Chapter 22 Your wisdom is like the sky! Your love is like the sun! ...
After leaving the kitchen, Shu Xin thought for a moment and then went to find Nuonuo Li.
The flower fairy cook arrived at the kitchen the next day, ready to get to work, when she was surprised to find that there were many more things on the wooden table.
Next to the original pot, there was an extra-large pot, and an extra-large soup ladle was placed inside.
Meimei flew around the huge pot twice and saw exquisite and elegant leaf patterns on the edge of the pot and the handle of the spoon. She immediately realized that this was for the use of the Flower Fairy.
In addition to this set of kitchen utensils specially designed for the Flower Fairy, there was also a thick cylindrical wooden stick that was polished quite smoothly, an equally large soup spoon with many holes drilled in the head, and a wide and thin square wooden piece with a handle on the wooden table.
Meimeilin had absolutely no idea what any of these things were for.
Shu Xin led Nuonuo into the kitchen and saw the blue-haired flower fairy carefully examining the extra kitchen utensils on the wooden table.
"Good morning, Meimeilin," Shu Xin greeted with a smile.
The flower fairy cook was startled and almost fell from mid-air. She hurriedly turned around and said, "Flower Fairy! I'm so sorry for my rudeness! Good morning to you too! May the Flower Goddess always protect you!"
It says "good morning," but it's still dark in the kitchen, and it's not even light yet.
Because the river elves all have night vision, even if Shuxin wanted to turn on the lights, there were no lights to turn on in the kitchen—in fact, there were no lights to turn on in the entire Flower Castle.
If Shu Xin hadn't remembered and used her invisibility spell to run to the kitchen several times to see how Mei Meilin cooked, she wouldn't have known that Mei Meilin got up so early every day.
Upon arriving in the kitchen, Meimeilin would immediately begin cooking. If she were making round dumpling soup, she would arrive even earlier to ensure that the meals for the noble lord and the flower fairy were prepared before dawn.
After the servants took away the bowls full of soup, Memeline had to start cooking for the servants of the Flower Castle—including herself. Thanks to the Flower Fairy's blessing, they no longer had to gnaw on the leaves of the bitter wheat, but could instead drink a bowl of bitter wheat soup sprinkled with wheat grains!
After enjoying a hearty bowl of hot bitter wheat soup, Meimeilin immediately began cooking wheat leaf soup.
The barley leaf soup for the slaves was the simplest to cook, but there were quite a few slaves. If each slave could get a bowl of barley leaf soup, Memeline would have to cook several pots each time. In addition, the barley leaves of bitter barley are very tough, and even if she hammered the stones she usually used to make very sharp stones, it was still quite difficult to cut them. By the time she finished cooking the barley leaf soup, a whole day would have passed.
It was only when Shu Xin came over one time that she saw Mei Meilin using a sharp stone to chop wheat leaves, and realized that there wasn't even a kitchen knife in the kitchen.
This time, she specially prepared a kitchen knife for Meimeilin. Although it was made of wood, the wood was taken from the branches of the Tree of Life. Moreover, she could swear on the sturdiness and sharpness runes carved on the wooden knife that it was absolutely sharp enough!
Shu Xin got up early and rushed to the kitchen specifically to teach Mei Meilin how to use the new kitchen utensils she had prepared for her:
A rolling pin can be used to roll dough into sheets; a slotted spoon can be used to scoop out the sheets of dough that have been cooked in a large pot; a kitchen knife can be used to cut large dough balls or to cut wheat leaves.
Meimeilin opened her big, bright blue eyes and watched as the Flower Fairy carefully demonstrated how to use these exquisitely crafted kitchen utensils. She tried to hold back, but in the end, she couldn't help it, and tears streamed down her face.
She started sobbing, her face covered in tears, yet her speech remained remarkably clear:
"By the Goddess of Flowers! Your wisdom is like the sky! Your love is like the sun! The sky is boundless, and so is your wisdom! The sun shines brightly, and so does your love!"
