Chapter 3 Whole Fish Feast
paid thirty points, and Du Qian felt a pain in his flesh. You know, his monthly allowance is only five yuan, which is 500 percent, and a fish is 30 points, which is still half price, can it not hurt?
Looking at the fish in his hand, Du Qian was happy again, the ugly fish's head was broken and its tail was gone, but the whole fish body was basically intact. The most important thing is that the varieties of fish are different, the taste can be very different, although the ugly fish is ugly, the meat is tender and smooth, it is not comparable to the first-class marine fish, but it is one of the top several fish in the second class.
This fish is best for grilling and of course can also be used for soup. As a war orphan, it is absolutely impossible to cook soup with ugly fish, and if you drink soup in fish soup, the taste of fish meat will be light, and you won't feel it at all.
This ugly fish is really not small, it weighs more than a dozen catties, and if you remove the fish intestines and bones, how can it have a weight of six or seven catties, even if there is a big-bellied man with Lei Ming, Du Qian can also have a full meal.
"The old rule, I clean up the fish, you make a fire. Du Qian hugged the ugly fish, walked to the Sichuan River, and began to clean up the ugly fish, this is a craft, without any skills, the taste of the grilled fish will be much worse.
"Hmm. The thunder responded, and a few boulders were moved, two small trees were uprooted, branches were broken and firewood was chopped, and a fire was set to build a stove. The two have worked together too many times, in fact, needless to say, Lei Ming also knows what he should do.
Lei Ming and Du Qian were born on the same day and in the same year, and Du Qian was only born one hour earlier than him. Both of them entered the Pingchuan War Orphanage School when they were eight years old. At that time, Lei Ming was very small, very thin, looking malnourished, a little stupid, rarely spoke, and was bullied by other war orphans.
The War Orphan School is a welfare school, and the empire has welfare and laws that can shine here, but in terms of details, very few people care. The teacher will never reach out to the children and let them do it themselves.
This also has the advantage that children who grow up in war orphanage schools will understand the rules of survival at a very young age, and when they go out into society, they can adapt better and faster.
Ugly fish have no scales, the skin is very thick, there is a layer of mucus, it is slippery, and it is disgusting and troublesome to handle. Fortunately, Du Qian did a lot of work in this kind of work, first cleaning up the mucus with sea sand, and then rinsing it with fresh water, and the mucus that gave the housewives a headache was done in a few minutes.
Then it is to deal with the internal organs, grilled fish is different from roasted fish, can not break the abdomen, break the abdomen and clear the abdomen, not only easy to lose the unique fresh fragrance of the ugly fish, but also inconvenient to use a wooden stick to pierce the chamber and grill, the exposed side, it is easy to burn the wooden stick, even if it is just burned black, it will increase the burnt taste.
This requires a little skill, using a one-foot-long branch, without dealing with the roughness of the surface, from the fish's mouth to the mouth, until half of the palm is stuffed into the fish's mouth, Du Qian nodded with satisfaction, and the wooden stick is in place.
Twist your fingers to make the rough branches rotate in the belly of the fish, and the rough surface of the branches will twist the fish intestines into a ball, and when it is solid, it can be pumped outward to empty the organs in the belly of the fish.
Everything went smoothly at first, suddenly there was a pain in his fingertips, and his eyes were black for a while, Du Qian stopped for a few seconds, his face was calm, the fish had teeth in its mouth, and there were thorns in its abdomen, and it was not strange to prick his fingers. It's just a little puzzled in my heart, why was it dark just now?
"Brother Qian, are you glowing?" exclaimed in surprise not far away, the thunder of the fire that had just risen.
", you're just shining. Du Qianxi scolded with a smile, the two grew up together since childhood, lived for ten years, and knew each other as well as their little brother.
Don't look at Lei Ming's naΓ―ve appearance, in fact, this kid is not stupid at all, shrewd, and very assertive. However, his emotional intelligence really made Du Qian anxious, it's okay not to speak, as long as he opens his mouth, he won't be far from causing trouble and offending people.
Lei Ming also knows what his problem is, and usually tries not to open his mouth as much as possible, and if there is something to ask Boss Du to go up, he just needs to wait to eat ready-made.
Since following Du Qian, in the war orphanage, the two have not suffered much. External affairs are handled by Du Qian, and when they need to move their fists, the two of them go together.
As they get older, the faster the thunder grows, and the combat power increases like a rocket, and at this time, no one dares to provoke them.
