Chapter 79 Planning
"Sister, the goods are delivered." Li Xilan dragged Yan Xinghai to the place, leaned against the door and smiled.
The tattered leather door curtain was lifted, revealing the face of a woman in her fifties.
The woman had an indifferent expression, with a cigarette dangling from her lips, which was very expensive at that time.
"How can I collect money when people are like this?"
The woman looked down and glanced at Yan Xinghai with a hint of disdain.
"No. Look, although it looks a bit shabby, it's still good looking with thick eyebrows and big eyes. It's perfect for the sisters. Please give it as much as you think is appropriate."
Li Xilan squatted down and pinched Yan Xinghai's chin, revealing his bloody facial features.
Li Xilan took out a piece of cloth and wiped the blood with disgust: "It will be fine after it is cleaned."
The woman looked at it a few more times and reluctantly said, "Okay. I'll only take it for your sake."
Having said that, he went back behind the curtain.
Yan Xinghai had already fainted, and no one knew how he woke up.
Before he could figure out the situation, he was dazzled by the flashing light of the crystal core above his head.
"One hand pays the other hand delivers the goods."
Li Xilan's cheerful voice sounded nearby.
Then Yan Xinghai felt a dry hand grabbing his hand and dragging him up with almost no effort.
Yan Xinghai saw Li Xilan's back as he counted the crystal cores and left. He wanted to speak but his throat was so sore that he couldn't utter a word. He was pulled step by step into the world behind the leather curtain by the woman who bought him.
There was a strong smell of blood on the leather curtain, and if you looked closely you could see a few bloody handprints on it.
Yan Xinghai suddenly remembered what this place was. It was the long-rumored dark field in the base, but few people had seen it. No one knew who built the dark field, but they only knew that this place was extremely hidden and appeared almost soon after the air-raid shelter became the base. At the beginning, many people were missing and dead, and no one suspected anything. Later, when there were not many people in the base and the management was strict, everyone found that many people who had eaten together yesterday had not left the base, but had disappeared since then.
The guards at the base conducted several inspections but were unable to find out what was going on.
Just ask everyone not to go alone wherever they go.
There are both men and women in the flesh trade in this world. Once a man enters this dark place, he will never be able to get out in his life.
They would be chained like cattle until they died.
I heard that even after death they cannot rest in peace, their ashes will be made into beads and displayed in a dark room as souvenirs.
Yan Xinghai's blood boiled, and he didn't know where he got the strength to break free from the woman who was holding him. He turned around and wanted to run towards the entrance.
Suddenly, a stone door fell from the leather curtain, blocking Yan Xinghai's way tightly, locking his retreat and all his wailing here.
After Li Xilan walked a long way away, he picked his ears, as if he could still hear Yan Xinghai's screams.
"See you in the next life." She put the crystal core away and said with a smile. A man who betrays a woman deserves this fate.
The next morning, Mo Fei knocked on Lin Jiyuan's door and handed him a huge lunch box.
Inside were the crystal shrimp dumplings she made in the space.
The shrimps used are all large shrimps raised in the space river. Not only are the shrimps as big as half a fist, but the meat is also extremely tender. It is very satisfying to eat one bite when wrapped in dumplings.
And you can feel the energy contained in it after taking a bite.
"So many?" Lin Jiyuan opened the lunch box and took a look.
This big lunch box is divided into three layers, which takes up half of his backpack. A rough count shows that it contains at least 200 dumplings.
"Aren't you going to look for Xiaoye and the others? They've been there for so long, I'm afraid they've run out of food. Take this with you to fill their stomachs first. I'll make them something delicious when we get back," Mo Fei instructed.
There are more than 200 dumplings in total, so each of them only has 40 to 50.
Those people, big and small, are all people with special abilities, and they have big appetites. I'm afraid all this won't be enough for them.
"Okay." Lin Jiyuan nodded in agreement.
"Take these two bottles of water as well. What if they don't have enough water? They can't just drink snow water." Mo Fei stuffed over two bottles of space water, each with about 500ml.
Mo Fei felt that she had finished explaining and was about to leave, but Lin Jiyuan called her hesitantly: "Will you go with me? It will be the same if we come back to pick up Xi Shan later."
"No, I promised my teacher that I would make breakfast for him in the morning, so I have to make breakfast for Xishan as well. It would be bad if he suddenly changes his mind and doesn't go with us." Mo Fei shook his head.
She suddenly looked at Lin Jiyuan: "You were not like this before. How can you suddenly change your mind about something you have planned and decided on?"
Lin Jiyuan lowered his dark eyes and smiled at Mo Fei: "You speak as if you have known me for a long time."
"The natural disaster made the days seem like years. How can a few months of knowing each other not be considered a long time? I won't talk to you anymore. I'm packing up and going to the cafeteria." Mo Fei also smiled.
She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that it was a miracle that they could get along so well now compared to the suspicion of each other when they first met.
