Yin Shixiong explained to her that he didn't mean that she had to keep an eye on how to cook in the kitchen, but that it was best to find an opportunity to sneak into the kitchen before eating to understand how the food was prepared, who made it, where the vegetables were sold, where the rice was produced, and where the seasonings were produced.
The last rule, which was also the most important one, was that if you were to eat in a completely unfamiliar place, and if you didn't make it yourself and couldn't see how it was made, you had to be the last to eat. You'd rather eat the leftovers from someone else's bowl than be the first to take a bite.
It could be said that each of these lessons had been forged with blood and lives.
Most people didn't have so many concerns, but for people in special jobs, these were crucial.
Gu Nianzhi knew the nature of Yin Shixiong and his men's jobs were special, and these were common knowledge from their daily training to ensure they had good habits when carrying out missions and wouldn't fail miserably.
Over time, Gu Nianzhi was also subtly influenced by him.
It wasn't that she didn't trust the people here, but she had been brainwashed by their rules. She wouldn't feel at ease if she didn't take a good look.
Besides, she was really hungry. Perhaps she would eat whatever was given to her at this time.
Unfortunately, there was nothing to eat in the kitchen, and the nun didn't like her either. She planned to catch a few more fish from the river outside and cook for the nuns herself to thank them for taking her in.
Gu Nianzhi gave herself a thumbs up.
Others treated her coldly, but she still wanted to roast fish for them. How awesome!
Gu Nianzhi slowly walked down the long hallway but didn't return to the house. Instead, she walked down the dark stairwell and arrived at the door on the first floor. Unlocking the padlock, she pushed the door open and took a deep breath.
The rain had stopped, and the moonlit sky outside was like it had been washed. The air was especially fresh.
The air was like the oxygen bar in the Black Forest. One breath would make one drunk.
Gu Nianzhi habitually took out her phone to check and saw it only had 10% battery left.
Yeah, she would ask Josephine if they had an iPhone charger when she got back. She would charge the phone first and then think of a way to call Yin Shixiong and his men.
She couldn't trust the German police anymore, and Smith was probably being eavesdropped. She didn't want to contact them.
Putting the phone back in her pocket, Gu Nianzhi walked out.
Although it was no longer raining, there were still some puddles on the concrete floor.
The sky outside was not bright yet. The sun was hidden in the clouds in the distance, and the sky was just beginning to turn white.
In the early morning, the Alps were shrouded in a thin layer of mist. In the distance, the forest was completely dyed, creating a beautiful scene of flat forest and desert mist.
Gu Nianzhi looked at the beautiful scenery and felt refreshed.
She took a deep breath and put her unhappiness to the back of her mind. She was still wearing her dirty tennis shoes, and her hands were tucked under the nun's robe as she strode towards the iron gate that was half the height of a person.
This time, she used one hand to support herself on the waist-high metal door and flipped over it.
After going out, there was no cement road, only asphalt road.
After a while, there wasn't even any asphalt road left, only muddy mountain paths.
Gu Nianzhi avoided the mud on the road and specifically walked on the grass. It was easier to walk.
She walked back the way she came yesterday and didn't go far before she saw the small river. It was the same river she had seen when she fell off the cliff.
The silver fish in the river were all afraid of Gu Nianzhi, but her fishing skills were getting better and better. Soon, she caught a few more silver fish and strung them up with straw ropes. She carried them back to the convent.
When she went in, only an hour had passed. It was just past five in the morning.
However, the nuns had already woken up and were washing up before going to the dining room for breakfast.
Gu Nianzhi carried the fish directly to the kitchen.
She poked her head out of the kitchen door and saw that the depressed old nun from before was no longer there. There was no one in the room, and the oven was empty. The bread and cake she saw earlier must have been baked already, right?
Gu Nianzhi turned to look at the hallway again and saw a nun walking over with her head down. Gu Nianzhi quickly called out to her.
