Chapter VI
A quarter of an hour later, the prepared fish soup was finally served under Su Jinghang's expectant gaze. The milky white soup is full of aroma, and the green onions are embellished, and just looking at the appearance is already mouth-watering, and in September, there is a bowl for everyone. "Daddy, can you try the fish soup made by Jiu'er first?"
Su Jinghang didn't wait for his sister to finish speaking, he picked up the spoon and drank it, at that speed, September was quite speechless, and his brother was not afraid of being burned.
"Hmm...... It's delicious, I've never had such a good soup...... Younger sister... It's really delicious. Su Jinghang looked at the empty bowl and asked his sister to bring another bowl. Father Su and Yun Niang looked at their son, then they picked up their bowl and tasted it carefully, and as the fish soup entered the mouth, Father Su's calm eyes gradually brightened. Until the bottom of a bowl of soup was reached, Daddy Su smashed his mouth a few times, and said unsatisfactorily: "Girl, is this soup really made from the fish in the river?" The fish soup just now didn't smell fishy at all, and it was unusually delicious.
"What you said, I watched Jiu'er do it with my own eyes." Yun Niang looked at Father Su and complained. "The fish was caught by yourself, Jiu'er is filial to make you delicious, and you still don't believe in your daughter." In fact, Yun Niang was skeptical before she tasted fish soup, but she was full of pride when she looked at September, and her daughter was really impressed that she could make such an unpalatable thing into such a delicious food.
"Ahem...... Isn't that delicious? Daddy Su pretended to cough to hide his embarrassment.
"Daddy, listen to me, this fish is highly nutritious, and eating it regularly has great benefits for the body, and it will be no problem for my daughter to cook it for you every day in the future." September looked at their expressions, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Mother, now the conditions at home are not good, not to mention that my father and mother can't eat a good meal every day, let's just say that my brother is twelve years old and has not yet had a normal ten-year-old child's body. Jiu'er thought, use the fish to make some more food and take it to the town to try, maybe it can be exchanged for some silver? “
After listening to their daughter's words, Father Su and his wife subconsciously looked at their son, who was as thin as a bamboo pole. The indescribable bitterness in my heart is that they are useless, so that the child can't eat a good meal...... Su Jinghang lowered his head so that people couldn't see his expression, and the four people at the dinner table had their own thoughts, and suddenly quieted down strangely.
"Girl, do whatever you want," a moment later, it was Daddy Su who broke the silence with a voice. turned to September with a serious expression and said, "In front of outsiders, don't mention your dreams. At this age, I just hope that your brothers and sisters are doing well. The eyes of September who said this were hot, and the relatives in front of her were all blood-related, and they unconsciously gave her support. How can she not be moved?
"Dad, don't worry. Jiu'er is measured, and you and your mother will wait to enjoy Jiu'er's blessings in the future. September replied with great seriousness. From this moment on, she is going to start fighting for her relatives.
"Mother, do you still have starch at home?" I want to make fish balls in September, starch is indispensable, but I don't know if I have it at home, so I decided to go to the town, and I plan to make a few more, so that I have more confidence.
"There's still a little cornstarch, it's not much, Jiu'er, you have to use it, I'll go to Aunt Zhao's house next door to borrow some." After speaking, he hurried out of the door,
"Brother, come and help me kill the fish, I'll teach you how to get it."
"Dad, I remember you still have half a bottle of wine hidden?" September looked at Daddy Su with a smile.
"You ghost, I've been hiding that half bottle of wine for a few months, and your grandfather didn't even bother to take it out, but you remembered it. Gotta get you some wine. “
By the time Yun Niang came back with the starch, September had already commanded Su Jinghang to be busy. Daddy Su stood outside the kitchen and looked around from time to time, not knowing what his daughter was going to do.
In September, he didn't say much, and instructed Su Jinghang to deal with the remaining fish, leaving only two for tomorrow. Su Jinghang said in September, cut the abdomen to clear the stomach and hang the scales, and then cut off the fish head, the fish head is too hard to make fish balls, so he can only save it for tomorrow to make soup.
Su Jinghang asked curiously while busy in his hand, "Little sister." Can this really be sold to the town? “
September glanced at her brother and said with a smile, "Brother forgot the fish soup just now?"
