"Hey...... Mine has no bugs. ”

The black cat said to Shinji Ikari with a smug smile, and then Ayanami Li and Chu Xuan only glanced at the inside of their respective raspberries lightly, and then they didn't make any moves, obviously there were no bugs inside.

"Woo......"

Shinji Ikari hung his shoulders quite frustratedly, he divided the wild berries just now, but he divided them himself, and this stall also distributed the only fruit with worms in his hands, so it can only be said that it is providential.

However, he was unexpectedly compensated for it, and Chu Xuan, who had caught his insect fruit, stretched out his other hand and handed the insect-free raspberry that belonged to him in front of Shinji Ikari.

"Here's for you."

"Ah...... No, no, there are still a lot of ...... over there anyway."

Although he wanted it very much, Shinji Ikari still rejected Chu Xuan's kindness with a red face, but Chu Xuan immediately threw the raspberry with an unknown white larva in it into his mouth, and after chewing it a few times unhurriedly, he swallowed it into his stomach with the flesh and worms without changing color.

"Huh? That's, there's a bug in there......"

Shinji Ikari's eyes widened, and he reminded Chu Xuan stupidly, but Chu Xuan took his hand casually, put the remaining raspberry in his palm, and replied very calmly:

"I've seen it just now, and that larvae are non-venomous.

-- The vast majority of hairless white larvae are non-venomous, and they are used to supplement protein when surviving in the wilderness. It is safer than casually eating unknown wild fruits, wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Chicken flavor, crunchy. ”

Maybe it's to show off your sense of humor. Chu Xuan raised his right thumb to Shinji Ikari and used a pinching that didn't know if it existed in this world, but Shinji Ikari who was confused had already been stunned, while Rei Ayanami and the black cat both squinted at Chu Xuan expressionlessly, refusing to complain.

"The last sentence is a joke."

So, Chu Xuan put down his hand and added a footnote to the cold joke he had just made.

"Fur ......"

The black cat let out a long sigh of helplessness through his nose, and then put the bright red wild berries in his hand into his mouth. And squinted happily.

"Well, it's very sweet, and it's completely different from the artificially cultivated sweet, so it's a bit wild."

The black cat made an elegant evaluation like an ancient aristocratic lady or even a princess, so that Shinji Ikari couldn't help but want to eat the wild berry that Chu Xuan stuffed into him - although he was the first to discover the wild berry, he only thought about picking the four best wild berries back to show everyone, and then take everyone to pick them together. I didn't even think to try a few of them first.

However, after Ayanami Rei also put the wild berries in his hand, Shinji Ikari was a little embarrassed and quickly threw the wild berries that Chu Xuan gave him into his mouth, and sure enough, just as the black cat said, this wild raspberry tasted different, and it also had a wonderful granular taste.

"Let's go pick some, but when the fruit is fully ripe, it's easy to crush when it's just stacked together. So it must be packed in a basket covered with plastic bags. ”

While Shinji Ikari was savoring the sweetness in his mouth, Chu Xuan put several kinds of mountain vegetables in his basket into the black cat's basket, and then took out several bags of fresh food from his pocket, and spread the largest bag into his basket.

"I'll take you there!"

Shinji Ikari said happily and loudly, then turned around and walked towards the place where a few raspberries grew.

After bypassing the trees that obstruct the view. A striking red fruit appeared in front of them.

"Raspberries have sparse thorns on the stems, so be careful when picking them. Also, remember to check for bugs. ”

Chu Xuan gave a simple order, and then picked it up with the three EVA drivers, this raspberry has a lot of production, so everyone also ate some when they picked it, and only left a part for Akagi Ritsuko to taste - anyway, if they pick too much, they will be crushed in the basket.

After picking them for a while, they had picked less than five ants and one larva in total, and it seems that Shinji Ikari had not had much luck before.

Although it was said that the fruit with insects would be fine as long as the insects were blown off, but considering Ibuki Maya's cleanliness, they still didn't put the raspberries that "used to" have insects in them into the basket, and the fruits with ants in them were eaten directly by everyone as soon as they blew them, and the fruit of the colored larvae picked by the black cat was given to Chu Xuan by her confidently to supplement the crunchy chicken-flavored protein.

Then they walked around the neighborhood a little, filled the baskets of Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari as well, and returned to the campsite, where Shigeru Aoba and Makoto Hinata accompanied Maya Ibuki over and over again in a corner of the rows of cement sinks.

As for Misato Katsuragi and Ritsuko Akagi...... The two of them had already sat down at the covered concrete dining table and chairs next to them, a few cans of beer and a few packs of opened snacks in front of each other, enjoying a leisurely holiday.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Chu Xuan and the three qualified people came to Ibuki Maya's side with baskets, and they were immediately welcomed by Ibuki Maya.

"Ahh These wild vegetables are very delicious at first glance, and I also found thin flour and eggs for fried tempura in the ingredients you prepared, so do you want to make these wild vegetables into tempura? ”

"Most of it is made into tempura, and a small part is made into soup or cold salad."

Chu Xuan replied lightly, and then handed over the basket containing several layers of raspberries.

"Wild raspberries, eat?"

"No, thank you, I'll eat it later, these raspberries will be washed and sent to Ritsuko-senpai first."

Maya Ibuki, who has a habit of cleanliness, smiled and shook his head, politely rejecting Chu Xuan's kindness, the conversation between her and Chu Xuan always has the feeling of a conversation between housewives, but even this Chu Xuan doesn't seem to have any sense of disobedience, as if this man with facial paralysis glasses who always has a poker face is actually used to wearing an apron and holding a spatula at home.

"Hey...... Maya, it's us who are here to help, and we finally saw something delicious, so why don't we try it first?

Look at the red marks on Shinji's mouth, I bet Senior Colonel Chu Xuan must have stolen a lot of them when they picked them just now! ”

Hearing that these very tempting-looking wild berries were going to be sent to Ritsuko Akagi and Misato Katsuragi, who were mercilessly exploiting their labor, Shigeru Aoba immediately objected, and Shinji Ikari, who was unfortunately shot in the knee, hurriedly raised his hand and wiped his mouth a few times, while blushing to defend himself and Chu Xuan and the others:

"No, it's not stealing, it's just that Senior Colonel Chu Xuan said that it was easy to crush, so I can't bring back too many ......"

"That's right, so we ate it there first, and we brought it back to you.

And the place where raspberries grew was exactly what Shinji found. ”

Chu Xuan nodded expressionlessly, and found a rather high-sounding reason for Shinji Ikaru, who was a little incoherent, and by the way, he specifically pointed out his merits in front of everyone.

"Look, you guy who lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, don't you hurry up to apologize to Shinji!

If Shinji doesn't forgive you, then you won't have your share of the yakiniku and mountain vegetable tempura at noon today.

A fool like you...... I think it's better to just eat roasted carrots, and your brain should be in great need of carotene. ”

Maya Ibuki knocked Shigeru Aoba twice on the head "hard", and said in a threatening tone, and Shigeru Aoba also exaggerated his expression of fear, stretched out his begging hand to Shinji Ikari's side, and shouted loudly with an obviously very false cry:

"Don't...... Whether it's barbecue or fried tempura, it's my favorite!

Shinji, please let me go as a fart regardless of the villain......"

"Disgusting! Get out of the way, and you'll be punished for not eating at noon today! ”

Shigeru Aoba's metaphor offended Maya Ibuki's taboo and finally led to a real punishment, while Shinji Ikari, the "second generation of power", showed a somewhat shy smile under the "deliberate welcome" of his father's subordinates.