Soon after, the bread was baked.
Compared to the fish soup, which looks a bit scary, the appearance of the bread is obviously much more normal.
According to Lillian, the raw material of the bread is a plant called "dome wheat", which was originally called "dandelion wheat".
Wild dandelions grow in the sky and float around with the air currents. Later, a witch discovered that the seeds of dandelion wheat were not only useful, but also delicious and could replenish a small amount of magic power, so she collected them and cultivated them artificially.
Later, with the improvement of various magics, dandelion wheat became today's dome wheat. They no longer floated in the wind, but grew fixedly on the domes of the city. The seeds of dome wheat are not only fuller than those of dandelion wheat, but also grow steadily on the city's domes. The yield is also high, and it has now become one of the staple foods of witches.
When the weather is clear, as long as you look up, you can see small white squares in certain locations on the dome, which are the wheat fields of the dome.
Xia Ye tore off a small piece of the dome-shaped wheat bread that was crispy and golden on the outside and snow-white and soft on the inside, put it into a bowl, soaked it with the fragrant fish soup, and then threw it into his "mouth".
Chew, chew, chew...
Different from the wheat bread in the world before traveling, the bread made from Dome Wheat has a slight bitter taste. But this bitter taste is not unpleasant at all, but like coffee, it is bitter and fragrant. After eating a few pieces, it will bring you a refreshing feeling.
According to Lilian, this is because the magic content of dome wheat is higher than that of other foods. When its magic is released in the body, the witch will feel the pleasure brought by replenishing the magic.
"I'm so tired... Ni Lao Chu is poking at the needle cloth..."
Only when you eat delicious food will you find that you are really hungry. Xia Ye, who was enjoying the meal, ignored table manners and filled her "mouth" with bread and soup while vaguely praising it.
"Hey, it's fine if Sister Xia Ye likes it." Seeing Xia Ye eating so enthusiastically, Lillian was also very happy, "Although I am quite confident in my cooking skills, when it comes time for you to taste it, actually in my heart Still quite nervous.”
"Why?" Xia Ye asked after swallowing another mouthful of bread.
"Because Sister Xia Ye is a traveling witch! You must have been to many cities and tasted various delicacies, right? Even if the memory is lost, the feeling brought by those delicacies must still be left in the body. Maybe I will Do you think that a specialty dish that you think is delicious can only be regarded as mediocre compared to the delicacies you have eaten in the past?"
"Um……"
Xia Ye did eat delicacies from many places in the past, but not in this world, but in the world before the time travel. Due to work reasons, she often had to fly to various places. I can't go home for months.
"I have indeed been to many places and tasted the food in those places." Xia Ye said while slowly stirring the soup in the bowl with a spoon.
"The food in some places is indeed delicious and unique... However, even so, the feeling they bring to me does not exceed the deliciousness of this bowl of fish soup. So, Lillian, your cooking skills It’s really nice – that’s a yes from a traveling witch.”
"Is this... I'm a little embarrassed by Sister Xia Ye's high praise." Although Lillian said this, the expression on her face did not look embarrassed at all. Instead, it seemed to say " Come and praise me more!" The same big words.
"Ah, that's right." The girl clapped her hands again and said with a smile: "Since Sister Xia Ye likes to eat my cooking so much, then I will cook it for you every day from now on! In addition..."
Xia Ye didn't wait for her to say the words after "other" before interrupting: "Okay, maybe I will be completely inseparable from your cooking in the future. By then, even if the deal between me and you is completed , I can’t bear to eat you either.”
"Huh……?"
The girl's smile suddenly froze, "So...does that still count?"
"Of course it counts. I promise not to hurt you before I fulfill your wish. But after the wish is fulfilled, what I do with you depends on this witch's mood..."
Xia Ye's eyes were locked on the girl, moving slowly as if she had substance, "But you don't need to be too nervous. Have you ever heard of a story called 'One Thousand and One Nights'?"
Lillian shook her head.
"Well - that's a story I once heard in another city. That story said that once upon a time there was a king..."
"What is a 'king'?" Lillian couldn't help but ask.
"He is the ruler of a place, similar to a city lord."
"oh……"
Seeing Lilian nod obediently, Xia Ye continued: "The king was betrayed by the queen, and after executing the queen, he still vented his anger on others. He announced to the whole country that he would choose a woman to be his queen - that is, his wife. Of course, many women came to apply for the army on the first day. After the king selected one of them, he married the woman during the day and executed her on the morning of the second day. Then he announced that he needed to marry another one..."
"Well... what is a wife?" Lilian asked another question.
"Well……"
Xia Ye suddenly remembered that witches are egg-laying creatures that reproduce asexually, so they have no concept of "mates" at all.
"That's a unique custom of that place..." Xia Ye began to add settings to "One Thousand and One Nights", "Customs stipulate that after everyone grows to a certain age, they must find a companion they like, uh, But there is also the possibility that you don’t like it… In short, you must find someone to live with you day and night. That person is called your ‘wife’.”
"Oh..." Lilian nodded in understanding.
"Ahem, let's continue the story. After the king married his second wife, he executed her again on the morning of the third day... After repeating this for a while, no one in the country finally dared to apply for the job. Although it was said that he wanted to become a queen. It means countless glory and wealth, but no matter how much wealth it is, it must have the life flower. Seeing that no one dared to come, the king announced that from the next day, if the woman he chose did not volunteer, Upon arriving at his palace, he would ask the guards to arrest the woman and execute her immediately. In this way, every morning there would still be a woman - whether she agreed to become his wife or not - who would be executed by him..."
"Wow! This king is so cruel. Is he a bad guy?" Lilian couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes." Xia Ye replied, "But he is a king and has great power. Even if he does this, others cannot resist."
"When the whole country was in panic, the prime minister's daughter, a woman named Shanruzod, stood up - the prime minister was the person who assisted the king. She voluntarily went to the palace and expressed her willingness to become the king's wife.
"Of course the king was very happy and married her immediately. Unlike other women, Shanruzod told the king a very attractive story that night. When the story reached its most exciting moment, it was just dawn, and Shanruzod De asked: "Do you want to continue listening to the story tonight, or are you going to kill me now?" The king was naturally reluctant to kill her, so he spared her death that day and allowed her to continue telling stories at night.
"The next night, Shanruzod continued to tell the story until the next morning, and stopped at the most exciting part. The king had no choice but to forgive her and not die... In this way, her story continued to be told. In One Thousand and One Nights, the king was finally moved and promised not to kill her again, and the two grew old together."
"The story is over." Xia Ye said to Lillian.
"Ah... So, this story actually has a happy ending." Lilian looked at Xia Ye in surprise.
"That's right."
"But, that king is so good and bad, I thought he would be killed in the end..."
"Well, it is true that many people think that the king is very bad, and many people think that Shanruzod is so smart and kind, why did he marry such a bad king and become his wife..."
"Yeah!" Lilian nodded her head vigorously in agreement.
"However, I like to see this story from another angle." Xia Ye said while playing with the fish in the bowl with a spoon.
