Ninety-four. Anna's third cooking time and Lu Li's abnormal emotions
The last few pages were about news that happened in the Principality of Ellen Peninsula yesterday. Because of Anna's possible improvement in cooking skills, Lu Li paid attention to news related to food prices.
Vegetable prices remain high, as do beef and mutton. Potatoes have also seen a slight increase in price due to excessive consumption as a substitute for vegetables.
Wheat flour also had an upward trend with the promotion of some capital merchants, but was promptly stopped by the Parliament of the Principality of Ellen Peninsula and some nobles, and barely remained stable.
I heard that in some inland countries far away from the center, the upper-level control is not strong, and wheat flour is raised to shocking prices. There are no vegetables, and meat cannot be eaten. Nowadays, even bread is so expensive that you have to work hard for more than ten hours to get it.
I barely had enough to eat, but I was already showing signs of unrest.
Because Belfast is a commercial city and has a seaport, even if the fishing industry declines, it is stronger than that of inland cities, and everything is still stable for the time being.
Lu Li only hoped that this stability could last as long as possible until he understood the truth about the world and until he solved the two troubles that entangled him.
Twenty minutes later, when Lu Li had almost finished reading three newspapers, Anna came out of the kitchen with boiling broth.
"Try it this time, um... I guarantee it will taste better than before."
Anna felt a little guilty and her eyes drifted to the side.
Lu Li didn't say anything. He put down the newspaper and stood up and sat down at the dining table. He waited for Anna to serve him a full wooden bowl as if to please him, picked up a spoon, scooped up the broth and took a sip.
"How's it going?" Anna's expectant eyes were filled with stars twinkling.
After a few seconds of silence, Lu Li scooped up the second spoonful and spoke silently.
"Let's continue cooking and eating tomorrow."
Anna's calm words seemed to be a great encouragement. She covered her mouth and insisted on not laughing out loud. Her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and she made a few popping noises unable to hold back her laughter. When Lu Li raised his eyes and looked up, he was shy.
Hide in the kitchen.
It still doesn't taste good, but at least it's a salty broth.
Lu Li thought to himself.
It can't be said that he enjoyed it, but Lu Li had a full meal after a long time. The last time was Mrs. Felin's bean stew. Talking about bean stew, Oliver who introduced him to this food has been gone for half a month, and now
There is no news at all. However, her sister Qiaoqiao has not contacted her, so maybe she is fine.
The school of Jojo, a girl with adventurer qualities, is actually a music academy, and she is a student of the same academy as Anna's good friend Daisy. Maybe she will become a troubadour in the future, if the world does not continue to deteriorate by then. Now
Various data collected by me point to the fact that this world is becoming difficult to survive... That's not right.
Ten minutes after lunch, Lu Li's dark eyes narrowed as he sat on the sofa with his mind wandering.
My thoughts became a little strange.
Because of the sanity value? No, the sanity value will not make your thinking so strange...
Could it be Anna? But he has obviously taken away everything in the kitchen that Anna might use as ingredients.
Lu Li was like a tired traveler who hadn't slept for several nights. His confused thoughts were difficult to concentrate, and dreamlike and bizarre thoughts kept appearing in his mind. He barely maintained his ability to think and called Anna.
"What did you put in the food?"
"Well...it's the same as usual."
"Be specific."
"Water, diced meat, potatoes, salt, and a little thought..."
Is there something wrong with the water?
Lu Li's eyes narrowed briefly, then softened uncontrollably.
He struggled to find something unexpected among the five ingredients mentioned above: "What does a little heart mean?"
Lu Li's usually calm eyes became lazy at this time, which caused his temperament to change accordingly. The mystery faded from him and became a little...
Anna didn't know how to describe it, approachable? Lively? In short, Lu Li looked more like a normal person now.
She stared at Lu Li blankly for a while, and it wasn't until he asked again that Anna looked away with a guilty conscience: "It's... my power..."
Lu Li was sure that he didn't hear wrongly, she did say that.
"How did you do it?"
Lu Li asked.
Anna answered slowly: "Just throw my power...in..."
People who are new to cooking are always creative and try to mix different ingredients to make more delicious food.
But no matter how you think about it, this is no reason to put your power into food.
"Why?"
Anna finally realized that Lu Li's strange state at this time seemed to be related to her, and winced: "I... I just find it troublesome to stir the broth with a spoon, so I am lazy and use my ability to stir the broth..."
"..."
Lu Li didn't say anything. It was just an unintentional mistake. Anna took out a lump of ability and threw it into the broth. She smiled strangely and stirred the broth to let the ability dissolve into the broth...
Lu Li's mind was uncontrollably remembering things that he would never think about at ordinary times.
Lu Li had never drank, but his current state seemed a bit like that of a drunk person.
"Is everything going to be okay...?" Anna was a little worried.
"It's probably just temporary." Lu Li tilted his head back and leaned against the back of the sofa, feeling that the confusion was fading away.
It's almost 11 o'clock, and it seems Tesla won't contact me today.
This is okay, otherwise Tesla is likely to encounter a different kind of Lu Li: often in a daze, with incomprehensible emotions, and an increased number of words.
"Then...then you have a good rest..."
Anna, the culprit, was not at ease, so she took a book from the bedroom, sat next to Lu Li, and looked up at him from time to time.
"Where are you...where are you...stop hiding...come and join us...where are you..."
Hearing the whispering voice in his ears, Lu Li closed his eyes.
It was already three hours after Lu Li woke up. When he opened his eyes again, he saw clear eyes.
"Okay?" Anna floated backwards and distanced herself.
Lu Li lowered his eyes and thought about a few things. He was no longer as obscure and divergent as before, and nodded: "Okay."
Anna grabbed the hem of her skirt with her fingers, lowered her head and said in frustration: "I have no talent, as for food, you will still..."
"Once you get familiar with it, you won't make mistakes." Lu Li interrupted her.
Anna raised her head suddenly and looked at Lu Li in disbelief.
Such words of encouragement actually came out of Lu Li's mouth...? Is he doing this for himself...
Touched, Anna's eye circles gradually turned red, and she was embarrassed to say those shameful and disgusting words. Finally, she rushed back to the bedroom covering her increasingly red cheeks.
If an evacuation site is to be built to avoid disasters in the future, someone will have to cook.
Lu Li thought to himself, and looked away, looking towards the door of the detective agency.
On the door, several lips that were constantly opening and closing were moving on the wooden board.
…
The next morning.
At the quiet moment when it was just dawn, the phone rang.
Tesla's voice came from the microphone, telling Lu Li that the third test could begin.