2. Pass the first difficulty

Alex heard that and slyly replied, "Yes! I already know what I need to do! "

As Mrs. Lauriel just told Mrs. White, the second test that the five of us had to pass was the cooking test. Fortunately for me, I am pretty familiar with cookie making. I think that as long as I try to be a little meticulous, I will be able to pass this ability test.

Making cookies is actually quite simple. Just beat the butter first until it's completely smooth. Then skillfully mix this butter with eggs, sugar, flour, and salt. The last step is to shape the cakes and decorate them with raisins or chocolate. This is the most important step to being able to create beautiful cakes. Finally, the last thing to do is bake it and watch the timer to bring these cakes out.

While putting all my energy into the shaping of the cakes, I suddenly heard a panicked voice from the maid beside me. Her name is Alice. She is the poor girl that Mrs. Luna had just rebuked.

Seeing her panicked and pitiful expression, I was a little curious. So I looked down at her hands, finally noticing that there was a fly in her butter bowl.

It was terrible! Obviously, this butter was not clean enough to make delicious cookies. But if she had to start all over again, there wouldn't be enough time to complete this part of the ability test.

Suddenly, I saw a figure whose smiling smugly at her mouth standing by the window. She was none other than Alex, Mrs. Luna's closest maid. Seeing this sly smile on Alex, I knew she was the one behind this trouble.

Alice's sad expression easily made me understand how important this maid job was to her. So, in my mind at that moment, there was the thought of whether I should help Alice or not. While I was still thinking about my plan, I suddenly heard Daisy whisper, "What are you thinking? Still don't want to shape the cakes and put them in the oven? "

I quickly nodded and answered, "Don't worry! I will finish it soon! "

Having said this, I quickly shaped my cakes and decorated them with raisins. However, not long after that, I tightened my lips and decided to stop. Then, taking advantage of Mrs. White's went out, I gave all of my butter to Alice and whispered, "Use this butter to shape cookies."

Alice couldn't hide her surprise, "If so, that's great! But what about you? "

I shook my head and smiled back, "Don't worry! I am used to making cookies. It won't take me long to finish it! "

Alice's eyes were filled with gratitude, and she replied, "I sincerely thank you! "

I nodded quickly and quickly prepared the new butter. However, I realized that the kitchen now does not have enough eggs for the preparation. Seeing out the window that there was a farm with chickens, I decided to go there to collect some eggs.

Daisy saw my action and couldn't help but worry. But now she was forced to focus on her test, so Daisy couldn't leave the kitchen with me either.

When I entered the chicken coop, I was quite shocked because there weren't any eggs there. 

"Did I do something so stupid?" I thought so before I heard a hen croaking in the warehouse nearby.

I easily recognized this as the cry before the hen laid, so I snuck into the warehouse and luckily caught an egg there. The warehouse was damp and dark, and I felt like a cold wind blew across the back of my neck.

I shivered and quickly picked up the egg before I was shocked to discover that in the dark corner there seemed to be eyes flashing. I let out a shrill scream before realizing those eyes belonged to a black cat. Just as I fell to the ground, there was a clear voice that came from the darkness, saying, "Don't be afraid! Black Shadow won't harm you!"

It turned out that there was someone in this warehouse. Her voice was so sweet, that my fear gradually disappeared. I tried to look in the girl's direction, hoping the faint light could illuminate her face. However, the light in the warehouse was extremely weak, so I couldn't see the young lady's face clearly. It just seemed that there were two chains on her wrist, so I asked curiously, "Do you need my help?"

The lady quickly replied. "No! You got the egg you needed! Please get out of here as quickly as possible. You will be in trouble if someone catches you entering this warehouse!"

I pursed my lips and quickly realized the seriousness of this, so I nodded and quickly walked out. Suddenly, when I just opened the door, standing in front of me was Mrs. White, sternly asking, "What the hell are you doing here?"

I stammered, "I… I need to re-prepare the butter to shape the cake, but the kitchen doesn't have enough eggs, so I came here to pick up this egg! "

Mrs. White said suspiciously, "So you entered this warehouse? Tell me the truth, what did you see? "

Remembering what the mysterious girl in the warehouse had just said, I rolled my eyes and said, "Is there anything else in this warehouse? Because it's so dark, I can't see anything but this egg!"

I said that and held out my hand for the egg in front of Mrs. White. Mrs. White heard that and said quickly, "Then hurry back to the kitchen! There's not much time left to finish the test! "

I could only answer with a "Yes" and quickly leave, leaving behind me the silhouette of Mrs. White, coldly locking the barn door. I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and thought to myself, "In this flashy, luxurious mansion, is there a person so terrifyingly locked up?"

