Adorable Food Goddess

Everyone chatted and laughed, the first pot of dough was ready, Zhong Xiang was in charge of filling, and Wang Mingde was in charge of molding.

"It's delicious just looking at it." He Lianjing couldn't help drooling looking at the small and delicate moon cake.

If it wasn't for Yaoyao's suggestion that they should be frozen before eating, he wouldn't care about it, and make two to eat first.

Ye Jiayao inspects the finished products and picks out the unqualified ones.

However, Zhong Xiang's craftsmanship is excellent, and there are almost no unqualified ones.

"Plate and freeze."

The first batch of 100 moon cakes were loaded into the ice mirror.

"How long will it take to eat?" He Lianjing couldn't wait.

Ye Jiayao suppressed a smile and said, "It will take you two quarters of an hour at the earliest to make you greedy."

He Lianjing moved a chair and sat beside Bingjian and stared at it.

Start frying the second pot of glutinous rice flour here.

As soon as two quarters of an hour arrived, He Lianjing began to urge him. Cui Dongpeng went to open the ice mirror, looked inside, and yelled: "Brother Yao, come and see, something is wrong."

Everyone dropped what they were doing and got together.

Ye Jiayao picked up the mooncakes, only to see that the mooncakes were not as round and bright as they were made a few times before, but rather dry, and some places even cracked. It breaks apart as soon as it is broken, unlike the previous Q bomb.

"Cracked? How could this happen?" Zhong Xiang exclaimed.

"Is the formula wrong?" Wang Mingde said to himself.

"How is it possible? We have researched the formula several times, and each time it is very successful." Deng Haichuan said.

Is there a problem with the material?

Ye Jiayao looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Check the materials and find out the cause of the problem."

He Lianjing picked one up and ate it: "I think it's quite delicious!"

"No difference at all." Ye Jiayao said sternly, she was counting on these mooncakes to become famous, and defective products were absolutely not allowed.

Everyone looked for the reason separately, but they couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

Everyone looked at Ye Jiayao, not knowing what to do.

Ye Jiayao was staring at the second pot of mooncakes that was about to be completed, frowning tightly, with a complicated expression.

The formula was calculated by doubling the amount of the previous experiment. She calculated it herself. She calculated it several times. There was no possibility of mistakes. The materials could not be checked. So where is the problem?

"Put this batch in the freezer and try it, and don't make the rest." That's the only way. If this is the case for both batches, there is something wrong with the recipe.

The previous laughter was frozen by this sudden change. Everyone stared at Bingjian with a heavy heart. There was only a clock ticking in the kitchen, and every tick stirred nervous nerves.

He Lianjing had never seen such a dignified expression on Yaoyao's face, and he said in relief: "Yaoyao, don't worry too much, I really think this is pretty good."

Ye Jiayao knew that even if it was a defective product, Xiaojing would accept it as it was ordered, and she would not lose a copper coin, but she couldn't bear it, and she couldn't figure it out that she had made mistakes after so long in careful preparation.

"Xiaojing, can you go back first? I'm in a mess right now." Ye Jiayao said.

He Lianjing didn't know how to comfort him, Deng Haichuan said: "I will find out the problem later, I will send a letter to the little prince."

He Lianjing had no choice but to leave first.

"It's time." Zhong Xiang was the first to call out. He cares more about the success or failure of this time than anyone else, because the opportunity that belongs to him may only be this once, and if he misses it, he will never have it again.

Everyone hurriedly opened the lid of the ice mirror and took out the mooncakes.

"Huh? This batch is good again." Deng Haichuan said happily.

Ye Jiayao took one to taste, and it was indeed a success.

"Two batches of mooncakes, with the same recipe and the same method, but with different effects...there is only one explanation, the previous materials are faulty." Ye Jiayao said firmly.

Zhong Xiang was stunned: "But the goods are from the same batch. If there are problems, there should be problems."

A chill flashed across Ye Jiayao's eyes: "What if someone did it?"

Everyone was shocked.

Ye Jiayao continued: "Brother Xiang and Wang Mingde bought the materials together, I believe there will be no problem."

"Well, we have all inspected the goods, and there is absolutely no problem." Wang Mingde said.

"The first batch of mooncakes used the top materials, but the bottom ones were fine. It can be seen that the top ones have been tampered with. Our materials are placed in the kitchen, and everyone can see them coming in and out. Therefore, someone's It's not easy to do things at that time, it must be a ghost in the dead of night. Think about it, everyone, who is suspicious?" Ye Jiayao asked.

Coming to such a conclusion makes Ye Jiayao very upset. What kind of heart does this saboteur have? Jealousy or grudge? Who did she think she didn't feel sorry for? If this bastard is not found out, it will be too much for her to do this from time to time in the future.

Zhong Xiang murmured, "I really can't think of anyone who would do such a thing."

"That's right, since Brother Yao came, we people who live in heaven are all of one mind." Deng Haichuan also said.

"I don't think so. Some of us are not convinced when we come out with brother Yao this time." Cui Dongpeng pouted.

"I think it's just complaining, so it won't hurt us like this!" Deng Haichuan obviously knew who Cui Dongpeng was referring to.

"Who can guarantee you if you know the face but not the heart?" Cui Dongpeng said.

"You mean Liu Qisheng?" Ye Jiayao also guessed that Liu Qisheng was originally Zhong Xiang's follower. He came out for Zhong Xiang and had conflicts with her, but in the end Zhong Xiang died down and became her right and left hand. Liu Qisheng must have felt bad.

