Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 64 Talent

After he had arranged all the flowers, Li Ran glanced at the time.

It's already 12:07.

He hadn't expected that arranging flowers would take so much time.

Li Ran rubbed her stomach, feeling that she was indeed a little hungry.

He simply made some porridge in the morning, served with some pickled vegetables, and didn't have any other staple food.

He's always been a lazy person, preferring to do as little as possible. After all, he's eating alone anyway.

Time to cook again.

He rubbed his eyes, feeling a bit like he was about to just eat instant noodles.

He glanced at Brin, who was lying on her side in the cat bed next to him.

It seems to be dreaming, sleeping soundly.

Li Ran moved closer.

He suddenly remembered a video he had seen before.

He gently patted Brin's buttocks repeatedly with his hand.

When you pat it, Brin doesn't react much.

As soon as Li Ran pulled her hand back, she saw it kicking its hind legs like a rabbit.

Li Ran patted it a few times, and it kicked a few times.

It woke up after a short while and stood up somewhat dazedly.

It seems she thought she was having a nightmare.

Li Ran suppressed a laugh.

"What are you doing?"

At that moment, Lee Ji-eun's voice came from behind him.

She walked in at some point and stood to the side, looking at Li Ran with curiosity.

He got caught bullying Brin.

He gave an awkward laugh.

"I saw a video online that said if you pat a cat's butt a few times, it will kick its legs a few times. I figured I had nothing better to do, so I decided to give it a try."

"Tsk," she curled her lip, "You must have a lot of free time."

"Why are you back so early today? Didn't you say you were going to record a vlog?" Li Ran changed the subject.

Lee Ji-eun waved her hand, "Let's not record anymore. Let's use this idea next year. After all, the previous videos are already edited and ready to be released."

Li Ran raised an eyebrow but didn't ask any further questions.

"Have you eaten? I've been arranging flowers and haven't had time to cook yet. Want to grab something to eat?"

Lee Ji-eun then noticed the extra flowers in the three previously empty vases in the living room.

A few pink buttercups mixed with white daisies were placed in a vase.

There are also some dark green leaves around as a backdrop.

"I haven't eaten lunch yet," she replied.

Lee Ji-eun glanced at the flowers in the vase again. "Did Jin-ri's flowers arrive?"

Li Ran nodded. "Yes, I arrived this morning. I just finished arranging the flowers."

"These flowers are indeed quite beautiful."

Li Ran got up and went to the kitchen, casually asking, "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"Do you know how to make our local pumpkin porridge? The kind with quail egg yolks (chuanzhao)."

"Bird eggs?" He blinked, then asked again to confirm. "What kind of bird's eggs? Chicken eggs or quail eggs?"

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Lee Ji-eun was clearly taken aback by his question.

"I'm talking about the kind of dough made by mixing glutinous rice flour with water!"

"But I remember you just said bird's egg heart ( )?"

"Oh, maybe I misunderstood." He patted his head.

The literal translation is "bird's egg heart," but the correct meaning in Chinese might require a twist.

At first, he thought they were really bird eggs.

Therefore, the correct meaning of "person" should be "glutinous rice ball".

He shrugged and looked at Lee Ji-eun, "Please understand that I'm not very good at languages."

"After six months, being able to communicate fluently is already my limit."

"You've only been learning Korean for six months?" Her attention shifted elsewhere.

"About six months." Li Ran nodded.

"Are you showing off?" she scoffed. "You've only been learning for a little over six months and you're already this good."

Although his Korean has a noticeable accent, it doesn't hinder communication at all; on the contrary, it adds a touch of charm.

This was even after he had only studied for a little over six months.

Lee Ji-eun, still somewhat persistent, asked, "Did you hire a professional Korean language teacher?"

"No," he shook his head. "I found all my online courses online."

She was somewhat discouraged.

Is it really that big of a talent gap between people?

Lee Ji-eun originally thought that her language skills were not too bad.

After all, he has covered many foreign songs when he went on international tours.

She followed up with feedback from her fans, who all said her pronunciation was very good and standard.

She practiced her foreign language songs repeatedly, learning them little by little by following the pronunciation.

Seeing Li Ran's talent for languages, she felt a little jealous.

In any case, she couldn't possibly be able to communicate fluently with foreigners after only studying for a little over six months.

She lowered her head, looking somewhat dejected.

Li Ran was somewhat confused by her reaction.

Did I say something wrong?

"The guesthouse doesn't have any glutinous rice flour on hand, so if you want to eat glutinous rice balls, you'll have to go buy some later." He continued the conversation that had been interrupted earlier.

Lee Ji-eun snapped out of her daze. "It's okay. It's fine whether I eat it or not. I just asked casually."

She followed them into the kitchen.

"When were these peanuts shelled?"

Her eyes swept around and then settled on the table next to her.

There was a bowl full of peeled peanuts in the corner of the table.

Li Ran also looked over and paused slightly.

I peeled these together with Choi Jin-ri last time.

They used nail clippers to cut out peanuts at the time.

Otherwise, if you just pinch it with your hands, your fingers will start to hurt after a while.

After peeling the peanuts, he told Choi Jin-ri that he was going to make roasted peanuts, but the peanuts just sat there and he forgot to take them.

He walked over, picked up a peanut, and popped it into his mouth.

It has a slightly bitter taste.

"Ptooey." He spat the peanut crumbs into the trash can, then shook his head. "These are inedible."

"It's been sitting here for almost ten days, so it's probably gotten a bit moldy."

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Shelled peanuts are very susceptible to moisture and mold at room temperature.

Even if it doesn't look hairy, it's highly likely to produce aflatoxin.

This stuff is heat resistant, so it's hard to destroy by boiling or frying, and it's also a strong carcinogen.

He was a little annoyed with his memory, having wasted a whole bowl of peanuts.

It also wasted the afternoon that I spent peeling peanuts with Choi Jin-ri.

If you want to eat it now, you have to peel it again.

Thinking about peeling peanuts again, he rubbed his eyebrows.

This is fucking awful!

"Has this pot of peanuts been sitting here untouched for over ten days?" Lee Ji-eun asked, blinking.

Li Ran shook her head. "I just put it on the table after I peeled it."

"I completely forgot about it afterwards. Looking back now, it's a bit like I was blind to my own shortcomings."

He picked up the basin and dumped all the peanuts inside into the trash can.

He pursed his lips as he looked at the densely packed peanuts in the trash can.

"What dish were you originally planning to make?" Lee Ji-eun also looked at the peanuts in the trash can.

"Just make some simple roasted peanuts." Li Ran gently shook the trash can to let the peanuts sink a little deeper.

This way it doesn't take up much space.

"Is it still possible to eat it today?"

He raised an eyebrow, looked at her, then at the peanuts in the trash can. "These peanuts are inedible. They've all gone moldy."

"I didn't say I was going to eat this." She rolled her eyes at him lightly.