The aroma from the kitchen grew more tempting by the minute.
After looking over all the flowers, Zhang Suannai stood behind the little girl, mechanically giving the swing gentle pushes as she watched her sway. She kept sniffing at the aroma, unconsciously recalling what she had seen earlier.
One had prepared the ingredients while the other cooked. They had worked together seamlessly, and judging by Ning Qing's knife skills, this was hardly something they had started doing yesterday.
She had only ever eaten Ning Qing's dumplings, porridge, and cured meats. She had not known Ning Qing could cook like this.
Oh, right—
According to Xiaoxiao, the two sisters apparently had no parents. It made sense for them to have picked up some life skills.
"Sniff, sniff!"
Zhang Suannai suddenly took two deep sniffs and turned to look behind her.
The kitchen hissed and sizzled.
Sour, spicy aromas like this were rare in both Jade Capital and Sword Province. When the hot oil first brought them out, they were sharp but irresistible. Zhang Suannai remembered the ingredients she had glimpsed waiting beside the stove.
There were pickled red chilies, wild chilies, pickled ginger, pickled greens, and pickled yardlong beans.
So many sour ingredients...
He was catering entirely to Ning Qing's tastes.
"Tsk, tsk."
Zhang Suannai shook her head. What a pitiful lovesick puppy.
"Knock, knock..."
Someone knocked at the door again.
"I'll get it!"
Zhang Suannai ran over first.
She opened the courtyard gate to find a girl with a pale, round face that was not actually large. She looked very young, though a closer look at certain details revealed that she was already an adult.
She was carrying two bottles of wine.
"Hm? Did I get the wrong place?"
Chen Banxia hurriedly stepped back and looked up at the house