To make this cake even more meaningful.
The two started from scratch, without involving the cake chef in any step of the process.
While making the cake, Jiang Muqing chatted with her grandma.
"Grandma, how are you doing lately? Are you feeling better?"
The old man put the egg yolks into milk and corn oil, and said with a smile: "Today is a kind day, let's not talk about this."
"oh."
"Tell me what happened between you and little Yu Jin at school."
Jiang Muqing weighed and sifted the low-gluten flour, then took the egg yolk from grandma's hand, poured the starch into it, and stirred it up.
While stirring, she asked with a smile: "Grandma, what do you want to hear, study or something else?"
"I don't want to listen when I'm studying."
The old man asked with some concern: "Just tell me how your relationship with him is going? Has there been any progress? Is he still reserved?"
"Yeah, I'm being reserved."
Jiang Muqing smiled and said: "But it's much better than before, and it's much more proactive than before."
"Tell grandma how he took the initiative?"
Jiang Muqing beat the eggs in a zigzag pattern until there are no flour particles. After the egg yolk paste is ready, set it aside.
She said: "Yu Jin knows that I haven't been sleeping well recently, so she will take the initiative to find excuses to make me red date tea."
"He also knows that red date tea helps sleep?"
Grandma was a little surprised, and then analyzed: "I guess he asked the hell, otherwise how would he know these things, but it can be seen from this that he is interested in you."
"Hehe...he even gave me flowers."
"Send flowers?"
Grandma smiled and said, "Isn't little Yu Jin so romantic?"
"Um."
Jiang Muqing said happily: "Isn't it 520 yesterday? This day is a special Valentine's Day, so give me a flower."
"Have a heart."
"But there were some setbacks about sending flowers."
Jiang Muqing explained: "In order to give me flowers, Yu Jin secretly went to the school flower bed to steal flowers during evening self-study, and was caught by the dean."
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The old man smiled: "You will definitely be educated."
"No."
Jiang Muqing shook her head and said, "Our director didn't pursue the matter and kindly let him go. However, when he gave me flowers after the evening self-study get out of class, we were caught by the dean again."
"What's the punishment this time?"
The old man said helplessly: "Little Yu Jin's luck is too bad."
"We all thought we were going to be punished, but we didn't expect Director Zhang to let us go again."
Jiang Muqing said: "This is the first time in history. My director is very cruel. None of the students caught by him have a 'good ending'."
The old man asked doubtfully: "Then why is Director Zhang so kind to you?"
"Afterwards, I thought about it and I think it had something to do with Uncle Yu coming to school."
Jiang Muqing analyzed from an adult's perspective: "Because I happened to meet Uncle Yu that day, and he took the initiative to say hello to me and invited me to his house for dinner.
So I guess Director Zhang and the principal must also know about the relationship between Yu Jin, me, and Uncle Yu, so they treat the two of us a little bit specially. "
Needless to say, although Jiang Muqing's guess was not completely correct, it was still close to the truth.
After listening, the old man said modestly and with some approval: "What you said makes sense. Although my son is not very outstanding, he is still a small cadre now. Most people are probably still willing to give him a face."
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Grandma, Uncle Yu's level is not considered "little". The principal greets him with a smile when he sees him.
While the old man was talking, he added lemon juice to the egg whites, added granulated sugar in three batches (salt can be added together with the sugar), then used a whisk to beat the egg whites at medium speed, and handed it to Jiang Muqing.
She said: "Although little Yu Jin is taking some initiative now, it's not enough. You still have to use the methods grandma taught you. Occasionally, don't be so nice to him and stimulate him."
"Use it, use it."
Jiang Muqing nodded and replied: "Today he took the initiative to invite me to dinner at night, but I refused directly."
"Oh? How did he react?" The old man was a little curious.
"He acted like nothing was wrong, but I still felt that he was a little lost and unhappy."
The old man gave a thumbs up: "That's right, stimulate him more. Like his father, he is not very good at speaking out about his feelings."
Jiang Muqing added one-third of the egg whites into the egg yolk paste and stirred it, using the stirring technique from 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock.
Don't draw a circle, otherwise it will defoaming
While stirring, she responded: "Yes, I know."
