Food conquers the world

"Green pepper and potato shreds?" Mrs. Huo Sen shook her head. "I don't know how to make it. There is still some bread left from the bread that Mel sent this morning. I'll get it for you."

"Thank you!" Zou Kai thanked sincerely, but when Mrs. Huo Sen went to get the bread, she frowned deeply at the plate of mashed potatoes on the table.

Don't eat it, it looks like you are rude, eat it, your tongue will definitely suffer, and what if you can't help but spit out half of it?

Perhaps because of his occupation, Zou Kai is particularly picky about what he eats. He usually has to pick and choose for a long time when he eats at other people's homes or restaurants. At this time, this plate really challenges his bottom line.

But Mrs. Huo Sen is not here now, Zou Kai is thinking sadly, should we dump it?

But Mrs. Huo Sen's family doesn't seem to be rich. Judging from the fact that she eats two meals of potatoes a day, it is also known that she is very frugal in food.

Not long after, Mrs. Huo Sen came back with two slices of bread, put the bread on the table, and said to Zou Kai: "Eat, can you tell me your name when you finish eating?"

"Zou Kai." Zou Kai answered casually, but his eyes were fixed on the mashed potatoes on the table like a bloody feud.

"It turned out to be Kai! What a good name..." Mrs. Huo Sen was about to say something enthusiastically, but she was stunned for a moment after seeing Zou Kai's expression, and looked at him inexplicably.

After looking at it for a long time, Zou Kai raised his hand, and slowly lifted the spoon in the mashed potato as if he was holding a heavy weight in his hand, dug out a large spoonful of mashed potato, and spread it on the bread slices.

Mrs. Huo Sen raised her head following Zou Kai's movements, and then nodded her head again. Although she is skinny and white-haired, she is quite childish in making these movements at this time, showing a bit of the cuteness of an old man. .

Zou Kai spread the mashed potatoes evenly on the slice of bread, glanced at Mrs. Huo Sen, and gave her a sly and cold smile, and then bit down on the slice of bread.

Although the bread brought by Mrs. Huo Sen was cold and a little hard to eat, it had a natural sweetness in the mouth and tasted good, which also covered up the taste of mashed potatoes well.

Then, as if he hadn't eaten for hundreds of years, he almost chewed without chewing. He ate the slices of bread in two or three bites, and finally drank a large glass of water before saying to Mrs. Huo Sen: "Thank you for the hospitality, I'm full .”

It seems that Zou Kai's voracious behavior is too good. Mrs. Huo Sen said very happily: "It seems that you like to eat mashed potatoes? I will also-"

"No!" Zou Kai shouted immediately, and Mrs. Huo Sen looked at him in astonishment, not understanding what she had done, why Zou Kai was so loud all of a sudden.

Zou Kai also immediately realized that his performance was too exaggerated, and immediately put on a smile, and said sincerely, "Why should I bother you, I'm so sorry, I'll make breakfast tomorrow! Don't! Don't refuse! Thanks to you for saving me, let me do something to repay you! I don't have any valuables on me, and I don't know what I can do for you. Now is this opportunity to cook, you But please let me do it, otherwise I will feel so uneasy!"

Mrs. Huo Sen watched him finish, and said with a smile: "Since you want to do it, do it, and I will take you to the kitchen."

Mrs Hawson's kitchen is small but well-equipped with everything from knives to pots and pans and even an oven.The oven is made of earth, and it looks like a stove with only a door for adding firewood but no place to put a pot. Zou Kai has never seen this thing before, and it took him a long time to realize that it is an oven.

After seeing the kitchen, Zou Kai thought of the food Mrs. Huo Sen brought up, each of which was an injury to the body and mind. This kitchen is so foreign, and Mrs. Huo Sen's cooking skills are really sorry for this kitchen.

But speaking of it, he hasn't met anyone else in Mrs. Huo Sen's family. Could it be that Mrs. Huo Sen lives here alone?

Thinking of this, Zou Kai glanced at Mrs. Huo Sen, and asked tentatively, "Is there no one else here?... I mean, how many people will I have breakfast for tomorrow?"

"It's fine for the two of us." Mrs. Huo Sen smiled openly, "I'm the only one living here."

"Okay, okay." Zou Kai originally wanted to say sorry, but seeing Mrs. Huo Sen's smile, he also knew that an apology was unnecessary, so he didn't say anything.

At this time, he felt that it was a miracle that Mrs. Huo Sen could live alone for so long. From today on, he should improve Mrs. Huo Sen's diet. After all, he was the one who took him in, so he had to do something to repay her.

It was getting late, and after taking Zou Kai to see the kitchen, Mrs. Huo Sen took him to a side room.Zou Kai was originally lying on Mrs. Huo Sen's bed. Since Zou Kai was fine, Mrs. Huo Sen cleaned another room for him.

Just when Zou Kai was expressing his gratitude again, there was a knock on the door, and then a clear young voice sounded outside the door: "Mrs. Huo Sen! Mrs. Huo Sen! Mother asked me to bring you something! Huo Sen Mrs!"

