Chapter 203: Little Comrade, I look forward to meeting you

Once again, the old man on the other end was left speechless. He had heard that this Comrade An was very young, and her voice sounded quite childish, so was this way of thinking jumping too far ahead?

However, looking back at this handover, it seemed the security level was much more complex than usual.

Complex meant safer.

If it was troublesome for oneself, then...

"Is this password a bit too..." the old man on the other end couldn't help but ask.

In fact, each number did not represent the number spoken aloud, but rather had to be looked up through a code-breaking manual.

But this was the first time a repeating password had appeared.

An Yinan smiled, "Isn't the simplest one, when intercepted by others, the least likely to be believed?"

What was placed in this Password Case was precisely the most important document, and also the core technology of this research.

The old man paused for a few seconds before saying to An Yinan, "Comrade An, thank you."

An Yinan smiled, "Old Comrade, you're welcome."

She didn't know who was on the other end, but it didn't matter who it was. She didn't understand this technology; as a layman, she couldn't provide corresponding technical support, but she could translate quickly, and providing these translated materials as soon as possible was what she could do.

The old man on the other end laughed, "Little Comrade, I look forward to meeting you."

An Yinan replied, "Likewise."

The two hung up the phone. The core materials had been sent out, and after receiving them, the other side specifically made a secure call to the Compilation Bureau.

And the six people guarding the Yun Family had finally completed their mission.

"Leader, I look forward to seeing you next time." This mission was much simpler than they had imagined.

And An Yinan was a very low-maintenance mission subject; apart from eating, she had never opened the door.

It was just that she was always not eating enough, which made them quite worried.

"No, no, no, I don't really hope for that; after all, this kind of mission is too tiring." An Yinan rubbed her neck. In these three days, apart from making clothes in her space, she had just been catching up on sleep.

Big Aunt even brought her supplements every day, and her mouth was full of the taste of Chinese medicine; she was almost afraid of drinking it.

The six people smiled and then withdrew from the Yun Family.

An Yinan finally regained her freedom, but this mission would just remain in the long river of memory and could not be mentioned to anyone.

Calculating the time, she had spent nearly a month on this one mission, and Chen Xun had been gone for nearly a month too. She hadn't even written a single letter, as her writing really couldn't be sent out...

"Are you exhausted?" Hearing that everyone had left, Grandmother came out of her room and saw her granddaughter sitting on the sofa.

An Yinan stood up and helped the old woman sit on the sofa, "I'm fine. I have food and drink here, and people to take care of me, so I'm not tired."

Grandmother patted An Yinan's hand, "How can you not be tired? You were so busy you didn't even have time to eat."

Beibei also ran out of his room. Today happened to be Sunday, and he now ran over every Saturday and Sunday to wait for his sister.

"Sister, everyone is very worried about you." Beibei looked at his sister and said.

An Yinan ruffled his hair. Even though he was already fourteen years old and a third-year middle school student, she always wanted to ruffle his hair and see him look like a child.

"Sister knows," An Yinan replied, "but this is Sister's job."

An Yinan smiled, "I'll go see what's in the kitchen in a moment. How about I show off my skills for everyone tonight? You go pick up Grandpa Chen in a while."

Beibei's eyes lit up. Ever since his sister got busy, he rarely ate the food his sister cooked.

Today, his sister was actually going to the kitchen again, and he would be able to eat his sister's cooking again.

"Okay." The little youth was already beginning to show his grace.

Grandmother watched the two siblings interacting and pursed her lips into a smile.

"I'll go buy groceries. The Leader's mission has just ended, so it's not suitable for you to leave the Dayuan right now," Yun Shu said.

For the sake of An Yinan's safety, although the password had been sent out, the content was currently only known to An Yinan.

If they captured her, what need would there be for a password?

The Compilation Bureau also knew that An Yinan had military personnel around her, and another thing was that she lived in the Military District Compound.

Who would dare to come to the Military District Compound to capture her?

But if she left the Military District Compound, everything would be different.

An Yinan thought for a moment, and not wanting to add to their workload, she said, "Okay, I'll write down the things that need to be bought in a moment."

She went back to her room, wrote a list, and even fearing that some things might not be available, she added notes on the back for possible substitutes.

After writing the list, she handed it to Yun Shu.

"Go early and return early."

Yun Shu quickly said, "Yes." Then she walked out.

Since there weren't enough ingredients, she first tidied up what was in the kitchen. Yun Shu was out for an hour and finished buying the things.

An Yinan looked at what she had bought. Some things were indeed not available. Although vegetables in Beijing had long since come into season, trading wasn't that easy now. If you couldn't buy them at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, you could only go to the Black Market.

Yun Shu had run to many places to gather this much.

An Yinan looked at the materials and secretly took some from her space, then smiled to herself; having to be sneaky just to cook a meal.

