Back at the pink [Midsummer] hut by the sea, even though it's just seven o'clock, Mingxue's small food group has already started the day's work.

By 9 a.m., they make a large batch of ice cream, and after 9 a.m., they start making delicious food, a light lunch, and coffee. Mingxue also cooperates with many famous restaurants and hotels in the local area, providing them with semi-finished or finished ice cream, as well as a large number of white and ice cream stock liquid.

It was only seven o'clock in the morning, and there were already five or six people queuing up to buy ice cream at the 24-hour self-service ice cream window.

Most of them have just finished exercising.

Sheng Xia pointed at them and said, "Several of them have just finished exercising, and they are still wearing sweat towels, sportswear and sneakers." After a pause, she added, "I think you can broaden your business a little more." After they finish exercising, they actually need breakfast. Eating ice cream on an empty stomach is not very good. You can add bread, bread or high-calorie pastries with ice cream in the 24-hour sales room and you can enjoy both at the same time without hurting your stomach. Your baking skills are top-notch, whether it is desserts or bread, and there are three Michelin and Le Cordon Bleu in your group, and the baking skills must be top-notch. We can provide gourmet bread and desserts for breakfast. Haha, little uncle, the durian egg tart you made is super positive! ”

Ming Xue thought about it and felt that it was feasible. He smiled and encouraged her: "My family Xia Xia is very talented in business!" ”

When she heard this, she just smiled, stretched, and said, "I'm not interested in the family business, business or something, forget it." ”

Ming Xue said: "You have a flexible mind that knows how to be flexible. That's the rarest thing. ”

After entering the first floor, Midsummer immediately turned on the laptop and entered the working state. He washed his hands, put on a neat white chef's suit, put on a chef's hat, entered the chef's room, and began to cook.

Her typing hand paused for a moment, and shouted loudly to his tall and tall figure, "You are like this, it is simply a temptation to subdue!" ”

The pair of beautiful hands that were washing the vegetables paused, and without saying a word, he quietly began his work.

Making ice cream and cooking food is his daily routine.

His chef's room was huge, and she sat in it to work. Be with him, each doing his own thing, but when he looks up, he can see the other.

She likes the feeling, the feeling of being supported and snuggled together, very safe.

She also threw herself into her work. After connecting to the marine network, she first reviewed and sorted out the detailed reports on the routes of harbor seals from previous years and the last three years. She found that in 2021, there was a large-scale concentrated landing of spotted seals to give birth at Ant Island Rockline Reef and nearby waters, and the number of female spotted seals even exceeded 200, which was the largest single observation in the past five years. Spotted seals are a national first-class protected animal, with a small population, and due to human activities, habitat loss and poaching have led to a sharp decline in the population; However, at present, the breeding status of the domestic harbor seal population is gradually improving. Because of the ban on hunting and the division of breeding areas, the population of spotted seals is still very good. But this time, why did the retrospective error occur?

She was thinking about it when she received a call from the leader.

After more than ten minutes, she replied "yes" and closed the line.

"What's wrong?" He brought out a small plate of butter bread and asked her to taste something to cushion her stomach. The butter is so fragrant that when the knife cuts through the middle of the bread, the golden oil flows out of the bread.

The simplest baking pastry, but the most basic skills.

Just smelling it made her want to swallow her tongue. The bread also looks good, the crust is burnt and golden, and when cut, the butter-soaked bread is soft and fragrant. He took her another stack of butter, smeared it with a knife, and buttered the crust for her, "It tastes better when you eat it this way." ”

"It was my mentor and the old leader of the Institute of Oceanography who asked me to participate in the distribution of spotted seal resources and marine water quality and environmental investigation activities in the XX sea area. Because of yesterday's incident, the leader already knew about it, thought that I could learn a lot from this project, and recommended me to go. I'm leaving for Dalian tomorrow. She said.

