On a quiet night, only the strong thud of the MTU motor is savvy, and the entire lake is sprinkled with moonlight, so you can see the channel even without turning on the boat lights.

Sometimes you can see the island in the middle of the lake, which is pitch black, and Emperor Wu doesn't want to run up at night to explore.

Driving all the way, Emperor Wu has been observing the situation in the lake, one is to see if there are any freshwater fish, and the other is to see if he will encounter that strange light again.

To his disappointment, the light did not meet, but a freshwater fish.

Australia's freshwater fish species are particularly scarce, which is related to the long-term isolation of the Australian continent, on the other hand, the Australian continent is the driest continent in the world, and the river network is not very developed. One of the few freshwater fish species also originally lived in the sea, but later, I didn't know which tendon was wrong, and I turned into the river, thinking that the river water was not salty and delicious, so I didn't leave.

Emperor Wu has done his homework before, and Australian freshwater grouper and gem perch are the most famous freshwater fish, which taste good and can be eaten grilled.

There are no trawls on the yacht, only fishing nets can be used.

The lake in front of him was splashing, presumably there were schools of fish moving, Emperor Wu stopped the boat, took out his fishing gear and prepared to catch a big fish.

"What do I need to do?" asked Cabi.

"Just sit quietly and watch me fish, and eat whatever fish you catch today. ”

There are unknown aquatic plants growing in the lake, more than when Emperor Wu first visited Huaxi Lake, which shows that there are not many fish in the lake, and the aquatic plants eaten do not grow much.

After parking the boat, Emperor Wu turned on the spotlight at the tail of the yacht, which was very penetrating, forming a spot of light on the water surface, which had a great attraction to the fish.

The two of them walked from the cabin to the deck, and the Huaxi Lake at night was very quiet, and the moonlight sprinkled on the lake to form a silver curtain.

Emperor Wu used an ordinary elastic fishing rod, which was light in weight but very tough and not easy to break. He motioned for Kaibi to take a step back, and took a position to throw the line out with all his might.

"Do you believe I'm fishing for the first time?" Wu Di was a little triumphant, he thought his movements were as standard as Eric's father and son.

With his hands on his chest, he stood behind him and said, "I believe it, because you forgot to hang the bait." ”

Kebi shook the bait bag in his hand.

Emperor Wu patted his head, smiled awkwardly, and put the fishing line back.

At this time, there was movement in the spot of the tail light, and it seemed that there were schools of fish moving around, and if there was a fishing net, you could catch fish directly, so why bother fishing.

Hanging the bait, Emperor Wu aimed at the position of the spot and threw out the fishing line, and the hook fell into the water and stirred up a small wave, which shocked the fish to scatter in all directions, and waited for a long time and did not regather.

Kaibi sat next to Emperor Wu with her cheeks crossed, it seemed that she was a little cold, and there was a breeze at night, and a sleeveless top could not be resisted.

"Take care of it for me. ”

Emperor Wu whispered to her that he got up and went back to the cabin to get his coat.

"Thank you. Kaibi took the coat and put it on his body, and immediately warmed up a lot.

I just wanted to talk to Kaibi, but I found that there was movement in the fishhook, and the movement was not small.

Emperor Wu was overjoyed, quickly tightened the fishing line, did not rush to pull the fish up, first pulled the fishing rod a few times to test the weight of the fish, it was a big guy but not to tear the fishing rod off.

"Wow, take the bait, see what your first rod will hang ontowards. Cabi looked excited.

Emperor Wu slowly retracted the rod, and adopted the strategy of wanting to capture the old and indulge while receiving, so as not to let this big fish do a battle to break the net.

"Good fellow, tonight's meal is delicious grilled fish, Kebi, do me a favor. ”

"What should I do?" said Kebi, confused.

"Singing cheers me up. Emperor Wu turned his head and smiled at her.

Kebi was amused by his expression and actually started singing.

As the line shrinks, the big fish is slowly dragged out of the water, and the moment it leaves the water, it keeps tossing, jumping on the surface of the water, making a final struggle.

"Bucket, get the bucket!"

Kaibi ran to the cabin and brought a small bucket and put it on the deck, and Emperor Wu further drained its physical strength, and when it completely gave up resistance, it was put into the bucket.

The fish rolled in the air a few times, exhausted, and finally had to disarm and surrender, and Emperor Wu threw it into the bucket in one go.

Kaibi couldn't help but applaud.

At this point, one fish occupies the entire bucket, and it seems that there is no need to catch any more, and this 60-centimeter-long fish is enough to fill the stomachs of two people.

"What kind of fish is this?" asked Kebi innocently, seemingly ignorant of fish.

Emperor Wu looked at the fish, which was spindle-shaped as a whole, with a small head that was dull silver in the light.

"There aren't many types of freshwater fish here, this one is probably a silver perch, haven't you eaten it?"

Kebi shook his head, "Even if I have eaten it, I don't know what kind of fish I eat, in my opinion, there are only good fish and bad fish." ”

Emperor Wu stretched out his thumb, he used to only eat, but now his independent life is different from before.

Emperor Wu has collected information on Australian freshwater fish, silver perch is considered the best fishing and edible fish, they have a mild temperament, fast growth, delicate meat, and great nutritional value, but I don't know what it tastes like to eat grilled.

"Is it okay to kill fish?" Emperor Wu asked her jokingly.

Kaibi shook her head shyly, "But I'm happy to learn, and it looks like it's fun." ”

"Of course, it's much more fun than fishing, because you never know from which angle the fish will jump at you, and I'll teach you that cooking is a compulsory course for Chinese women. ”

Cabi stuck out her tongue and did so.

