Interstellar Gardener

Of course, the Lantern Festival is indispensable for the Lantern Festival and glutinous rice balls.

Yuanxiao and glutinous rice balls look similar in shape, but they are actually made in different ways.

Yuanxiao is rolled out, while glutinous rice balls are wrapped. One skin is dry and soft, while the other is smooth and sticky. The two kinds of white dumplings have different ways of eating. Although they can be boiled, steamed or fried, the most common ones are boiled glutinous rice balls. Then fry.

Their fillings are also very rich, the most common ones are sesame or red bean paste, and nuts, date paste, brown sugar roses can also be used as fillings for Yuanxiao or glutinous rice balls.

Yan Yang remembered that in his previous life, it was said in the book that some people liked to describe black-bellied people as sesame glutinous rice balls because they were white on the outside and black on the inside.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Yi took Gu An to work in the kitchen after breakfast.

"Yangyang, is this white thing glutinous rice?" Zhao Yi asked loudly in the kitchen.

Yan Yang, who was processing red beans in the living room, pushed the plate in front of Gu Yu, and went to the kitchen to have a look: "Yes, grandma, this is glutinous rice, grind it into powder and divide it into two portions, one for glutinous rice balls and the other for Yuanxiao."

There are also things similar to rice in Interstellar, but the taste is rougher and not as chewy as glutinous rice, so before coming to Zhao Yi's house this time, Yan Yang specially exchanged a batch of glutinous rice and sent it to the manor, and then husked it and brought it to the main star.

With the universal cooking machine, it is a breeze to control the moisture and grind it into powder. Zhao Yi just needs to watch by the side.

Stir-fry sesame seeds and grind them into powder, red beans into red bean paste, dates into puree, and roses into sauce. Yan Yang brought some cassava, purple potatoes and pumpkins to make some crystal glutinous rice balls.

After working for a long time, the stuffing was ready. Zhao Yi checked the time and put the stuffing in the refrigerator to freeze and set, then turned around and prepared lunch for everyone.

The old lady likes potatoes more recently. The soft and glutinous taste makes her not get tired of eating three meals a day. Since Shadow Star came back, she has been making potatoes three meals a day.

Today, Zhao Yi switched to cooking other dishes because of his grandson and Yan Yang. The old lady was busy in the kitchen humming a song, and Gu An was relieved not to smell the aroma of potatoes.

Stewed chicken with mushrooms and fried fungus with green peppers, but the old lady hesitated for a second, and picked up a potato, no matter what, she just likes to eat it.

When all the meals were finished, Gu Yu took Yan Yang to the kitchen. Yan Yang recalled the scene of eating at Zhao Yi's house, and felt that the chopsticks in his hands were a bit heavy.The old lady's cooking skills were indeed not very good, and he was afraid that he would experience dark cooking again.

Slowly stretch out the chopsticks, pick up a piece of mushroom and put it in your mouth, chewing hard...

The old lady looked at the calm Yan Yang with sparkling eyes, and asked expectantly, "Yangyang, how does it taste?"

In the past, there was no priority in cooking. There were too many or too few seasonings, or the fishy smell was not removed. Recently, with the ingredients provided by Yan Yang, the old lady went to the next door to ask Grandma Liu for advice, and she thought she was doing well. .

"Grandma has improved a lot." Yan Yang swallowed the mushroom in his mouth, and gave Zhao Yi a thumbs up. "The chicken loses the fishy smell and the mushroom can enhance the freshness. I give this dish nine points."

Sure enough, interest is the best teacher. Once the old lady becomes serious, she is still very talented in cooking.

"Really?" Zhao Yi was overjoyed, and complained half-truthfully, "Old Gu always said it was good, and he didn't give me any advice."

The old man who had eaten dark food for half his life snorted coldly, feeling unhappy.

He has been eating dark food for decades, and his sense of taste has long been used to it. Now that it is normal, he feels uncomfortable. Of course, he can't raise any opinions.

Gu Yu, who was silent all the time, looked at Zhao Yi's happy face, took a piece of fish for Yan Yang, and said with a smile, "Try this."

With the stewed chicken and mushrooms there, Yan Yang didn't think too much, and directly put the fish in the bowl into his mouth. In the next second, his normal face turned pale, and the smell of fish was rampant in his mouth. It took almost a lifetime of endurance not to spit it out.

Glaring at Gu Yu, Yan Yang struggled to swallow the fish with a strong earthy smell, looked at Gu Yu and sneered, "You did it on purpose!"

