Delusion Master

Lu Fengping's home is a self-built private house in an "urban village". It has two floors.The outside of the community (if it can be counted as a community) is dirty and messy. Fortunately, there is a small clean space in front of the court of the houses. Wastes such as broken water tanks and empty wooden boxes are used to grow a lot of onions, ginger, garlic and common fruits and vegetables. Once the iron gate is locked, it is a small world of its own.

This was one of the first areas where the power went out. With the help of two lodgers, Lu Fengping and Lin Yue dug a deep pit in the open space behind the house and buried Xiaofeng's body.Nowadays, the order of the city is almost collapsed. Ice coffins, funeral homes, and cemeteries are all things that belong to a civilized society. People in the last days have no right to enjoy them.

Sprinkling the last shovel of soil, Lu Fengping slapped the ground with the shovel, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, let's go. Go and reunite with aunt and aunt." There was not much grief on his face, but his eyes were red and his nasal voice Thick, threw down the shovel and wiped a few faces vigorously with his hands.

Lin Yue's shoulder-length hair was covered with sweat on the side of his face, like two quiet crow's wings, his face became more pale and his eyebrows were gloomy.He patted Lu Fengping's arm comfortingly: "Xiao Feng is relieved, we still have to work hard to survive."

"Yes." Lu Fengping took a deep breath and let it out slowly, as if saying goodbye to the past, "I'm hungry, let's go and get some dinner. Together?" He asked Wei Lin and Bai Yuan.

Of course, Wei Lin had no objection. Eight hours had passed since the last meal on the laboratory plane, and the biological clock rang the bell for eating again. "I got cookies and chocolate from the supermarket."

Lu Fengping shook his head: "No, you keep those, you will definitely need them in the future. I grow a lot of vegetables at home, and I also keep some rice and noodles, and the gas is in cans. If the power goes out for a long time, the things in the refrigerator will be broken , it’s better to clear up the light earlier. You may not be able to eat hot meals in the future.”

"That's right. Which of you can cook?" Wei Lin asked.

Bai Yuan didn't say a word, "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen" was almost written on his face.

Lin Yue hesitated and said, "I only know two dishes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and scrambled eggs with tomatoes... Does anyone of you know whether to put the eggs or the tomatoes first?"

Lu Fengping smiled wryly: "Let me do it. I haven't cooked before, but at least I still have some experience in lighting pots during field training in the army."

"Yes, a group of uncles who only know how to eat. Forget it, I'll do it." Wei Lin turned to leave, but seeing the darkness a few steps away, he turned to Bai Yuan and said, "Bai Xiansen, please help me light up the whole process. OK?"

Bai Yuan wanted to ask him back: Why?

But the hunger began to churn in his stomach, and he was also a little curious about how Wei Lin, a big man, would cook, so he followed without saying a word, carrying the emergency light.

The emergency lights were prepared by Lu Fengping's home. Bai Yuan turned on the short-range and wide-range lighting function, and watched Wei Lin pick garlic seedlings, leeks, shallots, and especially cheap and vigorous sweet potato leaves, Scattered tomatoes, malnourished eggplants, and two fat, twisted red peppers that looked like they had been given steroids.

"... Such an ugly vegetable, can you eat it?" Bai Yuan asked with a frown.

Wei Lin waved a chili pepper with a crooked mouth in front of him: "Most of the peppers grown at home are uninhibited, and the bright and bright ones in the supermarket may not be delicious. It seems that you have never been to the vegetable market, and you have never bought it. through the kitchen."

"Do you often cook? How is your skill?"

"That's right, I live alone, so I can't order takeout every day. As for the craftsmanship...you'll know it after you eat it." Wei Lin showed a sly smile.

Bai Yuan felt that he was smiling maliciously, and that he would taste the pinnacle of the dark culinary world in a while, so he silently reminded himself: just use chopsticks to show off, don't really eat them.

Wei Lin came to the kitchen with a bunch of vegetables in his bag, washed and cut them up quickly—fortunately, the tap water was still available, otherwise he would have nothing to do.I looked through the refrigerator again, and found that there was not much left in the fresh-keeping section, so I took the only four eggs, two pieces of tender tofu, and a strip of pork belly three fingers wide.

In the freezer section, apart from some quick-frozen dumplings and steamed buns, there is also a bag of chopped ribs and a few fish, which are frozen hard.The power outage was only three hours ago. These ingredients did not have time to thaw, and they can be kept fresh for a few more hours in the still air-conditioned refrigerator. Wei Lin plans to save them before leaving tomorrow.

