Chapter 266: Scenery
Linyuan, Dongnuan Pavilion.
Jia Min, accompanied by Lin Yun, Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng, walked into the banquet hall of Dongnuan Pavilion.
When I entered the room, I saw several tables filled with girls.
Daiyu, Baochai, Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun were sitting at the head table. There was also Baoyu at this table.
Li Wan, Li Wen, Li Qi, Yingchun and Xichun sat in the second seat.
Ping'er sat with Xiangling, Yingge, Zicuckoo, Furong, Pearl, and Xueyan, and several maids from Rongguo Mansion also took a seat.
The remaining little maids are not qualified to serve, so they can only stand aside and serve.
In the center of the venue, a girl without makeup was singing the Kunqu Opera White Snake.
Everyone was eating melon seeds and listening to the opera, and the atmosphere was joyful and festive.
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Seeing Jia Min and others coming in, the girls all stood up and saluted her to say hello.
After everyone had seen the ceremony, Daiyu happily ran forward and invited several people to sit down.
After Jia Min sat down, Daiyu smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother, everyone is here. Can you take out your gift?"
Shi Xiangyun asked curiously: "Sister Lin, what kind of gift is it?"
"I don't know either."
Jia Min smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Stop teasing Yu'er, look at how anxious she is."
"Mother, my daughter is not in a hurry."
Lin Yun stood up, smiled at Daiyu and said, "You will like this birthday gift if you keep it."
After saying that, he rushed out the door and shouted: "Xiao Mo, Wu Gui, please bring the gifts in."
After hearing this, everyone looked out the door and saw Xiao Mo and Wu Gui walking in carrying a large cardboard box half a person's height, followed by two little boys, Jia Lan and Qin Zhong.
Daiyu looked at the big cardboard box with keen interest, wishing she could run up to it immediately, open the cardboard box and see what was inside.
Xiao Mo and Wu Gui carried the cardboard box and placed it on the table in front of Daiyu, then untied the ribbon and opened the cardboard box.
"ah!"
Amid everyone's exclamations, Daiyu covered her mouth in surprise and stared at the huge three-layer pastry in front of her without blinking.
The pastry is divided into three layers. The bottom layer is a normal pastry color, the middle is white cream, and the top layer is also milky white, but there are beautiful flowers carved in the middle to form a heart shape, and the inside is made of colored butter.
The cream says "Happy Birthday Yu'er!" in six big characters.
Daiyu said excitedly to Lin Yun: "Thank you, brother. This gift is so beautiful. I like it very much."
Seeing that her daughter was happy, Jia Min was in a good mood. She asked Lin Yun, "Yun'er, is this a pastry? Can you eat it?"
Lin Yun: "Reporting to my aunt, this is made of flour, eggs and milk. It is naturally edible. I named it birthday cake."
Wang Xifeng joked: "Brother Yun, it's my birthday tomorrow, and you want to give me one too."
Tan Chun said anxiously: "Brother Lin, it's my birthday on the third day of next month. Please help me make a birthday cake for my little sister."
Several little girls immediately announced their birthdays to Lin Yun and begged Lin Yun to help them make birthday cakes.
Lin Yun raised his finger and pointed at Wu Gui and said with a smile: "I have already taught Wu Gui how to make cakes. If any of you have a birthday in the future, you can go to Wu Gui to customize the cake with your name card, and the cost will be recorded in my account.
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Wu Gui said excitedly: "Girls, if you want to make birthday cakes in the future, just send someone to my restaurant to let me know. The younger one will definitely have it ready and send someone to deliver it to the house."
Tanchun asked hurriedly: "What's the name of your restaurant?"
Wu Gui: "It's called Agui Restaurant."
Pfft~
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Wang Xifeng jokingly said to Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, you are a Huiyuan after all, why don't you give his restaurant a nicer name."
"Agui Restaurant is very good. You can tell who the owner is as soon as you hear it."
Wang Xifeng smiled at Daiyu and said, "Sister Lin, please share the cake quickly, we are all waiting to eat it."
Daiyu: "How to divide this!"
Lin Yun: "Cut it into pieces with a knife. But before that, my sister can make a wish."
"Make a wish? How to make a wish?"
Lin Yun gave a demonstration on the cake, and Daiyu followed it with a smile.
As soon as she made her wish, Jia Lan and Qin Zhong each took out a bamboo tube and pressed the switch on her head. She heard two bangs and countless colored papers falling from Daiyu's head.
Lin Yun took the lead in singing: "Happy birthday to you!"
Xiao Mo, Jia Lan, and Qin Zhong also sang happy birthday with him.
Wang Xifeng approached Qin Keqing and smiled: "Your husband has so many tricks up his sleeve, I don't know how he came up with them."
Qin Keqing pursed her lips and smiled, but she felt a little bit disgusted in her heart. Her husband seemed to be doting on sister Yu'er a little too much, and even she was a little jealous.
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Next, everyone began to share the cake. Everyone in the house had a share, even the maids.
Xiren also got a piece of cake. Today is also her birthday. As a maid, she can only obey her master's orders. If Baoyu comes to Linyuan, she can only follow him unconditionally.
"Maybe when I go back in the evening, I can celebrate my birthday with a few little sisters. It's a pity that there is no birthday cake like this, so it's not fun after all."
Furong was surrounded by several maids. She wanted to be flattered by everyone. Her cousin knew how to make birthday cakes. The maids all wanted to follow her route and buy birthday cakes cheaper in the future.
Huamei looked at Furong who was surrounded in the middle, and felt very depressed. Like Furong, she was a maid trained by Grandma Lai.
Later, she stayed in Rongguo Mansion and became the maid in Baoyu House, while Furong went to Lin Mansion.
She originally thought she was luckier than Furong, but now it seems that Furong is obviously more favored than her, and even her cousin has become rich along with her.
Baoyu felt even more depressed. This kind of thing to please girls has always been his favorite thing to do.
But compared to what Brother Lin did, everything he usually did became childish and ridiculous.
Lin Yun ate a small piece of cake, then said goodbye to everyone, and left with Xiao Mo and others.
The two failed students outside were going back to Jinling today, and he had to go see them off.
Jia Min sat for a while, then said goodbye with Qin Keqing.
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After Jia Min left, Wang Xifeng called Ping'er outside, found a place where no one was around and asked him: "Ping'er, do you know how to make this cake?"
Ping'er: "Slave, like grandma, I just found out that Master San made such a cake."
Wang Xifeng: "I think this cake business will definitely prosper. Talk to Brother Yun later. I want to open a cake shop in partnership with him."
Ping'er: "Why didn't grandma tell the third master herself?"
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes at Ping'er and said, "You are now the popular person in front of Brother Yun. You can't help me with what I say."
Ping'er: "I'm just a maid who takes care of things, so why would grandma make fun of me."
Wang Xifeng poked Ping'er's white cheek with her finger and said with a teasing smile: "Don't say you haven't slept with Brother Yun. With a beauty like you staying by his side, it's strange that he would let you go."
Ping'er was so embarrassed by Wang Xifeng's words about tigers and wolves that she could only lower her head and count the ants.
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Looking at you like this, I know you have been succeeded by him."
Ping'er said coquettishly: "Grandma~"
"I won't make fun of you anymore. Please help me talk to Brother Yun about that matter. No matter whether it succeeds or not, I will accept your favor."
"Slave, let's try it."
At this time, Daiyu led Baoyu and her sisters over and shouted to them: "Sister-in-law Feng, sister Ping'er, let's go to the theater, will you go?"
Wang Xifeng hurriedly said: "Here we come!"
Chapter completed!