Chapter 48: The Thoughtful Hangover Soup

  Seeing Sherry who should still be sleeping for a while, Song Qian quickly let the girls go out and not disturb Sherry. In addition to her being clear that they came so suddenly, it must have added a lot of trouble to Han Ankang. Looking at it now, it's almost lunchtime, come out and see if there's anything they can help with.

  When they came out of the room, they saw Han Ankang preparing lunch in the kitchen, squatting on the floor peeling potatoes. Looking at the girls who walked into the kitchen with a curious and fresh face, he said somewhat embarrassedly: "You didn't say anything when you came, there's not much vegetables at home, only some things sent by old villagers and these easy-to-store ingredients."

  I'll have a Northeastern specialty dish ready for you at noon today, and I'll just make do with a Northeastern-style stir-fry. Tonight, I'll stir-fry some authentic wild game dishes for you. Although they're all farm-to-table dishes, they're all natural organic foods that are hard to find even if you have money outside. If it doesn't snow heavily tomorrow, I'll take you to the town to experience a rural-style market, and we can also buy some vegetables back home to add to our meal. Do you have any opinions on this arrangement?

  Compared to Song Qian's authentic Northeastern-style Dongbei stew, the flavor is indeed quite good. However, the other girls didn't quite understand how this stew was cooked. When they heard that it was a dish with a combination of meat and vegetables, and also included five-flower pork which Zheng Xiujing loved, the girls were very much looking forward to trying it out at Han Ankang's home for their first meal, wondering what kind of craftsmanship they would be able to taste.

  For someone like Han Ankang, who had almost taken over cooking duties after the age of ten, this was a piece of cake. Watching Han Ankang skillfully chop up the cleaned and prepared ingredients before pouring them into the pot where the meat broth had been simmering earlier, Zheng Xiujing and the others couldn't help but feel a little perplexed - would this dish actually taste good?

  Whether it's good to eat or not, we'll know once the dishes are served. Just as everyone thought that waiting for the food to be cooked would do, several girls saw Han Ankang take a fat-headed fish from a water tank in the kitchen. With a quick flick of his wrist, they saw the fish that was still struggling in Han Ankang's hands earlier lying on the ground gasping for air.

  Some puzzled Zheng Xiujing stepped forward and asked: "Korean OPPA, will this fish also be put into the pot to cook later?"

  Han Ankang picked up the fish that had not yet stopped flailing and quickly began to scale and gut it in a basin of water in the kitchen. In response to Zheng Xiujing's inquiry, Han Ankang smiled and said: "No, this fish is for the little girl in the room. Once lunch is ready, she should wake up too. But the first time getting drunk must not feel good, so I'll make her a hangover soup. This way, she won't feel uncomfortable when she's active in the afternoon!"

  Jung Soo-jung, who saw Han Ahn-kang making a hangover soup for the first time using fish, curiously asked: "Does it taste good to make hangover soup with fish? Oppa, can you teach me? My dad often drinks and gets a headache after waking up from a hangover. If I learn how to make this soup, I'll also make it for my dad when I get back home. Let's see if he dares say again that I'm a daughter who can't even cook rice and won't be able to get married in the future."

  At first, I thought Zheng Xiujing was quite filial, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, Han Ankang was also speechless. However, he still carefully explained to the girl who wanted to learn how to make this hangover soup with fish head as the main ingredient.

  When the fish head was cooked again, Han Ankang quickly disassembled the fish head bones and set aside some of the steaming hot fish head meat. He soon opened a lazy gas stove for cooking, poured in pork oil, and added chopped ingredients such as tofu and winter bamboo shoots one by one. Finally, he also put the deboned fish head meat into the pot to cook.

  Soon a bowl of fresh and spicy fish head meat hangover soup was ready, seeing Zheng Xiujing's greedy cat-like expression, Han Ankang didn't wait for her to ask and handed over half a bowl of the already-made hangover soup.

  Although Zheng Xiujing's alcohol tolerance is not bad, the little wine she drank on the plane has been eliminated long ago. However, this hangover soup, in addition to relieving a hangover, can also be drunk as a soup and is very appetizing.

  Looking at the small half bowl of hangover soup, Zheng Xiujing smiled sweetly, took a spoon and blew it before tasting it. The soup had a fishy flavor and was slightly spicy. However, after drinking it, she felt a warmth rising in her body. Before the other three sisters could speak up, this little guy had already gulped down the entire bowl.

  Feeling refreshed, Zheng Xiujing smacked her lips and said: "Sisters, I've tried this hangover soup before, it's really not bad. Next time when I return to South Korea, I'll personally cook a pot myself. It will definitely be even better than this!"

  As for Zheng Xiujing's delicious food, how could these three older girls not know?! Even if they hadn't drunk the soup, from this little guy being afraid that others would snatch it away, they could guess that the flavor of the soup should be very good.

