"Bang!" Jeba picked up the stone, held it high above his head, and slammed it into another boulder weighing about forty-five pounds in the stream.

"Brother Mang, hurry!" Wu Jing jumped into the water, grabbed the corner of the stone, and beckoned.

"One, two, three!" Liu Mang shouted the trumpet, and together with Wu Jing, he turned over the boulder that Jeba had smashed just now.

"Yes!" Wu Jing let out a cry of surprise. After the stone was opened, a small fish twenty or thirty centimeters long was slowly struggling at the bottom of the water with its belly turned over.

The stone fell from a great height, and the force shook the stream, and by the way, it also stunned the small fish hiding under the stone.

Wu Jing caught the fish and handed it to Liu Mang: "Brother Mang, give it, see if it's the kind of fish you know?"

Liu Mang took it, buckled the gills of the fish, and brought it to him to watch it carefully.

This fish has a large and small head, an earthy yellow body, and four fan-shaped fins on the abdomen, like four small feet. There are white suction cups under the head, and the belly is bulging cute.

"That's right. Liu Mang nodded and put the fish into the net.

"That's a little more smashing. Later, let's make a fire by this stream and make a meal. ”

Next, Jeba kept smashing the boulder in the stream with a stone, while Liu Mang and Wu Jing pulled the stone and picked up the small fish that were stunned by the current into the net.

"It's too small, so don't want it. Every time he picked up, Wu Jing had to fork his fingers and gesture at it, and he threw it back into the stream if it didn't exceed the size of a palm.

It took nearly an hour for Liu Mang and his team to catch more than 30 stone bazi fish from this stream, about four or five catties.

"It's not the rainy season, it's really hard to catch!" kept turning the stones, making Wu Jing tired and panting: "In the rainy season, these fish all climb the trees to lay eggs, just take a stick and poke it up." ”

"It's noon, so let's eat first. Catch some more in the afternoon and bring them back for my master and uncle to taste. Liu Mang suggested.

"Okay, Brother Mang, what are you going to do?"

"How about grilling? This fish has only one main spine, and the meat is tender and tender. ”

"It's not delicious, isn't it? Wu Jing objected: "This kind of fish is too tender, and if it is grilled, it is cooked on the outside and not cooked on the inside, and it is very easy to get old." It's better to boil it in a pot and make some soup to drink. ”

"How did you bake it before?"

"Just skewer it with a stick and put it on the fire?

"That's your wrong approach. Liu Mang thought for a while: "Otherwise, make seven or eight pieces of soup, and I will roast the rest." ”

"You're the chef, you're in charge. ”

"Okay, Jeba will go collect firewood, I'll deal with the fish, monk, you go to the stream to find some wild onions and come back. ”

"Okay!" Wu Jing and Jeba replied and went.

Liu Mang walked to the stream with this bag of stone bazi fish, and without a knife, he tore it directly from the fish's chin with his hand, then tore open the abdominal cavity of the fish, took out the internal organs, and cleaned it.

"This fish is really tender. Liu Mang pinched it with his hand and admired it.

In addition to having no extra spines, the stone fish has no scales on its body, only a layer of mucus, which is somewhat similar to the common 'yellow and spicy dice' on the market.

After washing and peeling the fish, Liu Mang took out a small pot for survival in the wild from his backpack and took out a little flour.

The flour was insisted on by Jeba, saying that if he was hungry on the way, he could knead a few dough and bake it to eat, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.

Add flour and water to make a batter, then add salt, pepper, five-spice powder, and seasoning. Then put in the gutted stone bazi, wrap each one evenly, and finally string it with branches.

When all this is done, Jeba, who went to collect firewood, and Gojing, who is looking for wild onions, also come back.

"Brother Mang, why are you still wrapped in batter, and now we don't have fried it!" Wu Jing said in surprise as she held a handful of shallots in her hand.

"Don't fry, use grilled. Liu Mang inserted the branch of the fish into the sand: "The meat of this fish is too tender, it is easy to bake it if it is directly roasted with fire, and it can be wrapped in a layer of batter and then grilled, which can not only isolate the smoke and dust, but also lock in the moisture and make the fish more tender." ”

"Gao Ming! why didn't I think of it before?" Wu Jing gave a thumbs up.

Jeba raised the fire, Liu Mang cut two branches with a firewood knife, used a wooden stick to pass through the handle of the pot, hung it on the fire, and then poured in the water from the stream, put in the remaining few stone bazi fish and began to boil.

As for the rest of the fish, they are planted around the fire and turned as they are baked.

"Brother Mang, how many days do you have to stay here?" Wu Jing took out a few bottles of bottled beer from her backpack and gave them to Liu Mang and Jeba.

"Come on, I'll have to go back at the end of this month. Liu Mang opened the pull ring, took a big sip of Meimei, and replied.

"That's it......" Wu Jing lowered her head, a trace of loss flashed in her eyes: "Can you stay a little longer?"

"No, I still have a lot of things to do. Liu Mang patted Wu Jing on the shoulder: "Don't worry, when I'm done, I will definitely come back to accompany you, Master and Uncle to live in the mountains for a while." ”

"Okay. Wu Jing held back the melancholy in her heart, and poured a few sips of wine.

The fire made a 'thunderbolt' sound, and over time, the batter wrapped around the fish began to dry up and turn brown.

The water hanging in the pot above the hot pot is also boiling, and the bubbles are churning, soaking out the umami molecules in the fish, and the soup turns from clear to white, and the aroma of the fresh taste of fish comes to the face.

"It's so fresh!" Wu Jing sniffed: "Brother Mang'er, I dare to guarantee! The soup made with this kind of fish has to be applauded even if the gods taste it! In the past, the old ghost hid the wine, and when I couldn't find it, I came here to catch a few fish and exchange wine with him!"

"Let's try the roast first, and then I'll have the soup later. Seeing that the grilled fish was ready, Liu Mang picked up a few skewers and distributed them to Jeba and Wujing.

Wu Jing took a string, blew off the charcoal ash on it, and then brought it to her mouth and bit it gently.

"Hmmm! delicious!"

As Liu Mang said, after this kind of stone bazi fish is wrapped in a layer of flour and grilled, the moisture in the fish meat is not lost at all, although it is grilled, it gives people a feeling of steaming.

The crust made of batter on the fish also tastes good, and when you absorb the umami of the fish, you can chew it gently in your mouth.

"This kind of Shibazi fish is really the best among the fish!" Liu Mang also picked up a bunch and tasted it, and was also amazed.

The fish is very tender and has no fishy smell. A gentle inhalation ripples between the teeth and cheeks, and the sweet feeling lingers on the tip of the tongue for a long time, making people feel as if there is a hand pulling in the throat, and they can't help but swallow and swallow again......

"I'll grab a few more and sneak them into the space. ”