The fishing village is close to the sea, and although there is no way to form a fishing port, the seafood is still relatively diverse. Xia Yuquan remembers that there is also a kind of translucent small shrimp here, which has a special taste and is very suitable for dishes or soups.

In her previous life, she was often hungry, and she always stole steamed buns, which would never work. Later, an old lady in the village couldn't stand it, so she taught her to make something small from people, and then take it symbolically, and send money and grain back after going around, so that she could fill her and Liu Yutong's stomachs.

Among them, the most famous by the old lady is shrimp paste.

The people of Yun Province love sweet and spicy, and they are so fresh. The people in Yuncheng are not used to eating the bean paste that everyone loves in the north, they prefer a bowl of rice with shrimp paste, and they don't like to sweat on a hot day, and they only recognize such a taste when they go out for thousands of miles.

Xia Yuquan inherited his mother's dexterity, not only can make clothes, but also has a unique ability to cook shrimp paste. But her body is so thin now, and she doesn't know if she can bring out the same craftsmanship from her previous life?

She kept thinking about the shrimp paste method in her mind, and she didn't forget to find a way to collect firewood and find some stones of suitable shape. Shrimp paste can't be made without salt, just now she just slipped out first and didn't get the salt, so she had to think about how much to get first.

Xia Yuquan often does this kind of thing of boiling salt, anyway, their village is remote, although the general economic capacity should have risen, but there is no place in Baiyu Village, and everyone often comes to the beach to boil salt in order to save so much money.

"Koizumi, aren't you sick? Why did you bring Kiri to the beach alone?!" At this time, a familiar old voice sounded from Xia Yuquan's side, almost scaring her.

Fortunately, the person who came reacted quickly and had enough strength to hold her up, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Granny Lai......" Xia Yuquan looked at the face in front of him that was quite deeply eroded by the sea breeze, and couldn't help but have red eyes, choked up and couldn't speak.

It was the old lady who taught her a lot in her previous life, Granny Lai.

"Hey, hey, don't cry!" Granny Lai looked at the little girl in front of her, but she couldn't cry anymore at this time, and couldn't help but feel distressed and anxious. The things in his hand were thrown directly to the ground, and he hugged the thin her into his arms, and constantly comforted, "It's good to be alive, don't be too submissive, the days are all fought for, and in the future, you will follow me to learn more things, so that you can go out to work and earn a living by handicraft......"

Xia Yuquan listened to the familiar and gentle tone, and almost burst into tears again. But Granny Lai is right, the days are all fought for, and it's useless to just cry!

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get a good life for myself!" She looked back at the small ditch she had dug out, looked at the small shrimp that had gathered in the ditch at some point, she didn't care that there were still tears on her face, and turned her head to Granny Lai and smiled, "Let's make shrimp paste to sell?" ”

In fact, in the previous life, Lai's mother-in-law began to persuade Xia Yuquan very early, asking her to find a way to stand up and fight for her rights with the people of the Liu family. This is the case in the countryside, and the sufferers themselves don't mean that, and their neighbors are in a hurry, so they can't help at all.

But if Xia Yuquan showed a little signal for help, they would also be able to become famous. It's a pity that she misses that she can marry Liu Guotai, and she is also afraid that she will not be able to live if she leaves the Liu family, so she has to endure all kinds of torture every day, bathe in the sympathetic eyes of others, and occasionally accept a little charity, and survive for a long time.

This time, though, she won't.

Even if she reaches out for help, as long as she can repay it in the future, she doesn't mind showing weakness at this time.

"Good, good, good!" Although Granny Lai was a little surprised by the changes in Xia Yuquan's body, this was good after all, and it meant that the little girl wanted to make a change, and she couldn't be happy, "Granny Lai knows that you will definitely figure it out!" I'm boiling salt with you Aunt Li in front, and the salt is boiling well today, so don't do it, take it and use it first, huh? ”

Xia Yuquan knew that Granny Lai felt sorry for her words and made them up, so she didn't take it to heart, but carefully used a bamboo tube to hold the shrimp she had just fished out, as well as the two small fish that she barely caught in the broken fishing net, and followed Granny Lai to another small bay.

A cleanly dressed, but stocky woman crouched in front of a pot and carefully added firewood. This Aunt Li is very famous in Baiyu Village, her family kills pigs, and her economic ability has always been very good. However, because there is only one daughter in the family, so in the end he chose to recruit him, and the man is the little nephew of Lai's mother-in-law, and the young couple live very affectionately.

A few years ago, Aunt Li's village was demolished, and her husband simply took her eldest son into the city to set up a stall to kill pigs, while she returned to Baiyu Village with her younger son alone, rearranged the house and settled in the household to reclaim some land to grow things.

This is a woman who is quite good at living, even if her husband is rich, she does not let the family status of the two have too much difference. Even if he was born relatively strong, he is also more pungent and spicy, but his personality is generous and he doesn't like to care, and his popularity is still very good in the village.

"Oh, isn't this Koizumi?" When Aunt Li saw Xia Yuquan, although a trace of obvious surprise flashed on her face, she quickly showed a sincere smile, "I just said, come out to bask in the sun, people won't wilt!" ”

When she stood up, she became even taller. In the eyes of those long-tongued women in the village, they are a person who can be beaten and cannot be provoked. However, in the eyes of Granny Lai and Xia Yuquan of the 'same country', it is a reassuring alliance.

"Aunt Li, I didn't figure it out, I was really sorry if I didn't understand anything before, I will definitely change it in the future!" Xia Yuquan knew that this woman who looked a little vicious was actually very soft-hearted, and he had pulled her a few times before, but she was deeply injured, and hurriedly showed a smile to the other party, "I'm about to learn how to make shrimp paste from you!" ”

Aunt Li herself has also suffered losses, but she feels that God helps those who help themselves. Relying on the reputation of being virtuous, he finally found a good home for himself. So she looked at the cowardly and gloomy Xia Yuquan before, although she had the idea of helping, she wouldn't really make a move.

Now seeing that the little girl finally had a little bit of the demeanor of Xia's father and Xia's mother at that time, she was in a good mood, and directly dragged her thin arm and carried Liu Yutong, who was still a little heavy for her age, on her back, as easy as throwing a simple cloth bag.

"Come on! I've just boiled all the salt! Let's make shrimp paste now! ”

Granny Lai and Aunt Li are both experienced people, there is a small stream on the edge of this small bay, the water is not deep, but it is not dry all year round, and people from Baiyu Village sometimes come to wash clothes and wash rice.

The shrimp they caught in front of them were being kept in a pot at this time, and seeing that Xia Yuquan had also prepared the shrimp, the three of them squatted directly by the stream to wash and drain the shrimp. Then, according to the ratio of shrimp to salt about 5 to 1, carefully mix well, take a large bowl, and after the initial mashing, start to grind carefully.

The finer the grinding, the better the fermentation effect will be, the more dense the taste will be, and the more fragrant the shrimp paste will be. Therefore, even though this process is very difficult, the three of them still have no intention of being lazy.