Chapter 16: Dinner
The way the emperor penguin looked at Christina made Matilda suddenly feel a sense of crisis, as if something was about to leave her. This made Matilda feel panicked and painful, like someone was holding her heart hard to prevent it from beating.
The emperor penguin noticed Matilda's distraction, ruffled her pretty short hair, and said, "Don't block the door, don't let me in, you won't want to eat dinner." โ
Matilda glanced at Christina, took the emperor penguin's hand away from the top of her head, and went back into the living room without saying a word, playing with blocks with her brother sullenlyโthe emperor penguin had told her that the laptop should never be taken out if an outsider was there.
"This little girl, do you have something on your mind?"
The emperor penguin really couldn't understand what Matilda was thinking, and she was beaming, but in the blink of an eye, she drooped her face, like her beloved toy being taken away by a relative's bear child - a woman's mind is really hard to understand, but fortunately I have remained single.
After a brief exchange of words with Christina, Emperor Penguin walked into the kitchen and decided to show off his true cooking skills. Hit by Stanfield in terms of music and art, he is ready to cook a few artistic dishes to show that he is also artistic.
When the dishes were served, the four of them also sat at the table, but the atmosphere at the table was very strange, just like the previous dinner at Emiya's house. However, because of the number of people and the ratio of men to women, it is not as oppressive as in the previous world.
Speaking of this dinner, it is not luxurious, nor luxurious, although there are only a few dishes, but the color and fragrance are very exquisite.
For example, a small bowl of thick soup per person is made of some rare bird. The meat of this poultry is delicate and suitable for cooking, and during a certain Manchu dynasty, when an emperor toured the south, local officials sent elite chefs to perform for the emperor in order to curry favor with the emperor.
The chef surnamed Zhang learned that the emperor was tired of greasy food every day, so he served a bowl of soup made from this kind of poultry, which was fresh but not greasy.
After tasting the Holy Pure Emperor of the Fa Tian Long Yun Zhi Cheng Xianjue Ti Yuan Li Ji Fu Wen Fen Wu Qin Ming Filial Piety and Divine Pure Emperor, he really praised it greatly, and listed this bird as a royal tribute, which was paid by the local government every year. The chef surnamed Zhang was also deeply appreciated by the emperor, and when he returned to Beijing, he also brought him back to the capital and became the imperial chef.
After this time, until the fall of the feudal dynasty for one hundred and forty-five years, this low-fertility bird was hunted on a large scale. In particular, a certain filial piety Cixi who "would rather be with friends, not with domestic slaves" Duanyou Kang Yi Zhao Yu Zhuang Chengshou Gongqin Chongxi with Tianxing Shengxian Empress, heard that often this kind of poultry meat can beautify and nourish the skin, delay aging, and even live forever, so every day to taste a bowl of soup made of this poultry, resulting in this poultry almost extinct.
When Emperor Penguin was still learning Wing Chun on a whim, he stumbled upon this bird in a new martial arts movie world set in the Republic of China, and with his financial and material resources, it took more than a year to have a few or so in stock. (The above content is purely fictional, if it is offended, it is the novelist's words, laugh it off)
An avian is gutted and then the emperor penguin follows the muscle texture, cutting it whole into thin strips. It is cooked together with a mountain mushroom, which is not easy to pick, in a broth made from the skeleton of this bird, and finally a little minced salt is added to make a delicious soup. The soup is as clear as water, and only a few mountain mushrooms are suspended in it, just like in "The Story of Little Stone Pond", "the fish in the pond can have a hundred heads, and they are all like empty swimming and nowhere to go." As described, there is no artistic conception and beauty of blank space in landscape paintings.
Of course, in order to take care of the tastes and aesthetics of Matilda and other Westerners, Emperor Penguin also deliberately added boiled butter and a little whipping cream to their portion to make it more flavorful. In order to go with the cream, a little spinach leaves and diced carrots are also added, which also constitutes a picture of "the snow disappears and the mountains are green, and the flowers are sunny by the river in February".
There is also roast pork as the main course, not to mention the artistic presentation, but the golden color makes people appetite. It is the best part of the meat of the golden crispy roast suckling pig, the oil is bright, the skin is crispy and fragrant, and the meat is tender and delicious.
