Children's Day for Superheroes
Manhattan Chinatown, MR-LI restaurant. Although it was already ten o'clock in the evening, the restaurant's dinner reception work had been completed, and the last wave of guests had left ten minutes ago. But the back kitchen of the entire restaurant is still very busy.
Not just to put the finishing touches on the day, but also to prepare for an important holiday. That is the Dragon Boat Festival.
Most Chinese people attach great importance to traditional festivals. Although some people don't really understand the meaning behind each festival, they attach great importance to it at least on the surface. Because various festivals in China are related to many delicious foods. As long as people who like food, most of them will remember it.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival, in fact, many third-generation Chinese immigrants in the United States no longer know what the Dragon Boat Festival means. However, many elders in the family will come to Chinatown to buy zongzi on this day.
The zongzi served at MR-LI restaurant is very famous in Manhattan's Chinatown. Because the chef of the restaurant is from Zhejiang and he himself is from Chaozhou, he has a lot of research on Jiaxing meat dumplings.
At the same time, because Chaozhou is close to Fujian, it belongs to the intersection of Guangdong and Fujian cultures. He has also done research on Cantonese wrapped steamed rice dumplings and Fujian Quanzhou big meat dumplings.
So MR-LI's rice dumplings are very good. Even better than many time-honored zongzi in mainland China. It is not uncommon for many Chinese to travel to New York during the Dragon Boat Festival to eat MR-LI’s zongzi and then buy a few more boxes to bring back to China.
Therefore, when the Dragon Boat Festival comes, it is almost an annual occurrence that the restaurants are out of stock. At this time of year, everyone in the restaurant will come to help make zongzi, even the small workers who play lotus.
This year's task is even more arduous, because in addition to completing the number of zongzi. Li Jie, the small owner of the restaurant, asked to make 700 more rice dumplings on the basis of the original one, and he needed to give it away.
This made the restaurant even busier. However, although Li Jie gave the order, he didn't just wait for everyone to do it, but he also made the bag himself to speed up together. So everyone has no complaints.
Li Jie planned to make 700 more zongzi, of course they couldn't be eaten by himself, but to be given away. The relatives and friends at home don't need him to take care of them, Grandpa Li Rong will take care of them.
But Li Jie himself still has friends. Especially as a night walker, I have made friends all over the world, these are all favors! Human affection is the most important thing to pay attention to reciprocity. In order to maintain the relationship between everyone, some necessary things need to be done. He didn't know if seven hundred zongzi were enough for human kindness.
He prepared many kinds of rice dumplings. Including candied dates, red beans, red bean paste, fresh meat with salted egg yolk, pork belly with dried plums and vegetables, stewed pork with mushrooms, eggs, shrimps, scallops, abalone and sea cucumber, etc. Different flavors of rice dumplings.
It took a night of working overtime to cook it in the restaurant's professional-grade pressure cooker. Fortunately, it was sent out during the Dragon Boat Festival the next day.
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On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Jie, in his capacity as the owner of Marvel Comics, drove his broken Ford all over New York to deliver zongzi.
Stark Industries Building.
"What's this thing called?" Tony looked at the zongzi wrapped in green zongzi leaves with some disgust.
"Zongzi, a traditional Chinese delicacy. I think you and Peibo can try it." Li Jie gave about five rice dumplings to Tony and Peibo. Considering that they might not be used to it, he didn't give more.
The zongzi steamed with good zongzi exudes a fragrance, and Pei Bo likes this taste. She said, "Can you taste it now?"
Li Jie helped Tony and Pepper peel two rice dumplings and said, "Of course!"
He chose a candied date dumpling for Peibo, which was more fragrant and lighter in taste, because Peibo always prefers to eat lightly. Zongzi that is too greasy is not her style.
The one for Tony was a heavy-tasting rice dumpling with mushrooms, shrimps, scallops, and stewed pork. Well, Tony, who has recently been banned by Pepper, expressed his satisfaction. He hasn't eaten such a strong and meaty food for a long time. Recently, he eats salad with vinaigrette every day and feels that he is about to become a chicken. Rabbit gone.
