Chapter 239 Not as good as yours

Xie Tu received the message just as he came out of the renovation workshop.

It was very dusty inside, and a thin layer of dust had settled on the black coat.

He raised his hand and gently dusted it off. After reading the message, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he simply dialed her number directly.

The call was answered quickly.

Yun Zhao's voice sounded muffled, as if it were coming from under the covers.

Are you done with your work?

"Not yet, I'm just about to go to the Agricultural Institute right now, I have a meeting this afternoon..."

Xie Tu walked towards the car while 'reporting' his itinerary to her.

Both armored vehicles belonging to Team Zero were being modified in the workshop.

He was temporarily driving a small military vehicle belonging to the operations department.

Xie Tu got into the car and asked, "Why did you decide to cook for yourself?" He assumed she wanted to cook for herself.

Yun Zhao rolled over in bed and explained, "It's Aunt Zhao. The dishes she makes are different from yours."

Xie Tu laughed when he heard this. His deep, magnetic laughter echoed softly on the other end of the phone.

"Don't you like the food?"

Yun Zhao thought for a moment and replied truthfully, "There is one thing, it's not as delicious as yours..."

Last time she brought home a lot of seasonings.

But Aunt Zhao is illiterate, and she had never seen most of those bottles and jars of seasonings before, so she probably didn't know how to use them.

Yun Zhao doesn't know how to cook at all; he only knows that cooking oil, salt, and soy sauce are needed when stir-frying vegetables.

I know nothing else.

She didn't want to eat that weird-tasting meat again tomorrow.

Upon hearing this, Xie Tu couldn't suppress the urge to smile. "Processing mutated animal meat is very simple, it can't be explained in a few words. I'll organize it and send it to you later."

Yun Zhao: "Okay, thank you."

She spoke, then felt a little awkward, so she added, "Have you eaten?"

Xie Tu: "I'm going to the Agricultural Institute soon, and I don't have time. I plan to eat some bread in the car first."

Yun Zhao couldn't help but say, "No matter how busy you are, you still need to eat. Doesn't the research institute have an employee cafeteria? You can go over and have a meal there. They shouldn't say anything."

Xie Tu rested one hand on the steering wheel, lowered his eyelids, and softly hummed in agreement.

After they returned, their relationship seemed to have grown closer than before.

However, they still maintained a certain level of social distancing.

Both sides tacitly avoided mentioning the frank conversation that night.

—You like me.

--yes.

One felt there was plenty of time and didn't want to push too hard.

The other one seemed unsure how to handle the situation.

In the afternoon, it started to snow lightly again.

The fine snowflakes fell gently and slowly, like countless sugar frostings scattered from the sky, covering every corner.

The technicians in the workshop couldn't help but look outside.

Team Leader Xie's car was parked at the entrance, but it didn't move for a long time. The group of people were a little uneasy, wondering if there was something wrong with the renovation plan again.

The two chatted for quite a while.

Finally, Yun Zhao said, "I need to take a nap. You go ahead and do your work. Remember to eat on time."

Xie Tu: "Okay."

Hang up the phone.

Xie Tu sat in the car, his gaze passing through the falling snowflakes, fixed on the blurry road ahead.

He sat quietly for a moment before starting the car and heading to the Agricultural Research Institute.

The bread was indeed rather perfunctory.

She's right, let's go over and freeload a meal first.

Unable to contain itself, the fire phoenix gradually solidified its form and flew to rest on his shoulder.

When should we go see her?

I haven't seen the Azure Phoenix for several days.

Since Yun Zhao fell ill, the little bluebird has never left the spiritual realm.

This greatly worried Fire Phoenix.

She couldn't get used to the food cooked by others, so we took her home and took care of her...

Xie Tu patiently replied, "She'll feel more comfortable at home, which will help her recover her energy."

And he's very busy.

After inspecting all of Zero Team's new equipment, he will serve as the battalion commander of the Sentinel Winter Training Camp.

Moreover, with the end of the year approaching, there are still a bunch of miscellaneous tasks waiting to be done.

