Chapter 2.
Seeing the fat aunt swallowing a bowl of meat soup, Tang Yu happily took the bowl from her hand and said generously: "I'll get you another bowl!"
"No, no..." The fat aunt's throat gurgled and she couldn't make any more sounds. She could only watch the girl in front of her turn around and go into the kitchen.
Tang Yu brought a bowl of new broth to the fat aunt, who was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
It wanted to turn around and leave frantically, but ever since the bowl of broth came into its sight, it discovered to its horror that its body was completely out of control.
An instinctive impulse made it eager to drink the bowl of broth, but what followed was a strong sense of crisis.
You can’t drink that soup!
Not to mention drinking it, just looking at the appearance of this soup for even a second is harmful to your eyes.
I can’t drink any more! If I drink any more, I’ll die again!
The fat aunt stared and drank another bowl of broth. For the first time, Tang Yu was pleased by the feeling of being praised by others. She happily took the empty bowl and went to get more soup.
Auntie is so nice!
As long as the fat aunt is willing to drink it, she can give the whole pot of soup to the aunt!
The fat aunt drank Tang Yu's entire pot of broth without saying a word.
"I'm so sorry, Auntie. There's nothing left in the pot." Tang Yu took the empty bowl and said apologetically to the fat auntie.
When the fat aunt heard this, her eyes rolled back and her head hit the table with a bang, and she was not sure whether she was dead or alive.
"Auntie, it's cold here. Please go to my room and sleep."
Tang Yu pushed the fat aunt, trying to persuade her to go to her bedroom and rest for a while, but the fat aunt lay motionless beside the table.
Helpless, Tang Yu shook his head and took his own quilt from the bedroom to cover the fat aunt.
Looking at the pale and haggard face of the fat aunt, Tang Yu's heart was filled with sympathy. She felt that the fat aunt must have encountered something bad.
Look how tired aunt is. She fell asleep right after eating.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but Tang Yu, who was taking care of the fat aunt, woke up from her second sleep. She stretched, looked at the fat aunt who was still "sleeping soundly", and then looked at the dark sky outside the window.
I don't know when the light in the room came back on, and it was now hanging above my head, emitting a warm light.
Tang Yu touched his stomach and muttered, "It's time to make dinner."
As soon as the words fell, the fat aunt who was lying on the table sat up suddenly, gasping for breath with her cloudy fish-like eyes open.
Tang Yu was immediately happy when he saw the fat auntie wake up: "You're awake! Have dinner here, I plan to cook tonight..."
Before he could finish his words, the fat aunt shot to the door like a ball, and then slammed the old wooden door open with a bang.
Tang Yu stared in amazement at the fat aunt's agile posture as she left. It took him a while to react and run to support the crumbling wooden door.
She said earnestly to the dark corridor outside the door: "Come on, Auntie! No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, you must be as energetic as this!"
But there was no fat lady outside the door, and there was only a cold wind blowing from somewhere in the corridor...
With the precedent of the fat aunt visiting, Tang Yu found that her neighbors seemed to have become much more enthusiastic and especially liked to knock on her door.
But everyone's face was pale, and they looked depressed as if they had encountered a huge difficulty.
Fortunately, Tang Yu cooked a pot of hot broth every day. Although it didn't look very good, the neighbors loved it very much.
This touched Tang Yu deeply!
After all, her dream is very ambitious, and if she can have someone to support her on this road, it seems that all the hard work will be insignificant!
But the neighbors seemed to be exhausted. They always fell asleep after drinking the soup. Tang Yu had no choice but to stay by their side.
Fortunately, the neighbors became energetic instantly after waking up, and all took big strides towards their future.
It’s great that Tang Yu felt the positive energy!
After two days, the neighbors seemed embarrassed to come over to drink the free soup. Tang Yu couldn't help feeling worried when he saw that no one wanted to taste the soup he had specially prepared.
She suddenly remembered that the kind uncle had not come to deliver medicine for a long time, so she decided to take the soup and go find the kind uncle.
After going out, Tang Yu was surprised to find that the light in the corridor suddenly worked. He didn't know which kind neighbor changed the light bulb.
The kind uncle lived just opposite. Tang Yu knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it. He also didn't know where he went out to.
It seems that there is no medicine to take!
Tang Yu scratched his messy curly hair and prepared to go back with the soup.
As a result, when she turned around, she saw a skinny man standing almost next to her. If Tang Yu had not retracted her foot quickly, she would have hit the man in the face.
“Sizzle…”
At the same time, the light bulb above his head flashed twice and then went out.
Tang Yu blinked and couldn't see the person in front of her clearly, but the red scarf around the person's neck attracted her attention.
"Which floor do you live on, my neighbor? Your scarf is so beautiful, where did you buy it?" Tang Yu expressed his kindness to his unfamiliar neighbor.
The strange neighbor seemed to have a stomach problem, and there was a strange smell when he spoke too close.
"The color is beautiful, isn't it? It's dyed with the blood of the whole building, hehe..."
Tang Yu took a step back with the pot in his hand. Although the strange neighbor had bad breath, he was really humorous!
"Would you like some soup? Hot soup is good for your stomach." Seeing the strange neighbor move forward, Tang Yu handed the pot forward.