Zhao Jian, who brought a few bowls of kelp soup from the kitchen, couldn't help but feel strange when he saw the two men's swords were tense: "What's wrong with you two?"

Yan Yang narrowed his eyes, and said nonchalantly, "Grandma, Gu Yu said that he is not used to eating, and prefers your old cooking."

"Huh?" Zhao Yi was surprised, "Xiaoyu, your sense of taste is as bad as Old Gu's?"

Gu Yu twitched his mouth and was about to answer when he stepped on his instep with one foot and twisted it hard.

Zhao Yi took it as his acquiescence, first looked at his grandson sympathetically, and then pushed a whole plate of fish in front of Gu Yu: "Then I'll give you this, I can't get rid of the fishy smell of this kind of fat fish, it should suit you appetite."

Gu Yu, who was speechless: "...Thank you, grandma."

Only then did Yan Yang continue to eat with satisfaction, and Gu An, who was watching from the beginning to the end, was very satisfied. In his opinion, it was a good thing that Yang Yang could restrain his grandson.

In the afternoon, the stuffing in the refrigerator had frozen into a block, so I picked it up and threw it on a plate with a tinkling sound.

Zhao Yi first took out some glutinous rice flour and planned to make ordinary glutinous rice balls and crystal glutinous rice balls. This time making glutinous rice balls is the same as making dumplings during the Spring Festival. Four people sat around and started doing it. With the experience of last time, this time the two of Gu An and Gu Yu Well done too.

At least the glutinous rice balls are very round.

Put the wrapped glutinous rice balls in the refrigerator and continue to freeze, and then make Yuanxiao.

Lantern Festival is relatively simple. Dip the frozen block filling in water and roll it in glutinous rice flour, then dip it in water and roll it again. Repeat several times and it will be successful.

However, because Yuanxiao cannot be eaten and frozen like glutinous rice balls, it is made less.

In the previous Lantern Festival, there were lantern festivals and riddle guessing, as well as dragon dancing and fireworks, but Zhao Yi’s home was in the urban area, and fireworks were strictly prohibited, and dragon dancing was even more impossible. Yan Yang could only spend his time on lanterns and guessing riddles.

Not long after the glutinous rice balls were made, Yan Yang's custom-made items were delivered to the door by express delivery.

"Yangyang, what are you doing?" Gu Yu asked curiously.

Yan Yang casually took a coat and ran out, excitedly saying without looking back: "The lantern I ordered has arrived."

Compared with the Spring Festival, the lanterns this time are more exquisite. The biggest one is a dragon-shaped lantern stretching to 1.5 meters, as well as lotus lanterns, hexagonal palace lanterns, koi lanterns...all the lanterns that Yan Yang can think of, he ordered I made one, and there were three robots in charge of transporting it, all dragging hoverboards in their hands.

After saying hello to the guards, the three robots obtained the permission to enter for a short period of time, Yan Yang followed behind, and when the nearby children saw him coming, they came together to say hello, one big brother at a time.

It seems that the strawberries this morning have successfully captured all the children.

At night, Yan Yang and Gu Yu arranged all the lanterns in the back garden, and the quiet backyard was instantly bright as day, which also illuminated the plants carefully cared for by the old lady.

Yan Yang simply started the live broadcast, and Gu Yu proposed to set the flying insect camera to the blocking mode. In this way, in the live broadcast screen, the locked targets will all turn into various cute plants.

In the whole family, only Yan Yang was not blocked because he had a mask.

Fans who had been waiting for a long time saw the live stream pouring into the live broadcast room, and were immediately embarrassed by Gu Yu who had turned into a sunflower.

"Father Yan... what is that?"

"Fuck, this time I didn't make a mosaic and turned into a sunflower directly. I'm so curious about what your father Yan looks like."

"Wait, the old lady is Rose, what is the old man?"

"Weeds?"

Yan Yang couldn't help laughing, and explained slowly: "Plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, that's an orchid. Before it blooms, it looks more like grass."

Everyone cheered up, and immediately turned their attention to the low-key old man, wishing to see the flowers in 360 degrees.

Speaking of plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, plums and the others have already seen them, and chrysanthemums are put on the shelves early. When will bamboo and orchids appear?

The picture on the old man's head doesn't count.

