"Eat fish?"

I thought that the child had run away and was in a hurry, but it was only now that I calmed down, and I was confused when I heard Zhu Da's words, for Zhu Da's parents, eating fish was not a concept at all.

The family of three was outside the village, and it was inconvenient to speak, so Zhu Da just smiled and urged: "Go home and say, go home and say." ”

Father Zhu Shishi and mother Zhu Wangshi glanced at each other, although they did not speak, they both read similar meanings from each other's expressions and eyes, the child is becoming more and more like an adult, and it is becoming more and more difficult to manage.

Before entering the house, everyone was silent, and when the courtyard door was closed, his father Zhu Shishi muttered: "Do you know how worried you make your father and mother?" As soon as I got home, your mother and I didn't even leave to go out to find someone, if you want to have three long and two short, what can we do! ”

Mother Zhu Wangshi said with a smile: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, my mother will cook." ”

Neither of them took Zhu Da's "eating fish" seriously, Zhu Da said "Mother, I'll help you", and followed with three gray grilled fish, and the parents who heard this looked at each other again, but this time their faces were full of relief.

The dinner of the Zhu family is very simple, the cakes prepared that day are steamed and heated, and then a pot of vegetable soup with less salt and no oil is boiled, this is dinner, the ingredients of the vegetable soup are the vegetables grown at home, as well as the wild vegetables picked outside, and the villagers such as "mother-in-law" and "amaranth" still recognize it.

"Xiaoda, just add firewood and grass to the stove, don't worry about anything else, don't get burned." Mother Zhu Wangshi specially admonished.

Zhu Da hung the grilled fish on the reed skewers aside, took one off and said, "Mother, I'll make this soup tonight!" ”

"Xiaoda can also cook? Who did you learn from? Zhu Wang asked casually, she thought her son was joking or curious.

Zhu Da had a prepared answer to this question, and replied with a smile: "My son saw a person doing it by the river, and he learned it." ”

Unexpectedly, this sentence made Zhu Wangshi worried, and hurriedly said: "Xiaoda, there are water ghosts in the Xia Mi River, who often drag children down, and there are bad people by the river, they all want to eat children, you must be careful, don't go to the river!" ”

Zhu Da nodded in his left ear and out of his right ear, and approached the stove by himself, although his own family was poor, he should have everything, such as a cutting board and a kitchen knife or something, he first washed the wild vegetables and cabbage, and then cut them into thin strips with a knife, just a few simple strokes, which made Zhu Wang's eyes widen on the side.

Mother Zhu Wangshi thought that Zhu Da was going to toss and mess around, she was even ready to waste some vegetables, her son was sick and ran away, which really scared people enough, Zhu Wangshi decided to be looser, who would have thought that Zhu Da would really do, and he did it very methodically, just looking at the method of cutting vegetables is not like a nonsense freshman.

In the life of an orphan for more than 20 years, Zhu Da had to be self-reliant many times, and later he liked to travel in the wild, this cooking skill has long been exercised, and today he is familiar with the past movements by the river, and now he looks more professional when he uses it.

The water in the pot has been boiled, Zhu Da processed the two grilled fish, cleaned the grass and wood ash on them, and then used a kitchen knife to make a rest, remove the big thorns, cut them into several pieces and throw them into the pot, the roasted fish has a fragrance, plus the spicy fragrance of those wild vegetables, not long after cooking, an attractive fragrance immediately spreads, although there is also a fishy smell, but who cares.

Just boiling and boiling for a while, Zhu Da stuffed firewood and grass into the stove pit, checked the heat, and then added the cut vegetables, the dishes were easy to cook, and when the heat was almost over, Zhu Da turned his head with a smile and said, "Mother, it's time to add salt." ”

Salt is expensive, you have to save it, Zhu Da is afraid that he will overdose, or let his mother do it, at this time Zhu Wang's family is already sluggish, the snow-white fish soup on the stove is rolling, and the smell of fresh fragrance fills the house, these are all made by his own son, the stubborn boy who is spoiled and runs around crazy all day long.

"Mother, add salt quickly, it's going to be out of the pot." Zhu Da urged again, Zhu Wangshi reacted at this time, and hurriedly twisted a little salt to add, looking at this bit of salt, Zhu Da simply caught this bit of salt with the crockpot containing the soup, and then scooped the soup in the pot into the crockpot with a wooden spoon.

Next, the kitchen skills of the mother and son reversed, and Zhu Wang's action was stiff to heat the multigrain cake, and she almost fell to the ground several times, because she was still shocked by the scene just now, the matter is a trivial matter, but it is completely impossible to happen in the concept of common sense.

The cake was placed on the curtain, and as soon as the lid of the pot was closed, Zhu Shi also came to the kitchen, this fishy fresh fragrance was so tempting, he couldn't figure out what a good thing it was, and it was not the New Year's Festival, and there was no chicken to buy meat at home.

"Dad, you wait for a while, the meal will be ready soon." Zhu Da greeted, dipped a little in the vinegar jar with a wooden spoon, and then stirred a few times in the tile basin, Shanxi people's vinegar is always available, this is more than salt, vinegar is added to the fish soup, suppress the fishy smell, and make the fresh fragrance more intense.

