Chapter 24: Birthday
Three days later, Summer Spirit's private kitchenette.
Summer Ling hummed happily and was preparing for the evening's meal.
Tonight, he is going to make a birthday cake that everyone would eat in his previous life, stir-fry a few side dishes, and then make a bowl of longevity noodles.
People on the Douluo Continent are not interested in celebrating birthdays, and Qian Lingxue, who is still a little girl, was naturally very surprised when she learned about it.
However, Xia Ling didn't tell her that Bibi Dong would come in the evening.
I just hope that the surprise doesn't turn into a fright.
Whipping up the cream, making the chocolate by hand, making the ...... by hand Without the aid of modern tools, cooking is really a manual job.
The cake is slathered with chocolate cream, decorated with flowers, garnished with fruit, and "Happy Birthday" in Douluo written in jam and placed on a tray made of cold stones.
It was perfect.
Looking at the fruits of his afternoon's labor, Xia Ling nodded with satisfaction. Girls must have a sweet tooth, right? I hope this cake will make their mother and daughter eat to the fullest.
The cooking skills are good, but the hell knows how hard it is to actually make the food by hand.
This is also the great business of the Wuhun Palace, and you can still find things like cocoa beans.
As for other materials that are not available? Make a wish, make a promise to me!
The time came to nearly seven o'clock, and Xia Ling finished his preparations and was about to start stir-frying.
"Wow, Brother Heavenly Spirit, this is the dessert you created? What's that called, Chocolate Cream Cake? A surprised female voice suddenly appeared, and it was Qianrenxue, who couldn't wait.
When Xia Ling told her that she had created a new dessert, her curiosity had already been piqued.
What dessert hasn't she eaten in the Tiandou royal family for several years?
But it's a pity that there is no such food as chocolate in Douluo Continent, and there is no cream either.
For Douluo Continent, which lacks productivity, the taste of sweetness is still equated with the word luxury. The sweetness of the sucrose extracted by the rough method is light, and the taste is lighter when made into dessert.
The aristocracy here consumed wild honey as the main source of sugar, as in the Middle Ages of the Blue Star.
The cake that uses the high-sweetness white sugar and sucrose extracted by modern industry as raw materials is a dimensionality reduction blow in Douluo Continent.
"Don't touch it, wait until you eat."
Xia Ling knocked off Qianrenxue's hand that she was trying to steal, turned around and walked into the kitchen. Qianyue stuck out her tongue with her back to him.
"Crunch."
The sound of the door shaft turning made both of them turn around, and Bibi Dong, dressed in regular clothes, pushed the door and walked in.
Wearing not a purple and gold papal robe, it is simply a simple long dress that is worn every day.
"Teacher."
“......”
Qianyue didn't expect Bibi Dong to come, and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to call it.
Now that she knows the truth of the matter, she has very complicated feelings for Bibi Dong, and she also knows the reason why Bibi Dong doesn't let herself call her mother.
"You...... Here it ......."
"Hmmm......"
"Teacher, you sit down with Sister Xue first, and the dishes will be fine for a while."
Xia Ling shook her head, the twisted mother and daughter really didn't know what to say.
The mother and daughter sat across the table, looking at each other speechlessly.
"Here comes the food."
This embarrassment was quickly broken by the sound of the food being served, and Xia Ling walked out with a large tray.
Laying out the dishes, in the puzzled eyes of the mother and daughter, Xia Ling took out twelve candles from the storage ring and inserted them evenly on the cake in the center, and the electric arc generated by the friction between the middle finger and the thumb lit the candles in turn.
At the same time, the soul guide lamp in the dining room was also extinguished, and only twelve candles were left in the dark room.
Xia Ling cleared her throat and said, "Today is Sister Xue's twelfth birthday, and it is also to celebrate Sister Xue's breakthrough through the ......level of the Soul Sect some time ago."
"Soul Sect ......" Bibi Dong muttered softly in his mouth, looking at the twelve clusters of flames burning in the dark.
"Twelve-year-old Soul Sect...... Even back then, I was far inferior to ......."
"Next, I asked Sister Xue to face the cake, silently make a birthday wish in her heart, and then open her eyes and blow out the candle in one go."
Qianyue did as she was told, clasped her hands together and silently recited to the cake, and then blew it out in one go.
"Good!"
The room was once again covered in darkness, and applause rang out from the room where the fingers could not be seen.
But there are two places of applause, even if this applause is very, very small, almost like a fingertip in the palm of the hand.
"Duducious woman......" Xia Ling has been paying attention to Bibi Dong's movements and expressions.
Qianyue was still immersed in a trance when making a wish, and was attracted by the warm applause of Xia Ling, so naturally he didn't notice it, but he observed it.
The soul guide lamp was turned on and the room was lit up again.
"Happy birthday to Sister Xue! Let's eat a bowl of noodles, and remember to eat it all in one go. Xia Ling brought out a bowl of longevity noodles, "Teacher, let's eat a little bit by ourselves, and have a good time." ”
Bibi Dong's originally slightly melancholy face stiffened at that time.
Eat the same bowl, this ......
Before she could refuse, Xia Ling had already picked out a small noodle with her hands and feet, and put the bowl in front of her.
Bibi Dong was caught in a frantic battle between heaven and man, staring at the noodle in front of him in great confusion. It seems that what is in front of you is not noodles, but the highly poisonous Heding Red.
Qianyue, who was originally looking at this side expectantly, saw Bibi Dong doing this, and her mood instantly fell, her eyes were slightly red, and her head was lowered.
I looked forward to it again and again, but in exchange for it was disappointed again and again.
What exactly was I expecting? Chihiro did something like that to her......
"Click"
After picking up a pair of chopsticks, they were placed on the chopstick rest that belonged to them.
A small section of noodles in the bowl is gone.
Qian Lingxue, who raised her head when she heard the movement, widened her eyes and looked at the woman who was elegantly wiping her mouth with a napkin in disbelief.
"It's a little light, just put some chili peppers."
"Hahaha, teacher, this longevity noodle is meant to be light. Another day, another day I will make you dandan noodles and oily noodles to eat! ”
Summer is happy, eat your own piece of noodles.
As soon as Bibi Dong eats this longevity noodle, today's thing is done, and everyone is happy!
Qianyue picked up the bowl and snorted the longevity noodles in the bowl with a fork. Two lines of clear tears were hidden behind the bowl and mixed into the noodle soup.
The meal came to an end in this warm and eerie atmosphere.
With the experience of eating noodles before, when it came to the final cake eating link, Bibi Dong naturally did not shirk again.
Xia Ling's chocolate cream cake won unanimous praise from the mother and daughter.
Sweets, forever dripping.
The three of them were full of food and drink, and just as Bibi Dong was about to leave, Qianyue said softly.
"Thank you, Mother."
Unexpectedly, Bibi Dong's hand that was originally on the door stopped.
She slowly turned around, walked in front of Qianrenxue, and hugged her gently.
"Happy birthday to you, Xiaoxue."
Then, under Qian Lingxue's stunned expression, Shi Shiran went out.
"Damn, no more!"
Summer Ling, who was cleaning up the dishes, gave a thumbs up.
This is not in his plan, it is completely the "actor" who plays on the spot.