Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

"Oh, by the way, I have to make pastries during this period of time. If you have nothing to do, you can stay in the kitchen and help me, okay?" Xia Yingying asked, looking up.

It must be said that Lu Ziren was much taller than her, and when talking to him, Xia Yingying had to raise her head to look at him at eye level.

"Yes, sure." Lu Ziren agreed to Xia Yingying without any hesitation.

With Lu Ziren's guarantee, Xia Yingying has no worries now.

Xia Yingying didn't make the apple pie first. She made a few steamed cakes and baked them in the oven.

After a while, the smell of eggs and sugar came from the kitchen.

"Wow, what is this, mother? It smells so good."

"Chicken cake. I'm not sure if it will work."

Xia Yingying bought a lot of goat's milk to make egg cakes and goat's milk squares.

Xia Yingying has never eaten egg cake since she came here. Since she is trying to make it in the oven this time, she will bake a few to try. Even if the outside is not well baked, the inside will definitely be cooked, which can satisfy her craving.

As a serious foodie, not being able to eat what I want is a torture.

Lu Ziren raised his eyebrows. What exactly is egg cake? But it smells quite nice.

Song Ruzhi waited until they had prepared all the ingredients before entering the kitchen.

She could smell the rich, lingering aroma from the oven from a distance in the yard, so she took the opportunity to come in and see what delicious food Xia Yingying was making.

As soon as she came in, she saw Xia Yingying fiddling with the oven.

Is it possible that Xia Yingying will no longer sell cakes? She wants to sell sesame cakes instead. But, isn't the cake business much better than the sesame cake stall?

"Yingying, do you want to sell sesame cakes?" Song Ruyi asked Xia Yingying puzzledly.

"No, Mom, I'm making egg cakes. I can't always use the steamer to steam them. I want to change the taste."

At this time, the egg cakes were already baked, and Xia Yingying, wearing thick gloves, took the steamed cakes out of the oven one by one.

Her oven is a modified one.

She did not bake sesame cakes. In order to make it easier to make pastries, she asked the craftsmen to add five layers of iron racks in the oven, each layer of which could just hold two large plates of pastries.

I also made baking molds for pastries.

Since it was the first time to bake egg cakes in the oven, in order not to waste food, Xia Yingying only made five. When she poured the batter into the mold, Lu Ziren looked at her with a deep gaze.

Xia Yingying filled the five holes on the mold with batter, then placed the mold on the grill and added charcoal underneath.

Lu Haojie didn't know how to burn charcoal, so Lu Ziren helped him add the fire.

When the time was up, Xia Yingying took out the baking tray and checked the condition of the egg cake.

The egg cake has a caramel color on the outside and looks very beautiful.

There was no burnt or other accidents. Each one was golden in color, exuding the aroma of milk and eggs, which was very tempting.

"Wow, mom, they are so cute." Lu Haojie rubbed his chubby little hands and couldn't help but said with his eyes narrowed.

When the pastries just started to emit fragrance, he couldn't help but have great expectations for the pastries made by Xia Yingying. Although his mother said these were uncertain, he knew that what his mother made must be extremely delicious. Sure enough, his wait was not in vain. These pastries looked very beautiful and must be delicious. Lu Haojie couldn't help but sucked his saliva.

To tell whether something tastes good or not, just look at the eyes of the people around you.

The six pairs of eyes in the room were staring at the things in the baking tray, with undisguised eagerness in their eyes.

Xia Yingying picked up the cake with chopsticks and handed it to them one by one.

Xia Yingying also tasted it.

The pastries she made tasted exactly the same as those baked in the oven. The whole pastry was heated more evenly, and did not become mushy on the bottom and uncooked on the top like in the oven. Obviously, the oven is more convenient to use.

This is the wisdom of the ancients. Even after many years, this kind of oven is still in use.

"How about it?"

Xia Ying had already eaten the three of them and asked them how the egg cake tasted.

Song Ruyi couldn't come up with any nice words to say, but just kept praising it, saying that this kind of pastry would definitely sell well.

Lu Haojie finished one in one breath, his eyes still staring at the other two pastries in the baking tray with unsatisfied feeling.

His eyes explained everything. Xia Yingying didn't need to ask, everything was self-explanatory.

Lu Ziren nodded restrainedly, his voice a little soft: "Not bad, it tastes good."

Xia Yingying raised her eyebrows. She didn't ask Lu Ziren what he thought about the pastries, and she didn't want to know.

Who knew if he was just trying to please her? There was no expression on his face, like a frozen statue. No one knew whether he liked the food or not. Every word he said sounded as if she owed him millions of silver.

"Yeah." Xia Yingying answered rather perfunctorily. Lu Ziren's answer could be ignored.

She had already received approval from two people in her family, so she decided immediately to make egg cakes and sell them, and not make steamed cakes for the time being.

Fill all five racks of the baking tray, leaving one-third of the batter.

Xia Yingying made it three times in total before she used up all the prepared batter.

"mother?"

Seeing that Xia Yingying ignored him, Lu Haojie walked over, pulled her sleeve and shook his head. There was longing in his eyes and his mouth was pouty, looking a little pitiful.

"Ok?"

Xia Yingying asked in confusion.

"Can I still have some pastries?" Lu Haojie pulled Xia Yingying's sleeve and stared at the two cakes left in the baking tray.

"Sure, both of them are yours, take them and eat them."

Xia Yingying touched Lu Haojie's furry head with her elbow.

Lu Haojie looks naive and is completely different from the villain he plays in the later period.

"Okay, thank you Mom." Lu Haojie got the egg cake, waved the small cake and put it into his mouth, his little mouth was filled up.

"Thank you, mother."

Xia Yingying couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth. This child is so cute.

Xia Yingying has never had any expectations for love. Since coming into this world, she originally just wanted to fulfill her responsibilities towards her children, but as she raised them, she developed feelings for them.

Although she really wanted to divorce Lu Ziren, she couldn't bear to leave her child after the divorce. She wished she could take the child with her.

After the last batch of pastries came out of the oven, Xia Yingying started to make apple pie.

She bought a lot of apples, and Song Ruyi had already chopped the filling for her. She only needed to make the puff pastry.

Lu Haojie also washed his hands and helped. Lu Ziren accepted Xia Yingying's request to make the puff pastry. When Xia Yingying put the apple pie in the oven, there was a hurried knock at the door.

Xia Yingying opened the door and saw that it was the innkeeper's wife. The proprietress said to Xia Yingying anxiously, "Yingying, today a man named Niu Dalang came from your village with a message saying that your father is looking for you and wants you to leave home for a while and go out to hide."