I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

"Fruit mooncakes are out of the question, but tree fruit mooncakes are a good alternative, and they taste great. I'll also make a few batches of traditional mooncakes and a few batches of snow skin mooncakes." Teng Shu had decided on the types of mooncakes he wanted to make.

As for not having done this before, Teng Shu had indeed never done it before, but he had watched some tutorial videos.

These days, if you want to cook something, as long as it's not too unusual or too retro, you can basically find it online.

The so-called snow skin mooncake does not mean that the outer skin is made of ice. In fact, part of the raw material for snow skin mooncakes is glutinous rice, which makes the mooncakes whiter and different from traditional mooncakes.

Traditional mooncakes are relatively high in calories and sugar, and in an era that emphasizes healthy eating, they have naturally been criticized by some people.

Moreover, snow skin mooncakes are more suitable for fruit fillings, which is why Tengshu decided to use snow skin mooncakes to make tree fruit mooncakes.

As for traditional mooncakes, Teng Shu thought about it and decided to make a red bean paste filling. Other fillings, such as meat or flower fillings, require too much preparation and ingredients and are not easy to handle. Red bean paste filling mooncakes are simpler to prepare.

Then Teng Shu busied himself making mooncakes. When he finished, he looked up and realized it was almost dinnertime.

"It won't bake properly in a short time, but we can use this time to prepare other things." Teng Shu rubbed his hands together, looking somewhat expectant.

Come to think of it, Tengshu hasn't really looked closely at the moonlight in the Pokémon world during all this time.

"Wouldn't it be a bit boring to just eat mooncakes?" Teng Shu looked at the mooncakes that were still baking, lost in thought.

Mooncakes can be a bit dry, so water would be ideal. However, since so many mooncakes have already been made, Tengshu felt that ordinary water wasn't quite right. After thinking about it, Tengshu decided to make some tree fruit milk tea.

Fruit juice and fruit tea have already appeared in the Pokémon world. After all, the people in the Pokémon world aren't stupid; they have so many fruits and don't know how to use them.

However, this time Teng Shu planned to make tree fruit tea in the same way as the milk tea in her previous life. Although there was no time to make pearls, drinking some milk tea, eating some mooncakes, and enjoying the moon together would be a wonderful thing.

Thinking of this, Teng Shu took out a large milk jug and then mixed in some sweetened tree fruit to make this tree fruit milk tea.

"Dean, today... huh?" Just as lunchtime arrived, Locke was the first to rush into the cafeteria, but he was immediately surprised to find that Teng Shu hadn't prepared any food, and the tables were empty.

But soon Locke smelled a peculiar fragrance, and Locke's nose twitched.

"It tastes like some kind of pastry?" Locke wondered. What was the Dean up to? Was he planning to make pastries for dinner?

"Locke, could you please tell the kids that dinner time will be delayed a bit tonight?" Teng Shu said, poking his head out from the kitchen.

Locke gave an OK sign after hearing this, and then walked out.

Although he didn't know why the dean, who always cooked without fail, had postponed the meal this time, Locke wasn't in a particular hurry.

Locke understood that good food requires patience.

“But with Locke, that glutton, around…” Teng Shu looked at the fruit milk tea he had just made and fell into deep thought.

I always felt that the mooncakes weren't enough for Locke; Locke's appetite was just as big as Snorlax's that day.

"How about making some donkey rolls?" Teng Shu thought of a very easy-to-fill food.

Despite its name, "Donkey Rolling" is actually a unique dessert. The main ingredient is millet flour, which Tengshu has in his kitchen, but he used it for other things before. It's suitable for making Donkey Rolling now, and this snack is quite filling, making it perfect for a big eater like Locke.

"Huh?" Little Black tilted its head and looked at Locke in front of it. It remembered this person; he was a new employee who had recently joined the orphanage.

The kind that can eat a lot.

"The dean is still cooking, you'll have to wait a while," Locke explained with a smile.

Chapter 46 Homesickness and Soy Sauce Rice

"Director, what kind of pastry is this?" Under the moonlight, Teng Shu had specially brought out all the tables and chairs at the orphanage, and Locke was curiously looking at the mooncakes that Teng Shu had placed on the plate.