In the family building of the Procuratorate, in addition to Yu Donglai and Li Qian, two guests came, namely Yu Jin's aunt Yu Yao and her cousin Li Jiale.
They all came to celebrate Yu Jin's birthday at Yu Donglai's invitation.
As for Li Jiale's father, he was on a business trip for the company and could not make it back.
Yu Jin's uncle also had no time to come because he had to take office in Kui County.
Yu Yao helped Li Qian prepare food in the kitchen.
Li Jiale was helping his uncle decorate the birthday party in the living room.
The little boy shouted a balloon and blew it hard, making his cheeks bulge greatly.
Finally, after blowing up another balloon, Li Jiale asked, "Uncle, how many more balloons do we have to blow up? My mouth hurts from blowing it up."
"Blow up the balloons in this bag and stop blowing them."
"I'm not going to blow!" Li Jiale thought he was invited here to eat birthday cake, but he didn't expect to blow up balloons.
He wants to go on strike!
Yu Donglai smiled seductively and said, "Jia Le, think about it, your sister Mu Qing is coming later. If she knows that you blew up these beautiful balloons at home, she will definitely praise you."
"Sister Mu Qing will really come?"
"Of course, I invited her to your uncle."
Yu Dong looked at the time and said, "It will probably be here soon."
"Uncle, don't lie to me! Otherwise I will never pay attention to you again." When Li Jiale thought that Sister Mu Qing was coming, he immediately became more motivated and blew up the balloon with all his strength.
Seeing this, Yu Donglai couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This Jiang Muqing seems to be very popular with everyone in our family, whether they are old or young.
Just when everyone was busy, Li Wei, who was far away in Kui County, came to the old lady's house and prepared to visit, but found that there was no one at home.
He tried to make a call, but the phone was turned off!
Where is the old lady going?
Li Wei asked his neighbors nearby, but no one said they had seen it.
This is very strange.
According to the old lady's living habits, in the morning when the weather is cool and the air is good, she might go out for a walk by the river, but now in the afternoon, the sun is so strong that she refuses to walk outside.
Li Wei tried to make another call, but the phone was still turned off.
This made him a little worried.
Could something happen to the old lady at home alone?
Li Wei thought of this and immediately called the locksmith.
When the locksmith came, he saw that he was wearing a police uniform, so he didn't ask too much and successfully helped him open the door of the old lady's house.
Li Wei rushed in immediately. While searching, he shouted: "Old lady? Old lady?"
As a result, there was no one in the room!
The old lady is missing! ! !
As a police officer, he immediately came to the property management office and asked to check the surveillance around the old lady's house in the community today.
Soon, he saw the old man on the surveillance camera at the gate of the community.
At 8:30, the old lady walked out of the community alone, holding a cat cage in her hand.
I left at 8:30 in the morning and I haven’t come back yet!
This is already very abnormal.
But he couldn't call his sister and brother-in-law to tell them about this, lest they worry.
You have to check it yourself first and then talk about it after you find out.
Li Wei hurriedly ran to the gate of the community and observed the surrounding environment.
There are only two roads here, one is to the river and the other is to the main Binjiang Highway. There are two surveillance cameras along the way.
One is on the sidewalk and the other is near a bus stop not far away.
By the river, it can almost be ruled out.
With such a strong sun, there are basically no people except for fishermen.
Then only Binjiang Road is left.
Based on his own experience, Li Wei knew that these two cameras belonged to the Urban Management Bureau.
He immediately took a car to the Urban Management Bureau and asked the other party to help inquire about the two surveillance cameras.
At first, they were reluctant and needed him to go through the formalities.
But after Li Wei called his friend at the County Public Security Bureau, who then called the leader here, the matter was settled.
In the two surveillance records, Li Wei clearly saw the old lady going to the bus stop and boarding the 602 bus.
Get on the bus!
Li Wei had no choice but to run to the bus company and call the surveillance camera for the current bus.
Finally I found the old lady getting off the bus at the terminal.
That's the long-distance bus station in Kui County!
What is the old lady doing? ! !
Li Wei rushed to the long-distance bus station again, and then asked someone to call the surveillance camera to check whether the old man had enough tickets.
The result was found.
The old lady bought a bus ticket from Kui County to Jianghuai City at 9 o'clock!
Now Li Wei understands!
The old lady quietly went to Jianghuai City alone with a cat!
