Chapter 729 Meeting Friends

Zhao Ping'an, Chu Peipei and Long Cong'an bought their houses together, in the same building, not far from An Nan's house, just opposite.

Before Annan and Gu Zhiyu went home, they went to the building opposite first.

As expected, there was no one at Zhao Ping'an and Chu Peipei's house, even Aunt Hu had gone out to work.

Annan simply took out a pen and paper and left a message on the door, telling them that he had moved base and inviting them to come over after get off work for a gathering.

There is someone at Long Cong'an's house. Although he has gone out to work, his wife Li Shihan has to stay at home to take care of the children.

When Li Shihan saw Gu Zhiyu and An Nan suddenly coming to his house, he was so happy that he quickly invited them home.

Seeing that it was almost dusk and Annan was in a hurry to go back to prepare the food, she did not go in. She asked Li Shihan to wait for Long Cong'an to get off work, and the three of them would go to her house together and then chat in detail.

Then the two of them hurried back home.

After walking around for a while, both of them were cold and their noses were red from the cold. After warming up in the house for a while, they prepared hot pot as planned.

It's such a cold day, I'm sure Sister Pepe and the others are also cold after get off work. They gather here to eat a steaming hot pot, which is warm and cozy.

But now I live in a residential building after all, and I can’t eat beef hot pot with a strong smell, so as not to alarm the neighbors upstairs and downstairs.

So I made a clear soup seafood hotpot base.

There was no shortage of fresh seafood in Annan's space. Although the storage space could not hold living things, they were all put away as soon as they were killed.

But taking out such fresh goods would inevitably arouse the suspicion of Sister Pepe and the others. After all, this place is not near the sea and it is covered with ice and snow, so how can there be fresh seafood?

So I just took out a bag of dried seafood as the base of the pot, and found some frozen seafood for seasoning.

Zhao Ping'an and the others all knew that Annan and Gu Zhiyu had been to Haicheng near the eastern base, so it was normal for them to bring back some frozen shrimps, frozen blackfish, frozen squid, etc.

Gu Zhiyu also used a meat planer to plan some frozen meat rolls, including beef, mutton, and pork, mixed together. They didn't ask what specific meat it was.

Annan chopped the shrimp into paste, made some fresh shrimp paste, and added frozen hot pot meatballs, which made the dish complete.

Those hot pot meatballs thickened with starch and essence would have been considered junk food before the natural disaster, but now they are just the right flavor to satisfy your craving.

After all, in recent years, everyone has consumed less salt, let alone spices. No matter what food it is, it is fine as long as it is cooked, and the mouth will be as bland as a bird.

Junk food like hot pot meatballs can be used to satisfy your cravings.

In addition, on weekdays, when Annan and Gu Zhiyu closed the door and ate hot pot by themselves, they had to get more fresh vegetables, but in front of other people, they could only get some dried vegetables.

I don't think Zhao Ping'an and the others would mind.

The weather is extremely cold and fuel is limited, so basically no one can do indoor farming, and dried vegetables have become very expensive and hard to come by.

Annan had noticed when he was shopping in a supermarket before that there were no vegetables at all. There were only a few bags of dried vegetables, and they were all priced sky-high. Ordinary survivors could not even think of eating them.

Zhao Ping'an and his family had grown a lot of vegetables before the extreme cold, but now the remaining dried vegetables have probably been almost eaten up.

Even if there was some left, people probably wouldn't eat more on weekdays. Annan simply put out a few more plates to ensure that everyone would have enough.

After a while of hard work, all the basic ingredients were prepared. Even the staple noodles were hand-rolled by Gu Zhiyu himself, without using ready-made thin noodles.

However, Annan did not prepare the sweet potato chips that are indispensable for hot pot this time.

Once the mutant sweet potato comes out, sweet potato will be the most abundant thing in the world.

Before the disaster, people ate meat today and vegetables tomorrow, rice today and noodles tomorrow. But after the disaster, the survivors may only have sweet potatoes in their homes every day.

Although it is better than being hungry before, it is inevitable to feel bored after a long time.

Just as the two of them had packed up everything, there was a knock on the door.

They are Chu Peipei, Zhao Pingan and Aunt Hu.

As soon as the door opened, Chu Peipei rushed in and hugged Annan excitedly:

"Nannan! You finally moved here!! I missed you so much!"

Chu Peipei had been at the base for nearly a year, and had only met Annan twice during that time.

She didn't have that much fuel, so of course she couldn't drive all the way back to Luoan Mountain to visit Annan.

Although Annan had plenty of fuel in the space, he couldn't just come here for no reason. He only came to the base three times during this period, taking the opportunity to check the progress of the construction and visit his friends.

The last time I came to the base was a few days ago. I came here to help Zhao Pingan to experiment with rabbits. But at that time, I took the rabbit and left. Chu Peipei happened to be at work, so she naturally didn't see it.

It has been more than four months since I last saw Sister Pepe.

Both of them were very excited, until Gu Zhiyu coughed lightly beside them, and then Chu Peipei let go of Annan, who was tightly in her arms.

Then he rolled his eyes at Gu Zhiyu and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. You can't even hug me for a little longer! I'll give it back to you!"

Gu Zhiyu: ...

He was really just bitten by the cold air they brought in.

Annan happily led the three people into the house: "It's cold outside, right? Come in and warm up!"

Aunt Hu walked in from behind, smiling and saying, "Sister Peipei really misses you so much that she almost flew all the way."

Zhao Pingan also said, "Yes! My mother and I got off work and just went downstairs, and I saw her rushing out from upstairs in high spirits. She didn't even bother to explain herself and dragged us over."

"I didn't know I was here to see you until you opened the door."

Then he looked around and said, "Idol, have you guys moved in completely?"

Annan nodded: "Yes. I knew you were busy at work, so I didn't rush to find you. I only called you over after I had packed up."

Long Cong'an's family had not arrived yet, and Annan was not in a hurry to invite them to the table. He first led them to the sofa, poured them some hot ginger tea, and sat down to talk.

Annan held Chu Peipei's hand and said, "The last time I met Zhao Ping'an, he said that you are now in the base hospital and have become a top doctor?"

Chu Peipei did not hold back and said happily, "This is all I have, shouldn't I make the most of it?"

Then he explained embarrassedly:

"We don't have much work to do normally. Medicinal materials are in short supply, so we just do simple emergency bandaging work. It was only because I happened to save a leader last time that I was given the title of a gold medal doctor."

She was naturally happy that her skills could be put to good use. Annan congratulated her and asked Aunt Hu:

"Aunt Hu, Zhao Ping'an said you are growing sweet potatoes in the Ministry of Agriculture. How is it? Is it hard work?"