At this time, the soup pot makes a boiling bubbling sound, which makes the lid shake constantly. The air is filled with the rich aroma of grains, which makes people think of the grand sunshine, the blue sky, and the golden waves of the harvested wheat ears, shining like silk.
Yun Chi put down the bowl and said happily, "It's ready so soon!"
He hummed a song, removed a few pieces of firewood to reduce the fire, then took two long spoons as tongs and tremblingly lifted the lid of the pot. The hot white mist filled the air and blurred people's vision in an instant.
Yun Chi couldn't stop smiling, and he poked the golden wheat grains with a spoon. The rice cooked in the Kitchen God's soup pot seemed to contain a ton of sunlight at noon, illuminating the hazy sky at dusk.
He held the spoon, scooped up some soft rice grains carefully, blew them cool and put them into his mouth. The soft and chewy texture was full of the sweetness of the earth. Just swallowing a mouthful was enough to make one's nose slightly sour.
"It's delicious." Yun Chi said in a daze. He changed the spoon, scooped some food over to Saga, and the sea otter opened his mouth, held the spoon, and clumsily scraped off the wheat rice with his fangs.
He was silent for a while, then whispered to Yun Chi, "It's delicious."
Yunchi placed the spoons they had used in different bowls and instructed Saga to put the pot containing rice aside to cool. He then replaced it with a new clay pot and planned to boil the snow water.
During the preparation, Saga skillfully opened the sea urchin for later use. Yunchi observed how he handled the sea urchin with ease, and couldn't understand how he could easily crack the sharp and hard sea urchin shell like cracking peanuts with his soft flesh pads.
The pottery pot made a sharp whistling sound, and the water boiled. Yunchi immediately turned off the fire, poured about one-third of the cold snow water into the pot, and soaked the pine eggs in it.
Saga asked blankly: "What is this for?"
"This is called hot spring egg. It's very simple to make. But don't disturb me. It's hard to control the heat of the hot spring egg. I have to count."
Saga didn't understand what he was doing, but seeing Yunchi jumping happily around in the kitchen like a little white bird, he couldn't help but feel happy too.
Yun Chi counted to a little over six minutes, then quickly opened the lid and scooped the eggs into the reserved cold water to soak.
"You can have more rice now!" Yun Chi announced happily.
He picked up the silver bowl and served Saga a generous portion of wheat rice. He first spread a layer of shredded seaweed on top, then took out the plump sea urchin roe and piled it all over, leaving only a circular space in the middle. Then, he fished out three pine eggs and cracked them open one by one with quick eyes and hands. The semi-solid, soft, white and tender hot spring eggs then slid slowly into the space one by one, like an irregular moon in the strong sunset.
He worked non-stop, evenly sprinkling a layer of fine salt, adding shredded seaweed, and carefully handed the heavy bowl to Saga.
"Okay, sea urchin egg rice bowl! Come and try it. This method is relatively simple. I think my cooking skills are not rusty, right?"
Saga was stunned. He held the bowl in his hands, looked at it helplessly, then looked at Yunchi. He was speechless. After a long while, he said in a low voice: "I'll wait for you to eat together."