Liu was a little worried: "Do you want to fry it in oil?" Do you have enough oil at home, or ...... Shall I go to your Aunt Zhou's house to borrow some? ”

Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "The pound of soybean oil I bought yesterday hasn't moved yet, it should be enough!" However, you need to use white sugar to make bad fish, and if you buy it now, it's too late...... I don't know if Aunt Zhou's family has a ......"

The Zhou family is one of the few families in the village who are recognized as having a better life, and the men can earn money outside the home, and the women also earn a lot of money by raising chickens at home. The Fang family has never been harsh on children, if you want to say that you can borrow sugar in the village, it is estimated that it is her family.

Liu Shi took off his apron and said with a smile: "I'll ask, how much does it take?" ”

Xiaocao said: "It's just seasoning, a small handful is enough......"

"A handful? Cao'er, you may not know the price of sugar, right? One pound is worth 260 Wen! The handful you said can cost dozens of copper plates! Your aunt of the Zhou family, no matter how much she loves the child, she won't buy so much back. Yu Hai couldn't help but remind.

Xiaocao was dumbfounded: "What? Sugar is so expensive! Oh my God, the average person really can't afford it......"

Liu Shi glanced at her and said with a smile: "White sugar is not something that ordinary people eat. What fish do you make? You still need such an expensive thing to make seasonings, you won't even be able to recover the capital, right? ”

Xiaocao looked at the more than 100 small fish pickled in the pot, and thought in his heart that if he had one or two pennies, it should be no problem to sell them for sixty or seventy yuan. If the bad fish is not seasoned with sugar, I am afraid that the taste will be much worse, so if you put a little less...... It should be fine, right?

"Mother, I'll go with you to Aunt Zhou's house to have a look." Xiaocao put a few bites of sweet potatoes in his hand and stuffed them into Xiaoshi's hand, stood up and followed Liu out of the gate.

After walking about 300 meters out, he knocked on the door of the Zhou family, and the door was opened by a young man with clear eyebrows, twelve or thirteen years old, his skin was healthy wheat, his eyes were crooked like crescent moons, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

"Wenhua! Why didn't you follow your father to sell goods today? Liu Shi was slightly surprised when he saw the young man, and couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Wenhua coughed twice, and heavy breathing sounded in his chest. He forcibly held back the itch in his throat, swallowed his saliva, and said, "When I came back yesterday, I took off my clothes when I got hot, but I was windy and not very comfortable, so my father asked me to rest at home for two days." Ahem...... Aunt Yu, Sister Xiaolian, are you coming to my mother? ”

Liu said with concern: "Have you asked the doctor to come and see it?" Don't rely on your good health to drag a minor illness into a major illness. ”

"I have shown it to Dr. You, prescribed a prescription, and I have already taken two pairs, and I feel a lot lighter. Ahem...... Mother! Aunt Yu and Sister Xiaolian are here......" Zhou Wenhua seemed to be sure that she was Yu Xiaolian, and Xiaocao just laughed it off and did not correct him.

Fang came out of the house, saw the two of them, and said with a smile: "Xiaocao has come back from the dock!" How's business going today? Your braised dishes taste so good, many people must love to eat them, right? - Wenhua, this is your Xiaocao sister, not Xiaolian. Xiaocao is slightly whiter than Xiaolian, and her skin is also thin, and her head is a little shorter. If you don't look closely, you can't really tell the difference. It is reasonable for you to admit your mistake. ”

Zhou Wenhua touched the back of his head embarrassedly because he recognized the wrong person, his mouth turned up with a smile, and said, "It turned out to be Sister Xiaocao!" I used to come with Aunt Yu Xiaolian, and I thought you were her. Listen to the coral, your body has recently healed. Congratulations! ”

A twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy is already so good at talking, and he is really a merchant. Xiaocao smiled at him and said, "The first few times I came, Brother Wenhua was not at home, and when we met for the first time today, it was inevitable to admit my mistakes." Sometimes my mother doesn't pay attention, and she will mistake the two of us! Who told us to grow into a face? ”

Zhou Wenhua was so amused by her pretended helpless expression that his eyebrows and eyes were laughing, and his chest, which was originally heavy because of illness, seemed to be much more relaxed.

"Aunt Zhou, do you have any sugar at home? I want to make a new kind of food, less so to season......" Xiaocao looked at Fang Shi expectantly, for fear that if she said no, then the bad fish would not be able to be made today......

Fang Shi smiled and said, "What a coincidence, if you came a day earlier, my family really didn't have it." Yesterday, your Uncle Zhou came back from selling goods and weighed forty or fifty yuan of candy for the children - you said that if you have that money, it is better to cut more meat, or buy more white rice and white noodles, and actually buy that expensive thing...... Linglong, take the leftover sugar from yesterday and give it to Sister Xiaocao to taste! ”

Although Fang Shi complained in his mouth, there was a smile in the corner of his eyes. In her and men's eyes, it doesn't matter if you are bitter, but you can't let your children be like them when they were young, they haven't seen anything, and go to the town to let people be hillbillies and point fingers.

Xiaocao took a look at Zhou Linglong's hand and found that the so-called white sugar was a sugar cube similar to old rock candy, no wonder it would be sold for a penny.

