How to eat pineapple buns on the immigration ship

Chapter 264 Failed Bread

That evening, after returning home, Kagawa mentioned the matter to Lin Minzhi during dinner.

"Is 'A Bite of China' a TV series?"

Lin Minzhi frowned. She had originally planned to ask Xiangchuan to help plan a science popularization program, but Xiangchuan suggested that he wanted to use ancient video footage directly, which would just be a TV series.
Kagawa shook his head, swallowed the noodles in his mouth, and said:

"It's not a TV series, it's a documentary, only seven episodes. It's a documentary that specifically records the food culture and customs of various parts of China in the 21st century. It contains a lot of popular science about the origin and development of staple foods, meat, and fermented foods, and the humanities and folk customs are filmed very well."

Documentary?
At the dining table, Xiang Weiguo and his wife, along with Xiang Xue and Lin Ming, exchanged bewildered glances.

They were quite familiar with this word. Whenever Xiangchuan made a guest appearance in Xiangxue's live stream and answered questions from the viewers about the costumes and culture in the TV series, this word would pop up from time to time.

Everyone originally thought this would be a slideshow of single pictures, but now it sounds like... it's another form of video?
"Won't seven episodes be enough?" Xiangxue asked worriedly. "Our teacher said that the discussion of this draft will probably continue until the ship exchange period at the latest. By then, you'll be graduating from university, right?"

“It’s not like it’s broadcast every day, one episode a week is enough.” Kagawa raised an eyebrow. “Each episode has its own theme, and the content can keep the Agriculture Bureau studying it for a long time. Moreover, this show has stood the test of past audiences and has been synonymous with food documentaries for a long time.”

"Could it be that Kagawa-nee's club name is taken from this documentary?" Lin Ming asked.

Seeing Kagawa nod, Lin Minzhi felt a little more at ease. Although her eldest daughter sometimes acted on a whim, her aesthetic sense was quite reliable. With her daughter so strongly advocating for it, this documentary must have something special about it.

but……

"Is there only seven episodes? Is there no sequel?" Lin Minzhi asked, unwilling to give up. "If the response is good, the Agriculture Bureau might commission you to find new documentaries."

Kagawa frowned and said, "There are a second and third season, but the third season isn't very good... The second season has seven episodes, which should be enough, right? Besides this one, there are other regional food documentaries, but their quality probably can't compare to this one. However, I think they can still satisfy modern audiences."

"but……"

Lin Minzhi wanted to say something more, but at that moment Xiang Weiguo spoke up:

“Oh, Minzhi, there’s no point in talking about what will happen later. Let’s watch the documentary that Kagawa has first. Xiaoxue, please inform your live stream channel in advance to postpone the broadcast by half an hour. Then we can go and see what the quality of the documentary Kagawa has is like, so we can explain it to the Agriculture Bureau.”

After hearing this, Lin Minzhi had nothing to say for the time being.

That's true, we should watch this documentary first.
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An hour later, the room had completely transformed from a game room into a live streaming room.

Xiang Weiguo and his wife, along with Xiang Xue and Lin Ming, stared dumbfounded at the large screen in front of them, which was playing the end credits and the credits, unable to recover for a long time.

Kagawa munched on freshly fried fries, nodding repeatedly.

Although she couldn't remember how many times she had watched "A Bite of China," she found it fascinating and entertaining no matter how many times she watched it.

She turned to look at her mother and asked:
"How is it? Does it meet the requirements and standards of the Agriculture Bureau and the Culture Bureau?"

Lin Minzhi snapped out of her daze, took two deep breaths to regain her composure, and looked at the big screen with a complicated expression, saying:

"It's not just up to standard, it far exceeds what we wanted. Ogawa, if you had released this documentary earlier, I think the draft could have been released a few months earlier." Even the "Draft on Reducing the Production of Escort Ships," which is now stillborn, might not have had the chance to be put on the table.

Xiang Wei also let out a heavy sigh and exclaimed:

"Xiao Chuan, I now understand why you've been so obsessed with messing around with pork that nobody else wants to touch ever since you got involved with the information turbulence. After watching this, I'd be craving it too."

Lotus root sandwiches, ham, fried rice, braised pork and bamboo shoots... any one of these could make Xiang Weiguo, who now thinks he has tasted all kinds of "newest" delicacies, drool. How much more so for Xiangchuan, who can see these dishes anytime?

"I originally planned to wait until beans and castrated pork were officially used in food before releasing this documentary. If it weren't for that uncle from the Agriculture Bureau coming to me personally..." Kagawa muttered.

Seeing her like this, Xiang Weiguo and Lin Minzhi couldn't help but laugh. Lin Minzhi said, "It's good to bring it out sooner rather than later. After the uncles and aunts who are producing the escort ships see this, their work motivation might increase several times over."

That's true. After the documentary "A Bite of China" aired, the staff and cadres of the escort ship production team were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They worked overnight to arrange the planting, breeding, and cloning of extinct poultry, all in order to be able to eat the various delicacies and snacks featured in the documentary as soon as possible.

But these are all things for later.
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Kagawa sent the first season of "A Bite of China" along with several American TV series to the Information Turbulence Processing Office for review, and then continued her high school life.

The results came out the week after the exams, and unsurprisingly, Kagawa failed everything, barely passing only the humanities subjects. Ai-no, who tutored her in math, was so frustrated that his temples were about to explode.

Kagawa: Even if you brought in any top student from the 21st century, they probably wouldn't be much better than me. Give up.

However, as Aino had said before, with his dual identities as an information troll and the president of the Tongue Tip Club, the principal and homeroom teacher Zhu Bingwen did not say much about it. They even often went to the Tongue Tip Club's small restaurant together to eat and drink during club activities.

As the final exams ended, more and more students started going to the small restaurant. Xiangchuan was puzzled by the strange increase in revenue when Ouyang Yating and Aino, practically becoming the hippocampus of his brain, casually answered his question:

The Tongue Tip Club's small restaurant now has some recipes that Yuexiang Restaurant and the school cafeteria don't have. Moreover, it's the only place that can provide access to three ancient novels and food service at the same time. Students who want to relax by reading novels after exams, as well as those who want to eat their fill of fruit milk, cakes, and various experimental works by Tongue Tip Club members before the holidays, naturally gather here.

"Wouldn't it be better if the Cultural Affairs Bureau set up a cafe in the library?" Kagawa couldn't help but complain after hearing this analysis. "If the Cultural Affairs Bureau doesn't have recipe authorization, why not just talk to the Yuexiang Group for cooperation? They could supply some milk and juice, plus steamed buns and cakes, wouldn't that be perfect?"

After saying that, Kagawa continued his battle of wits with the dough in the kitchen, leaving the members of the Tongue Club and Class 8, who were deep in thought after hearing his words.

It wasn't that Kagawa wasn't interested in the book bar, but rather that she had finally escaped her exams and wanted to focus her attention on the grill outside.

What's the purpose of building an oven? Certainly not for grilling meat... Well, at least Kagawa's main purpose isn't grilling meat, but grilling some meat on the side is fine.

The most important purpose is to make bread.

Kagawa looked at the rows of light screens in front of him, carefully put a dough ball that he had painstakingly kneaded into a container, and then ran outside to open the oven and put it in.

Soon, the aroma wafted over, and the familiar scent of bread excited Kagawa. She timed it perfectly, opened the oven, and scooped out the bread container. Immediately, she saw—bread that had been baked to a crisp.

Kagawa:……

A medieval-style oven is still quite a challenge for 21st-century office workers who have never done proper baking.

(End of this chapter)