A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 142: Marriage Makes You Mature and Steady

"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll go to the kitchen to get the eggs."

Zhang Yunyue took a basket from the utility room and carried it into the kitchen, thinking that there would probably be dozens of people today. After all, there were already thirty-four people, big and small, in the yard and the kitchen.

So Zhang Yunyue directly put about twenty eggs into the basket, took a few pairs of chopsticks and left the kitchen.

"Xiaofeng, Xiaoxue, go to the kitchen and get two clean basins."

"Okay, sister."

The two of them ran into the kitchen and took out two large basins.

"Sister, what should we do next?"

Zhang Yunyue separated the egg whites from the eggs in the basket and placed them in two bowls. She poured sugar into the bowl containing the egg whites. Because there was no lemon, Zhang Yunyue dripped some orange juice into it to remove some of the egg smell.

After everything was put in the egg white, Zhang Yunyue called the people standing nearby to start working:

"Okay, two of you, take the chopsticks and stir the food in this bowl. If you get tired, take turns stirring. Keep stirring until I tell you to stop."

"Yueyue, let me go first." Zhang Xingyun took the lead and started stirring with a pair of chopsticks.

"Yueyue, let me do it too." Zhang Xingquan, the grandson of my great-grandfather, also picked up a pair of chopsticks and started stirring.

"It's all right. Just take turns. It will take at least a quarter of an hour to stir it well."

Zhang Yunyue began to prepare the egg yolks. She added some vegetable oil and flour to the egg yolks, mixed them evenly and set them aside.

Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xingquan thought that stirring the egg whites did not require much effort, but after stirring for a while, their hands began to ache, so they gave the chopsticks to Zhang Xingshi and Zhang Xingshu who were standing next to them.

Fortunately, there were many people, so everyone took over after stirring for a while. Sugar was added twice in the middle, so after a quarter of an hour, the egg whites were completely beaten by everyone.

Zhang Yunyue took a small wooden spatula and scooped all the egg whites in the bowl into the prepared egg yolks one spoonful at a time, stirring in one direction.

After the egg white and egg yolk are mixed evenly, Zhang Yunyue pours them into a dustpan lined with greaseproof paper and scrapes the surface to make it smooth.

As there was no iron plate, Zhang Yunyue thought of putting the cake in a winnowing basket, baking it for half a quarter of an hour, until the surface of the cake was set, and then taking the winnowing basket out of the oven and continuing baking it.

While Zhang Yunyue was mixing the egg whites and yolks, Zhang Xingyun went to the thatched shed in the backyard to light the oven.

Because they were baking a cake, Zhang Yunyue was afraid that the fire would be too big and the cake would be burnt, so she asked Zhang Xingyun to bake it on low heat. The worst that could happen was that the baking time would be extended, but at least the cake would not be burnt.

Zhang Yunyue carried the winnowing basket filled with cake batter into the straw shed and placed it in the burning oven.

"Okay, let's wait for the oven to start baking. Big brother, check the fire from time to time to make sure it's not too big, otherwise it might burn."

"Yeah, I know. I'm watching here."

"Let's go out and prepare other ingredients. We still need your help to continue stirring." After saying that, Zhang Yunyue raised his eyebrows, looked at the people next to him, and smiled again.

"Ah, Yueyue, is there anything else?" Zhang Xingshi asked, shaking his arms.

Zhang Xinghao also said: "I didn't feel tired before, but today I just stirred it for a short while, and I didn't expect my hands to get tired."

"Yes, second brother, cousin Shi, if you weren't here today, I'm afraid we would be even more tired, hahaha."

"Hahahaha" the others thought that they had become tools and started laughing too.

Back in the yard, Zhang Yunyue took out a clay pot and a small stove from the kitchen.

Then he took the milk he had bought the day before from the well and poured it into a ceramic pot. He placed it on the stove and boiled it slowly over low heat, then set it aside to cool.

When the temperature returned to normal, he asked the people standing nearby to start stirring it.

Zhang Yunyue took out some of the fruits she had bought a few days ago and some of the fruits her mother had bought yesterday, cut them into small pieces and put them in a bowl. She cut the rest into small pieces and placed them on the table in the yard so that everyone could eat them if they had nothing to do.

We also took some melon seeds and peanuts from the utility room and placed them in the yard so that we could eat them while chatting.

Zhang Yunyue went to the straw shed from time to time to check on the cake. The aroma of the cake had already wafted out of the oven.

Zhang Yunxue brought her great-grandfather and second-grandfather's two great-grandsons to follow Zhang Yunyue around.

Zhang Zibao stared at the oven, then looked at Zhang Yunyue and said, "Aunt Yue, it smells so good. When can we eat it?"

Zhang Zibei: "It smells good, auntie, eat, eat, eat..."

Zhang Yunyue scratched her nose and said, "It's still early. Let your Aunt Xue take you to have some snacks, and then we can eat cake later."

"Okay, okay."

"Xiaoxue, go to the main room and get some snacks for these two little guys."

"Okay, sister." After saying that, she took the two little ones to the main room.

The cake had to be baked slowly over low heat for about half an hour, and Zhang Yunyue chatted with everyone in the yard.

"Yueyue, come and see, there is actually more." Zhang Xinghao stopped stirring the cream and shouted to Zhang Yunyue.

Hearing this, Zhang Yunyue stepped forward to check it out: "Second brother, just stir it for a while longer, it will be ready."

"Okay, got it."

After saying that, Zhang Xinghao and Zhang Xingquan started stirring again.

Several people stirred for nearly half a quarter of an hour. Zhang Yunyue took a look and saw that they had finished, so he asked everyone to stop.

Zhang Xingshi asked, "Yueyue, this is so white. Do you want to roast it later or eat it directly?"

"You can eat this directly, but I'm going to spread it on the cake later. Wait a moment, I'll use chopsticks to let each of you taste it."

Zhang Yunyue took the chopsticks, dipped some for everyone, and asked everyone to try.

Zhang Yunni licked the cream and said in surprise: "Wow, cousin Yueyue, this is delicious."

"Sister, it's delicious." Zhang Xingfeng said to Zhang Yunyue with a happy face.

After tasting it, the others nodded repeatedly and said it was delicious.

"Okay, don't eat too much of this, or you won't have enough cake to spread on later."

"Okay, sister, we won't eat anymore." Zhang Yunxue said.

The elders sitting nearby were chatting and looking at the children.

"Second brother, third brother, look at these kids. They don't look like teenagers at all. They look almost like my eldest son. Hahaha."

"Hahaha, yes, but the child hasn't gotten married yet. Once married, he will be mature and stable. It's better for him to be lively now."

"Yes, the third brother is right."

"Oh, big brother, second brother, the weather is getting colder now. I guess the mung bean jelly won't be sold for long. When it's cold, no one likes to eat cold food anymore. They prefer to eat hot food."

The great grandfather nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Agui and the others also said when they came back that fewer people are eating jelly these days, but more people are buying chili oil and crispy whistles."