In the sluggish expression of his parents, Zhu Da brought the grilled fish and vegetable soup and multigrain cakes to the table, served them to his parents and himself, and said with a smile: "Dad, mother, it's time to eat." ”

"Xiaoda, are you stunned, do you want to go to the neighboring village to find that goddess to show you?" Father Zhu Shi didn't move the chopsticks, just said in a daze, the child's performance during this time is not old, there are more ideas, but it seems to be an evil spirit, what is going on with this fragrant fish soup, what is going on with the skillful movements in the kitchen just now, is it possessed by some ghost?

Zhu Da was stunned, he didn't expect his parents to have this idea, but Zhu Da's reaction was fast enough, and he pretended to be naïve and explained: "Dad, I'm not stunned, there is a Taoist priest by the river who often goes to catch fish, he told me." ”

In my memory, there was indeed a wandering Taoist who appeared in and around Baibao Village, but he didn't get any alms and offerings, so he didn't stay here longer, and the villagers along the Naxiami River actually didn't go much, that is, they would only go there when digging ditches to draw water, this vague explanation is reasonable.

"How many times have I said that if you don't have adults watching, you don't go to the river less, and you can't take care of you if something happens!" This explanation made his father Zhu Shishi's doubts dissipate, and he couldn't help but reprimand.

On the side, the mother Zhu Wangshi made a round and urged: "Eat and eat, it's going to be cold!" ”

Zhu Shi picked up the bowl and took a sip first, as soon as the soup was in his mouth, Zhu Shi was stunned, and the whole person was motionless, this reaction made Zhu Da and Zhu Wang both startled, thinking that it was difficult to eat, or that there was something wrong.

Because he was too shocked from the time he cut the material to now, Zhu Wang's family had never tasted it, and Zhu Da was very confident and felt that it would not be unpalatable at all, but now he was drumming in his heart, he didn't know what it was like to drink fish soup for the first time before he had never eaten fish, not to mention that his fish treatment could not be said to be too complete, and it was very likely that his parents felt that the fishy smell was unpalatable.

"Dad, if you want to feel fishy, don't vomit, this is especially nourishing." Zhu Da advised, if you don't think it's delicious, then use it as a tonic, this protein and fat are good for people, not to mention that the fat of this fish is still unsaturated fat, of course, this year, you will not have the trouble of obesity and three highs.

Zhu Shishi still swallowed it, this mouthful of soup went down, the expression on his face changed again, there was still shock, but there was also pleasure, he didn't say anything and drank again, as if he was tasting wine, and swallowed it slowly, and then said: "Why is this soup so delicious, it's almost like chicken soup!" ”

When the mother over there, Zhu Wangshi, heard these words, and hurriedly took a sip, with a similar expression on her face, she was watching how Zhu Da made the soup, and she didn't have so many questions.

"You said you used fish, I have eaten that fish, it stinks and is bitter, how can you make it so delicious?" Zhu Shishi hurriedly asked, similar to what Zhu Da thought, it's not that the villagers haven't eaten fish, but they don't know the right way.

The life of Baibao Village and the neighboring villages is very poor, but this poverty is in Zhu Da's concept, for these villagers from military families, they can barely eat and wear, and live a relatively peaceful life, which is already a very good life.

And Datong is surrounded by military guards, the military households are hereditary, the military households have not changed from generation to generation, in such an environment, people are conservative and closed, the acceptance of new things is very slow, and there is no need to accept new things, which is why there are fish and no one touches them, and the situation of not eating seafood along the coast of Shandong is very similar.

People who eat multigrain vegetables all year round have an instinctive desire for fat and protein, which is the saying "lack of oil and water", Zhu Da's parents are also in the wind tonight, and the fish soup is drunk, and they are very satisfied, but in the process of eating, Zhu Da constantly reminds his parents to pay attention to fish bones, and there are many fish bones in the river, so you must be careful.

"You're going to be very expensive to catch these fish, aren't you? Isn't it just these few fish that are delicious? Father Zhu Shishi asked with some doubts, he didn't have too many doubts about how Zhu Da could catch fish, "they can accept the reason of "watching others catch fish by the river", Zhu Da also found at this time that his parents were easy to fool because of their shallow knowledge.

"Most of the fish in the river taste like this, as long as you can make it." Juda replied with a grin.

"You won't be flooded if you go to catch fish, I remember you don't know how to water, we won't eat if we don't eat, you don't have any risk." Mother Zhu Wang interjected, and his father nodded again and again.

Zhu Da was moved in his heart, shook his head and said: "Mother, don't worry, I'm catching fish by the river, the water is not over my calves, it's okay, I'll catch big fish tomorrow!" ”

"Xiao Da has grown up" and "Xiao Da has really grown up" has been said many times today, Zhu Da himself did not mention the matter of learning martial arts, and his parents did not mention it, but today the matter of kneeling down to learn martial arts should have been transmitted to his parents, but his parents did not stop him, and his attitude should have changed.

When you catch a fish, drink the fish soup, let your parents accept it, and then no longer object to learning martial arts, at least keep silent.

Before falling asleep, Zhu Da couldn't help but smile on his face, and finally got off to a good start!