Reincarnation - The Divine Doctor and Stay-at-home Dad

Chapter 9: Crying over the Delicious Porridge

"Doctor Qin, what are you going to cook?" asked Zhang Dafu enthusiastically as they got to the kitchen.

"Tang Tang has just recovered from her illness, so she'd better have a light meal. I'll just make her some porridge," Qin Haodong replied. "Do we have the ingredients for eight-treasure rice porridge?"

"Yes, but it's raw and hasn't been soaked. Porridge takes time to prepare."

"Never mind, just give me the ingredients!" Qin Haodong insisted.

Zhang Dafu silently despised Qin Haodong. It was pretty common knowledge that the ingredients for eight-treasure rice porridge needed to be soaked for no fewer than four hours prior to cooking. He was wasting his ingredients on a complete layman!

But Mr. Lin had given orders to let Qin Haodong do what he wanted, so he gathered a small bowl of the ingredients and handed them over. After all, he wouldn't be the one losing face.

Qin Haodong took a look at the bowl and said, "That's too little. I'm sure Tang Tang is not the only one who will eat it. Please get some more."

Zhang Dafu was speechless. Since he'd become the Lins' cook, they had become very fussy about their food. Ordinary food could not arouse their appetite at all. Why would they want to eat ordinary eight-treasure rice porridge?

He just sighed and scooped up a large bowl of ingredients.

After washing the ingredients, Qin Haodong began to cook the porridge. He knew that the ingredients for porridge usually needed to be soaked for several hours, but he, the Emperor Green Wood, didn't need to do that.

He was born with an abundance of the wood element, and his divinity belonged to the highest wood element, so he could manipulate plants with ease. The grains in his hands released their flavor, and ten minutes later, a strong ambrosial aroma of food filled the kitchen.

"Wow, it smells good. Doctor Magic, your porridge smells delicious! When can I have it?"

The little girl stood by, staring at the boiling porridge in the pot. She put a small white finger into her mouth, like a little foodie.

"Tang Tang, that's unsanitary," Qin Haodong said, taking the little girl's finger out of her mouth.

"But Doctor Magic, I really want to have some porridge now!"

"Just wait until it's served!" Qin Haodong said, turning off the fire on the stove and bringing down the porridge pot.

Zhang Dafu watched from the sidelines. When he smelled the porridge, he was startled, baffled at how undercooked porridge could smell so good.

Watching Qin Haodong bring down the porridge pot, he couldn't help but say, "Doctor Qin, the soaked grain has to boil for about half an hour to eat. The porridge has only been cooking for 10 minutes."

"Never mind. My cooking method is unique, and the porridge is already done," replied Qin Haodong, holding the pot in one hand and the little girl in the other. "Let's go, the porridge is ready!"

"Yay! The delicious porridge is finally ready!"

Tang Tang was thrilled to return to the table with Qin Haodong, her big eyes fixing on the porridge pot, never leaving.

Out of politeness, Lin Zhiyuan and Lin Momo sat at the table and waited for Qin Haodong without moving the chopsticks. They were taken aback when they saw him return so soon with a pot of sweet-smelling porridge in his hand.

"Doctor Magic, come on, come on, I can't wait!" Tang Tang said.

Qin Haodong then filled a bowl of eight-treasure rice porridge, stirred it with a spoon and sent a little bit of Icy Life Energy through his hand to cool it down. Soon a bowl of porridge with the right temperature was brought to Tang Tang.