Next day Wang Xinyi woke up blissfully in Long Yi Chen's arms. Taking a quick shower, she left to the kitchen to make breakfast and steam buns. She sells steam buns to the breakfast stall at the entrance of her community. The elderly and university students who lives in the community and the neighboring community all love her cooking and she get good earning by this breakfast business.
Waking up at 5.30 is a simple task for her and she needs wake more early for make the food as steamed buns requires more time to prepare. Taking the ingredients out of the small kitchen cabinet she started to make the dough. Boiling a pot in the stove she added some butter, sugar to the pot. After the butter and sugar was melted, she added milk and yeast. Boiling it for few minutes she shut off the stove. Next, she added flour to it and mix them together to make a dough. And adding little bit of vegetable oil to the dough she kneaded the dough a little. Closing the dough in a wet cloth she left to be fermented for one and half hour.
While the dough being fermented, she started making the fillings. She grabbed overnight soaked red beans to make a sweet filling, some vegetables to the veg filling and chicken for the meat filling. Adding the beans to a bowl with water she left it to be steamed in the stove. Wang Xinyi washed the vegetables and chicken clean and peeled the vegetables. Then she left the chicken and some potatoes to be steamed in the other stove. Next, she cut the carrots, potato, and some onion to small pieces. Taking a pan from the rack she added some oil to it and put it in to the stove. After the oil was heating up, she added the chopped onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, and chili. She then stir-fried it while adding some chili flakes, black pepper, and salt. She also added some vegetable stock and soy sauce to make it tastier. Letting it to be cooked she decided to make some pancakes for breakfast for herself and Long Yi Chen.
Just as she was getting out the ingredients, a pair of hands snaked around her waist. She was brought into a warm embrace and greeted by a sweet kiss in her side temple.
"Good morning baby girl." Long Yi Chen greeted her.
"Good morning, Ah Chen." She greeted him smiling.
"You're making steamed buns." It was more a statement. Long Yi Chen didn't like the fact she was working to make money. As first as she raised the idea, he rejected it. But Wang Xinyi being his baby girl convinced him with her doe eyes. She said that while it is helping them to earn some money it would make her happy to see others enjoying her cooking. But deep Down in his heart Long Yi Chen knew she do this to raise some money to share his burden. So, every time possible he would her in the cooking. Yeah, he can't cook but still he could at least peel the vegetables and cut them.
"So, what are you making now?" Knowing that dough should be fermenting now he was puzzled that she was getting flour, milk, and sugar out.
"I thought to make some pancakes for us. Isn't it sound amazing?" She asked him while doing a little hand dance.
"As much as it sounds amazing that is more workload baby." He said frowning.
"No. It's simple to make pancakes."
"Then I'll make the pancakes okay. Tell me what to do." Long Yi Chen said while rolling up his pajama sleeves.
"Okay. Welcome to the kitchen newbie chef. Here is your armorer. Let's go to the battle." Wang Xinyi said dramatically getting another apron and giving it to Long Yi Chen.
Smiling at her antics Long Yi Chen started making breakfast with her. After getting the steps from her he made the batter with flour, milk, butter, yeast, and sugar.
Meanwhile Wang Xinyi checked the red beans in the stove and realizing they are steamed enough she added sugar, honey, vanilla, piece of cinnamon and a pinch of salt to it. Them stirring it she left it to steam for a while again.
Then she tested the dough and seeing it isn't fragmented enough yet she left it aside. Then she shut off the stove of the chicken and potato. Getting them out she added warm water to the steamed potato to let it cool off. Then getting the chicken she shredded them into thin shreds. Peeling off the cooled off potatoes and smashing them she added the shredded chicken to it. Putting it in the stove again she added oil, chili flakes, salt, black pepper powder, chopped onion, garlic, ginger, bit of chicken broth and soy sauce she stir-fried them.
Now her sweet stuffing, vegetable stuffing and meat stuffing are all ready. She checked on what Long Yi Chen doing.
Long Yi Chen decided to make some banana smoothies to give some nutrition to Wang Xinyi. He warmed up some milk and blended some bananas. Adding vanilla and sugar to it he blended it again.
Wang Xinyi watched him working in the kitchen with a smile. She went to him hugged him.
"You know I love this. Cooking with you is such a sweet thing" She mumbled happily.
"Me too baby." He kissed her cheeks.
Wang Xinyi went back to the fermented dough and made equal sized balls. Then she flatted them and added the earlier made stuffing to them and balled them again. Letting then fermented another five minutes she boiled some water in her steamer.
In the end she placed the buns in the steamer and covered it in a cloth and closed it with the lid. Letting it steam for 15 to 20 minutes she finished making her steam buns.
Later Long Yi Chen made the table with his handmade pancakes and smoothies. He brought Wang Xinyi to the table proudly presented his hard work to her.
Tasting the pancakes, she exclaimed "Oh god this is heaven. Mmmm." She moaned eating.
"This the best breakfast I ever had. I love you Ah Chen. Thank you darling." She said hugging him and pecking his cheeks.
"Pleasure is mine queen. I'm glad you like it." Long Yi Chen said kissing her back in the lips.