Before Zhou Yue even returned to the house, she heard Xie Yuan's shameless and provocative voice. She immediately went back inside and dragged Gu An'an over, wanting to come here and fight. However, before she even reached the courtyard gate, she heard Zhao Hu's counterattack, and her heart immediately calmed down.

"My judgment is pretty good."

Gu An'an couldn't stand the other person's smug look, and without saying a word, she was about to go back to her room.

"An'an, don't ignore me~ You have good taste, Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao is good-looking and has a great figure, and he has both."

Gu An'an was amused by her witty remark, and thinking of Xiao Yuheng's appearance, she felt that the two sentences were particularly vivid.

It's not about looks or physique; even when wearing the simple linen shirts that village men often wear, you can still vaguely see the various muscles hidden beneath the shirt.

She wasn't a woman who craved pleasure, but today, perhaps stimulated by Zhou Yue and Zhao Hu, she suddenly felt a strong urge to touch them, though unfortunately, they were nowhere to be found.

Xiao Yuheng was unaware of Gu An'an's thoughts; otherwise, he would have tried every means to come back and see her again.

As the weather gradually warmed up, and after two hours of teaching in the evening, Gu An'an wanted to eat something different.

"Shall we have barbecue tonight?"

Zhou Yue had no reason to disagree. Although she had never eaten it before, in her opinion, anything Gu An'an wanted to eat was definitely good.

"OK."

"Go to the backyard and pick a handful of wild onion leaves. Don't damage the core or the stem, just the leaves."

Upon hearing that the wild scallions in the backyard were to be harvested, Zhou Yue ran faster than anyone else and soon picked all the larger scallion leaves. "I thought we both have good appetites, so I picked a lot more."

Gu An'an didn't care. She took out a piece of pork belly, sliced ​​it thinly, and prepared potato slices and eggs. After Zhou Yue took out the sausage, she really couldn't find anything else to grill. It seems that resources are still too scarce these days.

But it's okay, this is enough for them to show off.

Seeing Gu An'an take out a bunch of spices and grind them in a stone mortar, Zhou Yue asked like a curious child, "Are these all dipping sauces?"

Gu An'an nodded. Actually, she would prefer to bring out the finished product, but last time they went out to buy these seasonings together, and she was afraid that bringing out the finished product would arouse suspicion.

After preparing the seasonings, Gu An'an went back to her room and took out a stone slab, placing it on the charcoal fire. She had found this stone slab during the apocalypse, and it had accompanied her through many barbecues and encounters with numerous zombies.

"Use this to grill meat? Where did you get it?"

It's plain and unremarkable, dark in color, its only advantage being that it's flat and easy to place on a charcoal fire.

"I found it."

Gu An'an didn't intend to say much. She splattered a layer of oil on the stone slab and skillfully placed the slices of meat on it. Soon, it made a sizzling sound, and with the aroma filling the air, Zhou Yue's mouth watered even before she started eating.

"You can dip it in either of these dishes, then roll it up in a wild scallion leaf and slurp it down in one bite."

Following Gu An'an's steps, Zhou Yue immediately made one for herself. The aroma of meat mixed with the flavor of seasonings, along with the fresh fragrance of wild scallion leaves, was irresistible to Zhou Yue. Even people who have tasted all kinds of delicacies in the 21st century would occasionally want to take a bite.

"So delicious!"

Before she could even swallow the barbecue, Zhou Yue couldn't help but praise it, almost burning herself in the process.

"An'an, how come you can do everything?"

"Nothing much, I just love to eat."

Of course she loves to eat. If it weren't for this interest keeping her going in the apocalypse, she would have gone to find her grandmother long ago.

After showing off their meat dishes, the two of them showed off their vegetarian dishes. After showing off their vegetarian dishes, they cracked two eggs into their food. Cool Cool then showed off a runny poached egg before finally patting his stomach with satisfaction.

"Satisfied, so satisfied. We'll continue eating them once the wild onions in the backyard grow."

Wild onion: ...Can't this be allowed to continue growing?

"Forget it, how about I spend some money tomorrow to have those kids dig some up for me? The wild scallions in the backyard aren't enough for the two of us."

Without further ado, when Gu An'an returned from work, she heard the sound of digging in the backyard. "Let's plant them then," Zhou Yue muttered to them, urging them to grow quickly so they could be eaten as meat when they grew up.

I'm completely speechless.

Gu An'an shook her head, not intending to stop the childish Zhou Yue. She washed her hands, took the silver needles, and headed to Wang Laonian's house.

"Uncle Lao Nian".

Wang Laonian was massaging his wife's legs. The two sat in the main room, talking softly with smiles on their faces. When they heard Gu An'an's voice, they turned around in surprise, "Little Gu, you're here! Laonian, quickly pour Little Gu, the educated youth, a bowl of water."

Before Gu An'an could refuse, Wang Laonian got up and went to the kitchen, and soon returned with a bowl of sweet soup.

"This bowl is brand new; I just bought it from the supply and marketing cooperative."

Gu An'an wasn't thirsty, but seeing the expectant and grateful looks in their eyes, she accepted it anyway.

A clean bowl, sweet and hot sugar water—for some reason, Gu An'an suddenly had a feeling she had never had before, as if she had helped the right person.

"Let me take a look."

Gu An'an carefully examined Qiao Meizai, and then had Wang Laonian help her walk around. She nodded in satisfaction, "I'll give you one last acupuncture treatment. From now on, you should continue to practice at home every day. Rest when you're tired, and continue when you're rested enough. Don't be too impatient. It won't be long before you can get rid of the crutches completely."

"real?"

Qiao Mei was overjoyed and cried tears of joy. She wanted to kowtow twice to Gu An'an, but Gu An'an stopped her.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

Qiaomei burst into tears, "Young Gu, you are our savior, please let me kowtow to you."

Gu An'an could not possibly accept this. "Your leg isn't fully healed yet. If it gets damaged again, all my previous efforts will be wasted. Besides, I'm not that old. It wouldn't be good if I really bumped into something."

Qiaomei suddenly remembered this saying. In terms of age, they were indeed elders, and the villagers believed in such things. She immediately changed her mind and said, "Okay, okay, I won't kowtow."

After Gu An'an finished giving her acupuncture, Qiaomei quickly gave her husband a wink.

“Young Gu, this is the consultation fee. My husband and I both know that this amount of money is definitely not enough. Don’t worry, we will work hard to earn money in the future and make up for the rest.”

Gu An'an looked at the stack of money, mostly receipts, totaling about fifty yuan. It was clear how much effort this family had put into saving this little bit of money.

She had no intention of taking it. Call it high-minded or whatever, she wasn't willing to help for money in the first place. It was because she saw something almost extinct in the apocalypse in Wang Laonian and instinctively wanted to protect it.