, and the color gradually changed to pale gold, and finally to a dazzling golden yellow.

The smell of simple fried goods wafted out, and the couple couldn't help but let out a "wow".

Tang Qian scooped up the fried wonton skin, took out the secret soy sauce that was professionally dipped in fried bananas yesterday, and brushed a thick layer of sauce on both sides of the golden wonton skin, and the salty aroma of the sauce was baked by the hot wonton skin, and the aroma of the wonton skin was fried.

Originally, the fried goods alone were very attractive! It was also brushed with sauce, and this guy didn't care about being hot, and he picked up the fried wonton skin with a green light in his eyes!

The wonton skin has been fried, golden and crispy, and the sound of "clicking" when you bite down is dripping, the sauce is not salty, but just the right amount of saltiness, and there is no other situation where the soy sauce is not good to put too much bitterness, and they even brushed a few more brushes, and the salty taste is still just enough to set off the fragrance of fried wonton skin.

The fragrance of this sauce lacks it and loses a little taste, and it seems to be noisy and dominant, so it does not quarrel or make trouble, quietly paving the way for the fragrance of fried goods, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.

In less than a minute, there was no slag left in the fried wonton skin on the plate.

The guy licked his lips and said, "I can't eat it anymore", while looking at the wonton skin that Tang Qian didn't fry.

Tang Qian was frightened by the speed of a few goods, and the twenty or so pieces were gone after a few clicks, this is a human-shaped shredded paper at all!

She also had to stop her: "You should be tired of eating this later." ”

Those few goods nodded reluctantly, still a little lost, Tang Qian smiled: "I'll burn it for you to eat!"

She lit the fire, boiled the water in the stove next to her, and then blanched the wonton skin.

The wonton skin floated and sank in the bubbling boiling water, and she used her long chopsticks to stir it constantly, and after a while, she used a large colander to net the wonton skin and control the water.

She divided five or six slices each, still brushed with sauce.

The guy had just finished eating the fried one, his throat was dry, this time his mouth was dry, he took the bowl and started eating it again - the wonton skin was only blanched for a short time, the entrance was not rotten or mushy, the lips contained the corner of the wonton skin, and with a strong snort, it was sucked into the mouth along the tip of the tongue, and when the sauce seeped into it, it was a little thick and fragrant of the sauce, and the skin was bitten and a little springy, and the sauce was eaten, moist and addictive.

At this time, the soy sauce has become the protagonist, and the wonton skin has become its carrier, it is no longer fluttering and has nowhere to cling to, and the wonton skin gives it texture and makes it thick and layered.

Seeing that the three of them were enjoying their meals, Tang Qian continued to fry the wonton skin prepared for the others, poured it with secret soy sauce, and asked the maid to put it on a plate and serve it out.

The cup of cake outside was freshly made by the master of the cake invited by Zhuang Shize's family, and the master left after finishing it, making a cake with egg whites, and there was a large pot of egg yolks left.

Tang Qian decided to make full use of the remaining ingredients, find out the whipping cream and milk, put them in a pot, add granulated sugar, and heat them over low heat.

When the sugar was completely melted, she set the pot aside to dry.

The guy refused to go out, and they all said that they wanted to stay here with Tang Qian.

Tang Qian was not disgusted, but a little happy, it was the first time she was so close to her classmates. In the past, she was not reluctant to get close to her classmates, but her family was poor, she had strong self-esteem, and she was actually very inferior in her heart.

In this regard, she and Zhuang Shize have a very tacit understanding.

She asked the man to stir up the yolk in the pot with her, and then slowly added the boiled milk from the pot to the yolk and mixed well.

Finally, she found a large sieve and sifted the mixed custard, which helped her quickly remove air bubbles and yolk lumps that could not be beaten.

She asked the men to help put the sifted custard into a small porcelain cup and preheat the oven herself.

Finally, they put the cups on the baking tray with all their might, add half an inch of water to the baking sheet, pour a finger-deep amount of water, and put it into the oven.

She set it up at 170 degrees for 30 minutes, then went back to prepare the other ingredients.

There were more people outside, and when they saw that they had eaten about the same thing, they said hello to Tang Qian and went out.

This time, Tang Qian can finally concentrate on preparing the last snack - Jinwu Zangjiao.

This flavor is actually an innovative dish she learned online in her previous life, the name is delicious, in fact, it is glutinous rice salted duck eggs.

The glutinous rice was soaked in water in advance yesterday, and the pork belly had already been cut into small cubes, she picked up a piece, dipped it in the sauce on it and tasted it, it should have been marinated with dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine, just what she wanted, and there were also diced mushrooms and sausages and lotus leaves, she said that these materials were born for what she wanted to do!

She poured down the cut ingredients, then put a little dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, five-spice powder and salt and mixed well.

Brush the surface of the salted duck eggs and gently knock a small hole on the pointed end to grate out the egg whites.

She then used chopsticks to pick up the glutinous rice and poured it in, poured a little and put in a few pieces of diced pork belly, a few diced mushrooms, a few diced sausages, a layer of lotus leaves on the outside, and a layer of tin foil, and put them into the pot with the notched end facing up.

She made a total of fifty of them, carefully placing them in the steamers, ten in each cage.

The maid came in and called her: "Miss Tang, our young master has prepared clothes for you, please go up and change your clothes." ”

Tang Qian was a little surprised, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, the oven over there is almost ready, and the steamer in this steamer will be steamed for 50 minutes from now on, please watch the ignition." ”

The servant hurriedly responded.

Zhuang Shize's maid didn't have to say anything, so Tang Qian went upstairs with confidence.

When she walked out, many classmates nodded and smiled at her when they saw her, and those who were not familiar with her before nodded and smiled, and some even raised their hands to greet her with fried wonton skin, and the three girls in the crowd who were stealing food in the kitchen just now were still describing the taste of fried wonton skin.

Tang Qian has never felt so satisfied and happy, the hard work of more than ten years in her previous life has made her forget the beauty of her student days, and today she has experienced it enough, and her heart can't help but be moved.

The maid on the second floor was there early, and led her to the cloakroom.

The cloakroom on the second floor looks like a lounge, with wardrobes against the walls on either side, a couch in the middle, and floor-to-ceiling mirrors.

The style of this lounge is very European, which is a bit different from the retro style of the villa's exterior wall, but it is also very pleasing to the eye.

The crystal chandelier above her head emitted a soft light, and she picked up the clothes that had been placed on the sofa and her eyes widened in surprise.

The oven "dings" and the crème brûlée comes out of the oven.

The servants wore thick gloves and held out the baking trays one by one, and the servants, dressed in rococo-style black and white lace dresses, waited beside them, placed the cups inside on the silver plates, and brought them out of the hall with a graceful gesture.

The sweet smell of eggs in the burnt fragrance instantly filled the entire hall, and the boys and girls in school uniforms who were talking in twos and threes were stunned for a moment, and when they took the cup with the insulated cup sleeve in the maid's hand, everyone couldn't help but sniff.

The surface of the pudding has a layer of burnt skin that looks very crispy, and the sweet fragrance wafts between the nose, and the silver spoon pokes lightly to pick up a small bite - the burnt skin is sweet and crispy, the pudding is delicate, the egg is mellow, and the sweetness immediately dissolves......

Everyone thinks that this cup is too small and not enough!

As they were having their best, the crowd let out a small whisper, and then everyone looked at a figure on the side of the spiral staircase, their pupils dilated almost at the same time.