Playing house in the anime world

“Uncle Zhongli!” Gojo Aiko ran over happily holding a black apron. “To prevent your clothes from getting dirty while cooking, you can wear this apron!”

Wendy next to him touched his chin. The apron was hanging on the wall. There was a whole row of more than a dozen aprons hanging there. It was very spectacular. He had just noticed it.

But...why take this black one?

He thought the pink cat paw apron next to it looked even better!

Zhongli seemed to have noticed Wendy's look of wanting to cause trouble. He put on his apron while watching Gojo Aiko get another one.

Some people may forget one thing, that is, aprons also come in different sizes.

And with Wendy's size...

A normal apron might be a little big on him.

Aiko Gojo thought the same, so she gave her apron to Wendy.

Unfortunately, it was the pink apron with a cat's paw pattern.

Wendy watched Aiko Gojo walking towards her holding the pink apron.

"Well...I...ok." Wendy scratched her head and put on the apron helplessly.

Aiko Gojo discovered another problem.

Wendy's clothes have a cape, and this part of the cape is very cumbersome.

So she tugged at Wendy's cloak.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Wendy scratched her head. "Don't you want to eat sweet flower stuffed chicken suddenly?"

Gojo Aiko shook her head: "Don't you want to take this off?"

Only then did Wendy remember that she had not taken off her cloak.

So he took off his cloak, then whispered to Gojo Aiko and asked her to help him pick some apples.

"Do you want to bake an apple pie?" Aiko Gojo remembered that Wendy didn't seem to know how to make apple pie, but there should be a recipe in the kitchen, a family recipe they wrote themselves, which basically wrote down all the dishes that everyone could cook, so that they could refer to each other.

"You can also eat it directly!" Wendy actually just wanted to eat an apple. After all, she had been thinking about eating an apple since a while ago, but she accidentally forgot about it because of her busyness.

"Then I'll go pick some." Gojo Aiko also wanted to eat strawberries, "Uncle Zhongli, is there any fruit you'd like to eat?"

"I'm fine with anything. Just pick the ones you like." Zhongli didn't have any particular preference for fruits, mainly because he didn't know what kinds of fruits there were in Meteor Garden.

Aiko Gojo took a special fruit basket made by Jinpei Matsuda from the warehouse. It was made from a modified cart. It was very light and had a large capacity, making it perfect for transporting fruits and vegetables.

She went straight to the orchard, picked some apples and put them at the bottom, and then began to look for other suitable fruits in the orchard.

Generally speaking, when you prepare fruits to entertain guests, it is best to prepare fruits that are easy to take and eat. Fruits that are too juicy and difficult to eat are not suitable for entertaining guests, unless the guests happen to particularly like them.

So she picked some blueberries and strawberries, as well as cherries and bananas.

Since Venti brought Zhongli into Meteor Garden, Zhongli's identity was basically revealed, so Gojo Aiko didn't care whether these fruits existed in Teyvat.

Returning to the wisteria garden, Aiko Gojo discovered that there were some new things in the yard.

There was a full bamboo basket of bamboo shoots, a small basket of matsutake mushrooms, and a sack of rice.

"Mr. Zhufu came just now and said they might not come back tonight." Wendy poked her head out of the kitchen window.

Aiko Gojo was not surprised.

Because when Chiba Erzhiyu went out for morning exercise this morning, he discovered a good deal, which was to go to Qingce Village to help purchase bamboo shoots. Because the store was in urgent need of bamboo shoots and would need them in a few days, and the timing was rather delicate, so the price offered was very high.

Qingce Manor is still a little distance away from Liyue Harbor, and it might take them a few days to get there this time.

Originally, this business only required two or three people, but the others thought that they could take this opportunity to leave Liyue Harbor, wander around the area, and collect or purchase some supplies.

So, Chiba Niyuu, Kaedehara Manye, Namikaze Minato, and Uzumaki Kushina went to Qingce Sou, and Kocho Kanae, Hagiwara Kenji, and Matsuda Jinpei also followed.