Facing the inquiries from the crowd, Yan Yang shook his head and laughed, and told them that he could not become a big fat man with one bite, and he had to take his time little by little. He did not know whether the chrysanthemums they bought could survive the four seasons, and it was impossible for orchids to be put on the shelves at present. .

"The live broadcast today is to interact with everyone," Yan Yang said cheerfully, "I ordered a lot of lanterns, let's play lantern riddles later."

Everyone waved their hands quickly when they heard this. They didn't even know the process of the Spring Festival before, or did Yanyang help them find the lost culture, and now they are asked to guess lantern riddles?

It's a fantasy!

The fans waved their hands again and again, shaking their heads crazily——

"Father, I'm not very knowledgeable. For this kind of thing, it's better to rely on the master of the live broadcast room."

"Ahem, a few years after graduation, I have returned everything I learned to the teacher."

"I guess the teacher can't guess the lantern riddles either!"

"The teaching assistant at Saran School told everyone that the major of ancient cultural studies does not have a subject of guessing lantern riddles."

It doesn't matter if you admit it now, it's better than waiting to make a fool of yourself, not to mention that this is a live broadcast, if you can't guess it, it will be embarrassing in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, they don't want to be so stupid to be watched by others.

Seeing the barrage of objections, Yan Yang blinked and said, "There is a prize for guessing right, and the reward is a piece of material for making glutinous rice balls and Lantern Festival."

The fans changed their words in a second——

"Okay Dad! No problem Dad! Just let the horse come here!"

"Wait, I'll go find my grandfather, he has studied ancient culture."

"Ah, my mother has already sat next to her. She is very interested in these."

"For food, fight!"

After laying down this barrage, a picture appeared on all the planets of the Hailan Federation——

The junior at home jumped up, and started to call the knowledgeable elder with a ferocious expression, shouting loudly: "Grandpa/Grandma/Father/Mom/Teacher, come and help, Yanyang said that if you guess the lantern riddle correctly, you will get a gift of glutinous rice balls! "

In less than 3 minutes, Yan Yang found that the number of viewers in the live broadcast room had doubled again, and the bullet screen was full of screams.

At this time, Zhao Yi in the kitchen greeted: "Yangyang, Xiaoyu, it's time to eat glutinous rice balls."

The soup bowl with delicate patterns is still gurgling and steaming. The small and exquisite glutinous rice balls inside collide with each other as Zhao Yi walks. It looks very cute. The small bowl as big as a palm is not enough for an adult man’s appetite. , but Zhao Yi couldn't help cooking too much.

Sesame glutinous rice balls, brown sugar glutinous rice balls, red bean paste glutinous rice balls, rose glutinous rice balls, jujube paste glutinous rice balls, and crystal clear crystal glutinous rice balls. There are more than a dozen kinds of them, not to mention fried Lantern Festival.

Gu Yu helped Zhao Yi put all the glutinous rice balls on the table, Yan Yang approached the camera viciously, and asked with a smile: "Look, this is glutinous rice balls, isn't it cute?"

Ordinary glutinous rice balls look similar on the outside, Bai Bai Nuo Nuo only has different fillings inside, but the crystal glutinous rice balls made of purple sweet potato and pumpkin are crystal clear, and the good-looking dumplings have won unanimous praise.

"Wow mom, it's so cute, I feel like I'm in love."

"Love you and eat you? Hahahaha I'm in love too!"

"Transparent, with purple smudges inside, the most irresistible to this color, father Yan, please ask how to make it."

"That's right, even if you don't have any ingredients from Yan's father, you can always find substitutes in Interstellar."

Under Zhao Yi's curious scrutiny, Yan Yang picked up the spoon without changing his face, bit off half of the sesame glutinous rice balls, and said viciously: "Look, this is stuffed with sesame seeds. I used to describe others as sesame glutinous rice balls. That's this foreigner." A little black thing."

"The brown sugar stuffing is so sweet, it's almost sweetened...the bean paste is also good, soft and soft."

"Look, the roses you like can be eaten as sauce, and the taste is not bad."

Through the camera, the audience can even see the stuffing inside the crystal. They only discovered today that Yan Yang has a good eloquence. Just listening to his explanation makes people feel itchy.

The audience endured it, and finally couldn't help crying out, Yan Yang is so hateful, they have to take off fans for ten seconds!

To be honest, the taste of the crystal glutinous rice balls is not as good as those soft and glutinous white glutinous rice balls. Yan Yang likes the sesame glutinous rice balls the most. The old lady is struggling between the brown sugar glutinous rice balls and the crystal glutinous rice balls. It is a contest between appearance and strength.

