Chapter 1444 - 562: Sending Red Envelopes and Renting a New Car! My Master Actually Got Married? Congratulations!

Chapter 1444: Chapter 562: Sending Red Envelopes and Renting a New Car! My Master Actually Got Married? Congratulations!

"Happy New Year, just white will do."

Lin Xu initially wanted to ask about the price, but the guy simply said:

"Okay, I’ll drive over and deliver it to you in an hour."

So quick?

But it’s fine if it gets delivered, the master’s wife isn’t an outsider, and since we’ll be visiting the master after lunch, if we meet the master’s wife, we can thank her properly.

Walking into the shop, everyone was having lunch.

Even Dundun was squatting at the service counter, sipping on the goat milk Chen Yan brought along. She heard it was good for cats, so she bought some on the way.

As soon as it smelled it, this little guy loved it so much, and it made a satisfied humming sound while drinking.

Upstairs, Chen Yan was sitting with Dou Wenjing and Zeng Xiaoqi, eating stewed dishes on the table and chatting about some news from the Spring Festival.

Seeing Lin Xu and Shen Jiayue coming up, she said with a smile:

"Oh, the gods and goddesses of fortune are back? Spending hundreds of thousands on the first day of work, what does that signify?"

Shen Jiayue made a scissor gesture:

"It signifies that I’m only 23 this year, while someone’s approaching their 40s."

Chen Yan: "..."

Lin Xu washed his hands, scooped a bowl of rice, sat down, picked some meatballs, two slices of pork belly, and some vermicelli from the stew, and started eating heartily.

At home, after eating all kinds of fish and meat, suddenly eating this grounded stew was incredibly comforting.

Shen Jiayue also said:

"This stew is so good. Yan Bao, when spring blossoms, we’re planning to go to Yinzhou again. Do you want to come? I’ll take you to the village fair."

The last rural fair piqued her interest.

And the edited videos reminded countless netizens of their childhood experiences at such fairs.

That video was shot casually, mostly experiencing whatever caught their eye—rings, snacks, toys, clothes, and so on. Shen Jiayue initially thought it would flop, but surprisingly the views were extraordinarily high, even becoming the highest viewed video in Dundun’s no-show series.

Chen Yan was actually quite interested in these.

She looked at Lin Xu and asked:

"The fried date cake you ate at the fair, I quite liked it. Can you make it? Yueyue’s crispy munching sounds were so enticing it made me crave barbecue at midnight."

Fried date cake?

That’s easy to make.

Lin Xu picked a piece of stewed soft tofu and sent it into his mouth, chuckled, and said:

"It’s quite simple, I’ll make some later, let everyone try."

This snack from North China seems exclusive to Northern Zhongyuan and Western Shandong, although other places have similar snacks, they’re slightly different.

Chen Yan didn’t expect to eat it today. She said to Chen Yuanyuan, Zeng Xiaoqi, and Dou Wenjing:

"After we finish eating, let’s stick around for the fried date cake before heading back."

Zeng Xiaoqi said:

"Forget it, I haven’t finished my filming plan yet. I’ll have to go back to work later. I need to get off early today and accompany my parents to visit the Qi family."

"Wow, preparing for engagement already?"

"Not really, my dad thinks they drove from afar to pick us up, we should visit in return... So Lin the Boss, when is Ginkgo Garden starting construction? If it doesn’t start soon, my parents will have toured Beijing via subway completely."

Since teaching them how to ride the subway on the sixth day, the couple vanished, either going to Olympic Park or Wangfujing Street.

Yesterday morning they even went to watch the flag-raising, enjoying their time.

Lin Xu said:

"We’ll start in the next two days, Shang Weixing and his spouse will come over then."

After lunch, he went to the kitchen and started making the fried date cake that has left his sister-in-law craving.

This snack using millet flour to coat date paste, fried to crispy outside and tender inside, with a smooth texture and strong date fragrance, leaves one longing after a single taste.

Millet, also known as foxtail millet, is a cereal crop grown in places like Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Lin Xu took a pack of millet flour, poured it into a basin, sifting it to filter out any possible hull residue and to ensure the texture is smooth.

Next, he added cold water and mixed it into a dough.

Raw millet dough lacks stickiness and is hard to form, so as long as there’s no dry powder, it’s fine.

He took a clean steamer cloth, wetted it, and laid it on the steam tray, scattering the millet dough over it.

Millet flour needs steaming before making fried date cake. During steaming, for better heat penetration, the dough needs spreading as much as possible for thorough cooking.

He put it in the steam cabinet to start steaming.

Meanwhile, Lin Xu fetched the red dates the pastry department used for yellow millet date cake. These sugar-boiled dates were not only sweet but had a strong date aroma.

He removed the date pits and roughly cut the dates.

They shouldn’t be too small, leaving the dates some chew allows a textural contrast when eaten with the smooth millet dough.

Cutting finished, he put them aside.

Just about to take a break, Grandpa Gao suddenly sent a message:

"Xiao Xu, do you have time this afternoon? Your master’s wife and I got our marriage license today, planning to invite you for a meal, you and Yueyue and your senior brother’s family. No one else was informed, too lazy to host."

Getting married already?

That was quick!

But it’s interesting how the seasoned sailor gets subdued by the crafty lady.

He replied:

"I’m in the shop making fried date cake now, once it’s ready, we’ll head over to your place."

"Oh, you can make this snack? Bring some along, your master’s wife loves it, let her try."

After chatting a bit with the master, Lin Xu messaged Xie Baomin:

"Senior brother, the master seems to have gotten their license. What should we bring when we go over?"

Since meeting the master, he’s gifted them a house and a shop, even six kilograms of gold on their wedding day.

Now with the master’s marriage, he should express something.

Xie Baomin replied:

"Just casually bring something, the master hates formalities, be casual, he’s your elder, while visiting an elder’s home, bring your appetite. Eating plenty brings the most joy rather than any gift."

These words immediately made Lin Xu wake up.

Right, this is visiting the master, not dropping by a friend’s home for a gift exchange, no need to flaunt wealth, or follow the ritualistic courtesy.

Just like visiting relatives as a child, eating plenty pleases the elder more than anything.

However, since the master mentioned wanting fried date cake, then bring more, let the senior brother’s family taste some too.

Soon, the millet dough in the steam cabinet was ready.

Before steaming, no matter how it was mixed, it never formed a dough. But now, it became a sticky mass like glue.

Lin Xu couldn’t even touch it with his hands.

He lifted the four corners of the steamer cloth to overturn it into a clean basin.

Next, using his hand dipped in cold water, he repeatedly slapped the cloth’s reverse side to moisten the steamer cloth again.

Now, it’s ready to be removed.

Removing the steamer cloth requires compressing the millet dough while still hot for a smooth, soft, elastic consistency.

The specific method is dipping the hand in water, squeezing the fist to press in the dough basin, re-dipping with each press. It prevents sticking and gives protection from burns.

The millet dough’s temperature is quite high now, so even though Lin Xu isn’t afraid of heat, he doesn’t dare touch it directly.

Finally, once the dough was smooth and soft, Lin Xu placed the basin in cold water, chilling the dough to wrap the date filling.

While busy, a brand new white Audi A4 slowly parked in front of Lin Ji’s Food.

The car Yuanyuan wanted to rent has arrived...

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