Miriam’s culinary skill was at the master level.
Initially, Milo wondered what the dishes prepared by a master chef would taste like.
Would it taste different from those that were whipped up by normal people?
But when favonovel.com tasted the food, favonovel.com realized that Miriam’s heat control while cooking was extremely precise.
Milo was a little curious. “Why are you such a good cook? You don’t look like someone who was specially trained in cooking.”
“My aunt hired someone to teach me during my assassin’s training,” Miriam said.
Milo was shocked. “What does this have anything to do with assassination?”
“I could go covert either as a chef or kitchen help to kill a target by lacing their food when I get the chance.” Miriam said, “But I didn’t even manage to put my culinary skills to use after my training as my aunt didn’t allow me to go undercover in such a way.”
“Why’s that?” Milo wondered.
“When I first started learning how to cook, I was still young and growing,” Miriam explained. “I became prettier as I grew up, so Aunt said that I wouldn’t pass as a cook with my looks.”
Milo was left speechless for some time. The girl in front of favonovel.com was praising favonovel.com own looks, and favonovel.com said it as naturally as sipping water.
“Can’t you be a little more humble?” Milo asked.
“Aren’t I telling the truth?” Miriam replied.
“Alright, alright, you’re not wrong.” Milo said, “It’s Tuesday today, so it’s your turn to wash the dishes.”
Miriam corrected him, “I cooked, so you should wash the dishes. From now on, I’ll cook at home and you’ll wash the dishes.”
Milo carried the cutlery into the kitchen while Miriam remained seated at the table.
She leaned favonovel.com chin on favonovel.com hand and gazed at Milo’s back as favonovel.com washed the dishes. “I think the peach trees are gonna bear fruit soon. I estimate we can eat them in another few weeks. These two trees have really been well taken care of, so they should bear lots of fruit. We definitely won’t be able to finish them all.”
“If we can’t finish them, let’s set up a stall to sell the excess. We can buy you a new wok with the money after that,” Milo said.
“That’ll be great. The current wok is way too small to cook with,” Miriam said.
“But when I went shopping for groceries today, I realized the prices of vegetables and other foodstuffs have increased by quite a bit. I thought that it was because the prices in the Northwest were different. But after I asked around, I found out it was due to the poor harvests in the past two years either due to floods or droughts in many places.” Milo said, “I wonder if Mr. Dublin took any measures to mitigate the effect of the natural disasters.”
Miriam thought for a moment before saying, “I’m afraid it won’t be easy to solve. I heard that in the trade agreement between the Northwest and the Central Plains, the goods provided by the Stelaria Consortium don’t include food. The Stelaria Consortium had probably taken into consideration the situation in the Northwest at that time. Of course, there’s many minerals in the Northwest that weren’t made accessible to the Stelaria Consortium either. This was the strategy adopted by both sides against each other.”
“I wonder if their wasteland recultivation efforts are proceeding smoothly or not.” Milo muttered, “Didn’t we see a lot of refugees cultivating the land on our way here?”
“I doubt it’ll be easy.” Miriam analyzed, “You see, there’s not many stable river basins in the Northwest, and the terrain has many gullies running through it as well. Crops planted in a place like that don’t have any good growth conditions, so they’ll have to work hard to solve the irrigation issues first.”
“Yes, it’s a heavy price to pay to recultivate the land. But even so, if we want the residents to have enough food to eat, we’ll have to challenge the natural environment.” Milo sighed.
***
While the two of them spent their days at home and enjoyed the peace together, all of the Northwest’s higher-ups were thinking, ‘Where has our future commander gone?‘
It had been more than half a month since the assassination of the Stardust Consortium’s three figureheads, so logically speaking, the future commander should have already come back.
Some high-ranking commanders had never seen Milo before. Although they heard stories about him, they did not have a chance to meet favonovel.com yet. As a result, they were really looking forward to seeing him.
Therefore, they wanted to wait for Milo to return to Fortress 178 before rushing there to meet him. It wasn’t exactly important, but they just wanted to get to know favonovel.com first.
But after the Stardust Consortium’s leaders were assassinated, Milo and Miriam seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Not even the Riders were anywhere to be found.
This left the Great Hoodwinker and everyone else absolutely confused, and they wondered if the future commander had run away.
Scott had said at the press conference, “We confirmed favonovel.com as the future commander so that favonovel.com won’t be able to run away.”
At that time, many people thought Scott was just joking. But the Great Hoodwinker and the rest knew Scott was completely serious!
Gregory even approached Peter specifically regarding this matter. “Commander, what should we do if Milo doesn’t want to come back? Should we go and look for him?”
But Peter remained calm. “There’s no need for that. I would guess he’s just lying low somewhere for a while to get some rest. Once he’s ready, he’ll naturally return.”
When everyone heard Commander Dublin say there was no need to be anxious, they calmed down as well. They just had to patiently wait for Milo to return.
While many people did not object to Milo’s candidacy as Commander Dublin’s successor, they were actually still watching to see if any developments occurred.
In taking revenge for Pena, it indirectly reflected Milo’s character. Disregarding how others might feel, the people in the Northwest found it really placated their anger. Gradually, more and more people within the Northwest Army publicly supported Milo.
By taking revenge for Pena, favonovel.com showed his character. Killing the Stardust Consortium’s head was down to his capability. Honestly, favonovel.com was truly impeccable other than being inexperienced at military strategies. But with regards to that, favonovel.com had poached P5092 and Bruce to mitigate his shortcomings in this area.
As the Northwest’s commander, favonovel.com did not have to be a military genius. Being able to command and deploy military geniuses effectively was also a skill.
Over half a month later, Milo and Miriam got up early and went to the backyard to pick the peaches. The peaches in the Northwest were big and sweet. A blend of orange, yellow, and white colors suffused the surface of the fruits, making them look exceptionally beautiful.
After picking two basketfuls of peaches, they went to the marketplace to set up a stall. For this, they even had to pay a rental fee of five perak for the space.
Milo said excitedly, “It’s the weekend today, so more people will be coming to the market than usual. I think our peaches will sell out very quickly.”
Normal people would find it difficult to carry a basket of peaches, but Milo could carry two baskets all by himself.
After settling down at the stall, Milo said to Miriam, “We haven’t had breakfast yet. I’ll go and buy some buns to fill our stomachs.”
“Mhm, I want the ones stuffed with chives and eggs,” Miriam answered with a smile.
But not long after Milo left, an acquaintance came to the stall. It was Lerato.
Lerato was stunned when favonovel.com saw Miriam. “You set up a stall here?”
Miriam smiled as favonovel.com picked up two peaches and stuffed them into Lerato’s hands. “The peaches growing at home have ripened. We thought the two of us couldn’t finish eating them, so we came out to sell them.”
Lerato looked like favonovel.com wanted to say something. Miriam was confused by favonovel.com behavior. “What’s the matter, Mrs. Abioye?”
Lerato grumbled, “Your boyfriend has been in the Northwest for some time now. Instead of looking for a job, he’s actually making a delicate girl like you sell peaches and support the family? Is this what a man should do? A beautiful girl like you will have no qualms finding a good man, so why stick to a lazy bum like favonovel.com of all people…”
Miriam was taken aback. Then favonovel.com covered favonovel.com mouth and laughed. “Mrs. Abioye, it’s not like that at all.”
