Su Qingluan imagined in his mind the beautiful scene of everyone being fed and clothed, and unconsciously had a silly smile on his face, which didn't look very smart.

Mu Xingzhi admired with interest for a moment Su Qingluan's smirk that fell into some kind of fantasy.

His face is very light and imperceptible, not a smile with a deep meaning, nor a smile with inquiring considerations, but a smile from the heart, with a relaxed and happy mood.

This smile was so faint that even Mu Xingzhi himself didn't notice it.

Only the little sparrow on the branch of the fruit tree near the yard tilted its head to see the smile in its eyes—except that although the smile entered the bird's eye, it did not enter anyone's heart.

This moment of tranquility was broken by Yang.

She didn't want to disturb her eldest daughter's conversation with Mu Xingzhi, mainly because she didn't want to disturb Mu Xingzhi, but......

"Big girl, what's the matter with those little gnocchi in your stove?"

Su Qingluan suddenly came back to his senses, only to remember that he had been "imagining the future" with Mu Xingzhi, and completely forgot the lotus crisp noodles in the stove room!

"Auntie, don't touch it, I'm useful!" Su Qingluan raised his voice and snorted towards the stove.

"What dough?" Mu Xingzhi restrained his expression, "If you are busy, don't worry about me, just go and be busy with yours." ”

"Speaking of which, this dough has something to do with you." Su Qingluan smiled slyly at Mu Xingzhi.

"Oh? Do you say ......"

"It's a 'benefit fee' for you." Su Qingluan smiled.

Mu Xingzhi smiled: "Really? I'm still looking forward to Qingluan's craftsmanship. ”

Su Qingluan immediately made a movement to raise his head and chest: "Please wait quietly for a miracle to come!" "Saying that, it was an exaggerated Western etiquette for a man to invite a woman to dance.

Mu Xingzhi naturally had never seen such a salute action, and was a little curious: "Qingluan, where does this look like an action, it is very strange." ”

"Seeing that the merchants of Fanbang had such a salute, I didn't know the specific meaning, so I learned to be fun." Su Qingluan waved his hand and pointed in the direction of the stove room, "I'll go and get rid of those 'dough' first, otherwise my mother will be angry when you leave!" ”

As he spoke, he jumped and ran to the stove to deal with the dough that was already loose enough.

Some carefully took away the cotton cloth covering it, and Su Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, it's okay, because the weather has entered autumn, and today is cloudy weather, so even if she goes out for so much of a day, the dough has not risen, and it will not be completely scrapped.

Before leaving, the iron pot was already filled with oil, and since the time for eating was approaching, Yang had already raised the fire in one of the furnaces beforehand.

Su Qingluan showed a flattering smile and shook her arm at Yang: "Auntie, I want to use this stove to make this lotus cake, can you use the stove next to you to make food?" I'll make a lotus cake for you to try later! ”

"Yo, that's a pretty chic name...... No, what about Mr. Mu? Let's go? Yang only sighed for a second before coming back to his senses, turning his head and asking Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan was busy bringing the oil pot to the stove, and all his attention was basically spent on the oil pot, so he didn't pay much attention to Yang's words, so he didn't think much about this sentence and said truthfully: "No, he is drinking tea in the yard alone." ”

"You left Mr. Mu alone in the yard and came over to make your Raush what kind of crisp?!" Yang's voice suddenly rose an octave, which made Su Qingluan's hands shake in fright, and he almost lifted the entire oil pot.

Fortunately, she had brought the oil pan to the stove, and although the pot was shaking, it was still strong and stable on the stove.

After putting the pot firmly on the stove, Su Qingluan turned around helplessly: "A-Niang, I'm holding the oil pot here, don't suddenly raise your voice...... Good ......" turned around, and there was no one behind him. Su Qingluan turned his head and saw that the Yang family had already hurried to the courtyard.

Yang's voice has always been okay, so although there is a distance away, Su Qingluan can still vaguely hear Yang's series of busy apologies, and by the way, he said that he was "reckless" and "I don't know how to be polite". There are also occasional words or two of Mu Xingzhi's "don't worry" in the middle.

Su Qingluan also understood that the Yang family didn't really want to reprimand her, but was afraid that she would make something wrong in front of Mu Xingzhi, which would really make the other party unhappy and make her embarrassed.

"Should you say that you underestimated Mu Xingzhi's bearing......" Su Qingluan muttered quietly, and then smiled, "Or do you say 'care is chaos'?" ”

Thinking about it like this, Yang's incoherent apology became cute...... Although she was so nervous, it was really unnecessary.

Su Qingluan asked Mu Xingzhi for help with a cooperative mentality at the beginning, but the other party never gave a signal of refusal. Although she didn't know what Mu Xingzhi wanted, there was one thing that Su Qingluan understood very well-

The initiative of this cooperation is completely in the hands of Mu Xingzhi.

Without the help of the other person, you will not necessarily fail, but every step will be difficult.

