Chapter 122
"What are you doing here?"
Shaoxing Yang leaned against the door and looked at Zhang Hezhi who was standing at the door and asked.
"Well, the base commander has stopped all the field work, so I have nothing to do," Zhang Hezhi said after picking up two large bags and showing them off. "I'm free anyway, so why not join us for dinner? It's my treat."
Shao Xingyang glanced at what Zhang Hezhi was carrying and said, "No need. The base commander gave us money. We will buy whatever we want to eat."
After saying that, Shaoxing Yang was about to close the door, but Zhang Hezhi quickly stopped him.
"The main purpose of a dinner party is to keep in touch with each other. We may need to collaborate on other things in the future, so having a meal together can help strengthen our relationship."
Shaoxing Yang was about to refuse when he heard the door of the next room open.
"Why is it so noisy? Are there any guests coming?"
Lu Shiyu stuck his head out from behind the door and was a little surprised to see that the person coming was Zhang Hezhi.
"Why are you here? Does the base commander want to see us for something?"
As soon as Zhang Hezhi saw Lu Shiyu, he immediately changed his target, walked to Lu Shiyu's door and stuffed the thing into her hand.
"I'm here to have dinner with you. I also have something I want to talk to you about. Let's eat while we chat. Oh, and Xu Manwen will be here too."
"She's coming too?" Lu Shiyu wondered, "Shouldn't she be very busy lately?"
"In order to prevent outsiders from sneaking in, all activities during this period have been cancelled. Xu Manwen naturally became idle and was assigned to another place."
"I see."
Lu Shiyu looked down at the things in the bag. It was still the same configuration as last time. It was obvious that Zhang Hezhi really liked giving these things.
"This is the address, remember to come!"
As if Zhang Hezhi was afraid that Lu Shiyu would reject him, he stuffed the address into Lu Shiyu's hands and slipped away without even giving Lu Shiyu a chance to speak.
"Hey, why did you leave? I haven't even asked if we need to bring our own ingredients for the dinner."
"Who's here? Standing at the door for so long."
Yan Hong also walked out of the house. When she saw the two big bags in Lu Shiyu's hands, she started to rummage through them without hesitation.
"Why are these things again, and are they sent by Zhang Hezhi?"
"Um."
Yanhong picked up a piece of peach cake and took a bite. She said, "Why does he always like to give gifts like this? How did he get to the position he has today if he gives gifts like this?"
"He's the base commander's man, so I guess he's the only one who gets gifts from others."
Shaoxing Yang also came over, took a box of milk and started drinking.
Lu Shiyu handed two bags of snacks to the two of them, and then he read the note that Zhang Hezhi had stuffed in them.
"Oasis Park North District...park?" Lu Shiyu looked at the address written on the note with a confused look on his face. "Why is the dinner party in the park? A picnic?"
"Who knows?" Yan Hong said after taking a bite of the peach cake. "You'll find out when you get there."
Shaoxing Yang, who was eating a biscuit with his head down, looked up and asked, "Are you really going?"
Lu Shiyu raised the note in his hand and said, "What else? They've already come to invite us."
"And we've already missed the opportunity to refuse."
After Tang Zeyu and Chen Yunliang came back from outside, Lu Shiyu told them about Zhang Hezhi's invitation to dinner. Tang Zeyu and Chen Yunliang didn't care. Only Shao Xingyang's protest was naturally invalidated.
The next day, the group went to the appointment according to the address. Since they were working people, there were not many people in the park. When they found the north area of the park, they saw an RV parked on the lawn. A sunshade and camping equipment had been set up next to the RV.
"Are you so well prepared?"
As soon as the group walked in, Zhang Hezhi, who was moving ice buckets, noticed them and walked up to them enthusiastically to greet them.
"Why are you here so early? I just prepared everything and haven't started cooking yet."
"We were afraid we'd be late if we left home late, so we came early."
Lu Shiyu looked behind Zhang Hezhi and asked, "Shall we have dinner here today?"
Zhang Hezhi looked at his masterpiece and said confidently, "That's right! So today's theme is picnic!"
Shaoxing Yang curled his lips and whispered, "Tsk, a picnic in the park."
Zhang Hezhi took a few people to the underside of the awning and took out freshly chilled soda from the ice bucket for them.
"Zhang Manwen went to get some new ice. We didn't have enough ice to take with us. The vegetables are about to wilt."
Lu Shiyu asked, "Are we going to have a barbecue?"
Zhang Hezhi pointed to the long table beside him, which was filled with various kitchen utensils, pots and pans of various shapes, and even a grill.
"You can eat anything you want, as long as it's something that can be prepared here. I happen to know how to cook a few dishes... Where are you?"
When Zhang Hezhi turned around again, Lu Shiyu was gone. Yan Hong pointed in the direction of the table and said, "Where is that?"
Zhang Hezhi turned his head and saw Lu Shiyu looking at the kitchen utensils with shining eyes.
"Wow! This is an oven! This is a food processor! It even has a baking tray!"
Lu Shiyu couldn't let go of the kitchen utensils, as if he had seen some treasure.
"What's wrong with her?"
"It's just a cook's self-cultivation."
Chen Yunliang explained, "The kitchen utensils at Shuguang Base are very expensive. She probably couldn't bear to buy so many seldom-used ones, so..."
"I understand," Zhang Hezhi said, "I also have things I'm reluctant to buy, but I only rent these things, not buy them."
