Otherworldly recipes

Ai Wen was sent out by Lin Huaimeng to buy new year's goods. Under the slogan of experiencing the new year's life, she looked at the crowded crowd in the bulk area of ​​the supermarket, and looked around aimlessly. She was led to the supermarket several times. , but this kind of crowding phenomenon is far from common in ordinary times.

Nowadays, every floor tile seems to be able to stand two or three people, most of them come out together, dragging their families with them, a string of bright red lanterns is hung, and festive music is always looping on the radio in the supermarket. With such a confused look, she checked the purchases one by one with the list given by the shopkeeper in her hand, and the cart was full of all kinds of New Year's goods.

Lin Huaimeng explained that he can buy whatever he wants to buy, as long as Ai Wen finds it interesting. Although Ai Wen understands that this is the owner's kindness, he agrees, but when he arrives at the supermarket, he still buys things step by step according to the list. , her obedience instinct engraved in her bones is something that cannot be changed for a while.

Ai Wen chanted melon seeds, and his eyes wandered around looking for her target item.

At this moment, the mobile phone in her pocket vibrated. Ai Wen quickly took out the mobile phone and saw the message from Lin Huaimeng. The other party sent a crying emoji in WeChat, and then said: I really want to eat KFC.

Lin Huaimeng likes crying expressions very much. All kinds of crying expressions make Aiwen feel funny every time. At first, she couldn't understand the meaning of the expression pack, but after being explained, she could vaguely understand the meaning of this kind of picture In terms of cuteness, Aiwen occasionally saves some pictures of small animals, like she especially likes big dogs.

Ai Wen couldn't restrain the corners of her mouth from rising, she typed and asked: What do you want to eat, I bought it and brought it back.

It took 5 minutes for Lin Huaimeng to reply: The whole family bucket, I need to buy another box of egg tarts.

Ai Wen expressed his understanding, and Lin Huaimeng sent a bunch of small hearts in a row. These hearts represented the happiness of the shop owner. Ai Wen rubbed the screen with his fingertips, and she felt warm and warm for some reason. She wanted to go back, the people coming and going on the street was a novelty, but she was still thinking about something.

This kind of concern caused her anxiety. Aiwen added the word KFC in the list. She looked at the list over and over again, feeling that the task was about to be completed.

Chinese New Year is not a matter of a day or two, but preparations for this year have to be made a long time in advance. Lin Huaimeng stuffed sausages at home, bought sausage casings by himself and scraped off the grease a little bit, whipped the pork bought at the vegetable market into minced meat, and then Put on the sausage stuffing machine and stuff the meat little by little.

Salted fish, bacon, and even salted duck, these salty goods are marinated by Lin Huaimeng himself, piled up with layers of salt, dried and soaked in salted brine, and after a period of drying and wind blowing, they can be enjoyed.

Fortunately, the yard outside her house is spacious and can dry a lot of salty goods. Since the weather turned cold, Lin Huaimeng has been preparing for these. She found someone to build a shelf for drying salty goods, equipped with a cover, Looking at the food hanging in the yard will give you a sense of satisfaction.

Salty food has its own special taste. This time, Lin Huaimeng cooked a pot of soup with ham cores just after the meat was marinated. The meat inside was beautifully layered, and the salty taste was completely absorbed by the soup. There was only one taste different from fresh meat. Delicious, the dried bamboo shoots inside are soaked in soup, every bite is a special enjoyment.

Aiwen likes the taste of bacon soup. Its soup will be stewed white, and the vegetables will be extra sweet.

The Spring Festival is a grand festival for the Chinese. The significance of this kind of festival is probably as important as the founding day of the empire. Everyone is celebrating, and the country/country will give everyone a short holiday for Celebrate.

Aiwen remembers that they would parade the streets on the day of the founding of the empire. Every soldier would drive a mech and walk through the streets to show the strength of the troops. The human spirit is also one of the few days in Aiwen's memory that he can freely control.

Perhaps it was because the Spring Festival was approaching and the supermarket would be on holiday. The vegetable area was robbed by people, and the scattered vegetable leaves would definitely not work. Aiwen had to pick some pumpkins and potatoes that looked good, and spent a lot of time queuing up. For a long time, when it was almost time to check out, the sky had already darkened.

Winter is no better than summer. This season is very cold and dark quickly. The time is only 04:30 and the light is gone. Aiwen puts on the hat of the down jacket, his short hair is pressed under the brim of the hat, and he holds large and small plastic bags.

She turned around and went into KFC, bought a family bucket and a box of egg tarts. Aiwen saw a little girl standing behind her when she was queuing. She had a fair and chubby face and was dressed like a little penguin. Still a little unsteady on the road.

Her height was there, and she couldn't reach the counter, so she could only tug at the corner of Ivan's clothes, and asked softly, "Sister, can you order two ice creams for me?"

She took out a small red envelope from her body, which contained two one-hundred sheets, and she took one seriously and handed it to Aiwen.

