Chapter 15 Herb Chilled Crucian Carp

Throwing the grass carp into the fish guard, the first thing Li Junge did was to quickly wipe the "soul" with a soft cloth, and then the two of them began to check the rod.

"Into the soul" is still so upright, after experiencing a strong pull, it is still a seamless straight, without bending, collapse, and paint explosion.

In the sunlight, "Into the Soul" is like a proud swordsman, rebellious, calm on the outside, but full of power on the inside, as if ready to unsheath the sword at any time and unleash a thrilling blow.

Li Junge looked at Uncle Craftsman and said, "It's too strong, we don't need to test it anymore, right?" It's already too much beyond our imagination. ”

Uncle Smith said, "I'm scared to death, my back is soaked." ”

Li Junge said with affection: "Yes, my two legs are a little weak now, I think about the broken thread, I didn't expect this rod to protect the line so much, and the little zero thread was stunned that it didn't let the big fish of more than ten catties be broken." ”

Uncle Smith said, "Then do we want to continue?"

Li Junge said: "No need, we gave us a 100-point test question, and 'Into the Soul' gave us a 120-point answer, which is perfect! ”

The two began to pack up their things and count their catches.

There were six or seven catties of crucian carp on the craftsman's side, and Li Junge's catch was close to thirty catties.

Li Junge couldn't help but admire: "This gourd stream is about to become a fish nest." ”

The two got on the boat, and Li Junge put the fish into the fish cabin to raise it and began to return home.

Uncle Craftsman said: "Yes, we Li Jiagou have only used nets to fish for generations, and everyone knows how to catch the big and keep the small. We cherish the Wuxi River. Look at the outside now, poisonous fish, fried fish, electric fish, all kinds of conscience work are used in the river. ”

Li Junge said: "Yes, after the ditch is electrocuted once, the small fish and shrimp, including the fish eggs, will die, and that is really a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren." ”

Uncle Craftsman said: "Yes, we can't control other places, if people from other villages dare to come to us to make trouble, the villagers will not beat him to death! The main thing is to guard against the people in the village, those turtle grandchildren, you see what has happened to Panao Creek!"

The Panao Creek of that year is rich in products, both sides are red sand land, especially rich in wild soft-shelled turtles, which is also the origin of the place names of Panao Creek and Panao Township, but later due to unfavorable protection, not only the wild soft-shelled turtles disappeared, even the small fish and shrimp are rare to see, and a batch of water rises every year, and will soon be cleaned up by the locals.

The two talked and chatted and returned to Lijiagou, and Li Junge said to Uncle Mingjiang: "Uncle Mingjiang, why don't you go back to my house together, and I will make you your favorite cold crucian carp." ”

Uncle Smith was not polite, and said: "Piwa still remembers that I have a good mouthful, I haven't eaten this for a long time." ”

Crucian carp Li Jiagou people generally make dry roast, watercress fish, fish soup, rarely cold dressing, this dish is still Li Junge learned in Yuzhou, so he doesn't come back, Uncle Craftsman can't eat it.

The two went back to the village, passing by the tea shop of Li Ermao's house, and everyone saw the two of them carrying fishing tackle and big fish, and they all knew that it was wild river fresh, so they came over to ask if they were selling.

Li Junge said to Uncle Craftsman: "We can't eat this big grass carp as a family plus you, and there are a lot of crucian carp, so let's sell some of them." ”

Uncle Carpenter said: "Most of them are fished by you, you have the final say, just leave a few crucian carp for wine." ”

Li Junge began to sell fish there, and Uncle Mingjiang said that he would simply take advantage of this time to go back and put his things away, and Li Junge nodded and let him go.

The big grass carp and carp were sold, and the crucian carp was given away as an additive and some were sold, leaving only the largest four, and there were more than three catties, which were kept for Uncle Carp to enjoy. The villagers didn't talk about the price, but after all, they were all wild river fish, and they were actually sold for a small 300 yuan.

At this time, Uncle Craftsman came back with a long cloth bag, and Li Junge divided the money into two parts and handed him more than a hundred yuan.

Uncle Craftsman hurriedly waved his hand and said no, and said, "You caught it, how embarrassed I am to ask for this money, you should stay." ”

Li Junge let him accept it after saying anything, but he didn't dare to give more, according to the rules of partnering to fish, the two of them shared it equally.

When I got home, just as I was just starting to make lunch, my grandmother saw the two of them and said, "Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you have to get it until midnight?"

The craftsman hurriedly greeted his grandmother, then took out a bamboo cane from the long cloth bag and handed it to his grandmother and said, "Hey, the two of us just went to try the new rod, and we didn't go to the fish, so we came back so early." Auntie, I can't come up with anything good, that's what it means, don't dislike it. ”

Grandma took it and said, "Oh, craftsman, why are you so polite, the craftsmanship is getting more and more sophisticated, tsk, look at the beauty of this lacquer water!"

Li Junge took it and looked at it, and said, "Uncle Craftsman, this is not a small thing, this is a big gift, hahaha." ”

The craftsman was embarrassed and said, "This is the waste material used to make the pole, and I think it's a pity, so I made this rod for my aunt." ”

Li Junge carefully looked at the cane, the head of the cane is made of old cypress tumors, the wood grain on the nodules is like a whirlpool stacked, and it is like the texture of tiger skin, it is polished very well, it is not painted, it has only been raised once with tung oil, and then rubbed with leather to produce a luster, which looks simple and heavy.

The head of the rod is connected to the body of the rod by a white copper ring, and the body of the rod is made of materials and lacquerwork, golden yellow, wrapped in flowing honey with a transparent feeling. Underneath is a three-inch-long white copper rod nail.

