Over the next few days, Perfect Sweets Shop was in a trial work period.
Due to the shop's online popularity, there were many beastmen coming to visit out of curiosity.
The beastmen who came to try out as apprentices helped Yun Manman a lot, solving her urgent problem.
Especially Yin Qian, this kid came almost every day after the first day of trial work, very seriously saying he wanted to work hard to learn how to make desserts.
He persisted even after Yun Manman told him there would be no wages except for the first day of trial work.
And he was especially strong, working very efficiently and seriously!
He could even repair machines!
That day when she was making sparkling water, Yin Qian stood next to her observing.
After she finished operating, the usually quiet youth suddenly spoke up: "This valve here can be made smaller, it can compress more gas in."
Then he found some tools and after some work, improved the machine.
The improved machine produced sparkling water with more gas content, and was more efficient.
Yin Qian even fixed the handle that had always been a bit sticky, making it incredibly smooth!
What a treasure of a youth!
But this wasn't strange, he came from a mechanical school, he could even repair weapons, so why would he be afraid of her little machine?
Yun Manman was extremely satisfied with him, if he didn't insist on being precise to three decimal places when measuring low-gluten flour, he would be perfect.
After a few days of trial work, she had already decided in her heart who the apprentice would be.
Her only hesitation was that a high-quality talent like Yin Qian would sooner or later return to the stage that belonged to him.
The long-tailed tit would definitely fly back to the sky that belonged to him.
Then the dessert shop would have to recruit again.
But she quickly comforted herself, who cares! At least now she had a capable assistant!
Future matters could be dealt with in the future~
Yun Manman thought optimistically.
And so, Yin Qian successfully stayed in the shop to work as an apprentice.
On this day, beastmen visiting Perfect Sweets Shop came in an endless stream, as one batch left, another arrived.
But with Yin Qian's help, Yun Manman could now make drinks while also keeping an eye on the baking.
At this time, the small shop was filled with the sweet scent of apples and the unique aroma of butter baking, the fragrances entwined with sunlight floating around the noses of every beastman in the shop.
Tempting the appetite and curiosity of the customers in the store.
One of the beastmen looked longingly at the oven, swallowing: "Boss, what's baking in there? It smells so good!"
Yun Manman handed a milk tea to a beastman, then turned her head and smiled mysteriously at him, the pride in her eyes like a cat that had stolen some cream.
"I won't tell you, you'll know soon."
The beastman who got the reply wasn't angry at all, instead he happily guessed with his companion what delicious thing was inside.
"Do you think it's apple cake?"
"No way? Baked apples are so weird..."
The moment Xiuneng pushed open the door, he was attracted by the apple fragrance floating in the air, and saliva involuntarily secreted in his mouth.
Heaven knows that apples were this red panda's favorite fruit!
Very good, this shop had successfully caught his attention!
Xiuneng elegantly took off the black top hat on his head and placed it on his chest, and a pair of butterfly-wing shaped ears immediately "popped" out and appeared in the air.
He quietly stood at the back of the queue waiting, and when it was his turn to order, his tone could not hide his curiosity and excitement: "I want this dessert that smells of apples!"
Yun Manman smiled and looked up again, finding that standing in front of her was a short old grandfather wearing a suit, with a ruddy round face with some wrinkles, gray eyebrows and sideburns, but with bright and piercing round eyes.
What attracted her gaze were the butterfly-shaped ears on top of the grandfather's head and his thick, fluffy, red and dark alternating large tail behind him.
Red panda!
Although it was an old red panda, it was still super cute!
But she couldn't touch it.
Yun Manman recalled the adorable red pandas she had seen in the zoo in her previous life, and suddenly felt her hands itch.
She suddenly grabbed her right hand with her left, and smiled at the confused Xiuneng, saying: "I'm sorry, this dessert is still baking, it's not available for sale yet..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the oven let out a crisp "ding" sound.
The tail behind Xiuneng swayed left and right, his hands clutching the counter, his eyes bright and shining: "Is it ready?"
Looking at him, Yun Manman instantly had a vision of a red panda standing upright to scare off danger.
Help! So cute!
Yun Manman came back to her senses and quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, it's ready, please wait a moment."
Saying this, she turned around, put on heat-resistant gloves, opened the oven, took out the baking tray, and put it aside to cool.
After doing all this, she said to Xiuneng: "Please wait, it needs to cool down a bit before it can be eaten, let me take your order first."
Xiuneng took the number card and sat down on a chair contentedly. While waiting, he observed the surrounding environment.
The warm orange decor of the shop was warm and bright, with sunlight shining through the windows forming spots of light on the ground.
The soothing music and sweet fragrance made people relax involuntarily.
"This light cheesecake is so delicious!"
"Right? Didn't I recommend well? Cheese is just the best!"
"And this pork floss bun, I really never get tired of it! I love it so much~"
Xiuneng quietly observed what the beastmen at the next table had ordered.
Ah, it all looks so delicious, should he try them all?
As he was thinking, a pair of fair hands brought over a porcelain plate.
Yun Manman smiled and said: "Your apple pie is ready, please enjoy."
Her eyes, however, kept glancing behind him.
Why didn't she let Yin Qian deliver it?
Just say she wanted to see the red panda one more time.
Xiuneng hurriedly lowered his head to look at the food emanating an apple fragrance in the plate. So this is called apple pie.
The round apple pie was golden, the puff pastry so flaky it crumbled at the touch of a fork, the yellow apple filling inside was still steaming slightly, and a rich aroma wafted out from the cut part.
He eagerly cut off a small piece of apple pie and stuffed it into his mouth.
The crispy outer crust was full of milk flavor, instantly melting in his saliva, the soft and glutinous apple filling was moderately sweet and sour, making one's mouth water.
The complex layers of texture instantly captured Xiuneng's heart.
He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to exude happiness, the butterfly ears on his head twitched, and the big fat tail behind him also wagged incessantly.
He finished this palm-sized apple pie in just a few bites, his heart and stomach both filled with unstoppable contentment.
How many years had it been! How many years since he had eaten something so delicious!
Xiuneng had loved eating since he was young, and he was particularly picky, absolutely refusing to eat anything that wasn't good.
For a while, because he wasn't eating well, he lost a lot of weight, even his fur lost its luster.
His parents were shocked, how could there be a red panda that wasn't fat! It was simply a disgrace to the red panda world!
Because their son was picky about food, his father had no choice but to work hard to become a great chef, and was once a renowned state banquet chef.
However, Xiuneng didn't inherit his father's culinary genes, on the contrary, he knew nothing about cooking.
But he had a sensitive tongue, and basically everything he approved as delicious was widely loved by people and quickly became popular.
Online, people called him a famous gourmet.
Xiuneng thought, he was actually just an old man who liked to explore local delicacies.
Unfortunately, Kashida only had so much food, he had long grown tired of the meat dishes from various places, so when he heard about new and delicious things, he eagerly took the maglev train to come from far away.
Xiuneng finished the apple pie in front of him, still wanting more. He looked up and asked Yun Manman: "Can I order another one?"