Yan Hong nodded in agreement: "I can guess, you don't look like a wealthy person."
Zhang Hezhi: “…”
After a while, Lu Shiyu came over and asked, "Can I be in charge of cooking today?"
Zhang Hezhi hesitated and said, "Ah, but you are the guest today. I was planning to cook..."
"It's okay, I just like cooking."
Zhang Hezhi explained, "It's not just that reason, the main reason is that today's ingredients are very special."
"The base commander recently suddenly asked us to research the practicality of aberrant organisms. Although our base isn't so starving that we'd have to eat those things, since the base commander said so, we have to do it anyway. So Xu Manwen and I found a batch of aberrant organisms that are non-toxic and easy to eat, and we plan to try to make dishes out of them. This is also one of the reasons why we wanted to invite you here."
"Oh~" Shaoxing Yang said with a long tone, "So you want us to be free tasters."
"Haha, I'm just looking at your experience," Zhang Hezhi said, knowing he was embarrassed. He smiled and explained, "Didn't you say you were eating deformed creatures when you came here? I thought you might have more experience, so I'm asking for your advice."
Yan Hong: "I really would rather not have this kind of experience..."
"No problem!" Lu Shiyu immediately took it and said, "We have a lot of experience in dealing with deformed creatures, whether it's making or eating them!"
Chen Yunliang looked at Tang Zeyu: "Why do you have this kind of experience? It's hard to guess."
Tang Zeyu: “…”
The careless boomerang from two months ago just happened to fly back and hit Tang Zeyu.
"Oh well."
Seeing Lu Shiyu so proactive, Zhang Hezhi stopped trying to stop him. He took a foam box from the car and said, "This contains today's ingredients. You can use them as you like. They have all been screened and are very safe."
Lu Shiyu opened the foam box. Apart from the ice cubes that had been used to preserve food but had already melted a lot, there were only deformed creatures of all sizes.
Lu Shiyu picked up a green deformed creature, which was a new species she had never seen before.
The overall shape is like a water drop, but two leaf-like structures grow at the tip. The round end is the head, with a pair of eyes on both sides, and a total of three pairs of abdominal legs.
Lu Shiyu found that it did not seem to be dead, but was just unconscious due to the freezing effect of the ice.
The moment Shaoxing Yang saw that the ingredients were insects, he jumped up.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Shao Xingyang pulled Yan Hong and Chen Yunliang to block the way, and shouted in despair: "I don't want to eat bugs!!!"
Zhang Hezhi was startled by Shaoxing Yang's sudden reaction. When he heard that it was because of insects, he quickly opened another small foam box.
"It's still there. It's not a bug."
A few people looked inside and saw pieces of bright red meat in the foam box, which looked like they had been slaughtered that day.
Lu Shiyu picked up a piece of meat, and there were beautiful snowflake patterns on it.
"What kind of meat is this?"
Zhang Hezhi thought for a moment before saying, "It's probably a deformed creature that looks like a cow, but it also looks a bit like a deer. It's hard to say exactly what it is."
Shao Xingyang was relieved and said, "As long as it's not a bug, it's fine."
Yan Hong complained, "Why do we have to eat deformed creatures when we are in a place full of humans?"
Zhang Zhang Hezhi: "The base commander thinks that there may be a blue ocean in the use of deformed organisms as food. Let us give it a try first. If we can use and cultivate them normally, the food problem of the base will be greatly alleviated."
Yan Hong covered her face, "I know, but... when I think about having to eat this kind of thing in the future, I still feel pretty desperate."
After Zhang Hezhi introduced the location of various kitchen utensils and seasonings, Lu Shiyu couldn't wait to start cooking.
"Yan Hong and Tang Zeyu, you're responsible for cleaning these green deformed creatures," Lu Shiyu instructed. "Shaoxing Yang will be responsible for cleaning the meat, and Chen Yunliang will go buy these seasonings for me."
Lu Shiyu quickly wrote a shopping list and handed it to Chen Yunliang. The others also quickly got into the state and started their respective division of labor.
Yan Hong brought a large basin of clean water, and Tang Zeyu used a water gun to wake up the deformed creature that was curled up in a ball due to freezing. Then the two of them picked up the brush and began to clean it carefully to ensure that there was no residual mud and secreted mucus.
Shaoxing Yang took the frozen meat out of the foam box, put it into water, added salt and stirred it evenly.
While waiting for the ingredients to be processed, Lu Shiyu began to prepare the side dishes and seasonings that would be needed later.
Several people were busy working when suddenly a female voice came from not far away.
"Zhang Hezhi, what's wrong with you? You invited the guests and asked them to cook."
Xu Manwen, who went out to buy ice, happened to meet Chen Yunliang, and the two came back together. As a result, when Xu Manwen came back, he saw Tang Zeyu and others working.
Zhang Hezhi hurriedly explained that they took the initiative to ask for it and thus avoided being harmed by their colleagues.
Chen Yunliang put the shopping bag on the table and said, "I've bought everything. Please check if you missed anything or bought the wrong thing."
Lu Shiyu took a quick look and confirmed that everything had been bought. At the same time, the tasks of the other people had also been completed and they could start preparing to cook.
Lu Shiyu rolled up his sleeves and put on an apron. With a click, he lit the gas stove he had not seen for a long time. Seeing the familiar blue flame, Lu Shiyu finally felt the reality of returning to human society.
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