Chapter 41
Milk and coconut milk gurgled in the pot, and light cream and white sugar were added to it. Bai Yang consciously took on the task of making coconut milk jelly. Under Shen Zening's command, he learned to adjust the fire and turned on a small fire. Then wait for the white sugar inside to dissolve.
Shen Zening watched Bai Yang cooking the coconut milk. When it was almost done, he took a spoon and stirred it. After the white sugar had melted, he asked Bai Yang to turn off the heat.
Bai Yang carefully put the drained gelatine slices into the pot little by little and stirred them evenly. Shen Zening took a sieve and asked him to sift through it.
After sifting, the coconut custard was ready. After pouring it into the mold, there was some leftover chocolate custard and coconut custard, which Shen Zening planned to use to make individual custard cups.
These need to be refrigerated and solidified before being put in. Three large plates of jelly have been put in, and the two-piece ones have two refrigerated layers.
Shen Zening prepared a dozen quilts to make custard cups, ten each of chocolate custard and coconut custard, and the remaining few were prepared for Bai Yang and other people in the teahouse.
An hour passed, and only half of the food for the tasting party was cooked. Seeing that it was already eight o'clock, Shen Zening decided to stop and eat first.
But at this moment, Bai Yang was in the middle of cooking. He didn't even care about the four meat dishes that he had been thinking about all day. Looking at the prepared jelly and milk jelly, he felt full of accomplishment and wanted to continue making desserts with Shen Zening.
"Didn't you say there are more puffs to make?" Bai Yang wandered around the kitchen looking for ingredients, "What are you using to make them? Where are the things?"
Shen Zening held him back, "Let's make them after dinner. , being hungry is bad for your stomach."
"But I'm not hungry." Bai Yang was pulled to the table by Shen Zening and sat down, pointing to the empty tiramisu plate, "I've finished all the cakes just now. , I'm full."
Shen Zening knew that for a while he thought eating the cake was enough, and all he could think about was making desserts.
Bai Yang was still recovering, and he would get hungry as quickly as he ate. He still hoped that Bai Yang would eat well and on time. Seeing that the usual meal was already more than an hour late, dinner could not be postponed any longer.
But he definitely wouldn't listen to Bai Yang's advice to eat, so Shen Zening had no choice but to say: "But I haven't eaten yet." Bai Yang felt a little embarrassed when he heard this
, and said calmly: "Ah... you eat first."
Bai Yang After saying that, he suddenly thought of Ji Tingqiu, Xu Xiaoyan and others who were ignored by him every day, "...they...won't eat it either..."
"They have eaten it a long time ago." Shen Zening said, taking out the chicken legs. And shrimp, etc., prepare to make shredded chicken cold noodles.
At that time, Bai Yang was so weak that he lay down directly after taking the medicinal bath.
The little fox couldn't eat, and Shen Zening was too lazy to cook a large table of good food for others. He happened to be not hungry either, so he came to the kitchen to prepare ingredients. As for Ji Tingqiu and the others... they ordered what they wanted to eat in the lobby and asked Shen Yi Shen Er and the others can just cook. They are all adults anyway, so he won't starve to death if he skips one meal.
Well, it seems that Xiaoqiu is not yet underage... She may need to eat better as she grows stronger...
But, forget it, this... isn't important.
Shen Zening casually recalled it for a while without any psychological burden, and then continued making shredded chicken cold noodles.
Shredded chicken cold noodles are also very quick to make. Shen Zening shredded the cucumbers, shredded the carrots, cooked the chicken thighs and tore them into strips. He took three eggs, beat them, and poured them into a thin layer in the pot. , cut into shreds after frying and set aside.
He planned to make it with buckwheat noodles. After the buckwheat noodles are cooked, put cold water aside and prepare the sauce.
Shen Zening cut the millet and pepper into rings, poured in hot oil, added some oyster sauce, light soy sauce, and rice vinegar and mixed them evenly. Then he put the buckwheat noodles, shredded chicken legs, eggs, shrimps, shredded cucumbers and shredded carrots on the plate. After forming a flower pattern, pour the sauce on it and it's ready.
After the shredded chicken cold noodles were ready, Bai Yang, who originally said he didn't want to eat, came over smelling the smell, looked at the noodles on the plate and swallowed.
