Chapter 55 Jealousy Makes My Claws Itch

Lu Liufeng noticed the female master's gaze, looked back, and then smiled gently.

Jiang Xi's cheeks felt a little hot, and she smiled at him.

But before he could speak, his vision was suddenly interrupted by a white figure.

Yi Yuexi, carrying several bamboo tubes, asked with a smile, her fox-like eyes crinkling.

"My lady, the bamboo tube is ready~~"

"How should I portion it out?"

Jiang Xi coughed lightly and turned around to instruct him on how to portion out the spicy hot pot base.

The spicy broth was divided into four bamboo tubes. The rest were boiled with water, and once it boiled, the meat and vegetables could be added.

While waiting for the broth to boil, Jiang Xi went to prepare the dipping sauce.

Considering that none of them had tried it before, she made two different flavors instead of letting them mix and match themselves.

One dry dipping sauce, one spicy dipping sauce.

It's a pity there was no sesame oil, otherwise it could have been used as an oil dipping sauce.

Dry dipping sauce mainly consists of ground chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves, cardamom, and salt.

The spicy dipping sauce includes ginger and garlic, and is seasoned with pork bone broth.

Today's dishes include lamb, pork belly, beef, tripe, honeycomb tripe, potato slices, taro slices, purslane, shepherd's purse, and potato noodles.

In addition, beef bone marrow, beef ribs, and lamb ribs were roasted over the fire pit.

Jiang Xiguang's mouth was watering just thinking about it.

Chairs were arranged around the hearth, everything was ready, just waiting for the pot to boil!

Jiang Xi sat down expectantly, and then felt that something was wrong.

It seems... it seems like something's missing?

As she was thinking, a golden figure, drawn by the scent, appeared at the door of the kitchen.

Hollen twitched his nose and sniffed the fragrance that filled the room.

"Is it time for lunch?"

Jiang Xi: "!!"

Oh dear! I forgot about Hollen!

She quickly stood up. "Yes, yes, it's just ready, we're just waiting for you to start the meal!"

Jiang Xi's dark eyes darted around, not daring to look at Huo Lun, but when her gaze fell on the table full of beef, she felt even more guilty.

Most of it was beef from Hollen's hunt, but they forgot about the real owner.

When Mu Ling and Yi Yuexi saw Huo Lun appear, they were stunned for two seconds before belatedly realizing what had happened.

Oh right, Hollen is back. How could I forget about him?

The two didn't seem guilty at all, and even went so far as to put their faces close together and add a chair on the spot.

When Mu Ling moved the chair, he said with a serious expression, "We don't have enough bamboo. I'll go cut some more today to make a chair for the female master."

Lu Liufeng had also forgotten, but he calmly smiled at Hollen.

"I was just about to call you. Sit down and eat."

Hollen didn't expose them.

Although he went to rest, he didn't actually fall asleep. He kept an eye on the activity in the kitchen and on this strange house.

An unfamiliar female master, and unfamiliar beastly husbands who share her services.

And he was indeed forgotten in a corner.

He even had the feeling that if he didn't show up, they might not even remember him tomorrow.

He's somewhat superfluous in this family.

Hollen pretended not to know, glanced at the two pots side by side on the fire pit, and the table full of dishes, and asked.

How should we eat it?

"He who eats another's food is bound to do so," Jiang Xi was about to enthusiastically introduce the situation when Lu Liufeng spoke first.

"Just put whatever you want to eat into the pot. There are spicy and non-spicy pots, depending on your taste. The female master has prepared two small dipping sauces. You can dip the cooked meat and vegetables in the sauces to eat."

After speaking, Lu Liufeng looked at the female master and asked gently.

"My lady, what kind of meat should we eat first?"

Jiang Xi quickly said, "Put everything down! Put everything down! Put a little bit of everything down!"

"By the way, don't put leafy greens in spicy hot pot, they tend to absorb oil and spice. They taste better in pork bone broth."

