142. Fishing for fish and shrimp
Li Yuedi sprinkled all the koji into the rice, and then kept turning the rice with both hands until the rice became more and more viscous before stopping.
"Xiao Chen, get some cool white and drive it over." Li Yuedi took off the sticky rice grains on her hands, and said to Lin Zichen while turning around.
It was not the first time that Lin Zichen had seen Li Yuedi and others brew rice wine, so the general procedure was known, and as soon as Li Yuedi's words fell, Lin Zichen opened it on the table with a pot of incomparably clear and cold white.
Li Yuedi washed her hands, scooped some water with a spoon and gently poured it on top of the rice.
"Grandma, why do you need to add water? Isn't the concentration of the wine going to drop when you add water? Lin Zichen asked puzzled.
Li Yuedi explained with a smile: "Of course you have to add water, the wine will dissipate heat when it ferments, if you don't pour some water into it, the temperature inside the rice grains will be too high, and the whole vat of wine will be wasted." ”
"Oh, I see!" Lin Zichen suddenly realized.
After pouring the water, Li Yuedi turned the rice with her hands. Finally, the processed rice is put into a large vat.
All the rice was loaded into the jar, and Li Yuedi bent down to dig a pit in the center of the rice, reaching the bottom of the jar.
This Lin Zichen didn't need to ask and knew that it was to make it easier for rice to ferment into wine, and there was a hole in the center of the rice, and when he checked it in the future, he could see if the rice had all fermented into wine as soon as he lifted the lid.
"Alright, bring the lid." Looking at Lin Zichen's appearance of seeing the wine, Li Yuedi patted the former's head amusedly.
Lin Zichen took the lid over and closed it, and the mother-in-law and grandson carried the cylinder to the warehouse and put it.
A corner has been vacated in the storeroom for three jars of wine. Of course, the jar containing the rice wine should not be placed directly on the ground, but in a basket with thick straw, and the jar should be placed in the basket. You also need to cover the basket with a thick old quilt until the basket is tightly wrapped.
The two vat of glutinous rice wine that Li Weiyan and several people were responsible for were also completed one after another and were placed in the warehouse one by one.
"Xiao Chen, a few of us will prepare lunch today, you go and see how your brother is fishing." Ye Xiaoyu clapped his hands and said to Lin Zichen.
"Okay, then I'm out." Lin Zichen informed his family and walked out of the house leisurely. Walk to the creek.
"Xiao Chen. Where are you going? Gu Mingze was holding a basket in his hand, and when he saw Lin Zichen leaving the house, he hurriedly asked.
"It's you. Is there something wrong with coming to my house? Lin Zichen happily beckoned Gu Mingze into the house, "Grandma, Mom, Mingze is here." ”
"Oh. Aze is here, is there something missing at home that you want to come over and get it? Li Yuedi walked out enthusiastically.
Gu Mingze's face flushed. Waving his hand, he said, "No, my mother is here and has brought some fruits that we don't have here, so let me bring you some." "Finished. Put down the basket in your hand.
Lin Zichen stepped forward to take a look, only to find that this was a fruit basket, and the basket contained indeed fruits that were not available in Pinghe County.
Li Yuedi also saw the fruit in the basket, and said with a smile: "Your mother is here." Why do you bring so much fruit, this is so far. With so much fruit, isn't it a heavy death? ”
"I didn't bring a lot, mainly for you to try." Hearing what Li Yuedi said, Gu Mingze didn't dare to say anything more.
Lin Zichen stood aside and looked at Gu Mingze's enthusiasm for his grandmother a little overwhelmed, and finally opened his mouth to save him from the fire and water, "I'm going to the river to watch my brother and them catch fish, do you want to go together?" ”
Gu Mingze's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and shook his head: "You go by yourself, I still have to go home to help." ”
"That's it, then I'll call you next time, it's rare for Aunt Fang to come here, accompany her more, I will also go over to chat with her when I am free, so that she can come to our house when she is free."
"Hmm." Gu Mingze responded softly and left the Li family in Li Yuedi's kind words.
Seeing Gu Mingze leave, Lin Zichen turned around and continued to walk towards the river.
Lin Zichen remembered that Li Ge and the others went upstream when they went out, so he thought about going upstream to have a look first.
To go to the upper reaches of the river, you need to pass through the factory building of the manufacturing plant, and Lin Zichen saw his father and two uncles busy at the door of the factory from a distance.
"Dad, what are you up to?" Lin Zichen stepped forward curiously.
At first glance, all that was placed in front of the factory was a basket of seasonal beans.
"Dad, why are there so many beans?" Lin Zichen asked in surprise.
There are more than a dozen baskets, and the doors of the factory are so dense that no one can enter.
Lin Qingxiang explained: "The people from Beizhuang sent it, saying that they sold it to our manufacturing factory at a low price because their family couldn't finish it. ”
"I see." Lin Zichen sighed. At the same time, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, but the speed was too fast, and Lin Zichen had already disappeared before he could catch it.
"Hey, where are you going?" Lin Qingxiang looked at his daughter dressed as if she was going out.
"Go to the river and see how the big brother is fishing." Lin Zichen replied with a smile.
"Those boys went fishing! I also said that I didn't see anyone. Li Weimao had such an expression.
Lin Zichen snorted, chatted with Lin Qingxiang, and continued to walk towards the river.