"Do you want to eat?" Shen Zening asked him deliberately, "Can I get you a bowl?"
Bai Yang was a little hesitant, "Wouldn't it be enough for you if I ate it..."
...Of course, it's enough.
He had known for a long time that Bai Yang would be greedy after the shredded chicken cold noodles were finished, so he made it for two people from the beginning, just waiting for Bai Yang to say that he wanted to eat it.
Shen Zening: "That's enough. Do you want to eat some?"
Bai Yang nodded immediately and took the initiative to bring bowls and chopsticks.
Shen Zening only made cold noodles, and Bai Yang ate them quickly. He was thinking about the puffs. After eating, he put down his chopsticks and urged Shen Zening to make them.
He planned to save the more troublesome puff pastry for next time, so this time he would make the eclair first.
Shen Zening mixed corn oil, water, sugar, and salt evenly, put it in a pot and boiled it over low heat before adding low-gluten flour. After Bai Yang asked where the flour was, he took the initiative to get the flour and handed it to Shen Zening.
Bai Yang deliberately opened the flour and handed it to Shen Zening. He felt that he was so considerate, but when he handed it out, he squeezed the bag a little harder and the flour jumped out and landed on his face.
"Be careful." Shen Zening took the flour and put it aside, then wiped Bai Yang's face with a towel.
Bai Yang closed his eyes and felt itchy after being wiped with a towel on his face. Just when he was about to tell Shen Zening to stop wiping, his face was covered with another wet towel.
Shen Zening rubbed Bai Yang for a long time. The flour was stained with water, and the more he rubbed it, the more it became mushy. It almost turned the little fox into a little cat.
"Let's go wash your face." Seeing that wiping was getting worse and worse, Shen Zening simply put down the towel, tied up Bai Yang's hair, and pulled the little fox who couldn't open his head to wash his face.
The batter stuck to the soft cheeks, and Shen Zening felt that he just touched it lightly, and a red mark appeared on Bai Yang's face, as conspicuous as a fallen plum in the snow.
Shen Zening paused, retracted his hand, tilted his head unconsciously, and whispered, "Why don't you wash it?" Shen Zening's voice was a little hoarse, "...
wash it yourself Give it a try, I... can't touch it at some angles."
"Okay." Bai Yang responded, took a handful of water and rubbed it on his face. This time, even his middle coat was wet. .
Shen Zening couldn't bear it and turned off the water and asked Bai Yang to wait. He went back to the room and wrapped him in a bath towel.
With the large bath towel as a hood, Bai Yang was stunned for a moment, his fox ears were bent, and as soon as he got out of the bath towel, he was picked up by the waist.
Bai Yang: "...?!"
In shock, he subconsciously hugged Shen Zening's neck, "...Where are you going?"
Shen Zening: "...Go back to the room and change clothes."
Listen carefully, There is also a hint of gnashing of teeth.
After taking Bai Yang back to the room to change clothes, Shen Zening declined Bai Yang who wanted to continue helping in order to concentrate on preparing the food for tomorrow. But not long after, he underestimated the clinginess of the little fox and had to take him again. Went to the kitchen.
This time, Bai Yang did it very seriously and carefully, and he didn't make a mess again.
Just when putting the puff batter into a piping bag and extruding the shape, Bai Yang couldn't help but squeeze out a lot of weird shapes, square and round. Shen Zening put it in the oven and baked it with normal eclairs, and the result came out. The finished product is surprisingly cute.
Maybe because Bai Yang made it, he automatically added a filter.
The fox ears on Bai Yang's head were moving, and the big fluffy tail behind him was also swaying. His thin white fingers picked up the eclairs and squeezed the cream into them one by one.
Shen Zening still felt that only ordinary-shaped eclairs would be displayed at the tasting conference. As for the round donut-like ones, as well as the square and triangular ones, they should be reserved for Bai Yang to eat and play with.
Some of the eclairs were sifted with a layer of icing sugar, and some were coated with black and white chocolate liquid. After making them, Shen Zening decided to make them all taste like ice cream, so they had to be put in the refrigerator for a while.
At around nine o'clock, a group of customers left the store and the lobby was no longer so busy. He called Shen Er over to help prepare the food.
