Chapter 69: Clams
The two men got into the carriage, and in a short time they saw the courtyard.
This yard has long since changed, and all the flowers planted by Xu Tiantian have long since withered, and the originally neat family on the side has been replaced by pots and pans, which look chaotic.
"Sister, Brother Xuanye, you're back. Isn't business busy in the city? ”
Xu Zehan, who was pressing grass in the yard, was the first to find the two of them, put down the guillotine in his hand, and hurriedly ran forward.
It is said that children look like a child every day, which is not bad for a year, Xu Zehan has grown a lot taller, and he will be able to surpass her in a few years.
"My sister won't leave after she comes back this time, how about my sister still take you to pick up crabs?"
Xu Zehan squinted his eyes and smiled, and his complexion exposed to the sun showed a very healthy color.
"Really? It's good, but I just received a letter from my sister not long ago, and the business in the city is good, so why don't you do it? But what trouble did you encounter in the county, a last resort? ”
Xu Tiantian and Xuan Ye take care of the business, but Shen Qi always instills in such a child how great it is to have a shop in the city, so although Xu Zehan misses Xu Tiantian very much, he has always felt that Xu Tiantian is amazing.
Xuan Ye just stood aside and didn't speak, looking at the two of them. Shen Yuxuan took a step forward and looked at the courtyard where there seemed to be no one else but him.
"Yes and no, don't worry, don't worry about this matter, you have a small child's family or don't worry about these things."
"It's not too early, let's go back early and rest, and we will go to the sea early tomorrow morning, and now it is summer, we have to take advantage of this time to find more seafood to come back, otherwise we will be hungry in winter."
Xu Tiantian looked at the sky, and returned to this familiar place, and she will have to turn her back to the loess in the future, but fortunately, she has another craft, and her skills are not overwhelming.
When Xu Tiantian took Xuanye to the beach, it was morning, the sun had just risen, the sea was sparkling, and occasionally a gust of wind blew over and it was very cool.
Xuan Ye rolled up his sleeves, whether it was catching crabs or looking for clams, he was already half a professional at the moment, but there was one thing he didn't understand in his heart, Xu Tiantian was not a selfish person, and now that they had found so many ways to make money, why not share it with the people next to him?
"Tian Tian, the villagers in the village are very poor, and now that we have found such a feng shui treasure, why don't we tell the villagers about it? After all, there is a lot of power in numbers, so you can also reap the corresponding benefits from it? ”
Xu Tiantian spotted a fat crab, and pressed down violently with the net in her hand, the crab obediently stayed in her net, and the sea area was still quiet when they came, and it was obvious that no one had discovered its existence until now.
"At the moment, we are not very familiar with this sea area, and if we call people over in a hurry, who knows what kind of risks there will be? Before things are figured out, no matter what happens, we don't have the ability to take risks, and if we can, we will naturally call the villagers over, but not yet. ”
Xuan Ye nodded, these little things on the beach can only meet their daily rations, if they really want to save some silver taels, they must find more seafood. But obviously, if you want to get more seafood, you have to go to the deep sea.
They haven't been to this area for a long time, and after half a year of recuperation, most of these seafood have passed the breeding and growth period, and this is the best season to catch them.
After catching a crab, Xu Tiantian gently moved the stones under her feet, and sure enough, there were two fat crabs like Fang Cai inside.
Xu Tiantian raised the crab eyebrows and smiled, "It's your bad luck to meet me today." But don't worry, if you take you to the dock, you will definitely be able to sell it for a good price, and it won't make you grow such a good body in vain. ”
Xuan Ye looked at the empty basket on his back, bent down to pull the soft sand on the beach, and suddenly seemed to encounter some resistance, and suddenly dug out the contents of the sand.
This thing has two shells, narrow and long in shape, egg yellow on the outside, Xuan Ye has been following Xu Tiantian for so long and has some experience on the beach, but he couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw this creature for the first time.
"Tiantian, do you recognize what this thing is? Can it be eaten? Xuan Ye picked up the thing in his hand and walked to Xu Tiantian's side to show her a look.
About these seafoods, Xu Tiantian is like a treasure book, and he always knows more than him.
Xu Tiantian's eyes widened, full of joy, "These things are naturally edible, this thing is called razor clams, and the nutritional value is extremely high, but you also have to see how to do it, if you don't do it well, the taste is very bad." ”
Xuanye really asked about this thing, even in modern times, few people eat this thing, but he really tastes very good, even if he is lucky, it is even more difficult to meet wild ones, but today they just let them meet it, but this thing is not in a hurry to sell.