Why is she going to Jianghuai City?
Today is Yu Jin’s birthday!
The old lady actually went to Jianghuai City to celebrate Yu Jin's birthday!
Li Wei looked at the time. The ticket for nine o'clock in the morning would arrive at Jianghuai City at two o'clock in the afternoon. It was already four o'clock!
The old lady went to Jianghuai City alone. This was her first time. What should I do if she got lost?
This is a big deal!
Li Wei didn't hesitate at all and immediately called his sister.
Li Qian was chatting with Yu Yao, and the content was related to Jiang Muqing.
Suddenly, she received a call from her brother Li Wei. She wiped her hands on her apron and answered the call: "If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I'm busy."
"Sister, is the old lady at your place?"
Li Qian wondered: "Isn't mom at home? Why is she here with me?"
"Oh no."
Li Wei took a deep breath and said, "The old lady is gone."
"Brother, what do you mean?"
Li Wei explained: "I came to see the old lady today and found that she was not at home. I searched around and couldn't find anyone. When I checked, I found that she was alone with a cat, taking the nine o'clock bus in the morning. , came to Jianghuai City.
I guess she wanted to come to celebrate Yu Jin's birthday. "
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Li Wei continued: "But the problem now is that it's already past four in the afternoon and the old lady hasn't arrived at your place yet."
"!!!" Li Qian.
At this moment she also realized the importance of the problem and was frightened.
Yu Yao noticed that Li Qian's face looked wrong and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"My brother called to say mom is missing!"
"!!!" Yu Yao.
She reacted for a moment and came to the living room immediately.
Seeing this, Yu Donglai asked with a smile: "Have you finished cooking?"
"Brother, mom is missing!"
Yu Donglai didn't react for a moment, and asked doubtfully: "What do you mean, my mother is missing?"
"Mom is lost!"
Li Qian also followed out and said quickly: "Lao Yu, my brother called just now and said that my mother came to Jianghuai City by car at nine o'clock in the morning, but she hasn't arrived at our house yet."
"Brother, what should I do?"
Yu Yao said anxiously: "Mom has never been to our place before. She must not be found. She is lost."
"Don't worry."
Yu Donglai's face suddenly became serious. He put down the ribbon in his hand and asked, "Have you called?"
"I don't know, I didn't ask."
Yu Donglai took out his mobile phone and immediately called the old man.
"Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off..."
“Mom’s phone is turned off.”
Yu Donglai put down the phone and said, "You guys are at home, I'll go out and look for you."
It has been almost two hours since the old lady arrived at the station!
The longer time passes, the harder it will be to find!
"How do you find it?"
"How else can I look for it? Of course I have to ask the police to help me find it!" After saying that, he hurried out.
He was walking and talking on the phone, probably looking for help.
Li Qian comforted her: "Don't worry. After all, I am a member of the system. There are so many policemen in Jianghuai City helping to find him. It should be fine. Mom will find him."
When Yu Donglai went out, he immediately contacted all his available connections and started looking for people.
While everyone was anxiously looking for someone here and waiting for the result, in a certain handmade cake shop, an old man and a young man finally completed their work in two hours.
"Let's go home."
The old man looked at the cake he and Jiang Muqing made together and said happily: "Little Yu Jin must be very happy!"
"Well, go home."
The two of them twisted the cake, got in the car, and soon arrived at the entrance of Yu Jin's community.
Uncle Li saw Jiang Muqing and saw her holding a cake. He smiled and asked, "Whose birthday is this cake for?"
"Yu Jin."
Jiang Muqing smiled and said, "Uncle Li, please open the door and let us in."
"Who is this old man next to you?" The reason why Uncle Li didn't open the door immediately this time was because he didn't know the old man.
Jiang Muqing can come in and out without registering, but the elderly cannot.
Jiang Muqing introduced: "She is Yu Jin's grandmother."
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In just one second, Uncle Li opened the door and said politely: "Welcome, welcome, please come in, please come in."
"Thank you." the old man said.
"You're so polite."
Jiang Muqing supported the old man and said, "Uncle Li, let's go in first."
"OK."
Uncle Li looked at the back of the old man leaving with emotion.
This was the first time in so many years that he saw Yu Jin's grandma come to the community.
(End of chapter)
