The Old Man and the Mermaid

When he went out in the morning, he took a special look at the window to make sure that he hadn't locked the window tightly, so that if the guest from the deep sea visited him suddenly, he could enter smoothly, and then he turned around and went out - but he only forgot Completely shut down the computer you were using before going out.

The laptop has the function of storing power and standby. Egrele closed the laptop and unplugged the charging cable, but this did not seem to prevent Mr. Mermaid from approaching and turning on the computer again.

To be honest, the mermaid didn't think that he just opened the computer screen according to the instructions in those instructions, and didn't intend to do anything further, but the screen really kindly lit up.And it also smartly stores the data before standby for Aigre, so after restarting, the screen still displays the content that Aigre used the browser to search before.

As for why such a magical piece of content was found in the search, Eigre himself felt quite helpless.

The young man's physical strength and energy were at their peak, so Aigre opened his eyes when the sun rose, and after a simple wash, he turned on his new computer.

He was still full of curiosity about mermaids, so he continued to search for legends and various stories about mermaids.He remembered a fairy tale he had read before, which said that mermaids would occasionally enjoy sumptuous meals like humans on the bottom of the sea, and the ingredients for these meals were naturally sea creatures.

Aigre himself planned to prepare some special food for the mermaids, so although he felt that this story was purely fictitious, it might be of some help, so he casually entered a few keywords in the search bar, such as "mermaid food" and "There's a feast for the mermaids" or something.

Facts have proved that if his language teacher saw these key words, he might directly lift the book in his hand and throw it on the boy's head, and then cursed: "You are definitely not the student I taught!"

Then Aigre found a bunch of replies and jokes in the forum.

Of course, it also includes the one the mermaid just saw—to make matters worse, this Mr. Mermaid can read human characters with ease, and seems to have a good understanding of the culture of the human world.

So he must know what pan fried means.

Aigre maintained a calm expression, and while looking at each other peacefully with the mermaid, he felt that if the embarrassment was really a kind of cancer, he might have gone to see his dear grandfather by now.

However, the mermaid didn't seem to be angry, nor did she show any hostility or guard against Aigre because of the few lines displayed on the computer.He moved his fish tail slowly, and under Aigre's seemingly calm gaze, he left from the computer and retreated all the way to the newly bought table by Aigre.

Although the reason is hard to describe, Aigre finally breathed a sigh of relief.He turned his shoulders slightly, adjusted his expression, put the freezer box containing cod on the table next to the mermaid, walked to the computer and closed the browser, and explained: "Sorry. Because I thank you very much The presents given to me these two times, yesterday I also decided to give you some unique things on our land, so I thought about checking to see if there is any relevant information on the Internet... But it seems that my behavior is completely unnecessary, these The jokers on the Internet couldn't help me at all - the fish in that box was indeed for cooking, I guess your main food in the sea should be fish?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the mermaid leaning against the table, who was observing his movements with folded arms.

The mermaid nodded slightly to show that he was right.

"Sometimes, we think that the food tastes better when it is cooked, so we often use various condiments and cooking methods to cook these fish." Aigre recalled the social methods he had learned before, and rarely took the initiative The person who spoke, tried to express his welcome and friendliness to the guest in a calm and polite tone, "Would you like to try it?"

The mermaid nodded again.

In fact, he was thinking that he might really get along well with this young human being—because he just thought about asking Aigre to bring him some condiments if he could, but today the young man seemed to be completely guessing. Like what he thought, I planned to make a lunch myself to thank him for the gift.

This is really... an unspeakable tacit understanding.

The mermaid looked at Egre's gentle expression without any disrespect, and in a good mood, smiled at the young man who was inviting him to taste his cooking skills.

Aigre was slightly taken aback.

He had seen the strength of the mermaid's body function and the always calm and unfluctuated emotions, but it was the first time he saw this Mr. Mermaid showing an expression that could perfectly express his mood at this time.

