Snow-white soup dumplings with thin skin and large fillings are neatly arranged in a bamboo steamer, emitting steam under the light. You can faintly smell the delicious and rich aroma of the broth made from crab roe and diced meat, which makes your throat boil.
The three children and 90 million viewers were stunned.
The little snow leopard was still standing in the hot spring, its two tiny front paws already resting on Gu Yumian's knees as it tried to poke the steamer. Gu Yumian quickly took it down. Unexpectedly, the baby panda took advantage of Gu Yumian's inattention and tried to steal a bite. Fortunately, the little fox helped Gu Yumian stop it.
Gu Yumian said helplessly, "It's still very hot, and there are different ways to eat soup dumplings. Wait a minute and I'll teach you, otherwise it will be wasted."
"This is called Wenlou Soup Dumpling," he said, holding the little snow leopard, which was waving its paws unhappily in the air, and patting the wilted panda baby's head. He paused after saying this, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Well, the recipe is the same as Wenlou Tangbao. I'm not very good at it."
"We used to have a saying: 'The sweet fragrance of osmanthus fills the air, the chrysanthemums bloom, and people flock to taste the Wenlou Tangbao.'"
The characteristic of Wenlou soup dumplings is that the filling is all soup, and the dough is thin. When you pick it up with chopsticks, the soup will flow out with a little force. It is extremely rich and delicious, especially suitable for eating in autumn and winter.
When Gu Yumian was a child, he lived in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, he had the opportunity to go to Huai'an with his family to taste the real Wenlou soup dumplings. They were made by craftsmen who practiced day and night. They carefully selected the ingredients and had exquisite knife skills. They used the fattest crab roe in the Mid-Autumn Festival as the filling, and used Shaoxing wine, white sugar, dried bamboo shoots and spices - all of them were of the highest quality.
He had learned from a master, but he was still far from the real Wenlou Tangbao. At most, he had learned 20% of the skills.
…but the audience didn’t think so.
[Powder Puff: Ahhhhhhhh it smells so good, Mianmian, hurry up, hurry up!! I’ll give you all the fireworks.]
Vivian: This smells so good and is so beautiful, like a work of art. Is that what you call 'not so good'? Then all the food I usually eat is probably garbage.
Soda Pop Number Two: Showing me this in the middle of the night?! I'm pissed! I need the host to kiss me and feed me soup dumplings to make me feel better!
Various gift special effects and barrages flashed by one after another, and 80% of them were urging people to start eating quickly. The atmosphere of the barrages was extremely lively for a while.
But Gu Yumian couldn't just start eating because of the audience's urging - making soup dumplings is one thing, and eating them is another, each has its own requirements. If you are not careful when eating, the soup may overflow and burn you, making you very embarrassed.
Gu Yumian prepared four round porcelain plates for the soup dumplings. He gently lifted the dumplings with his five fingers spread wide, then quickly placed them on the plates, barely managing to break them. After arranging them, he prepared the dipping sauce, adding a few drops of shochu to the balsamic vinegar and adding grated ginger and cilantro.
The three children couldn't wait any longer and looked at Gu Yumian eagerly. Gu Yumian finally distributed one of the three small plates to each of them, dipped them in the sauce first, and said:
"You can't eat this directly. Take a small bite first to absorb the soup. Once the soup is gone, eat it in one bite."
Gu Yumian demonstrated with his own bun. He didn't bite it, but used chopsticks to poke the holes. He could have used a straw, but Gu Yumian didn't have a straw of the right size.
Although the baby panda was greedy and naughty, he listened to Gu Yumian very much. He found that he couldn't understand what he heard or saw, so he scratched his head with the plate in his hands, not daring to move. He tilted his head to watch how the little snow leopard and the little fox ate.
...I didn't expect that the little snow leopard had already finished eating.
It lowered its head with dignity to finish the soup, then ate the rest in one gulp. It narrowed its eyes slightly in satisfaction, and rubbed Gu Yumian's wrist with its long tail to ask him for another one.
The baby panda could only place its hopes on the little fox. The little fox had a very rigorous academic spirit and gestured with its little paws as if to verify something.
The audience also saw it from the perspective of the little fox. Many people kept swallowing their saliva while waiting: only when the little fox learned to eat could they taste the "soup dumplings".
Fortunately, the little fox lived up to everyone's expectations and figured it out. It placed the white porcelain plate by the pool, lowered its head, and grabbed a corner of the bun. Then, a small hole appeared in the flexible and thin skin, and the thick and fragrant soup flowed out.
The thick soup made from the rich crab roe and ribs slides down your throat. After several steps of simmering, simmering and steaming, it has an exceptionally warm and mellow taste. When you take a bite, the rich, delicious and mellow hot soup immediately fills your mouth, bringing a sense of satisfaction to your internal organs.
