Chapter 39: Fish

Xiaoxi thought about it, as if there was something wrong, what, by the way, she couldn't help but ask a little anxiously: "Binbin, after you got up, did you see Brother Wen?"

"No, I don't. Seeing his dazed face, Xiaoxi knew that he hadn't lied to himself.

So where is he going? Xiaoxi was very suspicious that he had gone to the reservoir and wanted to look for it, but his grandfather's repeated advice before napping sounded in his mind, but he was worried that something had happened to him, and the third aunt's family was the only one of his seedlings. Originally, I came to my grandfather's house to play for a few days, but if something happened, would the third aunt complain that my grandfather didn't take a good look at the child.

Thinking of this, Xiaoxi couldn't help but hesitate a little, wanting to wake up his grandfather and say this, but he was afraid that Brother Wen would be fine or not go to the reservoir, and when he came back, he would inevitably suffer from flesh and skin.

Just as Xiaoxi was at war, Li Wen came down the road with a black plastic bag, and when he got to the middle of the street, he shouted: "Xiaoxi, go and bring a basin of water." ”

Then he asked Chen Yubin to take out the big basin, let the creek pour the water into the basin, and pour the contents of the plastic bag into the big basin.

Xiaoxi saw a carp of about three or four catties lying in the water in the big basin, and asked in surprise: "Brother Wen, where did this come from?"

"Fished from the reservoir. ”

"Reservoir?" Xiaoxi was surprised, "You really went to the reservoir, didn't grandpa say that you won't be allowed to go to the reservoir, and grandpa will definitely beat you when he gets up and knows about it later." And what if you fall into the water?"

"Shh......h You keep quiet. Seeing that Xiaoxi was frightened, he hurriedly reassured: "I'm not back, it's fine." ”

Xiaoxi was very helpless, if something really happened, wouldn't that be what he said.

Thinking of something, Li Wen looked at Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin and said nervously: "Xiaoxi, Binbin, can you tell your grandfather that I went to the reservoir?"

Chen Yubin nodded cutely in agreement.

Xiaoxi held his forehead speechlessly, and screamed in his heart, "Brother Wen, your fish is still here, why don't you let grandpa know?"

Li Wen was shocked, reacted, as if it was, scratched his head, and said angrily: "Yes, what should I do then?" and then said very boldly: "Forget it, you will know if you know, it's a big deal to be beaten, what's the big deal." ”

"What's the beating, what's wrong?"

As soon as the three of them stiffened, they saw Grandpa Chen come out of the sleeping house and walk towards the stream. Originally, due to the heat, he didn't sleep very well, but as a result, a few children were screaming outside, so Grandpa Chen simply got up to take a look.

Seeing a big carp resting in the big basin behind the three children, Grandpa Chen reacted, looked at them angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Have you gone to the reservoir?"

Thinking of doing things by one person, Li Wen jumped out, patted his chest and said loudly: "It's me, it's me who went to the reservoir." ”

Grandpa Chen was speechless when he saw him so straightforward, and he didn't know how to punish him when he was choked like this. The beating is too heavy, saying that he came to your house to play, and you beat it when he came, and then he will not come after that; the scolding is too light, I am afraid that he will not have a long memory, and he will set a bad example for his two grandchildren.

Li Wen saw that his grandfather had a dark face and didn't speak, but he was actually still very worried in his heart, so he opened his mouth in a chatter, "Grandpa, I went to the reservoir today, and found that the fish in the reservoir were all stunned and floated, and many people were fishing there, and then I went to fish." ”

Grandpa Chen was shocked, the fish in the reservoir were raised, how could they be electrified, who did he offend, so ruthless.

Seeing that Grandpa still didn't speak, but he didn't get angry at himself, he continued to say boldly: "Grandpa, a lot of people are fishing there, let's go quickly, otherwise we will be finished fishing later." ”

Seeing that he was still thinking about going to the reservoir, Grandpa Chen glared and was ready to talk, but then he thought about it, there are a lot of fish in the reservoir, and usually the children want to eat a fish are those small fish caught in the weir pond in front of them, and now there are so many big fish in the reservoir, it is better to catch some and give them a taste.

However, thinking that he was still criticizing them just now, and now agreeing to go to the reservoir, he was a little embarrassed, so he coughed twice and said seriously: "Well, Xiaoxi go get a bag, let's go and have a look." ”

Thinking about the size of the fish that Brother Wen brought back just now, Xiaoxi went back to the house and took out a fertilizer bag, and then the four of them set off towards the reservoir under the blazing sun with a straw hat.

If someone passes by on the road at this time, they will find that on such a hot day, one big and three small are hurrying away, and the hot weather makes people very irritable, but a big one said something bitterly, and the three children lowered their heads and hurried silently.

was preached all the way, and the three of them were like eggplants beaten by frost. Finally supported to the reservoir, the three of them were shocked, so they threw off Grandpa Chen and ran towards the reservoir.

When I arrived, I went, and there were a lot of people. Due to the heat this year, the water level in the reservoir has dropped significantly, to about one-third of the level.

Xiaoxi saw several people go back with heavy hands. When they saw that there were no fish on the water, they hurried down to take a look.

Sure enough, the big fish were basically picked up, and only a lot of long fish were left floating on the water, and it seemed that they were only in a hurry to pick up the big fish and left these small ones behind.

