Chapter 759: Fish Stew
"Oh, then we're really fellow countrymen, and I'm also from Bingcheng. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Hearing this woman's words, Jiang Hai said with a smile.
"You're from Ice City too? Haha, that's really a coincidence, where are you in Ice City? Hearing Jiang Hai's words, the woman asked with a smile.
"I'm from Nangang." Hearing her words, Jiang Hai also spoke.
"What a coincidence, I'm also from Nangang, over there." Hearing what Jiang Hai said, the woman's eyes also lit up, which was really a coincidence.
"I'm from the health care side, but it's not too far away." Hearing the woman's words, Jiang Hai also briefly introduced.
"Hey, it's really fate, by the way, how many years have you been in the United States?" Seeing that Jiang Hai was also from Bingcheng, the woman relaxed a little more.
"I've only been here for two years, what about you? Looks like it's been around for a while. Looking at this woman, Jiang Hai asked with some confusion.
"yes, I've been here for almost four years now...... My husband is an international student, and I are college classmates, when we first met, he was not like this, white and clean, good-looking, and gentleman, we just sank in love, and later graduated from college, I found out that I was pregnant, just when I was at a loss, he said to bring me to the United States, he was stupid at the beginning, he had not entered the society, so he easily agreed, but it turned out to be like this......" sighed, and the woman slowly told her story.
The character of the Northeast people is very upright, what do you say, when you are wary of people, you will also talk nonsense, when you are not vigilant, well, it is even more uncontrollable, this woman is obviously the same way.
According to what she said, her name is Xia Yuan, and she is about the same as Jiang Hai, 87 years old, one year older than Jiang Hai.
Study, average, but not bad, when I was in college, my family spent money to go to a good university, I met her current husband, her husband was still very good, I dated for three years in college, and when I graduated from my senior year, she found out that she was pregnant, and after explaining, her husband brought her to the United States.
They have always thought that it is better abroad than at home, and her parents' family is also like this, although this will not look down on the child, but as soon as they heard that the child was going to live in the United States, they were still very happy, and beat the gong and drum to send Xia Yuan to the United States.
The first year was not bad, although both of them were poor, but they were okay, at least there was a chance to fight together.
But in the second year, Xia Yuan's husband's true nature was exposed, and Da-Ma, special professional women, etc., all came up.
In the third year, he also began to drink heavily, and after drinking, Xia Yuan didn't say anything, and Jiang Hai also guessed that it was nothing more than beating people, scolding people, or something.
Xia Yuan, who can't stand her husband, has moved out to live, but she has no way to ask for a divorce, because she got the right of residence after she got married, if she is divorced now, then she will be sent back to China, and her children will also be sent to orphanages.
This is something she can't allow, so after moving away from her husband, she still insists on it.
I have to admit that a woman in Huaxia does have a man's genes in her bones, and she can also hold this family up.
According to Xia Yuan's words, she now works two jobs, one job to ensure that she and her daughter eat and drink, and the other is to save some money for her daughter, after all, in the United States, school is free when she is young, but when she goes to college, this is a lot of expenses.
Therefore, it is inevitable to save some money now, and it is impossible to be like a college student in the United States, who has not waited for school to take out a loan, and then owe a lot of debts, which is absolutely impossible for parents in China to understand.
As for her English, it's really a problem, and her current place of work is in a Chinese restaurant and a Chinese supermarket.
With her level 4 in English, she can read, but there is some trouble in saying it, according to her words, these four years have been in vain.
As for why she appeared in Winthrop, there is also a story here, among the people in the tour group, there are not only couples, couples, but also many single people who come to travel, men, there will always be some needs at night.
There is nothing bad to say about this thing in the United States, and there are even some states where such working women are legal and subject to taxes.
Of course, there are also some more advanced places, such as bars and the like, where you can go hunting, but the problem is that the aesthetics of Easterners and Westerners are different.
It is precisely because of this that the average Oriental man who goes to the bar, if the women are not for the money, rarely come to these Oriental men, and now the Westerners in Winthrop are not bad for money.
I can't find a goal to have fun in a bar, it's simple and rude, it's just spending money, so many people see the business opportunities here.
will find some professional women from outside to come over and give these men something like that, Xia Yuan also came because of an introduction from a compatriot.
She didn't know that she was doing this at first, but when she came and found out that she was doing this, she had to go straight.
It's good in the United States, it won't force you to do this, you can go directly if you want to go, it's okay, but you have to pay for the fare back.
She hit a pickup truck in the town, and after saying the price, she gave the money to this person, but this one did something to her on the road, and after being beaten by her, this person was also annoyed and angry, and he didn't dare to beat people, and the law of the United States is extremely protective of women.
So he drove her out of the car directly, and then the scene Jiang Hai just saw appeared.
"Heh, you're really unlucky." Listening to Xia Yuan tell what happened to him, Jiang Hai couldn't help but chuckle.
"I think so too." Shaking her head helplessly, Xia Yuan took out a piece of toilet paper, directly wrapped the cigarette butt that had been smoked, and then pressed it hard, and the cigarette butt was extinguished.
"Please turn right in front of the trouble, thank you." As Xia Yuan snuffed out the cigarette butt, and then stuffed it into her trouser pocket, Jiang Hai also smiled, this mother is really free and easy, and at this time, she also said to Jiang Hai.
Jiang Hai also hit the steering wheel and turned into a small road on the right, this place Jiang Hai is also very familiar with.
This should be considered the Boston area, but it is the place where Winthrop, Chelsea and Revere meet, commonly known as the three-way border.
Of course, this three-point boundary is much better than some districts of New York, because it is not far from the Alabachian Mountains.
