Chapter 425 - Invitation from the City Hall (2/2)

Lin Luoran can see the reluctance on Ma Yiming’s face. She asks with a playful tone, “Do you want to go to the party?”

Ma Yiming is a little fl.u.s.tered.

“Of course not… Aunt Lin, I’m not a fool. The only person they want to invite is you.”

Lin Luoran flicks the invitation letter with her hand. “If you want to go, we will attend the banquet. Anyway, we have enough crystal coins and we don’t have to defend the city. Shuangshuang almost finishes the clothes she has been making. Life is really boring now. ”

Ma Yiming feels the same way.

Yes, since Aunt Lin found them, they haven’ t had to worry about food and clothing. Life is so easy for them that Ma Yiming often forgets the fact that he is living in a new era when everyone must strive for life.

Ma Shuangshuang carefully puts away the invitation letter, “Aunt Lin, what do you do with this pile of small clams? Braised? ”

After those clams are clean, Ma Shuangshuang doesn’t know where she can start.

Lin Luoran shakes her head for many times, “How can freshwater sh.e.l.ls be braised? You will violently damage heavenly things!”

The two teenagers are always following her. Lin Luoran washes the shrimp and scallops. The freshwater sh.e.l.ls are steamed together with mashed garlic. She selects some bigger shrimp to make White boiled shrimp—Lin Luoran puts shrimp in water with ginger and then puts shredded ginger with spicy pepper on it. She then uses the soy sauce and a few drops of vinegar as a dipping sauce. It preserves the fresh and original taste of the lake shrimp, which is the favorite dish of the Lin family before the new era.

As for the rest small shrimp, they are fried in the oil pan with thick broad-bean sauce. Finally, she puts the green onion and green and red pepper on the dish. There is a pungent aroma before the food leaves the pan.

Ma Yiming coughs and feels hungry. Lin Luoran nods and then they begin to eat everything on the dining table at an amazing speed.

Ma Shuangshuang likes steamed sh.e.l.lfish with garlic best. However, she is also worried about the smell of garlic in her mouth after eating it. Lin Luoran takes out a small porcelain bottle for her.

“What is this, Aunt Lin?” Ma Shuangshuang shakes it, and something is gurgling inside, as if there is some kind of liquid in it.

Lin Luoran sh.e.l.ls shrimp gracefully, “Throwing out all roses in the yard is really wasteful. I refined a bottle of flower liquid. It’s best to remove smelly smell. You can drink it slowly.”

Ma Shuangshuang nods in surprise and she can finally feel relaxed to eat garlic steamed sh.e.l.lfish.

Lin Luoran looks at how funny the little girl looks when she eats. She smiles. Lin Luoran doesn’t realize how adorable she thinks this girl is.

Rose flower liquid is real but it is far more than that. However, the seasonings like soy sauce and vinegar in her s.p.a.ce which she stored before have almost been used up. Even the spicy bean chili sauce which people of the center of Chuan province like best is not much left. She has to make some someday.

As for the banquet held by the City Hall, since Lin Luoran decides to go, she does not want to pretend to be an ordinary person in rags. In this case, it’s reasonable that others look down on her.

Isn’t it just some clothes and jewelry of the earthly life? Lin Luoran doesn’t think it is a problem.

She and Ma Shuangshuang chat and laugh at home for two days. They make a green dress and a black tuxedo. The tuxedo was the style before the new era. Clothes b.u.t.tons are made of polished rhinocero monsters horns. They are s.h.i.+ning. Besides, every b.u.t.ton has a little magic circle inside which can both used for attack and defense. Lin Luoran is very satisfied with this effect. She tells Ma Yiming that even if she doesn’t wear this dress, she still has to keep the b.u.t.tons.

“They will help when you are in danger. Don’t lose them!”

Ma Yiming doesn’t understand it. However, Aunt Lin is always right so he also values these b.u.t.tons.

As for Ma Shuangshuang, on the day when the cloth is woven, she drinks the flower liquid. She gets sweaty and then her hidden illness is almost healed. Lin Luoran takes her out at ease.

Lin Luoran has plenty of jade, gold, and silver. Ma Shuangshuang is too young for gold. Lin Luoran melts some silver ingots which she hasn’t used in the Penglai country. She makes a set of silver silk jade jewelry for the girl. The girl holds her breath in front of the mirror in the green dress. She stares at herself and almost loses her mind.

In the evening three days later, the sunset has not completely engulfed by the horizon yet. A car with a license plate of the city hall comes to pick them up.

Lin Luoran takes them to get in the car gracefully. The door is closed silently, and the car is particularly noticeable when they are driving on the streets of Yueyang District without even a private car.

Ma Yiming’s mood is a bit complicated while Ma Shuangshuang feels a little nervous. However, Lin Luoran is very calm. They are in a completely different mood, but one thing is the same: they don’t know what is waiting for them at the banquet.

But life is just like this. It is gorgeous because of the ubiquitous surprise… or shock.