She found a few powerful servants, moved a round table, and taught Su Taotao and the others how to knead the dough in the room next to the kitchen.
In this way, she doesn't need to worry about Su Taotao accidentally getting hurt in the kitchen.
And she can also teach attentively without having to pay attention to her surroundings.
It's a great idea to get it all in one fell swoop.
"Okay, little lady, let's start kneading the dough."
As the cook spoke, she scooped out flour with a gourd gourd and poured it into the wooden basin. Then she picked up the gourd gourd in the bucket and scooped out a gourd of water. She stopped after pouring about a quarter of it.
"When mixing the dough, add water little by little. Don't pour too much water, just the right amount. Too much water will make it too thin, and too little water will make it too dry."
"The young lady and the young lady are both novices. Let's take our time and don't rush."
"We add some water and stir with a pair of chopsticks. When it feels dry, add some more and stir again until the dry flour turns into uniform small dough balls."
The cook tried to explain it in as much detail as possible so that Su Taotao and the others would not be able to remember it.
As the cook spoke, she did not stop moving her hands, giving a serious demonstration to Su Taotao and the others.
"At this time, we put some honey or sugar in it. If the little lady likes it sweet, put more. If she doesn't like it too sweet, put less. Then we slowly knead the small dough balls together with our hands."
"When you knead the dough, your hands will feel the softness and hardness of the dough. After a few times, you will gain experience. Once you are proficient, you will be able to do it in no time."
While she was talking, the flour had turned into a dough of moderate hardness in the hands of the cook.
Su Taotao and the others were stunned when they saw it, it was so magical.
It’ll be fine in no time!!
It doesn't look difficult at all.
Su Taotao and Xiao Si instantly gained confidence and felt that they could do it.
It's so simple. If you can't learn it, there will be a problem.
"Little Miss, Xiaosi, do you want to give it a try?"
The cook saw Su Taotao and Xiaosi's eyes sparkling with excitement, and asked with a slight smile.
Su Taotao and Xiaosi nodded repeatedly, but since it was their first time kneading dough, the cook asked them to work together.
The two of them were not as skilled as the cook, so they moved a lot when pouring the flour, causing the flour to fly everywhere in an instant.
Su Taotao took a breath and suddenly felt that her nose was itchy. She couldn't help but sneeze. As a result, the sneeze started, and Xiao Si seemed to be infected.
The two of them sneezed non-stop, and when they stopped, their eyes were slightly red and filled with tears. Some people thought they were being bullied by someone.
"Pfft haha——"
Su Taotao and Xiao Si looked at each other, and Su Taotao was the first to laugh.
Because the two of them sneezed just now, there was a lot of flour stuck to each other's heads and faces.
Now their hair was not only white, but their eyebrows were also white. Su Taotao was so happy that she held her stomach and laughed until her stomach ached.
There was a faint smile on Xiao Si's lips, not as wildly as Su Taotao's.
When the cook saw Su Taotao and Xiaosi like this, she could only take them to wash their faces and start over.
However, this time it was up to the cook to pour the flour herself, so that the two of them would not be covered in flour later.
Su Taotao and Xiaosi started kneading the dough seriously, but unfortunately they were both novices——
It was obvious that they had already remembered what the cook said in their minds, and they had also thought about what they should do.
However, when it comes to actual operation, various unexpected surprises will always occur.
For example, when Su Taotao was kneading dough, she couldn't always knead all the small pieces of dough together. When she felt anxious, she couldn't help but move her hands a little wider.
The results can be imagined.
There was only a "click" sound, and the wood under the basin was directly pressed open by Su Taotao's strength.
The cook's expression was stiff for a moment, and she couldn't understand why things developed like this.
However, she did not associate this matter with Su Taotao. She only thought that the wooden basin had been used for a long time and the quality was not as good as before, so it happened to be scrapped at this time.
The cook could only bring Su Taotao and the others new wooden basins and start over again.
After Su Taotao and the others managed to knead the dough into shape, the cook breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Xiao Si is okay, probably because she has been used to doing work since she was a child, so she can understand some of the little tricks as soon as the cook tells her.
As for Su Taotao - she's just here to make up the numbers.
When kneading the dough, I either used too much force and broke the tub, or added too much water and the dough turned directly into batter.
It can be seen that Su Taotao is not suitable for learning to make pastry at the moment.
But fortunately, whether she is the mistress or the cook, Su Taotao's position is very clear to begin with——
She just came here to learn and have fun. She would learn best if she could. It didn't matter if she couldn't learn it, just to pass the time.
Because Su Taotao had no demands on herself, and no one dared to have demands on Su Taotao, even though many unexpected things happened in the process, everyone could continue to study happily.
