Ancient Eden - Chapter 113
~End of chapter 112
The fish’s body was extremely slippery, and it kept jumping around and opening its mouth. She tried to cut it for a while, but she was only scratching the skin.
She thought of the woman selling fish in the food market next door before. She used to hit the fish with the back of her knife to stun it before killing it, or she simply slammed it on the ground with all her might. When Mu Qing saw it, she used to find it unbearable, but now she was going to borrow this barbaric method.
She took a rock, closed her eyes and smashed it on the fish’s head.
When she was finally done killing and gutting the four fish, she skewered them by their mouths with grass sticks and happily carried them back to the cave, before rubbing them with salt just like she did before with the meat.
Chapter 113
(35.4)
The sun was already setting a little in the west.
Mu Qing lit a fire once again, and put the salted meat and fish on dampened wooden skewers, and set them on the fire to grill.
Her barbecuing skills were still not that good, but since Li Mang never disliked what she cooked with her hands, she explored her own culinary path recklessly and without any fear.
People always improved, and it would be the same with grilling and cooking, she firmly believed in that.
The meat was continuously producing drops of shining oil that was dripping into the fire, making it burn even more ardently.
Mu Qing could already smell the fragrant aroma.
It wasn’t the first time that she had roasted meat. But strangely enough, this time the scent of it smelled particularly tantalizing.
She suspected it was just the effect of her own mental perception.
The fish was done grilling first. Looking at the two golden sides, she felt that it would surely taste good. Not caring about the fact that it was burning her hands, she couldn’t help but tear a small piece and put it in her mouth, chewing it a few times.
The familiar flavor spread from the tip of her tongue, penetrating every pore of her body.
At this moment, she actually felt happiness.
She couldn’t wait for Li Mang to also take part in this happiness as well.
She suppressed the fire a little and set the meat on top of the rack so that it would continue to cook with the residual heat. She was thinking about the nice meal they were going to have when she would call Li Mang back later.
By the time she got there, Li Mang had already dug a ditch deeper than his own size. She probed her head into it from above and called him, he looked up, and except for his eyes that were still shining, his whole body was gray and sweaty, like he had just rolled out of a muddy swamp.
Mu Qing covered her mouth and started to laugh, but Li Mang did not care about it, and just told her to wait a little longer for him to come out.
Mu Qing sat on the edge and watched as the mud from the bottom of the pit was continuously being thrown out, and after a while, Li Mang finally climbed up the wooden ladder he had made himself.
He looked one second at his dusty hands and body and smiled at Mu Qing. Mu Qing stood with a bright smile and pointed in the direction of the waterfall behind him. He looked back and then suddenly picked her up in a hug and headed in that direction.
Mu Qing, quite surprised, twisted her body in his arms a few times to try and come down. She had just washed and dried her clothes today, and they were still very clean, so she did not want to be stained by him who was covered in mud. But at this time, he had obviously became less obedient once again. Walking with big steps, he very quickly reached the waterfall.
The waterfall at the bottom of the valley was not as wide and majestic as the one they saw before when that great river was cut off, but it was pouring down from a dozen of meters high cliff into a turquoise pool, the water in the middle was taking a winding course, running unrestrained, forming white froth-like mist that floated up in the air from the contact with protruding rocks. When you approached, it felt as if you were in the midst of flying rain, and with the inclined light of the golden sunset illuminating the place, it looked like a layer of thin gold was plated over the water. It was so beautiful it seemed like a mirage.
Li Mang put down Mu Qing on the rocks at the edge of the pool for her to sit. He casually unwrapped the fabric covering his lower body and then got into the water. The setting sun was shining on his bronze back, his whole body seemed to be emitting a golden light. On his broad shoulders, his muscular waist and back, and his quite healthy buttocks. Looking at him, Mu Qing was a little in a daze until he turned around and waved at her, only then did she come back to her senses, smiled to conceal her daze and shook her head.
The water wasn’t cold, but she really felt a little uncomfortable at the idea of getting inside in broad daylight like this. She and he had shared a few baths in the old settlement, and then that thing between them inevitably happened, but that was always at night, under the moonlight. Now that the hypnotic magic of the moonlight was missing, she felt unable to let go of her restrain.
Translator : Laura
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