BATB Chapter 142

Beauty and the Beasts Chapter 142

“It’s a success!” Bai Qingqing was ecstatic. She looked up at Curtis excitedly before turning her head towards Parker. “Parker, come and see—What the hell?!”

Looking at the raging flames, Bai Qingqing was distracted and thought that this is what a real bonfire would look like. It was so big that the tip nearly reaches the ceiling, and the stone pot was nowhere to be seen.

“Parker, are you going to burn the house down?!” Bai Qingqing roared.

Parker was about to throw the wood in his hand into the fire when he paused and immediately throw it behind him. Then he was busily putting out the blazing fire.

“You’re done, right? Come on here and see this. We finally made it.” Bai Qingqing beckoned at Parker.

Parke took a sigh of relief, then he got up immediately and walked over. He raised his eyes and made a wary glanced at Curtis.

Curtis also looked at Parker coldly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, which was full of disdain.

Parker thought to himself after noticing Curtis’s tail rise, ‘I dare you to strike me again with that tail of yours. Qingqing won’t let you off.’

Bai Qingqing was so excited that she didn’t notice the surging tide between the two males. She asked Parker, “How is it? Isn’t it great?”

“Mm-hmm.” Parker nodded, then looked straight at the grindstone, his face showing surprise.

He reached into the rice batter and stirred it with his finger. “What kind of rice is this? This won’t get stuck inside the stone, will it? This…it’s just liquid rice.”

Though Bai Qingqing was questioned, she didn’t mind it at all. She responded with a smile: “No, the hole is big enough so it won’t. Hey, don’t touch it. Your hands are dirty.”

Bai Qingqing slapped Parker’s hand that was stirring the paste.

Parker drew back his hand and thought what Bai Qingqing said was reasonable. He asked, “So what are you going to make with this? Do you steam it like what you did with the eggs?”

“Not likely.” Bai Qingqing smiled as she looked at the rice sentimentally and said, “It’s different. You can make so many recipes with this batter.”

If Parker and Curtis happen to cross to her world, their reactions must be quite funny.

It was not long before she cooked rice noodles using the bamboo tube. Considering that the rice batter wasn't easy to dry during this rainy season, Bai Qingqing did not plan to grind again.

After the rice paste settled at the bottom of the tube, a layer of clear water was floating on top. Bai Qingqing poured out that water, then she stirred the rice paste. She will let it fry itself after putting the lid on.

When she opened the stone pot, the smell of fish and shrimp wafted out. Upon checking the result of Parker's cooking, Bai Qingqing was surprised and gave a positive remark, “Parker, I thought you'd burnt it, but it was cooked so well. It seems that you’ll have to steam it in a big fire from now on.”

“Huh?” After hearing her said that, Parker grabbed a steamed fish quickly and ate it. He didn't expect it. It was actually very delicious, and the fish was incredibly tender.

Before he could finish eating the fish, Parker's hand reached into the pot again.

Bai Qingqing hurriedly took a bowl and filled it with fish and shrimp. She handed it to Curtis and said, “This is the food we made before. You haven’t eaten it yet, so give it a try.”

“Okay.” Curtis swayed his tail and sat next to Bai Qingqing. She was afraid a fishbone would be stuck in Curtis's throat, so she prepared the river shrimp instead and blew it before sending it to Curtis’s mouth.

Curtis did not hesitate to open his mouth.

“How is it?” Bai Qingqing was looking forward to Curtis's comment.

“Not bad.” Curtis said, seeing a slight disappointment in Bai Qingqing’s eyes, he added: “It’s better than the barbecue. I seldom eat delicious food, so I've nothing to compare this with, but I like it very much.”

This shrimp is not as bad as the barbecue, at the very least. He really likes it, after all, he rarely tastes good food. However, he still prefers swallowing a whole prey.

Bai Qingqing smiled and put the bowl into Curtis’s hands. “Then you may eat it.”

Parker watched a large bowl of his favorite food fall into the hands of the snake. He was now full of regrets. He shouldn't have caused such a big fire.

The rice noodles upon uncovering the pot immediately came visible. Bai Qingqing turns it over with chopsticks. But the rice was too tender, and it will quickly dissolve if she pokes at it. She turns it over only for it to crumble into many pieces.

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