Mingxue was very happy to hear this, and touched her head, "It's Xia Xia who is amazing, that's why your leader will recommend you to go." ”

Sheng Xia grinned: "In the eyes of the little uncle, Xia Xia seems to be very good no matter how she looks!" ”

He nodded and said, "Xia Xia is indeed excellent. Much better than Mingxue! ”

She was so hungry that she ate bread while making a report, and it didn't take long for her to finish a small piece of buttery bread. She wiped her hands and typed quickly, writing in great detail about the process of the seal rescue operation, and making many reasonable speculations about the reasons why the mother seal went to the wrong place to give birth. One of them, it may be human intervention, such as the operation of fishing vessels, which is busy with small and large vessels in the area, which has affected it and forced it to deviate from the main retracement route. Because there was a case of a whale being disrupted by the navigation of ships in the sea area, causing it to be blocked, "besieged", and finally suffocated to death because it could not return to the surface to breathe. Therefore, the chaotic route of the spotted seal this time may also be due to human factors, in fact, the human environment and human activities have had a bad impact on it.

She was already writing her closing remarks, and Ming Xue brought her a small glass of kiwi juice as an appetizer before the main course. He happened to see the report she wrote, so he stood beside her, read the whole article, and said, "The analysis is very good." ”

She has always been arrogant and conceited, but she has become modest, "It's just a possibility, guess and analyze." Specifically, you have to go to the field. I'll fly to Dalian tomorrow. If we rule out problems such as water pollution in the sea, the biggest possibility is that I just mentioned the speculation. Scientific and academic matters should be rigorous and prudent. ”

Ming Xue bowed, "I know, you have always been the most measured. ”

In other things, she may be very arrogant, but in terms of studies and work, she has always been known for being rigorous, positive, and seeking truth from facts. This is the year-end summary comment given to her by her mentor when she was an intern at the Institute of Oceanography last year. It has been almost two years since she interned at the Institute of Oceanography, and if there is no accident, she will be able to become a regular at the end of this year. Her graduate school graduation exam is also coming soon, and it will be in October this year.

Ming Xue suddenly asked, "Xia Xia, is there no problem with your graduation exam?" ”

"No problem, don't worry, little uncle." She took a sip of the turquoise kiwi juice, the sweet and sour taste opened up her taste buds in advance, and she had only half a cup before she heard her stomach rumbling again.

She just finished her bread...... Why are you hungry again? She pressed her stomach with one hand, a little embarrassed. Ming Xue smiled: "Our family Xia Xia is still growing her body!" Eat more! ”

He went back to making breakfast.

And she held a video conference with Huang Dong and Fei Hai from the Green Island base, Li Dan and the leaders above from the research institute, and the professor from the Institute of Marine Biology in Dalian.

The professor in Dalian asked her about the situation of rescuing the mother and child of the seals, and the follow-up related, and she answered carefully one by one.

Ming Xue occasionally raised her eyes and saw the bright light in her eyes.

In the middle of summer, it will shine. She's still so young, but she's come so far. It seemed to be getting farther and farther away from his simple circle of life......

But wouldn't that be great? A girl like her deserves the best of everything! In the future, she will meet many very good, very good people, and she will have her world, her life; And he can only stay here......

Ming Xue smiled, he was thinking too much...... In fact, he didn't need to think about her business.

He hung his head and focused on what he was doing.

He was too focused, and he didn't even know when she came to him or how long she stood beside him.

When he turned around, he spotted her. He said, "Is the work business over?" You should also rest more, otherwise Iron Man will not be able to withstand it. ”

She was like a cunning little kitten, with her hands behind her back, the cat on her waist, and said with a smile: "I'll go to sleep when I'm full!" No one wants to wake me up, I'm going to sleep until eight o'clock at night! ”

He smiled and shook his head dotingly, also happy to get used to her, "Okay then. But if you're hungry, don't lie in bed and get up quickly. I'll make you something to eat! ”

She laughed, "Uncle Xiao is so good to me, he only thinks about making food for me all day long." ”

He was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly: "I will only make good food." ”

She was too young to hear the bitterness in his words; However, he has realized that the worlds of each other are so far apart.

She was still so young, the sun had just risen, and she had not yet reached the middle of the heavens, but he was already old.

"Little uncle, what are you doing? Omelette rice? She had seen him make spare eggs and rice.

He smiled and continued to focus on the task at hand.

