Chapter 19: First time cooking
Su Mingyue sat quietly in front of the stove, constantly adding firewood to the bottom of the pot with one hand to keep the fire steady; with the other hand she gently supported her cheek, looking at the dancing flames in front of her with a dazed look.
Just like that, some time passed unknowingly. Suddenly, a rich and fragrant aroma slowly drifted out from the pot, lingering in the entire kitchen like an invisible ribbon. And Su Mingyue's stomach seemed to have sensed this tempting aroma, and responded with two "cuckoo" sounds in tacit understanding.
Hearing this sound, Su Mingyue couldn't help but subconsciously reach out and touch her belly, with a helpless smile on her face. She said to herself: "This belly really knows how to warm up! These few days, I always feel hungry from time to time. This feeling is really uncomfortable!
When I was still in the interstellar space, I had no idea what it meant to be hungry, let alone taste the real delicious taste of food! At that time, I only relied on those various kinds of nutrient solutions. Although they have a variety of flavors to choose from, now after tasting real food, I suddenly realized that there is such a huge gap between those so-called flavors and real food! "
Su Mingyue followed the example of old lady Su and scooped out some cornmeal and maize flour from the flour jar, made two-mixed flour cakes and stuck them to the side of the pot. Just as she sat down, Su Qingfeng came back.
Su Qingfeng walked into the kitchen, sniffing and asked Su Mingyue happily, "Sister, what did you cook? It smells so good! It smells like meat!"
As he asked, he took out a few bird eggs from his pocket and said to Su Mingyue, "Sister, look what I brought you? Ding, ding, ding, ding!"
Su Mingyue looked closely and saw that Su Qingfeng was holding five small and clean bird eggs.
She couldn't help but feel puzzled, and asked expressionlessly: "Where did you get this? Did you sneak it up the mountain while I was away?"
Su Qingfeng's heart tensed up when he heard his sister's question. He looked up at Su Mingyue's expressionless face, secretly afraid that his sister would get angry.
So he quickly explained: "No... no, sister! I definitely didn't go up the mountain. Ergou and I found the bird eggs in the woods. We were so happy at the time that we searched everywhere and finally found more than 20 eggs! Then we divided them among us equally, and each of us got five. The remaining two were given to Shanwa, who was in charge of climbing the tree to pick the bird eggs."
As they talked, Su Qingfeng carefully observed Su Mingyue's expression. When he saw that his sister didn't seem to be angry, he was slightly relieved.
Back then, no matter whether my sister was in a good or bad mood, her joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness were all clearly written on her face, and others could see it at a glance.
However, since the last incident, her sister's temperament has changed drastically. She is no longer as innocent and naive as before, and she is no longer as emotional as before. Su Qingfeng once curiously asked her sister the reason for this change.
His sister just told him calmly that after going through so many things, she has grown up. Su Qingfeng deeply agrees with his sister's words. During this period of time, his sister has indeed become more mature, just like a real adult, making people feel at ease and reliable!
Su Qingfeng felt relieved when he saw that Su Mingyue did not show any anger on her face. So he plucked up his courage and continued the topic that had been interrupted just now. He asked Su Mingyue curiously, "Sister, what kind of food did you cook? Why does it smell so good? It smells like meat!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but take a deep breath of the tempting aroma in the air.
Su Mingyue took the small and exquisite bird eggs from Su Qingfeng and placed them in the ashes in the pot without any open flames. She gently moved the eggs so that the ashes from the newly burned firewood covered them. After doing this, she raised her head and replied calmly, "Oh, nothing, just stewed pheasant soup!"
When Su Qingfeng heard the words "pheasant soup", her eyes suddenly widened like bells, her mouth opened into a big "o" shape, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah! Sister, where did the pheasant come from? Didn't my second brother not go up the mountain today? (The second brother mentioned here is Su Muyang from Su Heping's family)"
At this time, Su Mingyue slowly raised her head and stared at Su Qingfeng silently, with undisguised disdain in her eyes.
Su Qingfeng also noticed the disdain in his sister's eyes, thinking to himself, his sister's temper is really getting weirder and weirder. Alas! With this kind of temper, it will be difficult for her to get married in the future. He can only work hard to have more children so that his children can be more filial to his sister after he dies.
Su Qingfeng thought and nodded, affirming her own idea. After a while, Su Qingfeng sorted out her thoughts and spoke again, but this time her voice was much lower than before. She asked carefully: "Sister... this pheasant... could it be that you caught it when my brother went up the mountain?"
Su Mingyue nodded with some pride, thinking: What do you think? Boy, be surprised! Admire! Humph! Worship! (This is a proud face)
After Su Qingfeng heard his sister's unhesitating affirmative answer, his face, which originally had some color, instantly turned as pale as paper, as if all the vitality had been sucked away.
In his eyes, fear and worry intertwined together, like surging waves, almost drowning him.
His lips were trembling slightly, and he questioned Su Mingyue loudly: "You...how could you go up the mountain again? Don't you know that the wound on your head has not healed completely? Why did you take the risk? What if you get hurt more seriously this time!"
As questions continued to come out of his mouth, the tears in Su Qingfeng's eyes slowly slid down his cheeks like a flood that broke through a dam.
Those crystal clear tears, like pearls that had broken off their strings, dripped onto the ground, splashing tiny tear flowers.
Su Mingyue, who was standing opposite, saw Su Qingfeng's terrified look, and the words she wanted to scold him got stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.
After she hesitated for a moment, she finally chose to use a gentle voice to comfort the pitiful little fellow in front of her: "Don't be afraid, Qingfeng, sister is fine! Don't worry, sister will never leave you easily, so don't be afraid."