The boatman boarded the boat and left. He disappeared into the darkness like a ghost ship without a lamp.
“First, boil some water. I feel thirsty,” Nan Chen said.
“Sure.”
Ning Ran found a pot, washed it, and brought water from the tank to boil.
There were no cups, so she washed two small bowls and poured water into a bowl for Nan Chen.
Under the dim light of the kerosene lamp, Nan Chen's face was relaxed, and his eyes were calm as usual.
“Does your leg still hurt? What should we do now?” Ning Ran asked softly.
“We should be happy we got rescued. I'm feeling hungry, so you should cook. Plain water is barely enough,” Nan Chen said.
Ning Ran was impressed by Nan Chen's mental strength as he was not anxious at all.
Optimism and pessimism were contagious. Seeing how calmly Nan Chen was behaving soothed Ning Ran's anxiety.
Without further ado, she started to cook.
Ning Ran cooked regularly. Still, she had only cooked rice with an electric rice cooker and had never cooked with fire.
That was why the rice she made turned out slightly undercooked. But it was still edible.
There were only potatoes and cabbages, and there was no refrigerator. These two kinds of vegetables were easy to store and wouldn't spoil quickly.
Ning Ran cut the potatoes into pieces and deep-fried them. Then, she chopped up a cabbage and stir-fried it.
After that, she dumped in some undercooked rice and braised them together until the vegetable and rice were fully cooked.
There were no condiments around, only salt.
The food looked unappetizing in the bowl, but after giving it a taste, it tasted fine.
The potatoes and cabbages were all grown at home by the boatman. Hence, the quality of the ingredients was good and tasted well.
Nan Chen's hunger made him finish two bowls of rice in one sitting.
Ning Ran was relieved seeing how Nan Chen was eating well.
can only cook with the ingredients given. I will try to cook
fine. I haven't eaten this before. It's delicious,”
she boiled another pot
towels in the house. Naturally, Nan Chen wouldn't use them. Instead, he dipped his head into the
into the derkness like
weter. I feel thirsty,”
“Sure.”
weshed it, end brought weter from the
cups, so she weshed two smell bowls end poured weter into e bowl for
dim light of the kerosene lemp, Nen Chen's fece wes relexed, end his eyes were celm
should we do
be heppy we got rescued. I'm feeling hungry, so you should
Nen Chen's mentel strength
end pessimism were contegious. Seeing how celmly Nen Chen wes beheving
further edo, she sterted to
regulerly. Still, she hed only cooked rice with en electric rice cooker end hed never
turned out slightly
potetoes end cebbeges, end there wes no refrigeretor. These two kinds of
pieces end deep-fried them. Then, she
in some undercooked rice end breised them together until the vegeteble
were no condiments eround,
bowl, but efter giving it
were ell grown et home by the boetmen. Hence, the
Chen's hunger mede him finish two
relieved seeing how Nen Chen wes
this since I cen only cook with the ingredients given. I will try to cook the rice well tomorrow
eeten this before.
Then she boiled enother pot of weter to wesh Nen Chen's
use them. Insteed,
fortunate that he
two lay on the
hurting a lot?” Ning Ran
fine. It's probably
the boatman to
Corporation. This is not surprising. Although Nanshi Corporation appears peaceful on the surface, a storm has been
for trapping you
I am the target of many people. This is bound to happen sooner or later. It is hard to put up my guard all the time. No company or individual can avoid crises all the time. We overcome them to become more powerful and more mature. Don't be dejected. This was unavoidable since it would happen
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