The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

"Wei Siyu! What are you staring at?" Shen Cao saw Wei Siyu looking at Wanyue with a silly grin and handed him the jar.

"Wanyue is waiting to drink."

"Oh, oh! I'll shake it right away." He quickly looked away, took the jar, and began to shake it vigorously.

Why does he feel that Wanyue is getting prettier and prettier lately? Not only is she pretty, but everything she does seems adorable.

He's insane!

At the dinner table, Wei Siyu secretly kept looking at Wanyue. What had this girl been eating these past few days? Her face was so rosy, like a ripe peach.

And those eyes, when did they become so watery?

Just then, Wanyue took a sip of milk tea, and in her haste, she choked.

There were some food crumbs on the corners of his mouth.

It looked like a kitten stealing food.

"Pfft!" Wei Siyu was amused by her adorable action.

When he realized what was happening, he found that everyone was looking at him.

"Hey! I just suddenly thought of something funny. Everyone, keep eating."

He tried to hide his embarrassment by picking up the cup next to him and taking a sip.

“The glass you’re drinking is mine,” Shen Yu’an reminded him.

"Oh!" He quickly put down his cup and silently picked up his own.

Wei Siyu is acting strangely.

"Sister Cao'er, this milk tea is also very delicious, the tea flavor is stronger."

"And it also has a sweet, caramelized aroma."

"If it tastes good, drink more." This homemade milk tea doesn't have any of those weird additives like non-dairy creamer from my previous life, so you can drink as much as you want without any problems.

"Cao'er, is this the snack you were talking about?" Shen Yu'an asked, pointing to the meat and egg burger in his hand.

"Yes, there are many more."

"This is called a meat and egg burger."

"That teppanyaki fried rice can be considered a kind of snack. You can also make teppanyaki fried noodles, teppanyaki shrimp, teppanyaki squid and a series of other snacks."

"Sister Cao'er always has a lot of ideas about food."

"Yes, so I'm not worried at all that the stalls at the dock won't be able to open."

After finishing his meat and egg burger, Shen Yu'an added a comment following Wan Yue's words.

He turned to look at Wei Siyu, who had seemed off all night, and asked, "What do you think, Wei Siyu?"

Wei Siyu, whose name was suddenly called, was a little taken aback. "What?"

“I said with grass, the stalls at the dock will definitely have no worries.”

"What's wrong with you? You've been distracted all night. Are you sick?"

Upon hearing that Wei Siyu was ill, Wanyue stopped what she was doing and revealed a hint of worry that she herself did not realize.

"No! No, it's probably because I got up too early this morning and I'm a little tired."

"Then go home and rest early. You've had a long and tiring day."

"Ah."

The next morning, at the entrance of Shen Family Restaurant, Shen Yu'an looked at Wei Siyu, whose eyes were bluish, and asked, "Wei Siyu, didn't you say you were tired yesterday? Why didn't you sleep well last night?"

Wei Siyu's expression became somewhat involuntary. "No? I slept fine."

Wanyue pointed to the dark circles under his eyes and said, "Stop lying. Go look in the mirror. The dark circles under your eyes are too obvious."

Wei Siyu glanced at her but didn't say anything.

It was her again. Last night, the phrase "Brother Siyu" kept echoing in his mind, keeping him tossing and turning all night.

Wei Siyu made up an excuse to brush it off.

While eating breakfast, he subtly avoided Wanyue.

After breakfast, Shen Cao took Wan Yue to the kitchen.

"You told me yesterday that you wanted me to teach you how to make a delicious and unique dish."

Are you planning to make this for your family when you get home?

Wanyue nodded, "I want to cook it for my father at his birthday banquet when I get back."

"My mother told me to prepare a good birthday gift for my father."

“But my father is not short of money, he has everything, and after thinking about it, only things made by hand are the most heartfelt.”

"I wanted to fix a purse before, but I poked several holes in my hand and couldn't get it done."

"Besides, the things I made were a mess. My father would be embarrassed to accept them, but I would be embarrassed to let him wear them."

"After thinking it over, making food is the best option."

"Sister Grass, can you help me think of a delicious and simple dish?"

"By the way, my father likes to eat sweet desserts."

Shen Cao never expected that the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom would have a sweet tooth.

She thought for a long time. There were many delicious and beautiful pastries, but with Wanyue's pampered hands, she probably wouldn't be able to learn how to make them in a short time.

She looked around the kitchen for a long time, but the egg yolk pastry didn't work; it was too difficult for her.

Water chestnut cake won't do; it's still too difficult.

Suddenly, her gaze fell on the bucket of milk she had bought yesterday.

Double-skin milk pudding is simple, delicious, and easy to make.

"I understand. I'll teach you a delicious and easy dessert."

Perfect timing! She bought tapioca flour at the market today, so the bubble tea she mentioned yesterday can be made now.

Upon hearing that such food actually existed, Wan Yue happily took Shen Cao's hand and shook it affectionately to express her gratitude.