While the two were eating rice dumplings, Li Jie greeted Tony: "Today, May 30th and June 1st are International Children's Day, I want to hold an event. I hope you can participate as Iron Man. "
Now that Tony has authorized the copyright of Iron Man to Marvel, there is nothing wrong with asking him to attend an event arranged by the company.
"What activity?" Tony asked while gnawing on the rice dumpling, the appearance of glutinous rice with gravy on his beard was a bit indecent.
"Of course it's about children. I'll send you a PPT later. Let's go!" Li Jie left the Stark Group after speaking. He still has a lot of zongzi to deliver.
The Osborne Group is three blocks away from the Stark Group.
Harry and Peter also received the zongzi sent by Li Jie, and they got more. Because in the past few years, they have become more fond of eating zongzi made by Li Jie's family.
Without Li Jie's guidance, the little green goblin and little spider skillfully found their favorite flavors and started eating. The little spider likes the flavor of abalone and sea cucumber, and the little green goblin likes the flavor of red bean paste.
While eating zongzi, Li Jie also mentioned to Peter that there will be activities on June 1st, and he said that he will definitely participate if there is no problem.
Inside the night watchman base.
Li Jie brought more than fifty zongzi here, except for Zeng Chu, other people in the base couldn't understand what these things were at all.
"Is this food?" Mike asked suspiciously, stroking his beard.
"It should be food." Big Daddy also stroked his beard and said.
"It must be food." Frank the Punisher said firmly, stroking his beard.
"Aren't you annoying? Eat as much as you want!" Mingdy was very annoyed by the moaning of the old men. She'd already picked up a dumpling and handed it to Barbara (a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who came in through a deal with Frank, secretly assigned by Nick Fury), and she'd also taken one for herself. She didn't pick any flavors.
Because Children's Day is approaching, and Mindy can still celebrate this festival at his age, so Li Jie asked, "What gift do you want Mindy the day after tomorrow?"
"Well, a butterfly knife made of Adamantium alloy, preferably seven inches long, can be double-sided or single-sided. Then it will be fine to decorate the handle with crocodile leather." Ming Dee said directly what she wanted.
Well, this is not at all a gift that a girl of this grade should appreciate. Li Jie was a little confused about whether to give it to Mindy.
in Canada.
Li Jie contacted the professor as the editor-in-chief of Marvel, and asked Blink to come to New York and bring the zongzi back.
Wolverine Logan was a little curious about these things, and Li Jie asked Blink to send a word that this is food, and he also demonstrated how to eat it. But before Logan waited for Blink to explain how these things should be eaten, he took a bite.
The zongzi and the zongzi were swallowed in one gulp. He chewed and said, "Why is the skin of this kind of thing so hard? Is it because he failed to make it?"
Uh..., Blink was a little bit hesitant to tell Logan, but no one actually eats zongzi leaves. But looking at Logan's indifference, Blink decided that she didn't need to worry about Logan's stomach, after all, Wolverine shouldn't be a problem, as long as he is happy.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Li Jie was not qualified to enter here, but he entrusted Captain Rogers to bring the zongzi in. After all, the copyright of Captain Rogers is also in his hands now, and he can be regarded as his client.
Captain Rogers was a little surprised that Li Jie gave the zongzi to the Avengers on the Dragon Boat Festival, but he happily accepted it.
When Captain Rogers came in with a lot of zongzi in the lounge of the Avengers, Iron Fist was the first to smell it. Iron Fist, who has practiced in Kunlun, China for 20 years, is very familiar with this taste.
"Zongzi? Captain, do you also celebrate the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival?" Iron Fist Daniel was a little surprised.
"No, it's from Jason. It's the editor-in-chief of Marvel. It's a holiday gift for the Avengers." Captain Rogers put fifty zongzi on the long table for the team members to take by themselves.
After Iron Fist pushed aside a dumpling, Superman Luke Cage came over and said, "It smells good."
"It's really good." Iron Fist is very familiar with the taste of zongzi. In fact, because he grew up in Kunlun, he is more used to eating Chinese food than American food.
"It's much more delicious than the zongzi made by Xiao Liu in Kunlun."
