Tang Shiyi was deeply moved. She came from a family that valued boys over girls. Ever since she was young, her parents gave all their care and attention to her older brother. As for her, she was either beaten or scolded, treated like a bringer of misfortune and a burden they wanted to marry off as quickly as possible.
Only now, by Qiu Huang’s side, did she finally feel care and affection and live like a real person.
“Come on, let’s go eat.”
“Okay.”
The two of them walked into the courtyard. Since workers had been hired today, two large tables had been set up. There were meat dishes and vegetables, several large bowls of food, and millet rice. The women did not think much of it because with Qiu Huang around, eating meals like this every day in the future would not be a problem.
But the hired workers did not think the same way. Looking at the dishes on the table, they drooled with envy. Not only during ordinary times—even during the New Year, they had never seen such a luxurious meal before.
As a result, every one of them ate until their mouths were greasy and their stomachs were stuffed before finally stopping.
The house expansion project took them five days. Five days later, a brand-new courtyard house rose from the ground at the edge of the small mountain village.
“Now this finally looks like a real home.”
Qiu Huang looked at the newly built courtyard house and nodded. Although it could not compare to modern buildings made of reinforced concrete and bricks, in this era, it was already considered extremely impressive.
“So, this is our new home? It’s so beautiful. I feel like I’m dreaming.”
The women stared at their new home in shock. Buildings like this usually belonged only to wealthy families. Rural people like them basically were not even qualified to look at such places.
“It’s just a pity that the space is still too small. I can’t even give each of you your own separate room.”
That was Qiu Huang’s evaluation. Because of the rushed construction, there were not many rooms in the courtyard. He had one room to himself, while the women shared rooms two by two. The kitchen, living room, bathroom, and toilet were all shared spaces.
“Husband, please don’t say that. Being able to live like this already makes us completely satisfied.”
The women spoke sincerely. They were all villagers and did not have many demands in life. Before this, they used to sleep on the floor crowded together without any complaints, let alone now.
“To celebrate moving into our new home, I’ve decided that tonight we’ll eat bear paws.”
Previously, he had hunted a giant bear. Everything else had either been sold or eaten, and only the pair of bear paws remained untouched. Now he decided to cook and eat them.
“We? Husband, are you saying we’re all going to eat bear paws together?”
The women looked at Qiu Huang in shock.
“Yes.”
Qiu Huang nodded.
“Husband, you mustn’t. Bear paws are too precious. We’re not qualified to eat something like that.”
The women hurriedly refused. Bear paws were considered a powerful nourishing food and were extremely valuable. People like them were not even qualified to look at such things, let alone eat them.
“There you go again. I already told you, in my home, everyone is equal. If I can eat it, then all of you can eat it too. Understand?”
Qiu Huang truly felt helpless. His women always believed they were of lower status and beneath him. This was something he absolutely had to correct.
“But… but…”
“There are no buts. You’re all my wives. If I don’t raise you to be healthy and well-fed, then how are you supposed to give me healthy, chubby babies in the future?”
Hearing this, all the women became extremely grateful. Being able to marry a man as wonderful as Qiu Huang was definitely a blessing they had earned over several lifetimes.
“Thank you, Husband.”
In their hearts, they secretly swore that they would take good care of their bodies and try to become pregnant as soon as possible so they could bear children for him and continue the family line.
“Oh right, I forgot something very important. Do any of you know how to cook bear paws?”
Qiu Huang suddenly remembered a crucial problem—how to cook bear paws. Such a valuable ingredient could not be prepared carelessly. Otherwise, if too much nutrition was lost, it would truly not be worth it.
Cooking bear paws?
The women looked at each other and all shook their heads.
“Husband, we don’t know either.”
For ordinary ingredients, they at least knew the basic methods of cooking. Even if they did not, it would not be a major issue at worst. The food might simply not taste very good, but there would not be any serious consequences.
But bear paws were different. They were far too precious. If something went wrong during cooking and a large amount of nutrition was lost, they would feel extremely guilty.
“This is a bit troublesome.”
Qiu Huang felt a headache coming on. After finally obtaining such a valuable ingredient, they did not even know how to cook it properly. What should they do now?
“Right, the system.”
Qiu Huang immediately thought of the system. His system was all-encompassing. Since it even had methods for making concrete, it surely should also know how to cook bear paws.
“System, give me another special privilege. This time, I need a method for cooking bear paws.”
The system replied:
【……】
Wasn’t this guy already receiving enough special treatment? Yet he still wanted even more? Did he have no shame?
How many chapters had it been so far? How many words? And the system had already given him so many advantages. How was this supposed to continue in the future?
【Host, go to the kitchen and try flipping the spatula a few times.】
There was no helping it. The system simply had too soft a heart and could not bear to see the host suffer, so it decided to continue giving him special treatment.
“Alright, I’ll go right away.”
Qiu Huang happily skipped into the kitchen, picked up a spatula, and flipped it around in the empty wok a few times.
“What is Husband doing?”
The women also followed him into the kitchen. Seeing him waving a spatula around in an empty wok, they became confused and could not understand what he was doing.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Protection of the God of Food.】
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining eighteen methods of cooking bear paws.】
The notification sounds rang out in Qiu Huang’s mind.
“System, I love you.”
Hearing the notifications, Qiu Huang became wildly excited. As expected of the system—whatever he needed, it gave him.
“I’ll handle the cooking of the bear paws. You all take care of the other dishes.”
Qiu Huang spoke to the women.
“Husband, you know how to cook?”
The women found it unbelievable. In this world, aside from professional chefs, men who knew how to cook were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
“Yes, I do.”
Qiu Huang nodded. After all, he had the system, and the system could do anything.
The women exchanged glances, shock filling their eyes. Their husband knew archery, could hunt, possessed incredible strength, and now even knew how to cook.
In this world, was there anything he could not do?