The price of razor clams is extremely high because it is very rare, but although this thing is precious, it is extremely easy to feed, if the seedlings are left to be artificially raised, they can make a lot of money from it, and then they can also distribute these seedlings they raise to the villagers, and it is not impossible to make the village rich by breeding seafood.
Xuan Ye's heart was full of a sense of accomplishment, "Then tell me how to make this thing taste better?" ”
Xu Tiantian opened her mouth, and then glanced at Xuan Ye and put the thing in the box, "These still depend on personal skills, among which these conditions and how to deal with them are very important, even if I say it, you may not be able to understand, and then look carefully to see if there is more, if you can find more, I will personally make it for you to eat at night, you will know." ”
Xuan Ye knew that Xu Tiantian had some unique techniques for making seafood, so she didn't say anything and didn't ask more.
It's just that the luck of the two is really good, Xuan Ye dug a few pits on the beach with a face, and the razor clams found out all kinds of clams had to have a small half basket.
Xu Tiantian straightened up and bent over to find seafood for so long a day, she was really a little unbearable, seeing that the sun was about to go west, Xu Tiantian checked the basket, "It's not early, we have to go back early, and when the weather is later, we won't be able to see the mountain road clearly." ”
"Sister, Brother Xuan, you're back."
Xu Tiantian pushed open the door and ran over with a small ball and hugged her thighs.
Xu Tiantian handed over some flowers picked from the mountain to Xiao Shi, and gently touched his head, "Xiao Shi will go and find a pot to plant these flowers first, and my sister will make something to eat for you today." ”
Little Stone nodded and found a clean pot, and happily picked up the flowers carefully at noon.
Xu Tiantian beckoned Xuan Ye to pour out the razor clams in the basket, and put some of the razor clams in the basket into a basin full of clean water.
Some of the remaining razor clams Xu Tiantian put them in a bucket, added some water to the bucket, and put appropriate salt, so that Xuan Ye could shake it for a while.
About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Tiantian put the razor clams in the bucket into a clean basin, and when Xuan Ye looked at it again, there was only some sand left in the bucket.
Xu Tiantian carefully washed the shells of the razor clams, so that when they came back, they bought some dried chili peppers and ginger, so that they would not be blinded when they needed these things now.
Xuan Ye moved a small bench in the kitchen with great eyesight to help Xu Tiantian burn the fire, Xu Tiantian rinsed the razor clams, put them in a bowl, poured an appropriate amount of water, put in a spoonful of salt and stirred evenly, soaked for about half a time, the small stone watched patiently on the side, he liked his sister to make seafood the most.
Xuan Ye had almost burned the fire, Xu Tiantian took the dried chili pepper and soaked it in warm water for a while, cut it into small pieces, cleaned it, drained the water and put it aside, and then turned around and quickly peeled and washed the ginger, half minced, half sliced, it didn't look like a condiment on the board, the green onion was cleaned and cut into chopped green onions, under the dim hut, a ray of slanting sun came in, and the trivial days had some fireworks, and all the things were ready to be put on a plate.
The boiling water in the Xuanye pot has begun to bubble, Xu Tiantian lifted the lid of the pot, the steaming heat rushed straight to the roof, put in the ginger slices, boiled the water on the high fire, and put the razor clams that had been cleaned long ago into it, "Little stone, you count, count from one to ten, and when you count to ten, these things can be out of the pot." ”
"One, two, three...... Ten, sister, sister is okay. Little Stone nodded, and counted carefully on his fingers.
Xuan Ye took the clean plate, Xu Tiantian took the razor clams out of the pot, peeled off the shell of the razor clams, cut off the shell on one side with scissors, ripped off the black line next to the razor clams, and rinsed it again with warm water. Xuan Ye was stunned as he watched Xu Tiantian's fluent movements from the side, never thinking that there would be so many cumbersome steps to eat some meals.
Put the cleaned razor clams on a beautiful plate and put them on a white plate, add three scoops of purified water to the pot, boil, put them in the steaming rack, and put the clams into the pot and steam them for a few minutes.
After steaming the razor clams, take them out, pour out the excess soup, and pour vinegar and some sesame oil evenly. A fresh smell had filled the room, and Xiao Shi couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.