When he came upstream, he didn't see Li Ge and them, so Lin Zichen shouted loudly: "Big brother, second brother, where are you?" ”
Lin Zixi was standing on the shore with a bamboo basket on his back and watching Li Ge and a few people fishing, when he heard Lin Zichen's shout, he hurriedly straightened his waist, waved his hand and shouted: "Sister, sister, we are here, here!" ”
When Lin Zichen heard the reputation, it turned out that a few people were at a bend in the upstream, no wonder she couldn't see it.
Trotting to Lin Zixi's side, Lin Zichen looked at the bamboo basket curiously, "How much have you fished?" Is it enough for our family to have one meal? ”
When Li Yu heard this, he looked up at Lin Zichen and said, "Of course it's enough, I don't want to think about how good your brothers are." After speaking, he didn't forget to raise the net pocket in his hand, and there was a handful of small shrimp jumping in it.
Lin Zixi stomped his feet excitedly, fiddled with his basket, and shouted, "Second brother, second brother." Give me the shrimp. ”
Li Yu walked to the shore and poured out the fish and shrimp in the net pocket, Lin Zixi squatted and picked up the fish and shrimp and threw them into the bamboo basket, ignoring the remaining leaves or something.
"Second brother, let me try too." Lin Zichen looked at the cold river and was eager to try.
"Here, be careful, don't go to the deep pool. The water over there is not shallow. Li Yu gave Lin Zichen the net pocket in his hand and admonished.
Lin Zichen pulled up his trousers. I went down the river with a net bag and was very interested.
Fish and shrimp like to stay in places with abundant aquatic plants, Lin Zichen took the net pocket and stretched it out to the place where the aquatic plants were luxuriant, and then kept shaking. Let the small fish and shrimp stuck to the aquatic weeds fall into the net pocket.
Feeling that the time was almost up, Lin Zichen lifted the net pocket: "Wow, look at the fish and shrimp I caught, let's do more!" ”
In a small net pocket. It was filled with most of the fish and shrimp, and it was alive and kicking. The splashed Lin Zichen's face was full of water.
Seeing this, Li Ge nodded slightly: "Not bad." ”
When Li Hua saw the fruits of Lin Zichen's labor, he also nodded slightly, and the movements of his hands also accelerated.
The first network got off to a good start. Lin Zichen was in a very good mood, poured the fish and shrimp on the shore, and continued to make persistent efforts with a net bag.
This time, Lin Zichen picked a rocky place to put the net. Although there are no small shrimp in this kind of place, there are many fish that like to hide in these rock crevices.
Gently shake your net pocket. Lin Zichen carefully felt the movement coming from the side of the stick.
Suddenly, the net pocket was heavy, Lin Zichen was secretly happy in his heart, and slowly pulled the net pocket out.
But the fish on the other side of the net seemed to know the situation they were facing and kept struggling.
Lin Zichen hurriedly sought the help of Li Ji, who was closest to him: "Oh, fourth brother, come and help, I seem to have caught a big fish, but it wants to escape." ”
When Li Ji heard this, he threw the net pocket in his hand and ran over to catch Lin Zichen's net bag.
Seeing this, the others also looked at Lin Zichen's side curiously, wanting to see if they had caught a big fish.
Li Ji carefully held the wooden stick in his hand, and controlled the net pocket at the other end, so as not to let the fish escape.
The net pocket was pulled out, causing a splash.
"Let me see, let me see if it's a big fish." Lin Zixi stared expectantly at the net pocket in Li Ji's hand.
A lot of sand and gravel were caught in the net pocket, and it was impossible to see if there were big fish caught in the net for a while.
Li Ji carried a net and went ashore, and the others gathered around.
"Xiaoxi, get out of the way." Li Ji signaled to Lin Zixi that there were often some water snakes hidden in the stone crevices, so it was safer to be cautious without knowing.
Li Hua sent a wooden stick in time, Li Ji poured out the sand and gravel in the net pocket, and several people watched nervously as Li Ji turned over the pile of sand and stones.
"Wow, that's a big one!" Li Ji's high-pitched exclamation came from the riverside, which attracted many people in the village to look at the riverside.
"Be quiet, you were so scared to retract it when I didn't see it!" Lin Zichen patted Li Ji's head angrily.
"I'm your brother, how can you hit me in the head without being big or small." Li Ji protested.
Lin Zichen rolled his eyes and directly ignored Li Ji's protest.
"Xiao Chen's luck is really not ordinarily good, just the second net caught such a treasure, more than we have gained for most of the day." Li Yu joked with a smile.
Lin Zichen held his head high and said triumphantly: "That's right, I'm everyone's lucky star." ”
"Hehe, Xiao Chen is indeed the lucky star of our family." Several people said with a smile.
But isn't it, since Lin Zichen's family moved to Fenghezhuang, hasn't their Li family's life become more and more prosperous?
"Xiaoxi, you have to take care of this baby, otherwise it will be in vain if we slip away." Put the small things in a small bucket alone, Lin Zichen told Lin Zixi.
"You know, I must be optimistic about it." Lin Zixi patted his chest and looked at the little thing in the bucket without blinking.
Li Ge glanced up at the sky and said, "I don't think it's too early, let's get a few more and go back." ”
"Hmm." Several people nodded.
There are most of the fish and shrimp in the bamboo basket, at least four or five catties, which is enough for a family to eat a few meals. (To be continued) R580