Chapter 12 Braised Fish
In the afternoon, Li Dabao, Li Xiaobao and Zhou Limin were waiting for Yang Yun by the river, and after waiting for a while, they saw Yang Yun walking towards the river with Yang Xuan from a distance, but Yang Yun's appearance was too funny, Yang Yun took a fish basket in each hand, and a rope was hung around his neck, and a fish basket was tied to each end of the rope. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Yun wanted to eat fish and wanted to go crazy, so she brought all the fish baskets at home, and Yang Xuan hugged a small wooden bucket behind her, and the fish basket shook several times and almost hit Yang Xuan on the way, but Yang Xuan just didn't want to be too far away from his sister, so he followed Yang Yun all the way to the river. Although the appearance of these sisters and brothers looks funny, it makes people feel very warm.
Yang Yun also saw Dabao and the three of them from a distance, Li Dabao looked like Uncle Li, with a square face, a dark face, and those eyes looked bright. Xiaobao looks like Aunt Li, with a round face, and during this time, he and Xiaoxuan Laoquan made bamboo mats at home, and it didn't look so dark. Zhou Limin looks a little more delicate, and his clear eyebrows and eyes look more honest, but he is also very tanned, and the children of this peasant family are used to tanning in the wild outside.
"Xiao Yun, Sister Yun." Dabao and Xiaobao hurriedly ran up to help Yang Yun pick up the fish basket.
"Brother Dabao, Xiaobao, Brother Limin, you are also here."
"I heard Dabao say that you want to catch fish in the afternoon, so I came over together, and you brought so many fish baskets."
"Brother Limin, Xiao Yun likes to eat fish, so she brought all the fish baskets at home, and the more fish baskets you have, you can catch more fish, and everyone can share a few more fish in a while."
"No, if you don't Limin, come and help, how can I ask for your fish."
"Hey, hey! Everyone has a part in helping, quickly put the fish basket in the water, and if you don't put it in the water, it will be dark after a while. Several people hurriedly put the fish basket downstream, put the fish basket and then tied the rope at the mouth of the fish basket to find a tree by the river to tie it, and pull the rope directly when catching the fish for a while, and put the black flour steamed buns in the fish basket in advance.
A few people after putting the fish basket on the river to dig up the wild vegetables, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn wild vegetables will soon become old, during this time if there is no bamboo mat business to dig wild vegetables to store for the winter, with a rope to hang up and put under the sun to burst the sun, drying can be stored for a long time. In winter, when there is no food, you can cook some dried vegetable porridge or vegetable soup, and you can barely last some time.
Waited for almost half an hour to collect the fish basket, four fish baskets are really a lot, the big fish are the size of a palm, too small fish everyone is reluctant to release, all stayed, this era of material is lacking, although the fish is small but also meat. The bucket they brought was half full, and everyone was going to put the fish basket again, and everyone did not come to catch fish during the autumn harvest, so there were a lot of fish in the river today.
After half an hour, everyone will go to get the last fish basket, ah! Good guys, this time there is a relatively large herring in two of the fish baskets, it looks like they are about three catties, everyone is happy to see such a big fish, and they can have a full meal tonight. Put away all the fish, the bucket brought by Dabao was full, and the others could not be put into the small wooden barrel brought by Yang Xuan, everyone discussed it, and divided a few fish to Zhou Limin, the fish caught in the afternoon were all the efforts of Dabao and Zhou Limin, Yang Yun was really like what grandma said, just standing next to him and waiting to collect the fish. The two big fish Yang Yun were originally going to be divided into strips for Zhou Limin, but Zhou Limin was unwilling to take them when he died, so he gave him a few palm-sized fish, and the other fish Yang Yun and Dabao's family were divided equally, and the two big herring fish were exactly one for each person.
Everyone returned home with a full load of good mood, those small fish Yang Yun and grandma cleaned the fish belly and fish head, and after cleaning, pickled some salt and took it to the oil to fry it. A few big fish were raised in a wooden barrel, and after discussing with grandma, I will send two fish to Dr. Xu during the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow.
In the evening, I took a bigger fish and got the fish head to cook tofu soup, the fish body was directly braised and eaten, the fish body was salted for a quarter of an hour, and then the fish was fried with oil until it was medium-cooked, and then some green onions, ginger and garlic were put to stir-fry until fragrant, and then some water was added to it, and the fish was boiled until it was fully cooked, which was already a simple and delicious braised fish.
