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Chapter 35 Cake
Shen Feifei told her about how Guo Lijie caught her today. Du Lan was a little scared after hearing this: "How about having someone pick you up after get off work in the future?"

"No need, mom. Guo Lijie has been arrested. Everything will be fine now." As she was talking, Song Qingfei came in. Seeing the food on the table, he washed his hands and came over. Du Lan invited him to eat.

Tap, tap, tap. Shen Yueru came down from the second floor to drink water. She saw two beautiful butterfly hairpins on Shen Feifei's head under the light and asked, "Mom, look at the hairpins on Feifei's head. They are so beautiful."

Duran looked over and said, "It's really beautiful. Feifei, where did you get this hairpin?"

Shen Feifei swallowed the food in her mouth and glanced at Song Qingfei. Seeing that he was also looking at her, Shen Feifei said, "A colleague brought it back from another place."

"Male or female?" Du Lan frowned and asked her when she heard that her colleague had sent it, worried that Shen Feifei was too young to date someone else.

"Of course it's a female colleague, and she bought it for me, so I have to charge for it. It's not for free." After saying that, he looked at Song Qingfei pretending to eat.

Du Lan was relieved after hearing Shen Feifei's answer, and asked her again: "This doesn't look cheap, does it?"

"It's quite expensive. It costs me one month's salary." Shen Feifei's monthly salary was fifty yuan. She bargained for a lower price because she was worried that Duran would think she was wasting money.

After hearing this, Du Lan did not complain about the high price. Instead, he asked Shen Feifei: "That's not cheap. I'll give you some extra money this month so that you can keep some pocket money." After that, he took out ten yuan and gave it to her. Shen Feifei refused, and Du Lan did not take it back. He put it in her pocket, asked the two of them to finish their meal and rest early, and then went back to the bedroom.

Shen Yueru glanced at the two people and went back to the second floor without saying a word.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" a strong wind was blowing outside. Nearly two months had passed in a blink of an eye. The temperature in the capital dropped rapidly. Shen Feifei put on a thick coat and cotton-padded jacket, put on thick cotton shoes, and went out to work.

On the way, I felt something floating on my face. I looked up and saw that it was snowing.

Snow flakes fell one after another, landing on the eaves, the ground, and people's bodies. Shen Feifei quickened her pace and came to the office building behind the department store. After entering the door, she quickly patted off the snow on her body and walked into the office.

The office was very warm, Shen Feifei took off her coat and put her hands on the radiator to keep warm. At this time, Jia Guimei, who had recovered from her injuries, came in from outside and saw her standing next to the radiator, so she walked over with something in her hand: "Xiao Shen, this is for you." Then she handed Shen Feifei a box with the words "Liangyou Cream" written on it.

Shen Feifei took it and thanked him: "Thank you, Master. How much is it?"

Some time ago, Shen Feifei heard Du Lan say that Song Qingfei's birthday was coming soon. Thinking that he had everything he needed, she decided to make a birthday cake for him. She didn't know where to buy cream, so she asked Jia Guimei. After listening, Jia Guimei said she would take care of it.

Because Jia Guimei has been working in purchasing for many years and has a wide network of contacts, after much inquiry, she learned that there is a factory producing cream in Shanghai. It is said that people there like to eat cakes, and although cream is relatively expensive, there is still a market for it.

Jia Guimei asked her friend in Shanghai to buy it and send it to her. When she heard Shen Feifei asking about the price, she couldn't help but complain: "10 yuan, this thing is really expensive. Just one box costs so much."

Shen Feifei took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it to Jia Guimei: "Of course it's expensive for something new. I'll make a cake with it and give it to you to try."

Jia Guimei took the money and said happily, "Then I'll be waiting." The two laughed and joked for a while. Before leaving get off work, Shen Feifei saw that there was no one else in the office, so he walked up to Jia Guimei and said, "Master, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you, but since I saw it, I still have to tell you."

Jia Guimei put down what she was holding and looked at Shen Feifei: "What's the matter? Just tell me."

"I saw your boyfriend flirting with a woman outside a few days ago. The woman started crying while they were talking. I heard your boyfriend call him 'Fenfang' and the woman said that they were not meant to be together or something like that."

Seeing Jia Guimei's face getting worse because of what she said, Shen Feifei said again: "Master, there may be some misunderstanding, or I heard it wrong. Don't get angry when you go home. Investigate the situation first."

Jia Guimei nodded silently, and then said: "Thank you for telling me this. I won't be impulsive. I'm leaving first."

"Well, goodbye, Master."

When Jia Guimei returned home, her mother-in-law had already prepared dinner. She ate with her children and father-in-law. Jia Guimei asked, "Mom, where is Dayong?"

"He said he was working overtime today, eating at the factory, and would be back later." As he said this, he picked up a piece of egg and put it in his grandson's bowl.

After finishing her meal, Jia Guimei was washing dishes in the kitchen. While washing, she was thinking about what Shen Feifei said today. Her mother-in-law came in and saw that she suddenly stopped while washing the dishes. She walked up to her and said, "Guimei, why are you distracted while washing the dishes? The water is still running. You are wasting money."

Jia Guimei came back to her senses and continued to wash the dishes, pretending to be careless and asked: "Mom, did Dayong have someone he liked before?"

"How could he like someone? He just works hard all day long. After meeting you through a blind date, he wanted to marry you and live a good life with you. Don't wash anymore, let me do it. Go and see if the children have finished their homework." After saying that, he let Jia Guimei leave.

Jia Guimei came out of the kitchen, thinking that she should investigate Zhang Dayong carefully.

In the blink of an eye, red lanterns were hung on the streets, and people were coming and going on the streets stained with winter frost. Shen Feifei took half a day off today and was walking on the way home with a wrapped gift in her hand.

After returning home and having lunch, Shen Feifei walked into the kitchen, took out eggs, separated the egg whites and yolks, added the egg yolks to flour, water and oil and stirred them into a batter; then she added sugar to the egg whites and beat them. This took too much time, so Shen Feifei called Aunt Li to come over for help, and the two of them took turns beating.

After beating, take out one third of the dough and mix it with the egg yolk paste. Finally, take out a large bowl as a mold, brush it with oil, cover it with gauze, and steam it in a pot with boiling water over high heat. Because there is no oven at home, she can only steam the cake. When she comes back, she will see where she can buy an oven and use it to open a cake shop.

After about forty minutes, the cake was ready. Shen Feifei first cut the cake into two layers, put strawberry jam on one layer, and biscuits and chocolate chips on the other layer. Then she took out the bought cream and started to spread it on the cake. During this time, Shen Feifei asked Aunt Li to help steam some more cake in a small bowl.

After spreading it evenly, Shen Feifei took out the mashed pumpkin juice and mixed it with cream, dyed it into yellow cream, and then put it into her homemade piping bag. She also used red beans, mulberries, spinach, chocolate, and carrots to dye the cream into various colors.

Shen Feifei used the cream to draw a cartoon version of a man on the cake, following Song Qingfei's example, and also drew a three-dimensional airplane next to it. Then she decorated the cake with beautiful flowers, placed seasonal strawberries on top, and finally wrote the words "Happy Birthday! Happy every day!" under the man in red cream.
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