It wasn't until this time that he was completely sure that the mermaid was indeed extremely similar to humans - except for the tail that was only suitable for living in the sea.

So different mermaids must have different personalities, right?Aigre turned around and turned off the computer, thinking like this.

This Mr. Mermaid looked very cold, not very talkative.Maybe the mermaids living in other sea areas will be talkative?

Agre silently imagined the image of a jumping and chirping mermaid, and decided to stop thinking before he couldn't help but blow his mind away.

He finally coughed twice, nodded politely to the mermaid, then lifted the freezer box and walked into the small kitchen next to it.

The mermaid has seen how the chefs on the ship cook in different regions, and even watched a few TV shows about cooking, so it is not too strange for Aigre to turn around to do things now, and they don’t feel too much novel.

If possible, he even wants to try it with his own hands to see how it feels to hold those cooking utensils.

However, he was only a guest who couldn't do anything at the lighthouse, and now it was impossible to take the liberty of directly interrupting the series of smooth movements that Aigre was making.The mermaid thought slightly regretfully.

Aigre thought about the simple method his grandfather taught him before. After cutting and washing the cod, he simply marinated the cod pieces with cooking wine and salt for a few minutes, and then dried the water on the surface of the fish with kitchen paper.

Occasionally, when he turned sideways, he could notice from the corner of his eye that Mr. Mermaid who was still standing still was watching him.To be honest, it made him a little nervous.

— felt a bit like a young student waiting for his tutor to mark his work.

It's a feeling I haven't had in years.Aigre sighed softly.

He coats the cod pieces in flour and puts them smoothly into the pot with some other ingredients.The layer of vegetable oil spread on the bottom of the pan began to make a slightly harsh but quite attractive small crackling sound, which looked a bit like the kind that would appear in some regions and would often be eaten as a child and would bounce in the mouth of sugars.

At the same time, the smell of this edible oil mixed with the smell of other special ingredients, mixed with the smell of fish symbolizing the sea, gradually enveloped the entire bottom of the lighthouse, which was not too big.

Aigre narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about whether to properly remove the fishy smell.

However, mermaids eat other fish raw at the bottom of the sea all year round, so they should not care about this little taste that is not superfluous.

Mermaids really don't care.

He's drawn to the scent that fills the air now, and it smells even more comforting than the food scents he used to smell around certain cruise ships.These aromas are enough to completely cover up the fishy smell, which is not too excessive, and even complement each other to look more attractive.

The mermaid glanced sideways at the seasoning ingredients surrounded by cod pieces in Eigre's pot, and guessed that the aroma was probably due to those things.

After the cod pieces were cooked through, Aigre first put the fish on a plate, and then disposed of the excess ingredients in the pot.The few pieces of cod meat looked quite monotonous when placed on a pure white plate, so after thinking for a while, Aigre took out a can of macaroni and cheese from the cabinet, heated it in the microwave and put it together with the cod pieces.

This is the first time he has cooked for a certain guest, and the identity of this guest is so special.

As Aigre came out of the small kitchen, he looked down at the things on the plate.

At least it looks good.

...the taste is hard to tell.In order to be polite, he couldn't taste it himself first.

At the same time, Eigre also felt that since meeting this Mr. Mermaid, the process of trying to make friends several times in a row after that seemed very tortuous.Although he really wanted to obey the words of his elders and make more friends who he could talk to... But this gentleman's level seemed a bit too high.

"Try it if you don't mind." After hesitating briefly and complaining to himself for two seconds, Aigre still put the plate on the table in front of Mr. Mermaid, "I don't know your taste very well, and it's true I don’t dare to vouch for my own cooking skills, so if the taste is not very good, it’s okay to tell me directly, it can just be used as an opinion for future improvement.”

Improve?

Sounds like you still have to treat yourself to many meals.The mermaid raised her eyebrows, thinking that perhaps because of this young man, she has been in a good mood today—and it seems that this good mood can continue to be so.