Bai Yang was interested in desserts, so Shen Zening took him to continue making box cakes and taro balls. Most of the steps of the dishes were handed over to Shen Er. Shen Zening took the time to take over the rest and ensured that the dishes would all have [Dragon Family] ’s blessings and blessings will do.
After closing, Shen Yi tidied up the lobby and joined the team preparing for the food tasting event. The four of them worked until past twelve o'clock in the morning to prepare all the food needed for tomorrow.
The food is not finished yet, the lobby still needs to be decorated. Some tables are placed against the wall to form a long table, the chairs are temporarily stored in the warehouse, and other tables and chairs are placed normally.
Bai Yang was probably very energetic because he had caught up on some sleep from afternoon to evening. He was busy planning the tasting area in the lobby, where to place the eclairs, where to place the jelly, and where to place the box cakes. It was clearly arranged by him.
There are no beautiful tablecloths, flowers, exquisite Western-style dessert plates, nor cute balloons or posters, but to achieve this under limited conditions, Shen Zening feels that it is pretty good.
"Shen Zening! Look!"
In the middle of the night, Bai Yang picked up a handful of small purple wild flowers from nowhere and filled them in the small vase he bought in Shuowang City.
The small vase came from Nanzhou. It was golden in color and inlaid with various gemstones. Shen Zening saw that Bai Yang liked it and bought it back with a lot of money.
Bai Yang looked up at Shen Zening, his golden left eye shining as brightly as the vase in his hand.
There is a purple petal on the snow-white fox ears, and some grass on the big tail behind it.
Shen Zening picked off the petals and grass one by one, and tapped Bai Yang's little head, "Dirty little fox." The
luxurious and dazzling vase was placed in the lobby of the teahouse, which was incompatible with the simple environment. Shen Zening Ning took the vase, but did not put it on the table. Instead, he said to Bai Yang, "Put it in the room."
Bai Yang agreed without any hesitation, "Okay, I also think it looks better in the room. "
A pair of soft fox ears trembled, and Bai Yang quietly rubbed some dirt off his shoes.
...After all, I picked these flowers just to show you.
It’s not just for the tasting party.
Stupid humans.
Chapter 42
Shen Zening was a little tired after working until late at night trying out the food for the conference. After the location in the lobby was arranged and the kitchen work was done, he didn't want to move, and he felt sleepy for a rare moment.
In fact, there is no room for so many things in the refrigerator. Jelly and panna cotta must be refrigerated for several hours before consumption. In order to make room, Shen Zening emptied almost all the ingredients in the refrigerator and temporarily stored them in the system space.
After discovering that Bai Yang had a lot of small flowers and grass on his ears and tail, he sent people back to the room to wash up. When he went back and opened the door of the cabin, he saw that Bai Yang had already taken a shower. Lying on the bed reading comics.
Bai Yang's hair and tail haven't dried yet and look wet, with sporadic water stains dripping on the bed from time to time.
He had a large towel on his head, and a slightly wet fox ear poked out from the middle of the towel. It occasionally trembled due to the discomfort of the hair not being completely dry and sticky.
He didn't know whose clothes he was wearing. The hem of his clothes and the thin quilt were rolled up into a ball, and half of his bare thighs were exposed.
Bai Yang gradually became fascinated by reading the comics, and didn't even know that Shen Zening was back.
The big fluffy and soft tail was swaying, and Shen Zening was splashed with water as soon as he walked over.
He picked up the towel on Bai Yang's head and wiped his hair. The little fox, who was addicted to comics, came to his senses and said, "You're back."
Shen Zening said "hmm" and took another small cotton towel. Gently sucking the water stains in the fox's ears.
"Why did you go to bed without drying your hair and tail?"
After wiping his hair and ears, he took the comb and combed away the wet fox fur on his white tail bit by bit.
"...I forgot." Bai Yang replied in a low voice, feeling a little guilty.
He actually knows how to use a hair dryer. Shen Zening taught him how to adjust the temperature and wind power, but... his hair was too long and it was really tiring to blow it. He only blew it twice and didn't want to blow it any more.
Anyway... there is air conditioning in the house anyway, just blow it more and it will dry up!
