Yan Ning quickly cleaned the pheasant, threw it into a pot, added water, and started cooking.
Just then, Xia Wantang walked over, holding a few freshly picked mushrooms in her hand, looking very fresh.
With a hint of ingratiation, she held the mushrooms up to the side of the pot and said to Yan Ning:
"Yan Ning, look! I found this in the woods over there. It's so fresh! Throw it in and stew it together, the soup will definitely be even better!"
Yan Ning glanced at it; the mushroom-shaped thing was a dusty gray, looked quite ordinary, and didn't think much of it, nodding in agreement.
"Okay, let it go."
"Okay."
Xia Wantang responded and threw the mushrooms into the boiling chicken soup.
The chicken soup in the pot simmered and became richer and richer, and the aroma gradually intensified, whetting everyone's appetite.
After finally getting the soup ready, everyone sat around the fire, each holding a bowl of steaming chicken soup, and drank it heartily.
Sun Wuji finished his soup, put down the bowl, patted his thigh, and scanned the room with sparkling eyes:
"Hey guys, at this pace, I reckon we should be out of this valley by tomorrow!"
"Once we're separated, it won't be easy to get together again. How about we play a little game to liven things up while everyone's here? Just drinking soup is so boring!"
Qi Minghao was blowing on his bowl when he heard this, and immediately perked up, asking curiously:
"What game is it? Tell me quickly, Brother Sun!"
Sun Wuji chuckled and rubbed his hands together:
"Simple, let's play a story relay game! Each person takes turns making up a line, and we'll create a really outrageous story!"
"The rule is: the first sentence must begin with 'one day,' and the last sentence must circle back to mushroom soup! You can make up whatever you want in between, the more outlandish and funnier the better!"
"If anyone gets stuck, can't continue the story, or doesn't come up with a funny response, they'll have to drink an extra bowl of soup! Anyone want to try?"
"What's there to be afraid of!"
Qi Minghao was the first to respond, full of enthusiasm, "This sounds interesting, shall I start?"
“Alright, you go first!” Sun Wuji decided.
"One day..."
Qi Minghao cleared his throat, trying to come up with a big surprise, "I was fishing by the river and caught a huge, golden carp!"
“Then…then that fish,” Su Muyao racked her brains, her face slightly red:
"The fish suddenly started talking! It said..."
She was stuck and looked to Xia Wantang next to her for help.
It exclaimed: "Oh my god! There's a monster chasing me underwater!"
Xia Wantang finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, and then laughed sheepishly after saying it.
Everyone chuckled good-naturedly, and Sun Wuji shouted:
"Barely passed! Next!"
"That monster."
Feng Jun spoke slowly and steadily, “So it was a turtle spirit that had cultivated for a thousand years. It has come ashore.”
[This is hilarious! A thousand-year-old tortoise has come ashore!]
[This Feng Jun is quite a character; he has a dry sense of humor!]
"After the turtle spirit came ashore."
Xie Huaiye pondered for a moment, his voice magnetic and pleasant:
"It felt the land was too dry and wanted to find a puddle to soak in, but instead it plunged headfirst into Grandpa Zhang's foot bath at the village entrance."
This unexpected twist instantly made everyone laugh, even Yan Ning smiled.
[Hahaha! This plot twist is amazing!]
[Young Master Xie is talking nonsense with a straight face, hahaha!]
It has to be you again, Young Master Xie!!
"When Grandpa Zhang saw a large turtle in the foot bath, he was startled!"
Sun Wuji gestured wildly:
"He grabbed a broom to hit it! But then that turtle opened its mouth and spat out a glowing, luminous pearl!"
"The luminous pearl, roll and roll... it has arrived."
Su Muyao got stuck again, scratching her head in frustration, "It rolled away..."
Sun Wuji teased, "It's stuck! It's stuck! Su Muyao, are you ready to have another bowl of soup?"
Su Muyao's face turned even redder.
[Su Muyao is so clumsy! She can never answer correctly, it's hilarious!]
[Exactly, they're hopeless and rely entirely on their teammates!]
At this moment, Xia Wantang hurriedly came to the rescue, saying, "The luminous pearl rolled into the chicken coop!"
A thought suddenly struck her: "A hen mistook me for a giant egg and started incubating it!"
"And guess what happened?"
Qi Minghao slapped his thigh excitedly, "After incubating for forty-nine days, what hatched wasn't a chick, but a little ginseng baby wearing a bib and capable of somersaults!"
[This is getting wildly imaginative, it's hilarious!]
【The Calabash Brothers? Hahahaha!】
“As soon as the little ginseng baby was born,” Feng Jun said calmly, “it started clamoring to find its mother, skipping and hopping all the way into the deep mountains and forests.”
"It got lost in the woods."
Xie Huaiye's tone remained calm. "When we encountered a bear that was dozing off, Ginseng Doll asked very politely."
"Mr. Xiong, have you ever met my mother? She is fair-skinned and plump."
The bear replied: "Your mother? I just stewed her into soup like a radish."
No, what a cold-blooded ending!
【Young Master Xie, you've really mastered storytelling, hahaha!】
Is this right? Is this right? Hahahaha!
"Upon hearing this, the little ginseng baby burst into tears!"
Sun Wuji quickly picked up where he left off, trying to steer the story toward mushroom soup:
"Tears streamed down, forming a little stream, in which floated..."
He glanced at Yan Ning, who hadn't spoken yet, and gestured with his eyes:
"Your turn, the grand finale! We have to go back to the mushroom soup!"
All eyes were on Yan Ning.
[Only Sister Ning hasn't spoken yet! I'm so excited!]
[I'm so curious what Sister Ning will say! She'll be the grand finale, hahaha!]
Yan Ning looked up, the firelight illuminating her sharply defined profile.
She put down the branch she was holding, looked around, and said calmly:
"A few mushrooms that Xia Wantang had just thrown into the pot were floating in the water. They had soaked and turned into mushroom soup essence, and the little ginseng doll kept asking them about it."
"Hey! See our chicken soup pot? Time to go back and make some soup!"
"Finally, the mushroom and the ginseng baby jumped back into the pot and cooked into a pot of ginseng mushroom soup."
The air fell silent for a second.
Immediately afterwards—
[Hahahaha!!!]
Holy crap! Sister Ning! That's amazing!!
[Mushroom soup concentrate?! Hahaha, help!]
[Sister Yanning! Your imagination is wilder than a pot!]
[The last sentence comes full circle! And in such a hardcore way!]
Qi Minghao clutched his stomach and cried out in pain, while Feng Jun laughed so hard his shoulders shook.
Xie Huaiye, unusually, couldn't hold back, and a noticeable smile appeared on his lips.
Sun Wuji wiped away tears of laughter, gasping for breath as he shouted:
"I'm impressed, Sister Ning! I'm completely impressed! Your ending was so satisfying!"
"Come on, everyone, we must have another bowl! Let's celebrate the hidden humor of our heroine Yan Ning!"
Yan Ning narrowed her eyes and said indifferently, "It's alright, just something I said on the spur of the moment."
At this moment, Su Muyao suddenly raised her head and said loudly:
"Hey, why is there a horse flying in the sky?!"
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