[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter 80

Although the unmarried couple Sherlock and Jenny did not show their affection in front of others (I think), John was still deeply stimulated. He decided to speed up the progress, propose marriage quickly, and get out of the singles as soon as possible, so as not to blind the dog's eyes.

"Oh, you are all here. It's really cold today, isn't it?" John shook off the little drops of water on his body, took off his coat and handed it to Fantine, then rubbed his hands and sat in front of the fireplace to warm up.

"Would you like some tea, Dr. Watson?" asked Jenny, poking her head out of the kitchen.

"Yes, Mrs. Hudson, please give me a drink," John replied loudly.

"There are still snacks, let's pad our stomachs first." Jenny said in the kitchen.John heard the sound of tea being poured from the kitchen, and felt his stomach growling.

"Congratulations, Watson, the proposal is successful." Sherlock's voice came from behind the newspaper.

"...how did you know?" John asked depressedly, "I was just about to talk about it."

The newspaper in Sherlock's hand was flipped over, revealing half of his face, "It's nothing, Watson, I just found that the ring you put in the drawer was missing, and you've been very excited since you came back. Just guessing there's nothing you'd be happier with than a successful proposal right now, is there?"

"It sounds very reasonable... well, you are right." John said helplessly.With a Sherlock Holmes as a roommate, you have no secrets at all.

"Congratulations, Dr. Watson." Jenny handed a piece of cake to John, and put the teacup in the tray on the small coffee table next to John.It's not that she doesn't want to express surprise, but if someone has been whispering in your ear since the morning, "He took the ring, he wants to propose today, and it will succeed, he won't come back for dinner..." you really It's hard to express surprise when finally hearing the news.

"Thank you, Mrs. Hudlinson... It seems that you know it too, oh, of course." John said rather dejectedly, what else can't be understood?

Jenny could only smile at this time.

"I think we need to get together sometime. Speaking of which, Merry hasn't met you yet, and my wife doesn't even know my best friend. How can this work?" John eagerly said, "Holmes, Hud Mrs. Sen, I would like to invite you to dinner, when will you be free, how about tomorrow?"

But Jenny thought of something else. "I have a better idea," said Jenny. "Why don't you invite her to dinner here? Dr. Watson, I think your fiancée will be interested in your single life."

"No!" Sherlock closed the newspaper and refused. He didn't want any strange woman to come and tell him... the room they shared. "It's not necessary at all, Mrs. Hudson. I don't think Watson's fiancée will be interested in his single life. If we want to meet... Watson can invite her to Pemberley Manor to attend Mr. Darcy's wedding, I think She should be more interested." Sherlock said capriciously, "Besides, I have already made an appointment with Mycroft for dinner tomorrow, and Mrs. Hudson, he also invited you."

"What? Mycroft? Who?" John was very curious. He put down his plate and leaned forward. "Is that Holmes' brother?"

"Yes." Jenny sat on the chair next to Sherlock, poured herself a cup of tea, then turned to Sherlock and said, "Why haven't I heard you say something about eating?"

"I've never heard Holmes speak of his brother. It's really unfair. Mrs. Hudson, have you met Holmes' brother? Is he... like Holmes? I mean..." John compared his brains.

"He's way better than me, if that's what you're asking," Sherlock said with little interest.

"I didn't see this, but he is more... how should I put it, more tactful than Mr. Holmes? It probably has something to do with his occupation. He works in a government department." Jenny described to John the last time they met. scene.

"Why are we talking about Mycroft here? We never talked about your brother, Watson." Sherlock grew impatient, and threw the newspaper aside.

"I thought you knew him well when we first met." Watson said amusedly. "You told about his family situation, his personality traits, and his addiction to alcohol."

"Did I say it? Well, let me say it." Sherlock pouted, "But it doesn't mean anything."

"...Well, it is indeed." John suddenly expressed curiosity, "Actually, what I want to ask is... Holmes, you and Mrs. Hudson are already a fiancée, right?" After getting affirmation, John He said his doubts: "But why do you still call her Mrs. Hudson, and she still calls you Mr. Holmes? I thought you guys already called by your first name... This is the normal way, isn't it?"

Sherlock was suspiciously silent, and Watson even suspected that his eyes were a little blurry, or maybe he saw Sherlock's ears were a little red?Maybe the fire was too hot?

Jenny smiled and said, "Actually, the address is not important... We have to give the boys time to react and get used to it..."

boy?John made an exaggerated expression, "That's right, it makes sense."

"Hmph, boring." Sherlock stood up angrily, and pulled his sleeves pretending to be calm. "What I call you has nothing to do with you, Watson. And you, the future Mrs. Holmes, you should be with you in the future." My husband stood aside instead of teasing him with the others... I'm going upstairs, ha... don't forget Mycroft's invitation tomorrow." With that, Sherlock left unhappy.

Wanting to see Sherlock's jokes is very rare, and it takes a lot of courage and knowing where to stop.So John decided to write down this classic question so that he can use it when he laughs at Sherlock in the future... I don't know if Sherlock will regret making him a bad friend by mistake.

Although the meeting was short notice, Jenny still had enough time to prepare gifts.Mycroft expressed great interest in her craft last time, so Jenny specially prepared several kinds of snacks for her future uncle this time.

Jenny chose several durable snacks.Just made osmanthus candy not long ago, so Jenny decided to make osmanthus honey crisp.

