Chapter 1393 - 546: Ten-pound Cat, Nine Pounds of Rebelliousness! Five-colored Chicken Porridge Is Ready—A Surprising Bonus?

Chapter 1393: Chapter 546: Ten-pound Cat, Nine Pounds of Rebelliousness! Five-colored Chicken Porridge Is Ready—A Surprising Bonus?

"Children shouldn’t watch chicken slaughtering!"

Shen Jiayue saw Lin Xu holding the chicken’s wing in one hand, with his thumb gripping the chicken’s head, plucking feathers from the chicken’s neck, and quickly ran over to cover Dundun’s eyes, adopting the stance that children shouldn’t be watching indiscriminately.

Lin Xu laughed helplessly:

"Cats are carnivores, it’s fine for them to watch. Besides, cats’ vision is mediocre; they primarily rely on their sense of smell to distinguish things, so covering their eyes is useless."

Cats can discern two colors—yellow and green. That’s why some bloggers like to scare their cats with bananas or cucumbers to gain views.

Also, cats have somewhat "abnormal" vision; they can keenly capture moving objects from a hundred meters away, but for stationary objects, anything beyond ten meters is basically invisible to them.

Therefore, some mice facing a cat’s capture will suddenly freeze still.

This isn’t because they’re scared, but instead exploiting the visual bug of cats being insensitive to stationary objects.

However, the success rate of exploiting this bug is low, because despite cats having visual defects, their developed sense of smell compensates for these shortcomings.

Shen Jiayue asked curiously:

"Is a cat’s sense of smell really that sharp?"

Lin Xu deftly used a kitchen knife to cut the chicken’s trachea and blood vessels, draining the chicken blood into a bowl before replying:

"Extremely developed; basically on par with police dogs."

"Wow, that’s impressive. So why do police train dogs to catch criminals but not cats? Cats eat less and are easier to raise."

Lin Xu laughed and said:

"But cats are very self-centered animals and won’t cooperate whatsoever. There’s a saying ’Nine out of ten cats are stubborn,’ which isn’t said for no reason—cats are truly self-centered and act primarily to please themselves."

The vast majority of hunting is for sustenance, but only cats hunt for fun. Many prey aren’t eaten but played to death by them.

Shen Jiayue cuddled Dundun in her arms, laughingly said:

"But my son isn’t like that. Our Dundun is the most obedient, the most well-behaved..."

Before she finished speaking, Dundun broke free from her embrace, jumped to the ground, and leaned over next to Lin Xu to observe the chicken slaughter and bloodletting.

Shen Jiayue: "..."

Indeed, naturally stubborn!

Lin Xu slaughtered two chickens and once they stopped struggling, he carried them and the bowl of chicken blood back to the kitchen.

Initially, he intended to discard the chicken blood, but recalling Dundun’s recent interest, he planned to cook it over a water bath and see if the little guy would eat it.

Occasionally eating blood is beneficial for cats, providing trace elements.

Yes, though cats are carnivores, they can’t rely solely on meat; they need to also eat some animal organs and blood regularly for more balanced development.

At this point, the wild vegetable picking team was ready, and Shen Jiayue was asking Dundun if he wanted to go along.

Yet Dundun swiftly ran back to the dining room, acting out his refusal.

"Naughty Dundun, not keeping mommy company, we’ll settle the score later!"

The group, armed with shovels and sickles—essential for wild vegetable picking—drove away.

To gather wild vegetables, one must first drive around the Starry Sky Base along the downstream river of the reservoir into the valley on the other side of Dragon Head Peak.

This valley, being south of the mountain and sheltered from the wind, coupled with constant flowing water over the years, creates a warm and humid condition. Not only do wild vegetables grow here earlier than elsewhere, but various wildflowers also bloom earlier.

Once they left, Dundun poked his head out from the dining room, trotting to the water pool, jumping onto the edge, paws swiping at the water trying to catch the big fish inside.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu boiled water to scald chicken feathers, placing the bowl of chicken blood in the pot over low heat to cook in a water bath.

By the time the feathers were plucked, the chicken blood had solidified into a tofu-like state.

He used chopsticks to stir the chicken blood, breaking it up, then poured it into the plate Dundun used for meals.

Once it had cooled down to a non-burning temperature, it could be served to the little guy.

With the feathers entirely removed, it was time to open the abdomen to remove the internal organs.

Everything was cleaned thoroughly, the thick chicken breast and chicken thigh were cut off, deboned, and placed in cold water for soaking, further extracting the blood.

As for the remaining parts, Lin Xu planned to put them in the pot to boil some chicken soup, making chicken soup noodles in the evening.

With these preparations complete, the chicken blood had cooled sufficiently.

He carried the plate outside, and the chubby cat playing with the big fish at the pool excitedly ran over, without waiting for the plate to be set down, dove right in, extending its crimson tongue to lick the food.

At first, it was somewhat unaccustomed to the taste of chicken blood, but quickly became addicted.

Its chin and whiskers became smeared with blood particles, as it ate, letting out joyful purring noises, its tail gently swaying, overflowing with happiness.

For those raising cats, seeing this scene always brings a feeling of healing.

Thus, online, there’s a saying: "I nourish its life, it heals my soul."

After Dundun finished eating, Lin Xu cleaned the plate thoroughly and returned to the kitchen to continue working.

It was a bit early to make Chicken Porridge now. Taking advantage of the time, he planned to prepare the red, yellow, green, black, and white pigments needed for making Five-colored Chicken Porridge.

The white color is the natural color of the ingredients, which doesn’t need preparation.

He took two carrots, peeled them, cut them into strips, and placed them in the steaming cabinet to steam.

Later, he intended to mash them into a puree, adding it to the Chicken Porridge, turning it into an orange-yellow color.

In fact, using gardenia water is also feasible, but gardenia alone has a slight bitter taste of herbal medicine, which isn’t as mild as the taste of carrots.