Zhong Xiang's face became a little ugly.

Cui Dongpeng analyzed: "We did the experiment the day before yesterday. Brother Yao, you said, it's ok, there is no need to experiment anymore. There were not many people present at the time, and I remember Liu Qisheng among them. If you want to play tricks, it must be the night before yesterday and yesterday. During this time of night, because we are sure we will not open the materials again."

"Very reasonable." Ye Jiayao agreed.

"But we can't point the finger at Liu Qisheng. Everyone present at the time should be suspicious." Zhong Xiang still wanted to defend Liu Qisheng.

Wang Mingde, who hadn't spoken much, thought: "If I want to say this, I slept in a daze the night before, as if I saw Liu Qisheng sneaking back to his room in the middle of the night."

"Maybe it's going to the toilet?" Zhong Xiang said.

Wang Mingde shook his head: "It's not like, he used to go to the toilet and come back carelessly, making a lot of noise, but the day before yesterday, I think he was very cautious, walking on tiptoe."

Everyone was silent, it seemed that it was Liu Qisheng. Zhong Xiang was very sad and lowered his head sadly.

Ye Jiayao thought for a while, and said: "From the cracking of the dough, it should be that the glutinous rice flour has been mixed with flour. The white flour in Yangzhou is very fine and white, and it is difficult to distinguish it from the glutinous rice flour. Now we just suspect him , there is no conclusive evidence, so let’s not mention it for now, I’ll go back and check after I’ve been busy for two days.”

"What about the hundred moon cakes?" Deng Haichuan asked.

"Void." After saying this, Ye Jiayao herself was heartbroken. The material cost of 100 mooncakes was nearly 100 taels of silver. Everything else was fine, but the cream was hard to come by. But she will never allow these defective products to flow out.

Both Deng Haichuan and Cui Dongpeng were about to cry, this is a total of four hundred taels of silver! Say no and don't.

"Let's eat by ourselves." Wang Mingde was also reluctant.

Ye Jiayao said helplessly: "I will leave twenty for you, and I will take the rest."

Take it back to Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang and the others to eat, it's easy to talk to your own people.

"Okay, you guys continue to work, Brother Xiang, I will leave this place to you, and you must check it out."

"Where are you going?" Zhong Xiang asked.

Ye Jiayao said dejectedly: "The stuffing is not enough, I have to go back and make it!"

Everyone has been tossing until dawn, and finally made 400 mooncakes,

Then steamed longevity peaches, the quantity is very large, and for the sake of good fortune, they are also distributed to neighbors and passers-by.

Fortunately, the palace has many helpers, so they can make several big baskets of birthday peaches in one morning.

In order to spare time to attend the old concubine's birthday banquet, Xia Chunyu worked shifts for three consecutive days in exchange for a day off.

This day, I came to the palace early in the morning to help receive the guests.

He and He Lianxuan stood side by side in front of the palace gate to greet the guests, one was dressed in a purple gold python robe, the other was dressed in a sea blue cloud pattern brocade robe, they were both magnificent and heroic.

"My brother and sister are so brave. I heard from Xiaojing that there is something wrong with the mooncake ingredients, and a hundred of them are broken. If my brother and sister say it is invalid, they will be void." During the interval of welcoming guests, He Lianxuan whispered with a smile.

"How could something go wrong?" Xia cChunyu was stunned, Yaoyao was always cautious in doing things, how could something go wrong? And there are so many one hundred, Yaoyao can't help but die of heartache.

He Lianxuan raised his eyebrows: "I don't know about that."

"By the way, you asked to invite Mu Shilang, I already invited him, and he entrusted you?" He Lianxuan asked.

Xia Chunyu shook his head, pretending to be mysterious and said: "No, it's someone from their family that I want to see."

"A man or a woman?" He Lianxuan looked at him meaningfully.

Xia Chunyu smiled: "You will know when the time comes."

Such a good opportunity, Wei Liujiang will definitely not let it go, maybe Ye Jinrong will come to join in the fun, then there will be a good show.

Today is just the first step.

Xia Chunyu took a break from his busy schedule and ran to the kitchen to have a look, only to see Xiaojing coming out of the kitchen.

"Brother Chunyu... what are you doing here? Looking for food? Or looking for Yaoyao?" He Lianjing asked: "If you are looking for Yaoyao, he is so busy now that I will be driven away Out."

Xia Chunyu broke out in a drop of cold sweat, he probably had to be kicked out when he went.

Xia Chunyu said solemnly: "I came to look for you. Your brother and I were so busy that we didn't have time to go to the bathroom, but you slipped away. Your brother asked me to catch you."

He Lianjing said bluntly: "I didn't sneak around, the highlight of today is the birthday banquet, I have to keep an eye on it."

"Don't explain to me, just tell your brother." Xia cChun turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

He Lianjing hurriedly followed: "Where's Chunfeng? He said he would come to help early today."

"He came early, watching juggling with Zhao Qixuan and the others in the theater."

"This guy even said to help, but he went to have fun on his own." He Lianjing muttered.

The two of them turned out of the kitchen and heard a newspaper outside: "Master Mu, Minister Mu, has arrived."

Xia Chunyu stopped, and after a while, he saw the portly Mu Shilang walking in with Mu Qinchu and Wei Liujiang. Over there, the mother in charge welcomed a lady and young lady to the inner courtyard.