Chapter 444: Mooncake
As an instructor and liaison between the garrison and the ship's headquarters, Ella had been in the garrison for an unknown period of time and had her own house. Sable had also spent quite a bit of time there when she came to plan the simulation exercise. This was also the first time that Kilshaji and Habbakuk came to the garrison.
In this case, Ella and Sable could take care of Chirsaji and Habakuk, and Suxia didn't care about them too much, and spent the morning doing her own things. She mainly studied various things, learned about battleships, learned about the history of the appearance of ship girls, learned about the management of the garrison, etc., instead of working.
After all, the naval base is only so big, and there are quite a few people, but they are all sisters. At most, they are just like Hood and Bismarck who meet on a narrow road and are sarcastic to each other. There are not so many family matters. Their main job is to suppress the deep-sea ship girls, and didn't they just suppress the Deep Sea Sea Hawk?
The whole morning was spent in various studies. In the afternoon, Su Xia did not continue to stay in the office to study. As an admiral, he still had to pay attention to the operation of the garrison. After punching in at the office, he took L20 to the cafeteria kitchen.
The reason why L20 did not lie on the sofa in the office playing video games or even skip work to go home, but followed Su Xia to inspect the work was very simple - today was National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, so mooncakes were indispensable, and the cafeteria was preparing mooncakes, which meant there was something delicious.
"What does a mooncake look like?" L20, a ship girl who had just awakened not long ago, had never experienced the Mid-Autumn Festival, and naturally had never seen or eaten the mooncakes that are only made during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Su Xia replied: "Since it is called mooncake, it must look similar to the moon. The mooncake looks like the moon."
L20 thought about what the moon looked like. The sun is round, and the moon is curved. He stretched out his finger and drew a semicircle in the air, and said, "Crescent-shaped?"
Su Xia stopped and looked at the brown-haired girl, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
"What?" L20 noticed that Su Xia suddenly looked at her with an expression of concern for a mentally retarded person.
"Are you serious?" Su Xia asked, pointing to the sky, "You know what a crescent is... I didn't say crescent, I asked you what the moon looks like, don't you know? Don't tell me you don't know the moon, or that the moon is round."
"Yes. Of course I know the moon is round." L20 said, "I also know that the moon is the satellite of the earth."
"How clever." Su Xia asked, "Then do you know how many planets there are in the solar system?"
"Let me think about it." L20 looked up at the sky. It was very blue today. "First of all, the sun."
"The sun is a star." Su Xia corrected. "Go on."
"Okay," L20 said, "Earth for sure. And the Moon is one."
Su Xia really couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at, Admiral? What's so funny?" L20 said, "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
Su Xia shook her head and said, "The moon is a satellite of the earth, that's what you just said, how come it has become a planet again."
L20 bit her lip tightly.
"Forget it, it's okay. It's normal for girls to not know astronomy and geography. I don't understand why there are so many colors of lipstick." Su Xia didn't laugh at L20 for not knowing anything. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. He thought of what he saw on Bu Niu's dressing table. "Moon cakes are round, similar to the round mung bean cakes you usually eat, but with fillings and different sizes."
L20 didn't say anything, but he still cared about being laughed at.
Being laughed at is not scary, what is scary is being abandoned.
Su Xiaduo looked at L20 twice. He had been with L20 for almost two months. He knew the child-like L20 very well and knew how to deal with him. He asked, "What kind of mooncake filling do you like? I prefer lotus paste."
"What is lotus paste?" As Su Xia spoke, L20 really didn't care about what just happened, "What kind of fillings are there in mooncakes?"
"Traditional mooncakes are made of five nuts, lotus paste, bean paste... Nowadays, there are mooncakes with snail vermicelli, crayfish and fish cakes, chocolate ... You can't imagine what you can make." Su Xia said, "I highly recommend the five-nut mooncake, the one with more green and red silk and winter melon candy."
"Admiral, don't try to fool me." L20 said, "Even I know that five-nut mooncakes taste terrible."
Su Xia was not embarrassed by being exposed, and said calmly: "It seems that Wuren mooncakes are very famous. Even L20 knows about it."
L20 asked curiously: "Are five-nut mooncakes really that bad?"