The nun looked up. It was Josephine, who had let her in yesterday.
Gu Nianzhi was overjoyed and waved at her with a smile. She asked in English, "Sister Josephine, you came just in time. I want to roast some fish. Can I borrow your kitchen?"
Gu Nianzhi knew that Christian convents were different from the Hua Xia Empire's monks and nuns because they didn't forbid meat. They could eat fish and meat, so she asked openly.
Josephine saw the fish in her hand and nodded with a smile. She replied in English, "Sure, feel free to use it." She continued, "But breakfast is already ready. The Reverend Mother said to return to your room and brought breakfast to your room. I just went to your room to look for you, but you weren't there. I thought you already left. "
Gu Nianzhi placed the fish in the kitchen and said gratefully, "Oh? It's already in my room? How can I accept that? I'll roast a few fish for everyone to eat. "
As she spoke, Gu Nianzhi found a knife and began to cut the fish.
She had been able to skillfully cut the fish with the small Swiss Army knife for the past few days. Now it was even easier with a long kitchen knife.
As Gu Nianzhi scraped the scales, she asked Josephine, "How many people are there in this convent? I only caught five fish. Will it not be enough? "
Josephine smiled. "It's okay. There are only five of us, including the Reverend Mother. The Reverend Mother woke up early today to make breakfast and has already gone to bed. So there are only four of us, including you. "
So the elderly nun who didn't like her today was the Reverend Mother …
Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly suppressed it. "Then I'll roast them all. One for each of us."
"Sure, you can roast them here. I can help you," Josephine agreed readily.
"Oh? That's great! " Gu Nianzhi's face lit up with joy. She quickly cleaned up the fish and found some salt from the kitchen. She added a little alfalfa honey and olive oil before placing it on a baking tray and putting it in the oven.
Josephine smiled amiably and said, "Your hand gestures for catching fish are quite familiar …"
"Yes, I like to fish and roast fish myself when I'm at home." Gu Nianzhi avoided the topic and didn't respond to Josephine's question.
Josephine felt a bit disgusted when she heard the Reverend Mother say Gu Nianzhi was lying last night. However, now that she saw Gu Nianzhi and heard her speak, she didn't feel anything.
She didn't care if Gu Nianzhi was lying or not.
In this convent with only five people left, Josephine really didn't know what else was worth scheming against.
Even if Gu Nianzhi wasn't telling the truth, it was none of her business.
Josephine felt much better about Gu Nianzhi when she thought about it this way. She watched her roast the fish with interest and asked, "How long do you need to roast it?"
Gu Nianzhi looked at her watch. "15 minutes is enough."
The small silver fish was very tender and wouldn't taste good if it was roasted for too long.
Josephine waited with her and told Gu Nianzhi about the various customs of the convent.
Gu Nianzhi listened attentively and occasionally nodded before asking, "So only the Reverend Mother has a phone in your convent? You can't usually go online here, and there's no signal? "
"Yes, the mountains here are too high, so the signal is terrible. There's usually no signal. " Josephine shrugged nonchalantly. "We don't go online anyway, so we don't need to contact the outside world. Cell phones and internet aren't important to us."
Gu Nianzhi groaned inwardly. She needed a cell phone and internet!
It seemed like she would have to borrow the Reverend Mother's phone.
Gu Nianzhi then asked about the Reverend Mother, "You said the Reverend Mother was the one who made breakfast here this morning? She was the only one? "
"Yes, another sister was supposed to make breakfast today. We were all on duty, but the Reverend Mother said she wanted to do it herself this morning, so she let her go." Josephine took a deep breath. The air was filled with the aroma of roasted fish. It must be delicious.
Gu Nianzhi also gulped.
Sure enough, fish roasted in a proper oven with proper seasoning was really fragrant!
When it was time, Gu Nianzhi opened the oven and put on a pair of large gloves to take out the roasting pan.