Although Kakyoin Noriaki and Caesar also went along, their destination was not Qingce Manor, but they wanted to go out into the wild.

Ying and Paimeng said that the resources in the wild are actually very abundant, and some things do not have to be bought, they can be picked directly in the wild.

Because there are dangerous hidden dangers such as monsters and treasure-hunting groups in the wild, it is difficult for ordinary people to go into the wild to collect these supplies.

But if you have the ability to fight, then you can save yourself some money.

But even so, in general, it is still not recommended that you go to too remote places, because once you encounter danger, you can only hope for the best.

The remaining Oda Sakunosuke, Morobushi Kagemitsu, and Rengoku Kyojuro stayed in Liyue Harbor to purchase supplies and be ready to pick up anyone who was leaving at any time.

Now, Zhu Fu Jingguang and others who originally stayed in Liyue Harbor did not return to the beachside cottage, which probably meant that they had also left the city.

Aiko Gojo suddenly realized that she was home alone today. It was fun to have such an experience of being alone at home once in a while.

Although she was often alone before.

However, judging from the current situation, Wendy might stay in Meteor Garden tonight. Judging from his appearance, he doesn't plan to return to Mondstadt right now.

Aiko Gojo walked around the things piled on the ground and started washing the fruit at the sink in the yard. The sink was right next to the kitchen window, so she could chat with the people in the kitchen directly through the window.

Wendy had just marinated the chicken and was feeling bored, so she lay on the windowsill, chatting with Gojo Aiko while stealing an apple.

"Little Aizi likes to eat this little red fruit. Let me try it and see what it tastes like...hmm, a little sour!" Wendy took a strawberry and unfortunately found one that was a bit sour. She immediately frowned.

"Uncle Zhongli, do you want to eat?" Seeing Zhongli next to her wipe his hands and walk over, Gojo Aiko simply put the washed fruit on the windowsill.

"This strawberry is a bit like raspberry." Zhongli took a bite and luckily, his was a bit sweeter.

Eh? How did he know this was called strawberry? There didn't seem to be any strawberries in Teyvat?

Aiko Gojo remembered that she had never mentioned Strawberry's name just now.

"So it's called strawberry? The name is quite similar to raspberry." Wendy ate another one. This time it was not so sour, and the taste was indeed a little bit like raspberry.

"Strawberry milk is delicious!" Aiko Gojo suddenly wanted to drink strawberry milk.

Freshly made strawberry jam with milk, which contains her favorite strawberries and milk that can help grow the body, is simply the most perfect drink in the world!

There was some previously made strawberry jam in the refrigerator, so Aiko Gojo didn't need to make a jar right away. She just needed to chop up fresh strawberries and add them to the milk to add some extra taste and flavor.

"Do you have apple milk?" Wendy watched Aiko Gojo fiddling with the strawberry milk, then looked down at the apple in her hand.

I think the taste of apple and milk should be quite compatible, right?

"We have apple yogurt." Aiko Gojo took a can of apple yogurt. The yogurt was about to expire and needed to be finished quickly.

"This taste..." Wendy took a bite and found that it indeed tasted like apple. "What a wonderful taste!"

"Is there anything else that tastes like apple?" Wendy suddenly became curious about the refrigerator.

There are two refrigerators in the kitchen, and even two large freezers, but these four refrigerators are used to store food. There is a refrigerator in the living room outside that is specifically used to store snacks.

Aiko Gojo is the apple yogurt that she took out from the refrigerator outside.

Since his sweet stuffed chicken was still being marinated and he didn't need to worry about it, Wendy ran to the refrigerator outside to see what treasures were inside.

There are also two refrigerators in the living room, both for storing snacks and fruits.

Although Wendy didn't recognize most of the things in the refrigerator, he could identify those things related to apples through the packaging and words.

He managed to find a few apple-flavored jello shots, as well as a half-full bottle of apple cider vinegar and apple-flavored popsicles.

There were some snacks on the shelf next to the refrigerator that didn't need to be kept in the refrigerator. Wendy found a bag of dried apples and some apple-flavored candies.