"Seriously," Su Xia said, "It's not bad, it's just that the taste is unique. People who like it like it, and people who hate it hate it. It's like durian, I think it stinks, but some people like it. It's like preserved eggs, some people think it's a dark dish, but I think it's very good."
"I'm not kidding you. I'm going to try the five-nut mooncakes, too." Su Xia said, "The five-nut mooncakes you buy outside for a few or ten yuan each are definitely not good, but the five-nut mooncakes made by Yixian must have good ingredients, and the taste must not be bad."
L20 nodded. She didn't believe in Wuren mooncakes, but in Yixian.
When I arrived at the cafeteria kitchen, there were many people there today. Those who were on leave had all gone to work. After all, there was a celebratory banquet in the evening, so they had to prepare more dishes than usual. In addition, there were many guys who came to join in the fun and eat and drink for free.
"Admiral."
Su Xia looked in the direction of the voice and saw a girl in blue, with long blue hair and a blue dress, OvO, shouting, "Quincy."
The Quincy, the sixth ship of the New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, was besieged and sunk by concentrated fire during the Battle of Savo Island.
There was a funny thing that happened during this period. The seriously injured Quincy made a desperate charge in the direction of the Toriumi fleet and fired his main gun at the Toriumi with the searchlight on, hitting it twice. One of the shells hit the bridge. However, after only two salvos, the captain thought it was a mistake to hit a friendly ship and ordered to stop firing, thus missing a great opportunity.
Although Quincy in the game is not too strong, it is still usable. The only problem is that the heavy cruiser is not good enough. The character illustration is very cute. He is the first heavy cruiser idol to release a solo single. His character is a greedy fool.
Feeding grass to Quincy is prohibited.
Quincy nodded and ate the big mooncake. Her purpose of coming here was to eat and drink for free.
Su Xia looked at Quincy, waved for her to come closer, and then opened her hands towards her.
Quincy blinked and rested his chin on his hand.
Su Xia began to scratch Quincy's chin, just like scratching Bismarck's cat Oscar, and then touched his head.
L20 was jealous and asked, "Can I touch it too?"
"No. Admiral, you can't touch me either." The speaker was a short-haired girl who looked 80% similar to Quincy. She was wearing a white dress and was pretty and cute. "A-Kun is not your pet."
USS New Orleans, the first ship of the New Orleans-class ships and the sister of Quincy, has received a total of seventeen battle stars in history.
Then we have to mention that during World War II, the New Orleans-class cruisers were always seen in major and minor naval conflicts in the Pacific. Although after , only four of the seven ships of this class were still fighting. Except for the Tuscaloosa, which mainly fought in Europe, the remaining three battleships had battle stars and were all top-ranked military ships of the US Navy in World War II. It was simply a family of loyal martyrs.
"Chicken leg burger." Su Xia shouted. It was a New Orleans grilled chicken leg burger.
New Orleans said dissatisfiedly: "Don't call me Chicken Burger."
"New Orleans?" L20 tugged at Su Xia's clothes. Although he had been playing around for the past few days, he also read a lot of books recently and knew a lot. "That headless senior?"
In history, the New Orleans was hit by a torpedo at the ammunition depot of the No. 1 turret during the night battle of Tassafaronga, and the entire bow was blown off. However, even so, the New Orleans still relied on its own power and damage management to force its way back to the port for repairs.
L20 knew to lower her voice, but it was still loud. New Orleans heard it anyway. However, she was good-tempered and just reminded: "Next time you whisper, please speak more quietly."
L20 smiled awkwardly.
New Orleans didn't pay attention to L20. He looked at his stupid sister Quincy. Although some people said Quincy was very smart, it was hard to tell. Then he looked at Su Xia and said, "Admiral, Quincy is your wedding ship. Wedding ship, wife, wife, don't treat her as a pet."
L20 looked at Su Xia and Quincy and nodded subconsciously, thinking that marrying a mentally retarded person was against the law.
New Orleans noticed L20's action and vaguely sensed something. He clenched his fists, but endured it.
"I know, Quincy is not a pet." Su Xia said, he remembered that Quincy in the game was one of the few ship girls with a wedding dress. However, her wedding dress was different from others, and it could be obtained without a ring. Was this the so-called marriage fraud?