Teng Shu glanced at the sky. It was already dark, and the moon had risen, its full shape a sight to behold.

"Mooncakes," Teng Shu said with a smile. Although there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in the Pokémon world, the moon here is just as round as ever.

Teng Shu looked at the mooncakes, hesitated for a moment, but still picked one up.

Holding it in his hand, Teng Shu felt a little dazed, wondering if his parents had been able to properly enjoy mooncakes since he transmigrated.

"Mooncake?" Locke muttered to himself, then picked up a snow skin mooncake, popped it into his mouth and took a bite. Immediately, a sweet, juicy taste of tree fruit filled his mouth, which made Locke eat the mooncake much faster.

After finishing a mooncake, Locke felt a little choked. He quickly picked up the pot next to him, poured himself a cup of milky white milk tea, and took a sip.

"What is this?!" Locke looked at Tengshu in surprise. Tengshu glanced at it and then told Locke the name of the milk tea. Locke nodded thoughtfully.

This milk tea tastes great, even better than some of the fruit teas Locke had tried before, and the sweetness is very mild, not cloyingly sweet.

It seems to taste even better when paired with mooncakes.

"Sweet milk tea, it really lifts my spirits. Sweetness really is the simplest way for humans to find happiness," Locke sighed. Teng Shu's lips twitched.

This guy is making sentimental remarks while drinking milk tea.

Teng Shu looked at Locke and thought Locke's thought process was a bit strange. He seemed to really enjoy researching all sorts of weird and wonderful things and then writing papers about them.

Teng Shu sat down in the chair, picked up a mooncake, looked at the moon overhead, and took a bite.

Familiar taste.

The little ones nearby also came over to get mooncakes, but since it was the first time most of them had ever seen mooncakes, they were all quite curious.

But after seeing how Tengshu ate mooncakes, the little ones started to imitate him.

Teng Shu squinted as he looked at the moon in the sky.

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival..." Teng Shu murmured softly.

"What are you saying, Dean?" Locke's words instantly dispelled the slight homesickness that had just arisen in Teng Shu. He then followed Teng Shu's example, moved a chair and sat down next to Teng Shu, eating mooncakes in a similar manner.

"...The moonlight is so beautiful." Teng Shu looked at the moonlit sky above and made up a story.

Locke's expression froze, then he looked at Tengshu strangely. Tengshu saw Locke's gaze and realized that his words seemed to have some other meaning.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to admire the moon today." Teng Shu stretched. The Mid-Autumn Festival isn't a day for confessions of love; it's a day for family reunions. But obviously, for Teng Shu, reunion was unlikely.

Teng Shu gazed quietly at the full moon in the sky, and in that moment he suddenly understood the profound meaning of the saying, "May we all live long and share the beauty of the moon, though separated by a thousand miles."

"Gah!" Little Black landed on Tengshu's arm and nuzzled his cheek.

Xiao Bao also came over and leaned against Teng Shu.

Xiao Dong lay down at the foot of the vine tree, its tail gently curling around the vine tree's trouser leg.

Mingyue came over and handed Tengshu a mooncake.

Big Black brought over a cup of milk tea, smiling憨厚ly.

A scarf suddenly appeared and landed in Tengshu's hand.

Locke sat to the side watching, somewhat envious.

He had just noticed that the dean's mood was a bit off and was thinking about how to comfort him, but he didn't expect that these little guys would also sense it, so he didn't need to do anything.

Teng Shu's mood improved instantly. He rubbed Xiao Hei's head and then patted the heads of the other little guys.

It's nice to have these little guys around.

After finishing the mooncakes and admiring the moon, Teng Shu lay down on his bed. He touched the scarf that Akai had given him, and felt a warmth in his heart.

“No…” Teng Shu remembered something.

Yesterday, while lying in bed, he turned his head and saw another version of himself. Then today, someone else took and used some of the ingredients in the kitchen.

Tengshu felt that a strange intruder had come to his orphanage. It was almost certainly a Pokémon, but Tengshu didn't know what kind of Pokémon it was.

