Helena laughed, bent down slightly and whispered something in Rafi's ear.
Lafei ran up and held Su Xin's hand, which was a little cold after being touched by water.
"Commander, let's have a barbecue with Rafi..."
Su Xin looked at Lafite's healed (expressionless) face and felt much better. She responded softly and followed him to the grill.
There was a small fire burning next to the grill, which brought light and heat to make Su Xin feel less cold. Su Xin and Lafei stood in front of the grill and tried to grill. They were silent but in perfect harmony, flipping, brushing, and replacing the ingredients.
In the firelight, the two expressionless girls looked unusually gentle.
The other ship girls sat cross-legged on the picnic blanket on the other side of the fire and chatted, looking at Su Xin and Lafei from time to time, feeling an inexplicable sense of relief.
"Eh... let the commander grill... is that okay?" Cleveland suddenly remembered something. When the people present heard this, they all shuddered unconsciously, remembering the fear of being dominated by the fish feast that day.
Fortunately, Helena was prepared. "Don't worry, I have prepared all the sauces and oils. Just brush them on. It's okay."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, except Hood.
Well, she really didn't think Su Xin's fish was bad.
ps: It reminds me of the time when I had a barbecue with my high school classmate. We couldn't light the fire no matter how hard we tried. In the end, his father took the charcoal and threw it into the stove for a long time before bringing it up (/√). The food was half-cooked, but it was delicious.
Very happy.
Chapter 2 BBQ
Su Xin didn't make any extraordinary food after all. With the help of Lafei, the skewers she grilled just looked unappetizing.
Su Xin grilled about ten skewers in total, half of which were meat, including meat skewers, chicken wings, chicken wing roots, etc. Since she didn't know how to cook them, they all looked a little black.
She tried a piece of wing root herself. The skin was very crispy, or it was almost devoid of moisture. It tasted salty and bitter. The meat inside was very white and tender. Su Xin took a bite but couldn't bite it off. She poked it with a skewer and found that the meat near the bone was even
There was still blood on it.
The vegetables were pretty good, except that they were a bit dry, but at least the color was still there. The texture wasn't as good, but at least they were edible.
All in all, Su Xin's cooking was a failure, but the ship girls were quite considerate and ate some. Miss Hood's black tea came out early, and it didn't matter if the combination of black tea and barbecue was strange or not, the main thing was that it was really salty.
The undercooked wings were all sent back for cooking, including the chicken wing that Su Xin had taken a bite of. There were still small, neat teeth marks on it, which made Su Xin feel a little embarrassed.
The ship girls who were called sister by Su Xin were just cute, not to mention the one who was called sister by Su Xin. There was no question of whether she disliked it or not. However, Su Xin still couldn't accept it and firmly said that this one with the tooth marks on it
The chicken wings need to be grilled separately and you can solve it yourself when the time comes.
Helena responded with a smile, wiped the corners of her lips that were stained with burnt charcoal, and stood up to take over the task of grilling.
Su Xin chatted with Hu De for a while, drank two cups of black tea as a mouthwash, and the fishy smell in her mouth was immediately gone. She saw Ming Miao waving for her to come over, and it seemed that she had something to say, so she politely greeted Hu De and stood up.
Walk towards the green-haired girl.
"Commander, Commander~"
"What's wrong?"
"Commander... do you still want to have a barbecue, meow?"
Su Xin hesitated for a moment, but still nodded. She was indeed interested, but she didn't want to continue wasting food.
"Hehehe... Commander, don't worry, meow." Mingmiao narrowed his eyes and took out a roll of barbecue foil from his sleeve, "Just use this, meow~"
Su Xin knew what it was, so she readily paid the money and ran towards Helena holding the roll of tinfoil, leaving Ming Miao standing there happily counting the money.
The steps for grilling with tin foil are very simple. Cleveland, who was helping Helena, also knew how to use it, so Helena sent him to teach Su Xin.
Tin foil has two sides, one reflective and the other matte. You only need to wrap the food with the matte side and then heat it on the grill. If the glossy side touches the food, it may cause the food to stick.
The method was very simple, and Su Xin understood it as soon as she heard it. So she sent her father away to help her mother, and she started to tinker with it quietly.
Laffy chatted with other shipgirls at the tea table(?), and looked at her commander from time to time. Actually, she was mainly listening to them. Laffy herself didn't interrupt much, and only responded when she was mentioned.
As they chatted, the topic turned to themselves. Everyone seemed to see through his little thoughts, but they didn't say it out loud. They just encouraged Lafite to work hard.