The five fish inside were roasted to a golden yellow color and were still sizzling with oil. One look and you could tell that they were delicious.
Josephine's eyes almost popped out of her head. "Cereus, I didn't know you could roast fish so well! It's so beautiful! Even the roasted fish from a four-star Michelin restaurant can't compare! "
"Josephine, you're exaggerating!" Gu Nianzhi couldn't stop smiling.
After all, she felt like her life was worth it for a German nun to praise her terrible cooking skills in the Huaxia Empire!
She put the five fragrant roasted fish on long white bone china plates with gold rims and placed them on a large tray.
Josephine volunteered to take her to the dining room. "Let's go, let's bring it downstairs to the dining room for them to see!"
Gu Nianzhi nodded vigorously. "Take my breakfast downstairs too. It'll be fun eating with everyone."
"Okay!" Josephine nodded quickly. She didn't understand why the Reverend Mother insisted Gu Nianzhi eat alone in her room. It wasn't like the nunnery hadn't entertained lost travelers in the past. They always ate with everyone like a family.
Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She smiled. "Maybe the Reverend Mother has her reasons. Is it okay if I go downstairs?"
"It's okay, it's okay! It's just eating together. What's wrong with that? " Josephine didn't care. "Also, you roasted fish for us. Those travelers didn't even do anything. They were waiting for us to serve them!"
Gu Nianzhi couldn't help sweating.
If it was in the past, she would probably be one of those ignorant travelers waiting to be "served."
They walked to Gu Nianzhi's room. Josephine went in to retrieve Gu Nianzhi's breakfast tray.
Gu Nianzhi glanced at it.
On the red cherry-wood tray, there were three bone china plates. On one of the plates, there were two small golden yellow buns, and on the buns were roasted blueberries. One had a blueberry muffin, and the other had two pieces of roasted bacon with yellow scrambled eggs. There was also a glass of milk.
It looked delicious, except for the blueberries.
She could dig the blueberries out when she ate later. Gu Nianzhi thought about it and went downstairs with Josephine to the dining room on the first floor.
The dining room was very spacious, but there were only three nuns sitting at the dining table.
They all stood up to greet Josephine when they saw her. They looked at Gu Nianzhi curiously and asked Josephine, "Who is she? Is she a new sister? "
"No, she's not a new sister. She's a lost traveler who came here to rest. " Josephine smiled and gestured for Gu Nianzhi to put down the tray with the five roasted fish. "Cereus roasted fish for everyone. It smells delicious!"
The three nuns' eyes were immediately drawn to the roasted fish. Their eyes lit up and they were obviously more friendly toward Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi was secretly amused. She thought to herself that this was the epitome of being softhearted by others and being softhearted by others …
Josephine pulled Gu Nianzhi to sit across from the three nuns and placed Gu Nianzhi's breakfast tray in front of her.
The thinner nun saw the breakfast on Gu Nianzhi's tray and said enviously, "Cereus, you actually have bacon and scrambled eggs?! How rare … We only get to eat bacon once a week. "
Gu Nianzhi looked at the three people's breakfast. They all had two blueberry buns and a piece of blueberry cake. They had the same as her, but they had an extra bowl of oatmeal and she had an extra plate of bacon and scrambled eggs.
Josephine said to Gu Nianzhi sheepishly, "Don't listen to her. It's actually not bad to eat bacon once a week. It's healthy."
Gu Nianzhi smiled and distributed the roasted fish to the nuns one by one. At the same time, she asked Josephine calmly, "Is this how you treat guests who come to stay?"
"Of course not. You're the most special!" Josephine immediately replied with a smile. "The Reverend Mother not only personally cooks for you, but she also personally delivers it to your room!"
"I see …" Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat. She remembered how Huo Shaoheng and the others treated food provided by strangers. She pushed the tray in front of her forward and exchanged it with the nun who said she liked bacon and scrambled eggs. "Sister, I was just in the mood for oatmeal. Come, let's exchange!"
