Chapter 33 Preparing to set off

"This... what is this?!" Mother Jiang blinked hard, somewhat unable to believe what she saw.

The fertilized egg, which should have had no reaction at all, now appeared to have an opaque mass inside when the flashlight shone through the eggshell.

As someone who had carefully studied the hatching of fertilized eggs for nearly two months, she naturally recognized what was happening immediately.

"An embryo has appeared?" Jiang's mother took the flashlight from Jiang Mi with some disbelief, and carefully held the egg in her hand and looked at it again and again.

"Uh, wait, don't move. I'll go find your dad to take a look!" Jiang's mother was a little unconfident in her judgment. After hurriedly instructing Jiang Mi, she hurried to find Jiang's father.

Jiang Mi watched his mother leave with amusement, and then continued to check the rest of the fertilized eggs. Almost half of them had spots that were opaque to the light. If nothing unexpected happened, these eggs should have formed embryos.

Not long after, Father Jiang hurried over, followed by Mother Jiang. They ran straight to the incubator with a look of anticipation on their faces. After checking the fertilized eggs one by one, his face was full of disbelief and ecstasy, "Wife! These are really embryos! We can hatch chicks! No, not only chicks, but also ducklings and geese!"

"Really?" Mother Jiang finally felt a sense of reality at this moment, and looked at the fertilized eggs with great joy, as if she were looking at some rare treasure.

Jiang Mi stood aside, thoughtfully. It seemed that the lake water had more functions than she had imagined.

Father Jiang asked Jiang Mi excitedly, "Girl, how did you do it? Why haven't your mother and I been trying for so long and yet we haven't been able to hatch anything?"

Jiang Mi told the truth about how he soaked eggs in lake water. Jiang's father and mother looked at each other in disbelief.

But no matter what, at least this batch of fertilized eggs can be hatched successfully if there are no accidents.

Jiang Mi felt a little regretful. She and her brother would be leaving the day after tomorrow, so she probably wouldn't be able to see the fertilized eggs hatch.

With only one day left, Jiang Mi began to check for gaps in the air-raid shelter, checking everything from supplies to safety, to ensure that his parents would not have any inconvenience in the air-raid shelter while he and his brother were away.

Father Jiang was also worried that they would not be able to get used to eating outside, so he got up early in the morning and started busying himself in the kitchen.

"As for this fish, I'll cook some for you. You like sweet and sour ones, and your brother likes braised ones, so I'll make more for you. You can put them in the space and take them out whenever you want to eat them." While Father Jiang was busy in the kitchen, he kept chattering to Jiang Mi who was helping him.

Jiang's mother also helped, but she only helped with small chores like washing vegetables and peeling garlic.

The originally large open kitchen was now bustling with activity. No pot was idle and food was being cooked in every pot.

"The kitchen is still too small. It would be better if there were two more stoves." Mother Jiang sighed while peeling garlic.

Jiang Mi was kneading the dough at this time, and said with a smile: "It's enough. In fact, there is no need to go through so much trouble. My brother and I won't be out for long, and there are a lot of dishes ordered from the hotel in the space, and there are still many that have not been eaten."

"How can the dishes ordered from the hotel compare to those cooked at home?" Father Jiang snorted with some displeasure.

As he was speaking, he picked up a fish and put it into the pot of boiling oil. With a sizzling sound, the hot oil splashed, but Jiang's father stood motionless in front of the pot, holding a spatula in his hand, pouring the hot oil on the fish.

After a while, the fish meat began to emit fragrance, the fish skin on the surface turned brown, and the meat began to tighten and gradually took shape.

After the fish is thoroughly fried until both sides are golden brown, place it on a plate, heat the oil in another pan, pour in the prepared sauce, and the sweet and sour aroma will begin to spread. Finally, pour the sauce evenly over the golden fish, sprinkle with some chopped green onions for garnish, and a sweet and sour fish is ready.

"Dad's cooking skills are getting better and better!" Jiang Mi couldn't help swallowing her saliva. The aroma of the sweet and sour fish kept stimulating her taste buds. She reached out her hand secretly to try a bite, but was discovered by Jiang's mother in time and slapped her outstretched paw.

"Go, go, go. This is for you to eat outside."

Jiang Mi withdrew his hand angrily.

Five sweet and sour fish, five braised fish, plus two plates of steamed fish, all done in two hours.

"You also like to eat fried chicken, right? Look, dad will show you my cooking skills today. Let you have a taste of whether the fried chicken I make is better or the fried chicken you buy outside." Father Jiang shook his apron proudly and immediately started to prepare the fried chicken.

"This thing is fried and unhealthy. You should make less." Mother Jiang nagging.

"This fried chicken is convenient to eat on the road, but if you make so many dishes, do you have to set up a table for the children to eat? What kind of nonsense is that." Father Jiang was tough for once.

Mother Jiang glared at him but did not refute.

I imagined the scene in my mind: my son and daughter were hungry and ready to eat. They finally found a relatively flat place among a pile of dilapidated buildings, set up the table, chairs, and bowls, and finally sat down to eat. After eating, they put away all the things one by one...

Jiang Mu suddenly felt that things like fried chicken and barbecue were not so unhealthy after all.

Jiang Mi had no idea what her mother was imagining in her mind. If she knew, she would definitely laugh to death at her mother's imagination.

However, she had already bought all kinds of food in her space, including fried chicken. She had all kinds of fried chicken, but she couldn't resist her father's display of his fatherly love, so she didn't stop him.

After making the fried chicken, Jiang's father started thinking about balanced nutrition. Later, he thought that boxed lunches seemed to be more in line with the standards of set meals, so he started making boxed lunches again. Fortunately, Jiang Mi bought some take-out boxes in his space, otherwise, they would not be enough for Jiang's father.

The specifications of the lunch boxes are two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, two portions of each, for a total of thirty portions, which is just right for two people per day for a month.

Jiang's mother even wanted to make some cakes for the two of them, but Jiang Mi quickly refused. There were already mountains of various desserts in her space, so there was no need to make new ones.

Because Jiang Mi likes to eat hot pot, Jiang's father even wanted to make a few ready-made hot pots for her to take away, which made her laugh and cry.

Except for a short break during the meal, they were busy until ten o'clock in the evening. Except for Jiang Xun, even Jiang Mi felt a little overwhelmed, not to mention Jiang's father and mother who were so tired that they could hardly stand up. But they still felt it was not enough.

The huge fireplace brought in orange-yellow flames, making the living room extremely warm. Mother Jiang's eyes were slightly red as she handed two scarves she had carefully knitted to Jiang Mi and Jiang Xun.