I finally returned to the kitchen to Daisy's anxiety. She quickly said to me, "Hurry up! You don't have much time left! "

I nodded and quickly got to work preparing the butter to make the cake. I tried my best and finally finished shaping the cookies to put them in the oven.

Just as I took the fragrant cakes out of the oven, the hourglass also dropped the last grains of sand. Mrs. White coldly shook the bell to signal that the time was up. At that time, the five of us immediately brought five delicious cookie plates that we had just made to the living room for Mrs. Laurie, Mrs. Stella, and Mrs. Luna to enjoy and review.

To be honest, the five plates of cakes the five of us made were all eye-catching and delicious. If I were the one who had to choose the worst disc out of the five, it would be a tough challenge for me. While I was thinking about that, I suddenly saw Alex whispering to Mrs. Luna something.

Mrs. After hearing that, Luna showed an angry face, then she slammed her hand on the table. I looked startled in the direction of Mrs. Luna, only to see her looking up at me. At the same time, Mrs. Lauriel also turned to Mrs. Luna and said, "You're pregnant, so don't be so angry, lest it affects the baby in your belly!"

Mrs. Luna said coldly, "It's because I'm pregnant that I'm angry about this. As you know, Sister Lauriel, all the ingredients used in our family's kitchen are high-quality ingredients, which are thoroughly tested before being used. Yet this stupid maid used an egg of unknown origin to make cookies for us to eat. Luckily, I haven't touched her plate of cookies yet. If I eat this cake, and the fetus in my belly has any problems, how can I explain it to our mother?"

Mrs. Lauriel expressed that she did not quite understand this sentence from Mrs. Luna, so Mrs. Luna immediately glanced at Alex, telling her to tell her everything. When Alex saw that, he curled his lips and said: "Yes, Mrs. Laurie! Just now I saw with my own eyes this stupid maid going to the chicken coop and getting an egg to mix the butter."

Mrs. Lauriel looked surprised when she heard that, and she quickly turned to me and asked curiously, "Why are you doing this?"

When I heard that, I was a little alarmed, "Mrs. Lauriel, because I spoiled the butter, I had to redo another portion. However, the kitchen didn't have enough eggs, so I went to the chicken coop to collect some eggs!"

After Mrs. Lauriel heard my explanation, she nodded meekly, "It's okay. In fact, the chickens that our family raises are also very good quality chickens, so the eggs they lay are not much different from expensive eggs. Luna, you should forgive her!"

When Lady Luna heard that she smiled loudly, "Are you trying to play the good guy in front of us, Lauriel? Okay. If you don't want to eliminate her, you need to decide to get rid of one of the five of them. Anyway, we only need four maids to do the work. No matter what your decision is, I will obediently obey!"

This was indeed a difficult decision for Mrs. Lauriel, so she slowly nodded and turned to consult Mrs. Stella, "How do you feel, Stella?"

Mrs. Stella was inherently cold, and when she heard this sentence, she frowned and said, "Actually, these five cookie plates all have the same taste and clever arrangement. I really don't know which of the five to get rid of! "

Mrs. Lauriel also agreed with this thought, just listening to Mrs. Luna sneered, "If we can't rely on the results to make a decision to get rid of one of these maids, why don't we rely on their process?"

Mrs. Lauriel asked curiously, "Based on their process?"

Mrs. Luna nodded in response, "Didn't that maid say? Just now, while preparing cookies, she ruined the butter halfway. So we can infer that she is the most clumsy one. The one who gets eliminated is definitely her! "

Mrs. Luna said that and pointed at my face. I pursed my lips nervously in my heart, in the end, I didn't have the opportunity to set foot in this luxurious villa to work. Alice is the one who knows everything behind, so at this moment she knelt down on the ground and stammered, "Ladies, actually just before I was about to make the cake, suddenly a fly fell. in my butter bowl. Jasmine was kind, so she gave me her own butter and she herself started making a new one. It's not her fault at all! "

Mrs. Lauriel replied in surprise, "So it is! "

Mrs. Luna then sneered, "In this mansion, maids should only do their duty. I don't like people who arbitrarily meddle in other people's affairs, so Jasmine will be disqualified no matter what! "

Mrs. Stella heard this and frowned and said, "She didn't arbitrarily meddle in other people's affairs, but she helped others get things done. If you follow what Luna said, Wouldn't the maids in this mansion selfishly complete their work without helping others?"

“But she herself said that she ruined the bowl of butter. She didn't say that she used it to help another one. What do you think about accepting a maid, who is a blatant liar, to work in our mansion?" Mrs. Luna's voice was cold.

Mrs. Lauriel sighed because he had no other choice. Then she said, "Okay! If Luna didn't like this maid, then we'll pick the other four! "

"Wait!" A steady sound came from behind the door of another room. All three ladies were there with Mrs. White, and the five of us all turned our heads in the direction of the sound, only to see Madam Anna slowly enter.