Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 171 My Cake
"father--"

Are you confused all the time, that cake is for your daughter and I, not to mention flowers are painted on it, and your daughter's name is written on it, what are you trying to do!
"What's the matter, Basket?"

Lan Erzhuang was still confused, seeing his daughter was in a hurry, he was so anxious to call out her nickname in front of outsiders, the second prince was delighted to hear it, but An Zhiyuan wrinkled his nose,
"Everyone go wash and rest first, and breakfast will be ready in a while."

Where did Lan Lingxue say it in front of so many people, she hurriedly helped arrange the room, and then led Lan Erzhuang to his newly moved room,

"Father, that cake was specially made for me, and my name was written on it. You just opened your mouth and gave it away, but you can't give it away. What do you think should be done?"

After being told by his daughter, Lan Erzhuang realized that he was in a moment of impatience just now, and just wanted to distract his daughter's words, completely forgetting that the cake was written with his name and birthday wishes on it.

"Then what should I do? Dad was in a hurry and forgot about it."

Lan Lingxue saw her father rubbing her big hands, and she was so anxious that she didn't know what to do. She was afraid that her father would get angry again because of his anxiety, so she quickly comforted her.

"Forget it, we've said everything, and we can't take it back. When the cake arrives, we'll find a way to see how to get rid of that name. Don't worry, Dad, there will always be a way."

Lan Erzhuang also knew that there was no other way to think of it except this, and he really blamed himself in his heart, his speech was too fast, and things leaked out without knowing it clearly, which was still too short-handed.

The meal in the morning is easy to deal with. The rotten porridge is the breakfast for the Lan family of five. At this time, we can only bring it to the guests first. In addition to serving a small bowl for the small fence, we also prepare some ham , bacon, and pickled side dishes are considered ready, Lin Qiutang thought about it, and another person cut up a salty duck egg with oil, which always fed a few people, and a few people who were full enough to drink , really fell asleep, one by one slept very soundly, the kitchen has changed a big pot, but the size of the big iron pot is full, boiled a big pot of vegetable porridge, and with the iron pot, it was full of heat. A pot full of steamed buns, asked Wang Ruishen to send them to the soldiers on the Zhuangzi over there. Those soldiers had already cleaned themselves up with the hot water brought over, and now they are eating hot Some congee and food are also very comfortable. After breakfast, the two Zhuangzi of the Lan family can be said to have knocked down a large number of people. The bedding on the Zhuangzi there is not enough, and only two or three soldiers can sleep. A quilt is covered, the quilt is already spread, and there is no shortage. Some soldiers don't want to squeeze together, so they cover their own cotton robes, find a corner of the bed, wrap their heads and sleep.

Lan Lingxue first arranged for the men in the village to feed the horses in the stables. This is also a big project. After all, there are fifty or sixty horses, and it will take some effort to get them done. After finishing the work, my family, along with the cook and the girl, started to work on the meal at noon. Not only the second prince and General An had to prepare meticulously, but there were also fifty or sixty soldiers over there. It must be taken care of, and the women of the farmer's family came to help one after another. Lan Lingxue thought, why not arrange the big pot of vegetables for the soldiers to the farmer's house, because they have finished their work and have no time to cook Let them eat some of the food at home. There is a lot of meat in the cellar at home. Cook more meat and vegetables. It’s not too late to treat these soldiers, and then let the young man from the farmer’s family buy some wine. For a soldier, of course spirits are the most thirst-quenching. Lan Lingxue asked him to take a car to buy a carload of spirits and come back. The family has already prepared some recipes, but it is not completely unprepared, as long as some new dishes are added, it is not too difficult.

During lunch, all the prepared dishes were placed outside the second prince's room. Only he had the largest table here, and he didn't care about being so particular about it outside. Lin Qiutang was in the kitchen with the cook because he wanted to avoid taboos. Lan Lingxue ate in the cubicle, but Lan Lingxue followed the main room with the small fence in her arms. After all, she was considered half of the protagonist, and she was not unfamiliar with the people in the room, so she didn't shy away from the difference between men and women.

"Wow, this is too rich. On our way, we only ate steamed buns and cleared water."

Seeing the various dishes on the table, Lin Zihao let out an exaggerated howl, but others ignored him, but Xiao Lili took it seriously.
"Eat steamed buns, drink water? Uncle, poor—"

The milky voice made everyone in the room laugh. He put one arm around Lan Lingxue's neck, pointed at the table with the other, and kept saying to Lin Zihao,

"Eat, eat, uncle, eat meat—"

This is to let Lin Zihao eat it quickly. In the heart of the child, it is too pitiful to eat steamed buns and drink water. Their family has meat, so hurry up and eat it. Lan Lingxue took it in her hand, and pierced Zha Xiaoli's face with her slightly stubbled chin, watching him giggling and hiding back, it was extremely rare.

