Chapter 3 Pancakes, please advise raspberry raspberry milk and sandwiches...

Honey Lane is a place that lives up to its name. When the morning sunlight sticks to the brick walls of the lane, it looks like melted amber honey flowing slowly. The cobblestone road is clean and tidy, and many flower boxes are dotted with small flowers.

The bakery's chimney was the first to start smoking, and the sweet aroma of buttered bread drifted far away. More and more people began to fill the streets. Ye Wan boiled the milk in the kitchen and added raspberry puree that he had made himself. The red puree sank to the bottom of the milk, like a large piece of beautiful ruby. Ye Wan specially added a spoonful of cream to the milk to make the taste more rich and smooth.

She put a few bottles of raspberry milk in the basket and went out.

Dorothy, the owner of the candy store next door, was watering the flowers at the door. She was an elderly but energetic woman, thin, with her gray hair combed meticulously, looking like a retired teacher.

"Good day, Dorothy." Ye Wan handed over a bottle of milk: "I haven't had a chance to greet my neighbors properly since I came here."

Dorothy's stern brow softened a little: "Good day, little girl." She took the milk and gave Ye Wan a bag of orange candies in return.

"Maybe you should visit all the neighbors around the honey shop. Ye Yu came back a few years ago and said that his daughter would come here in the future, so everyone knows you."

Dorothy took Ye Wan for a walk around Honey Alley as she spoke.

Ye Wan met Penny from the tailor shop, Ryan from the bakery, and Granny Katya from the jam shop. Among them, her favorite was Granny Katya. Unlike Dorothy, Granny Katya was tall and soft, with a smile as warm as the sun, and she stuffed Ye Wan with a lot of jam.

"I love children the most. When I was young, I wanted to have a bunch of children. Unfortunately, God only gave me one and took it back." Her soft purple eyes looked at Ye Wan in a friendly manner. Although there were some scary acne marks on her face, Ye Wan did not think she was ugly, but only felt kind and warm.

After visiting the neighbors, Ye Wan went to Cinderella Square again with milk and sandwiches. The market was still there.

To her disappointment, the fortune-telling witch that the pet vendor mentioned did not come.

Ye Wan ran to rent a small wooden cart, and various sandwiches were neatly arranged in the glass cover. In addition to the bacon, shiitake mushroom and bell pepper sandwich she tried yesterday, she also made others. Whole wheat bread was sandwiched with tender fried pork chops and pickled cucumbers to relieve greasiness, and white toast was filled with raspberry puree... which was left over from boiling milk.

She hung her handwritten menu in front of the car. Regardless of how it tasted, the sandwiches on the car looked like colorful building blocks, shining in the sun and looking delicious.

The first customer to arrive was the blonde girl who sold brooms yesterday. When she finally learned that Ye Wan bought the broom just to use as a cleaning tool, she felt very embarrassed.

I came here today just to apologize for bumping into Ye Wan yesterday, but I didn't expect that the moment I walked over, I was tripped by a small stone on the road and all the milk on Ye Wan's stall fell to the ground.

She quickly stood up to help Ye Wan pick up the bottle, and then stammered an apology.

Fortunately, the sandwiches were fine. Ye Wan rearranged the bottles and asked, "Have you had lunch? Would you like a sandwich?"

The blonde looked at the sandwich, blushed, and whispered while clutching her growling stomach, "Then have one."

Ye Wan picked out a fried pork chop on whole wheat bread for her: "Here you go, ma'am."

"Don't be so polite, just call me Emma." Emma took the sandwich, unwrapped the tin foil, and stuffed it into her mouth without hesitation.

The whole wheat bread slices are soft and crispy, and the fried pork chops inside are tender, juicy and firm, seasoned with plenty of black pepper, and the yellow mustard sauce is rich and mellow, while the crispy pickles mixed in just cut through the greasiness of the fried food.

"It's delicious." Emma gave her a thumbs-up: "You can open a shop with your cooking skills!"