Even better, biting through the soft, smooth, and thin bun wrapper, accompanied by the rich broth, reveals the soft, glutinous, and tender crab roe and chewy, springy meat filling inside. The balsamic vinegar, cooking wine, and minced ginger enhance the delicious and alluring umami flavor, bringing all the flavors together to burst upon your taste buds!
The broth is rich, the meat is fragrant, and the flavor is fresh. Any discerning chef or gourmet would probably be unable to say anything other than "delicious."
Especially on a winter night like this, soaking in the hot springs, every cell from my back to my skin feels soft and comfortable, with a refreshing glass of fruit wine at hand, the company of my beloved, the bright moon in the sky and the rustling snow on the pine trees in front of me, and a bite of the delicious and tender soup dumplings...
The barrage went crazy.
[Boy B: I exploded, I exploded, I exploded, holy shit, how can it be so delicious?!?!]
Xu Tiantian loves sweets: "It's delicious, so delicious that I'm thinking of changing my name to Baozi! The soup is so fresh, and the meat filling is so delicious. The hot springs, the fruit wine, and the host are all so great! Isn't this my dream life?"
[Light Bulb: I want to pack myself up and have it delivered to Mian Mian's house right now QAQ It's so damn delicious, I almost swallowed my tongue.]
[Strawberry Clip: I don't want to have more rivals, but... the whole world should watch Mianmian's live stream! Go up! Throw ten fireworks!!]
Thick barrages of comments piled up layer upon layer. Although it was ten o'clock in the evening, the barrage was as lively as during the day. The number of viewers and the total popularity of Gu Yumian's live broadcast room were pushed again and again by this crazy traffic, and continued to soar.
It didn't take long before Gu Yumian's live broadcast room topped the popularity list of the day, with the number of viewers exceeding 90 million, reaching 100 million... and it continued to soar!
Gu Yumian steamed two baskets of twelve buns in total. The little snow leopard and the little fox finished the first one, but the baby panda still didn't know what to do. He held the little round plate and scratched his ears in grievance, and rubbed Gu Yumian's hand.
"Yuanyuan, come here." Gu Yumian finally found a suitable small straw and used it to poke a small hole in the bun so that the baby panda could hold the straw and drink. "That's it."
The baby panda held the round plate and after a moment: "......!!!"
Gu Yumian looked at the baby panda, whose head was still resting in his hands, leaning against the hot spring pool, sipping the juice from the buns, with an expression of happiness that was dazed and demented, which made people laugh.
Gu Yumian had long discovered that the baby panda seemed to have some talent for acting, and everything he did was particularly dramatic and expressive. However, the little fox was really worried that the baby panda had a problem with its brain, so he stood guard beside it carefully, and from time to time, he would nervously push its round head with his paw.
The little snow leopard had already lazily nestled into Gu Yumian's arms and dozed off. Gu Yumian's shirt was wet again, and he had no choice but to carry the little snow leopard back.
"Let's soak for a while, then get up, wipe and blow dry the fur, drink some milk, and then go to sleep."
Home in the Mine: Shocked, I suddenly realized I was watching a livestream. I almost thought I was actually on vacation with Mianmian in Chaikeshan. Wow, I woke up so suddenly. I wish Mianmian would just never stop broadcasting.
[Big Pants Cotton Seed: +1, I really like sleeping.]
"Thank you all for your likes," Gu Yumian glanced at the comments and nodded seriously, "When you have free time, you can go to the hot springs with your family and friends, or go for a walk alone and enjoy life. It's not good to watch live broadcasts all the time."
Gu Yumian's live streams aren't very long, and he doesn't deliberately extend them on weekends when traffic spikes. This is partly because he wants his viewers to be less addicted to live streaming. This is the truth, but few streamers would go out of their way to say this.
'The host is so straightforward' '+1' 'I've been staying at home for a long time. After watching Mianmian's live broadcast, I decided to go out! '...
The water temperature in this hot spring isn't too high, so soaking for twenty to thirty minutes is a comfortable experience. Any longer and you'll feel dizzy. Gu Yumian soaked a towel in cold water, wrung it out, and placed it on each child's forehead to dissipate the heat. After soaking for a while longer, he wrapped them in large towels and picked them up one by one.
"There is salt in this mineral hot spring, so it won't be too cold after soaking in it, right?" Gu Yumian carried the children into the heated room, sat directly on the wooden floor, and wiped their fur one by one.
The baby panda loves to eat and sleep, and is now drowsy. Gu Yumian wipes it first and then holds it to let it sleep.