Su Jinghang really stopped talking, and the speed of the mobile phone was faster.
Yun Niang watched September stick the fish bone with a knife and slice the whole piece of fish meat diagonally, learning from September's practice and slowly getting started, after the fish fillets were all sliced, September found a rolling pin, thinking about the appearance of her grandmother in her previous life, and wanted to break up the fish fillet. However, she didn't have enough strength to make a few clicks, so she took it after Daddy Su couldn't see it at the door, and now she will be completely in command.
After the fish meat was loose, September commanded his mother to scrape the fish meat in the direction of the fish bones. Daddy Su quickly piled up the scraped fish meat together and prepared to chop it into fish puree. Chopping fish meat is a hard work, and thanks to Daddy Su's help, the progress is much faster. In September, I found chopped green onions and ginger slices prepared in advance, chopped them and added them to the fish paste for Daddy Su to chop again, and added some water to them from time to time to make the minced meat more tender.
After the fish paste was chopped, Yun Niang changed to Daddy Su and began to stir, and in September, oil, salt, starch, and Daddy Su's reserve wine were put in turn, and there was no cooking wine so I could only make do with it first. Yun Niang kept stirring in one direction, and in September, he grabbed the surimi and beat it in the basin again and again. At this point, the preparation of the fish balls is finally over.
Father Su and his wife were very busy, and Su Jinghang was depressed when he didn't work, so he listened to September tell him to boil water. In the small kitchen, four people are busy in an orderly manner. After a while, a large pot of fish balls was all out of the pot, and in September, vinegar water was mixed and dipped in meatballs for everyone to try.
"Wow!!"
"Mmmm, it's delicious......"
"Smooth and tender, so delicious......" Yun Niang's happy eyebrows were about to fly.
Seeing everyone's unanimous praise, September made up his mind, the current conditions at home do not allow, if you change to other dipping sauces, think of the spicy tang in the previous life, well, maybe the restaurant in the town......
Daddy Su ate a few fish balls and was in a good mood, no one in Sujia Village ate fish, there were many fish in the river, if this fish ball was really like what the girl said, it should be able to make a lot of money if it was sold to the town, right?
"Dad, I'll invite my grandfather over early tomorrow morning, and we'll go to town after breakfast, I want to take the balls to the restaurant to have a look."
"Well, I'll go to your uncle's house early tomorrow morning. Since I'm going to the town tomorrow, I'll go to the old village chief's house to see if his ox cart will be borrowed for a day tomorrow. With that, he turned and walked out the door.
In September, I saw Daddy Su's figure disappear into the yard, only to find that I was busy and didn't notice that it was already dark. Hurriedly helped Yun Niang clean up the kitchen, filled the basin with fish balls, covered a clean cloth, and put it in the bucket that had just been called. September carefully checked that the water was not flooded, and then he and Yun Niang went out of the kitchen with confidence.
After washing, Su Jinghang went to his room, and only climbed on the kang in September, only to feel that his back was sore and his arms were weak when he relaxed, Yun Niang saw September crawling there with his teeth bared, and knew what was going on, and gently rubbed his waist while holding September.
"Mother......" The warmth of the mother's hand made September close her eyes comfortably, and after a while, a slight snoring sounded.
Yun Niang looked at her daughter distressedly, she had to worry about her family at such a big age, her hands kept moving, and her eyes became softer and softer. When Daddy Su came in, he saw this scene and unconsciously slowed down. Yun Niang glanced at him, and seeing that he looked relaxed, she asked in a low voice, "It's all done?"
Daddy Su lightly took off his shoes and got on the kang "Well, Brother Su Wu will also go to the town after lunch, and we will have a ride then."
Su Wu is the only son of the old village chief and is bold. In fact, the entire Sujia villagers are simple and simple, working from generation to generation at sunrise and sunset, and they have been digging in the soil for decades, and every household does not have so many intrigues, which is the most simple.
The night was getting thicker and thicker, and the moon was like a rare pearl, set in the sky. The moonlight flowed in the fields, and the whole village was bathed in this soft moonlight, and everything was so quiet and peaceful!
This night, September slept very peacefully.