[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-727":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544412,2006,"Chapter 727 - 727 721 Making Western-Style Pastries","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-727",727,"\u003Cp>727: Chapter 721: Making Western-Style Pastries 727: Chapter 721: Making Western-Style Pastries “After drinking this cup of wine, I dare to shout even in front of the old lady…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, she was quite a good baby who listened to her mother; otherwise, she would have accepted her fate strangely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting drunk and falling into a deep sleep, Gu Youyou kneaded the dough in the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know what tools Miss Du used, but the flour was finely ground and clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eggs, milk, all the things needed to make a cake were ready, only needing to be cooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou used to love making desserts with her pastry chef; she loved to eat them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she hadn’t been afraid of getting fat, she could eat them every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her skills were not as good as those of a professional pastry chef, they were still presentable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the cake was done, she spread cream over it, creating a beautiful pattern, and a playful, cute and delicious little dessert was made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put it aside and made another one on a plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about an hour or so, she had made over a dozen different styles of small cakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over at Miss Du’s, the remedy soup had also been prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing it was getting late, she had someone give it to the two young ladies who were drunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they faintly woke up, what they saw was a table full of fragrant and adorable desserts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having never seen such desserts, they were immediately attracted and looked expectantly at Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin, is this the dessert you said you’d make for us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou nodded and smiled, “Come, pick your favorite one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treats were indeed tempting; upon Gu Youyou’s invitation, they stopped being polite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girls hastily picked out their favorite pastries, letting go of their restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re really pretty; I almost don’t want to eat them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they had a bite, they immediately wanted a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s so delicious, I’ve never tasted such a flavor of pastry, sweet but not greasy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be this kind of amazement for anyone having cream cake for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou smiled, took a plate in each hand, and went out to give one to Jin Zijin and Yue Rujing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They owed getting out successfully this time to their help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sitting at the stone table under the willow tree in the courtyard were utterly surprised by the strange pastries Gu Youyou brought out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the pastries was shaped like a little rabbit, while the other was a simple round piece, but the dotted flowers on it were lifelike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you make these desserts?” Yue Rujing asked in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said, “Yes, eating is also an art, so I made them look so good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing took the cake with the beautiful flowers and said with a shy smile, “Then let me see if your dessert is as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I guarantee you’ll be satisfied!” Gu Youyou laughed, and gave the one shaped like a rabbit to Jin Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You try it too; this is the first time I’ve made a dessert for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After you eat it, I’m sure you won’t find my cooking skills lacking anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she recalled when Gu Youyou had cooked in the house and accidentally burned down Jin Zijin’s only thatched cottage, leaving them homeless and having to spend a night together in a cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after that, although she didn’t burn down the house again, her cooking skills were always hit or miss—some dishes tasted good, while others, not so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they lived together, she usually tended the fire while he did the cooking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll try it!” Jin Zijin brought himself back from the memories and took the dessert with a soft smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Yue Rujing, who had just tasted the strange pastry, let out a sound of amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, did you really make this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one else could make it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sudden exclamation and the wide eyes that followed made Jin Zijin hesitant to take a bite.\u003C\u002Fp>",697,"2026-06-06T06:54:59.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","4ae91f4c83f9471b2cf61afa6abb716da810059cd90d3016709b4f8d254445f9","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-728","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-726",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]