Chapter 558: Chapter 558: If I Get Drunk Again, Read My Name Huyue Backwards (4th Update)
The two little girls went out to play, bubbling with excitement.
An Yan led Xue Lan, Xiao Sha, and others out as well.
Now only Xue An, Huyue, and Old Taoist Zhai were left in the house.
Old Taoist Zhai said, “Xiao An, you came for the monsters that fill the mountain, didn’t you?”
“It is and it isn’t!” Xue An took a sip of tea.
Old Taoist Zhai let out a sigh, “Although my cultivation level is meager, I have some accomplishment in divination. I’ve divined more than once these past few days, but the results are all vague, indicating fortune and misfortune that are hard to predict. This is the first time I’ve encountered such a thing! Therefore, even though I don’t know what you’re planning to do, you should still be careful!”
Xue An nodded, “I naturally understand this!”
At this moment, they heard the joyful laughter of the two girls outside, along with An Yan’s exclamations of surprise.
“It’s snowing!”
Xue An got up and went to the window.
Indeed, snowflakes had begun to flutter down outside.
In a moment, the distant mountaintops were shrouded in a layer of white.
But such weather could not stop the playfulness of the two little girls.
The tree spirit stretched out its long branches, forming a slide-like runway, down which the two young ladies slid, bursting into peals of laughter.
Countless pear blossom spirits also gathered around Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian, playing joyfully with them.
Such a scene brought a smile to Xue An’s face as well.
“As soon as it snows on Mount Qingmang, it means the New Year is near!” Old Taoist Zhai said with a slight sigh.
Xue An smiled, “This year, let’s spend the New Year in Qingmang Town. It’s rather lonesome here with just you.”
Old Taoist Zhai laughed and shook his head, “No need. I’ve gotten used to it after over forty years here! The outside world is too bothersome, and I can’t adapt to it!”
“Really? Then why do I hear from Lan that you go there to mooch every now and then?” Xue An said playfully.
“Cough cough! That’s a special case. After all, one is bound to get tired of eating game from the mountains all the time!” Old Taoist Zhai explained, then added another sentence.
“But now it’s better. Even if I want to eat game, I can’t find it, as even the wild rabbits have turned into spirits!”
Huyue laughed heartily, “So what? The spirits taste even better when you eat them!”
“It’s different. I ate game before because they were ignorant, but now they have awakened and can even speak. How can I bear to eat them now?”
“So what are you eating now?” Huyue asked.
“To tell you the truth, I’m a vegetarian now!”
“Well, if the vegetables and grains turn into spirits too, what do you plan to eat? Starve to death?”
“You’re quibbling! How could vegetables and grains become spirits?”
“Hehe, they couldn’t?” Huyue laughed and lifted a hand, and a row of corn cobs hanging under the eaves began to spin on their own, without any wind.
Soon, several plump corn cobs started calling out to Old Taoist Zhai, “Grandpa, grandpa…”
Their voices were crisp and sweet, just like little children.
Old Taoist Zhai was dumbfounded. After a moment, he muttered, “How did perfectly normal corn turn into Calabash Babies? Could it be that I’m also bound to meet a Snake Spirit and a Scorpion Spirit?”
Xue An was caught between laughter and tears, “Alright, pay no mind to the nonsense this fellow says, he’s not right in the head! It’s indeed awkward to eat those with awakened spirits, so just prepare something with unawakened spirits! I’ll take care of lunch, we’re having hotpot!”
At these words, Huyue’s eyes immediately widened, almost drooling.
“Are you serious?”
Xue An nodded, “But right now, we still don’t have the ingredients!”
“That’s not a problem, leave it to me!” Huyue said, and then he leaped into the vast snowy expanse.
He knew Xue An’s culinary skills better than anyone else.
In fact, the reason they knew each other and got along so well was largely because Huyue was fond of Xue An’s cooking.
But since arriving in the human realm, no matter how Huyue coaxed or pleaded, Xue An had never cooked for him.
In Xue An’s words, he was too lazy to cook for a grown man alone.
Now that Xue An was finally about to cook, Huyue was naturally ecstatic, almost drooling.
With his skills, he quickly caught a few wild rabbits, and even managed to get a wild goat, along with various wild vegetables and fruits.
Xue An began to prepare the food.
By this time, the snow outside could cover one’s feet.
The two little girls were carried back by An Yan, one in each hand, who then reproachfully said to Xue An, “Look at your two darling daughters, they’re almost going crazy with play!”
Xue An smiled, “If they enjoy it, let them play. It’s their childhood after all!”
The two little girls, initially hanging their heads from their mother’s scolding, looked up and giggled when they heard Xue An’s words.
Especially Nian Nian, who came over smelling the fragrance, “Daddy, are we having hotpot?”
“Yeah, do you want some?”
“Yeah! But it would be even better with ice cream!”
“I’ll teach you. Go ask Pretty Mommy, and she’ll give you some!” Xue An said whispering into Nian Nian’s ear cheerfully.
Nian Nian’s eyes lit up, and she pulled her sister over to An Yan. Extending her tiny hands, she looked up at An Yan with pleading eyes, “Pretty Mommy, you are the most beautiful mommy in the world!”
An Yan was utterly disarmed and shot Xue An a fierce glare, “You, you’re going to spoil them rotten at this rate!”
Then she dutifully took out two ice creams from the Mustard Seed Ring.
“Just one each! Once it’s gone, there’s no more!”
“Yeah, yeah!”
The two little girls ate with happy faces, winking continuously at Xue An.
Xue An just smiled it off.
Meanwhile, in the backyard, Huyue watched the skilled Zhai Lao Dao skinning a goat and said with some amusement.
“Are you sure this is your vegetarian diet? Your technique seems quite professional!”
Zhai Lao Dao chuckled, “Can’t help it! Sometimes these dumb sheep just fall into my lap, how could I waste them?”
Once the goat skin was off, Huyue picked up a knife and quickly sliced the goat meat into thin pieces.
By that time, Xue An had already set up the hotpot. Even though the ingredients were very ordinary, under Xue An’s hand, the broth was still fragrant and appetizing.
Everyone sat around the stove, enjoying the steaming hotpot with lamb slices as snowflakes fell heavily outside.
This comfort made Huyue issue a satisfied sigh.
“Honestly, I find the human world quite fun! But now, if there were some alcohol, it would be even better!”
Zhai Lao Dao grinned, turned into the house, and soon came back holding a large jar.
When the lid was lifted, the aroma of alcohol filled the air.
“This is wine I brewed with wild fruits in the spring. It tastes good, but it packs a strong punch!”
Huyue could no longer contain himself, “Pour me a cup, pour me a cup!”
As soon as a cup was filled, Huyue was just about to drink.
Xue An looked at him, “It’s snowing pretty heavily outside, wouldn’t it be a bit cold crying in the snow right now?”
“A mistake, a pure mistake!” Huyue, reminded of his embarrassing moment, looked awkward and hurriedly explained.
“What if you get drunk again this time?”
“How could that happen! If I get drunk again this time, then you can read the name Huyue backwards from now on!”
“All right, Chamber Pot!”
“I meant if I get drunk!”
“Got to get used to it in advance, don’t I!”
“….”