Chapter 242: Country Matters
Lin Shuang took the big herring in Grandpa Lin's hand, went to the kitchen to get the board, took the kitchen knife, and began to chop the fish pieces. First cut off the head of the big herring: "Grandma, let's cook the fish head soup at night and eat it." "On such a cold day, a bowl of hot and delicious fish head soup is also a beautiful thing to think about. And the most important thing is that grandma cooks fish soup delicious!
"Okay. After a while, you go to the east of the village to find your third grandfather to buy a few pieces of tofu and come back. "This little request, Grandma Lin naturally will not refuse. Doesn't my eldest granddaughter want to drink some fish head soup, burn it! The materials are all ready-made, so why not burn it!
"Okay." Lin Shuang continued to chop the fish pieces. This fish piece chopped Grandpa Lin was a little frightened.
"Shuangshuang, I'll cut it! You don't have enough strength, this fish bone is very hard. You don't want to cut your hands. As he was talking, Lin Shuang's kitchen knife for chopping fish was crooked like this, and it almost cut into his hand. Lin Shuang smiled awkwardly. Honestly gave up his position, and the fish was handed over to his grandfather to deal with. In the end, it was a veteran, Grandpa Lin took the kitchen knife, took a piece of cloth and covered the fish, and then he didn't see him make any big moves, and a big herring was cut in half. Then cut the fish in this way, and the body of the fish divided into two pieces becomes a thick and uniform herring fillet.
After the fish fillets are cut, put them in a large washed basin, put green onions and ginger, sprinkle with cooking wine, and pour in some salt flowers and sugar. Stir up, down, left, right, right. You can put it aside and wait for the fillet to marinate and taste it. The rest of the fish head and tail are naturally put separately, and the fish head soup will be burned at night to drink. Lin Shuang looked at Grandpa Lin and handled the fish well. I took over the work of washing the board and washing the kitchen knife. "I'll wash, I'll wash. Grandpa, sit down for a while. ”
Grandpa Lin naturally wouldn't stop his eldest granddaughter from helping him work. looked at Lin Shuang, who went out to wash with the board, and said to Grandma Lin with a smile: "Sure enough, the villain still wants to come back, and this house is lively." ”
"Then you wait, and when the rest of them come back, you'll have to be lively. All of them are leather monkeys, so you don't have to complain about it then. Although Grandma Lin didn't listen to what she said, the smile on her face couldn't be hidden. Usually the two old people are at home, eat more and eat less, and have no opinion on eating vegetables or meat, but as soon as the juniors in the family come back, they are reluctant. The fish and the meat are burned. Chickens and ducks are steamed. Isn't it just for this time to raise some chickens and ducks?
Lin Shuang, who came back from washing the board, went to find the basket. "Grandma, where are our soybeans?"
"There are not enough soybeans at home, you go and pay the bills." Grandma Lin asked Lin Shuang to go to the kitchen cabinet and get a soup pot. When the time comes, put the tofu for use. I didn't plant too many edamame this year, and I ate some of them when I was still edamame. The other part of the elders, except for the ones that were retained, asked Grandpa Lin to drag them to squeeze soybean oil. Part of the squeezed soybean oil was given to several children to taste, and the other part was left in the oil tank at home for the family's daily use.
Speaking of which, in addition to soybean oil, the Lin family usually eats rapeseed oil. Canola oil is oil that is pressed from rapeseed. However, compared with the two, the oily smell of rapeseed oil will be a little heavier, and the overall color of soybean oil will look a little brighter. Anyway, it's all home-made, so it's safe to eat.
Lin Shuang put the big soup box in the basket, took a few more dimes, and went out with the basket like this. In the winter, there is nothing necessary, and most people spend the winter at home, so I didn't meet anyone along the way. When I arrived at the house of the third grandfather who sold tofu, I not only bought fresh tofu, but also asked the enthusiastic third grandfather to send a bowl of soy milk. I put white sugar in the soy milk, and after drinking a bowl, I was sweating a little on my body, and I felt a lot more comfortable.
"It's still delicious soy milk made by the third grandfather." Lin Shuang couldn't help but sigh. The countrymen don't have any other thoughts about doing things, and the materials used are real. I don't know how many times thicker the soy milk of the third grandfather's house is than the soy milk drunk in the breakfast shop outside. I don't know if it's psychological or other reasons, Lin Shuang always feels that everything in his hometown is better than outside.
The third grandfather sat on the side and smoked a cigarette to rest, smiling and not speaking. But the wrinkles on that face seem to be saying that I have been making tofu all my life, how can this craft be bad. However, people also say that there are three major hardships in the world: supporting the boat, striking iron, and grinding tofu. It's all real kung fu. After eating soy milk and paying for tofu, Lin Shuang waved his hand and said goodbye to the third grandfather.
When I went back, when I passed by Qin's house, I looked through the open gate of Qin's house, and happened to see Qin Dou, who was helping to clean the house. Lin Shuang smiled at him and waved his hand, and went back without saying anything. Running back to the house at a trot, Lin Shuang felt that it was really cold. Why is it so cold in the winter in Zhangshi? Lin Shuang felt that he couldn't wait to put the quilt on his body.
