Chapter 97 - Not Giving Brother To Other People (2/2)

He poured some oil into the pan. There was no need to heat it up. Various spices were then poured in. After producing a fragrance over a small fire, the ingredients was poured through a layer of gauze.

In this way, the gauze would be able to filter out the spices. He also used the hemp rope to tie the opening, so that he could throw the bag of ingredients into the soup to cook and there would not be any wastage.

The oil was soaked with the smell of spices. When it was heated up again, the fragrance filled the kitchen. Xu Le cut a piece of specially prepared hotpot base and threw it in. After it was stir-fried, he added dried chili and onions.

Then, he poured the lamb spine that had been blanched into water and stir-fried it. When the surface was covered with a layer of spicy oil, he added water inside.

The water submerged the lamb spine. Then, he threw the spice bag into the pot and covered it with a pot lid to stew it.

Taking advantage of this moment, Xu Le used the opportunity to slice the radish into pieces and even prepared bean skin and enoki mushrooms.

After the lamb spine boiled in the pot, he threw the radish into the pot. After the radish was stewed until it tasted soft, it was the same as the radish in oden. They were soft and sticky, and had fully absorbed the soup.

Having done this, Xu Le felt that it was enough. He just needed to wait patiently. Just as he closed the lid of the pot, he heard a commotion outside.

When he came out of the kitchen, he saw Sun Zhi arguing with his sister. He quickly walked over.

“I’ve already said that I’m not lending. I don’t care who you are.”

Sun Zhi hugged the card in his hand and retreated. He said, “You’re just a kid. I’m not playing with you.”

“Hmph.”

Xu Tian was pretty and sweet-talking. She was pampered everywhere she went and this was the first time she had been neglected. She was so angry that her little face trembled.

She turned around and said, “I’m the one who’s not playing with you!”

Xu Le squatted down and tried to be the mediator. “Why are you two fighting?”

Xu Tian snorted. “He has so many cards. I asked him to give me one, but he refused.”

Sun Zhi was holding a treasured game card that he had saved up from the convenience store. He was pouting so much that his lips were about to reach the sky as he said, “This is the card that I exchanged by treating my classmate to cold noodles. Why should I give it to you for free?”

Just as Xu Le was about to correct his sister’s actions, Auntie Liu hurriedly put down her mop and rushed out. “Sun Zhi, you’re a big kid now. You have to give in to a little child. Furthermore, you’re eating junk food behind my back again. Those mobile food stalls are covered in dust and the oil they used must be from the gutter. Why do you like food like that!”

“No such thing.”

Xu Le quickly stopped Auntie Liu and said seriously to his younger sister, “No matter how many cards Sun Zhi has, those are his personal belongings. They are also his favorite things. Tian Tian, think about it. You definitely don’t want to give your favorite things to others, right?”

Xu Le patiently tried to reason with Xu Tian. She thought for a while and finally understood. She nodded seriously and said, “I also won’t like that.”

Then, she added, “I won’t give my brother to anyone else!”

Xu Le, who was about to reason with her, choked on his words. He felt his heart being struck and a warm feeling spread throughout his body. He opened his mouth and could not help but smile.

Lu Yuxi corrected her from the side. “Your brother is not a thing.”

Her words sounded wrong when she said that. She added, “No, your brother is definitely not an object. He’s human.”

Xu Le patted his sister’s shoulder and said to Sun Zhi, “I’ll make you grilled cold noodles. Can you give my sister a few cards?”

When Sun Zhi heard that Xu Le wanted to cook for him, he immediately nodded and said, “Alright, I can share it with you even if you don’t make food for me. But I don’t know her, that’s why I didn’t want to give it to her.”

The child was nervous and innocent. When Xu Tian heard this, the gloominess on her face disappeared..