By the time Gu Xi helped the Qin sisters pack up the cabbage in the field and returned to the other side of the stream, Wei Heng had already gone back to steam the sweet potatoes and was currently peeling the tomatoes...
Wei Heng had discovered a long time ago that Gu Xi was not picky and usually ate whatever was available, but among all the vegetables, she seemed to particularly like eating sweet and sour tomatoes?
And when she eats tomatoes, she has another characteristic - she never eats tomato skins.
After the apocalypse, food has become particularly precious. No one will waste food. Gu Xi, a person who eats watermelon and even the watermelon rind, refuses to eat tomato rinds. This is obviously not because of being picky...
Wei Heng is a very careful person. After discovering this, he would carefully peel tomatoes every time...
But this time, Gu Xi stared at the peeled tomatoes in his hand and frowned slightly.
"What's wrong?" Wei Heng raised his head and asked.
"Nothing." Gu Xi was thinking about other things and said casually: "I just suddenly thought that there was a famous dish before the end of the world - tomato and egg soup..."
At this time, Wei Heng's brows also wrinkled.
After the apocalypse, although chickens have mutated, they can still lay eggs.
And the size of the egg is bigger than the mouth of the bowl.
It's just the taste...it's hard to describe in words.
After Wei Heng was tricked into eating eggs once when he was a child, he never touched that thing again.
This is why, although Wei Heng has always wanted to replenish Gu Xi's health, he has never thought of boiling a few eggs or simmering a pot of chicken soup for her - eating those things will kill you!
Now when Gu Xi suddenly mentioned this, he thought she was curious and wanted to try it. After thinking about it, he tactfully advised: "Actually, tomato soup without eggs is also quite delicious..."
Just at this moment, Shen Yue also wandered over in time for his meal.
Gu Xi glanced behind him, and sure enough he didn't find that person, not even Qi Xiang came back.
It seems that Wei Heng knows that person very well and his guess is correct...
"Is the meal ready?" Shen Yue went to the kitchen with a familiarity, got a pair of bowls and chopsticks, squatted down next to the two of them, and still had half a sweet potato in his mouth.
Wei Heng raised his head and glanced at him, speechless: "..."
Shen Yue suddenly said: "Ye Junhan protected Ye Nan and the two professors and went to the forest last night..."
Although the two professors are ordinary people and don't know much about X-energy, they are professionals in the field of botany. After Ye Nan analyzed the sample data of the mutated locust tree brought back, the two professors immediately showed
of great interest.
No, they didn't even bother to eat lunch, so they asked Ye Junhan to take them into the forest.
Gu Xi thought for a while, then tilted her head and asked him: "Qi Xiang is also here?"
Shen Yue nodded and looked at her: "You seem to be...interested in Qi Xiang?"
Gu Xi met his probing eyes and said without hesitation: "Her powers are very interesting."
"Really?" Shen Yue shrugged and seemed to say it casually, but in fact he said blatantly: "I thought you were interested in Dr. Qi..."
Gu Xi couldn't help but take another look at him. This man's sensitivity was not inferior to that of Wei Heng.
But she neither admitted nor denied, but asked: "The two professors went into the forest, so why didn't you go?"
Shen Yue has always been in charge of the security of the two professors. It makes no sense that the two professors went into the forest, but Shen Yue, the security officer, did not.
Shen Yue stood up and ate the remaining sweet potatoes. He leaned back lazily and glanced at Wei Heng next to him: "With Ye Junhan here, I don't have to go..."
Wei Heng lowered his head and put the peeled tomatoes in his hands into a basin aside. After wiping his hands, he turned around and added a handful of firewood to the stove.
Gu Xi raised her eyebrows slightly: Why did she feel that the atmosphere between the two men was a bit strange?
…
In the afternoon, a few young people had nothing to do and went to open a few acres of land at the foot of the unowned barren mountain nearby. They decided to plant another crop of large watermelons to send to the Hengshan front line.
During this period, Professor Zhao and others never left the forest.
Shen Yue would look at Gu Xi meaningfully from time to time, which was so blatant.
Gu Xi acted as if he didn't see it, and the emotion on his face did not fluctuate at all.
But Wei Heng couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't want her to clean up the watermelon, so he hurriedly pushed Gu Xi back to rest.
Gu Xi didn't force it.
The weather was pretty good in the afternoon, with clear skies and warm but not scorching sunshine.
Gu Xi did not go back to the house, but moved a deck chair out, leaning against the corner to bask in the sun while listening to the radio slowly.
