Chapter 735 - 554: The Supreme Art of Seeking Food_3

Chapter 735: Chapter 554: The Supreme Art of Seeking Food_3

Weiwei giggled playfully, wrapping her little hands around Huang Jun’s neck, and in her soft, sticky voice, she pouted, "Daddy, I want to sleep a little longer."

"You can’t be lazy and sleep in..."

Huang Jun gently patted her little bottom through the quilt and said earnestly, "Hanhan will be here soon, and we can’t keep our friend waiting too long; it’s impolite, you know!"

"Hanhan surely won’t mind waiting for me..."

Weiwei puckered her little mouth, continuing her coquettish persuasion, "Daddy, just let me sleep a little longer, just... five more minutes, okay? Please, pretty please..."

"But Daddy has already made egg dumplings and preserved egg and lean pork congee, smell it, doesn’t it smell great?"

Huang Jun wasn’t going to give in so easily and instead tempted her with delicious food, then said, "If you don’t get up in time, the breakfast will get cold, and it won’t taste nearly as good..."

Egg dumplings?

Preserved egg and lean pork congee?

Sounds fantastic!

Upon hearing the call of the food, Weiwei instantly perked up, and with the enticing aroma in the air, she sat up abruptly from the bed, "Alright, I’ll get up!"

Huang Jun smiled and planted a kiss on her forehead, "What a good little girl you are!"

He didn’t forget to plant a light kiss on Qingqing’s little forehead as well, urging them both to quickly get dressed and wash up.

Once they were all set...

He brought the breakfast to the dining table, reminding them to blow on the congee to cool it down and avoid burning themselves. Then he turned to the kitchen, retrieving the already risen dough and pastry from the refrigerator.

With deft hands, he kneaded the dough into long strips and meticulously divided them into even small dough balls, as precise as if from a fine machine, not a bit off.

"Daddy, the egg dumplings you made are so tasty, and the congee is so delicious too!"

Weiwei mumbled praise with food in her mouth, giving a thumbs up.

Huang Jun beamed a satisfied smile, "Eat more if you like it, eat till you’re full so you’ll have the energy to play later!"

"Daddy, why aren’t you coming to have breakfast with us?"

Qingqing noticed he was still busy in the kitchen and hadn’t joined them at the table yet. She asked both curiously and with concern, "What are you still busy with?"

"Daddy’s already had a little something, you two enjoy the breakfast!"

Huang Jun smiled back, then added, "I’m making taro chrysanthemum pastries now for Hanhan and Uncle Liu to try later."

"Oh..."

Qingqing nodded knowingly.

Weiwei playfully asked, "Do Sis and I get some too?"

Huang Jun nodded with a smile, "Of course, how could I forget about you two!"

"Hee hee!"

Weiwei chuckled happily.

"Daddy, why do you do this first and then that?"

Qingqing was curious, seeing him knead and roll the dough and pastry, then roll them up and put them aside.

Huang Jun explained patiently, "To make taro chrysanthemum pastries crispy outside, soft inside, letting the dough and pastry rest is the key..."

With that, he picked up the prepared pastry skin, wrapped it around a sweet taro filling, pressed it gently, and then rolled it into a round shape with a rolling pin.

He took a knife and first divided the pastry into four parts, then further divided each into eight parts, and finally into sixteen parts.

He placed the filled side up, gently pressing the petals of the little chrysanthemum, adding a dab of egg yolk in the center, and sprinkling a bit of white sesame seeds for garnish.

When all the taro chrysanthemum pastries were complete, he placed them one by one into the pre-heated oven, setting the temperature to 180 degrees, to bake on the middle rack for 20 minutes...