The little snow leopard wrapped in a big towel occupied Gu Yumian's entire arms, enjoying the service of humans with peace of mind. However, the wet fur on its body made it look less decent and noble, and more cute.
Finally, there was the little fox. The little fox stretched out its paw to hold Gu Yumian's hand, curled up in his arms and let Gu Yumian help wipe it. It was obvious that it was a little sleepy. Sometimes it felt so comfortable that it would close its eyes and then struggle to open them, covering them shyly to avoid looking at Gu Yumian.
The audience still sees the little fox from his perspective.
The big fluffy towel was very warm and soft. With the heating and floor heating on in the room, just the right amount of heat kept rising. The house was filled with the faint woody scent of shower gel, the crackling smell of burning charcoal, and the aroma of bubbling milk in the milk pot.
The warm yellow night light gently enveloped all the light, and snow began to fall outside the window without me noticing.
Gu Yumian saw that the children were all sleepy. He wanted to comb their hair, but then he thought it would be better to go to bed early.
"Then let's drink some milk and go to sleep. It's snowing outside, maybe we can have a snowball fight tomorrow."
The little fox and the baby panda were almost asleep with their heads touching. Gu Yumian fed the little fox some hot lactose-free synthetic milk. The little fox smacked its lips and burped cutely in a half-asleep state.
Hot milk itself has the effect of helping me sleep and soothing my mood. The aroma of milk fills my lips and teeth, and the warmth flows down my throat and into my stomach. In this drowsy and comfortable feeling, I am carried by the young man to the soft bed, listening to the subtle sound of snow falling outside the window...
This is destined to be an unforgettable winter night.
The audience had already guessed that this live broadcast was coming to an end.
[CRY: Is the livestream about to end? Woohoo, I hate to leave you, but I'm really feeling sleepy.]
[A lemon essence: Every time I watch a live broadcast, I feel a sense of completeness and satisfaction. Although I'm reluctant to leave, I have to say goodnight to Mianmian! Goodnight Mianmian, I'm sending you a goodnight firework.]
Gu Yumian glanced at the barrage and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Well, that's all for today's live broadcast."
"...Good night and sweet dreams. See you tomorrow."
Following this very soft and low voice, the live broadcast screen went dark.
——In other words, the second before Gu Yumian closed the live broadcast, the number of viewers skyrocketed to 150 million!
Not only that, it firmly occupied the first place in the popularity list of the day, and even made it into the top ten of the week's popularity, completely breaking the official record of Star Live.
Everyone knows that 100 million viewers is a watershed, and the 'This Week's Hot List' is also a watershed.
Being on the 'Real-time Popularity List' and the 'Daily Popularity List' certainly means that the live broadcast on that day is very popular, but this is not difficult. Many anchors have taken advantage of the traffic or just happened to catch up and have been on these two lists, but most of them are short-lived.
But this week’s popularity list is different. Being able to be on this list that is almost monopolized by top-tier anchors means that this anchor already has an extremely stable fan base, a certain reputation, and an increasingly better development trend.
Even for the most popular people in Starry Sky now, it took at least four to five months to move from the 'Daily Hot List' to the 'Weekly Hot List'.
And Gu Yumian used...
Less than a month.
If he could be more diligent in his live broadcasts and not constantly shorten his live broadcast time to take care of children and deal with daily chores, this time could probably be shortened again.
Everyone who was watching this live broadcast and today's live broadcast data couldn't help but be stunned.
While the Gu Yumian family was sleeping peacefully, in the small wooden house separated by a wall.
The hot spring pool was exactly the same as the one in the cabin that Gu Yumian rented. A kayak was floating on the pool, and on the kayak... there was a creature with an extremely majestic appearance standing facing the wind.
It looked a bit like a wolf, with thick white fur and a gray-black back that spread to its forehead like a burning "three flames." Although only slightly older than a cub, the ferocious aura of its species was already showing.
The most eye-catching thing was its eyes. Its brown eyes were tilted sideways, and at first glance, they looked like a look of cruelty and contempt, revealing a wolfish intent. However, when it looked up at the full moon, it spoke cheerfully:
“Ouch!”
Three seconds later.
“…Ouch! Ouch!”
It was clearly its own echo that was reflected back through the wall, but the little guy froze, tucked his tail between his legs, and assumed a vigilant attack posture, looking for an enemy that did not exist in the night.
Then, it lowered its head and saw its own reflection in the hot spring pool. It bared its teeth at the "enemy," and the "enemy" bared its teeth back at it, which was clearly a provocation.
Little guy: “!!!”
OK.
He went to all four streets, east, south, west, and north, asking who his father was. The will to fight burned fiercely in his veins.
The next morning.
