Will you die if you don't act cute every day?

It was already sunset when Cheng Si returned to the residence, but the joy of getting the scales still made her feel no fatigue at all.

"Jinzi, mouse, I'm back." She pushed open the door, yelled loudly, touched the things in her pocket by the way, and bent her eyes to think: In addition to leaving three scales for themselves, the remaining two Just enough to exchange for supplies.

The room was deserted, and no one responded to her.

Cheng Si frowned, feeling a little strange in his heart.At this time, they should all be waiting for her in the house, not to mention that she had specifically told Jin Meng to stay at home for the next two days and not to go out.She walked into the inner room and saw two packed packages on the table next to the sofa. She walked over and opened the packages to have a look, and found that they were packed with necessary supplies.

Probably something went out.Cheng Si repacked the package, walked to a side cabinet, took a bottle of water and drank it upside down. She looked at the sky outside, and guessed in her heart that it was almost time to eat.So I went to the kitchen and took out a piece of shark leopard meat I brought back a few days ago, put it on the cutting board and cut it into pieces of uniform size, then put these pieces of meat into a bowl, poured some wine, and stirred a few times Set it aside for later use.

She lit the fire and poured some animal oil into the pot, which she bought in the living area of ​​the base, and about a black gold can be exchanged for half a catty.After a while, the oil in the pot began to sizzle and emit small bubbles and tiny smoke. She sprinkled some sugar into the pot, and when the color of the sugar began to turn slightly yellow, she put the oil on hand Meat pieces, and a little more water was added to the pot.Stir-frying a few times, a smell of meat began to overflow with her movements. Cheng Si saw the color of the meat change, and picked up the soy sauce and poured it clockwise on the top of the pot. The browned meat was covered with It was topped with a reddish black color, and there was a sound of "Zi La". She continued to stir fry a few times, and the aroma was several times stronger than before. Once inside, she picked up the lid and put it on the pot.After simmering for a few minutes, lift the lid and put the meat out on a plate.

Cheng Si put out the fire, took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder on one side, and put a piece of meat into his mouth.Because it was still hot just out of the pan, she had to open her mouth and fan the air with her hands.The taste of the seasoning and the ratio of soy sauce and cooking wine are just right, the taste is slightly sweet, and the mouth is soft and soft, especially when she simmers the meat for a few minutes at the end, the thick juice/liquid is absorbed into the meat, making the taste of the meat more intense.

Nodding in satisfaction, Cheng Si is very satisfied with his work.Although it is not surprising that it is called the end of the world because of the current situation, she does not have many opportunities to cook, but it is rare to cook once, and she feels that her performance is still very successful.

Taking the meat to the table outside, Cheng Si went back to the kitchen and looked through it, but found that there were no other dishes. Thinking about one dish would be too shabby, so he took another bottle of low-alcohol fruit wine and put it in the middle of the table.After standing at the table for a while, she smelled the oily fumes coming from her body, went to the house to take a shower, changed into newer clothes and came out, she sat at the position facing the door, so that Jin Meng and the mouse would come back , she can go up to meet them as soon as possible.

"Oh, ouch, what does it smell like? It smells so good." A benevolent old man came in at the door. Cheng Si knew this man. He was a small vendor nearby. Things are never short, so Cheng Si always buys things from him, and often sells some prey brought back from the wild to him cheaply.

"Grandpa Liu, I made braised pork today. Come here, sit down and let's eat together later. It's not me bragging. The meat I made is really good." Cheng Si has always been very polite to his elders, even in the current world. It's different, but she still sticks to it.

"Hey, I know, I smelled the fragrance coming out of your house at the intersection of the street, what's the matter, what's the good thing today?" Grandpa Liu smiled kindly, hanging from his waist He took out two black stones from his cloth pocket and put them on the table, "Come and accept it, this meat is so tempting, I'll keep it cheeky today."

When Cheng Si saw how he could really accept his black crystals in this situation, she returned the two black crystals, "If you can't do it, Grandpa Liu, this is just a meal. We have known each other for so long, so just treat it as my invitation." You eat it once, and you give me the black crystal, it hurts my feelings."

Grandpa Liu shook his head, with a bit of persistence in his eyes, he put the black crystal back into Cheng Si's hand, "This friendship is worth every penny. If you don't help me on weekdays, just rely on me as an old man. I died long ago in this world of cannibalism. You, you usually don’t want to take my things for nothing. I always think that there is something I can do to help you, but you are so powerful, I don’t know how I can. What's the use of it, today's black crystal...you take it, I'm old, and I can't use these."

Cheng Si heard that, looking at the old man's gray temples and cloudy eyeballs, she felt a little sore in her heart. She actually knew that the old man would not last for a few days.She met the old man's stubborn gaze, and suddenly understood: This may be a wish of the old man, hoping to give others something in return.The words of refusal hovered in his mouth for a while, but in the end he still didn't say it, "OK, then I'll accept it. We'll have dinner when Jin Meng and Mouse come back later." Cheng Si smiled gently.

Grandpa Liu let out an 'ah', with a child-like smile on his face.After a while, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked her: "That Jin Meng and the mouse have left here today, don't you know?"

Cheng Si's hand paused, his eyes froze for a moment, shock flashed in his eyes.She raised her head, and said with an unnatural arc at the corner of her mouth: "Leave? Who did they go with?" Jin Meng and the mouse didn't have the scales to leave the island, unless someone took them away, she really couldn't figure it out what possibility.But on this island, she should be the only one with scales now.

Grandpa Liu thought about it carefully, and then hesitated: "I didn't go to the scene and didn't know the details, but I heard that they were taken away by two men, and they were very happy talking and laughing along the way. look." When he said this, he deliberately observed Cheng Si's expression, and found that the expression on her face was very pale, and then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He thought that the two people were going to leave. Cheng Si said, she should know by looking at her expression now.

Sure enough, Cheng Si made an expression of sudden realization, shook his head and laughed at himself: "That's right, they told me a few days ago that they were leaving today. It's a pity that I didn't have time to see them off."

But the hand that was placed under the table was clenched into a tight fist by her, and she suddenly felt a little sad, was she being left behind again...

Grandpa Liu didn't know the real situation of the matter, so he politely relieved: "It's okay, there is a saying, it is destined to meet thousands of miles away, and you will definitely see each other again in the future."

Cheng Si picked up the fruit wine on the table, opened the bottle cap, filled his glass to the full, and then filled Grandpa Liu to the fifth, "Then let's eat, they... are unlucky, they won't be able to eat mine." Good cooking, Grandpa Liu, you are getting older, let's drink a little wine, let's have a good time." After that, she picked up the wine glass and touched his glass directly, and drank it with her head up.