Delicate Little Dragon

Long Ling planned to make the souvenir pastries in the shape of peach blossoms.

Each petal-shaped pastry would fit together to form a complete flower, paired with wine she brewed herself.

Last time, she used puff pastry made with flour and butter for the egg yolk pastries, but the crust easily crumbled.

This time, Long Ling planned to use glutinous rice flour and yam, for a more delicate and refreshing texture.

Mina was no longer the beginner she once was.

She had learned many dishes, could make most of them, and was now the head chef at the Misty Tavern in Liepa Town, also training several assistant chefs.

She brought two assistant chefs to help make the pastries, and Nora, as Long Ling’s maid, also busied herself in the kitchen.

Violet wanted to stay by Long Ling’s side, and Mina and the other maids couldn’t help but feel constrained with the Duchess present, not daring to speak loudly.

Long Ling had no choice but to have Mina stir-fry the glutinous rice, others help grind the glutinous rice flour, and the yam be steamed and mashed.

She then took Violet’s hand and went outside.

Ellena had set up tables and chairs in the garden and placed a warm brazier nearby.

Violet sat beside her, watching Long Ling skillfully carve molds.

Violet curiously asked, “What flower are you carving now?”

Long Ling blew away a pile of wood shavings, enthusiastically showing Violet:

“Peach blossom, I also carved some stamens on the inside, is it pretty?”

Sometimes Violet had to admit that Long Ling always had her own unique and imaginative ideas.

Before meeting Long Ling, she had never eaten so many kinds of novel pastries and delicious foods.

Violet admired the exquisite patterns carved by those skillful hands and couldn’t help but ask,

“It’s very pretty, why didn’t you make the heart shape this time? That shape is simpler.”

Long Ling grinned: “Practice makes perfect, it’s all the same to me.

I can carve them quickly, and then I’ll mix the glutinous rice flour with the mashed yam and sugar, add some peach jam, put it in the molds, and steam it.”

Long Ling had a sense of peace and warmth about her at this time. Violet rested her head on Long Ling’s shoulder: “Sounds troublesome.”

Long Ling curled her lips and continued carving the molds:

“Not troublesome at all. Do you want to try? Just press the mold tightly.”

Violet raised an eyebrow slightly: “Okay.”

Since Violet was also going to join in, she would add some strawberry juice to the glutinous rice flour later, so the color would be more pink and pretty.

Long Ling sped up her carving, and soon the four molds were ready.

After a while, Mina had processed the glutinous rice flour and yam mash.

Long Ling went to boil some frosting and mixed it with the sifted glutinous rice flour and yam mash, dividing it into two portions.

The small portion for Violet to play with was placed in a separate large bowl.

Long Ling poured some dragon fruit juice into it, and after mixing it evenly, the color became pink.

Violet noticed that the bowl Long Ling gave her was smaller than the one Long Ling took and was a little unhappy:

“Why aren’t you giving me the same thing?”

Long Ling explained, “I’m afraid you’ll get tired. You can try it first, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to do it. I can finish the rest with them.”

Violet felt like she was being treated like a child.

It wasn’t like she didn’t know how to do anything.

She saw Long Ling start making the pastries, washed her own hands, picked up one of the molds, grabbed a handful of glutinous rice flour, put it inside, added a small spoonful of peach jam, pressed it firmly a few times, and soon pressed out a beautiful peach blossom cake.

The pink and tender peach blossom cake looked very appetizing.

Violet signaled Long Ling to look at it, and Long Ling’s eyes sparkled, immediately applauding her: “Great job, it looks so good.”

The little strawberry dragon was too ingratiating.

Clearly, Long Ling carved the molds herself, she just put the glutinous rice flour inside.

Violet remembered when she first met the little dragon, Long Ling said she missed her every day, followed her wherever she went, and wanted her to accompany her for breakfast.

At that time, she thought Long Ling was an obedient little dragon, but later, when they quarreled, she called her a big bad dragon.

Just thinking about it made her angry.

Violet narrowed her eyes and continued making peach blossom cakes expressionlessly.

Long Ling hadn’t realized that the big bad dragon had started digging up old grudges and kept praising her:

“Only my dear wife can make such beautiful peach blossom cakes, so amazing. You’ve already made two in a while.”

Violet’s slender finger suddenly pressed against Long Ling’s lips: “Don’t praise me, are you still thinking that I’m a big bad dragon?”

That was old news, how could the big bad dragon still remember.

She glanced elsewhere, a little guilty, and denied, “No, how could I? You’re here, I love you so much.”

Violet didn’t believe it: “Tell the truth.”

Long Ling asked, “Do you want to hear the truth?”

Violet nodded: “Yes.”

Long Ling’s watery eyes were clear, and she made a heart shape for Violet, sweetly saying,

“You are the best dragon in the world, the most beautiful woman,

Violet pinched her cheek: “Always think that way.”

The glutinous rice flour on Violet’s fingertip stuck to Long Ling’s cheek, making her look like a little cat.

Long Ling felt her cheek ticklish and rubbed it against Violet’s palm:

“Shall we continue making peach blossom cakes?”

