Xie Songlin had anticipated the popularity of the cakes, but the orders that came in the next day still surprised him. Xie Songlin prepared a few ordinary cream cakes, selling them for thirty cents a piece. He had originally planned to try out the business first, but they were sold out as soon as the store opened in the morning. Even the other milk desserts that were put on the shelves were sold out. He had no choice but to ask the Qiuyue sisters to start making them in a hurry.

As for the big birthday cake, he advertised from the beginning that this big cake can only be eaten on birthdays. This strategy not only increased the specialness and ritual sense of birthday cakes, but also stimulated people's desire to buy. Therefore, many wealthy families in the town who had birthdays began to order cakes. Xie Wanxing had helped to draw a booklet of birthday cake styles a long time ago. There were some common patterns that could be reproduced by Qiuyue and Qiuye, as well as schematic diagrams of different sizes and the recommended number of people to eat. Depending on the style and size, the price of each cake was about three to twenty taels. There were few people who could make cakes now, and birthday cakes were originally sold mainly to wealthy families, so the price was naturally set relatively high.

Many people also came to inquire about Lu Zhou's large double-layer cake, but the cake was really too big. In order to promote it and ensure that most people at yesterday's birthday party could have it, Cheng Hui used several cake bases to piece it together. The production was too complicated, so Xie Songlin did not plan to put it on the shelves in the store for the time being. The store's birthday cakes are limited to a maximum order size of 14 inches.

The store's birthday cake orders were all booked up until five days later. Qiuyue and Qiuye were making cakes non-stop in the kitchen every day. They had to make both some daily snacks sold in the store and the pre-ordered birthday cakes. Because they were too busy, Cheng Hui entrusted Xie Yao to the care of Old Lady Shen and Zhou, and she also came to the store every day to help make cakes.

Xie Wanxing has been elusive these days. She is rarely seen until she leaves the store and goes home at night. She asked Shen Yuxi for a few days' leave. Every day when she arrives at the store, a nanny comes to pick her up and take her to Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu bought a small courtyard with two entrances in this town, which she prepared for Lu Zhou in advance. However, he basically lived in the academy and only came back during holidays. Now that Mrs. Lu came, she naturally settled down here.

Xie Wanxing never came empty-handed every day. In the evening, she and Cheng Hui went into the space together to make a lot of small cakes and cookies. She brought different things for Mrs. Lu every day, and each time she would also pair them with some novel milk tea, such as beauty-enhancing rose milk tea, red date and wolfberry milk, and all kinds of health and beauty milk teas.

In just two or three days, Mrs. Lu had treated her like her own daughter. Lu Zhou found that he might not be able to see his mother when he returned home from school. For example, today, he wanted to go home to have dinner with his mother, but found that his mother had already left with Xie Wanxing. When he asked the servant at the door, he learned that they had gone to the largest Jinlou in town.

The Gilded House was the largest jewellery shop in town, but it was only a branch. The main shop was located in the most prosperous area of the capital, and Mrs. Lu was very satisfied with the jewellery there. Although Xie Wanxing repeatedly refused, she thought that she was going back soon, and she had to leave something for the girl she loved.

Mrs. Lu hugged Xie Wanxing and pointed to the large box of gold jewelry that the shopkeeper had brought over and asked, "Xingxing, pick out which necklace you like and Aunt Lu will buy it for you."

Xie Wanxing shook her head: "Aunt Lu, it's really not necessary. My dad would scold me if he knew I accepted such an expensive thing."

"No, no, I'll explain it to your father later. I want to adopt you as my goddaughter. This is your aunt's deposit. I've decided on you now. I'll hold a formal ceremony for you after the New Year."

"I really can't accept it, Aunt Lu."

"Okay, okay, this is it." Mrs. Lu did not allow her to refuse anymore. She simply raised her hand and picked up the heaviest gold collar and hung it around Xie Wanxing's neck. The weight of this gold collar was really not light, and Xie Wanxing now had the body of a five-year-old child. Once the collar was hung on her, it almost bent her whole body.

"This is too heavy." Xie Wanxing lost her balance and almost fell to the ground. Mrs. Lu supported her in time.

"Don't pick it off. This is a gift from Aunt Lu. Just take it. You've given me so many delicious foods, and you don't want me to give you something in return."

“Aunt Lu, those cakes and milk teas aren’t worth much, but this is…” This is a big gold chain! Xie Wanxing roared in his heart.

When Xie Wanxing was sent back to the store by the nanny that day, the big gold chain not only dazzled her brothers, but also dazzled Xie Songlin who was busy calculating. He didn't expect that his daughter could earn more in two days than he did in so many hours.

Xie Songlin was stunned by his daughter's big gold chain, and he was overwhelmed by the cake orders he received every day. However, a bigger problem arose, which was the beating of cream and eggs. Since cakes were all made in house now, Cheng Hui could not take out the electric whisk and could only beat them manually.

Although Xie Wanxing had previously drawn a simple wooden egg beater and asked Xie Songmu to make it, it still needed to be done manually. Beating cream and eggs every day was still very tiring. After a few days of high-intensity work, Cheng Hui's hands were sore that she could not bear it. Qiuyue and Qiuye also looked a little embarrassed, but they did not say much and just gritted their teeth and persevered.

Xie Songlin could only hire a few people from the village to help, but the specific steps of making the cake were still left to Qiuyue and the others.

Two days ago, it was the birthday of the mother of a famous wealthy man in the town. The old lady was very concerned about her reputation, and every birthday celebration was very grand. In order to please her, the housekeeper came to Frappuccino and ordered a few birthday peach cakes as soon as he heard the news. The exquisite big cake amazed everyone at the banquet, and everyone asked where this novel pastry came from.

The old lady looked at the astonished expressions of the crowd, and her vanity was greatly satisfied. She rewarded the butler handsomely, and the butler was so happy that he promoted Frappuccino even more vigorously. For a time, birthday cakes became a standard feature of many wealthy families' birthday parties. In the circle of wealthy people in Qingshui Town, if a family didn't have this cake for their birthday, it seemed as if they had lost face.

Xie Songlin sighed as he held a thick stack of orders. "Should we hire two more people? Qiuyue and your mother and the others won't be able to make enough cakes."

"Okay, that's easy to handle with hands." Xie Wanxing also sighed, "But what about the egg beater problem? The electric one doesn't work, and we can't always rely on our hands to beat it. Not only is it inefficient, but it will break after a long time."

Xie Songlin: "Think of a solution."

Xie Wanxing pointed at himself: "Me again?"

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