With the help of the hot spring villa staff, the publishing editor pried open the door and saw the suite in a complete mess. The wooden door had been gnawed and twisted, and a hole had been gouged in the newly repaired wall by something unknown. The room was littered with papers, books, and other materials, some of which had teeth marks on them.
The worst thing is the hot spring pool.
The small kayak had long since deflated and was floating in the pool, tattered and tattered. The little husky, its fur completely soaked by the water, was wilting, with a pile of snow on its head, stuck in a magical position on the edge of the pool. When the editor arrived, it sneezed loudly:
"Ouch-sneeze!"
edit:"……"
He finally understood why this renowned writer, despite being famous for over three years, still couldn't afford a house in Uptown. All his royalties went to various compensation payments, so it was a wonder he could afford one.
Oh, it would be great if we could find a nanny or guardian to take care of this child.
"Teacher Ha, I'm here to collect the manuscript." Ten minutes later, the editor finally found a crumpled manuscript paper from a corner, facing the sneezing little kid. "By the way...your neighbor said they made too many buns, so I'll send you some. Would you like to try some?"
"Ouch." The little guy looked down upon it, his ferocious and contemptuous look reappearing.
Until the editor took out the thermos, opened it, and revealed two snow-white, thin soup dumplings inside——
The little Husky, who was grinning disdainfully, suddenly froze.
Then, facial expression management gradually got out of control.
“…”
At the same time, across the wall.
Gu Yumian's biological clock was very punctual, and he would wake up at 8 a.m. The snow had been falling all night, and it had just stopped at this moment, and the sun was out.
"I'm going to take the kids to watch the sunrise tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," Gu Yumian yawned as he went to wash up and make breakfast, thinking, "I heard the sunrise at Chaike Mountain is very beautiful..."
I will be returning to the downtown area in a few days, and there is still no news about Xiao Tangyuan - Gu Yumian was able to confirm last night that 'Danny' and his family were in the hot spring villa. I originally wanted to visit them today, but I saw the news early in the morning.
[Star superstar Danny's old house caught fire, and he never expected...]
It was said that the Twenty-Four Pots' home in Upper Town had caught fire the previous day. Because it contained valuable ancestral belongings, the younger generations of the family were rushing back, but there had been no news from Danny. Everyone speculated that Danny had a serious illness and was probably dying... or something like that.
Then their family might have to be busy for a while. Gu Yumian originally wanted to visit the Twenty-Four Pot family members in the hot spring villa, but it is estimated that this plan is not feasible and it is not appropriate at this time.
This made Gu Yumian feel lost for a moment, and at the same time, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
His mentality is actually very complicated and cannot be explained to outsiders. He wants to help the panda baby find its family, after all, children are happier and more fulfilled when they grow up with their loved ones.
But Gu Yumian didn't want to be separated from the panda cub. Subconsciously, he had already considered himself, the little snow leopard, little Tangyuan, and the little fox as a complete family, and would be sad if any of them were missing. But he also knew that his idea was wrong.
Besides, he thought that the baby panda might be related to the famous star "Twenty-four Pots", and the name "Twenty-four Pots" was similar to Big Pot and Second Pot... In short, he wanted to confirm it but was afraid of being disappointed, so he was torn for a long time.
"Oh." Gu Yumian shook his head and went to make breakfast.
The main purpose of coming to Chaike Mountain was to vacation, which meant sleeping in, soaking in hot springs, relaxing, and doing whatever the heck he wanted, so Gu Yumian didn't wake up the little fox or the panda cub. Now only the clingy little snow leopard was dozing on his shoulder.
We had pork bone ramen and soup dumplings last night. Gu Yumian didn’t plan to make anything too complicated for breakfast, so he just cooked some yam and pork ribs porridge.
"Since we've finally come here, we should definitely go soak in the 'Energy Quantum Hot Spring,'" Gu Yumian said as he prepared the ingredients and chatted with the little snow leopard who was rubbing his eyes as he woke up. "Let's go watch the sunset and sunrise today, ok?"
The little snow leopard, who was rubbing his eyes with his paws, suddenly felt his tail tip stiffen.
Gu Yumian probably didn't know that Chaike Mountain, at sunset and sunrise, was a famous place for people to express their love. When someone invited someone else to watch the sunrise at Chaike Mountain on the Capital Star, it was almost like a secret confession of love.
The little snow leopard's ears turned red little by little.
Gu Yumian thought as he peeled and sliced the yam, rinsed it with rice water, and then said:
"I just don't know if Yuanyuan and Qiuqiu can get up. They have to get up at least at five o'clock to watch the sunrise, right? I don't think Yuanyuan can get up."
Little Snow Leopard: “…”
So everyone went to watch it together?
The little snow leopard lay down dejectedly.
These two idiots are becoming more and more of a nuisance.
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