The herring fillet has been marinated for most of the day, and Grandpa Lin saw that the fish fillet was almost flavorful, and he was ready to start making fried fish fillet. The big iron pot that is usually used for stir-frying was filled with half a pot of soybean oil, and Lin Shuang squatted in front of the stove to light the fire. The temperature of the oil rose, and it was estimated that it was almost there, so Grandma Lin began to put the fish fillets into the oil pot. As soon as the fish fillet with the ingredients and water came out of the pot, I heard the crackling sound of oil splashing.
Smelling the fragrance of fried fish, Lin Shuang couldn't help but poke his head out from behind the stove. "Grandma, it's so fragrant!" Lin Shuang likes to eat this kind of fried stuff the most. In the past, the Lin family also fried fish fillets during the Chinese New Year, but the conditions were not good at that time, and there was not much to do. It's not like this year, where you will fry a basin of fish fillets. Lin Shuang watched Grandma Lin flip the fish fillets up and down with the grab fence to make the fish fillets fry more evenly.
"Grandma, when can I eat it?" Lin Shuang felt that his saliva was about to come out. The original white fish fillets in the pot have now become golden. The kitchen is filled with the overbearing aroma of fried fish. The fragrance has the burnt aroma of green onions and the fresh fragrance of fish, which is really gluttonous.
Grandma Lin looked up at Lin Shuang's greedy look: "It's going to be good in a while, wait for it, get a bowl for you to eat first." "After the fillets are fried, they have to filter out the excess oil. Finally, when the oil was almost filtered, Lin Shuang sat in front of the stove with a bowl and ate fried fish fillets. The whole fillet is golden brown. The skin of the fish is already very crispy. Clip a piece of fish fillet and bite down, and you can even hear the crunchy sound of the click. The crispy skin of the fried fish and the perfectly fried fish meat are all delicious in one bite. While eating the fried fish fillet, Lin Shuang picked out a piece of fried fish on the belly of the fish, removed the big bone spurs, and stuffed it directly into Grandma Lin's mouth. "It's delicious!"
"Well, it's delicious!" Grandma Lin was eating the fried fish fillet stuffed by her eldest granddaughter while using a fence to remove the green onions floating on the oil surface. Then put the second batch of fillets into the oil pan and fry them. Lin Shuang glanced at the firewood in the belly of the stove, the firewood was burning vigorously, and it would not be extinguished for a while. So Lin Shuang ran to find Grandpa Lin with a bowl. It's just that Grandpa Lin is not at home.
"Grandma, where did grandpa go, he was still at home just now." Lin Shuang took a bite by himself and fed Grandma Lin another bite. I think the freshly fried fish fillet is so delicious. Just eating it alone, I feel like I can eat a big pot.
"When you went to buy tofu, someone from the Lu family in the west of the village came, please ask your grandfather to come over at this time." Many children are debts. Grandma Lin couldn't help but sigh lightly. It's all a muddled account. has seven children, but now that Lao Lu is sick, none of them are willing to take care of him. It is also a worker of iniquity to think about it. However, as an outsider, it is not easy to make much evaluation.
"That's it. Is that grandpa coming back for dinner? "This fried fish fillet, when it first comes out of the pot, is the taste when it is just out of the pot, and it is very fragrant. When the fried fish fillet is cold, braise it again, and it will taste braised again. Therefore, it is advisable to eat both cold and hot.
"Probably not coming back. When the fish fillet is fried, we will cook a fish head soup and stir-fry a cabbage. That's it. "Two women, they can't eat much. One dish and one soup is enough.
"Good!"
On the other hand, Grandpa Lin also went to Lu's house at the appointed time. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that several elders were older. The Lu family set up two tables of wine and food. A table is invited to the village with a head and face, as well as a big generation. The other table is estimated to be where the juniors of the Lu family are sitting. Lu Qihe, the patriarch of the Lu family, looked sick, smiled wryly and pointed to the table, and asked Grandpa Lin to sit down.
Grandpa Lin didn't shirk either, speaking of which, Grandpa Lin's seniority in the village was also countable. After greeting the old people at the same table, I sat down. Although there were more than a dozen people in this room, the atmosphere was really not good. Grandpa Lin looked at the fact that there were still vacant seats at their table, and it was estimated that there were still people who had not arrived. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the people at the two tables to finally sit down.
Lu Qihe stood up crookedly with his wine glass, and without saying anything, he toasted himself first. "Lao Lu, sit down and talk, you are not in good health, what kind of wine to drink! There is something we will talk about slowly. Sitting at the table with Lu Qihe was Old Man Chen, although his beard was gray, his eyes were still sharp. I think back then, Old Man Chen also served as a soldier and killed the enemy.
"Alas, as the old saying goes, you can't make a big fuss, but I don't want this face today. That's what I'm like. It's okay to have a hard time, but no matter what, I have to settle my old woman's house. Lu Qihe has been running to the hospital for the past two years, and he has a good idea of what kind of body his body has reached. But his old woman is still in good health and can live for many years, but her children treat them as a drag, which makes him feel at ease that his old wife who has been with him for decades.