Chapter 139 Steamed Buns
Bai Tang regularly supplements everyone's vitamins, especially for Grandpa, who needs to pay more attention to his health as he gets older.
Evening arrived quickly, and Gu Yanxu was in the kitchen early preparing to steam buns.
One sweet potato leaf wasn't enough, so Bai Tang took out quite a few sweet potato leaves from his spatial storage.
Grandpa Gu provided guidance from the side, and Gu Yanxu followed along step by step.
Grandpa Gu said, "First, wash the sweet potatoleaves, chop them up, and then put the chopped leaves into the flour."
The rest is the same as steaming regular buns, so I won't go into details. Good luck!
Gu Yanxu started by kneading the dough and then cutting it into small pieces.
Finally, they were steamed. Gu Yanxu steamed about two batches of steamed buns.
Grandpa Gu shouted for Bai Tang to come out as soon as he opened fire.
They claimed, "In our Gu Family, kitchen work should be done by men."
Gu Yanxu's coarse grain steamed buns were ready soon, and it was time for dinner.
Bai Jiyang and the others helped carry the food,while Bai Tang placed the dishes on the table.
Soon everyone was seated, and Grandpa Gutook a bite of the bright green steamed bun.
Then he said, "That's right, that's the taste. I haven't had it in a long time."
You should try it too, it's really delicious, I feel like I could eat a whole bowl of vegetables with it.
Bai Tang and the others all tried a bite, and it did taste quite good.
It has the fresh scent of leaves and the aroma of wheat flour.
Father Gu exclaimed, "Homemade steamed buns are still the best, and they're filling too."
Bai Tang has stockpiled quite a few steamed buns in his space, but not many are homemade.
Because it was too time-consuming, they were extremely busy stockpiling goods before.
They don't have that much time to steam buns, but they have plenty of time at the base now.
Bai Tang said, "Since everyone likes to eat the steamed buns made at home."
"Then let's steam several batches over the next few days—white flour steamed buns, whole grain steamed buns, all kinds."
Mother Gu also said, "Great! I haven't steamed buns in a long time either."
Father Gu said from the side, "I'm not good at steaming buns, but I'm an expert at kneading dough."
Lin Fan said, "Sorry, I can only eat steamed buns."
This caused everyone to burst into laughter.Grandpa Gu said, "It's okay, leave it to them. The two of us will just supervise."
For the next few days, Bai Tang and his family steamed handmade buns.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu said, "It feels like we're visiting a steamed bun workshop in our own home."
Gu Yanxu said, "Back in my grandfather's time, steamed buns were the best type of dry food that could be stored for a long time."
Therefore, their generation has a special affection for steamed buns.
While Bai Tang and his family were busy steaming buns at home, everyone else at the base was busy planting the next crop.
While steaming buns, Bai Tang and his colleagues also took some time to make a few wooden boxes.
Bai Tang used soil directly from the space, so the potatoes and sweet potatoes should grow better.
Mother Gu took care of all the planting matters.
She said, "You all busy with the steamed buns, leave this to me."
I've read quite a few books on planting these past few days, so I'll definitely be fine.
Bai Tang provides all the entertainment for the family.
The planting books that Mother Gu was reading were also ones that Bai Tang had stockpiled before.
At that time, she was thinking about using the space to grow crops in the future.
But they didn't expect that Mu Mu would be managing everything in the space, so they didn't need to farm manually at all.
Mu Mu has harvested the crops in the spacemany times.
Fortunately, the space is expanding as Mu Mu's spiritual power recovers.
The space was filled with various harvested crops.
Bai Tang noticed that Mu Mu hadn't been able to materialize into human form, which meant her spiritual power was probably insufficient.
So she was thinking about when would be a good time to buy another batch of gold.
At this moment, Gu Yanxu came out of the kitchen, and Bai Tang asked, "Are the steamed buns finished for today?"
Gu Yanxu said, "This is the last batch. What are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."
Bai Tang snapped out of his reverie and said, "I'm thinking about when to go and collect another batch of gold for Mu Mu."
Gu Yanxu sat down next to Bai Tang and said, "It'll be soon, in a while."
Bai Tang turned his head and looked at him, saying, "What kind of riddle are you playing?"
Gu Yanxu reminded her, "Have you forgotten what time it is?"
"Counting down the days, something will happen soon, and then there will be gold."
Bai Tang remembered what Gu Yanxu was talking about.
In a while, Earth will experience widespread earthquakes.
Gu Yanxu said, "I remember that there was a gold mine fifty kilometers away from the base that was squeezed and shaken out."
We can drive there then, and then figure out a way to get Mu Mu to absorb the gold mine.
The spiritual energy of an entire gold mine would certainly be enough for it to take form.
Bai Tang said, "Then let's wait. Also, do you want to keep an eye on the steamed buns in the pot so the water doesn't evaporate too quickly?"
Gu Yanxu got up and went to the kitchen to watch the pot again.
Bai Tang then returned to his bedroom and slipped into the spatial dimension.
Mu Mu came over from the side with canned food, and Bai Tang said:
" Mu Mu, wait a little longer, and I'll find you a gold mine so you can take human form."
Mu Mu floated happily in the space and said, "Yay! Then I can touch Canned Food."
I can go out and play with you all now, I can leave the space!
Just thinking about it makes me so happy (*^▽^*) Thank you, Sister Tang Tang ~"
Bai Tang spent some time playing with Canned Food and Mu Mu in her virtual space before leaving when it was time for dinner.
Gu Yanxu said at the dinner table, "After steaming this last batch today, we won't steam any more."
"Take a break. Steaming like this for days on end is really taking its toll."
Father Gu also said, "We've steamed so much these past few days, it'll be enough for us to eat for a while. We'll talk about it after we've finished eating it."
Bai Tang told them, "There is a possibility of some earthquakes in the future."
These past few nights we've been wearing clothes while we rest, being mindful of any noises outside.
Lin Fan quickly asked, "Really?"
Bai Tang explained to him, "Have you noticed the clouds in the sky these past few days?"
Bai Jiyang said, "I saw something strange, it didn't look normal."
Bai Tang continued, "That's an earthquake cloud."
Mother Gu said, "Should we run away?"
Gu Yanxu comforted her, "Don't worry, Mom. Our house has a big yard and is a single-story building."
Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any problems. Just be careful of noises outside when you're resting at night for the next few days.
Grandpa Gu also said, "Don't worry, you don't need to run for small movements, and you can't run for big movements."
Lin Zhou chimed in, "Grandpa is right, but we still need to take precautions."
Bai Tang said, "So I try to wear clothes as much as possible during these days of rest."
Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing to run out in such a panic.
Gu Yanxu said, "Indeed, indeed."
After dinner, when everyone went to rest, Bai Tang asked Gu Yanxu with concern:
"Did anything major happen at the base during the earthquake?"