The method of this dessert is very simple. Boil the milk and honey, melt the sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, let them become liquid, and then divide it with butter and flour to form a dough, and then make it into the shape of pancakes or round cakes. Bake it in an oven at about 175 degrees.

There was no chocolate, so Jenny bought some cocoa splits, as long as it tasted like chocolate.First use olive oil and a small piece of butter to heat and melt, then add sugar and rice to melt, then add cocoa rice and stir.Jenny sniffed it, and there was still a hint of olive oil smell, but it couldn't be helped, so she had to sprinkle some ground dried mint rice into it, and finally added light cream.

Jenny used this to make some chocolate chip cookies. She tried one first. It tasted like chocolate, but a little bitter, which Sherlock might like better.So Jenny kept this batch of cookies, and made some more sugar-added ones, and prepared to give them to Mycroft.

Now that she's made fake chocolate that tastes like real chocolate, Jenny is going to make a brownie cheesecake.

This is more difficult.

First make the brownie batter.Jenny reheated the liquid chocolate and butter just now, then added sugar and stirred evenly, then added eggs and yogurt, stirred well, then sieved into the noodles, and finally mixed well so that the noodles and chocolate butter paste were completely mixed .

While Jenny was making the brownie batter, Fantine spread a layer of softened butter and sprinkled some flour on a cake tin.She shakes the mold at a constant speed to make the noodles evenly stick to the wall of the mold, and then pours out the excess noodles.

After Jenny has made the brownie batter, pour it into the mold prepared by Fantine, smooth it, put it in the oven, and bake it with a fire of about 180 degrees for about 18 minutes. After the batter is completely set, take it out, and Jenny will Reduce the temperature of the oven a little, about 160 degrees.

This was the hardest part, because without modern ovens and microwaves, Jenny had to rely on experience to control the temperature.

While baking the brownie batter, Jenny was not idle. She heated the cream cheese over water until it softened, added sugar, and beat until the sugar melted.After finishing this, Jenny couldn't lift her hands, so Fantine took over, added eggs to the cheese paste, and continued to stir vigorously until it was evenly mixed and became a thick and smooth cheese paste. Finally, add yogurt and stir well It's cheesecake batter.Pour the cheesecake batter on the baked brownie cake, shake it twice to let the air bubbles escape, then put the mold back into the oven, bake at 160 degrees for 40 minutes, until the cheesecake is completely solidified and there is no flow inside Feel, and the surface is baked to a light golden brown and ready to be released.

Originally, the baked cake needs to be refrigerated for at least four hours, but... there is no refrigerator... Jenny found this out after making it... qaq

It's rare to make a difficult cake, but it turns out that it can't be shaped after it's done...Is there anything more cheating than this?

Jenny and Fantine looked at each other.

"That...is it okay to soak in cold water?" Fantine suggested.

"It will have to be played for at least one night... There is no time at all... qaq" Jenny wanted to cry but had no tears.

There was no other way, so Jenny had to soak the cake in cold water according to Fantine's method... It couldn't be given away, but at least she could eat it by herself.Then she made a simple chocolate cake with the leftover homemade chocolate... Really, no matter how you think about it, it's very depressing, okay? She obviously wanted to show off in front of her uncle, but the result was so unsatisfactory... It's absolutely impossible think……

As well as the sweet-scented osmanthus honey crisps and cakes, Jenny made some tarts, biscuits and cups of jelly, plus the preserved fruit and jams she made earlier, and finished off with an apple pie.Although they are all made in relatively small sizes, they can't stand up to the variety, and the sum of all the zeros and zeros adds up to a lot.Sherlock couldn't help being surprised when he saw the huge basket in front of him.

"Are you trying to stuff Mycroft to death with sweets...how did he get you?" Sherlock sneered.

"Actually, I'm going to fatten you up, dear Mr. Holmes, you're in luck." Jenny said while putting on her hatband. "I originally planned to make a brownie cheesecake, but... it didn't take shape. Well, don't snicker, that cake is yours now, are you happy?" Jenny couldn't help rolling her eyes when she thought of that tragedy.

"Oh." Seeing that Jenny couldn't put on the belt, Sherlock simply took off his gloves and motioned for Jenny to look up. "It didn't take shape? Why?" He asked absent-mindedly.

"Because the cooling time is not enough." Jenny raised her head honestly and asked Sherlock to fasten her belt.

Sherlock felt that Mrs. Hudson probably cast some magic on him, so that he would have the desire to kiss her little rose red mouth, which was simply impossible for Sherlock before.

"Okay." Sherlock undid the straps, put on the gloves again, and lifted the basket with the cane in one hand and the other.

"Fantine, Fantine," cried Jenny, putting on her gloves.

"What is it, ma'am?" Fantine came down the stairs, carrying the used tea-things.

"Leave the door open for us, put out the fireplace first, and wait for Dr. Watson to come back to regenerate the fire. Also, can you heat the hot water for me? I will use it when I come back." The flat collar is neatly finished.

"Okay, ma'am." Fantine didn't look sideways, pretending that she didn't see the interaction between Jenny and Sherlock.

Jenny nodded in satisfaction, Fantine was acting more and more like a housekeeper - pretending to be deaf and dumb to the master's affairs is also a necessary skill for a qualified servant - maybe this time when she went to Mr. Darcy's wedding, she should take She took it too.