"Actually, I have a small restaurant in Honey Lane, but I just haven't had time to open it yet." Ye Wan hurriedly promoted his restaurant.

Emma was very happy: "Can you tell me the detailed address? This sandwich is the most delicious I have ever eaten. I will patronize it again when I have time."

Emma happily held her hand, and her smile made the freckles on her face more noticeable. Ye Wan was very moved.

At lunchtime, these beautiful sandwiches quickly attracted many female stall owners, but Ye Wan noticed that there were not many male customers buying sandwiches.

She soon found out why.

Because Emma called out to a large middle-aged man: "Hey, Billy, the sandwiches on this stall are delicious, do you want to try them?"

No need, the man waved his hand: "I still want to go to the shopping street to eat a big bowl of fried pork cutlet rice."

Ye Wan suddenly realized that sandwiches, such delicate little things, are not suitable for busy manual laborers, as they are prone to not being full.

Fortunately, all the sandwiches she prepared were sold.

Emma only had half a day off work this morning, so she asked, "I'm leaving, what about you?"

Ye Wan had been thinking about the guinea pig all morning, so he quickly asked her if she knew the witch who often squatted in the corner of the square to tell people's fortunes.

Emma's face suddenly showed some anger: "Of course I know her, that liar."

Emma spent 10 silver coins to ask a witch for divination, wanting to ask about her love life. She had been secretly in love with a boy in the church school for a long time.

The witch asked Emma to pick a glass bottle filled with black liquid. Emma took it and shook it for a while, and the black liquid turned into shiny pink.

The witch said, "Your luck is good. You can confess your love today."

Emma was very happy and ran to the boy's house humming a song, and found him kissing another girl.

"She's an inaccurate liar. I doubt she's even a witch." Emma was furious.

"Are there really witches in this world?" Ye Wan was very curious.

There are many species in this world, including mermaids, elves, monsters, and dwarves. Witches and wizards are a small part of the people in this kingdom. They are born with some kind of magical power, such as predicting the future and controlling the weather.

Emma pointed to her own broom shop and said, "But there are so few people with magical powers. For example, those brooms are equipped with flying devices. Ordinary people can ride them to fly, but if they are witches, they can even ride ordinary brooms to fly!"

The two of them walked around the market for a few more rounds. They heard that there was a small city in the north of the kingdom that specialized in growing coffee beans, which made coffee beans very cheap. Ye Wan bought some beans with a strong cocoa aroma.

When I came back, the fortune-telling witch's tent was finally set up. The tent was cone-shaped and mysterious purple in color, with some purple smoke floating on the top of the tent.

"Here it is," said Emma.

Ye Wan stared at the tent for a while, prepared himself mentally, and followed Emma into the tent.

There were already several people gathered in the tent. The witch was wearing a shiny purple wizard robe and there was a crystal ball on the table in front of her.

The first person in line was a blond man who looked like a businessman. "Tomorrow our caravan will depart for the Spider Monkey Peninsula to do business. I heard there are a lot of spider monkeys there, volcanoes erupt frequently, and there are many tribal conflicts. Could you please help us check and see if this trip will go smoothly?"

The witch pulled out a cage from under her feet, and inside it was the guinea pig.

Ye Wan exclaimed.

The guinea pig's fur had changed from its original orange and white color to gold, and there were many sparkling stars on its forehead. However, its two big ears remained, but one of them was missing a small piece.

The guinea pig folded its short arms and sat in the cage angrily, refusing to cooperate. The witch coaxed it for a long time but became impatient, so she stretched out her wand and poked its fat butt.

The guinea pig had no choice but to stand up. The witch said, "Perhaps this guinea pig with the power of prophecy can help you. I went to great lengths to catch it from the Stardust Forest."

Ye Wan could swear that this guinea pig with a missing piece of its left ear was still in a cage at the pet stall yesterday. And because it was no longer popular, it could be bought for just a few dozen copper coins, and a bag of alfalfa was also given.

