Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Conquering the Bear Clan Tribe with Food

Bi Yue quickly interjected, "Leader, this woman doesn’t have a superpower at all! She’s just using this as a gimmick to deliberately get close to you. My friend, Bai Xue, is from the Bai family and also her own sister. She can testify to that."

Bai Su said, "...Then I take it you don’t know that your dear friend is already rotting in a cell for slandering me?"

Bi Yue was rendered speechless. "You!"

Bai Su couldn’t be bothered to argue with her and simply turned to the crowd. "If you don’t believe me, I can cook for everyone right here. Would anyone be willing to lend me a stove?"

’Good, there wasn’t enough beef jerky to go around anyway. If I have them eat my food here and now, I’ll be able to see at a glance whether my Healing Power is taking effect.’

’After using it for so long, I’ve become quite adept with my Healing Power.’

Bablo rushed forward. "We can! My brother has a stove."

He knew hope had finally come for the Disabled Tribe, and he was terrified that Bi Yue would snuff it out. He anxiously turned to the crowd. "Anyone who has ingredients, bring them out! Hurry!"

Although Bablo held no high rank in the military, his standing within the Disabled Tribe was far greater than Bi Yue’s.

Everyone scrambled back to their homes to find ingredients. By pooling what they had, they quickly managed to rig up an open-air stove for Bai Su.

It was mostly fish, shrimp, and other seafood.

Even when used for canning, these ingredients weren’t very popular, let alone eaten fresh.

Clearly, the members of the Disabled Tribe weren’t treated well, forced to scrounge for these unwanted ingredients.

A few buckets of shrimp were still fresh and leaping about, clearly having just been scooped from the river.

Bai Su had been worried she wouldn’t be able to make any elaborate dishes without seasonings. But with so many people, seafood porridge would be perfect.

She asked the crowd for seasonings.

A frail, young female Bear Beastman tremulously raised her hand from the crowd. "I... I have seasonings."

She was blind, but her vision had become faintly blurry after eating Bai Su’s food, so she had been trying to imitate her recipes.

She had prepared some seasonings at home for this purpose, but she could never replicate the effects of Bai Su’s cooking.

When Bai Su saw her, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of pity. The girl looked no older than twelve or thirteen. She was pitifully thin, with a sallow complexion, and covered in grime.

She softened her voice. "How about I go with you to get them?"

The young girl nodded nervously, then shook her head. "My... my home is dirty."

Bai Su smiled gently. "That’s all right."

She walked over and took the young girl’s hand. "Come on. I’ll help you. Will that make it easier to walk?"

The young girl caught a crisp, pleasant scent of peaches. Her small face flushed red, and the hand Bai Su held went completely still.

The girl led Bai Su back to her home and fumbled around until she found the seasonings.

As she packed the seasonings, Bai Su remarked with a smile, "Your home is quite spacious and bright."

’The girl was so filthy, I thought she might be living in something like a doghouse.’

’How embarrassing of me...’

The girl nodded sheepishly. "It’s all thanks to Leader Lu. He built this base and took us in. Our living conditions are much better now."

Within the confines of the military base, the Beastmen from outside didn’t dare come in and bully the disabled.

This was especially true for her, a blind, low-Level young female. Even though she received monthly provisions from the Federation to get by, there was no guarantee other Beastmen wouldn’t try to take advantage of her.

Being blind, she wouldn’t even be able to identify an attacker.

Things were much better within the military base. Here, at least, no one dared to bully her.

Bai Su returned to the clearing with the young girl and the seasonings. The stove was already set up.

She had Bablo assist her by tending the fire while she expertly started washing rice for the porridge.

The disabled Beastmen gathered around curiously, watching her work.

’Can food really cure illnesses just by preparing it like that?’

Before long, the porridge was BUBBLING and steaming.

Bai Su released her Healing Power into the pot.

’Even though this pot isn’t as effective as the one in my restaurant, I can now control my Healing Power, infusing it into the food and adjusting the concentration of my Healing Ability at will.’

She had Bablo stir the porridge continuously while she prepared the fresh shrimp and oysters, blanching them in water with ginger and scallions to remove any unpleasant smell.

Once the porridge was simmering nicely, she reduced the heat and added freshly picked and cleaned button mushrooms.

Then she added the seafood, a sprinkle of shredded ginger and chopped scallions, and finished with a pinch of salt and pepper just before serving.

Fortunately, her Healing Power accelerated the cooking process. Otherwise, making a pot of smooth, thick porridge would have taken at least an hour.

The aroma of the seafood porridge had long since drifted on the wind, tickling everyone’s noses.

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