After eating glutinous rice balls, the plain-looking Yuan Xiao did not cause much commotion. Looking at the glutinous rice balls left in the pot, Zhao Yi frowned: "Yangyang, I seem to have made too much."

Even though glutinous rice balls are sweet and soft, they are still a bit greasy after eating too much. Yan Yang thought about it, and said with a smile, "I met many children on the way to pick up the express delivery, why don't I share it with them."

Yan Yang counted the children he met just now, and took out the corresponding small bowls from the cupboard, filled two of each kind of glutinous rice balls, the round glutinous rice balls squeezed together, quite cute.

Seeing that Yan Yang was about to go out, the fans quickly reminded: "Father Yan, what about us, you forgot about us QAQ!"

Only then did Yan Yang remember that he was still broadcasting live: "Why don't you wait here, and I will take you to the back garden when I come back."

Fans of course don't do it, even if they can't eat it, they still have to watch others eat it.

What a persistent foodie spirit!

Gu Yu still has a way to increase the occlusion mode again. Now, except for Yan Yang, everyone in the live broadcast camera is a small plant.

Putting all the bowls in the food box, Yan Yang took the food box in one hand and took Gu Yu out the door with the other. The two walked slowly on the road in the community, and the laughter of children came faintly from a distance, making them look at each other. laugh.The oncoming acquaintances nodded to them and said hello softly. Yan Yang raised his head, saw Gu Yu's smiling response, and gently squeezed his hand tightly.

When they arrived at the garden of the community, the children who were playing games together grinned when they saw Yan Yang, and pushed and pushed towards the two of them.

"Brother, good evening." "Brother, have you eaten yet?" "Brother, let's play a game."

When it comes to Gu Yu, it is——

"Hello, Uncle." "Uncle, you look so ugly, are you sick?"

Yan Yang laughed out loud. Seeing that Gu Yu's face was getting more and more ugly, he restrained himself and told the children: "This is also my brother, Grandma Zhao's grandson, but he doesn't come back often."

"Yangyang, am I very old?" Gu Yu asked unhappily.

He was only 27 after the Spring Festival, okay, only six years older than Yang Yang.

"Not old, not old," Yan Yang hurriedly comforted, "Children have a sharper intuition, so don't scare them if you restrain yourself."

Looking at the rows of little radish heads with bright eyes in front of him, Yan Yang motioned them to look at the food box in their hands: "I made glutinous rice balls, can I take you home and eat the glutinous rice balls?"

A little girl raised her hand: "I've grown up, and I can eat without parental care."

Yan Yang shook his head: "No, the glutinous rice balls are very slippery, children should be careful when eating them for the first time."

Out of curiosity about the glutinous rice balls, these children didn't bother much, and obediently showed Yan Yang the way. The two adults led a group of children home one after another, scaring the elders so much that they thought they were the fat is in the fire.

After clarifying his reason for coming, Yan Yang gave each child a bowl of glutinous rice balls and told them to eat slowly. The parents thanked him very much. At the same time, these glutinous rice balls made them realize that Yan Yang and Yan Yang might It's the same person.

However, the neighbors who live near Zhao Yi have a very good relationship, and Yan Yang is very patient with the children. The strawberries in the morning and the glutinous rice balls in the evening are appreciated by the parents, so naturally they will not talk about it.

After returning home, Yan Yang found that the barrage was a bit quiet, and he asked strangely: "What's wrong with you?"

The fans said with emotion: "I really want to rob those children!"

Yan Yang: "..."

Are these people really okay?

"Let's not talk about it, let's go to the garden to enjoy the lanterns. Those who guess the lantern riddles will be rewarded with a glutinous rice ball material. Come on, everyone."

Oh!

The audience who had been waiting for this moment for a long time regained their energy in an instant, and the knowledgeable elders sitting beside them held the brains of the search page in their hands, full of energy.

Elders and intelligent search, there is always someone who knows the answer.

If you don't know... QAQ, I beg my father to come up with a simpler question!

The plants in the back garden have now become various, and the old lady even comes to trim them every day, so although all kinds of plants are competing for beauty, they don't look messy.

The lanterns Yan Yang ordered were placed in front of the plants in a patchwork pattern. Looking at the various shapes of the lanterns, anyone would give a thumbs up and praise them.