But I was thinking about something else:
At noon, she saw Wei Heng peeling a tomato, which reminded her that the energy in the mutated locust tree was now wrapped in her power. It was like the skin of a tomato. No one would touch it, so it would be fine.
But once that layer of skin is lifted off, the weird energy that was previously suppressed by her powers will grow explosively.
By then, the mutated locust tree will most likely undergo malignant transformation in a very short period of time.
At that time, it will be another troublesome matter.
You know, judging from the information Xu Yiersan revealed before, the locations where the previous cases of malignant transformation of alien plants occurred were all far apart.
Near Camp No. 9527, two incidents of malignant transformation of alien plants have occurred in a short period of time.
If another malignant incident of alien plants occurs nearby at this time... then Camp 9527 will probably become the focus of everyone's attention.
This is obviously not a good thing for Gu Xi, at least for Gu Xi now.
Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed.
It needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
At this moment, Shen Yue suddenly came over.
Gu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that Wei Heng failed to guard him after all.
Shen Yue glanced at her, then went to the house and brought out another recliner, and lay comfortably next to Gu Xi. He turned his head and looked over: "Are you listening to the radio again?"
He found that this girl seemed to particularly like listening to the radio. Ever since she bought this antique radio, she would listen to it almost every day.
Gu Xi responded casually.
Shen Yue's eyes fell on the somewhat old dictionary in her hand, and he raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you think of this?"
Gu Xi: "I haven't read much, and I haven't gone to school seriously... Nowadays, it's rare for me to settle down, live a leisurely life, and be quiet when I have time... I just look around."
When Li Ming designated the code book as a dictionary, Qi Ran laughed at him, saying that these days, even old scholars can't live with a dictionary.
After all, the days after the apocalypse are really too difficult. Even if it is difficult to survive, who would live with those useless books all day long?
The nostalgia and sadness flashed across Gu Xi's eyes.
Shen Yue looked at her, suddenly sat up from the recliner, touched his chin with one hand and said, "That's it...I have been studying for a few years, how about I teach you?"
Gu Xi raised her eyes slightly and stared at him for a while, "...Okay."
With that said, she directly handed the dictionary in her hand to Shen Yue.
Shen Yue was not polite. After taking the dictionary, he coughed twice. He rarely restrained his usual carelessness and began to look through the "textbook" he had just received in a serious manner.
Suddenly, the man paused while flipping through the dictionary, pointed to a word on a certain page, and asked Gu Xi, "Do you know this word?"
Gu Xi followed his direction and looked over, raising her eyebrows slightly: "A monster?"
Shen Yue immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Gu Xiaoxi, you are amazing, you know such difficult words..." with a somewhat teasing smile on his face.
Gu Xi was speechless and said with a straight face: "...Although I don't read much, I'm not illiterate." Reading and literacy is no problem.
You know, she grew up in the Superpower Research Institute since she was a child.
Where is the Institute of Extraordinary Abilities? It is a place where high-level intellectuals gather together!
Therefore, although Gu Xi has little education and has never been to school seriously, it is still no problem to know a few words due to the influence she has had since childhood... What's more, Li Ming also taught her a lot when she was a child.
but……
Gu Xi's eyes once again fell on the words under the man's fingertips - demons and monsters?
Is this hinting at something to her?
Thinking about it carefully, Shen Yue was indeed a little unusual today.
He was the security officer of the two professors. Normally, if the two professors went into the woods, he, the security officer, would follow them no matter what.
——No matter how powerful Ye Junhan is, if there is an emergency, he may not be able to protect so many people alone in a forest with dense vegetation!
What's more, both professors are ordinary people and they are both elderly... If something happens, it will all be his responsibility as the security officer.
But this person just didn't follow.
Gu Xi recalled Shen Yue's expression and tone when he mentioned this matter at noon, as well as the look he gave Wei Heng...
Gu Xi looked back and lowered her eyes slightly. It seemed that Ye Junhan had another purpose for this trip.
And the person in front of me... I'm afraid he has already reached some kind of tacit understanding with that person.
Under the fragments of sunlight, a gust of breeze came, carrying the unique fragrance of vegetation.
At the same time, the announcer's sweet voice came from the old radio: "Listener friends, let's listen to an old song together..."
Gu Xi raised her eyes and took a deep look at this person.
Then, with the other party's unavoidable gaze, he reached out to take back his dictionary, turned to a certain page, pushed it over, tilted his head and asked him seriously: "I don't really understand the explanation of this word..."
She began to try hard to recall the way the two devil professors asked questions in class, and then turned on the paste and copy mode...
Ten minutes later, Shen Yue fled. This chapter has been completed!