Lafite had a blank expression but couldn't avoid blushing. If everyone knew about this, it would be... quite embarrassing.
The profiteer was indeed a profiteer, whispering in Lafite's ear for a long time. After Lafite blushed eight degrees and gave her some small money, she secretly took out a long pillow from her sleeve, popped her head out and stuffed it directly into Lafite's ship.
In the installed space, the furtive movements made the other ship girls unclear about what exactly was going on.
Ming Miao didn't explain much. He smiled and patted Lafei's shoulder to show encouragement. Lafei blushed and lowered his head without responding.
Just then Helena came over with a plate of grilled skewers and invited everyone to eat. Su Xin was still standing by the barbecue grill and hadn't come over yet.
Hood asked Helena: "Isn't the commander coming?"
"Ah...she's looking at her barbecue. Let's eat first." The way she stared at three or four balls of tinfoil was so adorable. Helena pinched her face and came over first.
Lafei ate two bites and then grabbed two skewers of barbecue and left the table. He ran to Su Xin and stood there, feeding her a bite from time to time.
Su Xin hardly even blinked, and only reacted when the skewer of meat in Lafei's hand touched her lips.
The temperature of the skewers is just right, not too hot but not too cold, bringing some warmth when touching the lips.
Su Xin didn't look at it, but stuck out her tongue to touch it. Hai Ma's cooking skills were indeed not comparable to hers. The skewers were full of salty flavor. She opened her mouth and bit a small piece of barbecued meat. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was delicious. She sprinkled some chili powder on it, which was very suitable for her.
Taste.
Lafei was very interested in feeding Su Xin. Feeding Su Xin made her very happy, so she kept feeding Su Xin. After she finished, she would run back to get two more skewers, or steal some from the second batch of skewers from Ke Dad next to her, blow it for a while, and touch the
He touched her lips, and when the temperature was just right, he handed it to Su Xin's lips and waited for her to speak.
"My heart is full."
Rafi described his feelings this way, and after thinking for a while, he added another sentence.
"And the Commander has beautiful lips."
The bright red color that doesn’t look greasy, coupled with the delicate and cold face, has a fatal attraction to Lafite.
Helena came over before the third round of feeding began.
"Susu, it should be fine."
Su Xin had been looking forward to her achievement for a long time, and subconsciously reached out for it. Fortunately, Lafite stopped her. Helena smiled and said something, then used a pair of tongs to help Su Xin put it on the plate and handed the plate to her.
Su Xin was very happy, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help curling up. It was obvious at a glance that she had high expectations for these tinfoil balls.
After staring at the burning charcoal for a long time, Su Xin was still not used to the dark environment around her. There were always bright spots of light in her sight. She stumbled a few steps on the way to the table.
Her arms helped her steady herself and she eventually reached her destination safely.
Su Xin didn't taste it, but politely gave it to the older ship girls first. Regardless of whether it tasted good or not, Hood and the others were grinning from ear to ear.
Use chopsticks to peel off the tin foil layer by layer. The wings inside are steaming and not burnt. The color of the sauce is very appetizing. When the chopsticks are poked between the bones, the meat is white, tender and juicy.
"It's cooked." Hu De smiled, picked it up elegantly, took a bite, and answered in the face of Su Xin's nervous and expectant eyes.
"delicious."
Su Xin let out a small cheer and went back to continue grilling. She had only grilled four wings and wanted to give one to each person, so she planned to run back and continue.
"Hey Commander, stop doing that. Don't you want to eat?"
"I've eaten it. Rafi gave me a lot."
After answering, Su Xin turned around and ran to the grill. The rare feeling of success made her very happy. Lafei also followed her there, so the two of them took over Cleveland and Helena, who had finished grilling most of the food and each held a large plate of barbecue.
Back to the cooking battlefield.
Su Xin recorded the time it took to roast the wings, so she was able to roast the next few wings with ease (as long as they were simple).
After the test, each ship girl was given a wing. Everyone looked at Su Xin and felt like "my daughter has grown up", except for Lafite.
"Why... there's no Lafite."
Lafei felt a little aggrieved, but it was difficult to ask. Seeing Su Xin running back to the grill, he followed her and asked, "Commander, do you want to do it again?"
"Yeah, you haven't eaten yet."
Su Xin walked to the plate of ingredients, passed the wings, picked out the remaining few wing roots, thought for a while, took out some meat skewers, took out the meat with serial numbers on them, and wrapped them in batches in several pieces of tin foil.
