Chapter 482: Eating

Since the work is done, let's eat!

Xia Qing had already sent food to Hu Zi Feng's battle team during the day; now she only needed to prepare food for her household and guests.

After selecting ingredients from the underground food storage, she returned to the surface with some difficulty. First, she boiled a pot of green-light rice porridge, then handed the three-jin python meat to the great hero of the disaster relief third echelon—the Alpha Wolf.

"Queen, are you hungry? Do you want to eat snake meat? It's very nourishing."

The Alpha Wolf turned its eyes away.

Not liking it or not hungry?

Xia Qing looked at the Alpha Wolf's not-so-round belly, then handed a whole frozen rabbit, half a black-maned goose, and a large piece of pork to it one by one, letting it choose first. "Queen, do you want to eat rabbit or goose? They are yellow-light. Pork? Green-light."

Although the rabbit and goose were yellow-light, it wasn't easy for Xia Qing to save this bit of meat, and the green-light pork was even more so.

The Alpha Wolf didn't even lift its eyelids.

Not eating any? Xia Qing had no choice. She put the snake meat into the refrigerator and hung the rabbit, goose, and pork inside the fireplace to roast slowly.

Then, Xia Qing mixed a basin of concentrate for Sheep Boss, who had contributed to guarding the house, using cabbage, pumpkin, and toon sprouts, letting it eat first. She then whispered to the Sick Wolf and the Broken-Waist Wolf, who were looking at her expectantly, "Wait until the meat is roasted, and the three of us will eat meat."

The Handsome Giant Wolf wasn't in the yard; it must have returned to Mountain No. 61, so there was no need to worry about it.

Xia Qing's hearing had recovered somewhat, and in the living room, she could clearly hear the sound of chestnuts rolling with the boiling water in the porridge pot in the kitchen, which filled her with a sense of security.

"Pop, pop, pop."

The roasted chestnuts in the fireplace cracked open, and the chestnut fragrance soon suppressed the odor in the room. Xia Qing sat cross-legged by the fireplace, leaning against the Sick Wolf, and used an iron hook to rake the chestnuts out. She ate two herself first, then put one into Sheep Boss's food basin. "Roasted chestnut, Boss, have a taste."

Sheep Boss sniffed it and ate it, but didn't show much liking, continuing to eat the fragrant toon sprouts.

Xia Qing took two more peeled chestnuts and placed them in the two wolves' food basins. "Have a taste; they aren't hot anymore."

The Sick Wolf's movements were still normal, but after the Broken-Waist Wolf finished eating, its eyes lit up, and it stared at the roasted chestnuts in the fireplace.

This was indeed a wolf with a refined taste for life; Xia Qing could already see the Yi-stones beckoning to her.

Peeling another one and placing it in the Broken-Waist Wolf's basin, Xia Qing cautioned it, "This is the last one for today. You can't eat too many chestnuts; you are a wolf, and eating too many will cause indigestion and make you sick."

After feeding the Broken-Waist Wolf, Xia Qing noticed the Alpha Wolf lying beside her was also watching the firelight, so she handed the last chestnut over. "Queen, do you want to have a taste too?"

The Alpha Wolf glanced at it and continued to look at the dancing flames in the fireplace.

Alright then! If you don't eat it, I will.

Xia Qing stuffed the sweet, soft, and glutinous chestnut into her mouth, used the iron hook to flip the roasted sweet potatoes, and then took out the thawed meat to start processing it.

Enduring the pain, she made a few cuts on the meat, then put half of it in to continue roasting; this was for the wolves. The meat for humans was sprinkled with barbecue seasoning and then put in to roast slowly.

The overpowering fragrance of seasonings and meat soon suppressed the chestnut aroma, permeating the room.

Xia Qing took a deep breath of the happy scent, sliced the eggplant, gave two slices to Sheep Boss, and put the rest on the grill after sprinkling it with barbecue seasoning.

When the porridge was boiled and the meat and vegetables were roasted, Xia Qing went to call Huo Zhun to eat. "Brother Huo, Brother Huo, wake up."

The moment Huo Zhun stopped snoring, he rolled to the other side of the tatami mat, his hand already pressing on his gun, looking murderous.

"Woo—"

The Alpha Wolf, Broken-Waist Wolf, and Sick Wolf instantly blocked Xia Qing, baring their fangs at Huo Zhun and growling low. Sheep Boss, chewing on a slice of eggplant, squinted and pawed the ground.

Huo Zhun blinked before realizing this was Xia Qing's home. He put down his pistol, grimacing in pain, and asked Xia Qing, "Sorry, I was dazed from sleep. Xia Qing, how do you feel now?"