The man stretched out his bony claws like dead branches in the darkness and suddenly caught a pot of hot soup.
It wanted to throw the pot away, but its peripheral vision caught sight of the things in the pot, and suddenly its body became completely unable to move.
Tang Yu heard the neighbor in front of him say in an extremely excited tone: "You!! You are the one who makes the soup... They came to my place and told me that there is a person here who makes great soup. I didn't expect it to be true!!"
Tang Yu was a little surprised: "Am I already that famous?"
"......"
Tang Yu said shyly, "Actually, I think my soup still has a lot of room for improvement."
"???"
"Since you have come all the way here, please try my soup. I hope you can give me some advice."
"!!!"
In the end, the strange neighbor who came because of the reputation didn't even drink a sip of the soup. I don't know if he had something important to say, and he left in a hurry.
He was so anxious that he even dropped his beautiful scarf. Tang Yu picked up the scarf and chased the man for two blocks but couldn't catch up.
In the end, she had no choice but to keep the scarf. As the temperature had unexpectedly dropped recently, she could use it to keep warm.
The moment I put on the scarf, a string of strange descriptions suddenly flashed through my mind.
'S-level item: blood-stained scarf.'
'Description: A powerful item stained with the blood and resentment of countless people, with strong defensive power, 90% ignoring physical attacks!'
When Tang Yu saw this string of words, she felt like she was sick. She subconsciously went to the drawer to get medicine, but when she realized she had run out of medicine, she happily gave up.
Life in old apartment buildings is always ordinary yet warm.
With the enthusiastic support of her neighbors and Tang Yu's unremitting efforts, she finally cooked a pot of delicious-looking mutton soup!
A few light yellow drops of oil floated on the snow-white and rich broth, and the soft and tender meat pieces rolled in it, exuding an enticing aroma.
Tang Yu looked at the pot of soup, and his lifeless smoky gray eyes suddenly lit up.
Done!
After trying for more than ten days and nights, she already knew the amount of each seasoning and the size of each piece of meat.
Tang Yu didn't even need to taste the soup to confirm that this was the flavor he had been dreaming of making!
She rubbed her hands, concealing her excitement, picked up her work and ran straight to the mutton soup restaurant across the street.
Tang Yu has been busy making soup these days and has no time to observe the mutton soup restaurant.
After arriving at the mutton soup restaurant today, she found that after only a few days' absence, the restaurant had become shabby, as if it had been there for more than ten years.
The original color of the mottled walls has long been lost, and they are covered with black, sticky grease, and annoying flying insects are constantly running around the house.
Looking at the worrying sanitary conditions, Tang Yu decided that when he met the boss's wife later, he would persuade her to hire a helper.
Just as I was thinking about it, the proprietress came out from the inner room.
When Tang Yu saw the proprietress, his eyes became red.
After not seeing each other for a few days, the proprietress who used to be cheerful and generous now looked stiff, with a swollen face and blood at the corners of her mouth that she had not had time to wipe off.
However, even though she looked so haggard, the boss lady still held a kitchen knife in her hand, and it seemed that she was insisting on working despite her illness!
What a spirit of dedication!
"Hello, boss lady." Tang Yuqiang said while holding back tears.
The proprietress's eyes were narrowed by her swollen cheeks. She stared at the girl standing in front of her with a greedy gleam in her eyes.
Look at her expression as if she's about to cry. She must be so scared that she dares not move. Our store has welcomed a new timid human being!
"Welcome, the guest would like to be cooked into..." After realizing her mistake, the proprietress changed the subject: "What kind of soup would you like to drink?"
"I'm not here to drink soup." Tang Yu shook his head.
The proprietress's narrowed eyes flashed with a fierce and vicious light: "Oh? You don't want to drink the soup?"
As she spoke, the proprietress clenched the kitchen knife in her hand and raised it quietly, only to see Tang Yu bring out the soup in his arms.
"Madam, please try my soup."
Lady boss: “???”
Ever since the arrival of the weirdness, every living person it has seen has either died under its knife or in its pot. Everyone who sees it is terrified.
This is the first time I’ve invited it to drink soup!
For a moment, the proprietress was a little confused about what to say.
Tang Yu felt a little uneasy when he saw the proprietress didn't say anything.
"I know this request is a bit presumptuous, but I have always had the same dream as you, wanting to become a great chef like you. If you don't mind, I hope you can give me some suggestions for my soup."
After Tang Yu finished speaking, the proprietress suddenly put down the kitchen knife she had raised.
Looking at Tang Yu's serious expression, the corners of the proprietress's bloodstained mouth curled up into an exaggerated arc.
Its eyeballs moved cunningly in its narrow eye sockets, and even its voice sounded hoarse and sharp.
"Making a request to me will cost you money. Have you thought about it?"
Tang Yu nodded solemnly and said, "As long as I can get your guidance, I am willing to bear any price."
"Wow!" The proprietress stretched out her deformed scarlet tongue and licked the corner of her mouth, her narrowed eyes revealing a gleam of excitement.
It will teach this poor child a lesson not to make promises to others easily!
The proprietress took the pot from Tang Yu's hand and poured the still boiling broth into her mouth along the edge of the pot.
The delicious and rich soup flowed into the stomach that had long been rotten, making it feel the long-lost warmth.
With pain!
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