"These are all yours, Lafite. You didn't eat much just now, aren't you hungry?"
Lafei was silent for a while, then moved closer and hugged Su Xin tighter and tighter.
"...Hungry."
"Then wait a minute, it will be quick."
The two of them stood in front of the grill, leaning against each other, their thoughts different but equally warm.
When the time was up, Su Xin put all the tin foil balls on a plate, helped Lafite to remove a few of them, and put the rest aside to prevent them from getting cold. Then Su Xin held her face and watched Lafite eat silently with a smile.
"It tastes good," Rafi thought.
"But the wings don't seem to be cooked."
Because the meat at the root of the wing is thicker than that in the middle of the wing, the meat on the innermost side is still not well cooked. Lafite looked up at Su Xin, who was holding her face like a flower, and ate it all without hesitation.
"delicious."
"Ah That's good."
After finishing the meal and cleaning up, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening. It was already completely dark, and everyone returned to their rooms to rest.
The room was very dark without power, and only a little moonlight coming in from the window allowed people to barely see things.
Rafi, wearing pajamas and holding a pillow, walked out of the room determinedly despite the cold temperature, but met someone who was equally surprised in the middle of the corridor.
"commander?"
"Rafi?"
Chapter 57 Like...?
It got dark quickly, and when Su Xin returned to the room, it was already eight o'clock.
Winter has arrived, and it hasn’t snowed yet. But I heard that it will snow here, and it will be heavy.
There was no sound in the room except for a little light coming in through the window. The wind outside was quite loud, blowing on the leafless branches, making some noise.
Su Xin turned on the flashlight on her phone and went into the bathroom.
The area that the flashlight can illuminate is very limited. In fact, the light it emits is very scattered. It is not like a real flashlight, with a beam of light that can be seen within a certain boundary. On the contrary, the light from the mobile phone flashlight is more like a layer of fog, which makes the entire washing machine
The room does not seem bright, and blurry things tend to make people feel scared.
Su Xin placed the phone with the back facing up next to the sink. The light came into her field of vision from bottom to top, which was very uncomfortable, but she had to do it.
Su Xin is very afraid of the dark. Because of her strong memory, she remembers everything she has read very clearly. There are occasionally horror plots in the books she reads. In her previous life, when she was in school, there were students who would stop her from watching horror movies on the projector during self-study classes.
Horror movie.
The Grudge was the first horror movie Su Xin had ever watched. She had never seen anything like it before. During the evening study session in her first year of high school, someone in the class suggested that they watch a horror movie together, and they eventually chose The Grudge.
Come and watch a very classic and famous movie.
When the face filled the entire screen, Su Xin wrote down all the details in fear.
Whenever it is late at night and dark, Su Xin's memory and imagination will begin to sprout.
She is not allowed to look at the mirror, face away from an open space, or look under the bed. These thoughts will make it difficult for her to fall asleep.
Therefore, from the past to now, whenever Su Xin goes to bed, she will turn on the small table lamp at the head of the bed. The small table lamp is bought separately, and it is a rechargeable model. It emits a warm yellow light, which is quite bright and can cover the end of the bed.
This layer of warm light enveloped Su Xin's entire body, like the circle drawn by Sun Wukong with his golden cudgel, making Su Xin feel at ease.
But now there is a power outage, and unfortunately, the battery in the small desk lamp is out of power, and the only controllable light source in the entire room is the mobile phone.
Su Xin was washing up. She tried her best to keep her head down the whole time and not look at the mirror. She finished washing up quickly and went to the bathroom. However, when she opened the door and turned sideways, she subconsciously glanced at the mirror.
The strong light reflection from the phone made Su Xin unable to see what was in the mirror at all. She just shook subconsciously and jumped onto the bed quickly.
The air conditioner couldn't be turned on, the room was very cold, and so was the bed. Su Xin couldn't feel her feet, they were icy cold and she couldn't warm them up.
The cell phone was placed next to the pillow, with its back facing upwards. The light reached the ceiling. Su Xin was lying on the bed, staring at the slightly brighter ceiling.
"Just fall asleep like this." Su Xin thought.
"...It seems that sleeping upright makes it easier to suffer from sleep paralysis." Su Xin's body stiffened, and she quickly turned sideways, facing the door, and clenched her fists.
"Go to sleep, while your phone still has power, go to sleep...go to sleep..."
Although she thought so, it was useless. Su Xin became more and more energetic with her eyes closed. She had no choice but to open her eyes again and stared at the door in a daze.
