"Jingchen, let's go back! It's too cold!" Even though she had only been out for a short while, Ye Ning was already freezing like a quail.
"Okay!" Xiao Jingchen nodded, looking at Ye Ning's nose, which was red from the cold.
By this time, Wang Ma had already cleaned the room and taken care of all the garbage from the past few days.
It's getting dark again, what should we eat for dinner?
Oh right, how about we have hot pot? After experiencing the biting cold outside, Ye Ning felt that nothing was more comforting than a steaming hot pot.
"Jingchen, how about we have hot pot? We haven't had hot pot in a long time, have we?"
Ye Ning actually loves spicy food, but in her previous life, she was worried about getting acne and affecting her ability to accompany Li Churan to events, so she always restrained herself.
Then the apocalypse came, and there was even less food to be found.
Countless times she dreamed of eating hot pot in the freezing cold, only to wake up hungry, only to find her stomach empty.
Now, I can finally enjoy hot pot to my heart's content!
Let's do it!
Ye Ning took out a hot pot from her spatial storage, and then took out various ingredients that she had already prepared.
Tripe, konjac noodles, beef rolls, lamb rolls, black fish slices, taro chunks, hot pot meatballs, squid rings—all sorts of ingredients were on the table, piled high, like a sumptuous feast that made one's mouth water.
The water in the hot pot was bubbling and steaming, and Ye Ning took out the hot pot base from her spatial storage.
"Jingchen, do you want spicy soup or light soup?" Ye Ning asked while stirring the soup base.
"Red soup, please! You like red soup!" Xiao Jingchen sat on the table, gazing intently at Ye Ning's busy figure.
Perhaps every man would be moved by the thought of his beloved woman cooking and cleaning for him.
"Let's make it plain broth! You can't eat spicy food!" Ye Ning added the chili butter broth and the mushroom broth to the hot pot.
Before long, the pot began to bubble and release a fragrant aroma. The red soup was fiery and vibrant, like flames, while the white soup was mellow and smooth, like milk.
"Jingchen, you can put things in now!" Ye Ning urged, wiping the sweat from her forehead. The sweat trickled down her cheeks like glistening pearls.
"Okay!" Xiao Jingchen stared at her intently.
Actually, this was the first time Ye Ning had to handle all these things herself. In the past, Wang Ma and the others would arrange everything, and she could just eat whatever she wanted.
But after being with Xiao Jingchen, she began to enjoy doing things herself with the person she loved.
"Alright!" Ye Ning was the first to add her favorite ingredients to the red broth, such as beef rolls, hot pot meatballs, egg dumplings, bacon, quail eggs, and tofu puffs.
"Jingchen, why aren't you putting anything in there?" Ye Ning asked, looking at Xiao Jingchen who was not moving.
"Ah! It's nothing! You can go down first!" Xiao Jingchen was so focused on Ye Ning that he forgot about her for a moment.
He had never seen Ye Ning so down-to-earth. Ye Ning was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and had always been beautiful and reserved. Even in her previous life, she was silent and self-possessed.
But now, Ye Ning seems cuter and cuter to him the more he looks at her.
"Jingchen, do you not know how to cook it? Let me help you!" Ye Ning started throwing all sorts of ingredients into the broth.
Come to think of it, I've never actually seen Xiao Jingchen eat hot pot.
Seeing that it was almost cooked, Ye Ning used tongs to scoop it out for him, and then poured sesame vinegar, chopped green onions and cilantro on it.
"Jingchen, eat up! It's delicious!" Ye Ning urged, her eyes sparkling.
Xiao Jingchen picked up a piece of cilantro with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. It tasted strange. Oh right, he suddenly remembered that he didn't eat cilantro.
"Is it delicious?" Ye Ning asked expectantly.
"Ugh! Delicious, of course it's delicious!" Not wanting to dampen Ye Ning's enthusiasm, Xiao Jingchen shoveled the food into his bowl.
"That's wonderful!" Ye Ning said happily. "Jing Chen, you should eat more!"
Ye Ning put several more bites of food into Xiao Jingchen's bowl.
"Alright! Add the toppings yourself!" Xiao Jingchen was finally freed from the fate of eating cilantro.
Ye Ning kept scalding the vegetables in the pot while picking up the cooked vegetables and putting them into her own bowl.
It's so great to be able to enjoy a hot and spicy beef tallow hot pot in such cold weather!
Add milk tea, and it's an absolute perfect match!
Thinking this, Ye Ning took out a cup of coconut jelly bubble tea from her spatial storage.
"Jingchen, what would you like to drink?" Ye Ning certainly couldn't forget Xiao Jingchen.
"I'll just have an iced Coke! Sugar-free." Xiao Jingchen answered without hesitation. He had just eaten two bites of the vegetables in Ye Ning Hong Tang, and now he was burning up from the spiciness, as if his whole throat was on fire.
He really didn't understand why Ye Ning liked to eat such spicy food, but as long as she liked it, he was willing to eat whatever she wanted with her.
Ye Ning took out two glasses of cola from her spatial storage, opened the window, and placed them outside. In just 30 seconds, the cola began to freeze. This was inside the shelter; if it were outdoors, it would probably freeze in just one second.
"Jingchen, here you go!" Ye Ning thoughtfully handed it to Xiao Jingchen.
The spiciness was unbearable, so Xiao Jingchen quickly drank it down in one gulp.
Seeing Xiao Jingchen's face turn bright red from the spiciness, Ye Ning couldn't help but secretly cover her face and laugh.
"Alright, Jingchen, if you can't eat spicy food, then don't eat it!"
"I'm fine!" Xiao Jingchen was still putting on a brave face. He had a particularly stubborn streak in his personality, and he would try to do things that he couldn't do.
Ye Ning grew up with him and of course knew this about his personality.
"Alright! Jingchen, stop pushing yourself! Be careful not to hurt your stomach!"
Ye Ning took out a bottle of milk from her spatial storage.
"Drink it, milk is the best way to relieve the spiciness!"
Half an hour later, Ye Ning finally felt full and lay down on the sofa, rubbing her stomach.
"Ahhh! I'm so full! But it was so delicious!"
Xiao Jingchen sat beside her, gently rubbing her belly, his face full of doting smiles.
"Ye Ning, that's enough. You can't eat so much next time."
There were still some leftover ingredients on the table. Ye Ning put them all into his spatial storage. Now that it was the apocalypse, although he had a lot of ingredients in his space, every bite was one less, so he couldn't let them all go to waste.
Ye Ning left the things on the table untouched, intending to have Wang Ma tidy them up the next morning.
After a satisfying meal, the night deepened, and it was another quiet and peaceful day. If life could continue like this, it would be quite wonderful.
The snow began to fall silently again, but this time it was very light.
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