There is oil, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine and soy sauce on the stove, but these are the most basic seasonings, no chicken essence, oyster sauce, or pepper.

I can only make do with some home cooking.Wei Lin sighed dissatisfied, took out the frozen steamed buns and put them in a steamer filled with water, took an apron from the hook behind the door and tied it, opened the valve of the gas tank, and lit the fire until the oil poured into the pot.

Bai Yuan put the emergency light on the top of the refrigerator, and the light immediately illuminated most of the kitchen.He stood behind Wei Lin with his arms crossed, watching with great interest that he skillfully put the same ingredients into the pot, stir-fried, stewed and cooked the condiments, and cooked several large plates in half an hour.

Wei Lin took off the apron without washing the pot, and like a general who has won a battle, he said to Bai Yuan arrogantly: "Take it out, dinner is ready!"

Bai Yuan has never been instructed like this in his life, but seeing these delicious dishes with a strong aroma, his prediction about dark dishes began to waver, and he obediently brought them to the dining room one by one.

Scrambled eggs with leeks, eggplant with minced meat, twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts, fried sweet potato leaves, spicy tofu, and a pot of tomato and egg soup.The staple food is steamed buns.

At the dinner table, Lu Fengping and Lin Yue had already set up the dishes and took the opportunity to inhale the steaming heat of each dish.

"I'll taste it first..." Lu Fengping couldn't help but wanted to drop his chopsticks.Lin Yue hit the back of his hand with a chopstick: "There are no rules, wait for the guests to eat together."

"It's okay," Wei Lin walked over, followed by Bai Yuan who raised the emergency light, "It's not a serious guest, it's just a guest."

Lu Fengping put his chopsticks on the table: "What do you mean by staying overnight? Anyone who can cook for me is either a comrade in arms or a brother. Come and sit, Chef Wei has worked hard, so use the chopsticks first."

Wei Lin smiled: "You haven't eaten yet, how do you know I'm a chef, maybe I'm an apprentice in the dark cooking world."

Bai Yuan turned his head and put the emergency light on the cabinet, thinking: He is quite self-aware.No matter how good the craftsmanship is, with just a few ingredients and condiments, what delicious food can be made in a simple kitchen without electricity.

The four of them sat around the table, and Lu Fengping also opened a few cans of beer in stock, inviting everyone to eat while it was hot.

Bai Yuan picked up the chopsticks reservedly, glanced critically between several dishes, while Lu Fengping on the other side couldn't wait to get his hands on it, and stuffed a chopstick of twice-cooked pork into his mouth.

He chewed a few mouthfuls, then froze suddenly, then stretched out the empty bowl, and desperately scraped the twice-cooked pork and garlic sprouts into the bowl.

Wei Lin reminded him amusedly: "Put twice-cooked pork between steamed buns to eat, it will be more flavorful."

Lu Fengping's cheeks were stuffed, he was so bulging that he couldn't speak, he just kept picking up vegetables.Lin Yue couldn't stand it anymore, so he served him a bowl of tomato and egg soup: "Don't choke, drink the soup." Lu Feng even took out the soup bowl with one hand, gurgled and poured the soup into his mouth, and then the rain came after a long drought He let out a sigh of relief: "...It's so fucking delicious!"

Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows suspiciously, wondering if this retired soldier was starving and stupid in the army, just a few ordinary home-cooked dishes, so delicious that he burst into tears?

He casually picked up a pinch of leek scrambled eggs, put it into his mouth leisurely, and then his eyes suddenly lit up—yes, it was indeed delicious!This craftsmanship is no less than that of celebrity chefs in high-end restaurants!

Unbelievably, he picked up another chopstick of eggplant with minced meat, which was still so delicious that he almost bit his tongue.

When he was very hungry, everything really tasted delicious... While Bai Yuan excused his taste that was so easily conquered, he quickly and gracefully picked up vegetables, even the tomato egg soup with chopped green onions was too old to drink. The taste of fire soup.

Wei Lin was triumphant: "Eat slowly, everyone, don't choke."

Lin Yue took out a rubber band and began to tie his hair. When he was ready to start, the plates on the dining table were almost bottomed out, and he couldn't help feeling anxious: "Dalu, why don't you save more for me!"

Lu Fengping quickly picked up the few pieces of tofu left on the plate, and put them in his bowl with the red oil juice: "This is delicious for dipping in steamed buns!"

Lin Yue looked disappointed: "Where's the meat?"