Aiko Gojo was watching Wendy looking for something apple-flavored, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be very few apple-flavored things.

Convenience stores might have more apple-flavored desserts and the like, but not here.

But even with just these, Wendy was very satisfied.

Although for him, these processed products are not as delicious as fresh apples, they still have their own flavor.

The taste of apple cider vinegar is also very unique.

"Why is there no cider?" Wendy asked with a resentful look on her face.

"You can add some apples to the beer." Aiko Gojo gave him advice with a cold face.

"Um... Come to think of it, were you going to make some mulled wine before?" Wendy felt that it would be just apple wine and the taste probably wouldn't be very good.

"Do you want to drink it?" Gojo Aiko had only drunk it once or twice. "Although apples are added to mulled wine, there are also some other fruits and spices in it."

Moreover, the taste of cooked red wine is naturally different from that of normal wine. After all, alcohol will evaporate, and the taste of the wine will be much lighter after heating.

"I want to drink!" Wendy felt that Zhongli would definitely not let him drink here, so it would be a good idea to get some substitutes.

So, Aiko Gojo went to the orchard to pick oranges again.

She cooked mulled wine in a small tea stove directly in the living room. In the transparent glass teapot, the wine was boiling beautifully, and the aroma of cinnamon and fruit gradually spread throughout the house.

Wendy finally started to bake his sweet flower stuffed chicken. He adjusted the temperature and put the whole chicken in the oven.

Zhongli had been preparing the dishes in an orderly manner. The lotus seed and poultry egg custard that needed to be steamed had already been steamed, and the meat for the braised pork balls had also been chopped.

Wendy went to the living room in a relaxed manner to wait for her mulled wine and to look at the map at the same time.

Although the ordinary tree house he had chosen before was also very comfortable to sleep in, he suddenly felt that sleeping in the air seemed quite nice as well.

All the natural elements in Meteor Garden are operating as usual. There is day and night, it will be windy, it will rain, and there will even be thunder and snow. Although all of this can be controlled by Gojo Aiko herself, if she does not deliberately control it, these natural phenomena will occur randomly.

However, in most cases there will be no rain, thunder or snow, but the wind will blow as usual, so you can hear the sound of the wind in the air.

The only drawback is probably that there are not many animals in Meteor Garden, so there is no way to listen to the melodious birdsong.

Maybe I can learn from Grandpa Zhongli and raise some thrush birds or something like that.

Wendy thought he could find a tree house on the upper floors of the tree tower to sleep in. No one lived in the tree tower now anyway, and the lack of privacy didn't matter since he was alone.

He can even sleep directly on the observation deck at the top of the tree tower, and if it rains he can immediately go into the tree house.

The flying whale in the sky feels pretty good too, although the map says there are only rocks on the whale and nothing else, if you want to live there you need to bring your own furniture and bed.

But he thought it didn't matter, he could just sleep on the floor.

Wendy was happily looking around the map for a suitable sleeping place. In the kitchen, Zhongli was also thinking about whether he should stay in Meteor Garden tonight.

One reason is that Aiko Gojo is home alone today. Although she is very capable and has no problem being alone, since this has happened, it would be more reassuring to stay and take care of her.

There is another thing, which is about Gojo Aiko and Ryusei Tei, we have to talk about it frankly.

If he were to stay in Meteor Garden for a night, he would probably want to explore it a little and find a place that he liked.

Which place should he choose? He didn't have any special requirements, he just wanted to find a place with better scenery.

It would be nice if there was a building on the mountain over there. He could see the scenery there and overlook most of Meteor Garden.

Aiko Gojo was also thinking about this question.

She usually runs around and looks for a place she likes to sleep.

For a moment, the three of them were thinking about the same question.

However, since most of the buildings are undeveloped and there is no furniture inside, they will have to bring their own beds.

Doesn’t this also feel like an adventure?

When adventuring, we always camp in the wild. It’s the same in Meteor Garden. We can go wherever we want, just find a house, make a bed, and go to sleep.

As Meteor Garden grows bigger in the future, maybe we can really take risks in it.