Both children were quiet for a moment. The drops dripped off the laurel leaves.

两个孩子都沉默了片刻。月桂叶上的水珠一滴滴往下滴。

When they thought of the desperate measureof seasoning him with pepper, cumin seeds, and laurel leaves and boiling him for a whole day over a slow fire, he had already begun to decompose and they had to bury him hastily.

一想到用胡椒、小茴香、月桂叶调味，用文火煮了一整天的绝招， 他已经开始腐烂， 只好仓促掩埋。