Chapter 22 Boating on the lake
Wang Po will use a knife to remove the scales of the tarpon and open the belly, then remove the internal organs, and cut off the gills on both sides of the tarpon.
Cut off the fish head first, then cut the fish head into two pieces from top to bottom, and put it in the pan and simmer.
Next, cut off the tail of the fish and put it in the pan and cook it slowly.
Cut the rest of the fish into cubes and cook them slowly.
Because the pig's trotters stewed before were almost stewed.
So Wang Po put in cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, white radish slices, yams, lotus root slices, and spinach.
Make a pot of hodgepodge, with pig's trotters and silver carp as the base, add all kinds of seasonal vegetables, and make a big pot for health in autumn.
Wang Po also asked Brother Tong to tell Uncle Zhao that if you ask the fishermen on the lake, you can catch lake shrimp this morning.
When Uncle Zhao heard it, it was his mother's order, so he stood up and shouted loudly to the fisherman on the lake: "The eldest brother who fishes, I caught some lake shrimp this morning." ”
Soon, the fisherman shouted in the same voice, "There are shrimp this morning, how much do you want, yo!" ”
"Come here, let me see."
After a while, the boat came to the shore, and the fisherman walked towards Uncle Zhao with a bamboo basket in both hands, and the basket was full of shrimp.
Uncle Zhao looked at the color and number of shrimps, there were about sixty shrimps in the basket, although they had been arrested for a while, they were still alive and well, and they were still very big.
Uncle Zhao confirmed that it was the shrimp he had just caught this morning, so he negotiated the price with the fisherman, and finally brought the shrimp with a basket of forty yuan.
Uncle Zhao paid and asked the fisherman to wait for a while.
He ran to the young master and asked softly.
"Childe, after dinner, take advantage of the beautiful weather, you want to take a boat and go to the center of this lake for a while."
The young master nodded and agreed, after all, how could he not go boating when he arrived at the lake, and he failed to live up to the beautiful scenery.
So Uncle Zhao discussed with the fisherman again.
"Brother Yu, how many boats do you have, and a boat can seat several people."
The fisherman knew that this was a business, and hurriedly said: "Back to your guests, although I only have one boat for the villain, I still have brothers I know, and I can make up three boats, and it is not a problem for three or four people to sit on one boat." ”
"Okay, you go and contact us, and say that we want to use a boat, three boats are fine, and the price is negotiable."
When the fisherman was about to leave, Uncle Zhao instructed him again, saying that the boat should be washed through with water, and the son did not like the fishy smell.
The fisherman said that he would do so, and promised that there would be no fishy smell in his decision.
Uncle Zhao arranged for his son to send the shrimp over, and then continued fishing.
Because there are a lot of shrimp, I also follow the shrimp picking line, mainly to learn.
After picking more than 40 Qinghu shrimp, Wang Po soaked them in wine casually, and then poured them into the iron pot.
The rest is for me to drop it out to the lake and submerge the basket in the water to half the height of the basket to keep the shrimp fresh and at the same time keep them alive a little longer.
Subsequently, Wang Po said that it was okay to eat.
The crowd slowly gathered around.
Wang Po divided a pot into two pots, one pot was a little more, it was the young master and the five of them, and the rest was me and Wang Po, her daughter-in-law, Brother Tong, and Zhao Tiezi.
Uncle Zhao found some fulcrum for stones to sit on the pot, put the pot away, and then everyone sat on the ground around the iron pot, or sat on the stone, the young master was a person with a stool, it was very comfortable.
When the young master said that it was okay to eat, we all had one chopstick, and I had one chopstick, and we ate the vegetables from the pot.
I started with a green shrimp. After Wang Po's cooking, it became bright red and no longer green.
The entrance is fresh and tender, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.
Then, I grabbed a few more to eat.
The pig's trotters are the hind hooves of the pig, and the meat is more meaty than the front hooves, and it is more chewy, and there is a crisp feeling, without the slightest bit of greasy.
The meat of the tarpon is very tender, after all, it has lived for so long, and all the tenderness hidden in the body bursts out in the mouth.
While we were enjoying our meal, we suddenly heard a thud, as if something had fallen into the lake.
When I turned my head to look, it turned out that the fishing rod had fallen into the lake, but why did it fall into the lake?
Brother Tong's uncle said that it was his fishing rod, and when he was about to pick it up.
The rod suddenly moved, sliding in the direction of the center of the lake, and at such a fast speed that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Listening to Uncle Zhao's quip: "Your luck is also good, it seems that it is more than ten catties, but I don't know what kind of fish it is, but it's a pity that your rod is good, it would be better if you took the bait earlier." ”
When Uncle Tong heard this, he was also helpless, this fish came too ingeniously.
Anyway, we all laughed, laughing at the luck of this fish, it was considered to have escaped.
I just don't know if it will grow wise.
In the end, my stomach was swollen after eating, so I had to sit on the rock, enjoy the cool lake breeze, and wait for the boat to arrive.
Three fishing boats appeared on the surface of the lake, heading side by side towards us.
The one in the middle is the fisherman who sold shrimp to us before.
The other two look black and thin, one looks old, and the other feels very young, but in fact they are very strong men, because the boat is hard work, and people with poor body bones can't do this.
The boat approached, and slowly approached.
After discussion, the young master, me, and Uncle Zhao got on the boat that sold shrimp before.
Zhao Jin, Zhao Yin, and their uncle got on the young-looking ship.
And Brother Tong and Zhao Tiezi followed their mother on the ship of the older one.
And the princess chose to stay on the shore, stay and watch the things and the carriage, and clean up the guys by the way.
The boat was gently pushed by the shrimp seller with a long bamboo pole, and then left the shore and headed for the center of the lake.
The waterfowl in the lake are generally not afraid of people, and occasionally a few birds will land on the bow or stern of the boat to rest for a while.
But if you want to get close to it, it won't give you that opportunity.
Whenever you approach it carefully, you'll instantly notice your little movement and quickly fly away.
When the original waterfowl is gone, a new waterfowl will take its place, or the original one will fly back.
I tried a few times and always scared the bird away and then flew back again.
The young master and Uncle Zhao both thought it was interesting, so they didn't stop me, and the girl fluttering birds was like a yellow cat playing with butterflies, which was a kind of fun.
"Little girl, give up, this bird thief is so thief that I can't even catch a man like me, who begs on the water all year round.
If you accidentally fall into the water, it will not be good to get sick. ”
Well, even the young master and Uncle Zhao heard the boatman say this, and they all signaled me not to go to the idea of hunting birds again.
It's just that the bird is getting more and more presumptuous, as if it knows not to catch them, and the closer it is to me, but it still leaves a distance, and it is really a thief.
"Uncle, do you like these birds too?"
I couldn't catch the birds, so I had to ask the boatman about the birds, and he wouldn't drive them away when they got on the boat.
"I don't like them, but I hate them a little, if you don't pay attention, they will definitely take the opportunity to steal the fish and shrimp in the basket, so you have to cover them."
But it's a bit inseparable, where there is more catch, they definitely know first, and then we inform us to observe more waterfowl, where to cast nets.
So this bird, we are very precious to fish, generally will not drive them, as long as it does not steal my fish, it is a good bird.
By the way, this bird is also very vindictive, just like a human, if you offend it, you have to be careful that it poops on its head. ”