"You're not here today, are you?" Teng Shu turned his head, and there was nothing behind him but the wall, which made Teng Shu breathe a sigh of relief.

But when he turned his head, Teng Shu saw himself standing in a small corner of the room after the lights were turned off, illuminated by the moonlight, looking at him curiously.

Teng Shu's lips twitched.

"Who are you?" Teng Shu asked with some confusion.

Without saying a word, the other person performed a miraculous disappearance right in front of Teng Shu, vanishing instantly.

"Ghost type? Psychic type?" Two possible suspect types flashed through Teng Shu's mind.

Both types of Pokémon could do this, but Ghost-type is more likely, since Ghost-type Pokémon are known for their pranks. However, it's hard to say whether it's Psychic-type.

Thinking about this, Teng Shu couldn't sleep either.

To be honest, when Teng Shu saw himself standing in the dark corner, his drowsiness vanished instantly, and he became much more awake.

Scared.

Teng Shu decided to get up and see if he could find the troublemaker in the kitchen.

After putting on his clothes, Teng Shu went to the kitchen wearing slippers.

In the darkness, Teng Shu saw a figure flash by and hide...

Teng Shu turned on the light.

Oh, behind the refrigerator.

The other party didn't come out, but Teng Shu saw that his pots and pans had all been moved.

"Hmm... rice cooker... ingredient storage..." Teng Shu looked at the passive items and then realized that this little guy seemed to be very interested in the kitchen, especially rice.

"Are you hungry?" Teng Shu didn't turn around, but he opened his rice cooker, which contained some cold rice.

There was no reply from behind.

Teng Shu wasn't surprised; he looked at the ingredients here.

Because the mooncakes were made in the afternoon, there wasn't any food readily available at Tengshu's place.

"Let's make something simple... bibimbap." Teng Shu yawned.

He scooped out the cooled rice, poured some soy sauce on it, added a small spoonful of chili oil, and then mixed it well.

Then heat a pan, melt a little bit of lard, pour it into the rice, and mix it again.

Then Teng Shu left behind a pair of chopsticks.

Teng Shu turned his head and looked around, but there was nothing behind him.

"Remember to wash the dishes after you finish eating." Teng Shu yawned, turned off the light, and left the kitchen.

Chapter 47 Sticky Rice Chicken and Dreams?

Rice mixed with soy sauce, chili oil, and lard is a simple late-night snack that Teng Shu himself came up with.

The method of making it is extremely simple.

All you need are leftover rice, soy sauce, chili oil, and lard.

Normally, lard rice is made with hot rice. When the lard cools down, it congeals. You can use clean chopsticks to put a little bit into the hot rice.

The heat from the rice melts the lard, which also tastes quite good.

However, since it's a variation of soy sauce rice, the lard naturally needs to be modified as well.

Pour hot lard over cold rice and it instantly releases a rich aroma. The addition of lard also makes the rice more refreshing to eat.

The only problem is that it's not a good food for people who don't really like oily food.

But that's okay. As long as you remove the lard, you can add soy sauce and chili for seasoning.

If you eat it with some pickled vegetables, you can finish it in no time.

In reality, after Teng Shu left, a little guy popped out of the dark kitchen, and soon the sound of him shoveling rice could be heard.

When Tengshu arrived in the kitchen the next day, he saw clean dishes and chopsticks, but more than half of the rice was missing, as well as some soy sauce and chili oil.

"It seems this little guy really enjoys eating." Teng Shu could tell what the little guy had been doing after he left with just one glance.

To cook food.

However, seeing the amount, Teng Shu's eyelids twitched. It was a bit outrageous that someone could eat so much of such simple food.

It's probably not a gluttonous cat that wandered into his orphanage.

Teng Shu didn't say anything. This wasn't the first or second time that Pokémon had broken into the orphanage, and Teng Shu was already used to it.

"So what should I make this morning?" Teng Shu pondered as he looked at the ingredients in front of him. Deciding what to make for breakfast every day was always a perplexing question.

Just as Teng Shu was pondering, he saw water fly up and form a line of words in front of him.

[Dean, may I have sticky rice chicken?]

Teng Shu paused for a moment.

Ah Kai.