Chapter 124: Akarin County
Why is it impossible to have sea bream sushi?
Because, without any prefix words to indicate that this is cooked fish, sea bream sushi defaults to sashimi sushi.
When sealed at room temperature for several hours, raw fish has the possibility of spoiling.
So it is impossible to put it in the lunch box. This includes fresh tofu, hot spring eggs and other foods.
In addition, since Japanese people are accustomed to eating bentos cold, the dishes in the bento must also be of a variety that is delicious even if it is cold.
Since most people’s lunchboxes are made by their mothers, elementary schools even distribute bento-making manuals.
It includes how to choose non-perishable vegetables, how to remove moisture from vegetable leaves, and other lunch-making tips and some knowledge on nutritional combinations.
Most people will show this manual to their mothers.
But Erina's situation is rather special.
When the elementary school teacher distributed this manual, she didn't even give it to Erina. Instead, he only gave Yoshiyuki a copy and asked him to study it on his own. If he didn't understand anything, he could ask Erina's mother.
Thinking of this now, Yi Xing still couldn't laugh or cry.
But what made him laugh and cry the most at the moment was that Erina had completely given up thinking.
At the same time, he was also cheating. She said that even if she didn't guess even one of them, she would still do it when she asked Yi Xing to feed him.
"Yes, miss."
Yi Xing had no choice but to compromise.
Of course, this helplessness is just because of Erina's cheating.
In fact, there is nothing to be unwilling to do.
After all, feeding the eldest lady is something he enjoys very much.
Even Yi Xing would expect the eldest lady to eat by herself every meal, and suddenly complained that it was tiring to hold chopsticks and asked him to feed her.
"Oh...!" Erina took a bite of the stewed beef in the lunch box, and her expression became quite surprised: "Today's stewed beef tastes a bit special! What did you add to it, my servant?"
"Yoghurt." Yoshiyuki replied, "I added yogurt."
"No wonder. When I said it tasted sour, I thought it was broken." Erina's tone was a little disappointing for a moment: "I thought Yoshiyuki deliberately put some strange medicine in it sent by someone."
"There is no such thing!"
Yoshiyuki hurriedly yelled like this, and the appearance of Maekawa Kazuhiro suddenly appeared in his mind.
He suddenly wanted to know if Master sneezed in his hometown.
The eldest lady's reaction was not unexpected.
She really knew what was in the medicine gourd.
This made Yoshiyuki feel more and more ashamed, and at the same time he once again thanked his master for taking care of his self-esteem.
Erina has been selectively playing dumb.
This avoids a lot of overly embarrassing situations.
I may have to hide the medicine gourd somewhere where the eldest lady can't find it... Yi Xing felt a little uneasy when he thought of this: otherwise it would be bad if she secretly drugged him.
You can only take one pill at a time. If the dose is too large, it is not impossible for you to accidentally flush it in the toilet and die.
If this happened, he would leave a mark in the history of the Yida family - Maekawa died the stupidest death in history.
Today’s lunch is as rich as ever.
The rice is sprinkled with nori and shredded pickled plums.
The main dish is a new French dish Yi Xing tried - beef stew with yogurt.
In addition to the lettuce leaves and perilla leaves used to separate the bento, the side dishes include a boiled egg cut in half, a piece of grilled eel, a croquette, two large chopsticks of cold bean curd, a piece of tomato, and two Stewed pumpkin and a dollop of shredded kelp.
Among them, white rice, yogurt stewed beef, grilled eel, boiled eggs and stewed pumpkin were freshly made this morning.
Others are prepared in advance and placed in a crisper box in the refrigerator.
This is what Japanese housewives do, otherwise it would be too late to make it fresh every morning.
Including the stewed pumpkin that Yi Xing made this morning, he also made one pot and saved the excess.
He was a little worried at first whether the new dishes would suit their taste.
But after seeing the mother and daughter eating so happily, Yoshiyuki felt at ease and began to eat the dishes. He gave the delicious dishes in his box to the eldest lady who had an appetite and Mensheng quickly used " Hime of "Lunch Box Disappearance Technique".
It’s obvious what Erina likes to eat. She was very fond of the beef stew with yogurt that she had never tasted before, so Yi Xing gave her most of the beef in his lunch box.
"There's no need to give me so much. It's not like I don't have anything."
"It's okay, miss. Just eat more if you like."
In the past, he only had to take care of the eldest lady, but now that he has a daughter, of course he has to take care of her.
Xiaoji didn't speak, so he couldn't tell what she liked, so after Yoshiyuki got up and came to her, he could only do what he wanted.
After realizing that her father seemed to want to give her some more food, Xiao Ji shook her head, put the bento on her lap, and held up two small palms in front of her.
Then, she picked up the notebook and quickly wrote "Thank you, dad, no need to give it to me", then held it up and showed it to Yoshiyuki.
At that moment, she hiccupped.
The small, extremely weak burping sound became extremely cute because of her cute and clear loli voice.
"Oh~ Hime-chan is so cute!" Erina's heart suddenly surged, and she hugged Hime with chopsticks, almost knocking over the bento: "I really want to eat the little demon sword too!"
Xiao Ji was caught off guard when her mother suddenly hugged her.
So, he burped again.
Yoshiyuki looked at this scene with satisfaction and felt extremely good.
Of course, his hands were not idle either, so he immediately took out the thermos bottle and handed it over.
"Eat slowly, don't choke. Drink tea as usual, it's all cold."
"Oh! The servant is so considerate! Just let me pour tea for Xiao Ji!"
"Miss, it will be a big help if you let her go! Look how the child choked!"
Of course the three of them would not be silent while eating. They soon thought about meeting their parents again, and then talked about Saga where they were going to open a B&B.
Of course, there are really only two people talking. However, they would ask Xiaoji what she thought from time to time to avoid neglecting their daughter.
In order to allow her to participate in the interaction more easily and not break the flow of the conversation, the two of them mostly asked questions that could be expressed by nodding and shaking their heads.
However, the more they talked, the clearer it became...
Body language, after all, has its limits.
Just like when the three of them talked about the question "What comes to mind first when talking about Saga?", Xiaoji had to write an answer.
Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest of Kyushu Island, Japan.
It is an agricultural prefecture and one of the most rural places in Japan.
Its lack of presence is almost the same as Miyazaki Prefecture. On the one hand, the residents of these two prefectures feel a sense of sympathy for each other, and on the other hand, they often argue about whose hometown is the most boring and Akari in Japan.
It is often difficult for outsiders to understand why they can be so persistent in competing for the penultimate spot.