Lu Fengping smiled apologetically: "Vegetables are good, eat more vegetables... Hey, that sweet potato leaf is delicious, I'll pick it up for you..."

Lin Yue shook his head helplessly, but if he wasted any more time, he might run out of vegetables, so he had to let him go and ate.

A group of people ate up all the dishes on the table, almost licking the plates, and even left the beer aside.

When the plates and bowls were all empty, Lu Fengping remembered the beer, and hurriedly delivered a can to each of them: "Come, let's have a drink."

"For what?" Wei Lin asked.

Lu Fengping replied straightforwardly: "For us to be alive, for the fate of meeting, for... new friends, new brothers, cheers!"

Bai Yuan held the can in his fingers and said unmoved: "Do we know each other? What kind of friends are we?"

Lu Fengping didn't mind his indifferent attitude, and even thought it was a kind of master's demeanor—as a fighting champion in the original unit, he smelled the hidden aura of Lianjiazi from Bai Yuan, and looked forward to following him The other side competes with each other. "If you look pleasing to the eye, speak the right words, and walk on the same road, you are friends. Why do you have to delve into each other's privacy?" He turned his head and asked Wei Lin, "Do you think I'm right?"

Wei Lin said with a smile: "Mr. Lu is not only reasonable, but also has a chivalrous style."

Lu Fengping raised his head and took a sip of wine: "Just call me Dalu. I am 26 this year and Xiaoyue is 22. How about you?"

Wei Lin said, "I'm 25. As for Bai Xiansen, if I remember correctly, he's three years older than me."

Lu Fengping nodded: "Then I will call you Xiaowei."

Suddenly, Wei Lin's brain twitched again, and he pointed the tip of his chopsticks at Bai Yuan's nose and called, "—Dabai!"

Big...white?Bai Yuan had no expression on his face, but was furious from the bottom of his heart, feeling that Wei Lin had tarnished his glorious elite image with a chubby and silly cartoon robot (which was of the healing type instead of the combat type).

"Wei Lin." He said coldly, "If you don't want your convulsed brain, I'll blow it up for you."

"No, I know you are amazing." Wei Lin thought of those unlucky ghosts who fell under the mental shock like mowing grass. Their mistake was that they had a brain that Bai Xiansen could wreak havoc on, so he shrank his neck and said, "You are not happy , I won’t call it.”

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt something was wrong—why did he accommodate Bai Yuan?In the past, it wasn't a verbal confrontation, and you came and I were very energetic, but now that you have become a regular partner, you can't even quarrel?

Wei Lin touched his chin, feeling that he had become a little soft recently, especially when facing Bai Yuan.That's not okay... If you're a man, you have to get hard!

He was about to express his tough attitude when he heard Lu Fengping say: "Although my house is quite spacious, I usually don't bother to take care of the unoccupied rooms. There is only one guest room that is tidied up daily and it is relatively clean. How about you make do with it and live in one room."

Wei Lin immediately turned his gun: "I don't want to share a room with him!"

Lu Fengping was surprised: "Aren't you friends? Xiaoyue and I often live in the same room, what's the relationship?"

"We're just work partners, so we don't know each other very well." Wei Lin replied as if eager to clear up the relationship.

As a result, Mr. Bai's unhappy face turned even more gloomy, the corners of his thin lips were folded down, and there was a hidden fire in his eyes.

"That's it..." Lu Fengping was a little embarrassed, "How about this, Xiaoyue sleeps on the sofa, I make the floor, and give you two bedrooms."

Lin Yue frowned: "No, it's getting colder now, and you still have old injuries. I'll sleep on the floor, and you sleep on the sofa."

Lu Fengping waved his hands indifferently: "What's the matter! It's good to have a quilt on the floor, okay? When I was a soldier, I slept in mud pits and grass nests, what is this!"

Lin Yue hesitated to speak.Bai Yuan said: "Wei Lin and I share a room, that's the deal."

He seldom talks, but if he doesn't sing, he is enough. He is a blockbuster and has the effect of finalizing the final word.

Wei Lin opened his mouth unwillingly, and felt that as a guest staying overnight, he felt sorry for forcing the host to sleep on the floor, so he could only reverse the words in his throat and say, "Well, we are actually quite familiar with each other."

Bai Yuan laughed silently.

Wei Lin rolled his eyes at him and got up to clean up the dishes.

"You cooked the rice, let me wash the dishes." Lin Yue said calmly, "Before the water is turned off, hurry up and wash it, it's all stinky."

Wei Lin sniffed his arm and lamented, "I always feel like I smell like slugs."

"You wash first." Bai Yuan said.