CHAPTER 326: CHAPTER 111 ROLLING DONKEY (PART 2)_2

Du Xixi earnestly taught everyone how to make "Donkey Rolling," but as she worked, she couldn’t help reminiscing about her past life on Blue Star.

Back then, Du Xixi initially learned how to make "Donkey Rolling" from a pastry master, a member of a branch of the Du Family. However, she always felt that the rolls made by this family member lacked authenticity; they always tasted different from those bought from the old street workshops.

It was as if... something was missing!

After tasting various "Donkey Rolling" for days, Du Xixi bid farewell to the somewhat disheartened family master and determinedly roamed the street alleys, intent on learning from a true master of "Donkey Rolling."

Sure enough, driven by her perseverance and keen taste buds, Du Xixi quickly discovered a decades-old pastry shop hidden at the entrance of an alley. The shop’s owner had been making "Donkey Rolling" since childhood, using traditional methods to craft delectable and richly flavored rolls!

When Du Xixi visited the shop to request instruction, she initially held little hope. After all, whenever she encountered cuisine problems unsolvable by family elders, the experienced old chefs outside became her temporary teachers.

These teachers were old and skilled, yet they all shared a common flaw: they were unwilling to pass on their unique skills to Du Xixi. Even though she was already quite famous, they still didn’t take her seriously.

Fortunately, Du Xixi understood how to respect her elders. To learn cooking, she was willing to go all out, pleading persistently every day. It was through this determination that she finally learned the dishes she wanted.

Du Xixi initially thought the pastry shop owner would also require her to plead for a while, but to her surprise, the stern-looking elder very warmly allowed her to learn alongside him, painstakingly teaching her all the nuances of making "Donkey Rolling."

Du Xixi considered the shop owner a good person with a warm heart despite a cold exterior. However, as she was leaving the pastry shop, the owner said, "Good child, many people love eating ’Donkey Rolling’ now, but those willing to calmly learn to make authentic ’Donkey Rolling’ are far fewer than in my time."

Du Xixi felt a deep empathy. After all, in the Du Family, a vast Imperial Chef Family, only she was bound to take on the ancestor’s aspirations, and in the extended family branches, only a few dozen were willing to learn cooking in total.

Other young people preferred to comfortably stay at home under their parents’ care or venture outside to enjoy their youthful, uninhibited days. Being a chef is not an easy profession, but someone has to learn and do it. Otherwise, it’s the existing chefs who will only grow more tired and suffer more!

Fortunately, after Du Xixi gained fame in culinary circles, many outside became interested in her. The culinary culture spreading from the Du Family and Du Xixi attracted many young people to join the chef profession.

People began finding pleasure in hardship, discovering happiness amid fatigue.

The cooled sticky rice dough was placed onto a layer of roasted soybean flour. Du Xixi rolled it out with a rolling pin, then sprinkled the other white side with the same soybean flour.

The prepared red bean paste was spread evenly on one side of the sticky rice dough. Du Xixi carefully rolled it, then used a sharp knife to cut the long "Donkey Rolling" strip into small round pieces, placing them on a plate. Thus, the "Donkey Rolling" was completed.

"The ’Donkey Rolling’ is sweet, glutinous, and chewy, but for those with dental issues, it’s better to eat sparingly." As Du Xixi washed off the soybean flour from her hands, she looked warmly at the live-stream audience, "Eating too much sticky rice can be heavy on the stomach. So whether now or usually, please mind the quantity!"

Du Xixi had made quite a lot of "Donkey Rolling," filling up four plates. Clearly, Du Xixi and Miao Miao, with their not-so-large appetites, couldn’t finish it all. After the live stream ended, Du Xixi set aside the portions needed for Ke Xing and Ke Lian while packaging the rest to be shipped out by 2569.

Several dozen "Donkey Rolling" were divided into several portions. Besides sending some to Mo Ying and others, Du Xixi didn’t forget about Chen Yin far away at the interstellar court, having 2569 send him an express delivery as well, to offer him a bit of comfort and ease in his serious meetings.

Though Du Xixi wasn’t concerned with the future development trends of the interstellar space, nor did she intentionally seek to understand them, she knew that such a fully broadcasted major occasion was likely a very oppressive environment. Feeling for her brother Chen Yin, Du Xixi could only care for him in her own way.