"Manman, what are you thinking about?" Alice asked, noticing Yun Manman's distracted look.
"Oh, nothing," Yun Manman quickly shook her head.
She was just wondering why General Lu Qi's temper had been so good this morning.
Not only was he very cooperative during the guidance, but he also didn't flinch when she couldn't help but touch the little snake up and down.
Unexpectedly docile.
Learning from her previous experience, Yun Manman was very careful during the guidance this time, avoiding the situation where her spirit power was depleted like last time.
Combined with General Lu Qi's cooperation, the guidance went very smoothly.
The purity in the spirit power test report that came out was even one percentage point higher than last time, which excited Vice Officer Luxi to no end.
No matter how hard Yun Manman tried, she couldn't figure out the reason, so she decided not to bother about it.
It was best that the general cooperated, and all she needed to do was to take care of the guidance.
Yun Manman opened the shop door with her iris scan, leading Alice inside.
The elf lady was also very surprised when Lu Xi told her that Yun Manman's desserts had a guiding effect. She hadn't felt anything when she ate the desserts that day.
After pondering for a long time without understanding the principle behind it, Alice decided to follow Yun Manman to the shop this time to investigate.
"Add the sugar powder to the egg whites in three batches to whip..."
Yun Manman was focused on her work, while Alice flew back and forth beside her, using her spirit power to sense the changes in Yun Manman and the desserts.
At first, Yun Manman was worried that she might accidentally bump into her, but later found that her concern was unnecessary.
The elf lady's flying and evasion skills were very advanced, always avoiding danger in time.
Today they were making various colored cake rolls.
Mix corn oil with milk until emulsified, sift in flour and mix well, then add egg yolks and mix. Add powdered sugar to the egg whites in three batches to whip, then pour the previously prepared egg yolk mixture into the egg white foam and fold evenly. Finally, pour into a square mold, shake out large air bubbles, and bake in the oven until cooked.
Yun Manman wanted to make plain, black tea, and mango flavored cake rolls.
For the black tea flavor, she ground the black tea leaves into powder and added it after the egg yolk mixture was ready.
As for the mango flavor, Yun Manman chose to use pumpkin juice for coloring, also adding it at the egg yolk mixture stage, resulting in a beautifully bright yellow cake when baked.
Place the cream and various fillings at one-third of the cake base, then use wax paper and a rolling pin to roll the cake into a plump cylinder, and refrigerate to set.
While making the cakes, for the sake of rigor, Alice had Yun Manman naturally disperse her spirit power once, retract her spirit power once, and had Yin Qian do a control experiment another time.
Yes, Yun Manman, with her C-level Spirit Power strength, finally learned how to retract her spirit power under Alice's guidance.
In the end, they found that only when Yun Manman dispersed her spirit power did the desserts have a certain guiding effect.
Alice suspected that the high-purity spirit power she dispersed caused the ingredients to change imperceptibly during the production process.
The elf lady took small bites of the cool cake roll and said with narrowed eyes, "Then why didn't I feel anything when I ate it last time?"
Yun Manman thought for a while about what Alice ate last time and hesitantly said, "Maybe because Yin Qian did most of the work that time?"
To be honest, she now often only does the cake decoration work.
The baking of the cake base and the whipping of the cream are all left to Yin Qian.
Alice suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's why."
She pondered for a moment and said, "If we want to know which ingredient it is, we need to do further research on the ingredients..."
As the two were still discussing, the wind chime of the dessert shop rang "ding-a-ling".
"Oh my, how did it suddenly start raining..." a familiar elderly voice said.
Yun Manman poked her head out from the production room and was delighted to see it was the red panda grandpa who had visited before.
Behind him was an unfamiliar red panda grandma, also with butterfly ears and a brown-red tail.
"Grandpa Xiuneng! Long time no see!"
She quickly washed her hands and walked to the door to welcome them in.
"Is it raining?" Yun Manman looked at their slightly wet hair and brought over some tissues to hand to them.
Xiuneng complained, "Yes, the weather forecast is so inaccurate. They just said yesterday that it wouldn't rain today."
The red panda grandma beside him thanked Yun Manman and calmly wiped the rainwater off herself with the tissue, saying, "It's not like the weather forecast has been accurate for just a day or two..."
Yun Manman looked out the window. The sunshine from when she left in the morning had disappeared at some point, and gray clouds huddled together, completely obscuring the sky behind them.
Fine raindrops had begun to fall from the sky, and there was a moist scent in the air. Even the grass on the ground, which had been yellow for a long time, seemed to stand up, longing for this nourishing rain.
The arrival of this rain signaled the beginning of the rainy season, and also meant that half of Kashida's summer had passed.
Yun Manman mumbled, "Oh my, it's really pouring..."
The rain didn't lower the temperature, but instead, along with the high temperature, it stirred up an even more unbearable heat wave.
She turned back to Xiuneng and said, "Why did you come so early today? The desserts in the shop aren't ready yet."
Xiuneng waved his hand, his large butterfly ears on his head quivering slightly, "It's alright."
"If we don't come early, we won't even be able to buy a cupcake."
"It's my wife's birthday today, and we're both free at home, so I thought I'd bring her out for a stroll."
In fact, Molly had been talking about wanting to come to the Perfect Sweets Shop for several days, and yesterday she saw photos of animal cakes online and insisted on eating them.
Xiuneng spent a long time browsing strategies with his reading glasses on, and concluded that the best way was to come to the shop early and wait.
If the boss recognizes you or is in a good mood, she might draw other shapes for you.
Kashida naturally doesn't have "birthday cakes".
On their birthdays, beastmen would offer gifts to their mothers, or go to the cemetery to express their remembrance and gratitude, then go before the Beast God statue to thank the Beast God for allowing them to be born into this world, and finally celebrate the arrival of a new year of their life.
Even with advanced technology, the birth rate of beastmen cubs is not very high, so each birth is particularly precious.
Every beastman cub is taught during enlightenment that it was their mother who prayed tens of thousands of times before the Beast God, and the Beast God, moved by her perseverance, allowed her to conceive and successfully give birth to the cub.
Sometimes, the different customs and traditions of Kashida would touch Yun Manman.
When she heard it was Xiuneng's wife's birthday, she congratulated, "Happy birthday to you, thank your mother, and thank the Beast God."
The red panda grandma stood straight, with a pair of clear round eyes that often revealed a sharp and strong light inadvertently.
The crow's feet at the corners of her eyes and her graying hair didn't diminish her beauty, but instead made her increasingly charming.
Time never defeats a beauty.
Yun Manman thought she must have been a strong woman when she was young.
Molly heard the blessing and curved her eyebrows and eyes. She reached out to shake hands with Yun Manman, "Thank you. My name is Molly, nice to meet you."
Just as Yun Manman was about to ask them what they wanted to eat, Molly asked, "Can I have a cupcake with a red panda face drawn on it?"
"I can let you touch my ears and tail."
During her conversation with Yun Manman, Molly had already noticed her gaze falling on her tail countless times.
The emerald green cat eyes were full of longing. Just like her little grandson.
Yun Manman: !