Chapter 377: Tales from Zhengxi (Teaser)
The old inn felt like it was shedding dust from above.
The innkeeper, also elderly, stood nearby, wiping down surfaces with a rag.
“Do you have rice wine? Or fermented rice?” Song You asked.
“You mean fermented rice porridge?” the innkeeper replied in a thick local accent, leaning in to catch his words.
Song You thought for a moment. “The kind that can make you drunk?”
“That stuff? It doesn’t make you drunk! You could eat as much as you want and not get tipsy—unless a child eats too much of it...”
“That’s the one.”
“So you just want fermented rice porridge?”
“Cook a bowl, please, and crack two poached eggs into it. Can you make it that way?” Song You was ready to introduce Lady Calico to a new delicacy.
“Of course, of course.”
“How much will it cost?”
“Two eggs? With or without sugar?”
“With sugar.”
“Sugar’s pricey these days—it’ll be fifteen wen.”
“Give me a bowl, then.”
“Is that all you’re eating?”
“Do you have any special dishes here?” Song You asked. “Something unique to this place, something tasty that you can’t find anywhere else?”
“Cat's Ears!”
“...!”
Lady Calico, who had been squatting at the Daoist’s feet, diligently licking her paws and washing her face, froze. She looked up, staring blankly at the innkeeper, her paws suspended mid-air. She had completely forgotten to put her paws back down.
Song You was also momentarily taken aback.
“Cat's Ears?” he repeated.
“Hahaha...” The innkeeper grinned, revealing a few missing teeth....
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