Pastoral Daily Life

When Lu Lingxi arrived home in the evening, he smelled a gorgeous fragrance from a distance. It smelled like tomatoes and like a rich sauce. The aroma filled the whole building, and before Lu Lingxi could do anything about it, Dahei was already dripping saliva remorselessly.

“Little foodie.”

Lu Lingxi flicked his finger on Daheis head, his tone intimate. He still remembered when he first met Dahei, Dahei didnt even dare to eat a full meal, for fear that eating too much would make people dislike him and abandon him. In just a few days, Dahei had revealed his nature as a foodie, and almost half of the tomatoes ripening in the backyard ended up in Daheis stomach. Even he, Wang Shuxiu and Yi Hang couldnt outeat Dahei.

After talking to Dahei, Lu Lingxi was about to look for the key when the door opened from the inside and Wang Shuxiu looked at him strangely, “Why are you back so early today?”

“I had to close the shop early because of something,” Lu Lingxi said obediently.

Wang Shuxiu left the door open and looked at Lu Lingxi who squatted at the door to wipe Daheis paws. The corners of her mouth twitched and she ordered, “Youre back just in time, I made some tomato sauce. You can pick some tomatoes later and take them and some sauce to Yi Hang and his family.”

Yi Hang and Lu Lingxi were good friends, and Lu Lingxi found a job thanks to Yi Hang. Wang Shuxiu saw that Yi Hang liked tomatoes, so when she made tomato sauce, she didnt forget him.

Lu Lingxi nodded, washed his hands and didnt go to Yi Hangs house but squeezed to Wang Shuxius side.

Wang Shuxiu was in the kitchen watching the tomato sauce boil. Juicy tomatoes were boiled with soy sauce, plus some ground meat, salt, glutamate and other seasonings. The whole kitchen was shrouded in a peculiar aroma, much stronger compared to the fragrance in the building.

Dahei squatted in the kitchen doorway, his eyes glowing as he gazed at the thick sauce in the pot.

Wang Shuxiu glared at him in amusement and hurried Lu Lingxi out of the kitchen. “Go, go, what are you doing here, its hot here. Hurry up and take Dahei out.” The kitchen of the old house was small and there was no air conditioner, so Wang Shuxiu was already hot and sweaty. Now there was another person and a dog in the kitchen, and they were all crowding around her, so Wang Shuxiu felt like she was about to die of heat.