Mrs. Huo Sen glanced out the door, nodded apologetically to Zou Kai, and went out to open the door.

Outside the door was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with short dark brown hair, wearing a dark vest, and bright eyes. When he saw Mrs. Huo Sen coming to open the door, he immediately smiled and wove a cane in his hand. The basket was passed to Mrs. Hawson.

The basket looked heavy, so Zou Kai quickly said, "I'll do it." Then he went to help Mrs. Huo Sen take the basket.

When the young man saw Zou Kai, his eyes lit up: "Are you awake? Were you injured in the forest of the world?"

Zou Kai responded vaguely, followed Mrs. Huo Sen's instructions, put the basket in the kitchen, and picked out the contents.

In the basket was a basket of potatoes and two pieces of oval-shaped toast. Now Zou Kai finally understood why Mrs. Huo Sen kept feeding him potatoes. It turned out that the food other people gave him was potatoes besides bread!

After Zou Kai picked up all the things in the basket, Mrs. Huo Sen picked up the basket and returned the basket to the young man, then patted the young man on the shoulder, pointed at Zou Kai, and said with a smile, "Mel, he is Kai. Kai, let’s go to the village, it’s the first time for Kai, so you can show him.”

"Okay! It must be completed successfully!" Maier immediately agreed, and he seemed to be looking forward to it by looking at his expression.

Zou Kai thought for two seconds, nodded and said, "Thank you then!"

This young man named Maier has been staring at him with unusually bright eyes, which made him feel a hair on his back, but after thinking about it, he felt that it is necessary to understand this village, so he nodded and agreed. down.

For this reason, after Mrs. Huo Sen closed the door, Zou Kai immediately put away his smile and walked about one meter away from Maier.

But the furry boy obviously didn't understand Zou Kai's intention to stay away from him, so he immediately approached him and asked with shining eyes: "Kay! Kai! Can you tell me what you encountered in the forest of the world! I've always I want to go in and have a look, but my parents are not allowed! I heard that there are sika deer with claws inside! There are also people with pig heads! Is it true!

Isn't the person with the pig's head Zhu Bajie?

Such thoughts flashed through Zou Kai's mind. Facing the child's inquiry, Zou Kai felt that no matter what he said, the curious Maier would continue to ask.The key point is to say too much, he really didn't know anything about what was in the forest of the world, so he chose to remain silent, using such a way to express that he didn't want to speak.

Probably the adults told him something. Seeing Zou Kai's silence, Maier's bright eyes dimmed, and he didn't speak any more sullenly.

The moon was shining brightly tonight, and Zou Kai and Maier were walking on the small road in the village of Woliji, and they could clearly see the pointed roofs of the houses in the village and the firelight from the windows.

At this time, no one was walking on the path. Zou Kai looked at the small village under the moonlight. The village of Woliji was not big, and there were no more than twenty families coming and going.Each house has a small courtyard, and there are usually one or two trees planted in front of the house. The houses in the village are built of wood, with red paint on the top of the house, very much like the online games with European background that he once played.

Zou Kai became more and more irritable as he walked. He put his hand into the inner pocket of his clothes several times. He was still wearing the clothes before crossing, and there was a pack of cigarettes in the clothes.But he looked at Maier at the side, and still held back. This place looked very different from his own world, and he didn't dare to take out things that belonged to his world.

At Mrs. Huo Sen's house, he noticed that Mrs. Huo Sen's house did not have electric lights, but candles were still lit. Combined with the fact that no one in the village went out to watch at night, Zou Kai felt that this place was not developed.Underdevelopment sometimes represents superstition. If you come up with something that challenges their three views too much, you may be burned to death by the people here as heresy.

They walked through the whole village in a short while, and Maier sent him back to the gate of Mrs. Huo Sen's house, and asked again sincerely: "Kay, what did you encounter in the forest of the world? You look I'm very upset, I can comfort you by telling you!"

Zou Kai glanced at him, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and then he put on a characteristic smile when the big bad wolf lures the little white rabbit, and asked Maier: "Do you really want to know?"

"Think!" In order to express how much he wanted, he nodded heavily.

"Oh." Zou Kai laughed meaningfully. Just when Maier pricked up his ears to listen to him, Zou Kai suddenly said, "I won't tell you."

After finishing speaking, he smiled triumphantly and pushed open the door and walked into Mrs. Huo Sen's house. Tulimeier stood outside the door dumbfounded.

——It was probably the first time he saw such a shameless person who deceived children's feelings.

After being stunned for a while, Maier, who realized that he had been tricked, angrily knocked on the door of Mrs. Huo Sen's house.After knocking twice, the door opened from the inside. Zou Kai looked at the child with such a difficult expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "Don't knock, Mrs. Huo Sen is already asleep. Don't wake her up. Go back quickly, kid!" rest."

Maier seemed to respect Mrs. Huo Sen very much. When Zou Kai said this, Maier hesitated for a while, and finally gave him an angry look, and strode away.