Chapter 20: Stinky Mandarin Fish

Zhao Yuan stuck to Ruixue with a bitter face: "Ruixue, you go and talk to your father, this time you will be exempted." ”

Rui Xue was so entangled by him that she said funny: "If you didn't pull your father to make a bet, how could you lose?" ”

"How did I know it would be like this. Ruixue, you can help, if my father knows, I will be miserable. Master Wang can cook so many dishes, why chase me for that thing? ”

Zhang's mother watched coldly for so long, and couldn't help but say: "I don't think you're afraid of your father, but afraid that your daughter-in-law will know that you're betting with someone!" Lost money. ”

Zhao Yuan immediately blushed, choked his neck and argued: "It's not, it's not." ”

The people in the kitchen knew that he was afraid of his wife, and when they saw him stiff on his mouth, they laughed coaxingly.

Zhang's mother smiled: "Si'er, why are you here?" ”

But seeing Zhao Yuan, he immediately squatted down, covered his ears with his hands, closed his eyes and said: "I know it's wrong, I shouldn't gamble with others, and I shouldn't promise Master Wang to teach him the family pickle skills, I'm really wrong." I didn't dare to do it again. ”

When the kitchen man saw him like this, he laughed again.

Zhao Yuan, who was squatting on the ground, stood up in annoyance when he heard the laughter, and scratched his head embarrassedly. Seeing that the grinning sunspot didn't forget to give him food in his mouth, he gave him a casual look: "You eat again." I know how to eat every day. ”

Heizi had just won more than 200 yuan, and he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I'm really hungry." ”

Rui Xue heard that he was hungry, so she stuffed the rest of the jade roasted wheat to him: "You can cushion it first, and then eat it at dinner." ”

Heizi smiled with satisfaction, swallowed a piece of siu mai in one bite, stretched out his thumb, and said vaguely: "Sister of the Wang family, your craftsmanship is so good, it is delicious!" ”

Ruixue smiled lightly, just took the bamboo dustpan and put it in the sun, and sat aside to sharpen the knife.

Dad said that the knife is a cook's weapon, and when it's okay, it has to be sharpened, and when it's really dull, it's too late.

Kuroko's mouth opened wide and followed Ruixue's figure stupidly, forgetting to fill her mouth with something.

Zhao Yuan looked at his stupid appearance, and patted him on the back of his head casually: "What are you looking at?" ”

Only then did Heizi come to his senses, scratch his head, and smile at Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan gave him a kick angrily: "It's good-looking, right?!" Pretty, right?! ”

Heizi nodded again and again: "The sister of the Wang family is so good-looking, and she smiles even more beautifully." It's like a fairy in the sky. As he spoke, he blushed first, but he immediately jumped up to Rui Xue and squatted on the edge of Rui Xue, "Sister Wang, I'll help you sharpen your knife!" ”

Seeing that Rui Xue ignored him, he pointed to the bamboo dustpan that Rui Xue placed in the sun and asked, "What's in there?" Something to do tonight? ”

"It's fish."

Kuroko stuffed the roasted wheat into his mouth and asked, "What fish?" When I was a child, I often caught fish and grilled it to eat, but it was fragrant, which **** grilled for you to eat? My skills in grilling fish are nothing short of that. ”

The scum splashed on Ruixue's face and clothes, and she raised her hand to wipe it away. Kuroko also sensed his mistake, and reached out to help Ruixue wipe it.

Ruixue saw him stretch out his hand, and hurriedly turned his head sideways to dodge.

Zhao Yuan kicked on Kuroko's buttocks: "What are you kid doing?" ”

Heizi only cared about protecting what he was eating, and his knees immediately fell to the ground, and when he saw that the cage of roasted wheat did not fall to the ground, he put away his unhappiness and said puzzledly: "I will help the sister of the Wang family wipe it!" ”

"Rub what! Don't talk with your mouth wide open when you eat in the future. ”

"Zhao Yuan, you were scolded by your daughter-in-law again?" The joking voice came from outside, and in a blink of an eye, I saw Zhao Xihou, who was wearing a dark cyan round-necked robe, pacing in slowly.

