"Eee!"
The moment Wang Chen returned home, he was met with Yuan Yuan's vehement protest.
The little fellow clutched his collar tightly with its paws, rubbing its fluffy head hard against his chin.
It let out aggrieved little whimpers.
This time, Wang Chen had gone off for three or four days before coming back, leaving it—a lone little mouse—at home by itself.
With only a boring wooden puppet for company.
It felt as though Wang Chen had abandoned it.
Heartbroken.
Wang Chen coaxed it and made promise after promise, until he finally had no choice but to bring out the ultimate weapon. "I'll make you something delicious—right now!"
To make his offer more convincing.
He took out a piece of comb honey from his Storage Bag, broke off a little, and stuffed it into the little fellow's mouth.
Yuan Yuan's eyes immediately went round as saucers.
Having tasted the sweetness, it spread its front paws and fiercely hugged the large chunk of comb honey, so happy that its tail stood straight up!
Mine, mine, it's all mine!
After cheering the little fellow up, Wang Chen headed to the kitchen with a smile.
He began processing the ingredients he had harvested today.
First, he took out four skinned bear paws and soaked them in honey water mixed with honey, then added a little spirit liquor.
This would draw out the blood from the bear paws and remove their gaminess remarkably well, while also making them easier to season during cooking.
Wang Chen had learned this method from a book.
But the bear paws needed to soak overnight, so they definitely would not be ready to eat today.
Wang Chen then took out the costly bear gallbladder and placed it in a porcelain jar filled with spirit liquor.
Both the spirit liquor