"Go wash your hands. I'll get everything ready, and then we can start."

Wanyue obediently went to wash her hands.

Shen Cao first took a few small bowls that she usually used for eating rice, eggs, and the milk left over from yesterday.

Li Xiaoyu had already cleaned up the large table in the middle of the kitchen early on.

She eagerly awaited the time when her master would teach Wanyue, and she would also learn from him.

Shen Cao stood on one side of the table, while Li Xiaoyu and Wanyue stood opposite her.

Each of the three people was wearing an apron that Granny Zhang had specially made for them. The aprons were dark green, and a small grass character was embroidered on the lower right hem.

Shen Cao was extremely happy when she received it.

"In case you don't know how to measure the ingredients, we'll use a regular rice bowl that you usually eat at home."

"Let's use this bowl to scoop out a bowl of milk first." She said, scooping out a bowl of milk with a spoon.

Wanyue and Li Xiaoyu across from her followed suit and ladled a bowl of milk into their own bowls.

"Next, we need to cook the milk."

Shen Cao found a small clay pot, poured the milk from the bowl into it, and gestured for the two of them to pour their milk in as well.

The milk started bubbling after being heated on the small stove for a while.

"Pay close attention when bubbles start to form around the edges of the milk; that means it's almost ready."

Sure enough, before she could finish speaking, a large number of bubbles appeared.

"Remember to use a rag at this time." She used the rag as a pad to take the pot off the stove.

"You can boil more milk in this step, because if you make it yourself later, it might spill during the boiling process."

"Pour the cooked milk into the bowl you just prepared."

"Be very careful not to burn yourself during this step."

All three of them poured the cooked milk into the bowls they had just used.

"Next, we can prepare the eggs."

"We only need the egg whites."

"For this step, Wanyue, you may not be able to separate the egg white and yolk in one go. You can crack the egg into a bowl first, and then gently scoop out the yolk with a spoon."

Shen Cao demonstrated it to her once.

Sure enough, when it was Wanyue's turn to operate, all sorts of problems arose.

It was her first time cracking eggs. Either she was too light and couldn't crack the shells, or she was too heavy and the egg whites and yolks got mixed up before she could crack them out.

"When cracking eggs, find a corner of the table, take your time, don't rush." ​​Shen Cao patiently demonstrated it to her again.

After breaking more than a dozen eggs, Wanyue was finally able to crack a whole egg.

Looking at the dozen or so broken eggs in the bowl, she felt a little guilty. "Sister Cao'er, am I really stupid?"

Shen Cao smiled and comforted her, "No, you're already very capable."

"That's right, Wanyue, you're already very good. When I first started, it took me several days to crack a whole egg."

Wan Yue knew that Li Xiaoyu was deliberately saying those things to comfort her; she didn't believe that Li Xiaoyu had been hitting her for several days.

In fact, Li Xiaoyu wasn't lying; she really did spend several days learning before she could crack a whole egg.

Unlike Wanyue, she had never eaten eggs before and thought they were very precious, so she was very careful when cracking them and dared not use too much force.

It took me several days of practice to learn it.

"What should we do with all these broken eggs?" Wanyue was worried about wasting them.

"Don't worry, it won't go to waste. We'll just stir-fry it and eat it tonight."

She felt a little better after hearing her sister Cao'er say that the eggs could be fried.

She carefully took a spoon and gently scooped out the egg yolk.

"Yay! I did it! Sister Grass, I did it!"

Shen Cao smiled and nodded, giving her a thumbs up, "Great job!"

"The next step also needs to be taken very carefully."

"Look, there's a layer of milk skin floating on the surface of the milk. We need to be careful not to break the milk skin."

"Take a chopstick and gently pry open a small hole along the edge of the bowl."

"Then slowly pour out the milk, which can be poured directly into the bowl where the egg whites were just placed."

Li Xiaoyu and Wanyue followed Shen Cao's example, taking a chopstick and carefully handling it.

Both of them held their breath, afraid of puncturing the skin of the breast, and moved very gently.

Both of them gently poured out the milk from their bowls.

After their success, the two happily hugged each other.

"The next step is very simple: add a spoonful of sugar to the milk and stir well."

"This step requires stirring for a while to fully combine the milk and egg whites."

The kitchen was immediately filled with the crisp sound of chopsticks hitting bowls, like a beautiful piece of music, interspersed with the laughter of young girls, which sounded especially pleasant.

"Next, we need to pour the milk back into the bowl we just made. We need to be very careful with this step. We need to pour it in through the hole in the milk skin we just opened."

"I'll teach you a little trick. You can take a chopstick, place it near the milk skin hole, and then pour the milk in along the chopstick. It's much easier that way."

Following Shen Cao's instructions, the two quickly poured the milk into a bowl, with the milk skin floating intact on the surface.

"Next, cover the bowl with a flat plate and steam it in a steamer for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."