He stir-fried the rice with corn and shrimp until it was fragrant, and then added the golden crab paste dug out of the crab shell, stir-fried it with beaten eggs, and stir-fried it with the rice.

Then boil another egg. I saw him put the whole egg in 80 degrees of water, and six minutes later he took out the hot egg and put it in the ice water. That skill made her hands itch, and she couldn't wait to go into battle in person and cook the dishes herself. She said, "Let's make a flowing sun egg!" It's a hot spring egg. ”

"Xia Xia is very smart." He smiled softly.

"Is there anything I can do to help? I'm getting a little itchy hands! "She also learned cooking skills with him for a while, and she is definitely not comparable to him, but she has to take care of herself and solve the three meals, not to mention, the things she makes are also very good. Anyway, her classmates in the graduate dormitory are willing to wash her stinky socks every day in exchange for her every dinner! She's also someone who kneels and licks! Anyway, the food in the school cafeteria can't satisfy their dormitory at all!

Mingxue said, "Slice the salmon, I'm going to spread it on the rice noodles, you have to cut it long enough." ”

"Understood!" After she cleaned her hands, she simply tied an apron and began to make salmon slices.

He glanced at her, the knife work was good, and it was somewhat similar to him.

Noticing his gaze, she cheekily praised herself: "Master Yan is a high apprentice, I have a bit of a teacher, right?!" ”

"Well," he said, "yes." ”

Mingxue squeezed the freshly boiled eel juice into the corn paella, and drew a small oblong shape along the round rice, like a piece of petals, "Later, you can put the salmon fillet on one by one according to the oblong shape drawn." ”

When he stopped, she spread twenty-one fillets of salmon with a moderate thickness and wrapped the risotto from every angle.

Then Mingxue picked up the spray gun and grilled the fish fillets until they just changed color. Then, he poured the salad dressing, mayonnaise and eel juice layer by layer, also squeezing the juice in the same way as he painted oval petals. Then take a spray gun to bake the fillet until the surface is slightly charred, at this time, break the hot spring egg that has experienced "ice and fire", pour it into the top position of the rice wrap, and sprinkle a thick layer of golden caviar on the hot spring egg, and a thin layer of seaweed powder and sesame seeds.

He said, "It's done." Xia Xia, let's take it out and eat. ”

She jumped up with joy and rushed out to serve the meal.

The rice was the size of two people, so he took out an extra small bowl.

He also made nori soup, which he served out with two small bowls of soup.

I saw her clasp her hands together and sigh, "Oops! I just ate breakfast so luxuriously! ”

He laughed, her deliberately exaggerated expression.

"Xia Xia, cut the egg." He lifted his chin and ordered the direction of the risotto.

She raised her silver knife and sliced it gracefully, and the golden egg came out with the scent.

"It's beautiful!" She exclaimed, "What a perfect work of art!" ”

Being able to make dishes and rice look like and taste is the easiest thing in the world, but it's actually the most difficult thing to do.

She took a bite of rice, and the egg mixture mixed with the refreshing fish roe exploded in her mouth, and then the sweet salmon was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, followed by the full paella on the tip of her tongue, and just a large golden crab paste burst in her mouth. It was so delicious that she shouted three times in a row, "Little uncle, little uncle, little uncle!" ”

The tips of his ears itched, and they turned red at a rate visible to the naked eye.

She was so happy that she continued to tease: "It's really only the food and the little uncle who can't live up to it!" ”

He blushed, spooned himself a bowl of rice, and did not debunk her act of eating secretly and eating first before he could divide the meal.

He just spooned a bowl, but left a large plate for her, and he said, "You are still young, when you are still growing your body, you should eat more." I eat enough, and I sleep well. ”

She smiled and ate, but as she ate, tears dripped down her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away, and did not let him see them. She said, "Little uncle, you are so good to me. My parents, they never treated me like this. They're just leaving me to fend for myself. ”

Ming Xue sighed silently and comforted softly: "It's okay, Xia Xia." I've always been here. Don't be afraid. ”

She took a breath and mumbled, "I'm not afraid." I grew up. In the future, I will be side by side with my little uncle. I'm not afraid! ”