The guinea pig walked up to the crystal ball and waved its paw at it in a mock manner.

Soon a few wisps of smoke floated out of the crystal ball, and then a piece of paper popped out from a crack in the ball.

The witch opened it and saw the note saying "Good luck in business".

The merchant was very happy, paid a full 10 silver coins, and then left happily.

Ye Wan noticed that the witch seemed to have stepped on something before the note popped out.

She whispered in Emma's ear, "I suspect it's not magic, but there's a mechanism in the crystal ball."

Ye Wan was ready to pay for a closer look, and Emma said happily, "Dear Witch, your guinea pig is chewing on the tarot cards."

The witch was caught off guard by her reminder and angrily raised the guinea pig: "You bastard."

Ye Wan took the opportunity to lift the tablecloth dragging on the ground and crawled underneath. There was a footrest underneath, which led all the way to the gap in the base of the crystal ball.

Emma picked up the crystal ball and shook it, and a long string of notes saying "Get rich overnight" and "Love is coming" emerged from the crack.

"So this is the source of your prophecy." Ye Wan said.

The witch's face turned purple and she raised her wand angrily: "You damned little bastards!"

The guinea pig bit the witch's wrist and was thrown off by the furious witch. It drew a parabola in the air, rolled several times on the ground, and rolled into the table.

She seemed to have some real talent. A puff of black smoke came out of her wand, and the guests in the tent fled in panic. Ye Wan covered her mouth and nose and followed her into the table.

The guinea pig was lying on its back in the corner, and it was already seeing stars. Ye Wan hurriedly and carefully lifted it into her hand. The guinea pig was trembling and breathing in her palm. The breath was warm and made her palm a little itchy.

Just as Ye Wan was about to escape, a pair of high heels stomped in front of the table with anger. Ye Wan pulled aside the curtain and met the witch's furious face. He hurriedly said, "Wait, wait, I can buy the guinea pig."

The witch raised her wand high, and Ye Wan and the guinea pig hugged each other, trembling with fear.

The moment the magic wand was swung down, Ye Wan thought that flames or venom would emerge from the tip of the wand, so he quickly closed his eyes.

As a result, a bunch of bright roses sprayed out from the wand, and the red petals fluttered down, which was quite romantic.

Ye Wan: “?”

guinea pig:"?"

Witch: “?”

The witch was embarrassed holding the flowers. Ye Wan asked, "Did you buy a counterfeit or inferior product?"

The witch hurriedly turned the wand over and began to carefully examine the tip of the wand. As a result, a bunch of yellow stinking gas suddenly burst out from the tip, making her dizzy.

The smell was very much like a weasel's fart. Ye Wan quickly stood up, vomited while running, and escaped with the guinea pig in his arms.

Unexpectedly, I almost bumped into Emma at the door of the tent. She came in with two patrolling guards. Seeing the witch vomiting on the ground due to the stench, she said in surprise, "You are so amazing, Ye Wan. You subdued the bad guy just like that."

Ye Wan scratched her head awkwardly, then turned to look at the guinea pig. The guinea pig also looked up at her, and their bright eyes met. Both the man and the mouse were stunned for a moment, and soon the guinea pig's whiskers also curved into an arc, and its laughter melted into the sunset.

Ye Wan lifted up the guinea pig and said, "Would you like to come back to the restaurant with me? I'll take care of you."

She thought for a moment and then said, "You're so fluffy, can I call you a pancake?"

"Squeak!" Pancake nodded happily in her hand, then jumped onto Ye Wan's shoulder, rubbed her cheek, and gave her a kiss.

The witch was taken away by the guards. Ye Wan took Pancake home and invited Emma back to the restaurant: "Thank you, Emma. I'll treat you and Pancake to raspberry cake."

It was dusk again, and the warm wind blew across the entire market. Today, Ye Wan no longer felt lonely and sad. She finally made two good friends in this strange world.