Daily life with the ship girl

Although he failed to complete the exploration, Li Ran knew that he couldn't be impatient. There would be plenty of time in the future. These two brown bears were an unexpected gain this time.

When they returned to the garrison, Lexington and the others had not returned yet. Li Ran opened the door of the garrison, disassembled several wooden boxes and spread them on the grass outside the door, and signaled Bismarck to put the brown bear on the wooden board.

Then Li Ran went into the kitchen, got a knife, came out, and started to deal with the two brown bears.

Be especially careful when skinning a bear, as bear skin has many uses.

Although Bismarck wanted to help Li Ran, she had never cooked before. Although she was very strong, she was not good at such delicate work. She could only watch her admiral busying around.

"Bismarck, help me turn the brown bear over." Li Ran said without raising his head.

"Oh." Bismarck quickly turned the bear's body over.

Li Ran continued to process it. After half an hour's work, the bear skins, bear gallbladders, livers and other parts of the two brown bears were all processed. Li Ran kept the bear gallbladders and gave the two best bear skins to Bismarck, who found a place to hang them up.

However, Li Ran felt a bit troubled by the nearly one ton of bear meat. Meat can easily spoil in summer. He thought about it and asked Bismarck who was drying the bear skin:

"Do you like grilled bear meat? Why don't we have a bear meat barbecue tonight? For lunch, I'll make steamed bear paws and bear meat stew. Otherwise, I'm afraid the meat will go bad if it's not handled in time."

Bismarck responded, her cat ears twitched, and her tone revealed a subtle excitement:

"Okay, Admiral, but don't worry about not being able to finish it."

Li Ran saw that Bismarck agreed, but did not pay attention to Bismarck's tone. He did not know that Bismarck had a greedy cat-like expression on his face, otherwise he would have been shocked.

After a while, Lexington and the others finally came back and saw Li Ran busy at work. There was a lot of cut bear meat piled at the door, and Bismarck was helping to move the bear meat into the garrison.

Lexington called Bismarck and was about to ask something when he smelled the aroma of meat coming from the kitchen.

Chapter 13: On the appetite of KanColle

Pinghai blinked her eyes, revealing an intoxicated expression. She said in surprise, "It smells so good. It's the smell of steamed bear paws and bear meat stew. It tastes the same as the dishes cooked by Sister Yixian. It's the smell of home."

Firefly showed a greedy expression on her face and said excitedly:

"The Admiral has made delicious food again."

After saying that, Firefly ran into the kitchen.

Li Ran was startled by the firefly, and then he saw Lexington, Bismarck, and Ping Hai standing outside the kitchen with a happy face. He touched the firefly's head and said:

"You guys are back. Wait a moment. The food will be ready soon."

Lexington nodded and said to Firefly:

"Firefly, stop disturbing the commander."

"Oh." Firefly answered sensibly. Just as he was about to take a plate of steamed bear paws from the stove, he saw Bismarck's eyes revealing "You are not behaving well." He quickly lowered his head and left the kitchen.

Bismarck watched the fireflies hiding timidly behind Pinghai. She walked into the kitchen, opened the freezer and found it was full. She sighed:

"Admiral, there's no room in the freezer."

Li Ran sighed. The kitchen had a double-door refrigerator, but there was too much bear meat, and there was also room for some vegetables. If there was no space, it would be a waste if the meat was not cooked. Now, he looked at the bear meat stew pot and it was almost done. He turned off the gas and said to Lexington:

"Lexington, go and see if there is any extra salt. We can pickle the extra bear meat. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be too much bear meat and it will be wasted."

"Waste?" Lexington blinked his eyes, Bismarck also looked strange, Pinghai also had a puzzled expression, Firefly poked his head out from behind Pinghai, and was about to speak, but was glared at by Bismarck, and the little guy quickly shrank back behind Pinghai, only to see Bismarck said meticulously:

"That, Admiral, so-called gourmet food must use the freshest ingredients, right? Then make sure to get rid of it quickly."

Lexington also smiled charmingly. She walked to Li Ran, picked up two plates of steamed bear paws, and said with a smile:

"It just so happens that the little guy is hungry too, so we won't bother the commander."

Bismarck was also very natural. Looking at Lexington's two plates of steamed bear paws, she moved very quickly and took away the entire pot of bear meat stew before Li Ran could react.

The kitchen was suddenly deserted. Li Ran was still confused, but he reacted:

"You guys should at least leave the pot behind."

However, he heard the four people outside the door eating happily, and from time to time he could hear Firefly exaggerating:

"So happy, so happy."

Li Ran felt that all his hard work was worth it. However, he thought about it and realized that there was still a lot of bear meat left. If he didn't make it into pickled meat, he would have to fry it.

But he didn't expect that the four girls came over again after smelling the aroma just after his fried bear steak came out of the pan. Firefly seemed to be still not full. She pouted and said:

"Admiral, why are the dishes so slow to arrive? The fireflies have already finished eating."

