Chapter 100 - 100 Those Who Didn’t Know Would Think He Was a Refugee
100 Those Who Didn’t Know Would Think He Was a Refugee
Du Yue smiled. “The spices you brought are enough to cook an imperial feast.
“I’ll go find some containers and fish out the hare meat first.” He Xing ran as fast as he could and took both of their empty lunch boxes from the car.
He scooped out the hare meat and placed it in the lunch boxes. Then, he poured away the water in the pot and used snow to clean the pot. After that, He Xing poured some hot water into the pot to wash it again. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, wiped the water off the pot, put it on the gas stove, and turned on the fire.
Du Yue could not help but find his practiced movements a little funny. He really did like to eat meat! The iron pot had to be hot, and it would be best if it started to smoke before the oil was poured in.
When the pot was hot enough, Du Yue asked casually, “You don’t know how to cook, so why did you buy so many things cooking ingredients?”
The supermarket in the base did sell spices, but they were all very expensive.
“I wanted to learn how to cook, so I bought them. I even found some recipes to refer to, but after practicing a few times, all my food was either burned or too salty.” In short, he had never made a decent dish. “I don’t care about other things, but I’ve never used meat to practice cooking. It’s such a waste.”
Du Yue was amused by He Xing’s frank words and his defeated expression, but she did not know how to comfort him.
Coincidentally, the pot was also hot at this time. Du Yue opened the oil barrel and poured oil into it. After the oil was hot, she added pepper and chili to the pot and fried the seasoning mix until it was fragrant. In fact, if one wanted the meat to be delicious, one should add some scallions, ginger, and garlic, but one could not ask for too much when one was outside.
As Du Yue continued to cook, a fragrant aroma quickly wafted out from the pot. Du Yue picked up the lunch boxes and put the hare meat into the pot. After stir-frying for a while, she added chicken essence, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and pepper oil.
He Xing could not help but give Du Yue a thumbs-up as he took in the aroma of the hare meat. “If you open a restaurant in the base with your skills, it would definitely be full of customers every day!”
Du Yue waved her hand. “There’s no shortage of good chefs at the base. I’m not even close to their level.” Du Yue did not know the exact number of people in the base, but she could guess that there must be a lot of them. There were definitely many people with excellent cooking skills. The reason why these people did not think of opening a restaurant was that they did not have the ingredients. It was not like before the apocalypse where one could buy any delicacy as long as one had the money.
He Xing sighed softly at Du Yue’s words. The topic was a little heavy, and neither of them wanted to continue.
When the food was almost done, Du Yue added hot water to the pot and a piece of ready-made hot pot base. There were no fresh scallions, ginger, and garlic, but the hotpot base was a good substitute. Du Yue covered the pot and looked around. She suddenly felt a little worried. “The others must be hunting wild animals in the mountains too. Do you think they’ll come here after smelling it? ”
“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine even if they do find us. They shouldn’t even think about snatching our things from my hands.” His words were arrogant and overbearing, completely different from He Xing’s usual cheeky attitude.
Du Yue thought about it and agreed. Even if someone really came looking for them, she would not let them take her meat away. Even so, Du Yue still hoped that she could have a meal in peace and not be disturbed.
They did not know if it was because they were lucky, but no one came to find them even after the hare meat was done cooking. The wolves and wild boars that had escaped did not return either.
In fact, it was a little early to have lunch now. It was only a little past 10:30 am, but He Xing and Du Yue did not mind. They returned to the car with the fragrant hare meat. The two of them sat in the trunk, each holding a lunch box. They started eating.
A bag of hare meat did not contain much, only about three catties worth. In addition, Du Yue and He Xing both had huge appetites, so it did not take long for them to finish the hare meat in the pot. He Xing was still not satisfied after the meal, so he took the pot and the gas stove out of the car, re-heated the soup in the pot, and cooked some noodles.
He Xing squatted beside the pot, watching the boiling soup as he swallowed his saliva. “Why aren’t they cooked yet? I’m starving.” Du Yue was speechless as she listened to He Xing’s mumbling. If anyone else were to see this, they would think that he was a refugee who had not eaten for days!
However, in fact, ever since he left the house, he had been so full that he could not even walk after every meal.