Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, coupled with Qiuqiuâs excited squeak, Lin Mu hurriedly walked out of the room. When he arrived in the living room, he saw an amusing scene before his eyes.
Casso is carrying a back basket that was bigger than its body. Lin Mu could already see that the back basket is full of cocoons to the brim from a distance. The back basket looked shaky, and Casso awkwardly adjusted its walking posture in order to make back basket more stable, so the basket stayed put the whole journey. On the other hand, Qiuqiu followed behind Casso, carrying the mini basket Lin Mu made. Because the basket was too small, it could only put one cocoon it. However, Qiuqiu wanted to bring back more cocoons, so it held one in its paw. Just that with its small body and holding a ârugby ballâ, walking is very laborious, but it did not affect Qiuqiuâs happy mood in the slightest.
Lin Mu smiled and said, âMy poor little guys, you have worked hard.â Lin Mu helped Casso take down the basket, then took the pink cocoon from Qiuqiuâs paw and its mini basket.
âFor your hard work, I have decidedâŚâ
Both little ones stared at Lin Mu, looking forward to the reward.
Lin Mu lowered his body and patted their head lightly. Then he smiled and said, âI decide to let you eat two more.â
âOnly twoâŚâ Qiuqiu was a little disappointed.
âMiser!â Casso was a little dissatisfied.
Lin Mu ignored the two and happily went to boil water. Just as he walked to the kitchen door, he turned around and hooked his fingers to Casso and Qiuqiu, âCome here.â
Although they were a little bit dissatisfied with Lin Mu for only letting them eat two more, but seeing Lin Mu calling them, the two immediately ran over happily. Because Lin Mu do this every time he wants to feed them. Please forgive Lin Mu for treating them as pets. How can Lin Mu stand it with these two furry little guys?
Lin Mu took some of his braised meat and placed the bowl of meat on the stool for them to eat. Casso stood below the stool while Qiuqiu stood on the stool. It took a large slice from the bowl and handed it to Cassoâs mouth, before taking a slice for itself.\n
âSqueakâŚâ So deliciousâŚ
Casso nodded, âWuuâŚâ It is super delicious!
Qiuqiu picked another large slice for Casso, âSqueakâŚâ My master made delicious food. Unlike your father, nothing he made is edible other than grilled meat.
Casso nodded in agreement, âWuuâŚâ Canât help it, one canât expect too much from a beastmanâs cooking skills.
âSqueak! SqueakâŚâ No way! You have to be a beastman with good cooking skills. You canât follow your fatherâs footsteps. You have to learn and observe from my masterâs cooking skills. If your cooking skills are not good, I will not be with you in the future!
Qiuqiu is an authentic foodie, after all.
âWuu~~â Qiuqiu, I will try my best to learn. You must stay with me, you canât abandon this beast~
While waiting for the water to boil, Lin Mu watched the two eating and chatting. Amused, Lin Mu thought in his heart, âItâs amazing that these two can chat so happily when thereâs a language barrier between themâŚâ
Lin Mu had just finished boiling when Patrik came back.
Patrikâs harvest is more than Cassoâs; 2 big baskets full. Patrikâs baskets are way taller than Cassoâs basket. Seeing so many cocoons, Lin Mu asked with some worry, âDonât tell me you picked all the cocoons from the tree?â
Patrik shook his head and said, âThis was picked from a few trees, I left a lot for their reproduction.â
Lin Mu felt relieved when Patrik said this.\nâThen, help me to untangle the silk.â
Patrik wants to help and even wants to take over the task, so he said, âMu Mu, leave it to me, you can prepare dinner.â
âDinner?â Lin Mu looked at the sky, though it is earlier than usual, but thinking that it would be better to cook earlier today, he simmered the chicken that Patrik brought back at noon. Chicken soup is good for the body. Looking at the two little ones happily eating at the side, Lin Mu concluded that they will be staying for dinner tonight for sure.
Hence, Lin Mu is going to make chicken noodles. In the past, Lin Mu rarely made it because Patrik didnât like to eat noodles. Today, since an omnivorous animal, Qiuqiu, came together with Casso who can accept eating noodles, Lin Mu decided to make it tonight.
Lin Mu likes to use eggs in the noodles when making hand-rolled noodles. The noodles produced in this way are firm. Not only itâs delicious to eat with soup, but also suitable for eating with hotpot. After Lin Mu prepared the noodles, he looked at Patrik who is still untangling the silk. He decided to cook some meat dishes for Patrik and also fry some meat patties.
âQiuqiu, I have meat patty and chicken noodles today, are you happy?â
âSqueakâŚâ It likes anything as long as it tastes good.
Lin Mu washes the fresh meat, then cuts it into cubes and slices. Setting the fresh meat aside, he cut the braised meat into pieces to make a cold dish. After adjusting the taste, he asked, âPatrik, would you like to taste?â
Lin Mu fed him with chopsticks, âHow about the salt?â
âJust right.â
âThatâs good.â Lin Mu said as he turned around and saw the two behind him looking at him with longing eyes.
âDonât worry, there is your portion as well.â With a smile, he took out a big wooden bowl and filled it with some meat, âYou canât eat so much. There will be delicious food later, so you need to save some space in your stomach.â\n\nâSqueakâŚâ If you are full, give me all your silkworm later, Qiuqiu said very quietly.
Casso replied quietly, âAlright but you have to leave 2 for me2.â
Qiuqiu nodded in agreement.
Casso asked in a low voice, âArenât you full? I saw that you ate a lot just now.â
âI am full, but I can wait until Iâm not full anymore to continue eating.â The two spoke very quietly with their heads next to each other, really cute however one look at them.
Cassoâs nose twitched, âIt smells good!â
The two stood up immediately and ran towards the kitchen. The stone slab was lined with pupae, and Lin Mu was standing in front of the stove flipping something with the spatula. The two little ones stood obediently in front of the slate and watched Patrik turned the silkworm one by one. They were almost drooling, and they didnât get Patrikâs mercy at all.
Looking at the two gluttons, Patrik was happy on the inside, but he didnât show it on his face. He sprinkled the spices evenly on the pupa to make its fragrance stronger. On the other side, Lin Mu took the silkworm pupa out of the pan and then saw two looking pitifully at Patrik holding a plate with silkworm pupa in his hand. Patrik didnât intend to feed them and wrapped the silkworm with leaves before putting them in the basket. Both of them grunted in disappointment as they watched the silkworm being packed up.
Lin Mu felt that they looked funny and divided out some of the stir fry silkworms. He set 2 portions and said, â1 serving for each of you. Qiuqiu, you canât bully Casso so donât eat his share.â
Qiuqiu nodded embarrassedly.
Lin Mu put their silkworm in a cloth bag and hung it around Cassoâs neck. Then he gave them a back basket and instructed, âDistribute these to everyone in the tribe, one each.â