Ji Nuan lifted the large leaves that covered the stone pot, her expectant eyes looking into the pot.
The translucent purple grain had swollen several times, and only half of the pot was filled with the purple grain when poured. When cooked into rice, it filled up a huge pot. She carefully picked up a little of the purple rice with chopsticks and put it into her mouth.
The freshly steamed rice was very hot, Ji Nuan blew on it, her mouth in the shape of a goldfish.
Only when the purple rice in her mouth cooled down a bit, she chewed up all of it in her mouth.
The soft and glutinous texture made Ji Nuan satisfyingly squint her eyes, it was so delicious, only the heavens knew how much she missed the taste of rice.
She served the purple rice in the stone pot into a wooden barrel, covered it with three large leaves and sighed helplessly. It was so inconvenient without suitable kitchen utensils.
She carefully cleaned the stone pot and put it on the small earthen stove. She then poured the slices of Humming Beast meat that she had cut earlier into the pot. The smell of the meat oil spread in the air, leading Ji Nuan to swallow a few times unconsciously. The meat cooked here was really fragrant and had no gamey smell.
The meat was stir-fried until it was slightly charred. She then poured various prepared fruits into the pan for seasoning. The spicy aroma had Ji Nuan and the tall orc standing in front of the cave closing their eyes in pleasure.
Xiu Yan dumped the green mud he brought back onto a small open space and bathed in the small river. As soon as he returned to the cave, he smelled a tempting aroma that made his Adam’s apple slide a few times and saliva unconsciously secrete.
The stir-fried meat was directly placed in the stone pot. Ji Nuan was about to cover the pot with large leaves and wait for Xiu Yan to return to eat together. She looked up and saw that the orc standing at the mouth of the cave was drooling while staring at the stir-fried meat in the pot. His usually cold eyes were a bit warmer.
"Brother Xiu Yan, the food is ready. Come in and eat!" She didn’t bother lifting the stone pot, she just moved the firewood under the small hearth to one side to prevent the meat from getting burnt.
She filled two stone bowls with a heap of purple rice from the wooden barrel and put one of the bowls on the large leaf in front of Xiu Yan.
Then she couldn’t wait to pick up her bowl of purple rice and ladled a spoonful of meat on top of it.
The purple rice had absorbed the soup from the meat and became moist. It was distinct and chewy, with a rich meat soup flavor. The charred meat and warm rice soup went down the stomach, it was warm and excessively comfortable.
A big bowl of purple rice went down with the spicy meat. Ji Nuan sighed in satisfaction, that was fantastic!
"Ao ao woo~" Suddenly, a pitiful little milk voice reached Ji Nuan’s ears. When she looked up, there was no proud orc.
A chubby Silver Wolf cub, with its front paws on the leaf holding the rice bowl, its fat rear legs propping up its fat butt, was anxiously twisting. Its little tail was about to shake off.
Its round eyes looked at Ji Nuan pitifully, its silver hair at the corner of its mouth wet with saliva, its little nose constantly twitching. It didn’t look like a wolf at all, clearly it was a little cheeky dog that couldn’t eat meat.
"Um..."
Ji Nuan awkwardly touched her nose. She had been eating happily just now and hadn’t noticed when Brother Xiu Yan had turned back into a chubby cub again. She must have made him drool while eating so deliciously.
"Um, Brother Xiu Yan, have you changed back again? Or can’t you control your transformation freely?" Ji Nuan took the stone bowl from the big leaf and asked softly.
The chubby cub "ao woo" replied, pointed its chubby little chin, the little fat trembled a few times, its round little head drooped in sadness on its two chubby front paws. Its pitiful appearance made Ji Nuan’s heart tremble.
"It’s okay, I’ll feed you. You can’t eat right now. After you become an orc, I’ll cook it again for you to eat." She finished speaking and got up to get the special wooden spoon for feeding the chubby cub.
Ji Nuan, who had turned around, didn’t see the previously pitiful chubby cub, with a cunning smile on its round little furry face. The pitch-black eyes were full of the delight of a successful plot.
Seeing her coming back with a wooden spoon, it put on a dejected face again and the tail was listlessly shaking.
The meat juice and the meat were poured on the purple rice, a spoonful was brought to the chubby cub’s face. Only then did the little guy prop up its two chubby front paws, sat down with its chubby butt on the big leaf, and opened its soft pink mouth to catch the spoonful.
At once, its round eyes started squinting in enjoyment. The tail which was dejectedly swinging just a moment ago carried a hint of joy now.
The Little Silver Wolf finished eating the remaining purple rice and stir-fried meat under Ji Nuan’s feeding, picked a clean large leaf, and laid lazily down in the cave where the sunshine could reach.
Ji Nuan came out after cleaning up the pots and bowls and laughed at the scene of the Little Silver Wolf.
She squatted down and rubbed the smooth fur on his back: "I’ll go inside and move your little nest out."
The Little Silver Wolf joyously stretched its tiny, chubby legs, then turned around and exposed its round, chubby stomach. Its chubby paw even patted its stomach.
The round eyes looked at Ji Nuan coquettishly: "Ao ao!"
Rub the tummy~