From the bag of candy, she chose a piece of egg-sized, almost one or two pieces of sugar, how could it be worth fifteen or sixteen yuan, and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhou, I want this sugar, it is used to make vegetables and sell it on the dock, how much is this sugar, can I make money and let you suffer......

Fang Shi glanced at her with disgust and said with a smile: "The relationship between our two families, what kind of money to talk about?" Your brother Wenhua is uncomfortable, his mouth has no taste, and he has no appetite. Yesterday I ate the braised vegetables I brought back, but I was full of praise and I ate an extra bowl of rice. When you make a new dish, just send some to your aunt! ”

Xiaocao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay!" You just don't say it, and you won't forget to give you something to try. Thanks a lot, it's almost time, I have to go back and fry the fish......"

On the way back, Liu didn't say anything in his mouth, but he muttered in his heart: "Although the fish is caught by himself and doesn't cost money, but there is only seasoning and oil, and it will cost thirty or forty yuan to say the least...... Is this profitable? ”

When I got home, Xiaocao first prepared all the seasonings and materials needed, and the fish was almost marinated, so I added half a catty of soybean oil to the iron pot on the stove, and burned it hot, and when I watched the smoke in the pot, sprinkle some water into it, so as to remove the fishy smell in the soybean oil.

Then remove the fire from the bottom of the pot, and when the oil is still 70% hot, put in the marinated small fish, fry them thoroughly, and remove them one by one.

The stove in the countryside is generally two pots on the left and right, usually one for cooking and the other for cooking. Xiaocao put the chopped green onions, ginger, and garlic into another iron pot, spread a layer, and put the fried fish yards at the bottom of the pot, the larger ones on the bottom, and the smaller ones on top.

Scoop out half of the base oil of the fried fish, add the rest to the dried chili shreds and stir-fry until fragrant, then add vinegar, sugar, rice wine, green onions, ginger and garlic, Sichuan pepper, fennel, cinnamon and other spices, and sprinkle with soy sauce. She saw that the soup was a little less, so she added an appropriate amount of spirit stone water and boiled over the fire.

After boiling, pour the soup into another pot of fish, cover it with a tight wooden lid, and specially let the small stones pick up a few stones and press them on top to pressurize. Simmer for about two quarters of an hour (half an hour), turn off the heat at the bottom of the pot, and open the lid to cool.

The taste of bad fish is best when it is cold. Xiaocao picked out a few smaller ones and let Daddy, Xiaolian and Xiaoshi taste them. After frying and stewing, the small spines in the fish have been so crispy that they melt in the mouth, and even the fish head can be swallowed. The whole small fish, nothing wasted.

"Not bad! Delicious!! Go, send some to your Aunt Zhou...... "The Liu family is reluctant to eat one after tasting one, this one is one by one, but they are all copper plates!"

Xiaocao took a plate, filled it with a full plate, and there were more than 20 of them, and asked the little stone to send it over. The rest found a clay pot and put it all in. She was going to get to the docks and sell them all before the dock workers went home for dinner.

Xiaolian saw that she was busy selling vegetables and cooking all day today, and she was not idle for a moment, so she said, "Sister, should I go to the dock with the stone?" ”

Xiaocao got up early in the morning and rushed to the dock, after selling the braised vegetables, he went to the market to buy ingredients such as pig's head and some seasonings, and when he returned home, he ran to catch fish, and then he was pickled and made into bad fish, and he was really tired enough.

Thinking about the road of an hour closer, I really don't know if I can survive it. In the past two days, Xiaoshi has also figured out the process of selling, there shouldn't be any problems, right? However, she still told with some anxiety:

"The bigger fish sells for a penny or two, and the big ones are sold first. Later, if there are some small ones left that are not easy to sell, they will be disposed of for three pennies. Anyway...... If you can sell more, you can sell more. ”

Xiao Shi said confidently: "Don't worry! Guaranteed to complete the mission!! ”

After watching Xiaolian and Shi leave, Xiaocao was not idle. She is going to take out the pig's head, the pork belly, and the pig's intestines, which she has packed, and sell them tomorrow morning.

Liu Shi saw that the pig's head and marinade had been put down, and the rest was simmered over a slow fire, so he drove his daughter to rest:

"I'll just watch the rest...... In the future, you will only be responsible for preparing the marinade, and we will take care of the rest! Don't take everything on yourself - your body is just a little better, but don't get tired! ”

Xiaocao nodded and said with a smile: "Good, good!" I know how to control the heat, my mother is better than me! Then I'll be the shopkeeper! ”

When she got out of the kitchen, she saw that her father was making a new net, so she leaned over and said, "Dad, it's still early, why don't we go to the pond and net some more fish?" ”

Yu Hai was a little moved, but he looked at her with concern and said, "Aren't you tired?" Let's go back to the house and lie down for a while, and rest! If you catch a fish, tomorrow during the day, my dad will try it......"

These days of observation, Xiaocao has long found that the family is a typical strict mother and loving father. In general, reprimands and criticisms are made by Liu's black face. But Yu Hai spoils the children very much, especially for Xiaocao, almost responding.

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Thank you Chu Chu for the red envelope 602681807 reward, thank you for the rain in the flowers, drunk lying in the clouds, dancing _ second Dai Dai Cheng, and the care of the 231721516 under the moon, as well as the elegy of sympathy.