I have a Yokai cookbook [Gourmet]

Chi Ming looked at the girl in front of him who only reached his shoulder, a little surprised, didn't he say that no one would dare to go to the island.

"Who are you? Why are you here alone?" Chi Ming asked without answering.

"My...my name is Xiaoya, and this is my home." The girl named Xiaoya bit her lip. Her mother said that she could not talk to strangers, but the boy in front of her gave her a very reassuring feeling. She felt that He doesn't look like the bad guy my mother said.

"Hello, Xiaoya. My name is Chi Ming, and I'm a tourist from outside. Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. I see the beautiful scenery here, so I want to go around." Chi Ming explained patiently.

"Outside, you mean you came in from outside?" Xiaoya opened her mouth wide in surprise.

She said angrily: "You are lying, no outsider has been here for more than ten years. My mother said that there is a serious plague outside. Have you got that terrible plague?" Xiaoya backed away with some fear. Take a few steps.

"..."

"I'm very healthy. If I really get sick, do you think I can still stand here and talk?" Chi Ming felt helpless.

"You, you really don't look like it. But mother said that outsiders can't get in here. How did you get in?" Xiaoya tightly held the medicine hoe in her hand, she still didn't quite believe Chi Ming. if.

"I came in by boat. If you don't believe me, you can go down and see that my boat is on the shore." Chi Ming pointed to the winding path behind him.

"Just look." Xiaoya bypassed Chi Ming and quickly ran down the mountain.

Chi Ming didn't want to walk back and forth, so he simply found a clean stone and sat down.

Soon, Xiaoya came back, and her eyes became bright: "You really came from outside. Isn't the outside world very exciting, and is there a lot of fun and delicious food?"

"Do people outside look as good-looking as you?"

"This little thing on your shoulder is so cute, can I touch it?"

"Is it your pet?"

Xiaoya chattered like a curious baby, she really yearned for the outside world, but mother forbade her to leave the island.

Chi Ming looked at Bai Yao, and Bai Yao shook her head quickly, jokingly, how could she be touched by people because she is a majestic book spirit.

"I have delicious cherries here, do you want to eat them?" Seeing the little thing shaking her head, Xiaoya's eyes flashed with disappointment, but she quickly sold them happily.

Seeing Bai Yao staring at the cherry in her hand without blinking, she immediately passed it in front of it: "Here, it's really delicious. I won't lie to you, I lied to you as a puppy."

In the end, Bai Yao couldn't bear the temptation of the big red and big cherries, so she grabbed one and stuffed it into her mouth. It was sour and sweet, and the skin would break when bitten.

"Also, I'll give it to you." Xiaoya showed a big smile on her face, she was very happy, seeing the little thing holding a cherry that was almost bigger than her hand, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she couldn't help stretching out her magic claw He touched the little green ball on the top of the little thing's head.

"Ah, it hurts." There was a sharp pain, and Xiaoya was horrified to find that her palms were all scorched.

"Sorry, it probably didn't do it on purpose. You can't touch the ball on its head, or you'll get hurt." Except for him, of course.

"Ah, it's all right. I did it myself."

Xiaoya stuck out her tongue, and continued: "You haven't had lunch yet, why don't you go to my house. My mother's cooking is the best."

"Okay, then I will trouble you."

Chi Ming nodded. At least for now, this Xiaoya doesn't look like a monster. It's better for him to follow her than to wander around like a headless chicken alone.

This island is bigger than he expected, and there are universes inside.

After climbing over the top of the mountain, I saw a few houses at the bottom of the mountain with smoke curling up from their houses.There are also various fruits and vegetables planted in an orderly manner.In the distance is a farmland that is as neat as tofu blocks.

Did the old man say that people who never went back ten years ago chose to make their homes here?

With this doubt, Chi Ming went down the mountain.

This place is like a paradise described by Mr. Tao, the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs can be heard from afar.

"Mother, Xiaoya is back." Xiaoya happily pushed open a bamboo fence door.

"Mother, you won't be offended that Xiaoya brought a friend back." Xiaoya threw herself on a woman who was cutting vegetables and feeding chickens, and said coquettishly.

The woman is not tall, she looks like Xiaoya five times, with a narrow plain colored forehead on her forehead, she looks very kind, her eyes are also very energetic.

"You child, since you are Xiaoya's friend, how could mother take offense?"

"You're tired from picking herbs on the mountain. Go wash your hands and get ready to eat. Mother, I'll cook a few dishes and dinner will be ready soon." The woman patted Xiaoya's shoulder lovingly, just passing by Chi Ming. When she was there, she gave him a meaningful look.

"Let me just say that my wife is very good. Come with me." Xiaoya put the basket with herbs behind her on the wooden shelf in the yard.