Lu Liufeng sat down next to the female master at the table and began to cook the meat.

This time, Mu Ling used his speed ability to get ahead of Yi Yuexi and sit on the other side of the female master.

Yi Yuexi stood in front of him, holding a bowl, staring at him.

Mu Ling pretended not to see it and stared longingly into the pot.

When can we eat?

Hollen remained aloof, sitting opposite the female master on the other side of the table, helping Lu Liufeng cut the meat.

Although he didn't understand what spicy hot pot or non-spicy hot pot meant, he didn't ask.

Otherwise, he'll always seem like he's ignorant.

Jiang Xi held the bowl, her expression mirroring Mu Ling's, staring longingly at the two large stone pots.

She was really hungry! She really wanted to eat!!

The aroma of hot pot filled the room, and Jiang Xi swallowed hard.

"Thin pieces of meat can be eaten once they change color; thicker pieces should be cooked a little longer."

Mu Ling, quick as a flash, scooped a piece of meat from the spicy pot with his chopsticks. Just as he was about to put it in his own bowl, he twisted his chopsticks and placed it in the mistress's bowl instead.

"The female master eats meat."

Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment. Thinking of his promise to stay, she felt inexplicably embarrassed, but still thanked him and said tactfully.

"I can get it myself, you go ahead and eat."

Of course, Mu Ling didn't understand what tact was.

He would only think that the female master was so considerate and gentle.

Yi Yuexi didn't manage to get a seat and ended up sitting on the other side of Mu Ling. She was unhappy, but she couldn't stop eating.

On the other side, after Lu Liufeng added a batch of meat, he reached into the pot with his chopsticks to scoop some out, only to find that all that was left in the pot was chili peppers...

He fell silent.

Hollen took the last piece of meat, pretending not to see Lu Liufeng's silence.

He looked around, and like Mu Ling and Yi Yuexi, dipped his food in the sauce and put it in his mouth.

Then he learned what "spicy" really meant!

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough..."

Hollen coughed incessantly, his skin flushed red, and he covered his mouth as he quickly got up to find water.

Yi Yuexi glanced at him.

"Young Master Hollen, don't eat so fast, there's plenty of meat."

He said that, but his eyes were already fixed on the pot, waiting for Lu Liufeng to add the second batch of meat.

Jiang Xi ate the piping hot and spicy beef, her face full of happiness.

Outside, snow was falling heavily, but inside the kitchen, it was warm and cozy. The aroma of hot pot filled the air—the spiciness, the fragrance of bone broth, and the aroma of roasted beef marrow, beef ribs, and lamb ribs.

happiness!

happiness! !

I'm so happy!!

When she was scooping up the second batch of meat, Mu Ling filled her bowl to the brim with meat as soon as her chopsticks touched it.

When Jiang Xi picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and placed it on her bowl, it was so full that she felt like she hadn't eaten in several lifetimes.

Just then, she saw Lu Liufeng scoop some meat into the pot, but he couldn't find any.

So she put the meat she had caught into his bowl and said with a smile.

"Eat!"

Lu Liufeng paused for a moment, then looked down and saw that there was still a lot of meat in the female master's bowl before smiling and saying okay.

"Thank you, Mistress."

Jiang Xi chuckled inwardly, and the skill of feeding Lu Liufeng was activated!

Mu Ling sat to the side, her hands itching with jealousy.

What right does Lu Liufeng have?!

Not only does he not serve the female master, but he also makes her serve him!!

On ordinary days, when he was fighting off the cursed beast tide, he often heard those beastmen grit their teeth and say that so-and-so was good at winning favor, and how he made the female master's heart belong to him. The one who was clearly wrong was the other party, but the female master blamed the other beast husbands, and so on...

Mu Ling didn't understand back then, but now she finally understands that feeling of gritting her teeth.

That's quite a tactic! Truly a tactical mastery!!