After she pulled aside the animal-skin curtain and entered, Meng Yuqing heard Bo's voice again, "And the others as well. What I said to A Su today will also work on you, so don't dwell on those things. Just be at peace."
Now A Su is the first to react. If the other babies also have little orcs in their stomachs, they will also gradually show reactions during this period.
I hope there won’t be any more, Meng Yuqing prayed in his heart. This is torture for everyone.
Because of Bo's words, Ah Su's mood gradually stabilized, and Meng Yuqing saw that the other sub-beasts also had relieved expressions on their faces.
Some are for A Su and some are for myself.
When they left their residence, it was already dark. Meng Yuqing said goodbye to Qiu Ye and the others and headed home.
When he was near his home, he saw a little light in the open space in front of his house from afar.
When I got closer, I saw that it was a burning fire. The firelight illuminated Xuan who was sitting on the side, making him look dim.
Next to him was a knee-high, very flat stone. A large leaf was laid on the stone, and on top of it were ceramic bowls and cups. In the bowls were roasted meat, cut into small pieces and sprinkled with chopped green onions, with chopsticks placed on top.
The small ceramic cup was filled with water, and a few berries were washed clean and placed on the leaves, with small water droplets hanging on them.
When Meng Yuqing saw the scene in front of him, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and the corners of his mouth turned up without him even realizing it. All the melancholy he had felt in the afternoon suddenly disappeared.
He trotted over with a cheerful step.
As he sat down next to Xuan, he handed him the bowl and chopsticks on the stone. "Would you like to try it? I've marinated the meat using the method you taught me before. Also, I saw you usually cut the meat like this, so I gave it a try. It should be pretty good, better than what I made before."
Meng Yuqing took the bowl and without hesitation, picked up the barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth.
The meat was still warm, and Xuan had roasted it very carefully, so it was tender but all cooked through, with no blood to be seen.
This is Meng Yuqing's favorite taste. He always fails to control it when he roasts it himself. If he roasts it too tender, some parts will be undercooked, and if he roasts it too well, some parts will be burnt.
Putting aside the cooking methods, Xuan's cooking skills are actually much better than his. When I make a recipe for him and let him follow it, he will definitely be trained to become the best chef in the Beast World Continent.
Meng Yuqing thought happily.
"Delicious! Xuan, you are much better at cooking than me. When we have some free time, I will teach you the cooking methods I know." Meng Yuqing quickly finished the meat in the bowl and took a sip of water.
He raised the cup and looked at it in surprise, "Sweet? Not like honey."
Meng Yuqing tasted the water carefully. It had a fruity aroma, but she couldn't tell what fruit it was.
"Yes, I asked Mu to exchange it." Xuan nodded.
"Why haven't you eaten it before?" Meng Yuqing asked as he smelled the aroma of the juice. He liked this taste very much.
"We don't have many of these berries here, and they're mostly in Mu's family. They all love sweet things, so they have a lot of sweet berries at home. And if anyone else picks these berries, they'll trade them for food."
Xuan picked up a blackish-red berry and handed it to Meng Yuqing and continued.
"It's this black honey fruit. I saw that you like honey very much, so I thought you would like this fruit too."
Meng Yuqing took the berry. The fruit was the size of a palm, with a hard shell on the outside and a pointed protrusion.
Seeing him trying to peel off the shell, Xuan immediately stopped him, "It's all water inside, not flesh, be careful."
As he spoke, he took the berry and slid sharp nails on his hands across the shell.
The protrusion on the black honey fruit shell was quickly cut off, and that place became an outlet for pouring out the juice.
Meng Yuqing took a sip and wrinkled her nose slightly, "It's too sweet to eat directly."
It was so sweet that it tasted bitter, no wonder Xuan poured it into a cup and added water.
Xuan was amused by his expression and said, "Yeah, so except for Mu and his friends in the tribe, no one else likes to eat it. If you hadn't soaked honey in water last time, I wouldn't have thought of pouring this juice into water to eat."
Meng Yuqing put the fruit in his hand aside, picked up the water cup and continued to drink the diluted juice. Sure enough, Xuan had some talent in cooking. Once he taught him well, he would have a treat.
"By the way, Xuan, where is the charcoal I brought back today?" Meng Yuqing suddenly remembered that the plan had not been completed yet and he was about to go to the market, so he had to hurry up and do what he needed to do.
"I left it at my house. I'll get it." Xuan stood up and prepared to go home.
"I'll go with you." Meng Yuqing also stood up. After all, they lived close to each other and could walk there in a few steps. They were too lazy to move.
Xuan turned his head and looked at him, then nodded obediently, picked up the longest piece of wood from the fire, and the two walked towards Xuan's house.
This was the first time Meng Yuqing entered Xuan's house. With the help of the firelight, he could see the whole picture of Xuan's house.
It was very simple, there weren't many things, and they were all neatly placed in one room.
There was nothing in the living room except a cabinet, and the room he lived in only had a bed and a stone table.
The room was much larger than Meng Yuqing's, and the floor was covered with animal skins, so he could sleep in the form of an animal.
Xuan handed the burning wood to Meng Yuqing and went to the storage room to move the charcoal out.
The two men went out and randomly picked up a few pieces of charcoal and piled them on the ground.
"Let me do it." Xuan reached out to Meng Yuqing and took the burning wood.
"Just use this to light it, don't put the wood in." Meng Yu reminded.
Xuan nodded and brought the burning end closer to the charcoal.
The charcoal was soon ignited. He did not remove the fire source immediately, but made sure that every piece of charcoal started to burn before removing the fire source.
Soon, tiny sparks of fire appeared on the surface of the charcoal.
Xuan stared at the burning charcoal and reached out to shake it.
"There is no smoke or flames, but they are burning," he said with some surprise.
As long as you don't touch the charcoal directly, you won't get burned. It will be much safer when you sleep at night in winter, and you don't have to worry about things in your home getting burned.
"When the time comes, just make a stone basin and burn the charcoal in it. But remember not to close all the doors and windows. Make sure there is ventilation." Meng Yuqing reminded that burning charcoal in a closed place will cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
"I know. When we burn wood in winter, we will also partially open the animal skin curtain. Otherwise, it will be very choking and we will feel like we can't breathe." Xuan said seriously. Someone once almost got into trouble because he covered the door too tightly with an animal skin curtain in winter while sleeping.
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