【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

"It's a recipe someone gave me. I just learned it yesterday. Although I don't have a measuring spoon at home, I measured it with my eyes yesterday."

"You learned it yesterday and made it today? It wasn't burnt? It seems like a careful child."

Shui Rong listened and said quietly, "That's right. When I came this morning, she moved a chair and sat in front of the oven, staring at it. She was more careful than when she was in school, and she didn't miss a thing."

After hearing this, Jia's mother loved her even more and hugged Pin'er, who was leaning against her, in her arms: "How pitiful."

After lunch, Xiangyun was in a hurry to go out, saying that she was going to be late. Zijuan knew that she would have to take the subway for an hour, so she quickly prepared some things for her to take out: tea to protect her throat, some snacks for the afternoon, and an extra orange.

Xiangyun complained as she put on her shoes: "Don't put so much on me. It's too heavy to carry."

Zijuan was not angry, she smiled and said: "Your place is remote, there is no store nearby. It is not convenient to eat what you want."

Xiangyun told Zijuan mysteriously: "They know I am greedy, so they specially set up a snack cabinet with drinks, potato chips and everything else."

"Those are bad for your throat. It's healthier to eat the food I brought."

Xiangyun sometimes felt that Zijuan was like their parent, or even like their mother, who always took care of them in every detail.

"I'm leaving now. Bye." Xiangyun took the bulging bag and ran out.

In the guest room on the second floor, Lin Pin'er arranged for Lady Jia to take a nap. She had originally planned for Qiaojie to sleep in her room, but she insisted on sleeping with Lady Jia, so she had no choice but to go with her.

When I went downstairs after making arrangements, it was extremely quiet. Shui Rong was sitting under the screen next to the desk, looking at the data on the computer carefully.

"Are you sleepy? Do you want to take a nap?" Pin'er came over and asked softly.

Shui Rong showed her the cup in his hand: "I drank coffee, so I'm not sleepy."

Pin'er didn't bother him, she found a tablet and sat next to him. A double sofa was moved in not long ago, because Pin'er found that they often discussed things at the desk, and the sofa was more practical here than the big sofa in the living room.

She had just counted the materials, and now she wanted to see what she could do with the materials she had. She had to consider taking some back to Madam Li in the evening, some to Lady Jia, some to Qiaojie, and she also had to prepare some to make with Xiangyun in the evening, so she had to plan ahead.

Pin'er first found the recipe and wrote it down in her notebook. Then she planned what to do first and what to do later.

Yesterday she observed Xing Xiuyan doing this. For example, the fermented dough can be put into the food processor to knead the dough. Then, while the machine is kneading the dough, she can prepare other things. The same is true for anything. The things that need to be worked on can be divided into different colors and marked. The more important things can be done first, then the less important things, and finally the small things. With such a good plan, things can be done in an orderly manner.

Maybe it was because the room was too quiet. The more Pin'er read the words on the notebook, the sleepier she felt. Gradually, she could hardly keep her eyes open. Finally, she couldn't help but fall asleep on the sofa.

Shui Rong has a shielding function. When he is thinking about a problem seriously, no matter how loudly the people around him are discussing, they can't disturb him. This also shows that he is focused enough on his work.

When he finished the coffee in the cup, he was about to get up to pour another cup, but then he realized that Lin Pin'er beside him had fallen asleep on the sofa.

She looked very cute when she was sleeping, with her legs on the side, a notebook in her hand, and a tablet in the gap between her thighs and the sofa. She leaned her head on the armrest of the sofa, her head twisted into the upper part of the number 9, much like a cat's sleeping position. Maybe because the room was warm, her face was pink, her lips were as red as cherries, and her feather-like eyelashes were neatly spread under her eyelids.

Shui Rong got up quietly, went to the sofa in the living room to get a pillow, and then went to the entrance to get his coat.

Then he tiptoed over, gently lifted her head, placed the pillow under her neck, straightened her head, and covered her with his coat.

When doing all this, Shui Rong didn't dare to breathe, for fear of waking her up. Looking at her angelic sleeping face, Shui Rong's heart melted again.