The family had a full dinner, and Xiao Xuan drank all the braised fish soup, but he sat in the yard and asked his grandmother to touch his stomach. This bear child has been poor since he was a child, and he is not willing to waste it at all. Looking at the family's full and satisfied faces, Yang Yun secretly felt sorry for Yang Yong, who was still suffering in the Zhou family.
After washing the dishes and chopsticks, Yang Yun sat in the yard and discussed with her grandfather about building a house.
"Grandpa, during this time, I earned eighteen taels of silver by selling bamboo mats, and tomorrow during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Yun wants to take 200 yuan to pay back Dr. Xu, and then send two fish to Dr. Xu for the festival, Dr. Xu saved grandma and Xiao Yun, and this festival should send some gifts to the past."
"This is as it should be, I forgot it when I was busy during this time, then you will take the money to pay back Dr. Xu tomorrow, catch two bigger fish and send them over."
"Xiao Yun remembers, grandpa Xiao Yun wants to discuss with you to repair and strengthen our two rooms, it's too cold in winter, there are gaps in the walls of the house that will leak, and the thatch on the roof should also be strengthened and thickened, so that it won't leak when it rains."
"Alas! It's all because grandpa has no ability, so the family suffers. ”
"Grandpa, you are very remarkable, it was you who invented and woven bamboo mats, you see that our family has been better since we sold bamboo mats, and we now have money to build a house, and you have made everyone have enough to eat, so I think you are really amazing."
"The house really needs to be renovated, so after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will ask you Uncle Li to see who in the village can help build the house."
"Then grandpa, go and ask, let's build another one in our house, and when my cousin comes home in the future, I will have a place to live, and by the way, build a bigger kitchen, the current kitchen is too small, and it is so hot that I can't stand it when I cook rice in the summer, and then fence the yard together, we can grow some vegetables and raise some chickens in the yard, it's not good to go to Aunt Li's house to pick vegetables."
"Sister, do you want to raise pigs too? If you raise pigs, you will have pork to eat. "This bear child is too short of meat to eat, so he will think of raising pigs to eat meat.
"You are a snack goods, our family can't grow food without a field, we can't raise pigs for the time being, we can also raise chickens, we can eat eggs when the time comes, the hens keep the eggs, and the roosters can be killed and eaten during the holidays, is there meat to eat?"
"Sister is right to say this, then Xiao Xuan will be responsible for taking our chickens in the future, and Xiao Xuan will protect them from being caught by the bad guys."
"Haha, okay, in the future, our chickens will be managed by Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xuan will be the chicken commander." Xiao Xuan is so cute, Yang Yun feels that since her family life has improved, Xiao Xuan no longer worries about whether she can eat the next meal every day, and people have become lively, and the world of children is always so easy to satisfy.
"Your cousin will take two and a half years to come back, I don't know how he is at Zhou's house, I don't know if there is anything to eat, the last time I went to Zhou's house to see him, the gatekeepers didn't let him in, and I couldn't see your cousin." Grandpa remembered Yang Yong, and when Yang Yun was just talking to Yang Xuan, grandpa was silent for a long time before he spoke.
"Brother, he ......" Yang Xuan pulled Yang Yun's hand as soon as he spoke. Fortunately, Yang Xuan was held in the cup by Yang Yun, so his grandparents didn't see it when he pulled his hand.
"What's wrong with your cousin? Xiao Xuan, have you met your cousin? Grandpa asked when he heard Yang Xuan open his mouth, grandpa wouldn't doubt it. Yang Yun hurriedly interfaced. "Brother, he must be fine in the Zhou family, he helps the Zhou family work, the Zhou family can't afford to lose him and not give him food. If he starves someone to death, there will be no one to help him work, and grandpa, you can't see your cousin, where will Xiao Xuan see him. ”
"Alas! This is also, this heart is always worried about your cousin. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I have to get up early tomorrow morning to go to the town, let's go to sleep, it's getting dark. "After discussing the construction of the house, Grandpa asked everyone to go to bed.
"Grandpa, you go to the town tomorrow to buy some vegetable seeds and come back, buy some cabbage, radish, and field vegetable seeds, let's open a piece of land in the yard to plant some vegetables for the winter."
"Okay, I'll buy some tomorrow." The family simply scrubbed and went to bed.
(Digression: Birds ask for tickets and save collections.) Love life, love farming, and love family. )