Although everything seemed normal, Chi Ming always felt that there was an indescribable weirdness.

Along the way, whether it was the villagers he met or the people he saw, their movements were a little stiff. When they talked or walked, it gave him a sense of being involved in a puppet show.

But this Xiaoya's mother looks very natural, but I don't know why he feels uncomfortable.And he could sense that she seemed to dislike his presence.

Chi Ming has always been sensitive to emotions, and he doesn't understand why the other party has so much hostility towards him since they just met for the first time.

"This is a toy my mother made for me, isn't it great?" Xiaoya seemed to have found someone to share her happiness with, and she talked endlessly about the wooden toys in the house: wooden horses, bamboo kites, Luban locks, twelve Wood carvings in the shape of the zodiac.

"Your mother is very good. What about your father?" These things are a test of ingenuity and knife skills. Chi Ming is a little surprised that Xiaoya's mother is so exquisite.

"Ah, dad. My dad died when I was very young." Xiaoya's eyes turned gray instantly, feeling a little depressed.

"I'm sorry, I don't know." Chi Ming was at a loss when he saw the little girl about to cry. He couldn't comfort people, especially girls, and he was inexperienced.

"It's okay, you didn't do it on purpose. Although I don't have a father, my mother is really good to me. I don't feel regretful about being both a father and a mother these years. Really, I have a very happy life."

Xiaoya was happy again, and when she turned her head to see the woman standing at the door with dishes, she immediately showed a sweet smile: "Mom, I love you the most."

"Girls always talk about whether they love it or not, and they are ashamed." Although the woman said this, her face was full of doting.

"Chi Ming, sit down and eat together. You are lucky at noon, this is my mother's specialty, mother's dish." Xiaoya said proudly.

"Sit down, these are home-cooked dishes, don't be too polite." The woman said with a full smile, and made a gesture to push the dishes in Chi Ming's direction.

"En. Hurry up and eat too." Chi Ming was a little unaccustomed to being stared at by the two, and couldn't hold back the expectant eyes of the two, so he bit the bullet and picked up a piece of pork belly and put it in his mouth.

Fat but not greasy, the meat is soft and sweet. It is a traditional pickled pork with pickled vegetables. It tastes good.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Xiaoya asked expectantly.

"En, not bad." Chi Ming picked up another chopsticks of dried plums and vegetables. The dried plums were full of the broth of the fat meat.

Indeed, the taste is the same as the name, with a strong taste of mother's production.

Chi Ming picked up another chopstick of fried shredded pork with pickled cabbage. The taste was neither salty nor bland, but sweet and refreshing.

The tofu crucian carp soup is also made authentically. The soup is milky white and tastes fresh and sweet.

It was the first time that Chi Ming had such an appetizing meal, and he couldn't help giving the woman a high look.

To make such a table of seemingly simple dishes, I am afraid that it will take some effort and thought to prepare.

After the meal, Xiaoya took Chi Ming to the village again.

Originally, Chi Ming wanted to go back, but he turned around, but didn't find anything unusual about what Bai Yao said, so he wanted to go back first.

But when Xiaoya heard that he was going back, her eyes were as red as a rabbit, and she was about to cry.

The woman also tried hard to persuade him to stay.

No way, Chi Ming had to stay for a night.

One is to continue to observe, and the other is because there is nothing to do when I go back, so let's treat it as a vacation on a small island.

Chi Ming didn't know if he was too tired, he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow tonight.

And on the other side,

A woman in a red dress with delicate makeup knocked on Xiaoya's door.

"Xiaoya, do you really like that boy named Chi Ming?"

"Well, I like him very much. He is not only good-looking, but also has a good personality. I like playing with him very much."

Xiaoya's voice came from inside the house, carrying the shyness of a girl.

"Then do you want to play with him forever?" The woman's slightly pale face was reflected on the paper window, but the coiled woman's head turned into loose long hair at some point, like a pair of hair at this moment. A poisonous snake spit out its core, restlessly dormant in the dark night.

"Yes, I want to be friends with him forever." Xiaoya replied without thinking.She is too lonely, and there are no friends of her age in the village.

"Then if I let you marry him and let him be your husband, would you be willing?" The woman covered her mouth and let out a low laugh.

"Well, marry him? Do you live together like Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li?"

"Silly boy, that's what you think."

"If so, would you like to?"

"Only in that way, he will not leave you and stay here forever." The woman continued to bewitch.

"I, I, I seem to be willing."

"Hehe, silly boy, you have finally grown up."

"Don't worry, mother will marry you two tomorrow. Then you will be together forever and ever."

"Ah, so fast, but, but I'm still ready to be a bride."

"My silly boy..."

There was a sigh, and there was no more movement.