NOVEL NEXT Chapter 86 Wedding Cake
Yuying's sedan chair was carried to the Peng Mansion, and she immediately paid homage to Shopkeeper Peng's son.
She was uneasy. She was worried that Xiaodouzi would not give the handkerchief to Shao Xi in time, and she was also worried that Shao Xi would not take it seriously after receiving the handkerchief. After all, her family was usually at odds with hers, and she and Shao Xi were also not at peace with each other on weekdays. Not a few words were said.
There are two maids and two strong men guarding the door of the room. It seems that the marriage must be concluded today.
Yuying was resentful at the moment that her mother-in-law and her parents would marry her for the 500 taels of bride price and a box of betrothal gifts before they found out whether the Peng family had caused a lawsuit.
"No, their family is in such a hurry to hold this happy event, so there must be something to hide! The most important thing for a bank is silver coins. How can it be possible to steal other people's gold ingots?"
Yuying was sitting on the wedding bed. She had never seen such a luxurious wooden Qiangong bed, covered with gold and vermilion lacquer, and surrounded by carvings and paintings, like a pavilion.
She touched the dragon and phoenix satin quilt, which was silky and soft. The bed was sprinkled with red dates, longans, lotus seeds, walnuts, and chestnuts.
"My mother-in-law did not lie to me. Maybe I will have a good life in the future..."
Yuying, who was intoxicated with the luxurious wedding bed decoration, was brought back to reality by the noise at the door.
"Young master, you can't go in. The time has not come yet. You have to finish the wedding banquet first. You should go back quickly!" The maids blocked the door and made a fuss about the newlywed young master who was about to enter the bridal chamber.
The young master exclaimed: "No, no! I want to go in now, I want to see my beautiful sister!"
Yuying's voice sounded like that of an adult man, but her tone was like that of a child.
The commotion at the door soon stopped. Yuying walked to the door and asked the maid: "What happened?"
The maid at the door replied: "Young lady, there is nothing to do. You can rest first. The time has not come yet. If you are thirsty, there is tea and fruit on the table. The young master will not come over until after the dinner."
In the yard, shopkeeper Peng and his wife were entertaining guests. Mao Xi brought a box of wedding cakes, and Luda brought five large jugs of wine to Peng's house.
"Shopkeeper Peng, congratulations! I am the bride's cousin, Mao Xi, who runs a restaurant in Nanquemen. These wines are a gift for you."
After Mao Xi finished speaking, he gave the gift to Shopkeeper Peng.
Shopkeeper Peng saw that the gift was quite large and there was red wine as a gift, so he hurriedly invited Mao Xi into the banquet in the courtyard.
"If you're a distinguished guest, please come in. Miss A's Liuxiang snacks are doing a very prosperous business in Lihua Town!" Shopkeeper Peng said politely.
Mao Xi carried the food box and said to Shopkeeper Peng: "Our Liu family has a tradition. On the wedding day, the bride has to eat a pair of wedding cakes made by her family members. Today I specially brought them to give to my sister to eat in person. We can have more children and grandchildren in the future!”
"What kind of wedding cake is it? Can we all take a look?" Shopkeeper Peng said and opened Mao Xi's food box.
Inside the food box were two egg yolk pastry-shaped wedding cakes. The yellow pastry was dyed red by Ma Xi with fruit juice, and black and white sesame seeds were embellished on the top.
"This is my family's ancestral wedding cake. It contains red beans and salted egg yolk. If you like it, you can eat it at my Liuxiang snacks in the future. Today's pair of wedding cakes is to congratulate my cousin."
"Well, this shortbread looks really good!"
"It smells so good, like milk and egg yolk!"
"Tomorrow I will go to Liuxiang Snacks to eat this wedding cake!"
The guests nearby were all attracted by the egg yolk cake.
"Hahaha!" Shopkeeper Peng was happy today and asked the maid to take Mao Xi to the bride's house.
Mao Xi followed the maid, walked around the yard, and finally arrived at the new house.
When she saw two strong men guarding the door, she knew there was something fishy about this marriage.
The maid brought Mao Xi to the door and said, "The master said that this is the bride's cousin. She is here to deliver the wedding cake to the bride."
Yuying heard Mao Xi's voice from the door in the bride's room.
"Is it Ah Shu?" Yuying asked.
"Sister, it's me. Grandma asked me to bring you a wedding cake!"
The strong man then stepped aside, and Mao Xi walked up to Yuying carrying the wedding cake to signal her to be quiet.
She opened the food box, broke the egg yolk cake in half, took out the note inside and stuffed it into Yuying, and read:
"Cousin, eat this wedding cake quickly, and live a harmonious and beautiful life in the future. I wish you a baby soon!"
Yuying opened the note and it read: "The Peng family is making counterfeit silver, please help investigate." The signature was Zhang Captou.
Yuying understood it, burned the note, took an egg yolk cake and ate it.
"Ah Shu, this cake is so delicious!" Yuying was feeling a little hungry after sitting in the house for a day.
"Sister, if you still want to eat this shortbread, remember to come to my shop to find me."
After delivering shortcakes to her cousin, Mao Xi and Lu Da returned to Liuxiang snacks together.
Zhang Captou was in the shop, eating egg yolk cakes and waiting for her.
"Miss Ah Shu, have you brought the news?"
Mao Xi nodded and told Zhang Captou what she saw at Peng Mansion today.
"I wonder if my cousin can find evidence. If I bring the cake today, shopkeeper Peng will open it and check. When we get to the new house, there will be strong men guarding the door."
"Then shopkeeper Peng must be afraid that his deeds will be exposed, so he wants to destroy the evidence during the wedding banquet. Miss Ah Shu, how did you come up with the idea of using a wedding cake to reveal the news to the bride?"
Mao Xi smiled, pointed to Ajiao who was eating egg yolk cakes and said, "It's Amei who has been making a fuss about eating cakes recently. I happened to be making cakes. I thought that if I just sent wine, the Peng family would not let me go. Meet the bride.”
I saw Ajiao twisting the egg yolk cake in half, revealing the egg yolk and red bean filling, which was very attractive.
Mao Xi returned to the kitchen, preparing to make more preparations. If there is any new news in the next few days, her cousin will probably come to her to buy this egg yolk cake.
Egg yolk cake requires salted duck eggs. The homemade salted duck eggs at home were not enough, so Ma Xi bought fifty salted duck eggs directly on the virtual mall, which cost 150 Wen.
Xiao Qing helped to get the salted egg yolk, while Chen used lard and flour to make the dough crust and puff pastry.
The taken out salted egg yolks are first soaked in oil for a quarter of an hour. Then Lou Laner arranges the salted egg yolks neatly and puts them in the kiln to bake for a third of a quarter of an hour. The salted egg yolks turn from golden and transparent to light yellow and oily.
Finally, wrap the egg yolk in the red bean paste, knead it into a ball, then wrap the water-oil dough with puff pastry, roll it into a long tongue shape twice, roll it up, press the two ends into the middle to form a round shape, and wrap the inverted ball inside.
Finally, put it on a plate and arrange it, brush the outer layer twice with egg yolk liquid, sprinkle with a little sesame seeds, and bake it in the kiln for two quarters of an hour.
A new batch of egg yolk cakes is out of the oven, and diners having late-night snacks in the store rush to try it.
The price of Maoxi is 10 cents each, which is slightly more expensive than ordinary shortbread. However, as soon as the 30 egg yolk shortbreads were baked, they were full of fragrance and sold out quickly.