An Yinan first took a fish from the materials, gutted it, scraped the scales clean with the back of a knife, and then washed it clean with clear water.

Then she sliced the sea bass along the bone—this step must not cut through—made a few cuts on the back, added seasoning, and then secretly put it into the oven in her space to roast.

Immediately after, she brought over the wide vermicelli that had been soaked in advance, washed and prepared all the side dishes, added water to a pot and brought it to a boil, added a little salt and oil, blanched the side dishes until cooked, drained them, rinsed them in cold water, and then set them aside.

She chopped the green onions, ginger, garlic, and cilantro, heated oil in a pan, stir-fried the green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili, added bean paste and a piece of hot pot base, stir-fried until the red oil came out, then poured in the side dishes, added a little light soy sauce and oyster sauce, and then added an appropriate amount of clear water to boil.

She poured the just-cooked side dishes into the roasted fish tray, poured the just-boiled seasoning into the roasted fish tray as well, and then placed it into the oven.

After about fifteen minutes, it was roasted and ready to come out. She sprinkled on toasted white sesame seeds and cilantro.

Although the Yun Family didn't have an oven, her space did!

To make this roasted fish, she had sent everyone away, leaving only herself, locked the kitchen door, and got to work.

She stored the roasted fish in her space to prevent the smell from spreading early and affecting the taste.

"Fragrant." Smelling the aroma of the grilled fish, An Yinan smiled; she hadn't eaten this dish since she transmigrated here.

Afterward, she used one pot to boil rice and another to stew vegetables.

She rinsed the soaked dried vegetables; these dried vegetables were sent to her by the folks in Quanshui Village, including dried eggplant, dried green beans, dried gourd strips, and so on.

First, she sliced the pork belly and squeezed the water out of the soaked dried vegetables.

She heated oil in the pot, added the pork belly, and after rendering out some of the fat, she added scallions, ginger, and garlic to stir-fry until fragrant. Then she added the various dried vegetables, stir-fried them a few times, added various seasonings, poured in the chicken broth that was already in the kitchen, and covered the pot.

"So fragrant." Liu Xicai had finished work; she smelled the fragrance from the hallway, but she never imagined that this fragrance was coming from her own home.

They hired a housekeeper for the house, and since they all had jobs and the old lady was home alone during the day, how could they be at ease?

The meals at home were basically cooked by the housekeeper, and over these many years, they had also adapted to the housekeeper's taste.

The housekeeper's habits leaned toward light flavors, and since the old lady at home was getting on in years, it suited this taste perfectly, and everyone had gradually gotten used to it.

Today, smelling the scent of chili, she took a deep, sharp breath.

It was fragrant; it felt like she hadn't eaten this in a long time.

"The food the housekeeper made today is so fragrant." As soon as Liu Xicai entered the room, she spoke up.

The old lady laughed, "This isn't made by the housekeeper; tonight Nan Nan insisted on showing off her skills for us."

Liu Xicai widened her eyes in surprise, "Nan Nan can cook too?"

This girl really was something, always giving them surprises.

Just when they thought they understood her well enough, she would present a new surprise.

An Xiangbei looked up from the desk, "Big Aunt, Sister has always been a very good cook."

If it weren't for the fact that Sister was too busy, he really couldn't bear to let her work in the kitchen; he wanted to eat the food Sister made every day.

Liu Xicai laughed, "Then I'm looking forward to it even more."

"No, I'll call your Big Uncle in a moment."

"Hmm, and call Yun Qi, Yun Yan, and Yun Bi too, let them all come to show their support; since Nan Nan is cooking a meal, we must let them taste it."

At this moment, An Yinan didn't know that, while she was unaware, a large group of people was on their way.

Hearing the commotion outside, An Yinan hurriedly took the grilled fish out of her space; if she didn't do it now, it would be troublesome if she couldn't take it out later.

The stewed vegetables were just about ready, so she served them directly into large bowls—two full large bowls of stewed dried vegetables.

Afterward, she stir-fried some small bok choy and made a dish of shredded potatoes in sour and spicy sauce; to save time, she took a cold dish directly out of her space.

Although the fish had heavy-flavored ingredients like chili, eating some occasionally was harmless to the body.

Moreover, the ingredients she used for the grilled fish she made were all healthy.

An Yinan opened the kitchen door and saw a row of people sitting outside.

"Big Uncle, aren't you returning late today?" An Yinan looked at the room full of people with some surprise; were they sure there would be enough of the food she made?

Every day for dinner, there were only Big Aunt and Grandmother; Beibei could come back to eat on weekends, while Big Uncle was basically always at the Military, and when he got busy, he couldn't even manage to eat.