"Okay. I'll be back as soon as possible." Lin Jiyuan nodded.
Mo Fei had just left Lin Jiyuan's room when Bai Qi's door opened.
"Good morning." Bai Qi was still holding his black halberd, and a gentle smile appeared on his face when he saw Mo Fei.
This coincidence was so strange that Mo Fei began to wonder if Bai Qi was waiting at the door just to listen for any noise, and would open the door as soon as he heard her voice.
But who would be so idle? Mo Fei imagined in his mind the sound of Bai Qi sticking to the door panel to listen to the noise, which was really inconsistent with his image.
Mo Fei responded with a greeting: "I plan to go to the cafeteria to work. Why did you get up so early today?" She subconsciously concealed the fact that she was leaving today.
"I want to go to my bookstore today, and I still have a lot of books that I haven't brought with me. I can't sleep anyway, so I'll get up early so I can go early and come back early."
"Okay, then I'll talk to the people in the cafeteria and ask them to save a breakfast for you. Remember to eat it when the time comes." Mo Fei said.
"Aren't you going to the window to get your meal today?" Bai Qi asked.
Mo Fei answered fluently: "No, I have something else to do today."
She didn't notice that Bai Qi was still standing in the corridor after she left. He looked down from the second floor at Mo Fei's back, his eyes cold and gloomy, without a trace of human energy, almost the same as those zombies who were ignorant and only knew how to hunt.
"Teacher, why are you here so early?"
Mo Fei originally thought that she would be the first one to arrive at the cafeteria, but she didn't expect that the chef would arrive earlier than her.
"Yes." The chef nodded with his back to her, "What dish should I make today?"
"Teacher, do you have any particular dishes you want to eat? If not, I can think of them myself based on the existing dishes."
Mo Fei's eyes wandered over the meat and vegetables in the kitchen.
Apart from anything else, the vegetables here are all watered and grown by plant-based psychics using their special powers. Although not as good as those grown in her space and the town, they are as good as those commonly seen before the disaster. They grow juicy and have high yields.
Since this might be the "last breakfast" she made for her teacher, she must use the best ingredients.
Mo Fei planned to replace the original with some vegetables and take out some of the same kind grown in the space.
The chef was not picky and pointed to the small blackboard next to him:
"What do you want to make for breakfast today? Just make it."
On the small blackboard was today's menu written in chalk by the chef before Mo Fei arrived.
Breakfast: hand-rolled noodles, vegetable and meat wontons, fried dough sticks, and boiled peanuts.
Lunch: Stir-fried pork with green pepper, stir-fried pork with bean curd, boiled cabbage, stir-fried diced eggplant, and stir-fried cabbage.
Dinner: sausage, three fresh vegetables, vegetable soup, and scrambled eggs with green peppers.
After reading the menu, Mo Fei asked, "Teacher, is the meat in these vegetable and meat wontons pork?"
The chef snorted, "What are you thinking? The meat on the blackboard that doesn't specify what kind of meat it is is basically mutated animal meat, and a lot of it is insect meat. There are farms growing vegetables in the base, and naturally there are meat farms raising insects. Those insects reproduce quickly, have high protein content, burst with juice, and don't have much brains. Their meat is most suitable for cooking and canning. Otherwise, with so many people in the base, how can we supply so much meat every day?"
Worm meat wontons.
After hearing this description, Mo Fei, who was a little hungry, was now full.
Even if insect meat tastes acceptable, knowing it is one thing and not knowing it is another.
For the ten thousandth time, she silently expressed her gratitude in her heart that she had such a useful space that saved her from having to eat insect flesh to survive.
"What do you want to eat most? I'll make it for you." Mo Fei asked.
The chef said nothing.
"Then I'll choose it myself, hand-rolled noodles."
Mo Fei put on his chef's uniform, put on a mask, rolled up his sleeves and started working.
Since making noodles requires kneading the dough first, Mo Fei asked:
"Teacher, can I add two eggs? It will be more delicious."
The chef pointed to the box of eggs next to him and said, "Help yourself."
He didn't seem to be angry because Mo Fei was leaving today. Instead, he watched her kneading the dough. The chef saw that she added water and alkali just right, kneaded the dough with full force, and the dough was smooth and delicate after proofing. He nodded with appreciation.
After Mo Fei kneaded the dough, he took a big rolling pin and kept rolling the dough.
Continue rolling the dough until it is a large round sheet, then roll it back and forth on the rolling pin.
After doing this several times, roll the rolling pin in from the other direction, pull out the rolling pin, then cut it into thin strips with a knife, shake it open, and sprinkle some cornmeal to prevent sticking.
The most important noodles in hand-rolled noodles are ready.
Next comes the marinade part.
Mo Fei took a piece of thawed mutant meat from the side. This piece of meat weighed more than 30 kilograms and was very heavy.
It's hard to tell from the appearance what kind of animal the meat is; it looks like a mixture of fat and lean, and I don't know what it will taste like after being stir-fried.
