The journey of giving birth to a son

Chapter 63 The first cup of milk tea in autumn

The days after that passed uneventfully. After autumn, the business of ice powder and sugar water was not so good. Jiang Shiyi customized a batch of ceramic jars and started making cans of milk tea.

Exquisite posters hang on the walls of the dessert shop: roasted milk in cans of ginger and dates, roasted milk in cans of chrysanthemums, roasted milk in cans of longan, roasted milk in osmanthus cans, roasted milk in barley cans, roasted milk in cans of red beans, roasted milk in cans of red dates Milk……

It is mainly used to treat insomnia, anorexia, remove dampness, replenish vitality, and beautify the skin.

After the cans of milk tea are cooked, they taste sweet and full of milk flavor. Together with various small cakes, egg tarts, and various delicious cake rolls, it soon became a trend among the ladies of the capital...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and of course Jiang Shiyi will not miss this opportunity to make money. Five-nut mooncakes, snowskin mooncakes, Soviet-style mooncakes, and Cantonese-style mooncakes are all more popular than last year.

The family that made mooncakes last year was still a handicraft workshop, but this year they opened such a large store and brought in Yue Ya and Shen Yunniang. With such a large team, they can make more mooncakes.

The mooncakes were selling very well, and Jiang Shiyi, Madam Wu, and several girls from Maixiang Village were very busy.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Shiyi certainly would not forget these girls. Each of them gave them a bonus. The bonus was very considerable, and the girls were naturally happy!
A few days later, Cui Mujin came again. Jiang Shiyi and she sat in front of the window, drinking sweet cans of milk tea, chatting and looking at the fallen leaves on the street. Cui Mujin told Jiang Shiyi that there was still half a month left. It was Mrs. Yongjiahou’s birthday. In order to please her mother-in-law, Cui Mujin wanted to order a three-layer cake for her in the store.

This was Jiang Shiyi's first time making such a large cake with three layers each. She thought it would be a challenge for herself and the price was quite high. After making it, she went to deliver it in person, which cost fifty taels of silver.

Cui Mujin was a very cheerful person. He immediately paid her a deposit of twenty taels of silver, and even rewarded her later.

A cake costing fifty taels of silver, several girls in the store were shocked, and the shopkeeper really dared to ask for the price.

There is no way, because making a cake is too laborious. Without electric tools, beating egg whites manually is a very laborious task.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Yongjia Houhou's birthday to roll out her cake, the cake must be big and beautiful.

Jiang Shiyi put a lot of thought into this cake. Mrs. Yongjiahou’s birthday party is tonight. Jiang Shiyi got up early to prepare for it early in the morning!

The first step in making a cake is to make the ten-inch cake embryo. In order to make the cake embryo well, you have to enter the inhumane step of beating egg whites.

On the long workbench in the kitchen, Jiang Shiyi, Mrs. Wu and eight girls wearing white narrow-sleeved shirts stood in a row, holding egg beaters made of broken bamboo in their hands, beating egg whites in unison.

No one said anything, and there were beads of sweat on their noses. Finally, the hard work paid off, and everyone had egg whites that could stand up and looked like a pagoda.

It was a good start and the girls continued to whip the cream.

Add milk and butter together in proportion, cook until small bubbles appear in the pot, then add sugar and refrigerate in an ice bucket overnight. This is prepared early.

Mainly whip up four kinds of cream, red, pink, yellow and green, for decorating flowers.

This process is also quite long and laborious! Fortunately, these eight girls were carefully selected and are very down-to-earth and serious in their work.

Jiang Shiyi and Madam Wu looked at each other and baked the cake in perfect agreement.

The cake embryos were baked, and three were made in total. The largest one was ten inches, moist, fragrant, and very good.

Next, Jiang Shiyi and Mrs. Wu completed the work of wiping the surface and mounting flowers. Jiang Shiyi placed the cake embryo on his own special turntable, carefully cut the cake embryo, and placed three kinds of chopped fruits: peach, cantaloupe, and kiwi, stacking them layer by layer.

The girls stood around and watched, making sounds of surprise, and they could fit an egg into their mouths.

Jiang Shiyi began to wipe her face. This process was very smooth and smooth. Jiang Shiyi saw Mrs. Wu's eagerness to try and gave her the tool in her hand, "Try it!"

Of course Mrs. Wu would not give up such an opportunity to learn. The girls looked at Mrs. Wu with envy.

Mrs. Wu spread white cream all over the cake, making it smooth and smooth.

The last step, of course, is the decoration. Jiang Shiyi took the paper bag of the watch flower she made. This one is different from the ones she usually uses in the store. Not only does it have to look like lace, Jiang Shiyi also uses texture Harder butter makes three-dimensional butter flowers.

Looking at the butter flowers, the girls were even more surprised and admired Jiang Shiyi in their hearts.

Finally, Jiang Shiyi put a birthday peach on the cake.

This is how this three-layered cream cake is made.

As for the cake box, it is made of thin red wood chips, with a red cloth cover on the outside. The cloth cover is specially embroidered with a continuous pattern of good fortune and longevity, with the word "ginger" embroidered on it, and tassels on it, which is very special. Beautifully festive.

The cake was placed in the middle of the table. Jiang Shiyi and Madam Wu both put on decent clothes, sat on the carriage and walked towards the Yongjia Marquis Mansion!

The carriage went all the way to the side entrance of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion, and was led by a respectable woman to Cui Mujin's yard.

"Our wife is busy greeting guests in the front yard. You two can sit here, drink tea, and take a rest!" The nanny said to them very politely.

Jiang Shiyi was used to seeing the prosperity of the Hou Mansion. At this moment, he was sitting on the side, drinking tea and eating snacks very decently. Although Mrs. Wu was born in poverty, she was sitting there and not looking around. What was Jiang Shiyi doing? She did whatever she wanted and behaved very appropriately.

At this moment, the Yongjiahou Mansion was decorated for Mrs. Yongjiahou's birthday banquet. There were red lanterns hanging at the door, the noise of carriages and horses, and the shadows of fragrant underwear on the temples.

The servants were busy welcoming and sending guests off.

All the distinguished guests came today. The male guests were entertained in the front yard, and the female family members rode a carriage directly outside the second door.

Luo Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of Marquis Yongjia, was dressed in new clothes at this moment. She was also greeting the guests. She was really a well-rounded woman.

"Mrs. Duke Wei, the Crown Prince's wife is here to congratulate you!"

“Mrs. the Marquis of Dingbei and the Crown Prince of Dingbei are here to congratulate you!
Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wei Guogong met at the door. They really wanted to see whoever they wanted to see. Mrs. Zhang stepped back and let Mrs. Wei Guogong go first. Mrs. Wei Guogong waved her handkerchief and stepped into the threshold.

Wei Ling's little daughter-in-law came from the Rongguo Duke's palace and was from the same clan as Xie Zhaoyu. When she met Zhang, she carefully bowed and Zhang nodded in return.

Xie Zhaoyu also took the initiative to smile when he saw the clan girl.

(End of this chapter)