Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 649 How Lucky to Meet Such a Good Person

Even if she is really capable, she only does it to assist her husband, offering advice from behind and unable to take the lead.

Hua Lei was very clear that she was lucky and had the opportunity to get to the front, and with the support of Rong Jin and the backing of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, her official career was so smooth now.

"In the same environment and system, if you can stand out, it means you are excellent. Don't belittle yourself. Your ability and talent are rare.

Besides, I have been practicing martial arts since I was young. It is unfair for you to compete with me. If you want to compete, you should compete with those weak young ladies from noble families in the capital.

Compared to them, you are the best, both in terms of physical strength and talent." Rong Jin changed direction and began to massage Hua Lei's shoulders.

"Am I so good in your eyes?" Hua Lei's mood couldn't help but rise, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

"Well, you have always been excellent. Not only are you smart, but you are also physically strong. You have to know that in addition to physical strength, intelligence also determines the height of our lives.

Intelligence determines how high we can fly, and physical strength determines how long we can fly. The person who maintains physical strength, improves intelligence, and persists in both to the end is the ultimate winner.

We cannot be discouraged just because we cannot compare with others for a while, and we must not make the wrong reference and doubt ourselves for no reason.

We must learn to look forward and look far ahead." Rong Jin said gently, with a moderate force.

Hua Lei smiled, turned around gently, put her arms around Rong Jin's waist, and said softly, "My dear, I am so lucky to meet a good man like you."

Rong Jin smiled and said, "Sister Hua, why are you interrupting me? I should be the one saying this. With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?"

Hua Lei hugged Rong Jin's waist tightly, and her original unhappiness had long since disappeared.

It took about half a month to complete the household registration for the captives. It was already the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month. Then, the county government was sealed and the annual holiday began.

When the next year comes, the new people who have changed their names will be given land and villages. After a busy year, Rong Jin and Hua Lei finally have some free time.

They didn't need to do anything about the house, Qingqi and Qinghua had arranged everything properly. The two of them just had to accompany Jinnian.

Because of the New Year holiday, Xiaoyuan and Rongjue also temporarily lived here at Hualei's insistence. So, the task of accompanying Jinnian was snatched away by the two of them.

Seeing Jinnian having a lot of fun playing with Rongjue, Hualei found the clever Uncle Zhao and asked him to help make some educational toys for Jinnian.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, there were toys for children to play with. The cloth tiger and rattle sent by Mrs. Pei had been played with by Jinnian until they were torn to pieces. Moreover, these toys no longer attracted Jinnian.

Pei Jingyang gave the children a bunch of wooden swords, wooden horses, and unsharpened swords. Some of the children were tired of playing with them, and some of them were even unable to swing them.

Earlier, Shangjing City sent toys such as the Nine-Ring Links and Tangram, but many of them were made of jade, which was too precious and not suitable for children to play with.

So, Hua Lei asked Rong Jin to draw the blueprints and asked Uncle Zhao to help make these toys with wooden blocks. Moreover, she made several sets of different sizes so that Zhenzhu's child Qilin could also play with them.

Uncle Zhao was deft and patient. After looking at Rong Jin's drawings, he made a tangram, a Luban lock and other things for Jinnian after a few days.

It is very delicate and polished very smoothly and finely. Jinnian has not yet learned how to play it, but Xiaoyuan and Rongjue are rushing to play it first. Of course, they are saying that they are teaching Jinnian how to play it.

In addition, Hualei also asked Uncle Zhao to make wooden blocks of various shapes, including cylinders, squares, and rectangular blocks, in order to help Jinnian, who could not read yet.

In order to arouse Jinnian's interest, Hualei personally used paint that could color wooden blocks to paint each wooden block in various colors.

Zhenzhu's son Qilin also came here dragging his walker. Ever since Rong Jue and Xiao Yuan came here, he has been coming here every day to play.

Earlier, when the two children were learning to walk, Rong Jin made walkers for them based on the principle of the wheel axle of a carriage.

Now, the walker is no longer used, but Qilin treats it as a pony carriage. He likes to pull the walker back and forth between the two yards. The walker is piled with his favorite toys and food.

In addition to toys, Hua Lei also asked Uncle Zhao to make a handmade egg beater for her, which was similar to the handmade egg beater she bought from Taobao in her previous life.

It's definitely not as good as the electric one in my previous life, but it's much better than chopsticks. I'll use it to make cream cakes for my kids in the future.

You know, "milk gives birth to everything" is not an empty saying. However, without a convenient whipping machine in the past life, it is not very convenient to make cream cheese.

Seeing the children having fun in the yard, Hualei prepared to make cakes for them. In front, a lot of cheese was made, and the best cheese was still in the cellar.

However, fresh milk is needed to make the cake, so make the cream first. Pour the milk into a small pot and heat it over low heat. Do not let the milk boil, but keep it warm.

Slowly pour the warm milk into the bowl with the beet sugar while stirring with a hand whisk to thoroughly combine the sugar and milk.

Pour the whipped milk into a clean glass bottle, cover it with a lid, wrap the bottle with a clean cloth, and leave it outdoors overnight. The milk will solidify into cream.

Get some fresh milk, mix the egg yolk and milk evenly, sift the flour, pour it into the milk and mix until smooth.

Take an appropriate amount of beaten egg white and add it to the egg yolk paste in batches, stir to mix evenly, pour into an oiled mold, put it in the oven and bake until cooked.

Take out the baked cake, turn it upside down on a clean wooden board, and remove it from the mold after it has completely cooled down. After the cake has cooled down, take out the solidified cream.

Whip thoroughly until it reaches a neutral foamy state. Beat the edges as well, and use a spatula to scrape the places that cannot be beaten to the middle and then beat again, making sure that every part is fully whipped, and then spread it on the cake base.

Because it was my first time making it, the appearance was not perfect, and there were no fresh fruits to garnish it, which was a bit regrettable.

The flower buds could only be ground into fine pine nuts and sprinkled on the surface of the cake. Unexpectedly, the taste was very good. The cake was very soft and had a strong milky flavor. With the crushed pine nuts, it was extremely delicious.