Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 104 Fu Sheng Kang Bakery

Li said so much, which was quite commendable considering her hot temper.

Shen Yu smiled and took Li's arm, acting like a little girl and said coquettishly, "If you can really do what you say, then it means you really love your daughter. Thank you, mother."

Li was coaxed into smiling and nodding repeatedly, and the awkward atmosphere immediately became much better.

Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, silently despising himself in his heart: "Shen Yu, Shen Yu, you are addicted to pretending to be a child, right? Where is your moral integrity, where is your bottom line? You even resort to coquetry!"

Then she comforted herself by thinking that as long as it could help Li avoid causing trouble, she would just act like a spoiled brat.

Lao Laizi dressed in colorful clothes to entertain his parents at the age of seventy. I can do the same.

What's more, Shen Zhi is fifteen years old, and it is normal for a fifteen-year-old to act like a spoiled child.

After Shen Yu finished her self-preparation, she felt a little better. She then praised, "But mom is still very capable. She found out the details about the reunion cakes in just one afternoon. If I were to find out, I don't know how much more effort and effort I would have to spend."

Although Li had a bad temper and loved to show off her words, she was fundamentally a good mother who loved her children.

After receiving Shen Yu's praise, Li immediately became cheerful again and boasted, "That's right, these ladies and I have a very good relationship now. If there is such a thing again in the future, just leave it to me."

Shen Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "It's getting late, let's wash up and go to bed, we have to get up early tomorrow. After delivering the meal tomorrow, I'll go to the bakery and have a look, we can try making some small reunion cakes."

He did what he said. After delivering the meal at noon the next day, Shen Yu took a nap for half an hour according to the habit he had developed in the past few days.

After waking up, he tidied his hair and clothes, took the purse filled with silver and money, said something to Li, and strolled onto the street.

The only bakery shop on this side of the market is on Chengdong Street.

The cakes in this bakery are all ordinary stuff.

I heard that the best bakery in the county is in the west of the city. Most of the rich families in the county live in the west of the city. Good bakeries are very expensive and not affordable for the poor.

Shen Yu stood on the street for a while and then hired a light mule cart.

The county town was not big, but Shen Yu was unwilling to spend time walking and asking for directions. He spent twenty cents, and in less than half an incense stick of time, Shen Yu stopped in front of a shop that looked quite old.

According to the driver, this was the best bakery in the county that Shen Yu was looking for, Fu Shengkang Bakery.

The storefront of Fu Sheng Kang is not big but looks very impressive. The shop has a carved gatehouse with big red pillars on both sides. Two big red lanterns are hung under the eaves with the words "Fu Sheng Kang" written on them. The red silk tassels under the lanterns sway in the breeze.

As I walked to the door of the store, I smelled the sweet aroma of cakes.

Shen Yu walked into the shop. It was very quiet inside. There were only two ladies sitting at a small table next to the counter waiting.

Shen Yu took a look and found that the pastry shop was very different from modern cake shops.

There was a low counter with a row of small white porcelain plates on it. At the moment the plates were empty, with red paper underneath with words written on it.

Behind the counter are small cabinets stacked one on top of the other, with red paper pasted on them as well.

The shop assistant looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate and fair complexion. He smiled before he spoke, revealing a pair of small fangs, looking very likable.

He was wearing a clean blue cloth jacket and trousers with snow-white cuffs, and a snow-white apron. He exuded a clean and neat look.

Shen Yu nodded inwardly. This shop really had good taste. It was a comfort to see such a likable guy standing here.

The waiter smiled and said, "Hello, young lady. What would you like to buy?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I want to buy some small reunion cakes. I wonder if your store has started selling them?"

The waiter said with a smile, "You are so lucky, young lady. You came at the right time today. We just made the first batch of small reunion cakes today. They are almost out of the oven. The two ladies over there are also waiting to see the new looks and flavors of this year's small reunion cakes."

As he spoke, he pointed to the two ladies who were sitting at a small table, drinking tea leisurely and chatting in low voices.

Shen Yu nodded and asked, "I wonder what kind of patterns your small reunion cakes have? Do they look good?"

The young man nodded and said, "Please follow me, girl."

He led Shen Yu to the front of the low counter, and the waiter went behind the counter and took out a square food box from a small cabinet.

The food box had three layers in total. It was placed on the counter and opened. In each layer of the box there were cakes and pastries on white porcelain plates. The waiter took them out one by one and placed them on the counter.

Shen Yu looked carefully at the cakes on the three porcelain plates. There were six cakes on each plate, some were whiter, some were darker, and they all smelled sweet and fragrant.

The waiter introduced in a clear voice: This one has a fragrant puff pastry, made with sesame oil and dough, this one has a milk puff pastry, made with butter and dough, and this one has a vegetarian puff pastry, made with vegetable oil and dough.

"There are six kinds of fillings: pine nut filling, sugar filling, candied date filling, red bean filling, lotus seed paste filling, and preserved fruit filling."

"What's coming out of the oven now is a new style this year, a carved mold mooncake, with the same fillings, but this year a new design of a moon rabbit worshiping the moon has been added, it's very beautiful, you'll know when you see it, the rabbit is carved so vividly, just like the real thing."

After all, the boy was young, so he introduced everything in a steady and serious manner at the beginning. But when he talked about the new carving patterns, his childish nature showed and he became very excited.

Just as I was talking happily, I heard a cough, which was obviously a warning.

The young man realized that he had accidentally revealed his true identity. He embarrassedly made a face at Shen Yu secretly, then put on his professional and pleasing smile.

Shen Yu managed to hold back his laughter, thinking that this young man was really funny, but he heard a mature and steady voice: "Sixth Young Master, you came to the store again. If the master knew about this, he would definitely give you a beating."

When the young man heard that his identity was exposed, he could only say shamelessly: "Uncle Jiang, if you don't tell me, how would my father know?"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Jiang had a serious expression on his face and whispered, "Sixth Young Master, go back to study quickly. The master will go back early today. If you go back late, be careful that the master will catch you."

When the young man heard this, his face changed anxiously.

He reached behind his back and hurriedly took off his apron, stuffed it into Uncle Jiang's hands, and ran to the door of the store in two or three steps, saying as he ran: "Girl, what kind of reunion cake do you want to order? Ask Uncle Jiang to order it. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Before he could finish his words, the man jumped out of the store and disappeared, leaving Shen Yu staring at the empty store door with his mouth open in surprise.