Chapter 7 Sumptuous Dishes
Zhou Heng set up the trap and began to get the fish he ate today.
After many years, he hasn't eaten fish and shrimp like this, and today is really completely free.
He brought something special today, and I don't know if there is a scientific name, that is, there are nets on three sides and supported by two crossed bamboo poles.
The shape is a bit like a football goal, but there is also a net at the bottom.
Okay, that's what it is, anyway.
In the summer, he wore little, so he took off his shoes and went into the water, tying a bamboo basket around his waist.
The bamboo basket is very deep, and when he stands in the water, half of the bamboo basket is in the water, so if there are fish and shrimp, he can put them directly in it, and it will not dry up.
He set up the net to catch the fish, and then he walked around, and the bamboo pole in his hand was also stirred in the water, and drove the water in the direction of the net.
The net is three-sided, and only one side is open, and the fish can't run away after passing it.
It's old-fashioned, but it works.
In the past, Zhou Heng was too small and short, and he watched his father do these things, and he could bring a lot of fish back in the afternoon to satisfy his family's hunger.
It's a pity that the number of electric fishing has increased later, and the size of the fish has not been spared, and the fish has almost become extinct for a time.
Later, people went out to work, and finally gave these ponds a chance to breathe.
Zhou Heng operated it, picked up the net and took a look, the harvest was not very large, only two or three palm-length small fish, and then some small crayfish.
He put the big one in the back basket, put the small one back, changed places, and continued to operate.
Wang Rui has been following for so long, but he can be regarded as seeing the fish, and he is very surprised and looks very excited.
Even when Wang Siqi saw it, he happily wanted to follow him into the water and catch fish.
Zhou Heng hurriedly said: "Wang Rui, look at your sister! Don't let her come down." ”
Children love to play in the water, but this is not a place to play in the water, so it is not very safe.
Wang Rui had no choice but to coax her to play while watching her uncle make fish, and suddenly felt tired.
I said a long time ago that if I don't bring this annoying little guy over, my mother will have to bring him with him, so that he won't be able to play well.
If he hadn't been there, he would have been able to go into the water to get fish.
Thinking of this, Wang Rui opened his mouth wide and made a gesture to bite her little face.
But when he stretched out his mouth, he only kissed him heavily.
Wang Siqi smiled and kissed his brother on the face, and asked coquettishly, "Brother, are you so happy?"
Wang Rui sighed in his heart, yes, I'm so happy, I'm so happy that I want to cry.
Zhou Heng was making fish by himself, and while seeing that Wang Rui was a little bored, he taught him to make a simple fishing rod with a bamboo rod, and asked him to catch some shrimp by himself to pass the time.
You can also feel the fun of fishing.
This guy often comes to his grandfather's house, but no one usually takes him to fish, so he doesn't know anything now.
Originally, you could use earthworms dug in the soil to make bait, but considering that guy's skills are not good, anyway, he brought lard residue today, so he let him use this to fish.
As a result, this guy has no talent for fishing, talks a lot, has a quick temperament, and has to lift the rod when he sees the line moving, and many times he sees the shrimp unhooked and leaves.
The more this happened, the more anxious he became, and he was so angry that he couldn't do it.
In the end, he was about to finish work, and Wang Rui caught a few shrimps.
This made him so happy that he felt a great sense of accomplishment, and he could hear him laughing almost for a mile.
"This shrimp, I asked my mother to make shrimp soup for me, this one, I asked my mother to braise it for me, this one, make it spicy, this one, make it...... Let's steam it...... Ah, it must be delicious, I'm hungry. ”
Wang Rui pulled the shrimp one by one, and even swallowed his saliva when he was excited.
Zhou Heng laughed.
Wang Siqi also stretched out his little hand to get the lobster that his brother caught. It's a pity that when I saw the high cocked pliers, I was discouraged again.
At this time, the psychology of the little guy worshipping his brother has begun to sprout, just like Wang Rui worships his uncle.
Of course, this is all an illusion, and in a few years, this worship will cease to exist.
Zhou Heng made half a basket, with a total size of a few catties, and the team was completed.
You can't put fish and shrimp in a basket, otherwise they will be finished and will definitely be crushed. Shrimp and baby crabs have to be put in a separate bucket.
The fish are not particularly large, only one is more than a catty, the rest are less than a catty, and then even smaller.
This may be related to the type of fry in the pond itself.
When they returned from shooting, several people, including Wang Siqi, were very excited.
Zhou Heng divided the fish into two catties and mentioned it to Zhang Feng's house.
Last time, thanks to him for taking his father to the hospital in the middle of the night, he later cooked a meal for him to eat and thanked him, but he went back to the provincial capital to work the next day.
Since I was at home, I got some food, and I should go and distribute it to his family.
Zhang Feng's father was very happy, politely said, and accepted the fish and shrimp. It's a long way to town, and they're old, so it's rare to go there, and it's hard to buy something delicious.
The little granddaughter likes to eat fish and shrimp.