Li Ran felt his head start to tremble? They had all finished eating, a big pot of bear meat stew, two large plates of steamed bear paws, that was enough for 8 people. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead:

"Hey, the fried bear steak is almost ready..."

"Bear chops?" Bismarck said as he took it away.

Li Ran was so confused that he couldn't even describe it. He saw that the bear steak in the frying pan would take some time to be cooked through, so he quickly followed the four girls and secretly looked towards the living room. He saw the mess in front of the four girls. What made him sweat even more was that Bismarck finished a large piece of bear steak that was at least 20 centimeters long and 3 centimeters thick in just a few bites.

Even the fireflies and the sea of ​​peace were finished in just a few bites.

"This appetite..." Li Ran felt that his future life might not be so good. The unscientific thing about the ship girls is not only their strength and beauty, but also their appetite?

"Oh no, the commander found out." Lexington's tone suddenly became a little strange. Even Bismarck turned around and bit the bear steak in two with a snap. He chewed it wantonly, and his eyes revealed a fanaticism that scared Li Ran.

"No, I know nothing." Li Ran quickly closed the sliding door of the kitchen with a "click", but he immediately understood why Bismarck said that there was no need to worry about wasting too much bear meat. It turned out that the appetite of the ship girls was so unscientific?

"In that case, I'll let you try the whole bear feast!" Li Ran looked at the oil pan, full of fighting spirit. Since he was an admiral who also knew cooking skills, if he couldn't fight, he would conquer them with his taste buds!

Obviously, the foodies outside didn't see Li Ran's determination, but Lexington was a little worried:

"Bismarck? Will this scare the admiral?"

Bismarck swallowed the food, wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth, and playfully licked her lips with her tongue, saying with a hint of excitement:

"No, the admiral should be very happy if we do this. After all, cooking is also the admiral's hobby. We are just protecting the admiral's hobby, right?"

Lexington was about to say that it made sense, but then she realized that Bismarck was actually a foodie under his serious appearance, so she nodded:

"That's right, in order to protect the admiral's hobby, we must seriously destroy these foods!"

"How cunning, Sister Lexington!" Firefly accidentally discovered that there was one less bear paw on the plate. However, just as she was protesting, Pinghai took the remaining bear paw from behind. Firefly was too anxious to stop him and said angrily:

"Sister Pinghai, you are so cunning..."

……

The laughter outside made Li Ran feel very happy. He finally understood why his family had continued to maintain the hotel and adhered to the family motto "The so-called chef's way is to make diners happy". It turned out that it was really a kind of happiness to see other people like the dishes you cook.

Li Ran felt that the sour feeling in his hands holding the pot and spoon had subsided a lot. After more than an hour, Li Ran finally finished the full bear banquet, which included nine dishes, three soups and three cold dishes. There was no table in the admiral's mansion, so the food had to be placed on wooden boxes.

The four girls were obviously stunned. Although they did not disturb Li Ran after he closed the kitchen and waited for more than an hour, they did not expect that their admiral would give them such a big surprise.

Li Ran was exhausted, but he was still very happy. This all-bear banquet had mostly processed the two brown bears, leaving only a few in the freezer. He looked at the dazed ship girls and introduced:

"Ladies, this is the chef's signature dish, the bear feast. Let me introduce them to you one by one: Snow-climbing bear, charcoal-grilled bear steak, steamed bear paw, Buddha jumping bear, hot and sour bear..."

Li Ran introduced them one by one and found that the four girls all had a look of desire in their eyes. He sighed and thought, "Aren't you listening? Never mind, as long as they like you, that's fine." He coughed and said:

"Ladies, please enjoy!"

The fireflies chirped:

"Oh, long live the admiral, the admiral is the best."

As a member of the Chinese Fisheries Administration, Pinghai had a deep understanding of the complicated cooking methods of Chinese cuisine. She understood how hard Li Ran worked and quickly said:

"Thank you, Admiral. Pinghai will pick up some food for you."

"Admiral, ah." Lexington was now completely conquered by Li Ran's cooking skills. She exuded the radiance of motherhood. She poked a large piece of golden fried bear meat with a fork and handed it to Li Ran's mouth.

Li Ran's mouth twitched, but seeing the expression on Lexington's face that said "You know the consequences if you don't eat it", he quickly held it in his mouth.

Bismarck saw that the situation was a bit inappropriate. She coughed. In front of the admiral, the German cat still had to maintain its image. She said seriously:

"Stop making trouble and let the admiral have a good meal."

"Oh." Lexington returned to normal instantly and Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

The five of them began to eat. The scene was very warm for a while. Lexington and Bismarck ate elegantly because they were considerate of Li Ran's presence. Pinghai was considerate and lovely. Firefly had an intoxicated expression on her face the whole time. However, Li Ran saw that although the girls ate elegantly, they ate too fast.