"I have money..."

Aiwen didn't ask where her parents were like ordinary people, but accepted the request after thinking about it, so she accepted the money, then ordered ice cream for the other party, and put the change in her hand.

The little girl carefully calculated the number with her fingers, and finally got stuck at 10.

Aiwen smiled. She rubbed the little girl's hair and handed two ice creams to the little girl. The little girl smiled happily holding the two ice creams. She wobbled and ran to her parents, and they sat The seat not far away should have watched the whole process, so he smiled and nodded to Ivan.

She buried herself in her mother's arms and muttered something, and finally she turned around again, holding an ice cream in her hand and said, "Sister, I'll give it to you."

The little girl's mother asked encouragingly, "Wenwen, what else did you not say?"

Wenwen lowered her head in embarrassment, her cheeks were flushed, but it might just be the residual excitement from running back and forth, "Thank you."

Aiwen took the ice cream, which was the first unplanned gift she received. She thought for a while and took a candy from the plastic bag, and put it in the little girl's palm with great care.

"Thank you too."

Wenwen ran back holding the candy, and bit her ears intimately with her mother again. Although she didn't know what they were talking about, Aiwen could feel the friendly attitude of the other party, which made Aiwen feel at ease smile.

Aiwen pushed open the glass door against the twilight. She carried all the big and small bags in her left hand, and only held a piece of original ice cream in her right hand. She tasted it. The taste is not bad.

This episode made her feel very happy. She took a taxi home. On the way, Aiwen thought that he should record all this when he went home. Each of these happy things is worth reminiscing in the future.

When Aiwen returned home, the small restaurant was already closed. Aiwen saw Su Peier sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV. The other party also cast a surprised look, but this surprise soon disappeared. It became embarrassing, and Lin Huaimeng was busy with dinner in the small kitchen. The aroma of the food was tangy, and she put down the plastic bag in her hand.

"Hello."

Su Peier bit the bullet and nodded, "Hello."

"Evan, are you back?"

Ai Wen changed his shoes in the hallway and hummed.

She skillfully went to the bathroom to wash her hands, took off the apron and put it on herself, and then quickly went into the small kitchen to report to the owner about the day's situation, like the cooked food and vegetables bought from the supermarket, and put them in the refrigerator by category. , and save it for today's dish.

Lin Huaimeng was standing by the trash can, peeling cucumbers. Ai Wen started peeling garlic when he came in. The shop owner said, "Su Pei'er is going to be a guest for a while. She will sleep in my room today. I will clean up the study room tomorrow. a bed."

Ai Wen nodded, "Then I'll clean up at night."

"Okay, go out with me tomorrow to buy some groceries. I will spend New Year's Eve in the store. I called several customers over. Lucy said that she has something to tell you."

Ai Wen frowned slightly, and she felt a little headache when she thought of the red-haired alchemy. After all, it was something she had promised, and if she hadn't had to, she didn't want to break the contract.

But Aiwen changed her mind and didn't want to leave. She asked hesitantly at this moment: "Should I tell her about the research on longevity?"

"That's not the right path, and I think it's kind of whimsical."

Lin Huaimeng patted the cucumber and thought about it: "There will be sequelae of immortality?"

Aiwen replied: "Yes, and it is a big sequelae. The subject of longevity has been doing research. In fact, many organizations I know are dedicated to the study of longevity, but they all failed. Different monsters."

"The monster has the ability to live forever?"

Ai Wen shook his head, "I don't know, I wiped them all out."

The reason why monsters are called monsters is that they have a reason why they cannot live in the world. Aiwen obeyed the orders of his superiors and wiped out too many human studies of this kind. Their longevity always has problems of one kind or another, but the research of these organizations also All handed over to the Union.

Now that Aiwen thinks about it, maybe they didn't necessarily all fail, they just moved other people's cakes.

Aiwen put minced garlic and red pepper in the bowl, and made a sauce with vinegar and sesame oil. This is used to make cold cucumbers. She picked up a piece with her hands and tasted the taste, and finally passed another piece to Aiwen.

Lin Huaimeng asked expectantly, "Is the taste good?"

Ai Wen chewed the cucumber and said, "You can put some more salt."

"Okay~"

Lin Huaimeng added some more salt, and while stirring vigorously, said: "You can tell Lacey, this is what she wants, but you remember to tell her the risks, even if you don't tell her about some things, she will explore by herself. Maybe it’s still going astray.”

"Arnold looks much older. He got angry at Lacey last time because he couldn't taste the saltiness of the food."

Ivan remembered this incident, and she clearly remembered that this was the first time she saw Arnold lose his composure, and some gray hairs began to appear in his black hair, so Arnold didn't even take off his hat, but just had a gloomy face and was depressed .

Lacey later apologized for Arnold, explaining, "The wind in the Fire Nation has changed."

Lin Huaimeng didn't seem surprised at the time, so Ai Wen didn't ask much.

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