As if he knew what Bai Yang was thinking, Shen Zening felt a little helpless, "The air conditioner is too cold. It will give you a headache if it blows like this."
He asked Bai Yang to get up, sit by the bed, took the hair dryer from the bathroom, and used it in person Blow the hair of the disobedient little fox.
Shen Zening turned on the mid-range heater, which was not too hot in the air-conditioned room. The buzzing sound of the machine echoed in his ears. Bai Yang couldn't read comics any more and kept asking him about tomorrow. It’s about the tasting party.
"How long will it be held?" Shen Zening blew Bai Yang's hair first, and his fox ears trembled in the warm wind. He held his tail and asked casually.
Shen Zening thought for a while and said, "Well...it depends on the situation. It should last a whole day, but it should be over in the afternoon."
It's summer, the weather is hot, and what they have prepared are basically cold things. There are not too many, especially puffs and custard, which cannot be left outside for too long.
Even if the lobby is air-conditioned, he still has to finish his meal as soon as possible. The arrangement he wants is to mainly try desserts in the morning and try new dishes in the afternoon.
We will wait and see the feedback from customers tomorrow and then we can arrange a new menu.
"Then I will help in the lobby tomorrow!"
Bai Yang is involved in making most of the desserts. Although Shen Zening is mostly the one doing the work, it doesn't stop him from having great expectations for tomorrow's tasting event. .
"Okay." His hair was just drying, Shen Zening smiled and rubbed his head, "If you want to help, you have to get up very early tomorrow." After
hearing this, Bai Yang took the initiative to hand the tail to Shen Zening , urged: "Then help me blow it. I'm going to sleep after I finish it."
The hair on the tail is not of the same magnitude as the hair. It is much thicker and denser, so it takes time to blow it.
After blowing for more than ten minutes, it was still not dry. Before Shen Zening could say anything, Bai Yang became a little unhappy. He tugged his tail unhappily, "...if only I could take it back when taking a shower." He said.
As he spoke, the fox ears on his head drooped, feeling a little frustrated.
Recovery is so slow...
"Don't worry, the poison will be removed bit by bit, and the injuries should be healed slowly. You have
worked very hard." Shen Zening coaxed people softly, and blew for a while, and the tail was finally done. , he continued to comb out some scattered fox fur with a comb, balled it into small balls and put it in the box.
"...Don't collect my fur." Bai Yang looked at his actions, blushed slightly while holding his tail, and muttered, "If the fur falls out, it will fall off. What are you doing to collect it..."
Shen Zening was still there two days ago. I saw a teaching book on wool felt poking in the mall, and I was thinking about buying it when I have free time in the future and learning how to poke white fox fur into small dolls and ornaments.
Listening to Bai Yang's complaint, he just smiled, put the small box into the system space, changed the topic, said that he was going to wash up, and let Bai Yang sleep first.
When you really learn how to poke wool felt in the future, you can give it to the little fox as a little surprise.
After Shen Zening came back from taking a shower, the lights in the room had been turned off, except for the small lamp on the bedside table that was still on, emitting a warm, yellow-toned light.
Bai Yang was lying on his side facing the doll by the wall, with the thin quilt pulled only a little to cover his stomach. The long, fair and shiny legs overlapped, and the fluffy tail was rolled up, occupying a large space.
Shen Zening thought he was asleep, so after setting the timer for the air conditioner, he quietly got on the bed, avoiding the foxtail that stretched out to the center of the bed, and slept on the outside.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down, Bai Yang turned over and lay on his chest like he did when he was still a prototype of a little fox. "What time will you get up tomorrow?"
Shen Zening was stunned, a little afraid to move, " Why haven't you slept yet?"
Bai Yang was in very good spirits today. It was almost one o'clock in the morning and he didn't feel sleepy at all, so he kept asking Shen Zening to talk.
He whispered some miscellaneous things, such as if he could leave a few more chocolate custard cups for him. He wanted to sprinkle some Oreos on them. He also wanted to keep a few coconut custard cups... Well, there were also boxes. Cake...
As he talked, he felt a little embarrassed. He left a little here and a little there. He might not have eaten enough of the desserts at the tasting conference... The
soft fox tail moved. , wrapped around Shen Zening's arm, "Then I don't want so much. Just leave me an extra cup of chocolate custard and coconut custard..."
