Grandpa Yu's detached house is located in Zicheng Yufu Yayuan.
Qin Yi parked the van directly in the garage in the yard.
Last night's spicy chicken feet incident caused Grandpa Yu another setback.
I felt somewhat guilty towards the birthday person.
She took out the flour, kneaded it into a smooth dough, placed it in a bowl to rise, and waited for it to ferment before making a birthday dish.
"I don't want to go in!"
A little boy was throwing a tantrum outside the iron gate of the villa. He was clinging tightly to the iron gate bars with one hand, his upper body had already been pulled inside, but his buttocks and legs were still stubbornly left outside the yard.
A little girl standing nearby saw her brother making a fuss and said, "Mommy, I don't want to eat here either. I want to eat at the Rainbow Cart restaurant."
Mrs. Li pulled hard on the little boy, prying his fingers off the railing one by one. "Today is Grandpa Yu's birthday. We'll have a meal here, and tomorrow we'll take you to the Rainbow Car."
The little boy's strength was ultimately no match for that of the adult.
But he couldn't just give in like that.
He has one more trump card!
Li Beiyang forcefully shook off his mother's hand, slammed his bottom on the ground, and fell backward, his eyes instantly filled with blue sky and white clouds.
Then he waved his arms and legs wildly in the air: "I want to eat a rainbow bento box! I want to draw a rainbow blind box! I don't want to go in!"
Seeing her brother working so hard, Li Nansang couldn't lose either, so the little girl launched a tearful offensive: "Waaah~ I want to eat rabbit rice, I don't want to go in either."
Mrs. Li sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.
"You guys are really something, making a scene to celebrate Grandpa Yu's birthday."
After saying that, he sat down on a bench in the yard to rest.
It's often said online that the best approach when a child throws a tantrum on the floor is to wait quietly.
Let him perform a one-man show, let him know that crying is useless, and then comfort him after he's tired of making a scene.
"Who wants to eat rabbit food? Who wants to open a rainbow blind box?"
The clear, melodious sound, like that of a spring, reached the children's ears.
With tears still clinging to her eyelashes, Li Nansang raised her little hand vigorously when she heard "Rabbit Rice": "Me! Me! Pretty sister, can you take us to eat rabbit rice?"
Li Beiyang, lying on the ground, temporarily stopped crying and asked, "Who are you?"
Qin Yi flashed a bright smile: "I'm the owner of the rainbow lunchbox shop!"
"You're lying! The boss is obviously ugly! He even has a big mole near his mouth!"
"Yeah, the owner looks scary, but the food is delicious. You're not her! You big liar! Don't try to fool a three-year-old!"
After saying that, Li Nansang ran to her mother's side and hid her little head in her mother's arms.
Mrs. Li recognized Qin Yi as soon as she opened her mouth; wasn't she the owner of the rice noodle shop?
Just as I was about to greet her warmly, I heard her telling the children that she was the owner of the Rainbow Car.
Mrs. Li couldn't believe it either; that woman from yesterday...
It's so hard to blend the two people's images together!
"Are you telling the truth? Were you selling boxed lunches at a stall yesterday too?" Mrs. Li couldn't help but ask.
Qin Yi nodded slightly to Mrs. Li and coaxed the children, "If you don't believe me, come with me to see the rainbow car!"
After saying that, he walked forward.
Upon hearing the name "Rainbow Car," Li Beiyang jumped to his feet. "Mom! Let's go see if it's real!"
Mrs. Li led her two children to the garage.
The colorful blind box car was parked inside, and the light-up sign was also set up on the ground next to it.
"Wow! It really is a rainbow car! Sister, are you really that ugly auntie from yesterday?"
Li Nansang still couldn't believe it.
"Yes, my sister wore makeup yesterday, isn't she beautiful!"
Li Nansang wrinkled her nose, pursed her lips, and said disdainfully, "Ugh~ My makeup skills are even worse than my mother's. I don't want to look like that when I grow up."