The suckling pig that has been washed and removed from the internal organs and brain is marinated with various spices and herbs, and then drenched with boiling water and coated with sweet and sour; A special fork is inserted from the buttocks, and the pork skin is roasted on a charcoal fire made of fruit wood, and the fork is rotated continuously while roasting, and the mixed grease is evenly coated until the pork skin is golden brown. The whole process is simple, but the process takes a long time, if it weren't for the semi-finished products stored in the emperor penguin space, it is estimated that by the time they eat this dish, the sky will already be bright.
Moreover, the emperor penguin also deliberately rolls the roasted pig with mille-feuille cakes, green onion balls, and sweet noodle sauce to facilitate the rest of the people.
It's a pity that there are no smartphones in this period of the world, otherwise they would definitely have to take pictures to "light" the food before eating, or praise the presentation of the dishes, and then reluctantly eat; However, people in different periods and cultural backgrounds simply do not feel the "beauty" contained in a few dishes on the table.
Even if the food is tempting, among the four, only Matilda's younger brother eats with heart, and the dishes that Emperor Penguin has always cooked are more in line with the taste of the little one, so he eats with relish.
Emperor Penguin and Christina sat at opposite ends of the table, and they looked up at each other as they took a bite of food, and when their eyes met, they shyly lowered their heads to take a bite of food, with a smirk on their faces. Then, they invariably raised their heads and looked at each other, like a young man and a woman who had just confirmed their relationship, constantly sprinkling dog food around them as their IQ decreased......
Matilda watched all this silently, and the pink aura between the two that represented love made her indignant. The food lost its proper taste in her mouth, and the taste was the same as chewing wax, and after two tentative bites, she didn't move anymore, holding the spoon in her little hand, and constantly stirring it in the soup, as if she thought the soup was someone.
Perhaps noticing Matilda's dissatisfaction, the emperor penguin hinted at the blushing Christina with his eyes, and after receiving her nod in confirmation, he picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, and said to Matilda: "I've eaten, I have something to go out for, and you can clean up the table after eating." There's a chance I won't be back tonight. Take care of yourself and your brother, it's dark and there are a lot of bad people outside, don't go out. โ
Christina's face was so red that it was almost dripping blood, and the emperor penguin subconsciously glanced at her when he said that he might not come back tonight, causing her to bow her head shyly, but with a slight smile. Then he got up and said, "I've eaten too, and I'm fine, so I'll go back first." โ
Matilda's eyes were lowered, trying not to let herself see the pair of "dog men and women", and the singing and harmony between Emperor Penguin and Christina was very harsh. Her stomach hurts.
The emperor penguin pretended to say, "Such a coincidence, I'll send you." โ
Christina smiled like a flower and nodded yes.
The two walked out of the room together, at first there was some distance between them, and as they walked, the distance became smaller and smaller, and at the corner of a staircase, their arms touched each other.
Emperor Penguin tentatively put his hand on Christina's waist, but did not dare to exert force. Christina's delicate body trembled, and instead of refusing the emperor penguin, she let his hand rest on her body.
The touch of the woman's waist from the palm of the hand made the emperor penguin a little distracted, and the thin fabric could not prevent the two from feeling each other's body temperature, and an ambiguous breath was born between the two.
Christina didn't slap his hand off, indicating that she didn't refuse him, which reassured Emperor Penguin. The evil hand went further, gradually climbing her back until it grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into its arms.
"Ahh , The sudden movement of the emperor penguin caught Christina off guard and whispered.
The emperor penguin put his beak to Christina's ear and whispered, "Christina, the first time I saw you, I thought you were very familiar, very much like someone I knew." โ
Christina said, "Really? However, there are many people who have accosted me with this sentence, and you say that it is too late now. โ
"It's not too late. And I mean really, you're almost exactly the same as she looks, you have the same air as her - of course, you're in better shape than hers, more mature than hers. The emperor penguin's hand continued upwards and said, "Moreover, she should not and cannot be in this world, because ......"
The emperor penguin grabbed the back of Christina's neck with his big hand and slammed her against the wall on the side of the hallway. The emperor penguin's sudden attack caught Christina off guard, and she hurriedly propped up the wall with both hands, but half of her face was still pressed into the wall by the emperor penguin.
"Because that man's name is Artoria Pendragon, the female version of King Arthur, popularly known as Saber. And I've smelled the scent of you before, the witch's ointment made from celery plants, I'm right! The emperor penguin changed his face and said murderously, "So, what kind of person are you!" โ