Until Li Ran was a little full, he sat aside and watched Lexington and Bismarck concentrating on finishing the food on the table. They ate elegantly but at a terrifying speed.

After finishing his meal, Li Ran looked at the empty plate, swallowed, and felt a little stressed.

However, seeing the intoxicated expressions on the faces of the four girls, he thought:

It seems that I have to build Yixian and Fuso as soon as possible, otherwise I will be too busy.

Chapter 14: The meaning of being an admiral

After eating and drinking, Li Ran and the four girls knelt on the ground contentedly, not wanting to move at all.

However, the German cat felt that this would ruin his image in front of Li Ran, so he coughed:

"Um, Pinghai, Lexington, let's clean up the dishes."

"Fireflies also want to help." The firefly said sensibly.

"Firefly, sit with the Admiral for a while." Lexington also felt that being so lazy was not good, but in her eyes, the destroyers were just children, so she didn't want them to do housework, so she also said to Firefly:

"Bismarck is right. Firefly, you can sit with the admiral and leave the dishes to the three of us."

Pinghai also nodded to show his agreement.

Firefly looked at the three older sisters who said this, and Li Ran who had already hugged her in his arms. She pouted:

"OK then."

Li Ran watched Bismarck and others cleaning up the dishes. He really didn't want to move anymore. He was too full. Hugging the soft body of Firefly, he felt that this was the happiest thing in his life.

"Admiral?" Firefly moved in Li Ran's arms. She said curiously:

"Do you think we eat too much?"

Bismarck, who was cleaning up the dishes, immediately stood up his cat ears, Lexington paused, and Pinghai almost bumped into the kitchen door.

Li Ran felt that if he didn't answer the firefly question well, the consequences might be serious, so he quickly said:

"Ha, being able to eat is a blessing..."

"call……"

Lexington and the other three breathed a sigh of relief, and cleaned up the messy living room in a few moments. Li Ran had also rested enough, and signaled to Firefly that it was time to go play. He got up from the ground and stretched.

I haven’t cooked so many dishes in a long time, and my arms feel a little sore.

Li Ran shook his arm, then walked to the door and started walking on his own. After a while, Lexington flashed the intelligence he had detected to Bismarck, and then they drew a rough map and prepared to get up and look for Li Ran.

Pinghai went to look for fireflies, and an unknown seagull flew over the sky above the tutelary fort.

Li Ran looked at the sky which was getting darker in the distance and frowned.

Is this a storm coming?

"Admiral?" Lexington called Li Ran.

"What's wrong?" Li Ran looked away. He turned around and saw Lexington and Bismarck walking towards him side by side with serious faces. He was a little surprised:

"What's the matter?"

Lexington nodded seriously. She and Bismarck unfolded the map of the sea area near the port and said:

"This is the intelligence we gathered this morning. Island C is only 500 miles away from our port, but there are many deep-sea warships gathered here, most of which are destroyers and light cruisers. There are 17 heavy cruisers, three battlecruisers, two battleships, four light aircraft carriers, and two regular aircraft carriers, which eliminates the possibility of submarines.

I have done some statistics, and there are about a hundred deep-sea warships on this island, but most of them are distributed in the western deep-sea port area of ​​Island C. By the way, the carrier-based aircraft children seem to have discovered that there seem to be many magical fairies living in the deep-sea warship girls on this island. "

"Magical goblin?" Li Ran was a little confused: "What is it?"

Not only Li Ran was confused, Bismarck, who came to this world for the first time, was also confused. She also hoped that Lexington could explain it.

"The magical fairies are a magical race that can collect and smelt island minerals, build houses, learn combat skills, etc. They are also the companions of the ship girls. My carrier-based aircraft are driven by magical fairies, but they have no concept of good and evil. Therefore, the magical fairies are not only welcomed by the ship girls, but also by the deep sea. I suspect that the reason why the deep sea has not attacked the port area is because there may be fairies among this group of magical fairies on Island C who are good at forging and transforming cores."

"Transformation core?" Li Ran was shocked. Oh my goodness, he knew that deep-sea ship girls in the game could not be transformed, but in the real world, this was not necessarily the case. He quickly asked:

"Lexington, do you think the deep sea of ​​Island C is trying to be transformed?"

Lexington looked at Li Ran, who looked unhappy. She nodded and said:

"I'm afraid this is very likely, because when my carrier-based aircraft children approached the island, all four Deep Sea regular aircraft carriers dispatched carrier-based aircraft for high-altitude pursuit. Because I was afraid of being exposed, I did not continue to scout Island C, so as not to anger the Deep Sea too much."

Li Ran nodded slightly. He and the two girls found a patch of grass to sit down. He motioned for them to put the map on the ground. He pondered for a moment and then said:

"You did the right thing. What about Islands A and B? Is it the same situation?"