When they went to the fish pond in the fish farm, where guests could order fish, there were a few guests with Spring City accents who were picking fish. They didn't make a mess, but stood by the fish pond and watched the fish in the pond, waiting for the people to order the fish first.

"Boss, what kind of fish are the best in your place?" The guest from Spring City came forward to select the live fish, a tall and strong young man, who looked at the fish pond and the fish that were densely mixed together and swam alive asked the owner of the fish village.

The owner of the fish village is a lean Jiangchuan man, and said in an obvious Jiangchuan Langguang accent: "Of course it is herring, and the meat of herring is more delicate and tender than carp and grass carp." The catfish is also very good, with few meat spines, which is suitable for little dolls. ”

"Didn't you say that the river fish is the best?" asked the young man.

"Of course, the big-headed fish is the best, but it is usually difficult to come across, and when the sea opens in December, you will come back again, and you will be lucky to eat it whole." The owner said proudly.

"What about the price?"

"Oh, it is all written, 60 pieces of herring a kilogram, 40 pieces of catfish a kilogram, 600 big-headed fish, where are they marked, we clearly mark the price here, and we will never deceive customers. ”

"Okay, if there is no big-headed fish, let's catch a big herring, and then catch a catfish of two or three kilograms. The young man was very happy to settle on the fish he wanted.

"Okay, how about that big herring? about ten kilograms, plus that smaller catfish, you are just the right ten of you?" the boss suggested for the sake of the guests.

"Okay, good, you want it, take it out and weigh it. ”

"Okay, Xiaojun, take out that big herring and catch another two or three kilograms of catfish. The boss smiled and instructed the young man who was waiting with a net next to him to catch fish from the big fish pond.

"Boss, you grass carp and herring look similar, don't make a mistake. The young man looked at the fish of all colors swimming in the pond and said uneasily.

"How can I be mistaken, the color of herring is dark, and the color of grass carp is light. Look at that big herring, how vigorous it is, it grew up eating screws. The owner of the fish farm solemnly pointed to the big fish that had been trapped in the net, as if he knew that his life was in danger and was struggling desperately.

The young man watched the young man take the fish out, and stretched out his net in front of him for him to look at, and the young man looked carefully, but he did not see anything, but he nodded as if he was very knowledgeable, and said to his companion, "That's it." ”

The young man put the big fish in the net pocket on the concrete floor, picked up a wooden mallet and slammed it on the head of the big fish that was struggling with his life, and the big fish did not move. The young man put the big fish on the scale and shouted loudly, "11.8 kilograms." ”

Pick up the net pocket and go to fish out a catfish and repeat the operation just now, "3.7 kg." ”

The young man's kung fu of catching catfish, the owner of the fish village has skillfully slaughtered, peeled, and washed the big fish, and put them in a large copper pot to boil.

Personally watching the fish he ordered into the pot, the spring city guy went out with his partner satisfied, and the owner of the fish village washed his hands before turning back and greeting the new guests with a smile.

"Boss, there are only four of us, just catch a herring of three or four kilograms. Niu Weiqiang looked at the boss quietly and said.

The boss listened to Niu Weiqiang's accent, didn't say anything, and smiled and instructed the guy to fish out a fish for Niu Weiqiang to look at.

Qi Jingtao glanced at the struggling so-called herring in the net pocket, looked at the boss and smiled, "Boss, why are the scales of your herring so regular, even the grid can be seen clearly, and the head is not sharp enough, is it round?"

When the boss heard this, his face changed slightly, he walked to the net pocket and pretended to take a look, and yelled at the young man: "Xiaojun, what do you think, you have caught the wrong fish?"

The young man looked at the fish cooperatively and quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I read it wrong. ”

"Look at it, the one that sinks at the bottom of the pond and has a blue and black back is only three and a half kilograms, which is just right for the four of us to eat. Qi Jingtao pointed to a real herring in the fish pond and said.

The young man glanced at Qi Jingtao clearly, quickly put the net pocket into the fish pond and shook it, released the fish just now, paddled the water and moved gently in the fish pond, and dragged the small herring that caught Qi Jingtao's point out of the water.

Niu Weiqiang, Liu Jianmin, and Zhang Hong all gathered around to look at the herring in the net pocket, and Qi Jingtao smiled and said: "Mr. Niu, the appearance of the herring and grass carp are very similar, and they are not completely distinguished by color. Generally speaking, herring is blue-black and darker in color, while grass carp has a grass-like yellow color and is lighter in color. But the age of the fish is different, the color is not easy to compare, not as good as the big grass carp just now, the color is much darker. When you order herring, you mainly look at the scales, the scales of the herring are not obvious, while the grass carp is very obvious in the shape of a net. Look at this one, it's not as obvious as the one just now, the head is also different, the head of the grass carp is fan-shaped, and the head of the herring fish is narrow and long, like a sharp cone. ”

The owner of the fish village watched from the side with a smile, and only after listening to Qi Jingtao finish speaking did he speak: "This brother looks carefully, sometimes he can't see clearly in the water, hehe." ”

"Hehehe, if you can't see clearly, take it out and take a good look. "Qi Jingtao doesn't need to say that the boss was tired just now, and he wants to be a bad guy for no reason.

The boss personally knocked the fish unconscious, weighed it, looked at Qi Jingtao with surprise on his face and said, "Brother, your eyes are poisonous, just 3.5 kilograms." ”

"Hehehe, my family sells fish, the boss will make fish as soon as possible, right? Also, you can put more potatoes in that copper pot stewed rice, hehehe, just that bite." ”

Qi Jingtao said a word to the boss, then turned his head to Niu Weiqiang and continued: "Also, Mr. Niu, if you bring guests to eat the famous big-headed fish in the future, you have to see clearly, the big-headed fish depends on whether the head is big or not, and it may not be able to distinguish it from the carp." The bighead fish is a variant of the carp, only in the rivers and seas, and the most obvious difference between the bighead fish and the carp is that the bighead fish has absolutely no whiskers. ”

Niu Weiqiang and the others suddenly realized, Liu Jianmin gave Qi Jingtao a thumbs up, "Xiao Qi, admire and admire, you didn't have some fish today, and we will eat grass carp at the same price as those few people later." ”

"You people in the city make easy money, if you pay for a big fish, but you eat carp, then it is called really wronged. After ordering the fish, Qi Jingtao came to the restaurant with a smile and waited for the meal.

The method of copper pot fish is very simple, after the fish in the lake is slaughtered, the scales are removed, the internal organs are removed, and the gills are removed, and the whole body is cut but not broken, so as to ensure that the fish is a whole. When boiling fish, be sure to use cold water, put some green onions, ginger, and salt in the pot. After boiling pine wood over high heat, then simmering it over low heat, the fish and soup will be more delicious.

The copper pot fish was made quickly, and several people came to the low dining table in the square, and before they had drunk a few sips of tea on the grass mound, a large pot of steaming fish was personally served by the owner of the fish village.

The fish is served directly to the table in a large copper pot where the fish is boiled, and the most important role of the fish boiled in the copper pot is dipped in water, and the pickles are served in small plates for rice.

This kind of dipping water is also a must, it is fried with minced green onions, minced ginger, minced garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, Sichuan pepper, spicy seeds, and each fish village its own secret method, and the taste is particularly good. Although the basic ingredients are similar, the taste of the dipping water stir-fried by different fish farms has its own merits. Gourmets who often come to the lake to eat fish tend to taste everywhere and choose their favorite one as a relatively fixed base.