Due to population growth, the base will be introducing new policies one after another, and there will be endless meetings... year-end reports, annual meetings, and a whole host of other things.

There was simply no time to take care of her.

Xie Tu then thought that since he had some free time this afternoon, he would go to the agricultural institute to get some strawberry seeds to plant.

Next summer, she will be able to eat fresh strawberries.

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When Yun Zhao woke up from her afternoon nap, she received a recipe sent by Xie Tu.

She examined the contents carefully; they were listed in great detail.

To remove the fascia and lymph nodes from the mutated animal meat, soak it in cold water for a while, adding some cooking wine and ginger slices to help remove some of the blood and impurities.

Before cooking, prepare a marinade with cooking wine, light soy sauce, minced garlic, ginger slices, a little salt, and sugar.

Marinating the meat for several hours not only removes the gamey smell but also enhances its flavor.

Yun Zhao blinked. It was actually this troublesome?

No matter how troublesome it is, we have to do it.

Unable to stomach the gamey and foul-smelling meat of the mutated animals, she could only try her best to help Aunt Zhao improve her cooking skills.

Yun Zhao got up, picked up his coat, put on his clothes, and went next door.

When Zhao Yan learned the purpose of the visit, she realized that Zhao Zhao thought the meat she cooked was not tasty...

No wonder they didn't touch their chopsticks at lunchtime.

People who can cook understand immediately.

Zhao Yan also wanted to make sure she ate well, so she listened attentively. Her biggest problem was that she didn't recognize any of the bottles and jars of seasonings.

Yun Zhao then taught her to recognize the characters on the condiment bottle one by one.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

When He Pingping and He An'an returned from school, Yun Zhao was still there.

The two children hadn't seen her in a long time. As soon as they entered the door and saw her, they rushed over to her without even putting down their schoolbags.

"Sister Yun Zhao!"

He An'an looked up and asked, "Where did you go? Why haven't you come back for so long? Mom and we were all very worried about you."

Yun Zhao rubbed her head and said deliberately, "Going out to earn money."

Upon hearing this, He An'an hurriedly said, "Sister Yun Zhao, don't work so hard to earn money. My sister and I are very frugal, we don't spend money."

Yun Zhao found it amusing and pulled the two children to sit down. "If you know how hard I work to earn money, then study hard."

The two children sat next to her and nodded in unison.

Children's emotions come and go quickly.

A short while later.

He Pingping excitedly told her about things at school.

The primary school at the base does not place much emphasis on academic subjects; instead, physical education and handicraft classes are given high priority.

He Pingping described the new challenges in physical education class with great enthusiasm.

"In today's PE class, we learned new climbing techniques, which involved traversing back and forth on a simulated obstacle wall. I came in second place!"

Yun Zhao chimed in at the opportune moment, "Truly impressive."

He An'an is not as physically strong as her brother, but she is good at studying and quickly caught up with the school's curriculum.

Yun Zhao listened attentively.

The conversation didn't end until Zhao Yan came over and said it was time to eat.

After dinner, the two children had to do their homework, so Yun Zhao got up and left to go back to her own home.

The air conditioning is on at home, making it much warmer than the house next door.

She took off her coat as soon as she entered the room.

With nothing much to do that evening, she decided to finish copying the diary that was only half-finished.

Jiang Mu gave her this diary. She had only copied it halfway through before she put it aside because she was busy with training.

Jiang Mu is currently at the base; the diary will be returned to him sooner or later.

Let's finish this as soon as possible, so we don't have to rush to finish it when Jiang Mu leaves.

Yun Zhao turned on the desk lamp, sat down at the desk, and opened his diary.

She had just copied down the phrase 'Old Bai awakened his ability and differentiated into a guide' when she received a message from Bai Yu.

Everyone in the department has been very busy lately, so Bai Yu couldn't find the time to pick Yun Zhao up from the hospital today. They agreed that Bai Yu would come to see her during her two days off.

Yun Zhao stopped writing and replied: 【Okay.】