I imagine that if they have a child in the future, it will probably be a smaller version of her! If they give birth to a baby girl who is as delicate as her, I guess she will want the stars and I will definitely not dare to pick the moon.

When Wang Xifeng and Zijuan came in from outside, they thought there was no one on the first floor because it was so quiet.

Walking to the corner of the study, Wang Xifeng glanced over here. Seeing Shui Rong, she smiled at him. Just as she was about to speak, Shui Rong made a face, and Wang Xifeng then discovered a little ball curled up in the corner of the sofa, with a small head sticking out between the big coat and the pillow.

Wang Xifeng smiled knowingly and said nothing, then took Zijuan to the kitchen. After a while, Qiaojie also came downstairs. She slowly approached Shuirong, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she turned to the kitchen where the sound came from. After a while, she approached Shuirong again, holding a few peeled hazelnuts in her hand, and handed them to Shuirong.

Although the two did not speak, Pin'er woke up. She felt the weight on her body and slowly stood up from her coat.

"Huh? Why did I fall asleep?" Her voice was nasal and milky.

Shui Rong felt that he finally dared to breathe deeply.

"Are you awake? You look cute like a kitten when you sleep."

"The clothes you covered me with?"

Shui Rong nodded, and Qiao Jie stretched out her hand again. This time she spread out her palm, which contained hazelnuts and a few raisins.

"Aunt Pin, why are you sleeping on the sofa? Did we sleep in your bed?"

Pin'er only took a raisin: "Thank you, I was writing something. I accidentally fell asleep."

Wang Xifeng heard the noise and came over:

"Are you awake? Go wash your face. Aren't you going to make bread? I have a task for you two."

Pin'er then got up and put on her slippers, put her clothes and pillow back in place, and went upstairs to wash her face.

Wang Xifeng's task was to take Qiaojie to the garden to pick up leaves, which had to be small, delicate and with complete leaves.

The two of them dressed, picked up the basket and went out.

Along the way, the ground was swept very clean. Where are the leaves? After walking around the whole garden, the harvest was mediocre.

Pin'er thought that Miaoyu must have a lot of green plants, so she took Qiaojie to Miaoyu's teahouse.

Miaoyu was out and hadn't come back yet, so there seemed to be only two tables of guests on the first floor.

Pin'er told Xing Xiuyan that she wanted some nice and small leaves to make bread, and Xing Xiuyan immediately understood what they were going to do.

"I guess they're making European bread, so ginkgo leaves would look better."

After hearing this, Qiaojie hurriedly searched in the basket: "Look, we have ginkgo leaves."

Xing Xiuyan took out a pair of scissors and cut a few leaves from the flowers for them: "Rose leaves can be used, but the others are just so-so. I remember there are maple leaves in the garden, which are also good for making bread. Would you like to look for them again?"

Pin'er said goodbye to Xing Xiuyan, and then took Qiaojie to look for maple leaves.

When they returned with their full load, Jia's mother had also gotten up. Yuanyang had helped her dress up and was sitting in the tea room drinking tea.

"You're back? There shouldn't be many leaves by now, right?"

"How could there be none? Grandfather, please see that we have a lot of leaves." Qiaojie said as she turned over the leaves in the basket. She picked up a red maple leaf and raised it to cover one of her eyes.

When Wang Xifeng heard that they had returned, she hurriedly arranged for them to wash their hands and also wash and dry the leaves.

When Pin'er returned to the kitchen with the leaves, the kitchen had already been cleaned up.

The silicone panel was laid flat, and all the tools were inserted into a large-mouthed bucket. The rolling pin and scraper were placed next to the panel, and two transparent noodle boxes were placed on the side, with stickers on the outside indicating one bucket of high-gluten flour and one bucket of low-gluten flour.

"I've packed them all for you. You can direct them to do it later. Qiaojie, you must listen to your aunt's instructions and don't make trouble."

Qiaojie nodded and looked at this and touched that curiously. These tools were all new to her.

Wang Xifeng took out two long strips of silicone and showed them to Pin'er. There were butterfly patterns, leaves and totems on the molds. "This is the mold that our chefs use to make butter crisps. I borrowed it for you because I thought it looked good. But I heard that you need patience to make this. You can play with it."