The nun was pleasantly surprised and quickly said, "Yes, yes! Thank you, Sister Cereus! "
Josephine didn't think there was anything wrong with this. She was happy to see Gu Nianzhi voluntarily give up the bacon, so she didn't stop her.
Gu Nianzhi exchanged breakfast with the nun. Coincidentally, the nun was waiting for Josephine to come down to eat with them. They hadn't eaten yet, so a clean tray of breakfast was perfect for the exchange.
Everyone was satisfied and ate Gu Nianzhi's roasted fish as well as the convent's breakfast. They chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was very joyous.
After breakfast, Gu Nianzhi said she wanted to borrow their phone to make a call. However, Josephine brought her to the Reverend Mother's room and discovered that the Reverend Mother was still asleep.
"Wait a little longer." Josephine quickly said, "Didn't you say you wanted to charge it? Only the Reverend Mother has an iPhone charger. "
"Ok." Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to nod in agreement. "I'll wait a little longer."
She walked back with Josephine and had just turned the corner of the corridor when a nun walked over and said to Josephine, "Sister Josephine, Tess suddenly fainted just now. I took her back to her room and realized she was only asleep. No matter how I called her, she wouldn't wake up."
Josephine laughed when she heard that and said, "Asleep? Did she faint or just fall asleep? "
With that, they went to the nun named Tess's room together.
Gu Nianzhi took a closer look and realized that this nun named Tess was the nun who had exchanged breakfast with her that morning!
Her heart sank and she quietly took a step back.
Josephine's attention was on Tess. She bent down to touch Tess's forehead and felt her breathing. She smiled and said, "It's fine, it's fine. She really is asleep. Let her sleep for a while. If she has a fever, take her to the hospital. "
Josephine moved aside and Gu Nianzhi looked up at the nun. Her face was rosy and her breathing was long. She was sleeping very soundly.
Gu Nianzhi reached out and pinched the nun's face hard.
Normally, if someone suddenly fainted or fainted, they would wake up with a pinch.
However, Gu Nianzhi had pinched so hard that she could wake someone who fainted, yet Sister Tess was still sound asleep …
She had just finished breakfast and was already sleeping like this. What was the difference between that and fainting?
Gu Nianzhi knew there was something wrong with the Reverend Mother.
What about the others?
Gu Nianzhi didn't want to think too deeply.
At least the other four nuns shouldn't be a problem, right?
But at this point, Gu Nianzhi didn't have time to figure out who was good and who was bad. She didn't have the time or energy.
She was only worried that what happened here had something to do with the people who wanted to kill her. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental?
She had come here to stay for only one night, and these people wanted to drug her?
If it was just simple murder for money, it wouldn't make sense.
When she had arrived, she had obviously been dressed in rags and didn't look like a rich person at all.
On the contrary, the people who wanted to kill her were very resourceful. They could even answer the police call and use a Trojan to control other people's phones. If they had chased her here …
She should leave quickly!
Gu Nianzhi immediately made a decision but didn't tell anyone. She only said to Josephine, "I'm a little sleepy too. I can't even keep my eyes open. I woke up too early in the morning and want to go back to sleep. I'll come after the Reverend Mother wakes up? "
Josephine nodded. "Ok, you did wake up too early today. Go to sleep. These two sisters and I have to go to morning classes at the Rose Hall over there and can't come out. I'll call you when it's time for lunch. After lunch, we'll go find the Reverend Mother to borrow a phone and charger. "
Gu Nianzhi heard that the three nuns had to go to morning classes and wouldn't be coming out for a while. This was exactly what she wanted, so she quickly nodded. "You guys go ahead. I'll go back to sleep. Oh, I can't even keep my eyes open. Why am I so sleepy? "As she spoke, she walked to her room.
From the corner of her eye, she saw Josephine and the other two nuns turn in another direction and enter a door. They watched as the door closed gently.
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