Chapter 178 Ordinary Happiness

The wonderful experience brought by delicious food continues to echo in the body, and this wonderful taste goes directly from the body to the depths of the soul.

It gently knocks on the door of the heart and slowly flows into the heart along the open gap in the atrium.

Jidi seemed to be back in his youth, catching fish and shrimps in the river with his friends. The little green shrimps swam in his hands, their tiny claws scratching his skin, so vivid and lively.

After catching the shrimps, they cooked them without adding any seasoning, just simply steaming them in water. Even the cooking utensils were just pieces of iron picked up from the roadside. They lit the firewood and let the small flame slowly cook the shrimps.

Everything is so simple, everything is so casual, there is no skill at all, no experience at all, but the sweetness of the shrimp meat is so wonderful, so sweet and tender, as if it melts in the mouth, leaving an incomparable deliciousness in the mouth.

It was the delicacy that children found in the fields, simple yet pure.

After that, I studied in various places and my cooking skills improved day by day. I have seen and tasted countless delicious dishes made by myself. However, the sweetness from my memory, that simple and pure deliciousness, can no longer be found.

The stream is still clear and the shrimps in it are still fresh, but he is no longer the boy he once was. Even if he returns to the same place, catches the same shrimps, and cooks them with the same simple method, he still cannot find the original sweetness.

Ordinary and mundane things are always easily forgotten by people.

Just like the little shrimp at the beginning, it was just a part of the children’s play. Tomorrow there will be new fun, new adventures, and new delicacies.

And that inconspicuous little shrimp will soon be forgotten.

It was not until much later, until by chance, that he realized how precious the things he once regarded as ordinary and easily discarded were.

But that precious thing can never be found again.

Just as he could not go back to his youth, could no longer taste the shrimp with a pure heart, could no longer find the ordinary happiness of those days.

But at this moment, under the guidance of the delicious taste in the mouth and the leadership of the heart, the precious things hidden in the ordinary continue to emerge.

It is the little shrimp in childhood, the first wild rabbit caught, the dishes carefully prepared by parents, the little joys in the busy life of adulthood, the bright smile of the loved one, and the peace of mind when my daughter is by my side.

Day after day, year after year, countless little happiness accumulated in ordinary time have turned into bright pearls at this moment, flashing a hazy glow in the heart.

Things worth remembering are not only those rare and precious things, but also the happiness hidden in ordinary times. It is so common and so within reach that people forget to cherish it and only chase after things that are not common in daily life.

It is like a small shrimp in the river, so inconspicuous.

It is also a beach on the seashore, one of the countless tiny grains of sand.

It is the tiny fish that is invisible in the sea, the seaweed that drifts with the waves, and the shells hidden under the sand.

It is always ignored, always forgotten, always thrown aside.

If someone picked it up, they would find how bright the shells were, how clear the small fish were like silver, how crisp and sweet the seaweed was, and that every grain of sand on the beach had its own unique brilliance.

The delicious taste in his mouth and the feelings flowing in his heart were like a magnifying glass, taking him through his life again, carefully picking out the tiny beauties in it, placing them in the palm of his hand, allowing him to savor them again and carefully keep them in his heart.

It has no grandeur and no mysterious surprises, but only small happiness like sand that accumulates from the daily life.

A smile unconsciously bloomed at the corner of Jidi's mouth. It was a smile surrounded by happiness, peaceful and beautiful.

In Li Yan's mouth, this delicious taste also flows from his body to his heart. No matter how many high walls he has built in his heart, no matter how high his defenses are, this delicious taste and this heart are like a spring that can penetrate everywhere, or like a drizzle falling from the sky, flowing into his heart in a fine and dense manner, leaving him no room to struggle and retreat. This wonderful aroma touched his heart and brought out the most unforgettable memory in his heart.

It was a bright smile of a young girl. In those days, this smile never changed every day. No matter how time passed or how things changed, this smile was the only thing that lasted forever.

So many years have passed, Li Yan no longer tries to recall the past, because every recollection only brings deeper pain, making the anger and flames of revenge in his heart grow stronger.

Gradually, it seemed as if this bright smile was also tainted with the bitter taste of revenge. He could no longer feel joy from it, only pain lingered.

Gradually, he stopped thinking about it, not wanting that bright smile to be tainted and tarnished. He locked that smile deep in his heart until the flame of revenge completely disappeared from his body.

However, at this moment, this wonderful delicacy was like a magic key that opened the lock in his heart and released that bright smile again.

He expected to feel the pain again.

But at this moment, everything is different.

This bright smile guided by the heart is like warm sunshine, illuminating the soul. The pain, depression and anger that originally covered the heart like dark clouds, now quietly retreated under the sunshine.

What remained in his heart at this moment was the happiness that he had not tasted for a long time.

It was as pure and beautiful as it was at the beginning. The initial touch that lingered in his heart and the beauty that he always treasured all emerged at this moment.

It was as if time had flowed back to the past, back to the moment when all the pain had not yet happened. At that time, there was only brilliance and beauty in life, without any haze.

At that time, every day was something to look forward to, and that smile as bright as the sun illuminated every day of his life.

No matter how many times he has seen that smile, it is still not enough. It is ordinary to others, but it is an inestimable treasure to him, and he carefully keeps it in his heart every day.

If it weren't for what happened later, perhaps he would still be looking at that bright smile and spending every day in happiness.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

Anger, pain, and resentment churned in my heart, as if they were about to crush me again and shroud everything in their shadow.

Li Yan waved his hand and pushed them away mercilessly.

These negative emotions were once his motivation for living, supporting him to endure the cruel and terrible training in the dark culinary world, making his body and even his mind indestructible, and supporting him to complete his revenge.

They had been the only things he could rely on.

But not right now.

At this moment, he just wanted to immerse himself in this beauty, in this ordinary little happiness.

He just wanted to calmly gaze at that bright smile and feel the pure beauty and touching feeling of that moment.

He just wanted to take one more look at her whom he hadn't seen for a long time and whisper a few words to her.

(End of this chapter)