After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 152 Osmanthus Cake

After Su Xiaoxiao finished dealing with things here, she not only helped Baxianlou, but also repaid Qian Musheng's favor.

Qian Musheng is still in Beijing and hasn't returned yet. Su Xiaoxiao knows that Qian Musheng is busy with their jam business.

When Su Xiaoxiao passed through the town, she saw a newly opened pastry shop. She saw the osmanthus cake inside and thought it looked good, but when she bought one, it was completely different from the osmanthus cake from her hometown.

It wasn't cooked quite right, and Su Xiaoxiao noticed that neither Da Bao nor Xiao Bao seemed to like it.

She decided to make osmanthus cake for her two children, using a unique recipe from her hometown. First, she had to go to the back mountain to pick some osmanthus flowers, remove the stems and calyxes, and then wash them clean.

Pour some water into the bowl, then sprinkle salt. At this point, there was no fine salt, so Su Xiaoxiao crushed all the salt into powder.

After adding the sucrose and warm water, stir until everything is dissolved and there are no lumps.

Stir the osmanthus petals and stems together into the batter. Once the water in the pot boils, pour the batter into the osmanthus cake mold and steam until cooked.

The molds were greased before the batter was poured in.

After steaming for more than two hours, the osmanthus cake was ready, and Da Bao and Xiao Bao could already smell the fragrant osmanthus aroma.

"smell good!"

After Su Xiaoxiao opened the pot lid, pieces of osmanthus cake had already taken shape. Su Xiaoxiao picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, blew on it to cool it down, and handed one to Da Bao. Xiao Bao stretched out his arms and shouted that he wanted one too.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly blew on a piece of osmanthus cake to cool it down for Xiaobao and handed it over.

Su Xiaoxiao made mung bean cakes and wife cakes again, and thought they tasted much better than the pastries she bought on the street.

Su Xiaoxiao wasn't trying to save money, but it seemed that what she made tasted much better than what she bought on the street. So, she figured she might as well make it herself.

Su Xiaoxiao also shared the pastries with the Sun family, and the two children in the Sun family loved them.

This proves that the pastries were successfully made, and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers wafted throughout the house.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that this kind of life was really wonderful, and she could make whatever she wanted to eat herself.

Just as she was enjoying these wonderful moments, she heard a very noisy noise coming from her yard, and she quickly looked over.

A group of people came in, all dressed very elegantly, and they carried large and small bags of things into Su Xiaoxiao's yard.

Upon closer inspection, Su Xiaoxiao noticed a newly built wardrobe, an exquisite table, and various porcelain pieces, all clearly valuable. Some of the decorative items and expensive ornaments were also new.

She didn't ask anyone to buy these things, so who are these people?
"Wait a minute..."

Su Xiaoxiao stopped them, "Who told you to move here?"

Those people smiled without saying a word. After a while, someone brought in some weapon racks, which were hung with knives, spears, halberds, axes, cleavers, forks, and other weapons. In the end, Su Xiaoxiao's courtyard was almost full of them.

What's the situation?
If it were the old small courtyard, Su Xiaoxiao felt that it definitely wouldn't fit.

Two maids entered and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Greetings, Mistress. Our names are Chunxiang and Qiuye. We are your maids. Is there anything you need us to do?"

While Su Xiaoxiao was in a daze, Chunxiang, with her keen observation, had already picked up the broom in the yard and started sweeping.

"Who are you? Who told you to do this?"

The two maids smiled without saying a word. Just then, Su Xiaoxiao heard footsteps coming from the door. Su Xiaoxiao looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Sanlang, not Pei Yuan. He was wearing a set of sturdy armor and walking towards her.

Pei Yuan looked very imposing. He took off his hat, and Su Xiaoxiao saw that his thick, black hair was styled with a hollowed-out hair crown, making him appear tall and handsome. He looked even more dashing than before. Behind him was a woman, whom Su Xiaoxiao recognized as Tang Xiaoman.

"Pei Yuan, what are you playing at now? Are you really going to move in with her?"

Seeing Tang Xiaoman's angry and annoyed expression, Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself that she had just rescued this little girl in the capital, and now it seemed that her rescue had been in vain.

Tang Xiaoman glared at Su Xiaoxiao and pointed at her, hurling unpleasant insults.

"What about her? She's a widow, yet you're ignoring your family's objections and insisting on becoming the stepfather of those two unwanted orphans, isn't that right?"

Da Bao and Xiao Bao knew that she was talking about them, and the two children seemed a little timid and kept hiding behind Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao was about to rush over and fight Tang Xiaoman when Pei Yuan turned around and stared coldly at Tang Xiaoman.

"Nobody asked you to come along. If you have something to do, go do it. Don't keep getting in my way, okay?"

Pei Yuan looked terrifying, very different from how Su Xiaoxiao had seen him before. His cold eyes were like a sharp sword, piercing right through Tang Xiaoman.

Tang Xiaoman gritted her teeth and looked at Su Xiaoxiao and Pei Yuan in front of her.

She was unwilling to accept it. How dare Su Xiaoxiao, a widow from the countryside, try to pluck the moon from the sky? She didn't deserve it!

At this moment, Pei Yuan saw Su Xiaoxiao standing in front of his house. Pei Yuan revealed his clean and neat teeth, just as bright as Sanlang's smile before.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm planning to move back home."

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback and immediately said, "Who gave you permission? No, Pei Yuan, you can't just move back whenever you want. Wait, this isn't even your home."

Pei Yuan continued, "How can it not count? This is my home. What, now that you live in a big house, you don't recognize me? I'm still the same Sanlang as before."

As he spoke, he opened his arms to the two children, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, "Da Bao, Xiao Bao, I brought you the most fun toys in the capital, would you like to take a look?"

The two children couldn't wait to rush over and jump into Pei Yuan's arms.

"Sanlang, we miss you so much."

"Father, we all missed you so much! Why did it take you so long to come back?"

Ignoring Su Xiaoxiao's objections, Xiaobao called out "Daddy."

Both children missed Pei Yuan terribly, and Pei Yuan felt the same way; his eyes welled up with tears when he saw him, he really missed his two children.

He looked up at Su Xiaoxiao, who was holding a basin for washing clothes. Pei Yuan stepped forward and grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's hands.

"Why are you doing the laundry yourself? From now on, Chunxiang and Qiuye can handle this."

He gestured to the two maids, who quickly came over and snatched the basin from Su Xiaoxiao's hands.

Su Xiaoxiao froze on the spot.

I thought to myself, "What's the big deal? I'm not some delicate young lady. Is doing laundry such a big chore?" "Oh, a scent of osmanthus."

Pei Yuan's nose is quite sharp, and Da Bao and Xiao Bao quickly pointed to the kitchen inside the house.

"Father, Mother just made osmanthus cake for us. Come on, let's go inside and eat together."

(End of this chapter)