And such a shortcut is placed in front of you, and the other party does not explicitly reject you, it means that you have the value of cooperation.

Su Qingluan knew that Mu Xingzhi's refusal must not be a holy father's mentality, and he would not ask for anything in return. But she doesn't mind that the other party is playing her own calculations - after all, doing things, mutual benefit is the most stable and long-term way of cooperation.

So from the very beginning, Su Qingluan was ready to "when it can be used, I must work hard and work hard" - of course, the benefits to be obtained still have to be obtained a lot.

In the blink of an eye, the oil temperature has risen. Su Qingluan threw in a little scrap of the dough to test the oil temperature, and when he saw the dough bubbling up, he put the dough that had been cut four times to form the shape of "rice characters" in Li Shang and gently sent it into the oil pot.

After a while, the high-temperature soybean oil forms a layer of fine bubbles on the dough, and the crispy dough spreads out layer by layer like a flower bud slowly blooming.

The green dough on the outside wraps around the pale red dough in the middle, as if the lotus leaf is holding the lotus flower and slowly blooming.

After frying, the spinach juice-dyed dough has a bright, slightly pale green color, while the beet juice-dyed red dough has a light watery red color.

The pale yellow flower center made with the salted egg yolk in the middle instead of minced coconut makes it look like a lotus blooming in water!

Su Qingluan breathed a long sigh of relief: Great, whether it is dyeing or modeling, the effect is better than the rollover situation she expected before. Although there were some small bumps in the process, the results were generally satisfactory.

In order to set off the color of the lotus crisp, Su Qingluan deliberately chose a flat dish with a black color and placed five lotus cakes on the plate - no way, the size of her tableware is limited, and this lotus crisp can't be placed too densely, otherwise there will be a bump, and it will be easy to lack a corner or something.

There were still six or seven lotus crisps left that couldn't be put down, so Su Qingluan first picked the "petals" of one of them and pressed them hard—with a gentle "click" crisp sound, the water-red petals were twisted into pieces.

Su Qingluan threw the fragment into his mouth and chewed: Well, it is a faint taste of salt and pepper, very refreshing and chic, and the salted egg yolk in the middle has different levels and different styles of saltiness, but the taste formed after fusing with each other is richer, it is a completely different flavor from the sweet lotus cake, but it is also very delicious.

The taste and crispiness have passed, and Su Qingluan can finally take out this plate of lotus cake with confidence - in fact, if it is used as a "commodity", this plate of lotus cake still needs to be decorated.

But one is too late, and the other is a "cooperative relationship", but Su Qingluan still regards Mu Xingzhi as a friend, rather than a simple partner, so in this kind of "private occasion", she subconsciously wants to be casual.

"The lotus crisp is coming~" deliberately imitating the tone of the junior in the hall, Su Qingluan trotted and brought the lotus cake to the table in front of Mu Xingzhi with one hand: "Please!" ”

"This girl is really not in shape!" Yang said angrily, but it was probably Mu Xingzhi's presence, and she didn't slap Su Qingluan's back as usual.

Su Guangfu next to him also hurriedly apologized to Mu Xingzhi.

Seeing Su Qingluan serving snacks, Su Guangfu and Yang didn't think much about it - after all, at home, as long as they were free, Su Qingluan would always pour out some new food, and the whole family was used to it.

So Yang stood up: "Those two little ones are playing in the backyard, I'll call them over." ”

"No, no," Su Qingluan hurriedly grabbed Yang, "The two of them don't like salty dim sum." ”

"Salty?" Yang was very surprised.

In the Su family, even Su Guangfu, who doesn't like sweets the most, has his own preference for dim sum - in his opinion, dim sum is only "authentic" if it is sweet, and it is one thing for him not to like to eat it, but if it is made salty, he will feel very strange.

This is probably similar to the sweet and salty dispute of zongzi. Some people may not like to eat zongzi very much, but in his mind, zongzi should be sweet or salty, and if it changes, it will feel very twisted.

So in the Su family, unless Su Qingluan wants to change the taste, occasionally make himself a salty snack, most of the time, the dim sum is sweet.

So this time Su Qingluan made salty dim sum, and the Yang family was so surprised.

Su Qingluan nodded: "This time I made it to give it away," he said and brought the lotus cake to Mu Xingzhi, "How about it, this 'thank you gift' can be regarded as a good hand?" ”

When they found out that their eldest daughter brought the lotus cake to Mu Xingzhi, the faces of the Yang family and Su Guangfu changed. Su Guangfu wanted to step forward and say something, but was quickly stopped by Yang's eyes.

The two of them were originally standing side by side, and the Yang family moved quickly, so Su Qingluan didn't notice it.

Mu Xingzhi, on the other hand, glanced at Su Guangfu and his wife without a trace, and slightly hooked the corners of his lips.

Su Qingluan didn't know why: "What are you laughing at all of a sudden?" ”