"When I left, I sneakily 'borrowed' some stuff from the inn's kitchen..."
She had known that entering the mountain would definitely involve braving the wind and sleeping outside, so of course she had to prepare in advance!
"When I'm out of the mountain, I'll repay the silver!"
As Gu Shi Yi spoke, she carefully pinched a little and sprinkled it over the lizard meat, then slowly rotated the wooden stick in her hand to evenly distribute the heat. After the lizard meat was cooked, she shared a piece with the saliva-dripping Red Fox, who ate with its head shaking and tail wagging, looking just like a dog.
The lizard meat, similar to frog meat but chewier, had Gu Shi Yi also dripping with grease as she ate. While eating, she looked at the field of little white mushrooms in front of her and asked the Red Fox,
"What's so good about eating these mushrooms?"
The Red Fox, licking its oily mouth, said,
