CHAPTER 144: WE WANT TO TRY IT AS WELL.

She didn’t even finish what she was saying when the two mers got to their feet and then rushed out of the cave.

Ruan Chanchan: "..."

She looked at the mers who were running out of the cave and frowned even harder. "You two at least let me finish."

Fortunately, the two mers were smart enough to understand what Ruan Chanchan was trying to tell them. In a while, the two returned with wooden, crudely made ladles. One was small and one was big. Ruan Chanchan took a look at the ladles and for the sake of avoiding any more trouble, she simply used both of the ladles which made Xie Daiyu and Ruan Zeqiu happy.

Though they were upset that Ruan Chanchan didn’t choose one, at least she didn’t deny them.

Ruan Chanchan ladled the soup into the two stone bowls and then pushed them toward Xie Daiyu and Ruan Chanchan at the same time. Blame her for getting involved in this situation where she couldn’t favour one mer over the other.

She then pushed the moon nuts in the fire and waited for them to start cackling. Once their shells were broken, she pulled them out of the fire and turned to look at Xie Daiyu. "Do you want to eat these fruits?" These fruits were a good thing and tasted delicious but everyone had a different palate. What if Xie Daiyu didn’t like sweet things? Ruan Chanchan thought that it was better to ask first instead of handing over the fruits.

Looking at the caramelised fruits that Ruan Chanchan took out from the flames, Xie Daiyu nodded. He had never eaten anything like this before and he couldn’t help but be curious about the taste of this fruit. He had seen these fruits hanging on the tree but because everyone was worried that these fruits were poisonous, no one dared to put them in their mouths. It was better to eat raw meat than to eat these fruits and vegetables that no one had eaten before.

But upon seeing the Ruan siblings eating the fruits with joy in their eyes, Xie Daiyu also snatched a few from the leaf and took a bite of it. His eyes lit up the second its rich, sweet and tantalising taste exploded in his mouth. It was really delicious with a subtle note of creamy sweetness, something that Xie Daiyu couldn’t describe well enough but he liked it a lot.

"You should drink some soup when it’s hot," said Ruan Chanchan when she saw that the mer was only nibbling on the moon nuts without stopping. She had a lot of moon nuts in her space and was not afraid of running out. But the soup was no longer boiling on the flames. If they didn’t finish drinking it, then she was worried that the soup wouldn’t taste good after it had turned cold.

Xie Daiyu looked down at the soup that had some green vegetables floating in it. It looked really beautiful. Xie Daiyu raised the bowl in his hand and took a sip of the soup from it. Ruan Zeqiu also did the same. Both of the mers were ready to taste the same bitterness as the last time they each tried to eat these leaves. There was nothing that they could have done. When the winter arrived, they had nothing to eat and could only eat these bitter leaves.

But the leaves that Ruan Chanchan collected were different. It was like a shepherd’s purse. A bit different but the taste was just the same. Since the shepherd purse was nothing expensive, Ruan Chanchan didn’t put it on sale. She simply collected it and used it in her soup to enhance the taste.

Xie Daiyu and Ruan Zeqiu were still engrossed in drinking the soup.

The green leafy vegetables had long soaked in the oil that got released from the bones and the small pieces of meat that were sticking to the bones. With the spirit dew herb, the meaty taste had been enhanced even further. The soup had been cooked for hours; thus, the meat easily fell off the bones and they had to fetch it from the soup before eating it. With the faint sweetness of the green leaves and the meat, the soup tasted really delicious.

Xie Daiyu forgot himself for a moment and drank more than five bowls.

Ruan Zeqiu was no better; he stuffed himself with the soup to the point that his little belly started to bulge.

"Chanchan, give me another bowl of soup."

"Sister, I want another bowl!"

The mers spoke at the same time again and just like always they turned around and glared at one another.

Ruan Chanchan sighed. Fortunately, she had made a lot of soup, as she knew that the totem warriors ate a lot. If not, she was worried that these two would have started a fight like children.

"Alright, we have enough. Quit fighting." Ruan Chanchan handed them another bowl and watched them drink it happily in two or three sips. "Is it good?"

"Yeah, is it good?" A new voice joined in and everyone in the cave turned to look at the person who had spoken. It was only then that they realised that their cave had been surrounded by the people from the tribe. They all were standing in front of their cave and watching them eat.

Ruan Chanchan: "..."

Just what kind of kink was this?

She blinked her eyes and stared at the people who were swallowing hard and kept looking at the pot of soup. Seeing the look of ’I really, really want to try in their eyes, Ruan Chanchan couldn’t help but say, "If you want to, then you can try this soup that I have cooked."

This was what the people were waiting for; as soon as Ruan Chanchan put forth that suggestion, they immediately walked over and tried the bone broth. Ruan Chanchan’s cooking was rather simple but maybe it was because these people had never tried something hot and so flavourful before that they couldn’t help but praise Ruan Chanchan to the sky.