Seeing that he was coming, the people in the kitchen stood up one after another and came to him: "The third young master has congratulated you." ”

Zhao Xihou nodded in response, walked up to Ruixue and said, "I heard that Uncle Wang is sick, is he better?" ”

Rui Xue saluted and said with a smile: "It's better." ”

"You accompany me to take a look, there are some body-tonifying medicines here, you can go back and boil them for Uncle Wang."

Ruixue responded, and took the bamboo dustpan that was drying with her.

After walking away for about twenty steps, Zhao Xihou came to Ruixue and said with a smile: "My Fair Lady, the gentleman is so good, I can't ask for it, tossing and turning." ”

Rui Xue had learned words with Zhao Xihou, and when she knew the meaning of this, she immediately blushed: "What did the third young master say!" ”

Zhao Xihou felt that her blushing was good-looking, and he wanted to tease her more and more, and whispered: "Then what is that stupid boy doing in front of you?" ”

"Silly boy?"

"It's that black boy like a bull. Silly, hey, that's it! Zhao Xihou gestured to learn from the sunspot to eat.

Rui Xu couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are the same as Uncle Yuan, you know how to bully honest people!" ”

Zhao Xi said thickly: "Honest? If Zhao Yuan is a little late, his hand will be stretched out to your face! I've never met such an honest person! ”

Ruixue didn't speak, just continued to walk forward.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhao Xihou felt a little dull and asked, "What is in your hand?" ”

"Mandarin fish."

"Really? My favorite thing to eat is mandarin fish. Zhao Xihou said and lifted the gauze covered with bamboo dust, only to smell a foul smell came out. He immediately covered his nose, immediately walked away, and said in disgust, "It's so stinky, it's about to be lost!" ”

Rui Xue covered the gauze and looked at Zhao Xihou with a frown: "This is pickled mandarin fish, it tastes like this, it doesn't stink." ”

Zhao Xihou opened the fan with a "swish" and fanned it in front of him: "It doesn't stink yet, you smell it!" ”

"But my father said that he was going to make something for the third young master."

Zhao Xihou shouted: "Who said that, when have I ever eaten such a stinky thing?" ”

Rui Xue saw that he looked anxious to clear up, and said with a smile: "The third young master just said that he likes to eat mandarin fish the most, do you want to regret it?" ”

Zhao Xihou said with a bitter face: "If I knew that it stinks, I wouldn't eat it." Saying that, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his chin, and sighed, "Uncle Wang is really capable, he can actually burn incense with such a stinky thing." ”

Rui Xue smiled slightly, didn't speak, just reached out and covered the gauze tightly.

Zhao Xihou smiled proudly: "People say that my articles are good, but I say that my mouth that can eat vegetables is good." You say, Uncle Wang has made such a good dish, and it is not appreciated by me, a person who can eat it, so what's the use? The so-called Maxima is easy to find, and Bole is hard to find, this is the truth. ”

Rui Xue hurriedly stopped him: "You will only say in front of me, if you have the ability, you can talk to the old lady." ”

Zhao Xihou fanned Rui Xue and said with full certainty: "It's just talking in front of you, you can't bear to see me knocked by my grandfather, right?" Otherwise, when my father wanted to beat me, you wouldn't have pounced and not screamed. ”

Rui Xue's face turned slightly red, and she lowered her head and whispered: "That was when I was a child, I was ignorant and offended the second master." ”

Zhao Xihou said: "If you don't offend, the board will hit me a long time ago, but you are not afraid of my father, it is really rare." ”

"I don't know the rules, and I won't. I've heard people say that you hurriedly handed in the county exam papers to rush back for dinner, but is it true? You should quickly figure out how to get back to the old lady. ”

Zhao Xihou smiled and said, "How did this spread so quickly, even you know it." ”

Rui Xue said solemnly: "Is there any?" ”

"Yes. At that time, my eyes were so hungry that my eyes were blooming, and besides, it was two essays and one poem, where would it take so long, of course, to finish writing quickly, and hurry out to eat. Where did you hear that? ”

"It's all rumored in the family, beware of the old lady asking you."

