Chapter 325 Breakfast on the Grassland
Outside the yurt, a thin mist floated like a veil among the green grass, drifting gently with the breeze.
Dewdrops clung to the tips of the nearby grass blades, shimmering in the morning light like tiny diamonds, sparkling brilliantly.
Far away, wisps of smoke rose from the top of a herdsman's yurt, mingling with the morning mist and dissipating as the sun rose.
The yurt campsite for the study tour group is also starting to get lively.
Early in the morning, the tribe delivered fresh milk and a lot of dairy products to each yurt.
In addition, there is freshly slaughtered mutton.
Because apart from group meals, the study tour group mainly used their own chefs for their three meals a day.
But if we're already on the grasslands and the food is still the same as at home, that would be too boring.
So they all followed the customs of the grasslands and learned some skills.
Cheese, yogurt, milk curds, and the like can be made into delicious dishes if the chef is familiar with dairy products, but if the chef has no experience in handling dairy products, there's nothing they can do with them.
All of these things need to be learned, but fortunately, once you understand one thing, you can understand many others. The chefs who can be trained already have some skills, and with a little guidance from the local chefs, they can understand everything.
Xiangtao was one of the chefs brought by the Lin family. She had previously learned many pastry-making methods from Yuan Hongqu, and many pastries required the use of milk in their preparation.
Moreover, Yuan Hongqu would occasionally make various dairy products and snacks for Daiyu, and Xiangtao learned a lot from her as well.
Therefore, among nearly a hundred chefs, she should be the most familiar with dairy products.
The Lin family's breakfast this morning had a grassland style, yet it also possessed a refined quality that didn't belong to the grasslands.
The dining table in the yurt is covered with a grassland-style tablecloth, and the tableware is also set with patterns from the grasslands, mostly using silver utensils.
The table was laden with a variety of dishes, including grassland specialties such as milk shortbread, milk tofu, fried rice with ghee, milk-flavored hand-pulled mutton, and charcoal-grilled lamb chops; as well as some dairy products that would also be found on the Lin family's table, such as fried milk, pumpkin roasted milk, rose red bean roasted milk, and double-skin milk; fearing that Daiyu might not be used to the grassland breakfast, the table was also prepared with the foods that would be eaten normally on the Lin family's breakfast table.
The various foods were arranged in a neat and orderly fashion, a dazzling array. Daiyu glanced at them and then looked down, realizing she couldn't even remember what was on the table.
In front of her was a wooden bowl inlaid with silver rims. Although it was made of wood, it looked very exquisite. The carved patterns and the silver decorations complemented each other perfectly, making it quite unique.
"Should we eat this directly?" Daiyu looked at the grains of what looked like fried rice in the bowl, along with pieces of pale yellow thin slices that resembled egg crepes, but looked much more delicate.
"Girl, this needs to be mixed with milk tea before eating."
“I know you can put taro balls, red beans, brown sugar pearls in milk tea… but this looks a bit strange. Can milk tea taste good with fried rice in it?” Daiyu frowned slightly.
"Girl, this is different from the milk tea we usually drink at home. This milk tea is salty, and we've never made this kind of milk tea before."
As Xiangtao spoke, she gestured for Daiyu to look at the milk tea pot beside her.
A rich aroma of milk tea wafted from the copper kettle beside it, with a layer of golden ghee floating on top.
It did indeed smell salty and savory, and Daiyu found the smell acceptable.
"Xiangtao, brew some for me to try."
Yesterday, Xiangtao tasted the salty milk tea made by the grassland chef, and it tasted very good. She carefully noted down the recipe and recreated it this morning.
She poured the milk tea from the copper kettle into the bowl in front of Daiyu, stirred it gently, and the aroma of the ingredients blended together and instantly filled her nostrils.
Daiyu took a small bite; it wasn't bad, but it didn't quite suit her taste.
On the other hand, Liu Qianrou really liked the taste. As soon as I made her a bowl, she finished it in no time and asked for another bowl.
Of all the breakfast items on the table, Daiyu could only accept milk tofu and milk shortbread; the rest she ate was what her family ate.
The Lin family ate breakfast a little late. After breakfast, the other groups had already gathered and set off to watch the performance on the grassland.
After Liu Qianrou's vaginal opening was removed, she finally calmed down.
Yuan Hongqu invited a few people to have breakfast together. Mi Ling and Xu Yun were under too much psychological pressure. They were only able to relax completely after seeing Liu Qianrou. They were worried all night and their energy was very low. Fortunately, a hearty breakfast restored some of their spirits.
"You two can rest in the tent today. I'll go and lead the first group. Liu Qianrou, you go to the tent with the teachers to rest. Don't participate in today's activities."
Liu Qianrou had just eaten creamy hand-pulled mutton and charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and felt full of energy. She was sure she wouldn't be at a disadvantage if she encountered those two wolves from last night again, so she didn't want to rest at all.
"Dean, I'm not sleepy or tired. I want to stay with you."
Yuan Hongqu ignored her, glanced at Lan Su, Lan Su nodded knowingly, and casually flicked her wrist, causing Liu Qian to softly slump into the chair.
"Sister Susu, you've touched her acupoints again. Won't touching her acupoints like this all the time be bad for her health?" Daiyu asked anxiously.
"No, this is my unique technique. She's as if she's asleep. I use very little force, and she'll wake up on her own by noon."
Daiyu was relieved and went with Yuan Hongqu to the first group of yurts.
Sanchun and Baochai were both in the first group. Baochai was also living in the same yurt as Liu Qianrou. It was she who discovered Liu Qianrou's disappearance and went out to report it to Xu Yun.
No matter who Liu Qianrou teamed up with, the team leader of that team refused to accept her, so she could only be placed in the first team.
Unfortunately, the team leader was Liu Qianrou's arch-nemesis—Ma Xinlan.
Since the first group was formed, there have been many things going on. First, the original group leader was unable to participate in the study tour due to an unexpected family situation.
Then Ma Xinlan volunteered to be the group leader, but because she was just an auditor and not one of the members who organized and planned this study tour from the beginning.
She was a good friend of her former team leader, which is why she volunteered when she learned of this opportunity.
She was approved by the other group leaders and became the new group leader before departure, replacing the original group leader.
It wasn't until she became the group leader that Ma Xinlan learned that Liu Qianrou was also in the first group, at which point she felt a pang of regret.
But the die was cast, and besides, she knew that the group leader didn't actually have much to do, and each group also had a teacher in charge. Ma Xinlan thought that Liu Qianrou shouldn't cause any trouble.
Little did we know that this was only the first day after arriving at our destination!
Ma Xinlan watched as the other groups had already eaten breakfast and changed into traditional grassland costumes to watch the grassland folk performance that morning.
As for their first group, not all of them had arrived yet.
"Xue Baochai, you and Liu Qianrou are in the same yurt. Go and call her." Ma Xinlan couldn't help but feel anxious. Not only had Liu Qianrou not appeared, but even the guards and servants of the Liu family had disappeared.
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