Xia Qing also took her hand away from her waist. "I'm much better. Brother Huo, can you hold on now? I made dinner; do you want to eat some?"

Only then did Huo Zhun smell the fragrance filling the room and see the steaming roasted meat on the low table in front of the fireplace, his mouth almost watering.

However, he knew the food was precious and knew how hard it was for Xia Qing, who came out to farm, to save this food, so he didn't intend to stay for dinner. "You eat; I drank nutrient solution and don't feel hungry. I'll contact Ji Li right now and have him send someone to pick me up."

Xia Qing didn't waste words. Enduring the pain, she brought a basin of water from the kitchen and placed it on the tatami mat. "I made enough for you too; tonight is our third echelon's victory banquet. If Brother Huo can hold on, wash your hands and come over to eat a bit. If you can't hold on, I'll bring it to the tatami mat for you."

"Baa!"

Before Huo Zhun could answer, Sheep Boss clearly expressed its dissatisfaction, looking as if it would head-butt Huo Zhun away if he dared to eat on the tatami mat.

Two high-level strength-evolved humans in a weakened state combined were no match for Sheep Boss. Xia Qing hurriedly changed her words, "Brother Huo, if you can't hold on, I'll help you over."

"No need, no need, I can go over myself." Huo Zhun washed his hands in the basin of warm water Xia Qing brought over, walked crookedly to the low table, and slumped onto the straw mat.

Given the current physical condition of Xia Qing and Huo Zhun, eating while sitting on chairs was a bit difficult, so Xia Qing chose the low table.

Seeing Huo Zhun actually get on the straw mat, the Alpha Wolf and Broken-Waist Wolf, although not growling, looked at Huo Zhun with murderous intent.

The Sick Wolf, which had come over with its food basin to wait for food, placed the basin by the table and bared its fangs at Huo Zhun in dissatisfaction.

Unfortunately, the thick-skinned Huo Zhun had his attention entirely on the meat.

Xia Qing understood the wolf pack's meaning and felt somewhat amused.

Compared to Huo Zhun, who had only cooperated once and might not have a chance to cooperate again, the wolf pack, with whom she had a long-term cooperative relationship, was naturally more important.

Xia Qing first divided the unseasoned roasted meat into two portions, placed them in the Sick Wolf's and Broken-Waist Wolf's basins, let them eat, and then greeted Huo Zhun, "My cooking skills aren't good; I can only ensure it's cooked. Brother Huo, just make do."

"It smells like good meat."

After Xia Qing speared a large piece of meat, Huo Zhun speared a small strip, put it in his mouth, and tasted it slowly. "Delicious, truly delicious."

He used a fork because their fingers, half-paralyzed by pain, couldn't hold chopsticks at all. If Xia Qing hadn't had a full set of tableware, they would have had to grab the meat with their hands.

After eating a small strip of the lingeringly delicious roasted meat, Huo Zhun stopped using the fork, lay down, and took a sip of the thick rice and chestnut porridge in the bowl, his eyes lighting up. "Green-light?"

Xia Qing's pain was lighter than Huo Zhun's, and she could lift the bowl to drink the porridge. "Yes, it wasn't easy to exchange for it from the Bai San Base."

"You can even snatch rice from the Bai San Base; that's too awesome!" Huo Zhun exclaimed, feeling an impulse to retire immediately and join Xia Qing's battle team for the sake of this bowl of porridge.

Such precious food—Xia Qing surely wouldn't be willing to eat it usually. She must have taken it out because they were both in the side-effect weakness period and urgently needed to replenish energy.

Deeply moved, Huo Zhun used his head, which was throbbing with pain, to ponder what he should take from his old man's shop to give to Xia Qing to be worthy of this bowl of porridge and this meal of meat on the table.

Hmm...

Before Huo Zhun could figure it out, he suddenly discovered that the two wolves and one sheep were all staring at him with ill intent, as if they would tear him apart in the next second.

Huo Zhun, who already intended to join Xia Qing's battle team, humbly asked, "Xia Qing, why aren't these two wolves eating meat?"

He could see clearly that the meat Xia Qing gave them was all good meat.

Xia Qing explained, "Because the Alpha Wolf hasn't eaten its fill yet."

Xia Qing hadn't expected the Queen to be willing to eat roasted meat either.

Since the Alpha Wolf hadn't eaten its fill, the other wolves naturally had to wait; this was the survival rule of the wolf pack. ===== CHAPTER 483 =====