Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Maddeningly Delicious Cuisine Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Maddeningly Delicious Cuisine Bai Junjun carefully sniffed and seemed to catch a strange scent: a bit fragrant yet somewhat reminiscent of stinky feet.
She couldn’t quite place what it was.
For someone who survived solely on nutrient solutions, this was truly beyond her knowledge.
“Uh… It’s soy sauce that we brewed ourselves.”
Qiu Er saw the little girl’s dirty face filled with confusion. At first, he thought there was something odd about this girl. It’s sauce, for goodness’ sake, who doesn’t recognize sauce marinade these days? Quite extraordinary.
Then he suddenly remembered her background.
The little girl had been fleeing outside for three years; she probably hadn’t tasted these homely flavors in a long time, let alone remember kitchen ingredients—probably all forgotten!
Qiu Er looked at her with pity: “Try it later, you will enjoy it.”
Bai Junjun unconsciously licked her lips and nodded.
While Bai Junjun watched Qiu Er fuss over the piece of wild boar meat, the eldest daughter-in-law had also finished setting up the simple stove.
She took out a pot and water bladder hanging under the cart, got some coarse rice from the cart, and started to make porridge.
Bai Junjun, unable to resist, crouched down again…continuing to watch.
She looked just like a three-year-old child craving candied haws, prompting Madam Liu to laugh despite herself.
When Bai Sasa and Bai Lingyu returned, they saw their eldest sister still squatting in front of the stove, drooling non-stop.
The two kids suddenly felt their elder sister seemed to have developed… a strong fixation… on food.
But hadn’t she always said that too much was as bad as too little, that one must not be overly attached to anything?
Why was she the first to become fixated?
Before they could tease their elder sister, a refreshing summer breeze blew by, and the two children also belatedly noticed the sizzling, fatty wild boar meat on the fire rack.
The two were likewise captivated, staring blankly at the meat while continuously swallowing saliva, just like Bai Junjun.
“Hahaha… Three little gluttons!”
Xiao Shan saw the three of them swallowing saliva in unison and couldn’t help holding his belly in laughter.
Bai Sasa and Bai Lingyu, with their thin skins and deep-rooted manners, knew it was extremely impolite to stare at someone else’s food like that.
The two kids instinctively blushed and suppressed their nature, quietly shifting their eyes away.
But Bai Junjun, unaffected by wind or rain, remained unmoved.
Laugh at others all you want, she kept her gaze fixed.
This was the barbecue spoken of in historical records! And it’s pork with alcohol added!
Anyone from the 666th year of the apocalypse would go mad for it.
“Xiao Shan, don’t talk nonsense!” The eldest daughter-in-law already felt that the fate of these three children was pitiful enough, yet her thoughtless son was making matters worse; that was truly unacceptable.
Xiao Shan puckered his lips, feeling aggrieved. At home, being laughed at for drooling over the dishes by his uncles was normal, he was just mimicking them. Why was his mother scolding him? She never scolded his uncles for this before!
Xiao Shan felt altogether upset.
Just as Xiao Shan was about to seek comfort through crying, Bai Junjun suddenly turned her head, alertly gazing in the direction of the path.
Everyone was initially puzzled, then they also heard the rustling noise coming from the bushes.
Consequently, Qiu Er and Qiu San unconsciously gripped their bows and arrows tighter, and just then, a tall figure appeared.
He wore simple hemp clothes similar to theirs, with animal hide stitched in places prone to friction like shoulders and elbows. His features shared a resemblance to Qiu Er and Qiu San, only more stern.
It was Qiu Da returning.
Recognizing the newcomer, Qiu Er and Qiu San breathed a sigh of relief.