At lunchtime, Li Xiang prepared an especially lavish lunch to give the Little Fox a proper welcome.
'After all, it's her first time here,' he thought. 'She "married" into the family in such a rush, there wasn't even a ceremony or a dowry.'
He made a large pot of Spirit Medicine Snake Porridge. Not only did he add an extra large "Spicy Strip," but he also tossed in a whole Tier One Spiritual Medicine. He didn't skimp on the seasonings either, adding a wide variety: chicken bouillon, salt, thirteen-spice powder, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, vinegar, star anise, and fennel. He even threw in some of humanity's "heavy hitters" developed by food science to target the taste buds. After all, the dog and the fox were bigger than the cats and had a higher tolerance for seasonings.
