Tokyo: Am I the only male tenant?

Ginjo turned on the gas, heated up the miso soup he had prepared in advance, and then scooped four bowls of rice from the rice cooker and brought them to the dining table.

The wife then put the chopped ginger, garlic and bean paste into the empty wok. The fragrant smell of sesame oil suddenly gave the kitchen a Chinese feel.

Chiaki Hoshino poured the beaten and stirred egg liquid into the miso soup. The only ingredients in the soup were egg and thinly sliced ​​okra that his wife had just picked from the balcony.

After gently stirring with long chopsticks, you can see star-shaped okra flying in the nebula-like egg liquid, as if the universe was born.

If this were put into a Chuunibyou food anime, there would probably be lines like "Supernova miso soup is ready!"

She was almost done, and Tomoko Matsumoto's stir-fried shrimp with vegetables was also in the final stage.

"First add vinegar, sugar, and tomato sauce. Oh, and Chinese soup stock."

"Put everything in, then add water. When it boils, quickly throw the shrimp and vegetables back in, then turn off the heat and sprinkle with cornstarch."

After adding water-soluble cornstarch, pour the shrimp and vegetables with red starch into a large bowl and sprinkle some green onions on top for decoration.

This time the fried shrimps are even more colorful than the ones my wife made before. The large amount of seasonal vegetables added temporarily adds an unexpected visual effect.

The aroma of the steaming food makes your mouth water and it looks delicious.

"The shrimps are not enough so we have stir fried shrimps with vegetables."

Tomoko Matsumoto self-deprecatingly gave this delicacy an alternative name.

Although the name sounds a bit sad, the color and aroma of this dish make it look like it could be on the menu of a Michelin restaurant.

In addition to the fried shrimp with vegetables that was cooked last, there were several other dishes that were equally delicious, as well as okra egg miso soup and white rice. The side dish was cold fried lion pepper.

The snack is persimmons that my wife bought from the supermarket along with shrimps. They are now in the refrigerator.

"Today's lunch seems a little simple. I wonder if it suits everyone's taste?"

The lady took off her apron and came to the dining table, asking them humbly and gently.

"Of course it suits my taste. Sister Tomoko's cooking is not simple. It is a super delicious lunch. It is so luxurious. Let's eat quickly!"

Chie Hoshino was already eager to try it and rubbed her hands excitedly.

Ginjo and Hoshino Chiaki smiled at each other, and several people sat down around the dining table.

"I'm gonna start now!"

Everyone put their hands together and waved their chopsticks.

Like several other women, Yincheng first tasted the fried shrimps with plenty of vegetables that had been portioned into small plates.

Add the shrimps fried in tomato sauce and put them in your mouth. Mmm, it’s really delicious!

The shrimp meat is both chewy and soft, and exudes a strong shrimp aroma in the mouth. The taste of the bean paste is just right, with a spicy taste that can stimulate the appetite, and it goes very well with rice.

The slightly sweet and spicy taste coupled with the slightly chewy vegetables leaves a lingering fragrance in your mouth.

"I didn't expect that green peppers and zucchini would taste so good with fried shrimp, Tomoko-san."

Chiaki Hoshino felt that she had learned something new from her wife.

"Isn't that right? Because shrimp goes well with everything."

"Is that so? Then can we add other vegetables?"

"Yes, if you have mushrooms, add them. I also like to use squid or scallops instead of shrimp. As long as they don't release water, any kind of ingredient can be added."

“It sounds delicious.”

After drinking the miso soup, Ginjō picked up the cold-mixed Shishito peppers with his chopsticks.

Chie Hoshino ate shrimp and vegetables at the same time.

Whether it's kimchi pot, fried shrimp or red curry, red things will make people eat rice one mouthful after another devastatingly, feeling that no matter how much rice they eat, it is never enough.

After finding herself eating faster and faster, she decided to extend her chopsticks to the cold-mixed Shizitang peppers.

This dish is made with the last few Shishitang peppers that Tomoko Matsumoto picked from her balcony garden. They are grilled on a grill until the skin turns charred, and then marinated in dashi and soy sauce.

It looks very simple and beautiful, and is perfect as a side dish.

"Chie, eat slowly, it might be very spicy."

The wife warned him like this just after he put the food into his mouth, but it was too late.

"Oh, you ate the whole thing?"

Is this the law of human inertia? Or is it the impulse to eat when you see food?

Chie Hoshino swallowed a whole strip of Shishito pepper without any preparation.

The taste of soy sauce diluted by the dried fish broth, and the soft and tender Shishitang peppers chewed after being heated, a slightly bitter taste spread in my mouth—

so spicy!