Violet was amused by her cuteness, and the anger in her heart disappeared: “Okay.”

She reached out and wiped off the glutinous rice flour on Long Ling’s face, and the glutinous rice flour fell to the ground, looking the same color as the surrounding snow.

Long Ling’s hands were very skillful, and the flower cakes were made quickly.

Violet also made a small portion, smeared a layer of honey, steamed them, and placed them in the souvenir gift boxes.

Each souvenir had four cakes placed on the top layer, packaged in paper boxes, and a bottle of fruit wine from the manor was also placed.

Below the first layer was the double dragon ornament cast in gold, prepared by Violet, and the magical raw stones of the unique ruby ​​mine, which are good choices whether for making jewelry or making wands.

In the evening, the guests were about to return to their residences, and Violet and Long Ling distributed the souvenirs together, receiving thanks from many dragons.

Violet was a little tired after distributing the souvenirs.

Long Ling knew that Violet was a little sleepy during pregnancy and could not leave people, so she accompanied her to lie on the bed.

She held Violet in her arms, tucked in the quilt, and wrapped Violet with her own dragon tail, contributing all the heat of her body to keep Violet warm.

Violet fell asleep quickly, but Long Ling was not sleepy, but her heart was warm.

She touched Violet’s lower abdomen with her palm, which had not changed much from before.

The thought of a new little life appearing made her lips show a shallow smile involuntarily.

Maybe it was because she was too hot, but after a while, Violet was unwilling to stay in her arms, and wanted to expose her hands outside.

Long Ling grabbed Violet’s hands again and put them back into the quilt.

After repeating this several times, Violet turned into a dragon, using her dragon wings to push her away.

Long Ling had no choice but to wrap around her again, wrapping the restless Violet in a quilt.

There is no dragon egg yet, so I don’t know where the egg will be squeezed to sleep.

Long Ling looked at the big bed where she and Violet were sleeping, and couldn’t help but think about whether to prepare a separate place for the dragon egg in the future.

While Long Ling and Violet were falling asleep, the group of dragons who received the souvenirs were already impatiently opening the souvenirs on the way back.

They had never smelled such fragrant pastries before, and just smelling the fragrance made the whole dragon float into the air.

When the outer layer of paper skin was opened, the fragrant pastries still maintained the shape of just being out of the pot, and when combined, they looked like a blooming peach blossom.

Not only did they look very delicate, but they also tasted different from the usual sweet cream.

The sweet glutinous rice flour was mixed with sweet frosting, and the taste of yam was dense.

After eating, the peach blossom fragrance still lingered between the lips and teeth, as if directly entering spring.

After eating a little cake heart, and taking a sip of fruit wine, the dragon’s life was satisfied, so delicious that people couldn’t believe that it existed in the Old Continent.

After eating all the cake heart on one layer, the dragon felt unsatisfied.

After opening the first layer, it was thought that there would be a second layer of cake, but there was none.

There were only valuable gems and gold.

All the dragons were about to cry, so delicious cake heart, the first time they ate it in this life, there were only four pieces.

They also wanted to buy it from others with gold coins, but no dragon was willing to sell the delicious cake.

The dragons wanted to go back and re-receive the souvenirs, but they had already left the Illidari Manor.

When they were wandering outside, Butler Marcia told them that all the souvenirs had been distributed, and Duchess Violet was resting, and would only see guests after the vacation.

All the dragons’ dreams were shattered.

After Violet’s honeymoon ended, she returned to Greiss Harbor to work. Early in the morning, she received many greeting letters from relatives.

These greeting letters mentioned the beautiful and lovely little cakes in the souvenirs, and wanted to ask her where they could be purchased.

Violet curled her red lips, and a touch of pride rose in her heart.

The little strawberry dragon who made the cakes was married to her, so those dragons would naturally not be able to buy anything.

Violet wrote back.

[Long Ling made it by hand, you can ask her if she is willing to make it for you again.]

After a group of dragons received the reply, knowing that they could eat delicious cakes again, they flocked to Long Ling.

Long Ling planned to open a tavern in Greiss Harbor, but when she saw so many dragons placing orders like crazy, it seemed that the tavern could be directly changed into a cake shop.

“I will consider opening a cake shop.”

“I’m so looking forward to it, Long Ling, please open it soon, we all want to eat it, we can pay a deposit first.”

After all, they were all relatives, and those dragons were so enthusiastic, Long Ling quickly received a large number of deposits.

She and Violet’s wedding gifts, Long Ling has not finished unpacking yet.

But Long Ling already has experience in opening a store, and opening a few more stores is only a matter of time.

Long Ling has trained the tavern subordinates in Livorno Continent to become managers, who are responsible for the operation.

Long Ling only needs to go back once a month to check the accounts and collect the money.

The cake shop in Greiss Harbor can also start preparing.

Now her focus is on Violet, as long as there are recipes for the cake, she can supervise the processing links, and she can train her subordinates to do it.

Long Ling routinely picks up Violet from get off work every day, stews some tonics for Violet, sends some ready-made sweets to her, and makes afternoon tea for Violet.