Emperor Wu took the big silver perch to the deck, held down the body of the fish with his left hand, picked up the kitchen knife with his right hand and slapped the head of the fish, knocking it out.

Suddenly thought of a news a few days ago, the Australian crayfish restaurant was sued by animal protection organizations for the cruelty of killing lobsters, will such a scene be too bloody for Kaibi.

Kebi screamed, covering his eyes and not daring to look.

"Nature is like that, the strong have everything. If the ancestors of fish were the first to land on the continent from the water millions of years ago, perhaps we are the ones who are pressed on the cutting board today. "Emperor Wu tried to make his behavior more reasonable.

Cabi nodded incomprehensibly.

Taking advantage of the fact that the fish fainted, Emperor Wu continued to work.

Starting from the tail fin of the bottom of the fish, he slid a knife into the mouth of the fish with a 5mm opening, opened it and pulled out the internal organs with his hands.

The sticky viscera made Capi feel bad, "It's hard to imagine that one day I'll have to do this with my own hands. ”

Wu Di thought about it, there seems to be no cooking of live fish on the menu of Australians, and their food is more cold.

"There was warm water in the cabin, help me get a small bucket. ”

Emperor Wu washed the fish with warm water and began to scrape the scales, and after hanging the fish scales, he washed them again with warm water.

"It turns out that the delicious food on the table is so cruel. "Kebi covered her mouth, she was a romantic girl who loved the Baroque architecture of the Renaissance.

Emperor Wu smiled indifferently and began Mr. Wu's lecture hall, "Every happy country is bought through blood, and Australia is the same, during World War II, Australia annihilated 200,000 Japanese troops in Papua New Guinea. ”

Kebi was surprised, "You also know the history of Australia. ”

Emperor Wu smiled: "After all, Australia has given me a chance to change my life. ”

"It is very puzzling that Australia, because of its geographical location, was originally far away from the war, but it played an important role in the two world wars of the last century, forming the Anzac Corps to fight everywhere and following the British Empire around the world. Emperor Wu shook his head.

Kaibi looked at Emperor Wu with admiration and listened to him talk about the history of Australia. This made Emperor Wu feel very strange, just like when he was in college, African students from the same department taught him Chinese martial arts.

Even though it felt strange, it didn't prevent Emperor Wu from immersing himself in Kaibi's gentle gaze, "I will have the opportunity to talk about this again in the future, tonight's theme is BBQ." ”

"I've heard that Australians like to barbecue, and every house has an open-air oven in the yard, and even a public barbecue in the park for people to use. Emperor Wu asked knowingly.

"Isn't there anything in China? Cooking is a strong point for Chinese, and I often hear my mother talk about it, although I'm not used to it." Kebi asked.

Emperor Wu touched his head, "We do like to eat barbecue, there will be countless barbecue stalls on both sides of the road in the summer, but the government does not encourage this because it will pollute the environment." ”

Kebi nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Because of BBQ, the average Australian weighs 81 kilograms, and the state's ovens in the park play a key role. Kebi complained.

"Then you look like an alternative Aussie girl because you have a great body and I love your enthusiasm. "By the moonlight, Emperor Wu spoke very casually.

"Thank you. "To be complimented, Kaibi is very happy.

After catching a few more small fish, Emperor Wu restarted the yacht and parked it in the middle of the lake, absolutely private, like a paradise.

"Okay, let's start the BBQ tour of Huaxi Lake, and I brought a lot of food today, such as sausages, squid, scallops, heavy garlic and Benjamin's beef. ”

After inspecting the wheelhouse to make sure there were no problems, Emperor Wu went outside the cabin to prepare the stove for a fire.

Buy a square small oven from the supermarket, the fuel is packed in the liquefied gas cylinder, the model of the liquefied gas cylinder is unified, and you can refill it at the gas station or public shopping mall, and in some places as long as the cylinder size is the same, as long as the empty bottle is thrown away, take the canned and go.

Following the local customs, Europe and the United States like to use large pieces of meat to smoke slowly, rather than skewering small pieces of meat with skewers as in China.

In line with the idea of respecting the lady, Emperor Wu decided to use the Australian style barbecue, firstly, Emperor Wu also likes the pleasure of eating meat and drinking wine, and secondly, it is too much energy to skewer meat with a skewer!

Kaibi was looking for something in the backpack in the cabin, and Emperor Wu faintly leaned in and startled her.

"Is this it?" Emperor Wu took out a small jar from behind him.

Kebi laughed when she saw it, "Vegemite, you like it too?"

Emperor Wu shook his head painfully, this most popular vegetable sauce in Australia is a hundred times more unpalatable than stinky tofu, very salty and sour, and what is even more painful is that I have fallen in love with this taste.

Kaibi took the vegemite and mixed it with a plate of salad dishes, and Emperor Wu looked at the plate and sighed.

The steaks at Straw Hat Ranch are very tender, and Emperor Wu has a full half refrigerator for meat like this, and the Benjamin family is simply enthusiastic, a bit like the warm-hearted neighbors in rural China, who can't eat all the vegetables they grow to the point of punishment.

The potatoes, spinach, and tomatoes brought by the BBQ this time were all from Benjamin's house, and Emperor Wu bought very few in the supermarket.

In addition to the chandelier of the yacht, there is no light on the entire Huaxi Lake, in order to render the atmosphere, Emperor Wu turned on the tail lights, adjusted the amplitude so that it shines vertically on the water surface, and the reflected light is on the edge of the yacht, like wearing a silver skirt.