Last time, Zhang Feng brought the little girl who came to Zhou Heng's house, and now she is going to kindergarten in the village - it is said that it is a village, but in fact, it is no longer counted, it is jointly organized by several nearby villages.
Far away from home, it is not easy to pick up and drop off every day.
Now, because of the distance between the schools, the dolls from the surrounding villages are already going to live in the school in elementary school, and God, some of them are still wetting the bed.
Zhou Heng couldn't do anything but shake his head to express sympathy.
After a few polite and cold words with Zhang Feng's father, Zhou Heng went back with the empty fish basket.
When I arrived at the gate of the hospital, I heard Wang Rui's voice arranging: "Mom, this one is braised and this one is spicy, and this one is ......."
Zhou Heng died of laughter.
I heard Zhou Ying's disgusted voice: "Alas, it's okay, your mother has a number, how can you fry this one? How can you braise it?"
"You still want me to teach you! You've been cooking for so many years, and you still want me to teach you?"
"Go away, go away, you don't help me, don't nag in my ear. Zhou Ying couldn't say that she was her son, and finally started to drive people away.
Zhou Heng walked in with a smile.
knew that the old lady was the reaction, she had a big temper.
Zhou Heng returned to the yard, put down the fish basket, and prepared to harvest the wheat. Drying and harvesting every day is a personal work.
Zhou Ying joked to the old mother who was making fish next to her, and said, "Mom, your son is back, and he has done a lot of work! ”
My mother was naturally happy, but she still said: "He took such a long leave of absence, and he was busy at home every day, and he didn't have a good holiday to rest." ”
Zhou Heng felt guilty, he hadn't done much at home over the years, and every time he came back for the New Year, he was a rice worm, and he was good at eating and drinking.
Something should be done.
Zhou Faqiang also treated Zhou Heng as a child, let him hold the bag, and he shoveled wheat into it himself, which consumed physical strength.
Zhou Heng naturally disagreed, his father was so old, he was only discharged from the hospital a few days ago, he should have been allowed to rest, how could he be embarrassed to let him do heavy work at this time?
He hurriedly picked up the shovel and began to shovel the wheat.
Zhou Faqiang looked at his busy son, and he was also mixed for a while. The son is slowly going to support the family.
After the wheat was harvested, it was time for the local chickens to return.
As usual, it was the big red rooster who led the way, and the big team came back with a high spirit.
Zhou Heng said: "Let them eat new feed today and see how it goes." ”
The new feed is a systematic formula, but it is all cereals and grains, and it is raw materials that he buys at home or himself, so he is very relieved to let the chickens eat it.
However, he still has an elixir in hand, which was drawn last time.
He never dared to give chickens to eat, he was worried that there would be something wrong with eating, after all, five hundred chickens is not a trivial matter.
Looking at the sound of the chickens eating "tuk tuk", Zhou Heng suddenly had an idea, why don't you try to get a chicken first? It's okay to eat a chicken, and then let it go for other chickens to eat.
So, he went to find a glass bottle, the kind with a lid, filled with fifty milliliters of water, and put the pill in it to dissolve.
The aroma is tangy.
This fragrance smells very comfortable, not to mention for chickens, even Zhou Heng himself can't help but have the urge to taste it.
I don't know if this "lark elixir" is true or not, it is so good that it is explained and introduced.
In the evening, when the chickens are back in the coop, catch one and try it.
"Uncle, come to dinner!Uncle, come to dinner!" the voice of two little ghosts in the courtyard.
Zhou Ying asked Wang Rui to call his uncle to eat, but he was lazy, so he stood in the distance and shouted at the throat.
Wang Siqi did the same, and he also followed his brother's example, shouting at the throat.
Zhou Heng agreed, then put away the glass bottle, went to wash his hands, and the food on the table was all set.
Wang Rui was helping to set the dishes, and Wang Siqi followed his brother, so he had to help arrange the chopsticks.
The dinner table was very rich, the largest one was braised in braised sauce, and the rest of the small fish were wrapped in flour and fried until golden brown, and then fried with chili peppers, just looking at it, Zhou Heng couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
There weren't many crayfish and crabs today, so I simply fried them together and piled them up.
There was also a yellow eel, which was stewed with yams and eaten, and then a chicken was killed.
This standard of living is really good.
Mom and Dad really want to make all the good dishes he hasn't eaten in a few years.
If you do the math, it's only been a few days since I came back, and how many chickens have been eaten at home!
Wang Rui gnawed on the thighs of the chickens and said: "Uncle, if you don't leave, your chickens don't have to be sold, you eat them every day, five hundred chickens, you can't eat them all in a year." ”
Then he asked himself: "No, no, you can't eat it all, you are determined to be the first person in the world to raise chickens." If it's all eaten, then how can it be the first person!"
Zhou Heng was speechless, he couldn't stop his mouth when he ate!
The 800-word essay for the exam is as difficult as it is for him, but he can't finish what he usually says by train.
Wang Siqi also looked like his brother, nibbling on the chicken leg and smiling happily.
Perhaps, when these two brothers and sisters grow up, the dish they miss the most will be the dish of their grandmother's house.