Chapter 71: Stock
Xiao Qinghe's eyes dodged, and he said vaguely: "I see that in those restaurants on the street, there is a pot of pork bone soup burning, it smells very fragrant, we don't have money to buy pork bones, so let's make some fish soup." ”
Lin Jing smiled and shook her head: "Pork bones and fish taste different, the fish is very fishy." ”
That's what you won't do!
Xiao Qinghe muttered in his heart, the fish is ready, the taste is good, not to mention how fresh it is!
Of course, this is also because in the 80s, the materials were not abundant, and oil was indispensable to make fish, and who was willing to use so much oil to make a meal of fish? Naturally, I think the fish is not tasty.
However, the family is not short of money now, but it is not short of that little oil, not to mention that the fish soup does not use too much oil.
Xiao Qinghe grabbed her mother's hand and said coquettishly: "Mom, let's try it first, what if it happens?" ”
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you."
It doesn't cost money to do anything, and if the girl wants to try it, let her try it, and if it doesn't taste good, it's good to feed the chickens.
Now that Lin Jing has money in his hands, he has become more atmospheric, and he doesn't pick and search for everything like before.
So, after dinner, Lin Jing held her daughter in one hand and a small bamboo basket in the other, and the mother and daughter went to the river together.
The name of the Huilong River is very atmospheric, but in fact it is only a tributary of a tributary of the Yangtze River, with a surface width of about ten meters. In shallow water, the water will reach your ankles, and many pebbles will emerge from the water. In deep water, the water depth is more than five meters.
At this time, the industrial pollution was not serious, and the water of the Huilong River was very clear, reflecting the blue sky, white clouds, and the red mountains that were blooming brightly by the river.
Occasionally, a few kingfishers swooped down, their slender beaks touching the water, picking up a small fish and landing on a nearby branch, enjoying the delicious catch.
"It's beautiful!"
Xiao Qinghe looked at this vivid and beautiful scenery with fascination, but unfortunately, after a few decades, such beautiful and pure scenery became rare.
Pollution everywhere has muddied rivers, turned forests green, made birds, beasts, insects and fish less and less, and humans have increasingly encroached on the territory of wild plants and wild animals, which has also deteriorated the ecological environment of the earth.
How can we prevent the Earth's environment from following the path of previous lives?
Is it useful just by relying on the Genki plant?
For a while, Xiao Qinghe's thoughts were a little empty, but this was misunderstood by Lin Jing, she took her daughter's hand and said solemnly: "Lotus, except for your mother who brought you over, at other times, you are not allowed to come to the river to play alone, do you know?" If there are water ghosts in the river, if you meet children who are not accompanied by their parents, they will be caught in the water, and then they will never see their mother again. ”
Bullying the mountains and not the water, her daughter went into the mountains to dig wild vegetables, Lin Jing was not very worried, as long as she didn't go deeper, there was no danger in the periphery of Wutong Mountain.
But she has never forbade her daughter to go to the river to play, let alone go down the river.
The Huilong River is not as beautiful and harmless as it appears, and every year, there is always one or two fresh lives that will be swallowed up by it.
Xiao Qinghe knew his mother's worries and solemnly promised: "Mom, don't worry, I will never come to the river alone." ”
"Well, mom knows, Lotus is the most obedient." Lin Jing smiled and touched her daughter's face, led her, and came to a place where the water was gentle: "Let's do it here." ”
Lin Jing found a place with gravel next to the reeds, put the bamboo basket down, and smashed a few screws and threw it inside.
This is the easiest way to catch a fish.
The weaving method of the bamboo basket is very interesting, the opening is large on the outside and small on the inside, so it is easy for fish to swim in from the outside, but it is difficult to swim out of the bamboo basket.
Lin Jing straightened up and clapped her hands: "Okay, let's start the basket again tomorrow." ”
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, when Lin Jing came back from hunting pigweed, he picked up the bamboo basket by the way.
Xiao Qinghe saw his mother come back with a bamboo basket, and was a little curious: "Mom, how many fish did you catch?" ”
"See for yourself."
Lin Jing handed the bamboo basket to her daughter, as soon as Xiao Qinghe took it, she felt a sinking, and when she looked inside, the bamboo basket contained most of the large and small fish in the basket, and the corners of her mouth suddenly rose: "Mom, this has to be two or three catties, right?" ”
"Almost."
Xiao Qinghe held the bamboo basket in both hands, found a basin, scooped a few scoops of water, and poured the fish into it.
With a few "poofs", the fish fell into the water and splashed a string of splashes.
At a glance, there are about a dozen, the big ones are three or four inches long, and the small ones are one finger long, all of which are crucian carp, fat meals, and small white strips.
The fish were thirsty all the way, and as soon as they entered the water, their mouths drank greedily, and their gills also snapped together with the rhythm.
These fish were pure wild fish, and their vitality was much stronger than that of the artificially fed fish of later generations, and in a short time they regained their vitality and swam happily in the bucket.
In September, the cat saw a fish for the first time, and its eyes sparkled when it saw the fish, and it sat on the edge of the basin with one paw hanging in the air, and the cat's face was full of eager expressions.
Xiao Qinghe grabbed its imminent paws and nodded its cat head in warning: "In September, I solemnly warn you, don't catch fish quietly!" These fish are very useful, what if you get killed? If you are obedient, you will have vitality grass to eat tomorrow morning, and if you are disobedient, hum ......"
September flicked his claws desperately, just trying to stretch into the water.
Xiao Qinghe stroked his forehead and sighed, and in desperation, he had to pour the fish in the basin into the bucket again, and there was no way to do it in September.
It was still a small one, with two hind paws standing on the ground, and the front paws stretched upward, unable to hold the rim of the barrel.
It retracted its front paws, arched its body, and jumped lightly onto the edge of the barrel, where its balance kept it firmly on it.
However, it tried to reach out its claws to catch fish, but the claws were too short to reach the surface of the water......
"Meow~Meow~"
September anxiously circled around the edge of the barrel, and Xiao Qinghe couldn't stop laughing.
Lin Jing said angrily: "You know that in September, it wants to eat fish, so you give it a small one to eat." ”
Xiao Qinghe rolled his eyes: "Mom, I'm too used to September." ”
Lin Jing was silent, looking at the familiar color of September's coat, his eyes full of memories.
The sudden silence made Xiao Qinghe realize that he had said the wrong thing, and naturally changed the topic: "Mom, what did you eat this morning?" ”
Lin Jing came back to her senses and said, "I picked some Tsubaki sprouts and came back, otherwise I would make a scrambled egg with Tsubaki sprouts and porridge with cold Tsubaki sprouts, right?" Yesterday's leftover rice, add some water and cook it into porridge. ”
"Okay! I love eating Tsubaki sprouts! ”
Tsubaki sprouts are a vegetable with a very unique taste, just like durian and stinky tofu, those who like it love it to death, and those who don't like it want to vomit when they smell it.
Xiao Qinghe is the kind of person who likes to eat Tsubaki sprouts very much.