The chef seemed to see through her doubts: "This is from a mutant gecko. It ate several people before being caught. It has been in the cafeteria for so long that there is not much left. Remember to add more cooking wine to remove the fishy smell."
Mo Fei nodded, put a little oil in the pot, and then put the mutant gecko meat in. First, stir-fry the meat with even fat and lean meat until it has a burnt aroma, then add a handful of chopped green onions and stir-fry until fragrant.
Then Mo Fei added soy sauce and sweet bean sauce, stir-fried it until it brought out the aroma, and then poured in the chopped mushrooms and continued to stir-fry until it brought out the aroma.
She first added a large spoonful of water, then put in a little salt and sugar and boiled it.
While the chef was busy with other dishes, Mo Fei added a spoonful of space water into the pot.
The slightly bluish space water carried extremely strong supernatural power, bubbling and blending into the ordinary pot of soup in the blink of an eye.
After a while the soup became thick.
Mo Fei added some dark soy sauce for coloring and drizzled a little sesame oil into the dish before serving.
A large pot of gecko meat marinade is ready. It looks no different from ordinary pork.
Finally, add water to the pot and bring it to a boil. Put in an appropriate amount of hand-rolled noodles. Pour cold water into the water to shock it, then boil the water again, and add a spoonful of clean water. Repeat this three times and then you can serve it.
Just pour a spoonful of marinade on the noodles and you can start eating. Just the smell makes you hungry.
"Teacher, it's ready, please try it." Mo Fei poured the marinade on top and blanched two small and firm green vegetables, then added a little chili oil to make the bowl of hand-rolled noodles look even more delicious.
"Aren't you hungry?" The chef picked up the chopsticks and looked at her.
"I'm not hungry. I'll eat when I get home."
When the word "home" was mentioned, Mo Fei seemed to become lighter.
She squinted her eyes and smiled, thinking of her parents in town and the children outside the base.
While the chef was eating, Mo Fei wiped the table and asked:
"Teacher, are you familiar with Xi Shan? What kind of person do you think he is?"
"Not cooked." The chef picked up a large spoonful of noodles and slowly put it into his mouth. After swallowing it, he stared at the noodles and asked, "What on earth did you put in this?"
Mo Fei brought a glass of water over: "I didn't put anything in it. Didn't you watch me do it?"
The chef didn't force it:
"If I don't tell you, you don't have to tell me either. After you leave, I'm afraid those people won't be able to eat such delicious food anymore."
They cooked in the cafeteria, but they didn't plan to make it delicious. In the disaster, it was good to have a hot meal to fill their stomachs. But Mo Fei was different. She just cooked and never hesitated about any steps. The food she cooked was naturally delicious.
Mo Fei watched the chef eat noodles, and suddenly he felt a sense of parting with his elders:
"Teacher, I have some pickled vegetables and dried meat at home. They are all made by me and taste pretty good. Especially the dried meat, which is made from mutant bison and has very good quality. I will bring it to you when we send Xishan back to the base."
"No need." The chef ate his noodles quickly, threw his bowl and chopsticks on the table and wiped his mouth. "You can leave when you are done. Don't be an eyesore here."
An hour later, other employees in the cafeteria also came to work one after another. In another hour, breakfast in the cafeteria would be served. The team led by the Bai family had already formed a team at the entrance of the base and should be leaving soon.
Once Mo Fei and the other team leave, they can join up with Xi Shan and travel together.
Leave this place early and go home.
"Thank you, teacher." Mo Fei said gratefully again.
Of course, I also took a lunch box and packed a portion of hand-rolled noodles. She had to eat Xi Shan even if she didn't want to. I'll take the food in the lunch box to Xi Shan later.
After Mo Fei left, Xi Shan came out from an entrance in the kitchen.
He looked at the pot of hot and fragrant marinade and smiled: "Did you see it clearly?"
The chef's face was a little stiff: "I saw it clearly. The reason why the dishes she cooked have those mysterious powers is probably because she took water from her personal space or something like that."
"As expected. Then my trip wasn't in vain."
Xi Shan had a gloomy look on his face, revealing a sinister plot in his mind.
"You may not be able to get any advantage this time. The friend she traveled with is also a level 4." The chef suddenly said.
Xi Shan thought it was hilarious: "Are you crazy? Do you really think you can only treat illnesses? What's wrong with level 4? One level 4 is not a group of level 4s. What's there to be afraid of?"
The chef was silent for a while, then said, "Okay. Then take the space and leave. Don't hurt her."
"You're becoming more and more nagging. Considering that we became sworn brothers in prison and she is your only disciple, I will definitely not do anything unnecessary as long as she is honest." Xi Shan was a little impatient.
"Go ahead, she will be waiting for you at the entrance of the base." The head chef pointed outside, not wanting to pay too much attention to Xi Shan.
Xi Shan sneered and walked outside.
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