Chapter 258 Soft Heart

Mr. Cheng is familiar with the area and his family members work in a restaurant. The principle that it is easier to get things done with people around applies everywhere, so it is easy to get some ingredients.

The two old people came back with their shopping soon.

Xia Zhizhi and Cheng Yao were eating melon seeds under the cherry tree in the backyard.

Ah Ju was the one who acted a little more like a human being. He knew that three young people with strong hands and feet couldn't just sit there and wait for meals, so he was very sensible and went to the kitchen to help and learn from them.

The cherries in the backyard are beginning to ripen. Grandpa Cheng has grandchildren at home. Although they don't live with him, they always come over to eat them during the holidays.

So there are only a few red ones left on the top.

Seeing Xia Zhizhi staring at the cherries, Cheng Yao climbed up the tree, picked half a bowl for her, rinsed them with well water, and handed them to her.

Xia Zhizhi took it and tasted it. It had a strong fruity flavor, sour and sweet. This kind of cherry was different from the cherries that came later. It had a big core and a thin skin, so it had a sizzling taste.

Cheng Yao smiled and said, "This tastes just average. If you like cherries, go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some. There is a cherry orchard here, and the fruits are in season these two days."

After that, Cheng Yao sat next to her and whispered, "Comrade Xia, I admire you a lot. You are a female comrade, but you are very brave and run around everywhere. Cheng Rong was timid when she was young, but she became braver after knowing you."

The Cheng family favors boys over girls. They put all their attention on their sons and not their daughters.

It was purely an accident that Xia Zhizhi met Cheng Yao, but sometimes there are so many accidents that they don't seem like accidents at all.

Cheng Yao came here with a special mission, and he met someone related to him, and he met him through the channel of reporting spies. It was indeed too coincidental and it was inevitable that people would think too much.

Xia Zhizhi had no interest in Cheng Yao and directly pointed out his temptation: "Cheng Rong is very brave. It is definitely not because she knows me. It's just that when she reaches the time to rebel, even if it's not me, she will definitely have other ideas. I'm not bragging. I think she is lucky to meet me."

"That's true." Cheng Yao laughed and scratched his head, looking quite honest: "It would be good to let her learn more from you."

Xia Zhizhi spread her hands and said, "You have so many masters in your family and none of them can teach me, what can I do?"

She looked very sincere: "I just planned to go to Yang City to see how the blind-sweeping group there was developing. Along the way, I wanted to see the development of other cities. It would be a surprise if I ran into enemy spies. I just wanted to climb Penglai Mountain and take some photos. I can't just ignore it if I ran into them, right? You don't have to worry too much. I'll leave in two days."

Cheng Yao said hurriedly: "Hey, that's not what I meant. It's just a professional habit. Please forgive me for being surprised."

Xia Zhizhi said generously: "It's okay, I understand."

The two of them played for a while, and then the meal was ready.

The weather is warm now, so we put it directly in the yard.

Cheng Yao carried out a table and Ah Ju started serving the dishes.

Spanish mackerel balls, peach blossom shrimps, roast chicken, fried sea sausage with leeks, and a stew.

Use crude sweet potato starch as the raw material, add water to the starch, heat it and freeze it to make jelly.

Then cut the jelly into small pieces and fry them in a pan until the outside becomes charred and the color changes from white to transparent.

Then add the sauce and mix.

Liu Lin (a Sichuan educated youth at the educated youth point) is from Sichuan. She has eaten the fried sweet potato rice cake made by Liu Lin, which tastes a bit similar to this one, but the methods are not exactly the same, and you can still taste the difference in the texture.

The most important thing is that the sauce prepared by Master Cheng is delicious.

Xia Zhizhi felt that she had made a misunderstanding. The most delicious food these days was definitely not all found in state-owned restaurants.

After all, even if the chefs had good skills in the past, they are not working for themselves now, so they are bound to slack off at work. Those who have extremely high demands on themselves and demand perfection are a minority.

She is not a big shot, so people just cook it casually. It is impossible for them to put in 120% of their effort to cook it for her.

You can taste the difference between dishes carefully prepared by skilled master chefs and those simply cooked casually as soon as you put them in your mouth.

You should eat at other people’s homes more often in the future!

After dinner, I planned to just pack up and leave.

Cheng Yao asked her where she was going.

Xia Zhizhi said, "I went to Xikou Village and took a photo of a little girl. I promised to give it to her."

Since she had something to do, Cheng Yao had done his best as a host, and the two of them said goodbye.

As the two of them passed by, many people gathered at the entrance of the village.

The warriors' ability to act is faster than Xia Zhizhi imagined.

Jiang Lili was caught. During the struggle, her braid became disheveled and her hair became messy. She looked very dishevelled.

The captain asked her with deep sorrow: "Jiang Zhiqing, why do you want to do something that is not worthy of the country and the people?"

"Ha." Jiang Lili sneered: "Who am I sorry for? They were the first to let me down. My family is just an ordinary fisherman in Fu City. When the Kuomintang passed by, they confiscated our fishing boats. They have guns, and we are just ordinary people. If they don't give us boats, are we going to fight them with our lives?"

At this point, Jiang Lili was a little hysterical: "What did our family do wrong that we have to pay for it with the lives of ten of us?"

The captain scolded: "You have no remorse and are talking nonsense. You are crazy!"

The soldier who arrested Jiang Lili handcuffed her and said, "If you don't want to suffer, tell me everything you know. How many accomplices do you have? Where are they? What are their names?"

Things have come to this point, being stubborn will only result in more beatings. Jiang Lili understood the current situation, calmed down for a while, and said a few names. Xia Zhizhi listened and found that there was no Erzhuzi.

When Jiang Lili was taken away, the villagers gathered together and sighed for a while, wondering how she could be that kind of person.

As for other topics, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything.

Jiang Lili was very popular in the village, and many people had contacts with her. No one thought that she would be an enemy spy. After a few sighs, everyone went their separate ways.

Xia Zhizhi went to Erya's house, and found Erya sitting on the doorstep in a daze.

After all, she had liked Jiang Lili before.

Seeing Xia Zhizhi, Erya came out and forced a smile, but it was obvious that she was still unhappy.

Xia Zhizhi handed her the photo she had promised her.

After seeing the photos, Erya became interested and even planned to invite Xia Zhizhi to dinner.

Xia Zhizhi rejected her.

On the way back, Xia Zhizhi took a detour to visit the grandfather and his two grandsons.

Both of them were frightened by the movement in the village and locked the door. The old one sat on the wooden board, and the young one buried his head in his arms, trembling for comfort.

Xia Zhizhi stood outside for a while, sighed, turned around and left.

It started to drizzle after a while. Ah Ju held an umbrella and silently accompanied her behind her.

"Aju."

"I am here."

Xia Zhizhi paused for a moment and said, "I seem to have softened."