A dozen minutes later.

A pot of dark, charcoal-like chicken chunks was served.

Lin Xia's smile was somewhat hesitant. "It must be because your mother didn't teach you well. Tangtang, let your mother teach you how to make tomato beef brisket. This one is simpler."

Su Tang nodded seriously.

Another quarter of an hour later.

A pot of steaming, yellowish-brown unidentified substance was served.

Lin Xia: "..."

My daughter didn't put a single skill point into cooking!

"Mother, let's forget it. I don't think I'm very good at it." Su Tang touched her nose. She didn't know why, but when she watched her mother cook, the ingredients worked perfectly, but when she tried to cook them herself, they wouldn't cooperate.

Lin Xia quickly said, "Tangtang, don't be discouraged. Actually, you... well, you steamed the eggs quite well, didn't you?"

"Yes, steamed egg. Your son loves your steamed egg so much. It must be because he hasn't mastered the new dish yet."

Listening to her mother's comforting words, Su Tang felt that something was off.

"Tangtang, go make some steamed eggs, and leave the rest to your mother." Lin Xia sent her daughter away and dumped the two pots of gruesome food into the trash can.

"good."

Su Tang took two large eggs and skillfully cracked them to make steamed eggs.

Without Su Tang's help, the kitchen finally began to fill with delicious aromas.

evening.

The sky seemed to be covered with a layer of deep blue gauze.

As the sun sets, it leaves behind a golden hue on the leaves.

When Niu Li and the others learned that Wang could have dinner at Atang's house, they were extremely envious.

They all knew Aunt Xia's cooking skills. As the group of orcs watched the smoke rising from the wooden house, tears of envy streamed down their faces.

"Meow!"

The kittens' meows came from the front yard. Su Tang went out and saw Hu Shen standing outside the door, dressed in a clean animal skin and carrying a human-sized animal skin bag.

The five kittens showed no hostility towards Hu Shen; instead, they surrounded him and sniffed the animal skin bag.

The beast's round, gem-like eyes were filled with curiosity.

Su Tang quickly welcomed the person in.

"This is?"

“Some of the white stones were brought back from the insectoid tribe.” Hu Shen skillfully placed the animal skin bag under the eaves.

Looking at that huge bag full of white stones, it must weigh at least a hundred pounds.

Su Tang had gotten used to the extravagant spending of the landlord's foolish son.

"You're here, why bring white stones? We haven't even finished using the white stones we traded with you before."

As Su Tang spoke, she had already carried Bai Shi into the house.

White stones are the hard currency of the ancient continent; you can never have too many.

Before long, Su Shiwei and Da Qing, having settled the females, returned.

Hu Shen had noticed the blue mark on Da Qing's forehead long ago, and knew that he was a wandering beastman.

Although he didn't know why there were stray beastmen in A Tang's family, he had never seen Da Qing do anything harmful, and Hu Shen always treated him as an ordinary beastman.

When Daqing saw that guests had come to his home, he went up to them very familiarly.

"Hu Shen, do you like Ah Tang too?"

"also?"

Hu Shen turned his head and looked at the handsome young man in front of him, a faint glint of darkness flashing in his eyes.

"Do you like A-Tang?" Hu Shen asked Da Qing with a deep look in his eyes.

"Of course." Daqing nodded without hesitation, a hint of pride on his face. "I almost became partners with Atang before!"

Who in this family doesn't like Ah Tang?

Uncle likes it, Xiao Fu likes it, the kids like it, and of course he likes it too.

He loves every single beastman in his household!

Although Daqing was not worldly-wise, he could sense that Lin Xia treated Hu Shen differently from the other beastmen.

Auntie must also want to adopt Hu Shen as her cub!

Upon hearing Da Qing's words, Hu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Really? You almost became partners with Atang? Why didn't it work out?"

Does this mean that Ah Tang already has a male she likes?

He took a closer look at Daqing. He was handsome, not particularly strong, and always had a silly grin when he spoke. He seemed to be a good hunter, but he was a bit too talkative.

Could it be that Ah Tang doesn't like quiet men, but prefers talkative males?

Hu Shen frowned and pondered.

"Well, I don't know either. Atang doesn't want to be my partner, so I'm Atang's older brother now."

Daqing scratched his head; he didn't quite understand emotions yet.

Upon hearing this, Hu Shen breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that A Tang didn't like him.

He just felt inexplicably more wary of Daqing.

"Dinner's ready, stop standing around and come eat." Lin Xia's voice came from behind. Da Qing responded and walked away.

Hu Shen had no chance to investigate further, so he had no choice but to follow.

At the dinner table.

The family members took their seats one after another, and Lin Xia warmly offered Hu Shen the seat to Su Tang's left.

Hu Shen glanced at Su Tang's right side, and Da Qing grinned at him.

"..." I felt inexplicably provoked.

To entertain Hu Shen, Lin Xia prepared a large table full of hearty dishes.

They even prepared pork, beef, mutton, fish, and specially caught a hen to make soup.

Xiao Fu was heartbroken. With tears in her eyes, she ate a big chicken leg and drank two large bowls of thick and delicious chicken soup.

"Mom, this chicken soup is delicious!"

The chickens in the coop are raised on crops grown in the fields, and they initially ate fruit from the farm, so their meat is naturally excellent—not only fresh but also very plump.

Orcs' favorite foods are offal and fatty meat.

Looking at it, Xiao Fu thought the chicken in front of him tasted far better than the wild chickens in the forest.

"If you like it, drink more. Chicken soup is good for you. Xiao Shen, you should eat more too, don't be shy."

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