Vampire Hunter Blade also took a rice dumpling and asked, "Who is Xiao Liu?"
"Chef, graduated from New Oriental, the highest school of Chinese chefs. He is the youngest super chef in Chinese history. He once studied cooking in a hotel in Guangdong and made his mark in a dim sum competition in Guangzhou. He is best at cooking Sichuan cuisine. It is said that his mother He runs a state-run restaurant in Sichuan, called Ju Lou, I forgot. The mapo tofu he makes is delicious! But he is not good at making zongzi.” Tie Quan briefly talked about Xiao Liu’s legendary experience.
Captain Rogers clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, the day after tomorrow is Children's Day. Jason hopes that we can participate in some activities organized by Marvel, mainly for children."
There is no objection to this proposal.
Kamateki.
Through the New York Temple, Li Jie teleported here directly, and at the same time brought the most zongzi here. Because considering the number of Kamateki practicing mages, there would be hundreds of rice dumplings for each person.
Li Jie directly found a large cardboard box from the back kitchen, put a large snakeskin bag on it, and brought hundreds of zongzi to Kamateki.
Under Gu Yi's surprised eyes, he took out the zongzi and said to Gu Yi, "Dragon Boat Festival zongzi!"
"Hahaha!" Gu Yi hadn't smiled so happily for a long time, even though it was just a zongzi. He asked Wang to move these zongzi to the back kitchen, and Kamateki ate zongzi at noon today.
"Oh, by the way, there is a small box inside which is sent to Loki in Asgard. Maybe I need to trouble Mage Gu Yi for a trip." Li Jie said when Gu Yi was in a good mood .
"Oh? Why did you think of sending zongzi to Asgard?" Gu Yi looked at Li Jie with a smile.
"It's not surprising that there are so many people! Loki gave me a thunder knife!" Li Jie said that he is a simple child, and his thoughts are also very simple.
Gu Yi smiled and said nothing, but then he did communicate with Odin to open the Rainbow Bridge, and he went to Asgard to deliver zongzi.
"Zongzi? What is this?" Odin and Gu Yi have known each other for many years. They have a very good friendship and have given each other many gifts, but this is the first time for something like food.
"This is a gift from Li Jie, who helped discipline Thor. They made zongzi. I tasted it and it tasted good." Gu Yi said to Odin.
"This pile is for Rocky."
Odin blinked at his old friend, but Ancient One pretended not to see it. After saying these words, he turned and left. Odin summoned the Valkyrie to bring these dumplings to the front line to give to Luo Ji.
The front line of the elf kingdom.
"Can such an ugly thing be a gift?" Luo Ji despises plain rice dumplings very much. Think about it, she is the most favored second princess of Asgard who even uses the golden wool as a carpet and wears artifacts as ordinary clothes. She really doesn't like zongzi.
But Valkyrie still said: "This is sent by the night walker of the mortal world. It is a special food for some festival. After all, I have troubled Master Gu Yi to send it across the Rainbow Bridge. And I ate one before. The taste is not bad."
Luo Ji shook her head helplessly and said: "Then let's keep one. The rest will be shared with the other Valkyrie. Presumably they haven't eaten it yet."
Valkyrie leads the way. Luo Ji looked at a lonely rice dumpling left on the table, and smiled silently. Then she walked to the map, she still has a lot of things to do!
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June 1st, International Children's Day. This day is a holiday for children all over the world. No matter where they are, children should live happily on this day.
The same goes for the children at St. Mary's Hospital. This is a professional children's leukemia hospital. Leukemia is not a terminal disease, as long as you find a suitable bone marrow, you can be cured. But some people have bad luck and can't find the right one.
Most children with leukemia lose their vitality because the disease prevents them from running, jumping and playing.
Most of the time, they are not as lively and playful as ordinary children. But today, all the children are looking out the window eagerly, and some children keep asking the nurses or parents around them, "Is Iron Man coming?"
Yes, this is one of the activities Li Jie arranged today.
When all the children were looking forward to it, Tony Stark pushed the people in the ward in a suit and walked in. He smiled and said, "Happy Children's Day!"