Xiaoxi saw that his grandfather didn't say anything, so he rolled up his trousers and fished for the small fish on the water. Taking advantage of Grandpa's inattention, Xiaoxi went to look at the stones, and quickly ran back with a happy face.

The brook beckoned Grandpa, whispered in his ear, "Grandpa, Grandpa, I saw some big fish behind the rocks next to me." ”

Grandpa Chen was overjoyed, quickly lowered the corners of his mouth that rose slightly, looked around at the few people around, and saw that they were all busy fishing and didn't pay attention to this side, so he pulled the stream aside and asked in a low voice, "Where is it?"

Seeing that Grandpa was so cautious, Xiaoxi quietly pointed in the direction, "Over there, I'll take you there." ”

When he arrived at the place, Grandpa Chen saw that there were a few big fish, which were hidden in the cracks behind the stones, so they escaped the "claws" of those people and were picked up by the streams.

I searched through several stone crevices and found thirteen big fish, and I had a lot of harvest!

Grandpa Chen was afraid that he would be overlooked, so he asked Xiaoxi to call Chen Yubin and Li Wen over, and let him continue to pick up small fish here.

In fact, these fish were just stunned by electricity, and when they fainted, they were a good man. Xiaoxi was happy to see that the grandfather and grandson had picked it up, so he secretly threw the nearby fish into the big pool in the space.

Well, this fish is good, you can pick up some. This fish is only one centimeter in size, three or four centimeters in width, and they call it hemp sand. Xiaoxi thinks that he can pick up more, and when the time comes, he will fry it in the oil pan and put some seasoning, this is not a delicious fried fish, and there are no spines, which is very convenient.

Grandpa Chen occasionally looked up and saw Xiaoxi happily picking up hemp sand on the side, so he shouted: "Xiaoxi, what are you doing picking up hemp sand? He thought that the brook was to be thrown into the pit and raised.

Xiaoxi threw the fish in his hand and replied to Grandpa Chen, "Oh. "Then she won't pick it up, she's already picked up a lot, and the time in space is fast, and the reproductive ability of this fish is also good, so there will be endless fried small fish in the future.

After being busy for an hour, Grandpa Chen asked them to stop, it was impossible to pick them all up, so they had to leave some for others. On the road, I saw an old man in front of me carrying a bulging bag, and three children happily followed behind, talking and laughing. Although the clothes on their bodies were wet with sweat, no one paid attention to them, and only "fish and fish" were left in their eyes.

When I got home, I poured the fish from the bag into the basin, one large basin was not enough, and I took a large basin and a few small basins to put it down. A few people quickly changed their wet clothes, rested for a while, and were very happy to see that the basin was crowded with fish.

Grandpa Chen was afraid that there were too many of these fish, so he didn't live long, so he beckoned Xiaoxi back to the house to find out the scissors or something, and then several people began to cut the fish. Scraping the scales of the fish, removing the gills of the fish, dissecting the dissection, several people are dry and in full swing.

There were so many fish, it took the four of them more than an hour to cut up the big fish and more than one handful, and the rest were thrown into the pit behind to be raised.

After the fish is cut, it is a matter of preservation, and there is no refrigerator to dry the fish.

Grandpa Chen took out a few bags of salt, rolled up his sleeves and pickled.

Xiaoxi remembered that in her previous life, a kind of dried fish made by her mother was delicious, so she hurriedly said to Grandpa Chen: "Grandpa, you can get some spicy or something to smear it, it will definitely be more delicious when it is sunburned." ”

Grandpa Chen just stared at her, as if judging the feasibility of her words, Xiaoxi nodded affirmatively, "It's true." "I've eaten it!

Grandpa Chen got up and walked towards the stove house, and Xiaoxi also got up to follow. Find a clean pot, and the creek is directing on the side, "Put thin peppers, put more, spicy and delicious...... Add some peppercorn noodles and it will definitely taste better...... Put some soy sauce and chicken essence ......"

Bringing out a pot of seasoned ingredients, Xiaoxi suggested: "Grandpa, marinate half of the same, and eat it all like this." "After all, everyone's taste is different, and both flavors are delicious.

It is very simple to marinate it with salt, evenly smear salt on the body and stomach of the fish, use a wooden stick to prop up the belly of the fish, and then tie the buckle with hemp rope from the mouth, hang it out, and dry it in the sun for two days, and when it is almost dry, it will be taken back to the house and hung under the ventilated eaves to dry. When it's time to eat, cut into chunks or stewed or steamed, it's all delicious.

The use of chili sauce is just one more formality, and after the salt is smeared, the seasoned ingredients are smeared.

A whole large pot of pickled fish, from fishing to hanging, took four people an afternoon. When it was dark after the busy day, Grandpa Chen hurriedly boiled the pot to cook, and the children cleaned up the mess on the street - fish scales, fish shells, fish internal organs, etc.

Dinner was hearty, braised carp, rice. Xiaoxi thinks that she can eat a big bowl full of rice when she pours it with soup, which is really delicious.

The three children were all eating and spreading on the chairs, Grandpa Chen got up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, washed half of the dishes, and saw a few people spread out on the chairs, so he said: "Don't lie down anymore, go out and walk twice, so as not to sleep comfortably after a while." ”

Helplessly, a few people had to get up and go to eat.