Zhao Xihou said indifferently: "I have already asked, I said that my stomach is not good, and it is not easy to say it directly, so I will use this as a reason." ”

Rui Xue was relieved to hear that Old Lady Zhao had already asked him.

Zhao Xihou looked at the dustpan in her hand in disgust: "It's about to be lost." Stinky and stinky. ”

"Of course you can eat it. Originally, I did it yesterday, but my father didn't do it because he was not in good health. If you don't do it today, it won't taste good. Dad, I'll try my hand at Tomson. ”

Zhao Xihou stretched out two fingers and pinched the corner of the gauze and looked at the contents inside. Mandarin fish, the scales have not been removed, but they emit a foul smell. He couldn't stand it and jumped away again.

"Don't send it to me, I won't eat it."

Rui Xue put the gauze back on and said with a smile: "When will you go to Nanjing Institute to test?" Why don't you come here without reading? ”

Zhao Xihou put the handle of the fan against his head, and said casually: "May!" The left is just two essays and one poem, and it is not a big deal. This one is up to you. ”

Zhao Xihou handed over the wooden box, and also saw that Rui Xue didn't hold it, and left it in his hand: "Forget it, I'll help you get it!" Save yourself from being stained by this stinking thing. ”

"Medicinal herbs for Daddy? Thank you for the reward of the third young master. ”

Zhao Xihou said: "No, I bought you a gadget in Chuzhou Mansion." And don't always reward one word after another. ”

"I've got a few from the five girls, but I don't need them."

Zhao Xihou pursed his lips and said, "She is hers, you are yours, and you can send her a few more when the time comes." ”

Ruixue smiled and thanked her.

Zhao Xihou's eyes fell on Ruixue's clothes: "Go back and change this clothes." ”

Rui Xue looked down at her clothes, nothing was there, it wasn't dirty, and she didn't have winter clothes, this ......

Zhao Xihou pointed to the paddy field clothes on Rui Xue and said, "It's not that you don't have clothes to wear, how do you wear cotton?" Didn't Grandpa just make you some new clothes? ”

"Those good clothes are worn and you can't do things, so why don't you wear all the clothes?"

Zhao Xi said thickly: "How is it the same." I'm going back and changing. ”

"I'm going to go to the kitchen later, what are I going to do with that good dress? What should I do if I get dirty? ”

Hearing that her tone changed slightly, Zhao Xihou couldn't help but say: "I'm just asking, don't be annoyed, your temper is getting bigger and bigger now." I'm looking for you today to ask you to do something. But it's not a big deal, it's just a few big words anyway. ”

"I see, just take it from me when you come back."

Zhao Xihou nailed himself to the door and said with a smile: "What if someone asks you?" ”

"I didn't see the third young master."

Zhao Xihou knocked on Ruixue's head with satisfaction: "It's so smart." I'll bring something to give back. ”

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Stinky mandarin fish: Hui cuisine. Fresh mandarin fish is marinated in lightly salted water and after six or seven days, it is ready to eat. Fry lightly in oil and simmer until the soup is concentrated. Mandarin fish is very easy to digest and suitable for children and the elderly; It is beneficial for the recovery of tuberculosis patients, but asthma patients cannot eat it.

Legend has it that more than 200 years ago, fishmongers along the river transported mandarin fish to the mountainous area of Huizhou in wooden barrels, and in order to prevent the fresh fish from spoiling, they took a layer of fish and sprinkled with a layer of light salt water, often turning it up and down, so that they arrived in Huizhou in seven or eight days. At this time, the gills of the fish are still red, the scales do not come off, the quality has not changed, but the epidermis exudes a special smell that seems to be smelly but not smelly, but after washing, it is slightly fried in hot oil and cooked over fine heat, not only has no peculiar smell, but is very fragrant and fragrant, and it has become a popular delicacy.

In fact, we can do the same with the salted fish we marinate in winter. It is only dried in the winter sun for three or four days, and the blood is dried to be cooked. The reason is that once the sun is dried for a long time, the original moisture of the fish is gone, and it is very hard to eat in the mouth, and it is not easy to taste. Dried for only a few days, it's an unexpected delicacy.