Although the bamboo cane was only the thickness of a thumb, Li Junge tried it, but there was no problem with the strength at all.

Grandma tried the feel, happy, and said: "I haven't been to the market for a long time, but I don't think it's convenient to walk, but now I have it, but I have strength, it's so beautiful that I panic, and I'm a little reluctant to be a cane." ”

Uncle Smith smiled: "It's good if you like it, but if it's broken, I'll make you another one!"

This is the father who also came out of the kitchen and said, "Oh, this rod is so beautiful!

Li Junge said: "Dad, it's just right that you're here, you talk to Uncle Craftsman first, and I'll go get him a cold crucian carp!"

Dad said, "Go quickly, the flavor of the condiments is bigger, and your uncle likes thick flavors." ”

After Li Junge arrived at the house, he washed the crucian carp, then pulled a few knives on each fish, cut some ginger and garlic shreds, poured cooking wine and salt into the basin to taste.

Taking a bamboo basket to cover the pot, Li Junge went to the field to pick some green Erjingtiao chili peppers, some millet spicy chili peppers, a large handful of Huoxiang young leaves, and smoked a few chives.

Come back and turn out a piece of ginger, a few cloves of garlic, throw it into a stone mortar, add some water and pound it into ginger and garlic pureed water.

Take out a small bowl and pour a bowl of steamed fish soy sauce.

Chop the two wattle chili peppers together with the millet chili peppers.

Chop the herbs and mix them with a little salt.

Half an hour later, the fish tasted good, and then my mother had prepared all the other dishes and freed up the pot for him.

Li Junge added boiling water to the cauldron, put the crucian carp in it and started steaming, and also put the soy sauce bowl in it and steamed it together.

Seven or eight minutes later, a plate of crucian carp was just cooked, Li Junge took out the crucian carp and put it aside to cool, and then put it in another plate, and steamed the three catties of fish in two plates, so as not to cook the top and still be raw at the bottom.

After the two plates of fish are steamed, start to prepare the cold sauce.

Pour the steamed soy sauce into a small basin, decant the fish soup in the steamed fish plate and pour it in, add ginger and garlic water, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, spicy minced millet and chopped leaves, mix well and pour it on the two plates of fish, the amount of condiment is very large, almost covering all the crucian carp below.

Then sprinkle a handful of peppercorns and two spoonfuls of dried chili noodles respectively, boil a scoop of boiling oil and pour it on.

I only heard a "sting" sound, and a spicy and fresh fragrance rushed straight to the end of my nose.

Sprinkle with two handfuls of chopped green onions, and the cold herb crucian carp is done.

Li Junge brought the two plates of fish to the hall, everyone had already started to use chopsticks, and Dad and Uncle Craftsman had already drunk it.

When Uncle Carp saw the cold salad and crucian carp, he said again and again: "This is good, this is good." ”

Li Junge sat down and walked with Uncle Craftsman, and then began to move his chopsticks, picking out a piece of crucian carp from under the thick condiment and putting it in his mouth.

Because it is a cold salad, there is no greasy feeling of other methods at all, and the soy sauce is also diluted by the steamed fish soup, and the taste is no longer strong, only in the sweet and sour spicy, revealing the thick green chili pepper and the special fragrance of Huoxiang, accompanied by the sweetness of wild crucian carp, which is very delicious.

Uncle Craftsman couldn't stop eating, and praised again and again, saying that he couldn't make this taste, and he still had to count Li Junge's deliciousness.

Grandma thought that the crucian carp bones were small and only picked a little to taste the taste, so she only smiled and watched Uncle Carp eat happily, and said: "Carpenter, I have been alone for so many years, so I haven't looked at any suitable one?"

The craftsman said: "Hey, which woman can afford me to be a stinky craftsman, isn't it still like that!"

Grandma sighed and said: "Alas, the old craftsman left you a poor family back then, and it delayed you, otherwise you should have said a daughter-in-law a long time ago." ”

Uncle Craftsman said: "My godfather has been a bachelor all his life, and it is nothing to continue to be naked when he comes to me." ”

Uncle Carpenter was adopted by the old craftsman in the village, and he didn't know where he wandered from back then, so he followed the old craftsman with the surname Huang, and his name was Huang Zhengliang.

The old craftsman is a bachelor until he dies, and the uncle is now thirty-six or seventeen, and there is a bamboo forest at home, and there is not much land, and his own family has a little bamboo weaving skills passed down by the old craftsman, and the shoulder can not pick up the hand, and the income is really not rich. said that several families thought he was poor, and in the end it was not negotiated, and slowly Uncle Craftsman gave up his heart.

My mother also said: "Craftsman, you have a craft, as the saying goes, 'the craftsman can't die of hunger in a famine', but he doesn't pay attention to cleaning up, in fact, his facial features are still thoughtful, and he changes his clothes and makes a lot of money, I don't believe that no one can see it." ”

Li Junge said: "Mom, if you have a suitable one, look for Uncle Craftsman, let me tell you that Uncle Craftsman is a thick accumulation, absolute potential stock, which girl can take a fancy to him, and he will definitely be happy in the future!"

The whole family laughed, feeling that Li Junge's words were a bit excessive, and they really couldn't believe it.

But my mother still said: "That's okay, then I'll look at the craftsman, and if there is a suitable person, I'll talk about it, but the craftsman, you're so old, you don't necessarily have to be a big girl with yellow flowers, right?"

Uncle Smith said with a red face: "Hey, with my conditions, my age, what else can I choose, it's almost done." ”

My mother smiled: "That's okay, it's easier to do this, I'll ask you." ”