Mrs. Li was also incredulous, bringing her face close to Qin Yi's for a close examination. "Yes! Your noses are very similar. As the saying goes, beauty lies in the nose, the window to the eyes, the soul of the nose. Yesterday I thought that aunt would definitely look good without makeup because of her good bone structure. I never expected this..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Li immediately remembered something and slapped her thigh hard!
"It's over! My dream of poaching the chef has been shattered again!"
"Why do I keep falling in love with the same chef's cooking, yet I can't have her? My God! Is this fate playing a cruel joke on me?!"
"Mom, why are you mimicking our speech?"
"Oh, Mom is just too sad."
After some conversation, Mrs. Li learned that Mr. Yu had invited Qin Yi to be the chef for today's birthday banquet, and that the dishes were ordered through a blind box lottery.
Quickly take out your phone and give it to the children, "Come on, you guys draw some blind boxes to give to Grandpa Yu, preferably some auspicious dishes suitable for his birthday."
Then he turned to Qin Yi and said, "If there are any dishes that are not suitable, pack them up for us to take home and eat. Try to pick out some hearty dishes to put on the table."
Li Beiyang was overjoyed to hear this; he absolutely loved the blind box drawing task.
Just like last time, the two children circled the light board a few times, earnestly making a wish: "Rainbow Blind Box Master, please bless us to get lucky dishes and dishes we like to eat!"
"Red box! Blue box! Green box! Haha, the hidden purple box!" Li Beiyang and Li Nansang were having a blast this time, with menu tickets rolling out one after another on the light board.
Qin Yi looked at the thick stack of menus in her hand and nodded in satisfaction. The system really did have ears.
"You guys go inside and have fun, I'll take care of things here."
The aunt in charge of Grandpa Yu's house informed her of the number of people at the banquet, a total of 8 people, all of whom were friends from the community.
The old man's children live abroad.
My granddaughter, Yu Niannian, has a night shoot today and won't be able to come back.
Grandpa Yu was born in the Year of the Dragon. Although it wasn't a big birthday celebration this year, it was just a casual meal with friends. Qin Yi wanted to make it a lively celebration for him.
Qin Yi took out a wood-burning stove from the system refrigerator.
First, find an open space in the yard and burn some coarse firewood. Put water and white rice in an iron pot, cover it with a large lid, and wait for it to simmer.
She turned back to the carriage to start preparing the food. Many of the dishes on today's menu required a long cooking time, so she applied to the system for a high-tech pressure cooker that could quickly shorten the cooking time.
First, prepare cold dishes, one sweet and one savory.
Sweet Osmanthus Lotus Root
Round glutinous rice is stuffed into the holes of the plump, white lotus root.
Use a toothpick to cover the lotus root cap.
Place it in a high-tech pressure cooker, add water, brown sugar, and rock sugar, cook for a few minutes, then remove it.
Cut the lotus root into 1 cm thick slices.
At this time, the water used to boil lotus root is rose-colored.
After adding sugar, reduce the liquid in a small pot until it becomes syrup. Add osmanthus flowers and stir. Pour the syrup over the sliced lotus root.
The glutinous rice lotus root with osmanthus syrup has a bright luster and a rich aroma. The golden flowers are arranged on the plate like dancing fairies.
【Sesame Sauce Phoenix Tail】
This dish is made with fresh baby lettuce.
Peel and sharpen the root of the lettuce, then score it with crosshatch cuts.
Soaking it in lightly salted water will help it absorb the flavor better.
Trim the leaves at the bottom of the lettuce and arrange them on a plate like a fan; this is the shape of a "phoenix tail".
Then, mix sesame paste and peanut butter, a little sugar and salt, a dash of sesame oil, and a spoonful of broth until the liquid is slightly runny.
It will look better if you pour the sauce over the middle section of the arranged lettuce, and then sprinkle with white sesame seeds.
The prepared sesame sauce phoenix tails.
From a distance, it looks like a peacock spreading its wings, or a phoenix feather fan.
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