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Volume 10 Chapter 21: Need A Break
Volume 10 Chapter 21: Need A Break
Volume 10 Chapter 21: Need A Break
Keith got up and raised his hand left and right the next day. Time to get started on breakfast. There was something he was quite interested in making today. Obtaining all of those ingredients, the expression on his face was peer bliss.
Youtiao and congee. These two were a great combo to have on any morning! Keith started to wash some rice. As he did, he began to cook it over the stove. Stir it only once. Stirring too much would make the rice stick to the bottom of the pot. Keith waited for a bit before the rice was slowly broken down. That was when he added bits of chicken to give it a sweet flavor.
Now, the only thing left was to leave it to simmer. Youtiao was much simpler. The dough was prepared yesterday. Cutting them into strips, he placed two together. Using a chopstick, he made a small indent into it. All that was left was to fry it in oil. Placing it into the oil,
SIZZLE!
The sounds of bobbling oil and dough slowly popping enfolded the kitchen. Slowly, the dough was increasing in size. Good. Keith grinned as he took it off the oil. As he left it on the rack to let the oil drip,
"?" Keith turned his head to see that a little head was popping out from the side of the door.
"Long Hao, what are you doing here?' The little kid was a little surprised as he quickly hid back. But he did a slight peek out of curiosity, "Can I try?" That golden crisp dough was quite eye-catching for the boy.
"Sure, of course you can. But give it a minute; it's a little too hot." They needed some time to rest before he could try. Long Hao nodded, but that was when Keith smiled, "Do you want to help with breakfast?"
"Mmmhmm," Long Hao nodded.
"I'm going to make some egg and scallion crepes next. Want to try it out?" This one was quite simple to make, perfect for a child to try.
"Yeah!"
"Alright, how about you stir these together?" Flour, eggs, and water were in the bowl. Like that, they were stirred together, which was quite something. But after some time, it was mixed.
"The last thing is scallions."
"You're good at this."
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao grinned.
"I'll do the next thing," Keith moved his hands forward as he poured the batter onto the plate. It was quite simple; with one flip, you have a beautiful yellow crepe with scallions inside. It was colorful.
"Want to try?"
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao nibbled on it. And when he did so, Keith did the same.
Delicious. Simple ingredients produce excellent results if you know how to use them.
"If you add this with soy sauce or anything, it will become even tastier."
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao continued to nibble on it.
"Can you bring all of this to the dining room?" He turned to one of the maids.
"Understood!"
"Let's go have our meal now, right?"
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao grinned as he rode on Keith's shoulders. There were already a good number of people in the dining room.
Long Aotian's face changed, "Haohao, you can't ride on Keith's shoulders." To ride on a guest's shoulders was quite rude.
"Oh, it's fine." Keith waved, "I do this with my little brother and sister all the time. I'm used to it."
"I see." Long Aotian looked at him in amazement. Keith had placed Long Hao beside him. That was when the others slowly came into the room as well.
"Let's eat today," Keith grinned. And like so, everyone started to have their meal. They had quite a splendid meal.
"I never thought about making rice into such a consistency," Long Aotian was amazed by the application the boy used for a common ingredient everyone used.
"When you dip the youtiao into the congee, it tastes much more incredible." That was what he did as he ate it. After they had finished their meal,
"I'm going to go out today!" Keith grinned.
"Again?"
"Of course!" He needed to find some other ingredients he could use! One day wasn't enough to find all the treasures that were here!
"I'm going to stay behind here; I need to get some training done." "Same here," Carolyn and Krystal waved their hands.
"Then I'll spar with you two," Long Lihua grinned. This was an excellent way to learn new things. However,
"Who will show me the way?" Keith had no tour guide. However,
"I'll go!" Long Hao sounded.
"Eh?" Long Lihua didn't expect this, "Haohao, are you sure you can show him around?" The child was still really young and quite sheltered in the mansion.
"Mmhmm!" Long Hao nodded.
"Alrighty then, Long Hao will be my guide today!" Keith grinned.
…
"Ready to go?" Keith grinned as he had Long Hao on his shoulders.
"Eh!" Long Hao nodded, and like that, the two were off. But as they did, Long Lihua and the others stared from the gates.
"Are they going to be alright alone?" Long Lihua was quite worried. This would be the first time her little brother would be going out there without anyone.
"It'll be fine. With Keith there, nothing would harm him." Aria was added to the mix as well. Yeah, super protection right there.
"I mean, is Keith going to do something weird?"
"Oh, of course." Carolyn nodded. There was really nothing to say about that. It was always going to be the case going forward. However,
"You don't need to worry so much. Keith isn't that clueless; he's actually good with taking care of kids." That was definitely the case since he had always spoiled Leon and Laura. The kids in the city as well.
"That's good. But what's the real reason why you guys tapped out?" There was something odd with this. They had tapped out. Weren't they supposed to watch over him?
"After what happened these last few days, I need a breather." "Indeed." They were hit by seasickness -> then to getting attacked by the elders -> And then trying to stop him from running around.
Yeah, this was too much for them. They needed some time to relax and cool off.
"…" Long Lihua felt pity for the two.
"So what about Ayaka? What is she doing right now?"
"Oh, she's going to talk with the elders." While Long Lihua watched over Keith and the two, Ayaka discussed with the elders. It was quite a switch-up.
"I see."
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