Bai Yang finished speaking softly. After a while, he didn't hear the man. He replied, "Shen Zening, why don't you speak?"
He asked quietly, stood up, and found that Shen Zening had fallen asleep.
...Probably too tired.
Bai Yang looked at his sleeping face in a daze, and subconsciously touched the bridge of his handsome nose with his slender fingers.
After Bai Yang finished touching, he quickly retracted his hand for fear of waking him up, and carefully passed Shen Zening to turn off the bedside lamp. He didn't notice that the loose hair just slipped across the man's face.
The moment the lights were turned off, the sleepy Shen Zening grabbed her waist and held her in his arms.
"Where are you going... Go to sleep..."
Shen Zening whispered, and was soon dragged into sleep again. When he said the next few words, his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.
Bai Yang was pressed on his chest, and his long hair covered the bed. When the breathing above his head gradually stabilized, he carefully moved away Shen Zening's hand. However, the next second, his hand was held by someone again, and he hugged her back again. In my arms.
The little fox was stunned.
Is this... treating me like a pillow?
He vaguely felt something was wrong.
...Shouldn’t I be the one using him as a pillow? ?
Damn humans.
The fox tail swayed and quietly hit Shen Zening.
...Forget it, seeing as how tired you are, I'll just hold you for one night.
Bai Yang thought generously. After a while, he felt sleepy and fell asleep in Shen Zening's arms.
Shen Zening woke up before Bai Yang the next day.
The little fox's hands and feet were wrapped around Shen Zening like an octopus, so tightly that he couldn't get away without waking up Bai Yang, so he had to call the little fox up softly.
Bai Yang opened his eyes drowsily, "...What time is it?"
"Seven o'clock." Shen Zening carefully pulled out his arm, "Do you want to get up or sleep a little longer?"
"...I'm not going to sleep, I'm not going to sleep. ." Bai Yang hugged Shen Zening and reacted blankly for two seconds before he remembered that there was a tasting party today!
He sat up from the bed in an instant. His movements were so fast and violent that Shen Zening was so frightened that she stretched out her hand to support him, fearing that he would get dizzy if he stood up too violently.
Bai Yang didn't have this problem at all. He broke free from Shen Zening and jumped out of bed to wash up. It didn't take long for him to clean himself up. After quickly changing his clothes, he sat on the sofa and waited for him.
Shen Zening never expected that one day his speed of getting up would be surpassed by the little fox who actively wanted to help at the food tasting meeting. She couldn't help but go to wash up, tidy up some of Bai Yang's clothes that were not worn well, and then took it with her Bai Yang went to the lobby.
The teahouse opened at eight o'clock, and there was still more than half an hour left. Shen Yi had already prepared breakfast. The few people ate some in a hurry and then began to put food for tasting on the long table.
The eclairs were not big, and were placed on a rectangular tray. Some were sprinkled with icing sugar, and some were coated with black and white chocolate liquid.
Shen Zening cut the jelly into small pieces and placed them on small plates.
Not all of each jelly was brought out, but only half of it was brought out. The double custard jelly was placed on the plate next to the jelly. The custard cup could not be placed, so it was placed together with the box cake on a long table below. on the table.
By the time the food on the table was almost placed and the teahouse's business hours were approaching, many monks were arriving at the door one after another, waiting eagerly for the teahouse to open.
Shen Zening checked each table. After confirming that they were correct, he motioned to Shen Er to open the door.
The monks couldn't wait to enter the teahouse. They saw that the layout of the lobby had changed overnight. The long table on the side of the wall was filled with novel and lovely food that they had never seen anywhere in the world of cultivation. .
Those foods smelled sweet and tempting, and some of them were made from unknown ingredients. They looked crystal clear, like crystal, but after taking a small utensil with a strange shape on the side called a dessert fork and poking it into it, Only then did I realize that it actually has a soft and elastic texture.
Shen Zening handed them a small piece of paper with the names of various desserts and a form on it.
"Customers are welcome to today's tasting event. All food is free, please help yourself. If you are satisfied or have any deficiencies, please give us feedback, thank you."