You must know that in the mountains, but there are beasts that come down all year round, although there are almost no gray wolves in North America now, of course, it refers to the northeast here, such as Yellowstone Park, there are still there, but other animals, such as mountain lions, black bears, brown bears and the like, will still occasionally go down the mountain, and the deer herds that come down the mountain in winter are also very scary, so the police force in this place is still very sufficient.
There is no oil and water, and there are many police, so the security of this town is really good, but there is no economic foundation itself, so no one looks at it here, and no one looks at it, which means that it is very poor and has not been developed.
When Jiang Hai drove here, he found that the houses here are all very old second-section buildings, basically the walls have almost fallen off, and the people here are also dressed very ordinary, except for the old people and children, there are almost no middle-aged people and young people dangling here.
Jiang Hai saw a supermarket from afar, a maritime supermarket, this supermarket he is quite familiar with, after all, it is Zhang Dehai's old man.
"Right here." Just as Jiang Hai was looking around there, Xia Yuan also said to Jiang Hai.
With her words, Jiang Hai also looked at the community in front of him, this is a very ordinary residential community, but outside this community, there are many Chinese old people and children standing, it seems that Xia Yuan's so-called Chinese street is here.
"Thank you very much for sending me back, but unfortunately, all the money on me went to that bastard who drove the pickup truck, but I see that you drive a car like this, you shouldn't care about that little money, if you don't mind, I'll treat you to dinner." Parked the car, Xia Yuan also got out of the car and took out her luggage, but when she was about to walk into the community, her footsteps stopped, and then patted Jiang Hai's car door and said to him.
"Invite me to dinner?" Hearing her words, Jiang Hai looked at her with some surprise.
"What? Look down on my cooking skills, tell you, don't underestimate the cooking skills of a single mother, not to mention that I have the best skills. Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Xia Yuan also said a little unpleasantly, listening to her unpleasant words, Jiang Hai smiled, then made an OK gesture, then parked the car in the distance, and then got out of the car.
"It's still early, let's go get the ingredients for tonight." Seeing Jiang Hai get out of the car, Xia Yuan said with a smile.
"What to eat?" Hearing her words, Jiang Hai checked the environment here, where the poor live, although the security has been guaranteed, but the environment, hehe, to be honest, the environment and air in most parts of the United States are better than those in China.
But here, it is estimated that it is worse than the domestic average, Jiang Hai feels it here, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to rise for a day here, and it doesn't matter if he arrives, he is not willing to stimulate this woman's self-esteem anymore, which is why he agrees to eat.
"How about eating fish?" Looking at Jiang Hai, Xia Yuan said with a smile.
"Not bad, either." After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Hai nodded seriously, it was not bad to eat fish, although he was basically tired of eating fish and beef.
"Then let's go fishing first." Hearing Jiang Hai's agreement, Xia Yuan also smiled, and then walked into the distance, after Jiang Hai listened to her words, he was a little blind, good guy, invite others to eat, do you have to catch the ingredients?
With a wry smile, Jiang Hai shook his head and followed her over, listening to her arrangements today.
The two first went to a neighbor's house in this community, she went to borrow a fishing rod, and then the two went to a small river that Jiang Hai had seen when they came just now, and when they arrived at the river, Jiang Hai glanced at it, this river is similar to other rivers in the United States, all of them are occupied by 'Asian carp', Jiang Hai and Xia Yuan came to the river, Xia Yuan also took a look, and said that he was very satisfied.
"I really don't understand, the Americans are really a waste of resources, you look at so many fish, they are all wild fish, if this was in China, I would have sent it a long time ago, where will it be like now, tsk, okay, let's get off the rod, what fish to catch, to decide what we eat tonight, but the time should be hurry, my daughter is about to get out of school." patted Jiang Hai's arm, Xia Yuan said with a smile, and then glanced at the time, and before they knew it, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and they had to hurry up.
"Uh, you haven't ordered a recipe yet?" Hearing her words, Jiang Hai said with some tears and laughter while throwing the fishing rod into the river.
"Of course, it depends on what fish you catch, if it's a black fish, I'll make you boiled fish, don't underestimate me, I'm very good at fishing, if you catch a carp, I'll make you braised fish, if you catch a silver carp, I'll make you steamed fish, if it's a cinnamon fish...... It's still steamed, haha, but if you catch the grassroots, I'll make you a molly fish stew. Looking at Jiang Hai, Xia Yuan said with a smile, hearing her words, Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment.
"How can you make Morley fish stew?" Looking at Xia Yuan, Jiang Hai asked with some doubts, this fish stew should be regarded as a must in the Northeast, no, to be exact, it should be a must in Long Province, this kind of fish stew, Jiang Hai had eaten it when he was a child before, and it was indeed delicious.
But when I grew up, although some restaurants still have this fish stew, the taste is far worse.
Jiang Hai didn't remember his favorite food, which was the tofu in this fish stew, and after the tofu absorbed the soup of the fish, it tasted quite good, but he remembered that the fish was not made from grassroots, and the carp seemed to be okay.
"Of course, although carp and herring can also make this thing, it has to be big enough, it depends on your talent." Hearing Jiang Hai say this, Xia Yuan knew that Jiang Hai wanted to eat stewed fish, but to do this, he had to have a big enough fish.
"This, no problem......" Jiang Hai couldn't help but smile when he heard her words, and then set his eyes on the river.
If you talk about sea fishing or something, Jiang Hai may not be accurate, but river fishing, this is his forte.
Putting all his attention on the river, Jiang Hai's eyes were also staring at the fish floating in front of him, I have to admit that fishing in the United States is indeed not a very difficult thing, especially these river fish, because Americans don't eat river fish, so they don't fish for river fish except for some enthusiasts, the fish here, stupid enough to choke, bait into the water, almost certain, no, just like now! (To be continued.) )