He provided sweets and pastries and various toys and comic books for all the children, but the children were still disappointed. People want to see Iron Man, not Tony Stark.
Children don't hide their feelings, they write their disappointment directly on their faces.
The adults are not the same. After all, as a top rich man in the world, it is very good to be able to take time out of his busy schedule to participate in this kind of activities, and he can't ask for more.
Tony saw the disappointment on the children's faces and knew exactly what they were for. After receiving Li Jie's PPT, he didn't sleep for two nights and worked overtime to get some special {toys} out.
He whispered softly: "Jarvis."
As soon as the words fell, a team of special Iron Man armors flew into the room from the balcony outside the window. They are small in size and completely different from the armor of adults, this is a team of children's version [Steel Armor].
"I know what you are expecting! Children!" Although Tony was tired, he had a smile on his face: "You want to watch Iron Man, but instead of watching Iron Man, why not become Iron Man yourself!"
While Tony was speaking, those children's steel suits had already opened the hatch, showing a state of waiting to be driven. The children who were already excited broke out into a burst of cheers.
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At the Southern Cross Welfare Home.
Iron Fist and Luke Cage are performing on stage. Well, after only two days of practice, their acting is still very rusty. But the superhero performance still attracted many children.
This is a story in a comic. The general content is the story of various difficulties that Tekken encountered in his practice and then overcome. Luke Cage painted an ugly makeup to pretend to be the big villain BOSS.
Iron Fist Daniel and Wonder Man Luke Cage are both people with real kung fu. Although the lines are not strong enough, the fighting scenes are particularly beautiful. It caused a group of small audience to exclaim again and again.
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At No. 4 Elementary School in Queens, Spider-Man Peter Parker is telling his own story to his little fans.
As Marvel's top card, Spider-Man's comics have won the most audiences with their ease and humor. At the same time, illustrators use the main body of Spider-Man as a variant to create children's Spider-Man comics.
It also attracted many children to become spectators. Spider-Man has truly become a super idol of all ages who kills all ages.
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In Erranta Girls' School, White Tiger, a member of the Avengers, not only brought festive candies to the girls, but also taught the children some simple self-defense techniques and self-protection awareness.
The United States is the hardest hit area for minor sexual abuse, especially for minor sexual abuse cases. Baihu takes advantage of his femininity to give girls various explanations and self-protection.
And then there's a little Avengers tidbit thrown in, which makes the girls feel really good.
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Daofeng went to another school, and he participated in a school's June 1st activity. Although he is super cool and doesn't want to talk, the children are still very happy.
Because sometimes this super cool image can also be very attractive.
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Captain Rogers was the busiest, and Li Jie arranged a lot of activities for him. Whether it's speeches, performances, or whatever. He needs to go to various schools and children's organizations to do publicity.
There was also a lecture at a special school for troubled teenagers.
Even with Captain Rogers' super physical strength, he felt a little tired after running all day today.
As the organizer of the event, Marvel editor Jason Lee had to be on the scene all the time. He handed a bottle of Gatorade to Captain Rogers who looked a little tired and said, "Is it okay?"
"Actually, I feel pretty good." Captain Rogers took a sip of his sports drink. "You have a good idea. This actually brings us closer to the children and the people."
Li Jie smiled: "I don't want this to be just an image engineering captain. This may be a long-term job in the future. This world is indifferent but lacks role models. We need to set an example for this world. Because this is what a hero really is." Meaning!"
"It's not how many villains have been defeated, it's not how many times the earth has been saved. It's about acting as a lighthouse when everyone loses their way, pointing everyone in the dark." Li Jie's words made Captain Rogers listen.
"No matter how rough the road ahead is, we must continue with firm belief and unrepentant persistence. Become a sharp sword that breaks through the darkness, and become a bright light in the fog. This is much more difficult than defeating a few villains."
Rogers echoed: "Yeah, it's much harder."
"But after all, there are people who have to do these things, otherwise why does the world need heroes?" Li Jie looked at Captain Rogers with a smile on his lips.
This sentence made Captain Rogers full of energy again, yes, this world needs such a hero!
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