A while after the game started on the third day, Lily saw that there was no one in the seat next to her, so she asked Seamus: "Where's Charles? Isn't he here?"
Seamus, who was holding the lunch basket, turned around and replied: "Charles bought a fish that is heavier than him. Please make it delicious tomorrow."
Charles saw that his team's performance in the first and second games was very good, and he would definitely be able to maintain the lead tomorrow, and the schedule was halfway through, so he decided to cook a big meal tomorrow night to maintain morale, and use Liqueur to win the championship.
Lily thought of the pudding made with fire ash and custard that Charles had sent her yesterday morning. It had a very unique taste and she couldn't help but lick her lips with her tongue.
She knew where Charles was and searched all the way there.
There was a small courtyard where Professor Bablin lived. When Lily came there, she saw Charles moving a bed into the courtyard.
She was very confused at first. When she walked into the yard, she was startled by the fish on the ground: "That fish weighs 200 pounds, right?"
After seeing Lily, Charles replied: "The Nile perch, with the outside organs removed, is about the same weight."
To the east of Moon Mountain is Lake Victoria. The Nile perch in the lake is an invasive species. It is a top predator in the water and has caused great harm to the local fish. It grows very big and has good meat quality. The locals like to use it for smoked fish.
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It was not easy to smoke such a big fish, so Charles moved the bed out of the spare room, removed the bed boards, tied them to wires and used them as a grill, and let the whole fish lie on it.
Lily thought it was interesting to grill such a big fish, so she wanted to help.
She waved her magic wand, and the bundle of wires crawled up like a snake and formed a net on the bed frame.
"That's easy." Lily said proudly, "On the farm, that's how they make fences."
Charles gave her a thumbs up.
Lily was quite capable. She helped Charles salt the fish, dig a hole in the ground to put charcoal, grind spices into powder, and seal the entire baking bed with paper. She worked with ease.
Those materials were all bought by Charles with great difficulty in the capital of Uganda. At this time, there are two Charleses on the earth, so that they can have a good celebration tomorrow night.
During this period, Lily told Charles the topic of tomorrow's competition.
"Rotten external organs?" Charles was stunned for a moment. He had heard the old man talk about that kind of disease before.
"No." Lily said, "His father had that problem before. He drank too much whiskey and his stomach was almost gone."
"At that time, he beat his mother when he was drunk. Later, they divorced and he and his sister separated."
"Now he doesn't drink anymore, but he has found a hateful woman from somewhere. He really wants to shoot her head off."
Charles nodded slightly.
That kind of disease is not a difficult and complicated disease. It is very difficult to cure the problem. Just hope that the gang of Kodosdorez's heavy drinkers will not overtake him and widen the gap.
The charcoal used to smoke the fish was quickly lit, and all the spice powder was put in the pot to heat over the fire. After a while, thick smoke came out.
The large box made of paper had a half-palm-sized ventilation hole on the ground at one end and the top at the other end, and the fragrant smoke filled the entire space.
During this period, Charles prepared mashed potatoes, other vegetables and juice, cooked liquid tea, tomato meat sauce spaghetti, and treated Lily to lunch.
After lunch, Charles started making the Scottish island recipe he mentioned to Joyce yesterday morning for tomorrow night's midnight snack.
For that kind of snack, boil the eggs first and let the egg red solidify. Then wrap them with minced meat stuffing with salt, black pepper and other spices. Then wrap the outside with a layer of bread crumbs and deep-fry it in hot oil.
The surface is golden brown, the meat filling is well cooked, and the egg yolk on the outside is a bit runny.
By midnight, the fish was smoked and the outside of the fish turned golden brown. Charles went to the canteen to find a dinner plate for roasted whole lamb before putting it in.
After finding two dinner plates, Charles cut the head and tail of the fish, divided the body into two halves, and cast a bone and flesh separation spell. The fish bones flew out as if they were phantoms, and he ate half of them himself.
Give away the other half.
"Let me have a taste." Charles put a piece of fish on a plate and handed it to Lily.
After taking the plate, Lily picked up a fork and cut into a piece of fish. The two sides of the meat were smoked to a golden color, but the middle was red. She nodded as she ate it.
Charles proudly brought the smoked fish and other dinners back to his residence, and carefully arranged them in the hall on the first floor. He asked Ruby to get some flowers and put them in vases to set up the table, and then waited for everyone to return.
The ruby guy also ran behind his little table and got ready, and then Charles would bring his share over.
At almost six o'clock, the door opened, and Charles walked over to greet it with a smile.
However, he saw the eyes of Cedric, who was the first to enter, flashing with water. The others were also dejected and their hearts skipped a beat.
"We're back." He noticed something was wrong, but he smiled, "It's time to have dinner."
Only a few people responded feebly.
The meal was very boring. Eleanor and the other five members of the team, as well as Seamus and other spectators, all lowered their heads and ate quietly.
Even Ruby felt something strange and kept tilting her head to look at the young people.
Joyce wiped her tears after taking two bites and went back to her room upstairs. With her taking the lead, the others ate something hastily and left. The remaining smoked fish at first was cheaper than rubies.
Charles asked Seamus about it, and what he found surprised him.
In tomorrow's game, Hogwarts actually scored 79 points, ranking last with a total score of 275 points.
The Magic House got full marks in that game, but if the scores in the first two games were too low, it would be second to last with a 1 point advantage.
Charles thought Kodos Dorez would get high scores, but unexpectedly their score was not high, only 92 points, ranking second from the bottom with a total score of 282 points.
Wagadu scored 98 points, seemingly deducting time points, and reached the top with a total score of 285, 10 points higher than Hogwarts.
The reason why was that Seamus also said he wasn't coming.
Charles asked him to eat more and then went to find Eleanor.
Eleanor lay in bed, her eyes brighter than hers on the smoked fish of tomorrow night.
Charles came with some snacks and drinks and put them on the table. As soon as he walked to the bed, Eleanor said: "Let him pinch two things... Ouch!"
Charles tried his best to pinch her nose and asked her, "What's going on in tomorrow's game?"
"Alas..." Eleanor lay on the bed and let out a long sigh, "No one expected that kind of thing to happen."
Then she moved her body, letting Charles Taoxian use his belly as a pillow, and then said slowly: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that they would have a problem in that kind of thing."