"What a good boy, you know how to love someone at such a young age, uncle has a gift for you—"

Lin Zihao took out a big brown opal from his purse, and it looked very good looking, but Lin Zihao stuffed it into the palm of Xiaoli's hand indifferently,

"Come on, uncle gave it to you, buy some candy and eat it."

The opal was a little big, and his little hands couldn't hold it tightly. He was afraid that it would drop. His little hands held it tightly. How could the Lan family dare to take such a good thing? Lan Lingxue took the little fence and held it up. Holding his little hand, he passed it in front of Lin Zihao,
"It's unacceptable, Uncle Zihao, how can such a precious thing be played with by a child, don't really trade it for candy someday, it's not a big loss."

There was no one to pick up the things that were sent out, Lin Zihao just waved his hand, then strode over to General An's side, and sat down next to him.

"Uncle Zihao—"

This thing is really unacceptable, this favor is too big,
"If you give it to you, keep it. It's not a good thing. When they beat the Tartars, they have a lot of these in their old den. If the child likes it, ask Zhiyuan to give him some more later and let him play with marbles."

These words made the Lan family have nothing to say,

"Just take it, a child, what can you take or not?"

An Zhiyuan signaled Lan Lingxue not to be too polite, it would hurt her feelings if she passed, and helped the master change the subject,
"Where's the birthday cake for me?"

He knew that that birthday cake must be prepared for Lan Lingxue, otherwise, when he came back suddenly, how could the Lan family prepare it for him without knowing it? He was curious, what kind of object was it,
"Hey, this is it."

Lan Lingxue pointed to the tall and big round box in the middle of the table, Chunhua and Qiuyue arrived at the table immediately, the two of them worked together to open the outer packaging, and a tall four-layer cake appeared in front of everyone. But, what happened to the words in the middle of the cake? There were words on the front of the birthday cake, but it was covered by a few strawberries. An Zhiyuan laughed after seeing it. This should be the name of the little girl, right? For his own arrival, the little girl was wronged. He sneaked a look over and saw the little girl frowned almost invisibly.

The second prince was very excited when he saw this birthday cake. He stood up and looked at the cake in its entirety. He saw that the cake was gradually shrinking in four layers, like a small pagoda. It is pure white, and it looks like it is covered with something soft and fragrant,

"what is this?"

The second prince pointed to the white, milky substance,
"Returning to Your Highness, this is cream, an ingredient made from fresh milk. It has a smooth and delicate taste and is delicious, but it feels a little greasy."

Lan Lingxue hurriedly replied, the second prince is very difficult to serve, and he doesn't know when he will turn his back on him, so be careful.
"Then what are these things?"

The second prince saw that on the eaves of each floor, some spiral laces were carved out of the pure white cream corners, and the top layer of the cake was embossed with small flowers of various colors, red, blue, indigo, purple, yellow and pink. Qing, looking at it at a glance, is really pretty.

"These are also butter, but they have added color, or vegetable juice, or flower juice, just for the sake of looking good."

Lan Lingxue is quite proud of being able to use these pure natural pigments. After all, there is no guarantee that the food pigments of later generations are really edible. I heard that many of them are poisonous, especially the bright yellow ones. That's Lan Lingxue's favorite color for making cakes, but I heard that it is the most poisonous, so when Lan Lingxue made cakes in her previous life, she could only look at it and use other colors instead. Now there are no such scruples, Lan Lingxue made a lot of bright yellow winter jasmine flowers on them,

"Are these fresh fruits?"

In the blank space of each layer of the cake, Lan Lingxue appropriately used fresh fruits to make some small shapes, such as mountains, water, flowers, and birds, and even the shapes of little dolls. The second prince was very impressed interest,

"Yes, they are all fresh fruits, all grown in our own greenhouse."

Lan Lingxue was not surprised that the second prince turned into a curious baby. After all, when everyone saw this birthday cake for the first time, it was almost like the second prince, just like General An and An Zhiyuan next to him. Lin Zihao, who also followed the two of you to and fro, looked enviously, and the bodyguards on the table next to him were even more curious, each of them fidgeted, and wanted to get up to take a closer look, but couldn't Fearing that he would break the rules, he resisted moving, and the strange appearance of twisting and turning made everyone laugh.

"What kind of fruits are these, how come I haven't seen them?"

Of course there will be ones you haven’t seen before. Many fruits are produced in the south. If you don’t have your own space and clear spring water, how can you survive, but you can’t say that.
(End of this chapter)