Chapter 182 (2/2)
Her okaasama was round too, so maybe the Narutomi family was just like that
“More io reheat the food I only hope it suits you”
“I look forward to it”
Right
Now that the rude interlopers were gone, it was ti
Akimi-san came back with the reheated food and placed it in front of me
“The reason I actually have two of each is because I’ve made them different ways One is redients, while the other is the kind of coht it would help to see what you liked”
“I see Then may I help myself?”
“Please do”
I began with soreen onions and tofu
Mn, yummy!
So this was the standard one
Next was her commoner recipe, huh
Oh…
“What’s wrong, Reika-san?”
This tasted like… the way Mum used to make it…
“Reika-san?”
Oh no,up
It was Mum’s miso soup
“Reika-san… Was it not to your taste…?”
“…No It was… very delicious”
“Really? You don’t have to force yourself I didn’t use ood…”
“No Please teach me how to make it like this”
“This one? Are you sure it isn’t too co for you?”
“Please”
I lowered my head to her
I never had Muain
But now the taste was almost in reach
If I learnt how to make Akimi-san’s food, then perhaps one day I could recreate Mum’s
That was oal now
“Please”
“Well, if you insist…”
In the end, all of the side dishes were delicious
And unsurprisingly, the coic
Mn
I’d definitely go with those ones
Akih
“I never would have ih”
“Is this how you normally cook these dishes?”
“Oh no, whenI use the expensive ones,” she s, but my family are nouveau riche Did you know?”
Oh, come to think of it, her father had built his fortune with real estate, hadn’t he…
“Infa but mountains and fields and countryside where we lived, but the value of the land ju, so the money from that helped my father’s business”
“I see”
“When my brother and I were born, our farand a poor person if you like”
“Right”
“My brother often tells me this too, but I’ve been clumsy since I was little Sometimes other children would call me an upstart as well, so whenever that happened I’d run crying to randmother’s house”
“My…”
“After helping her cook for a while, I grew to love cooking as well I rand too”
“Stingy?”
“Yes She was quite stingy whenbroth She wouldn’t use much stock base, and even made second or third brew, you know?”
“I see”
Second or third brew…?
I just nodded like I knehat she was talking about
“You ht find this hard to believe but you can actually use the katsuobushi+ to make furikake afterwards You can also actually eat the leaves of the daikon and turnip, and even grow them yourself”
“Grow them?”
“Yes You water therow leaves”
Oh!
Mum used to do that in the kitchen!
For a while I thought it was for decoration or so
“When I cook for others I’redients But I’d still like to cherish the taste oftoo I think this is actually what food is like in normal households, you know?”
“I understand”
Come to think of it, at home I sometimes saw the cook fill the entire pot full of katsuobushi+
I never saw Muh
Thinking about it, Muy herself, hadn’t she
Her food was yuh
“Huhu I never would have thought a genuine ojousaht be happy to hear that”
“I will be in your care, Sensei”
“Gosh, don’t call me that”
Akiood person
If I was in her position I’d never admit that I was from an upstart family
I was convinced now Akih if I admitted I couldn’t really use a kitchen knife
“Akietables with a knife properly…”
And I was just pretending before, so please tellis