Chapter 2 Integration
“Ah!” I stretched and sat up from the ground, only to find that I was covered in bedding from head to toe. I didn’t have time to be surprised, because I was very hungry. I got up and kicked the door a little. ‘I’m hungry, I want to eat,’ I called as I leaned against the door.
“Coming, this is the Imperial Kitchen’s Lao Hu who specially made ‘Lianxiang’ for you. He made a lot, enough for you to have a full meal.” The hole in the door opened again, and Sister Yuli sent in a flower basket.
“Really!” I jumped up and grabbed the basket through the hole in the door. Inside was indeed my favorite food, ‘Lotus Fragrance.’ I quickly opened the lotus leaves and grabbed a handful and stuffed it into my mouth. ‘Lotus Fragrance’ is made by mixing glutinous rice with three kinds of special minced meat, adding the world-famous ‘muddle immortal’ (wine), and wrapping it in lotus leaves. After being steamed and frozen three times, it will exude a strange fragrance, and when you put it in your mouth, you can feel the fragrance of the lotus leaves, which is also the origin of its name.
“It’s delicious!” After eating Lanli’s food, I looked up. Still not satisfied, I stood up and asked Sister Yuli at the cave entrance with great hope, ‘Sister Yuli, is there any more?’
Sister Yuli’s eyes were full of laughter: ‘I really don’t know how you can fit so much in your little stomach. There’s another basket here. It was specially requested by the Empress of the Western Palace.’ With that, she put down another small basket.
I quickly grabbed it and placed it on the ground, then buried my face in it and started to eat. “It’s delicious!” I thought as I ate, and I could be heard slurping from time to time. After a while, I finally raised my head again and let out a “uh” sound as I burped. I patted my stomach, stood up contentedly, and stepped on the quilt with one foot, when I suddenly remembered the quilt.