In the evening.
Zhang Zian was resting on the recliner.
Because the glass door was broken, the cold air of autumn rushed in. The temperature inside the room was almost the same as outside. He was afraid of catching a cold, so he didn't dare to fall asleep. From time to time, he would get up to stretch his body and play hide-and-seek with Galaxy.
"Grandpa Tea, do you want more water?" he asked Old Time Tea.
Old Time Tea was back to being the quiet old cat that had nothing to do with the world. It was lying on the electric blanket in a "farmer's carry" posture, shaking its head as it watched the TV. It didn't need to change its posture. As long as it lowered its head, it could drink the hot tea.
"No, the tea is enough," Old Time Tea said with a smile.
Zhang Zian didn't want to get up. He was going to close the shop after a while.
"Do you understand what 'the tea is enough' means?" Fina stood up from the highest cat tree and stared at him with its green eyes.
Zhang Zian was confused. "Doesn't it mean what it says?"
Fina lowered her head as if she was exasperated with the fact that Fina didn't live up to her expectations. Suddenly, she raised her head again. "'Enough tea' means that we've drunk enough water. It's time to eat! Why do I have such a stupid servant like you? "
What? Is that what it means?
If you are hungry, just tell me. Why did you bring Old Time Tea into this?
Zhang Zian turned around and asked Old Time Tea, "Grandpa Tea, are you hungry too?"
Old Time Tea said calmly, "I'm fine." Since it said "I'm fine," it meant it was hungry. It was just that it wouldn't be as difficult to serve as Fina.
"Okay, I'll go get something to eat." Zhang Zian stood up and saw Galaxy squatting in front of the door, looking around at the passersby.
"Galaxy, how is it? Is everything okay? "he asked. Ever since the naughty kid incident, he had been extra vigilant.
"Zian, everything is fine," Galaxy turned around and said.
Zhang Zian felt that Galaxy was not as afraid of people as before. When it first came here, it was curious and afraid of people. It hid behind the glass door and observed people. Whenever someone passed by, it would shrink its body and crouch down. But now, the glass door was broken, but it was calmly squatting in front of the door. Only when passersby looked at it or when someone was about to enter the shop would it run away. For Xinghai, curiosity had overwhelmed her fear.
The glass door was not the only thing that was broken. Galaxy's defenses against humans were also cracking.
Zhang Zian thought of Old Time Tea's saying, "Without destruction, there can be no construction." He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Old Time Tea again. Its weather-beaten eyes must contain amazing wisdom.
"Don't just stand there. I'm starving!" Fina angrily raised its front paw and slapped the cat tree.
"I'm so unlucky to have a foodie like you …" Zhang Zian lamented as he walked up the stairs. "When can I have a girlfriend? The kind that is gentle and considerate and knows how to cook …"
"What did you say? How dare you be so impudent towards this empress! I dare you to say that again! "Fina was even angrier. It jumped off the cat tree and found that Zhang Zian had already slipped away.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Old Time Tea smiled and said, "I think my little friend was just joking."
"Hmph!" Fei Na's stomach rumbled. "When did I ever starve when I opened my mouth to eat? Ever since I came here, I've had to ask for food every day! "
While Fina was complaining, Galaxy noticed that across the road, Aunt Li and Uncle Li, who would come to the stall almost every day, showed up on time again.
Zhang Zian took out the chicken breast and fish from the refrigerator, opened the oven as usual, put the meat in, selected the time, and started the oven.
"…"
There was no response from the oven, and the light inside did not turn on.
"How could it be? Did I forget to plug it in? "Zhang Zian put his head behind the oven to make sure that the power cable was plugged in. He turned on the range hood. The range hood was running normally, which ruled out the possibility of a power failure.
"No way. Is the oven broken?"
He patted the oven, hoping that it was just a bad contact. Then he turned it on again.
There was still no sound from the oven.
"Oh no!"
This oven was bought by his parents a long time ago. It had been in use for a long time, and it had always functioned normally. However, it had malfunctioned today.
An oven was not worth much, but should he go to the supermarket to buy it now? He could eat something else without the oven, but Fina and Old Time Tea didn't seem to have anything else to eat. Especially Fina, if it ate the cat food in the shop, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fina was super scary when it was hungry, and its anger increased by 100%. Zhang Zian's liver trembled at the thought of running downstairs and telling it to starve for another hour or two.
He tried to start the oven a few more times, but it didn't work. As for using gas to grill fish and meat … it was too difficult. He didn't even need to try to know that it would fail.
Zhang Zian walked around the kitchen a few times, but he couldn't think of anything else, so he slowly walked downstairs.
Fina was still complaining, but when it saw him coming down, it immediately became suspicious. "Is the meal ready? So soon today? "
Old Time Tea also looked at him curiously. It knew that the meal was definitely not ready, because it didn't smell the grilled fish and chicken breast.
Zhang Zian coughed and said, "I have a suggestion. How about we change the way we eat today?"
"What way?" Fina stared at him coldly. "I'll listen to you, but don't try to fool me like you fool other people!"
Zhang Zian secretly complained in his heart. Fina had always seen him fooling others, and it was not that easy to fool it. "Fina, you probably don't know this, but in the east of this country, there is a neighboring country called Fusang, which is separated by the sea by a strip of water."
"Well, I do know this," Old Time Tea said. "But I don't know what Fusang has to do with dinner."
Zhang Zian peeped at Fina's cold face and said, "Speaking of Fusang, the people there have a very popular way of eating fish called 'sashimi.' In fact, sashimi originated from ancient China, but because of the rich aquatic products in Fusang, it was able to flourish there. This way of eating was created more than 2000 years ago, and it was around the same time as you, Fina … "
"Don't talk about this nonsense. I just want to ask you, how do you eat this sashimi?" Fina seemed to see his guilty conscience and immediately interrupted his nonsense.
"Actually, sashimi is also called sashimi …" Zhang Zian said as he hid behind Old Time Tea and shivered.
"How dare you! How dare you compare me with those people who eat raw meat and drink blood! "Fina was really angry, and the hair on its back stood up." I never eat raw food! "
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Old Time Tea quickly comforted him and pressed the pause button on the remote control. "My friend, why did you suddenly eat raw fish? To tell you the truth, this old man is also somewhat averse to raw food … "
"Well …" Zhang Zian said helplessly, "Grandpa Tea, the oven suddenly broke. If you guys can bear the hunger, I can go to the supermarket to buy a new oven … But it is rush hour now, and there will be a lot of people in the supermarket. "
Xinghai tilted its head and looked across the road.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li moved a few folding chairs from the electric tricycle, set up the stall, turned on the battery lamp, started the gas stove, and began to preheat the iron plate, waiting for customers.
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