I couldn't help it, so I picked up one and put it in my mouth and took a bite. The fried dough stick might have just been fried, so it was still a little hot. The outside was so crispy that it fell apart with a crackling sound.
After chewing it for a few times, the fried dough sticks had a salty taste accompanied by the aroma of oil. It was delicious. Chen Ye's eyes lit up. From then on, her favorite breakfast changed from big meat buns to fried dough sticks.
When Da Shuang came back with the bowl, Chen Ye had already finished the whole large fried dough stick. Da Shuang looked at him with amusement: "Is it really that delicious?"
Chen Ye nodded with sparkling eyes: "It's delicious. This is the first time I've eaten it. It turns out fried food tastes like this."
After hearing this, even Dashuang, an orphan at such a young age, felt a pang of sadness: "If it's delicious, eat more. Didn't you see I bought so much?"
"Drink some soy milk, don't choke. There's chili powder in the tofu pudding. It's what you like, so drink more."
Chen Ye was so busy that she didn't even have time to talk. She lowered her head so much that it almost fell into the bowl. In no time, she quickly stuffed three pairs of fried dough sticks, half a bowl of soy milk, and half a bowl of tofu pudding into her stomach.
She burped and rubbed her stomach with a satisfied look on her face. She wanted to eat a big meat bun, but it was a pity that her stomach was not strong enough.
"Are you full?"
"Hmm, hmm, it's delicious. I wonder when I can eat it again. It would be great if I could make it myself so I can make it whenever I want."
Chen Ye shook his head: "That's not right. Even if I could make it myself, I wouldn't have that much oil."
I'll go back to Dahei and see if there's any extra oil to take home.
Da Shuang knocked Chen Ye's head with chopsticks: "What conditions? You want to eat every day? I'll treat you next time you come. Are you going out today?"
"Don't go out for now. Wait for me to pack up and send the things to Yuan Pengyue's house, and everything will be fine."
"Just tell me what happens next. I have to go back quickly. I plan to see if I can catch the evening train back to the county town."
Da Shuang disagreed: "That won't work. Even though you look like a little kid, it's still not safe to take a bus at night. It will be late at night when we get to the county town, which is very dangerous. It's better to take the train back tomorrow morning."
Seeing Da Shuang's disapproval, Chen Ye didn't insist: "Okay, I'll take the bus back early tomorrow morning. I don't know what's going on back home."
"It shouldn't be a big problem, otherwise Er Shuang would have called me a long time ago."
"Ah! There's a telephone at your workplace?" She has lived here for twelve years and has never seen what a telephone looks like.
"How is that possible? It's the office number. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find me if something urgent happened, so I gave Ershuang our factory office number."
"oh."
"I'm done. It's almost time for me to go to work. Don't worry about this. If you're hungry at noon, heat up some buns and eat them. I'll clean up after I get back from get off work."
Chen Ye was too full to move: "Let's go, I'll take care of it."
Da Shuang was amused and wrote down an address for Chen Ye: "This is Yuan Pengyue's address. Be careful when you go there. After all, he used to be a soldier. He is much better than that loser Zhang Wei."
"Don't worry, I will be careful." She didn't dare tell Dashuang about her suspicion last night. He was a spy, and it would be very troublesome if he got involved.
After resting for a while, Chen Ye quickly got up to clean up the dishes and wiped the table clean so that there was no oil stain on it. Then he took out paper and pen to write and draw.
Chen Ye didn't put down the pen until his stomach growled with hunger. He rubbed his sore wrist and checked the contents of the paper. Feeling that there was nothing wrong, he carefully folded it and put it in an envelope.
Then she went to the kitchen to find the big meat buns that Dashuang mentioned. She looked at the bright sun outside and decided to eat them as they were without heating them. After eating three big buns and drinking half a teacup of water, Chen Ye felt alive again.
This should be the lunch break at noon, but I wonder if Mr. Yuan can be at home at noon?
Never mind, she would just go and check to see if he was at home. She looked down at her clothes, touched her face, and decided to change her look before going over.
Yuan Pengyue's home is in two directions from Zhang Wei's, and it also has an independent courtyard. However, this courtyard is much more dilapidated, and even the walls are replaced by wooden boards and sticks. Every household here is like this.
She didn't ask anyone casually, mainly because it was the hottest time of the day and most people were probably resting at home. Anyway, she didn't see anyone when she entered the alley.
After finding the address Dashuang told her, she didn't dare to get close. She just observed the yard from a distance. The good thing about the wooden stick was that it was just as convenient to see inside from the outside as from the inside.
After waiting for about half an hour, a tall man walked out of a door in the yard. Chen Ye's eyesight was good and he could see the man's face clearly.
This Yuan Pengyue should be the same person that Dashuang described to himself. He is nearly 1.8 meters tall, with a strong build, dark skin, and the kind of crew cut that is typical of soldiers.
Before she could continue to look at the facial features, the man in the yard suddenly looked at her. His sharpness was amazing!
Chen Ye did not avoid the other person's gaze. He looked at the man and continued to touch him naturally, as if he was looking around out of curiosity.
She could feel that this person had been staring at her for a long time. His eyes were sharp and seemed to see through her. As expected of a former soldier, this look only gave a sense of oppression but absolutely no malice. She could still bear it.
However, it was because she did not dodge that she could see clearly the facial features of the man opposite her. The scar from his forehead to his temple allowed her to see it clearly, and she was sure that this person was Yuan Pengyue whom she was looking for.
Feeling that the gaze had disappeared, Chen Ye quickly took out the letters he had sorted out this morning from his bag and wrapped a stone inside.
While Yuan Pengyue turned around, she ran a few steps and threw the envelope wrapped in the stone into the yard of Yuan Pengyue's house.
To be precise, it was thrown at the back of Yuan Pengyue's heel. Chen Ye performed this set of movements without any pause. When Yuan Pengyue came back to his senses, he could only see Chen Ye's back from a distance.
Not sensing any malicious intent, Yuan Pengyue did not chase after him. He looked down at the envelope on the ground. The stones had now broken apart and rolled out. He hesitated for a moment and picked it up directly.
When I saw the five words "Personally addressed to Yuan Pengyue" written on the envelope, I recalled the appearance of the young man just now. He was a very ordinary person. After a while, I couldn't even remember what he looked like.
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