"It's good that you know." New Orleans looked at Quincy and said, "Ah Quin, you also have to know that you are not a pet. You can't just put your chin in someone's hand and let them pat your head."
L20 grumbled, it’s just a pat on the chin or the head, what’s the big deal, there’s nothing wrong with having it as a pet.
"The admiral is not just any man," Quincy said.
Su Xia couldn't help but touch Quincy's head again.
"Admiral, you're here?" Colorado came over at this time, holding two mooncakes in her hands, "Come, Quincy, I'll give you a mooncake... L20, you're here too, I'll give you one too."
Su Xia said: "Why are they the only ones who have mooncakes? Where are my mooncakes?"
"Those two mooncakes are specially for them." Colorado said, "Admiral, if you want to eat mooncakes, I'll get them for you now. Lotus paste, soybean paste, or egg yolk."
"What kind of mooncakes are those you gave them?" Su Xia asked curiously.
"Um..." Colorado hesitated and stammered.
"Colorado." New Orleans realized something was wrong. She stared at Colorado, ignoring the fact that she was only a heavy cruiser and the other side was a battleship. She snatched the mooncake from Quincy's hand and asked, "What did you give Quincy?"
"My..." Quincy whispered.
"Mooncake." Colorado said indifferently.
New Orleans broke the mooncake open, took a little filling with his fingers and put it to his mouth. He stretched out his tongue and licked it gently. It tasted a little salty, not sweet. He asked, "What kind of filling is this?"
"It's stuffed with pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat." Colorado asked, "Anything wrong?"
New Orleans said, "Don't feed Quincy anything weird."
"What a weird thing." Colorado said.
"That's what I'm talking about. This is something strange." New Orleans held up the mooncake, "Are there any mooncakes like the pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat mooncake?"
"It didn't exist before, but it will exist in the future." Colorado said, "We just gave Quincy a new variety of mooncakes to try. Do you think we fed Quincy something inedible to deliberately play a prank on them? It's not like pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat are inedible... There was always a day when there were no pickled mustard tuber and fresh meat buns. Haven't you eaten them?"
"Sister is too worried." Quincy said, "Everyone likes to give Quincy food, but they won't give Quincy bad food. They will only share delicious food with Quincy. Even if they give Quincy a new variety of mooncakes, it's not because they want to bully Quincy, but because they want Quincy to try it... They like Quincy."
When Colorado heard what Quincy said, she had no intention of bullying Quincy. She just wanted to have one more try and get one more opinion. Compared to others, Quincy was afraid of innovation, but she never refused. She felt a little embarrassed at this moment.
Su Xia looked at Quincy, OvO, and wondered if this was what it meant to be wise in a foolish way.
L20 looked at the mooncake and finally knew what it was. She broke the mooncake in her hand and said, "What kind of mooncake is this?"
Colorado said, "Mooncakes made with the sweet and sour pork ribs from lunch."
It was L20’s first time to come into contact with mooncakes. I didn’t have any deep-rooted notions about what mooncakes should look like. I thought sweet and sour spare ribs were nothing big, so I picked one up and took a bite.
Su Xia asked, "How does it taste?"
"It's okay." L20 said. She didn't know how to describe it.
"Let me try it." Su Xia said, looking at L20 handing over the half mooncake that he had just bitten into, instead of the other half that was new, and still handing it to his mouth. He hesitated for a moment and took a small bite to feel the taste. "It's really okay, but it feels weird."
“I told you.” L20 took the mooncake back and continued eating.
"Colorado, have you made many new styles of mooncakes?" Su Xia asked.
"Yes." Colorado responded. Before, when the admiral was not in the garrison, the whole garrison was dead and had no interest in any activities. However, with the admiral's return to the garrison, everyone was full of interest and hope in life.
"Are there any other new mooncakes like this?" Su Xia said, "I want to try it."
He has always been interested in new things.
Colorado hesitated. The new style of mooncakes meant that the taste was unstable, it might taste good, or it might not. Could he give something like that to the admiral?
As Colorado hesitated, a commotion broke out around him.
"Someone come quickly."
"London is here, and Houston is here, too, with their special mooncake fillings."
"They must not be allowed to set foot in the cafeteria."
"Defend the cafeteria to the death."
