First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 118 The feeling of having someone laugh with you

Soon, the aroma of baked cake mixed with milk filled the entire kitchen.

Guihua and Lushui were used to seeing Su Jixiang cooking delicious food, so today they came over to see what the lady was cooking. The main reason was that the smell was so fragrant, and they had never smelled it before.

Su Jixiang felt that the heat was about right, so he opened the lid of the pot to take a look. Sure enough, the cake inside was baked golden yellow, and the two pieces of cake were completely combined. Su Jixiang turned the cake over with a spatula, put the upward side to the bottom of the pot and baked it for a while, then took the cake out of the pot.

She followed the same method and made the remaining cake batter and custard filling, making a total of four custard cakes.

She asked Guihua and Lushui to deliver one to General Qu's house and one to Qu Wanning's house respectively. She took out one of the remaining two, crushed some dried fruits on it, sprinkled some dried fruits on it and put it on the plate. She cut half of the other one and cut the other half into several small pieces to give to the servants to taste later.

Su Jixiang picked up the pot, poured some sugar and tea leaves into the pot, and stir-fried them quickly. After the sugar turned brown, she poured in milk and cooked them together with the tea leaves. After boiling, she filtered out the milk tea and tasted it. It was really delicious!

She took the milk tea and the cake sprinkled with dried fruit and went to the study.

As soon as I entered the study, I heard Ye Shizhi cursing Wei Ling.

Seeing Su Jixiang come in, Ye Shizhi was stunned for a moment, and then continued to curse.

After listening to it, Su Jixiang felt that it was nothing more than the words of thieves such as dog thieves, traitors, and rebels. He couldn't come up with anything new to say.

Wei Ling acted as if he hadn't heard anything at all. He sat at the desk and read a book. When he saw Su Jixiang coming in, he simply put down the book in his hand and smiled at Su Jixiang, "Looks like you're in for a treat!"

He and Su Jixiang ignored Ye Shizhi.

Ye Shizhi was furious and tried to spit at Su Jixiang, but he was too far away and his mouth was dry from scolding. He pursed his lips but there was no spit left...

His eyes fell on the thing Su Jixiang brought in.

He had never seen such a cake before! It looked soft and fluffy, golden yellow, and had an unusually fragrant smell. It was a sweet and fragrant smell, and there was a strong milky aroma, which made people want to take a bite as soon as they smelled it.

The surface of the cake was sprinkled with various things, including roasted walnuts, melon seeds, and hazelnuts, plus some cut preserved fruits, including preserved apples, apricots, and peaches... Ye Shizhi was the son of the county magistrate after all, and these things that ordinary people could only see during the Chinese New Year were nothing in his eyes, but for some reason these things looked unusually delicious today... I wanted to eat them...

Unconsciously, he became less enthusiastic about cursing, and his eyes unconsciously followed the thing in Su Jixiang's hand.

"Is this a cake?" Wei Ling looked at what Su Jixiang had placed on his desk with some surprise. The cake he thought was a cake was completely different from the cake he saw. He thought the cake was made from steamed eggs...but he had no idea it would look so strange.

"Fresh out of the oven!" Su Jixiang smiled. This was her first time baking a cake in ancient times. Although she didn't have all the tools and didn't even have a basic mold, the cake itself was quite successful. She had just broken off a small piece and tasted it! "I'll ask Wei Zhong to help me build a furnace and then ask a blacksmith to make some molds. It will be even better."

Su Jixiang took out a knife and cut the cake. As the knife fell, the egg yolk core wrapped in the cake flowed out... It was golden and had a rich milky aroma. It looked delicious!

Su Jixiang handed the cut cake to Wei Ling on a plate, poured a cup of milk tea from a large pot and placed it on the table in front of Wei Ling, then looked at Wei Ling expectantly, "Try it!"

Wei Ling first took a sip of the milk tea. The tea was mixed with a strong aroma of milk, and the fragrance filled his mouth, which was a completely different experience.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

"It tastes good, right? I tasted it, it's not too sweet, just right!" Su Jixiang said with a smile.

"It tastes good!" Wei Ling said sincerely.

He thought that he was not a person who cared much about food. Even when he was the prince of Dongdu, he had fine clothes and food, and he ate the best. He was not particularly particular about food. But now, whenever Su Jixiang cooked, he would come back to have a bite of it even if it cost him his life.

So, is this what home feels like?

Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang deeply, with a hint of warmth in his eyes.

She was a person who treated everyone well. Wei Ling knew that she was nothing special to him, but Wei Ling just liked looking at her, eating the food she cooked, and listening to her talk...

To Wei Ling, it seemed as if this was something that belonged to him alone in the world.

"Try the cake again!" Su Jixiang pushed the plate with a small piece of cake towards Wei Ling. Wei Ling took the spoon Su Jixiang handed him, scooped a piece and put it into his mouth.

With this bite, he felt as if he was immersed in a jar of honey... No, to be exact, it was like the warm sunshine of April shining on him, with flowers blooming all over his body, and there was no end in sight! The mouth was full of fragrance, so soft and glutinous that he was speechless! The pleasure brought by that kind of dessert was like the joy of bathing in the beautiful April sky!

Besides this, Wei Ling couldn't seem to find any particularly accurate words to describe it...

Even Wei Ling, who was well-read in poetry and literature, seemed to be at a loss for words at this moment!

"Delicious!" Thousands of feelings turned into these two most simple and heartfelt compliments.

Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang and narrowed his eyes, that was satisfaction!

Su Jixiang was stunned!

It was the first time she saw Wei Ling act so cutely.

She was used to his solemn and cold appearance, and this was the first time she saw him with such a childlike demeanor.

It turns out that a tough man like Wei Ling can also be soft and cute...

Su Jixiang smiled, and Wei Ling felt a different feeling in his heart when he saw her cute face with red lips and white teeth.

Wei Ling suddenly understood why his father smiled so hard when he saw his mother.

It turns out that this is an indescribable feeling of happiness.

He couldn't help but look up at the ceiling of the study. Father, mother, your spirits in heaven can be comforted. Now I feel the same way! It's the feeling of having someone to rely on, someone to miss, someone to look forward to, and someone to laugh with you.

This feeling is so wonderful!