When she felt the spiciness, her mouth was so spicy that it almost exploded.

What is this? Not bitter? Very spicy! This is not sweet and spicy, just pure spicy, super spicy!

"I was just about to remind you..."

Matsumoto Tomoko said in surprise.

Chie Hoshino's mouth felt like it was on fire, and she exhausted all her strength just to swallow it.

She drank the hot miso soup in one gulp, and the spiciness seemed to worsen.

“So, so, so spicy!”

Even breathing felt choking and she wanted to cool her mouth quickly.

Water! I want to drink water!

Chie Hoshino ran to the kitchen in a panic.

"If you want to drink something, don't drink water. Drink fresh milk. Fresh milk will alleviate the spicy taste."

At this time, Ginjo Sousuke also came over to check the situation.

Chie Hoshino listened to what he said, but couldn't find the milk for a while.

Her anxious eyes could not help but stay on Yincheng, wishing she could squeeze some milk from him right away...

Chapter 602: White marks on the corners of the mouth

Ginjo Sosuke noticed Chie Hoshino's gaze and subconsciously lowered his head to look.

Hey, this kind of thing is very dangerous, okay!

He couldn't help but recall the painful experience he once had when he helped Matsumoto Tomoko pick peppers and then went to the toilet without washing his hands.

If you think in this way, having verbal communication with a woman who has just eaten chili peppers will probably lead to the same fate.

"Ahh, what should I do? My mouth is so spicy!"

Chie Hoshino was completely defeated by the pain of the pepper. She felt dizzy and her head was swollen. She instinctively fanned her tongue with her hands.

"found it!"

Fortunately, Yincheng was quick-witted and after searching the refrigerator for a while, he finally found the box of fresh milk that was squeezed into the corner by other ingredients.

"Hurry, give it to me!"

Chie Hoshino couldn't wait any longer, so she snatched the box of milk from Ginjo, tore a hole in it and drank it all.

"Haha...finally I'm saved..."

After she drank all the milk in one gulp, the spicy taste in her mouth finally subsided.

At least she felt that she could breathe now, and it wasn't like before when every breath sounded like a dragon spitting fire.

With white traces of milk on the corners of her mouth, Chie Hoshino followed Ginjō, dragging her disheveled body back to her seat.

"The main spicy ingredient of chili peppers is oil-soluble capsaicin, which cannot be dissolved in cold water, so drinking water will not relieve the spiciness."

"If you want to wash away the spicy taste in your mouth, you have to drink fat-rich yogurt or fresh milk to form a film in your mouth."

Yincheng looked at her pitiful face and patiently explained science to her.

"Wow, why do I feel like Sousuke is gloating by telling me this now?"

Although the other party explained with a knowledgeable look on his face, Chie Hoshino pursed her still slightly swollen lips, obviously not very interested.

"How do you feel now, Chie?"

"I wanted to remind you all, but I forgot about it when I got busy. I didn't expect you to swallow the whole chili."

Tomoko Matsumoto also came over and asked with concern, according to the light eating habits of Japanese people, there are indeed very few people who can like spicy food to this extent.

"I'm fine, Sister Tomoko. I feel much better after drinking the milk."

Although she couldn't listen to Yincheng's popular science now, it was undeniable that it was Yincheng's little knowledge that saved her from danger.

"Tomoko-sister, I think you've never used green peppers to make pickled salad dishes before?"

Chie Hoshino asked her wife a little embarrassedly. She trusted her wife's cooking too much, so she started eating without even looking at the food carefully.

"Yes, because there are only a few Lion Tang peppers left this time, so I thought I might as well try a different method."

As Matsumoto Tomoko spoke, she turned her head to look at the balcony vegetable garden behind her. She never expected that the Lion Tang peppers planted in small pots would lead to such serious problems.

"So this is what the Shizitang peppers taste like after being pickled?"

Chie Hoshino also looked in the direction of her wife, as if looking for the culprit who caused her miserable condition just now.

"Since it's called Lion Tang Chili Pepper, it means it's a type of chili pepper."

“Although I grow a sweet variety, even if the variety is improved to a point where the spicy taste is not obvious, it does not mean that there is no spicy element at all.”

Matsumoto Tomoko nodded and explained it to her.

"But didn't it taste good when it was added to the soup before? Why is it suddenly so spicy this time?"

Chie Hoshino frowned, very confused.

"Maybe it's because it feels the pressure, too."

The lady muttered to herself.

"Eh? Pressure? Lion Tang Chili?"