Feng Yifan took out the pig's front trotters that had been pickled and soaked in running water overnight, and stacked them one by one, while he began to direct his wife to get busy.
"First, separate the yolk and egg white of the raw egg. Today we are making egg tarts. The egg yolk is used to make the tart crust, and the egg white is used to make the filling."
Su Ruoxi listened to her husband while she started to work, but the first step of separating the egg yolk and egg white was difficult for her.
When watching her husband demonstrate, Su Ruoxi felt that it was not difficult. After cracking the egg, she scratched the two eggshells on both sides, slowly dripping the egg white into the bowl below, leaving the yolk in the eggshell, and then poured it into another bowl.
It's really not difficult at all, it just tests your patience.
But when Su Ruoxi tried it herself, the first egg yolk dropped into the egg white bowl, and then the second egg yolk broke.
"Oh, why is this so difficult? Feng Yifan, are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Seeing his wife looking angry like a little girl, Feng Yifan was very happy, and his father-in-law in the wheelchair couldn't help grinning.
However, seeing that his wife seemed to be getting more and more dissatisfied, Feng Yifan also put down the work in his hands, walked over, picked up a small spoon-like object on the table, handed it to his wife and said, "Here, use this."
Then, Feng Yifan cracked an egg with one hand to demonstrate to his wife.
Su Ruoxi watched in surprise. After the egg was poured into the plastic spoon, the egg white flowed down from the gap at the bottom of the spoon, leaving just a complete egg yolk in the spoon.
Seeing this scene, Su Ruoxi was really surprised. She didn't expect that such a small spoon with a hole at the bottom could be so useful.
Then, Feng Yifan handed the small spoon to his wife: "See? Isn't it easier to use this? Come on."
Su Ruoxi took it, looked at it carefully, and suddenly asked angrily: "Feng Yifan, why didn't you give it to me earlier? Tell me, did you do it on purpose? You wanted to make me embarrassed, right?"
Feng Yifan listened to his wife's questioning and continued to work, while urging her: "Hurry up and do it."
Seeing that her husband did not respond directly and urged her to do it faster, Su Ruoxi became competitive and stopped pursuing the matter but started to do it seriously.
After beating five eggs, Feng Yifan reminded: "Five eggs are enough. Beat the egg yolks first, and then crush the butter in a bowl according to the ratio I gave you."
Although Su Ruoxi was unhappy about being ordered by her husband in this way, she still followed her husband's instructions when she thought that this was for her daughter.
At the same time, Su Ruoxi was determined in her heart that she must do her best and strive for success. She must not let her husband look down on her, and she must also let her daughter see how capable her mother is.
Following Feng Yifan's command, Su Ruoxi's subsequent actions were still very serious and done very well.
Feng Yifan was also very busy. After taking out the marinated pork elbows, he still had to do some follow-up processing before putting them in a big pot to cook with the old broth.
However, despite being busy, Feng Yifan still pays close attention to his wife and guides her to do every step well.
"Use that electric mixer, add powdered sugar to the butter and beat it into a paste. Then add the egg yolk liquid in three batches and mix well."
When Su Ruoxi did as she was told, she suddenly felt that the process seemed quite familiar.
"Huh? Isn't this the process of you making those cookies yesterday?"
Feng Yifan responded, "Yes, use cookies as the base, so that the children will taste delicious, just like eating cookies."
Although Su Ruoxi stayed in Su Ji most of the time, she was not a bumpkin. She had taken her daughter to eat egg tarts at Grandpa White Beard's house and was impressed by the crispy egg tart crust. She never thought that cookies could be used to make egg tarts.
Knowing that the cookies were the same as the ones her husband made yesterday, Su Ruoxi was obviously much more at ease afterwards.
According to her memory of what she had seen yesterday and the instructions from her husband, she quickly mixed the ingredients in the basin.
After adding egg yolks and butter and beating them into a paste, you also need to sifter the low-gluten flour and add it in proportion, then mix it evenly with the paste in the bowl to make a golden dough.
After finishing, Su Ruoxi asked her husband: "This is done, do you want to put it into a mold?"
Feng Yifan was also a little out of breath from his busy schedule. He took a break before saying, "No, we're not making cookies. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for an hour."
Su Ruoxi asked curiously, "Just put it in the refrigerator for an hour?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "No problem, we'll do the rest in an hour."
Su Ruoxi had no choice but to follow her husband's instructions. She covered the bowl containing the dough with plastic wrap and then put it in the refrigerator in the back kitchen.
After putting it away, Su Ruoxi returned to the cooking table and asked, "Okay, what should we do next?"
Feng Yifan answered directly: "Next, it's your rest time. We'll continue in an hour."
Su Ruoxi stood in front of the kitchen counter and suddenly had nothing to do. She stood there watching her husband busying herself, feeling a little lost.
"Is it really that simple? I thought it was complicated. You took out so many things, but you didn't use much of them."
Feng Yifan smiled and responded after hearing what his wife said: "Originally, cooking is very simple. You don't have to think it's that complicated. As long as you put your heart into it, you can still make delicious food without complicated and delicate techniques."
Over there, Feng Yifan had already processed the pork elbows and put them one by one into a large iron bucket, preparing to start the next step of boiling them.
Su Ruoxi walked around the kitchen, checked on her father, and asked if he felt unwell anywhere.
Su Jinrong shook his head to indicate that he was not feeling uncomfortable, but at the same time he was staring at every step of Feng Yifan's work. It was obvious that the old man was worried that Feng Yifan would make a mistake and ruin the whole pot of meat.
Everything was ready. After putting the big iron bucket with pork elbows on the fire, Su Jinrong said, "Go upstairs and get..."
Feng Yifan knew that his father-in-law wanted him to go upstairs and get down the old sauce, which was the key to Su Ji's Crystal Braised Pork.
After turning down the fire, Feng Yifan said to his wife, "You stay here and watch over Dad. I'll go upstairs and get something."
Su Ruoxi nodded: "Just go."
Feng Yifan quickly ran out of the kitchen and went upstairs quickly.
When Feng Yifan went upstairs, Su Jinrong stretched out his hand and pulled his daughter. When his daughter squatted in front of him, he asked seriously, "What do you want?"
Su Ruoxi looked at her father. She understood what her father meant by this sentence. He wanted to ask her how she wanted to have a relationship with Feng Yifan in the future.
There was still some hesitation in Su Ruoxi's heart.
After five years of separation, their feelings have really faded. Maybe there is still a little bit of memory in their hearts from the little moments they spent together in the store in the past, but that is not enough to support them to continue to be together.
But now Su Ji, or even this small family, needs Feng Yifan's support.
So Su Ruoxi felt very conflicted and didn't know how to deal with the relationship between the two of them.
Facing her father's gaze, Su Ruoxi said softly after a long while: "Dad, can you give me some more time? I hope that after dealing with some things, we can both calm down and think about our relationship carefully."
After listening to his daughter's words, Su Jinrong did not feel any dissatisfaction. Instead, he felt somewhat relieved by his daughter's words.
My daughter looks at things separately, does not act on her emotions, and is able to think independently. This shows that she has really grown up and has undergone some changes.
Su Jinrong was very satisfied to see his daughter's transformation, so he nodded to his daughter and agreed with her statement.
The father and daughter looked at each other for a moment, then heard footsteps outside the door, smiled at each other, and said nothing more. Su Ruoxi stood up, straightened her clothes, and began to prepare for the next step.