EBE Chapter 130 Accidentally Made Milk Tea
Chapter 130 Accidentally Made Milk Tea
The fire in the stove was still burning, so he picked up some firewood and started burning it again.
Dry-frying the tea leaves in a pot was clearly not enough, so he took out the oil-wrapped paper that he had hidden most tightly in the cloth bag, and since he didn't know what it was, he put it all in.
He only saw something pure white, like fine sand, being poured into the pot. Without thinking, he picked up a spatula and started stir-frying the two things.
Unexpectedly, the white, sand-like substance turned into water upon heating. The tea leaves were black tea, and after stir-frying both of them, they turned dark red. Seeing the burnt smell coming out, he hurriedly poured hot water into the pot. Seeing that they were showing signs of clumping, he immediately started stir-frying them.
Fortunately, the color matched the color of the brewed tea, but it was a bit viscous and produced a lot of bubbles.
He didn't care about anything else and quickly poured the tea back into the kettle. Once the lid was put on, it was impossible to tell that it had been tampered with.
He also extinguished the firewood and cleaned the stove thoroughly, leaving not a speck of dust, before leaving satisfied.
Not long after he left, Luo Nanzhi returned to the kitchen.
She was still very confused. The maid had clearly said that the madam had something important to discuss with her, but when she went to the madam's courtyard, she was told that the madam was taking a nap and had not given any instructions to call for anyone. Luo Nanzhi could only return to the kitchen with a face full of dissatisfaction.
But as soon as she came back, she sensed that something was off.
"Finally! Luo Nanzhi finally found out. I knew she was the female lead, very clever. She was bound to discover such a cunning scheme and retaliate!" Someone couldn't help but interject, his excitement growing as the plot unfolded.
But they were still disappointed, because Luo Nanzhi only felt something was wrong, but couldn't figure out what was wrong. She thought it was just a hallucination from her trip, so she put her mind at ease and decided to focus on finishing the things she hadn't done before leaving.
This scene nearly drove the person reading the storybook to madness; they were practically slapping their thighs raw. If they weren't minding that they were at a book appreciation event, they probably would have started shouting and cursing.
"If I could get into the book, I would definitely knock Luo Nanzhi's head awake!"
"Seriously?! They couldn't even spot the problem?!"
Despite the angry voices of the crowd, the story of the storybook continues.
Luo Nanzhi didn't notice anything wrong, nor did she realize that her cloth bag had been tampered with. As soon as she returned, her eyes were fixed on what she was about to do.
She poured the prepared tea into the basin containing milk.
Finding that the tea and milk wouldn't mix, they started the fire again and put both ingredients in the pot to boil.
She only realized something was wrong when she poured all the brewed tea into the pot.
The tea had noticeably darkened in color and become somewhat viscous.
But it was too late; she had already poured all the tea into the pot and mixed it with the milk.
Only then did she realize that her cloth bag seemed to have been tampered with, and the white sugar inside her bag had disappeared. Even if she was stupid, she knew that someone had put the sugar in the tea.
She dipped her chopsticks into the tea in the pot and found it to be sweet, which surprised her.
This flavor is not too sweet or greasy, and it has the aroma of tea and milk. The milk doesn't taste fishy at all!
She ordered all the drinks, scooped out a little and tasted it herself, and it really did taste good!
The weather has been hot lately, and this milk tea is hot too, warming the heart of anyone who drinks it.
This was a lucky accident.
She just didn't know that simply adding sugar to brewed tea would achieve this color? She'd tried it before, and it turned out it didn't work. So how did she make it?
As she was pondering, a maidservant from the lady's side suddenly came to the kitchen looking for her.
Inform her that her wife has woken up and wants some sugar water.
Isn't this exactly what I wanted?! Luo Nanzhi happened to have made milk tea, so she served a bowl of hot milk tea, and the maid carefully carried the tray away from the kitchen.
The magistrate's wife had never tasted such delicious sweet soup before. After taking a sip, her eyes lit up and she didn't stop for the entire time.
After finishing one bowl, she asked her maid to fetch another bowl from the kitchen. She was full after drinking just these two bowls of sweet soup.
Because there was quite a lot of milk tea brewed, after the prefect's wife finished drinking it, Luo Nanzhi distributed the remaining tea to the kitchen maids and servants.
The maids and servants thanked Luo Nanzhi while praising, "My goodness, this is so delicious! This is the best sweet soup I've ever had!"
The chef, who had originally planned to make a fool of Luo Nanzhi, was dumbfounded. The punishment he had imagined did not come upon Luo Nanzhi. After Luo Nanzhi served the dessert to the lady, she was rewarded instead.
He couldn't believe it, and kept wondering to himself where he had gone wrong, or if what he had done today had exposed him!
With a mix of trepidation and confusion, he accepted the sweet soup that Luo Nanzhi offered.
This sweet soup with Luonan branches was also shared with the chefs.
He took a sip, and the aroma of tea and milk filled the air. It was sweet but not cloying, and it tasted so good. It was completely different from the sugary drinks he had before. He gulped it down in one go.
After drinking it all in one gulp, before he even had a chance to wipe his mouth, he heard Luo Nanzhi speak.
"I owe the deliciousness of this dessert to a chef. Without him, I doubt I could have made such a wonderful dessert that my wife loves!"
Luo Nanzhi didn't say who it was. When she said this, she looked around and happened to catch sight of Chef Zhang.
Chef Zhang felt a little guilty, but fortunately Luo Nanzhi didn't fix her gaze on him.
However, Chef Zhang quickly extracted the key information from her words.
It seems that Luo Nanzhi didn't realize what he was doing at first, and accidentally made such a wonderful dessert.
"Damn it, why didn't this happen to him!" Chef Zhang thought bitterly.
But he guessed that the most important thing must be the thing he had casually taken out of her bag and put in the tea, if he could get his hands on it.
His mind raced, and he had another wicked idea.
So, taking advantage of the darkness and the quiet of the night, he sneaked up to Luo Nanzhi's small kitchen.
Only after confirming that no one was around did he slowly open the door to the small kitchen.
……
At this moment, everyone at the book appreciation gathering burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, what would that sneaky person think if they knew that their scheme had inadvertently created a dish?"
"We have to thank that person. If it weren't for him, how would Luo Nanzhi have discovered this drink? No, just thinking about it makes me laugh, hahaha..."
"This man is indeed treacherous and cunning. We tested him like this, but he still has no shame and is trying to steal again!"
Everyone was united in their hatred and condemned Chef Zhang.
Despite the criticism, I'll still keep reading the storybook.
……
Perhaps out of guilt, or perhaps because Chef Zhang was careless, he failed to notice that the small kitchen, which was usually locked, was unlocked today, and he easily opened the wooden door.