  I thought Zheng Xiujing would share the good fortune with Han Ankang, but unexpectedly, upon hearing about food, Zheng Xiujing was like a greedy cat and enjoyed this half bowl of hangover soup all by herself. Although Han Ankang knew that this hangover soup tasted pretty good, it was still made slightly too spicy for sweating purposes. She could also drink it down like water, so is she eating too much spice or being too gluttonous?

  It's clear that this girl will soon feel the consequences, with sweat dripping down her face. Han Ankang didn't say anything else, just smiled and said: "Song Qian, you three also try some of this flavor, that girl doesn't need so much. For people who are drunk on this wine, drinking half a bowl has a great sobering effect. If someone hasn't woken up yet, drinking half a bowl will make them suffer later!"

  This was said by Han Ankang in Chinese, so except for Song Qian, the other three girls didn't quite understand. Looking at Song Qian's self-satisfied expression, Zheng Xiujing still didn't get what this gaze meant. Just then, she saw Song Qian pick up a spoon and have the other two sisters try some, thinking that the hangover soup was actually pretty good.

  She took the remaining half bowl of hangover soup and went to her room, preparing to let the drunken Shirley drink it. As the four girls surrounded a bowl of hangover soup, discussing it enthusiastically, Shirley, who had slept for almost an hour on ***, felt a headache and opened her eyes. She found that she was already in a very old-fashioned room, and her outer clothes had been taken off by someone.

  I wonder if this is really Sheri from the Han Ankang family, and I couldn't help but have some wild thoughts, thinking about who helped her take off her clothes, was it the older sisters or Han Ankang, who slightly opened his eyes to look at her when carrying her down from the car, and then felt dizzy and continued sleeping?

  Especially when thinking of being held in the other person's arms, that feeling of security, Sherry also wondered if she was drunk, and that's why so many strange thoughts came out.

  Just as Shirley felt the bed was warm and cozy, she didn't know where her sisters had gone. As she prepared to get out of bed and put on her clothes, she saw four sisters pushing open the door and entering.

  When the leading Song Qian saw Sherry dressing, she smiled and said: "How is it? Our little drunkard woke up? With your drinking capacity, don't drink outside in the future. Otherwise, if you get drunk, people will sell you without knowing.

  "Don't rush to get dressed, drink this hangover soup first! This was made by your Korean oppa himself? We also had a sip of it, so hurry up and finish it while it's hot, then we can go eat together later."

  Watching Song Qian serve the hot soup, Sherry thought it was the captain who made it for her, but she didn't expect that Han Ankang had personally made a hangover remedy for her. Feeling a bit embarrassed at the same time, the little girl's heart also felt gratitude towards this Han Ankang whom she had only met a few times. Of course, there was also a hint of sweetness unique to girls!

  Just as the girls were surrounding Sherry, watching her drink the hangover soup spoon by spoon, Zheng Xiujing suddenly felt that the room seemed to be too hot. The sweat beads on her face kept flowing down, and she shouted: "Why is this room like a sauna? It's so hot! Don't you guys feel hot?"

  Found it very strange, why was she the only one sweating profusely, while the other three sisters who seemed to be wearing even thicker clothes didn't show any signs of sweating at all.

  Song Qian knew the reason why Zheng Xiujing was sweating like this, it must be that half bowl of hangover soup taking effect, smiled and said: "We're not hot at all, I think the temperature in this room is just right. Don't believe me? Ask Shan Lian, isn't this room not hot?"

  "Ah! The temperature in this room should be just right, how come you're sweating so much, Xiujing? Didn't you drink too much of that soup and get all sweaty?"

  In the room, four people, except for Shirley who had not yet put on her outerwear, were enjoying a bowl of very appetizing hangover soup. The other three people did not sweat like Zheng Xiujing, whose beads of sweat kept emerging from her forehead. Watching Zheng Xiujing constantly wipe away, these beads of sweat still kept emerging, no wonder she felt like she was in a steamer!

  Upon hearing Shan Lian's words, Song Qian raised a big thumb and said: "Still our Shan Lian is clever. Who would have thought that some people are greedy for this sobering soup, but didn't think that the soup was originally made for drunk people to sweat it out? She wasn't even drunk, yet she drank such a large bowl and didn't break a sweat - isn't that strange?"

  The reason for sweating is that I drank too much hangover soup. Zheng Xiujing still didn't admit defeat and said, "I don't believe it, it must be because my body is good, so I'm not afraid of the cold but afraid of the heat. Okay, you guys stay here and watch Sherri drink the soup! I'll go to the kitchen to see if Han OPPA's meal is ready!"

  Jung Joo-young, who felt that the temperature in this house was indeed higher than in the kitchen, already knew in her heart that it was due to the hangover soup causing her to sweat. She also felt that she seemed to have been unintentionally outsmarted by that honest Korean OPPA again. It seems that in the future, she will really need to find an opportunity to make up for these two losses!