The viewers in the live broadcast room have been stunned since they entered the back garden and uttered a line of meaningless gibberish. Those who know a lot about Yanyang can naturally tell at a glance that this back garden is different from the previous one, and it should be somewhere else.

But at this moment they didn't have time to ask, because everyone's eyes had already been attracted by the giant coiled dragon lantern in the center of the garden.

"Father Yan, although this sentence has already been said rotten, but I still want to say it, begging for the order link!"

"Oh my god, don't you want to authorize this?"

"It's so beautiful, especially the one that the old lady holds in her hand. What's that called?"

When Yan Yang saw this barrage, it happened that Zhao Yi came to him with a lantern. Yan Yang simply pulled into the camera to let everyone watch carefully: "This is a portable lotus lantern. The light source inside is not a candle, but a kind of cute The circular green lamp is beautiful and small, very suitable for girls, and you can also make it for fun when you have time. In fact, the lotus lamp is not difficult, and the craftsman can make it successfully if he is serious about it.”

When he came to a koi lantern, Yan Yang stretched out his hand and took out a piece of paper from behind it. He smiled when he saw it: "You guys are lucky, this is an anagram. Listen up, it's blue and purple. , guess a word."

This question is very simple, but it can't be helped that everyone has never played it before. Looking at the flamboyant words on the note, they scratched their ears and scratched their heads in anxiety, desperately shook the elders around them, and turned on their brains to frantically search for the answer. It was a headache after all.

After Yan Yang asked the question, this question immediately appeared at the bottom of the live broadcast room. Unfortunately, 3 minutes passed, and no one answered it correctly.

"I will only draw a prize for the person who answers the question correctly, everyone remember to rush to answer."

The audience became even more anxious when they heard this, but unfortunately, the more anxious the mind became, the more confused it became, and finally turned into a mess. Later, a young fan with an active mind had a flash of inspiration and typed a word——

"Su, is it Su?"

Yan Yang smiled: "Congratulations to this lucky guy, remember to leave the address later, I will send you the glutinous rice ball ingredients later."

The man cheered instantly, danced excitedly, and then continued to watch the live broadcast with high spirits, as if he planned to continue participating in the game. Seeing this, the other viewers said a few sour words, and suggested that Yan Yang should kick that man out, they had already won It is too much to plan to compete with them.

The fan who answered correctly was not to be outdone, saying that Dad Yan selected the first person who answered a riddle correctly, but did not say that he could not compete again.

Seeing that the bullet screen was about to be torn up, Yan Yang sighed quietly: "To make you familiar, the riddles at the beginning are quite simple, and the riddles at the end are very difficult."

The excited audience withered immediately, and Yan Baba's bullet screens were even less.

"Okay, let's look at the next question. The Song characters are covered, and the wooden characters are not used to guess. What is the character?"

The old lady who was following Yan Yang to join in the fun grabbed Gu An and asked quietly: "Old Gu, do you know this question?"

Gu'an thought for a while, then nodded slowly: "Yes, but the game is more interesting to guess by yourself."

The old lady patted him discouragedly, staring at the note in Yan Yang's hand, as if she could see the answer.

This time the lantern riddle was answered correctly by another fan. Judging from his stiff tone, he should be a researcher who doesn't often surf the Internet. Yan Yang did the same as before and asked him to leave his address.

The following lantern riddles were indeed as Yan Yang said, getting more and more difficult, from guessing characters to guessing idioms, and finally evolved into guessing objects. Many ancient culture researchers participated enthusiastically one by one, and they were able to answer six of the ten questions correctly.

There are still [-]/[-] of the puzzles in the bottom of the live broadcast room unanswered. Yan Yang simply asked everyone to go back and think about it slowly after watching the time. Finally it's all over.

Gu Yu next to him hugged him distressedly, rubbed his chin lightly against Yan Yang's soft black hair, sighed and said, "It's finally over, take a good rest in the past few days, I'll bring the script over, you can take notes, Then it’s time to join the group.”

Yan Yang raised his head: "Don't you need an audition?"

"Of course, but I believe you are absolutely fine, after all, you are the student I brought out."

The author has something to say: Okay, finally I can change the map, the lost horse is waiting for me haha.

The scene of losing the horse is my original intention of writing this article, little angels, guess what method I will use to remove Yang Yang’s vest (づ￣3￣)づ

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Thanks to the little angel who cast [Landmine]: 1 on Huangquan Road under Naihe Bridge;

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