After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

After learning a lot of information from the little boy that day, Lin Hao felt a little more at ease. Judging from the current personnel configuration of the Gu family, her status was still relatively high. Gu Liunian had not yet returned home, and the little boy Gu Yu liked her very much, so the only person she needed to please was the old lady.

She certainly wasn't good at tending flowers and plants, but as the saying goes, the way to a person's heart is through their stomach. She could certainly manage to cook some food, which would be a good way to win over both of them at once. Besides, she had specifically inquired and, sure enough, the pastries here were more traditional, lacking the variety and abundance of her hometown.

So, she decided to try her hand at making egg pudding today, something suitable for all ages. The inspiration came from seeing her little boy drink a small bowl of milk every morning! Without further ado, she said to her son, who was playing with a nine-linked ring, "Sweetie, Mommy will make you something delicious today, okay? I guarantee you've never had anything like it before."

"Really? Is it delicious?" the little dumpling asked in a sweet, innocent voice.

"Mommy promises my darling will like it. Then we'll go find Grandma to eat it together, okay?"

“Okay, Father said that a good child should know how to share. He also told me the story of Kong Rong sharing pears, and I remember it all.”

Oh my god! What an amazing little darling! So sweet and well-behaved! Lin Hao couldn't help but say, "How about our little darling comes to the kitchen with Mommy to make something delicious?"

“Okay, I’ll help Mom,” the little dumpling said softly.

The group went to the kitchen, startling everyone there. After understanding Lin Hao's purpose, they were all terrified, but they couldn't disobey their master's wishes, so they could only nervously stand by, ready to help at any moment. The kitchen manager even secretly sent someone to inform the old lady, but Lin Hao didn't care and let them do as they pleased, only hiring a skilled cook to assist them.

Making egg pudding is actually very simple, but you need to control the heat when making the caramel. At best, the taste and color won't be pretty; at worst, it will taste burnt.

Lin Hao asked the kitchen for three eggs, a bowl of milk, and a can of sugar. She asked the cook to separate the egg whites from the yolks and to beat the yolks until they were smooth and didn't leave any strands when picked up with chopsticks. She then asked the cook to filter the egg mixture using a steamer cloth for steaming dough until there were no bubbles, in order to make the pudding smoother.

Lin Hao then simmered the white sugar over low heat to make caramel, poured it into the milk, and continued to heat the milk over low heat while stirring. She then poured the caramelized milk into the strained egg mixture in several batches, stirring thoroughly after each addition. The pudding mixture was now ready.

Finally, put water in a pot, bring it to a boil, place a steamer rack inside, and then put the prepared pudding on the steamer rack. During the steaming process, use chopsticks to lift the lid of the pot, but do not seal it completely to prevent the steam temperature from getting too high. Instruct the cook to steam for 15 minutes before taking it out of the pot.

The wait was long, especially with Xiao Baozi's constant questioning, but thankfully a quarter of an hour passed quickly. The moment the finished product came out, Xiao Baozi's eyes lit up; he looked like he couldn't wait to eat it, and his mouth was practically watering.

Lin Hao teased him, "Baby, why don't you eat now?" The little dumpling put his hands over his mouth, shook his head vigorously, and said indistinctly, "No, I have to wait for Grandma."

Lin Hao was utterly delighted by his adorable appearance and showered him with compliments. She then instructed the cook to soak the egg pudding in well water, and had Zhu Qing carry it as they followed them to Rongshou Hall.

Inside the house, the old lady had already heard from the kitchen staff that the lady had taken the young master there and was insisting on cooking for them herself. She didn't object; her eldest daughter-in-law had been ill for a long time, and her grandson had been making a fuss for a long time. Now they just wanted to make some food at home, so she let them have their fun.

Hearing that the two of them had arrived, they quickly ordered someone to wait and bring them in. The two bowed upon entering, and before they could even sit down, the little boy rushed excitedly to his grandmother, boasting, "Grandma, Mom and I made something delicious! Come and eat with Grandma!"

Upon hearing this, the old lady smiled broadly, her eyes crinkling at the corners of her mouth. She exclaimed happily, "Good, good, good! Yu-ge'er is so wonderful! You know how to be filial to your grandmother. Grandmother's love for you hasn't been wasted!" She then said to Lin Hao, "You're so thoughtful!"

Lin Hao hurriedly said, "It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea. I thought I'd make some easy-to-digest food to give you and Yu-ge a change of pace." "But Yu-ge, when he saw these pastries coming out of the oven, he was clearly drooling over them. He was even thinking of waiting for you to eat them together, otherwise he wouldn't have eaten them!"

The old lady was even more touched, and kept calling the little dumpling her darling and precious. The little dumpling couldn't wait to see his grandmother and busied himself getting the egg pudding brought out.

All three were satisfied after tasting it. Lin Hao thought it was quite good considering they didn't have a microwave or oven. The other two were completely won over by the texture of the egg pudding—sweet, fragrant, soft, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious!

After the three finished eating, they all felt that they hadn't had enough. Little Baozi even clamored to eat more, but Lin Hao dissuaded him by saying that it was not good to eat too much sweets. She even scared him by saying that if his teeth were damaged, he wouldn't be able to eat any more delicious food. Only then did she manage to persuade him to stop.

Little did she know, the old lady was even more pleased with her after seeing this scene.