Tears streamed down the blue-haired flower fairy's face. She clasped her hands together, as if praying, or perhaps offering a blessing, her voice fervent:
"Thank you! Thank you! Fairy Flower! Thank you for your mercy and generosity! You have forgiven our grave sins, and you have given us delicious food and clean water. You must be the representative of the Flower Goddess. Your existence is a miracle!"
Shu Xin was dumbfounded.
Shu Xin fled in panic.
Walking down the dark corridor, Shu Xin hadn't even come to her senses when she heard Nuonuo Li beside her say in strong agreement:
“Memeline is right, Your Highness. Your appearance is the will of the gods. By the Goddess of Flowers, you must have been bathed in the holy light of the divine kingdom, which is why the food you brought is so delicious.”
Shu Xin: What is all this nonsense! What divine kingdom, what holy light? She's only ever basked in the sunshine of socialism!
But she couldn't directly refute it, after all, this was a magical world, and there really were gods in this world!
Shu Xin: "...Alright, alright, let's leave this topic here. Nuonuo, I left in such a hurry that I forgot to tell Meimei about the sweet powder. Go tell her. I'll head back now."
Shu Xin came to find Mei Meilin not only to tell her how to use the new kitchen utensils, but also to tell her that when she was cooking bitter wheat soup for the servants in the Flower Castle, she could sprinkle a handful of flour into the pot. With a handful of flour, the bitter wheat soup should taste better and have a little more magic.
As a result, she was so frightened by Mei Meilin's passionate praise that she ran away on the spot without even having a chance to say anything about it.
Watching Nuonuo fly towards the kitchen, Shu Xin sighed and quickened her pace back to her bedroom.
Looking back, Meimeilin initially called her "Princess," but later started calling her "Flower Fairy." It seems that only flower fairy slaves would call her that. What's going on with Meimeilin?
After careful consideration, Shu Xin decided to cool down Mei Meilin's harsh words. Currently, it seems that apart from the psychological impact on Mei Meilin, these remarks have not only had no negative effect on the progress of her work, but may even have a strong positive effect...
The night breeze blowing into the room was already a bit chilly, so Shu Xin went to close the window. Before closing it, she looked down.
She felt a chill even inside the Flower Castle; thankfully, the flower fairies no longer had to sleep on the ground, but in the wheat fields—
Even in their wildest dreams, the flower fairy slaves wouldn't dare dream of such a good life!
They now receive a large bowl of barley broth every day. The hot broth is very clean, and the fresh barley leaves are exceptionally soft. They fill their stomachs with both the broth and the barley leaves, and they don't have to eat dirt or chew sand all day long.
Some time ago, the noble and great Flower Fairy sent two officials with stacks upon stacks of wooden bowls to announce to them:
"The holy and great Flower Fairy is so compassionate and generous. She forgives your grave sins, not only allowing you to live and giving you food, but now she will also give you, these lowly slaves, a place to live!"
The flower fairy slaves huddled together, their eyes wide and mouths agape, staring blankly up at the two tall and imposing nobles. They couldn't understand what the nobles were saying, or rather, even if they did understand, they couldn't believe it.
Until the red-haired nobleman impatiently shouted, "Are you lowly creatures deaf?! If you don't want your ears, cut them off! Stop showing me your stupidity! My patience is running out! Now get over here and receive the Flower Fairy's blessing!"
The slaves, as if waking from a dream, dazedly flew forward and received from the servants of the Flower Castle a wooden bowl that was far too large for their size—several times larger than the wooden bowls they had been given to hold barley soup before.
Once they got their hands on it, the flower fairy slaves realized that it was not a wooden bowl, but half of a perfectly polished sphere with two holes of different sizes carved out on it.
After giving each slave a hemisphere, the two nobles left with the servants of Flower Castle without offering any explanation.
At that moment, Ananka was holding up this hemisphere, and she and her sister, who was also holding up a hemisphere, looked at each other, both at a loss.
Could it be that this half-sphere is the dwelling that the Flower Fairy gave them?
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