It took a whole morning for Su Taotao to learn how to knead the dough.
Seeing Su Taotao's expression of eagerness to try and continue learning, the cook refused to agree to continue teaching.
"Little Miss, we are running out of time. Let's learn how to make the dough into other beautiful patterns next time, okay?"
Although the cook felt that Su Taotao might not have any talent for making pastries, she would not say it outright.
I could only hint secretly to Su Taotao not to continue.
If she wanted to continue, she would teach someone else in the afternoon.
Su Taotao looked at the sky outside. It was almost noon and it was almost time to have lunch.
If I continue to delay, lunch may have to be postponed.
For her own lunch, Su Taotao nodded and agreed to the cook's suggestion.
The cook breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and quickly called for others to come over to help, and brought back to the kitchen all the dough that Su Taotao and the others had failed to practice and had no shape at all.
Make these shapeless doughs as soon as possible, and then they will all be made into buns and pastries.
The people in the kitchen acted very quickly and soon turned Su Taotao and the others' failed creations into various exquisite pastries.
Su Taotao can eat the dough kneaded by herself after waking up from her nap.
Su Taotao likes the taste of honey, so she puts a lot of honey in the dough she kneads by hand, so her pastries taste particularly sweet.
Xiaosi followed the cook's instructions and just put in an appropriate amount of honey. It was not as sweet as Su Taotao's and tasted just right.
Neither of them disliked the cakes made by themselves, and they ate the cakes happily.
Su Taotao was eating when something suddenly occurred to her.
"Sister Xiaosi, I'm going out for a while."
With that said, without waiting for Xiaosi's reply, Su Taotao directly took several plates of pastries, put them into the food boxes that the cook had just brought, and hurried out.
"Little miss, umbrella!!"
"You haven't taken your umbrella yet, it's raining too much outside!!"
Seeing that Su Taotao was about to rush into the rain, the maid quickly grabbed Su Taotao and asked others to get an umbrella.
"Little miss, when you go out on a rainy day, you need to hold an umbrella so that you don't get caught in the rain. Otherwise, you will catch a cold and have a fever, which will make you very uncomfortable."
The maid handed the umbrella to Su Taotao and warned her in a serious tone.
Everything is fine with the little lady, but she is a little confused sometimes.
"How about I go with the little lady and get the food box for the little lady."
The maid looked at the food box in Su Taotao's hand, which was almost half the height of Su Taotao, and asked tentatively.
"Thank you sister, but no need. Taotao just wants to go find her mother and brothers. She will be back soon."
Su Taotao took the umbrella with a smile, held a small umbrella and walked into the rain curtain, splashing small water splashes with brisk steps.
In fact, it doesn't matter even if she gets caught in the rain. In the summer before, the senior brothers secretly took her to get soaked in the rain.
As long as you change your clothes and take a hot shower quickly enough, there should be no problem at all.
But the prerequisite is not to be discovered by the master and senior sisters, otherwise, the senior brothers will all suffer.
So much so that the senior brothers later refused to take her out in the rain, saying that the child was weak and could not compare with them.
They didn't take this into consideration before, but now they do, so they can't take her.
The senior brothers don’t feel guilty when they say these things.
Speaking of her weak constitution, the senior brothers are obviously weaker. They can't even withstand her moves. They are so weak!!
Su Taotao was thinking about things while walking towards He Zhixin's yard.
Her brothers also had their aunt and grandpa's yard, but her aunt's yard was the closest to her.
Therefore, the first person Su Taotao went to find was He Zhixin.
When the servants in He Zhixin's yard saw Su Taotao's arrival, they were both happy and nervous when they stepped forward.
I was happy because I could see Su Taotao, but I was nervous because Su Taotao was a child, carrying a food box in one hand and an umbrella in the other, and no one was following me.
The road is slippery on a rainy day, what should you do if you accidentally fall?
The servants in the little lady’s yard are really big-hearted.
"Why are you here, little lady? No one is following you on a rainy day."
As the maid said this, she carried the food box in Su Taotao's hand. Feeling the heavy weight in her hand, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the young lady was quite strong.
It's just that today is a rainy day, so forget it on weekdays.
How dare the maid in the little lady’s yard dare to let the little lady carry such a heavy thing out alone on a rainy day.
Could it be that they didn't care enough about the young lady, so they didn't notice this at all?
Thinking of this, the maid's face became a little solemn. It seemed that she had to talk to the madam about this matter.
"The maid sister in the yard said she wanted to follow, but Taotao thought she could do it, so she didn't let them follow."
Fortunately, Su Taotao quickly explained clearly that it was not that the maid in her yard was neglecting her, but that she did not let others follow her because she felt she could do it. This chapter has been completed!