“I’ve been cooking for you every day, and I know my limits, so don’t worry,” Ye Moxun said, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at the dishes on the small table. “Your cooking skills are getting better and better.”
"You got off easy." Song Tantan rested her chin on her hand and watched him eat.
Actually, she didn't really like cooking, but it was too cold, and she felt sorry for her aunt, so when it was almost mealtime, she would go into the space and use biogas to cook. The temperature inside the space was just right, unlike outside where her hands and feet would freeze stiff.
Having cooked more meals and recently studied medicinal cuisine and read many recipes, her cooking skills have improved. Ye Moxun ate a lot of her delicious food and was so tempted that he decided to stay and refused to leave.
"Hey, has the system been making any noise lately? There were no notifications when we went to the pool before, and there haven't been any in the last few days either. Does that mean we can be sure there's no danger?" Song Tantan looked at him hopefully.
"Even I don't dare to have any hope for this broken system. Aren't you being a bit too optimistic? What's the use of this broken system? It can only remind me at the last minute, which is the same as not giving me any warning. It can't predict the future." Ye Moxun ate a few shrimp balls and felt a little thirsty, so he wanted to drink some hot soup.
Well, it seems we really can't rely too much on the system.
"I didn't make soup. You can have your medicinal meal, which is chicken stewed with yam and goji berries. It's also a stew." Song Tantan pushed the jar of medicinal meal in front of him.
Ye Moxun frowned slightly. "How can you pair medicinal soup with shrimp and crab? Can't you at least give me a drink?"
"I knew you wanted to drink junk drinks, but I won't give them to you. It's cold now, what if you get an upset stomach?" In order to take care of his health, Song Tantan hadn't given him anything with additives for a long time.
"mean."
"You ate so much of my food and still dare to call me stingy? Give it back, I'll take it all back and show you what stinginess really means." Song Tantan put the shrimp balls and crabs into her spatial storage, leaving only a jar of medicinal food.
Ye Moxun: "..."
The roe deer meat was prepared by Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi. Song Zhuiyan divided the meat into three portions: one portion was given to Zhong Qingyi, another portion was to be stored in Song Tantan's spatial storage to keep it fresh, and the last portion was to be eaten tonight.
"I still have some flour at home, so I'll make some dumplings, bake some, and make some soup..." Song Zhuiyan said as she busied herself.
Actually, on a snowy day like this, she really wants to eat hot pot, but the side dishes can't be as complete. For example, fresh green vegetables can't be taken out, so she can only cook some meat. Eating only meat is a bit greasy, so having green vegetables to go with it is perfect.
Sigh, I kind of regret calling Zhong Qingyi over, but it's okay, we can just have hot pot tomorrow.
Inside the room, Song Tantan locked the door. In the middle of the large table next to the bed was a small charcoal stove with a stainless steel simmering pot on it. The pot was divided into two compartments, one with a mildly spicy broth and the other with a non-spicy bone broth base.
Next to it were sliced fish, beef, lamb, and fresh vegetables.
The two of them openly and secretly started eating hot pot in the room. Song Tantan picked up a piece of freshly cooked beef and ate it in one bite. She ate very quickly, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away if she was slow. Every time Ye Moxun saw her like this, he would subconsciously speed up and grab the food to eat.
"What does it smell like? It smells quite nice." Zhong Qingyi paused her chopping motions and sniffed the air.
Song Zhuiyan also smelled it; there was a hint of chili and meat... It must be that Tantan invited Axun to have hot pot in the room.
"Oh, Tantan said she was hungry, so I heated up the leftover meat soup from this morning and brought it to her room. I added some special seasonings, which are a family secret recipe that you can't find anywhere else." She had inquired and found that chili peppers didn't exist in this era, so that's how she explained it.
"I'll make some later, you can try it, but don't tell anyone, what if someone asks me for it?" Call her stingy if you want, but she doesn't want anyone coming to her door asking for things, she's too lazy to deal with it.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Since it's your family's secret recipe, don't try it. Just keep it." In ancient times, family secret recipes were very precious and could not be passed on to outsiders. Zhong Qingyi felt that she had discovered more secrets of the Song family, and her heart was filled with complicated emotions.
“Don’t feel pressured. I can make the seasoning anytime. Don’t worry about running out. The ingredients for making this special seasoning are right here in the mountains, it’s just that none of you recognize them.” Song Zhuiyan’s smile was meaningful.
When the snow stops in spring and everything comes back to life, many things in Tantan Space will be taken out. At that time, we will pretend that they were found in the mountains. Chili peppers will be one of the things that will appear. If we reveal some information to Zhong Qingyi now, it will not seem too abrupt later.
The New Year's Eve dinner was very lavish, including pheasant soup. The pheasant was the same one that Zhong Qingyi had sent over last time, and it had been kept fresh in the supermarket. However, Song Zhuiyan said that it had been killed and frozen until now before being stewed.
A plate of roe deer meat was stir-fried, and some was grilled. It was seasoned with cumin, salt and pepper, and chili powder... It smelled wonderful and tasted amazing. Zhong Qingyi ate silently, not daring to ask any questions. After all, these seasonings were the Song family's secret recipe. If he kept asking, wouldn't he be suspected of stealing the recipe?
"These meatballs are delicious, how are they made?" Ye Moxun imitated Song Tantan, skewering five or six meatballs with chopsticks like eating candied hawthorns.
Zhong Qingyi picked up a piece, tasted it, and hesitated before saying, "This meat tastes like pork, but it's even better than regular pork, and it doesn't have a gamey smell."
Song Zhuiyan gave him a meaningful look but said nothing. Before, when Tan Tan brought the wild boars back, everyone was amazed at how such a small person could drive back a group of wild boars. In the end, everyone concluded that she had conquered them by force.
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