The stove in the Yun Family was always burning, often simmering soup or porridge on top; Big Uncle often returned in the middle of the night on an empty stomach, and for the sake of his stomach, Big Aunt had also developed this habit.

Yun Fei clenched his fist and covered his mouth, "Ahem, ahem."

"There was nothing going on at the Military, so I came back early."

An Yinan raised her eyebrows upon hearing this; it was clearly suspicious!

She looked at Yun Qi again, "An An Erge also had nothing to do, so you just happened to come back?"

Yun Qi smiled faintly and nodded; he was a bit more natural than Big Uncle, "Right, I finished my work, and I haven't been back to see Grandmother for a long time."

A fox!

An Yinan sighed in her heart!

She swept her gaze over the nervous little brother Yun Yan, then looked at Yun Bi, "Third Brother?"

Yun Bi looked at the people in the circle and then said, "Mom called the Military and said you were cooking dinner today; everyone was very curious, so we came back to taste it and show you some support."

Amidst a chorus of awkward coughing, Yun Bi's expression remained indifferent.

The only honest person in the Yun Family!!!

This was An Yinan's evaluation of Yun Bi in her heart.

However, the evaluation from others was exactly the opposite—this little fox!

Saying it like that just made him stand out.

Grandpa Chen and Grandmother couldn't help but laugh when they saw this group of people acting this way, "How old are you all, still teasing a child? You really have grown up."

Yun Ge was in Heilongjiang Province, and Fang Hong was still conducting a mission trace; only the two of them were absent, and the rest of the Yun Family was all there.

An Yinan thought about the food she had made; it seemed it really wasn't enough!

"Alright, Beibei and Yun Yan, you two tidy up the bowls and chopsticks and clear the table; An An Erge, Third Brother, you go and bring the cooked dishes out." An Yinan gave orders without any hesitation.

The four people being ordered were also perfectly willing.

Everyone moved about, while the elders watched the happy and harmonious family.

"Old sister-in-law, I really envy you." Grandpa Chen looked at the juniors busy together.

"Hey, children and grandchildren have their own fortunes." The old lady was also open-minded; ever since An Yinan and An Xiangbei returned, her worries had been set aside. When she received the news that Yun Liu was gone, she cried for a long time and blamed herself for a long time.

But seeing Nan Nan and Beibei, she slowly walked out of it; after so many years, there was finally a result.

The kindness she didn't have time to show her daughter could be placed on her granddaughter and grandson.

Although she felt very self-reproachful and her heart was heavy, time would smooth everything over.

An Yinan quickly stir-fried some meat with hot peppers, made another tomato and egg stir-fry, and also made a cold salad of cabbage and vermicelli.

Three dishes, plus the two large bowls of stewed dried vegetables and meat from earlier, as well as the grilled fish, plus the cold dish, the sour and spicy shredded potatoes, and the stir-fried small bok choy.

A table full of dishes was placed on the table one after another by Yun Qi and Yun Bi.

"So much?" Now everyone was stunned.

After Yun Qi went to the kitchen and watched An Yinan stir-frying with such agility, she knew she must have cooked often in the past.

She also dismissed the plan to go out and buy roast duck and dishes; of course, she decided to swallow this intention back into her stomach and would never say it out loud even if it killed her.

Originally, they were curious about what kind of meal their younger sister was making, and later they thought about coming to support her, just in case the things she made didn't taste good.

But they didn't expect...

A surprise!

"Don't just stand there, take your seats," An Yinan said with a faint smile as she looked at everyone.

Beibei placed the served rice in front of Grandpa Chen first, and Grandpa Chen laughed heartily, "Good, very good."

Afterwards, Beibei handed it to Grandmother, then to Big Uncle and Big Aunt, and finally began placing them according to the age hierarchy of the Yun Family, with the last bowl only being brought to his own place.

Everyone watched with amusement; he was not flustered or chaotic in the slightest, and every arrangement was just right, making people feel at ease.

"The two elders, if you don't pick up your chopsticks, we wouldn't dare to move ours," An Yinan said with amusement as she looked at Grandpa Chen and Grandmother.

Grandpa Chen burst into loud laughter; there had been an exceptional number of hearty smiles this year.

"Old sister-in-law, look at this mischievous girl," Grandpa Chen looked at An Yinan, then used his first chopstick to pick up some grilled fish.

The flavors of Sichuan peppercorns and peppercorns were mixed together, and there was also a slight spiciness; the fish meat was different from when it was stewed until falling apart, instead having a firm texture, and upon entering the mouth, there was a fragrance, which was the taste of fish oil, making one unconsciously savor the aftertaste.

"With this skill, I can't bear to let you go back to the Military District," the old man felt it for a moment before swallowing the fish meat in his mouth.

Grandmother smiled slightly, "Hearing you say that, I'm even more looking forward to it."