"You really glow, even the fish in your hand glows, like a kinetic lamp in the toilet. Lei Ming said seriously.
Okay, this kid has a mouth, Du Qian knows that there is no good thing, there are kinetic lights everywhere, why do you have to say that it is in the toilet?
"Okay, you must be dazzled, you look up at the sun, in this light, if you can see the light I emit, compared to the kinetic energy lamp, then what brightness does it have to be?" Du Qian said angrily.
Lei Ming raised his head suspiciously, his eyes narrowed into a line, it was already more than one o'clock in the afternoon, it was the time of the day, the sun was the most intense, Pingchuan in September, had entered autumn, but the sun was still very poisonous.
It seems that I really saw it wrong, in this light, not to mention the kinetic energy lamp in the school toilet, even if it is the baking lamp in the police station's torture room, I am afraid that I can't see the light.
It's good that he didn't say this, otherwise Du Qian would have scolded again. Lei Ming, this kid, every time he opens his mouth, nothing is good, it's either a toilet or a torture training room, can't he pick a better place to talk?
Wear the fish, put it on the shelf and grill it, the ugly fish is a sea fish, you don't even need to add salt, when it is almost baked, add a handful of finely chopped leaves, and then some dogwood powder, for them, it is a delicacy in the world.
Forty minutes later, the charred ugly fish was split in two, and the two of them devoured it, regardless of the steaming of the fish. This kind of heat is enough to burn ordinary people, and it is not a problem at all for the two people whose combat power has long exceeded 5,000 or even 10,000.
An ugly fish, Du Qian can't even eat one-third, and Lei Ming has already wiped out the remaining two-thirds. He stuffed the rest of the fish meat into Lei Ming, took out two bottles of beer from his arms, and took a sip.
"I have no objection to your decision to join the army, with your temperament, you can't mix in society, and it won't take more than a day to offend your boss and colleagues, and if you get angry, you may beat the boss half to death. But this is joining the army, Brother has to talk to you. β
Lei Ming nodded, quickly ate the fish, opened the beer, and took a sip. Since his parents died in the war, he only lived in a relative's house for half a month, and Lei Ming entered the war orphanage school.
"It's still the same old saying, talk less, train more. If you really go to the battlefield, don't run to the front, don't fall behind, the middle is the safest. Regardless of what the commander said is right or wrong, as long as the answer is yes, if you are sent to death, ignore him, disobey the yang and the yin, don't die, and don't be a deserter. Du Qian continued.
"Brother Qian, join the army with me, you still cover me. Lei Ming said, knowing that it was impossible, he still wanted to try. He knew very well that the only one who was most suitable for him was a soldier, but without Du Qian by his side, Lei Ming's heart was empty and extremely insecure.
Even if he knew that Du Qian was more afraid of death than him, his combat power was not high.
"Hehe, forget it, I'm not suitable to be a soldier, you have a good foundation, now you have more than 13,000 combat power, as long as you enter the army, you are a non-commissioned officer at the bottom, how can you mix a squad leader, manage a hundred and ten numbers, operate well, and the deputy squadron leader has hope." β
After speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "I can't do it, I have a poor foundation, no matter how hard I try, I can't compare to you, the army is different from the place, it's useless to be smart." Either you have great wisdom and see far, or you have strength and super combat power, otherwise you won't be able to make a name for yourself, and you may be killed one day. Don't look at the fact that there are no major wars now, on the border side, small battles have not been broken, and if more than 100,000 people die in a year, I won't join in the fun. β
"Is it dangerous to be a policeman?" Lei Ming still wanted to try to persuade him, but he knew that his mouth was naturally cheap, and it was okay to scold people, and persuading people could persuade people to fight with him.
"The fart policeman, the little patrol policeman, just bullying the little gangsters, when he encounters a big one, my brother takes a detour. It's a big deal, bend your knees and admit your mistakes, as long as you can live, slowly mix up, our buddies, there will always be a day when you get out of the mix. β
"Hmm. Lei Ming also knows that he can't persuade Brother Qian, don't look at Du Qian's usual hippie smiling face, he is more assertive than himself, and more importantly, Brother Qian is ruthless enough, ruthless to others, and equally ruthless to himself.
Du Qian's combat power is less than half of Lei Ming's, others don't know, Lei Ming knows very well in his heart that Brother Qian's efforts are at least twice as high as his own. Talent is a thing that many people say is useless, but it's there, and it can make you sad and happy.
"Brother is all up to you, the couplet in front of the school is written in the cow fork, but how many people can do it, we don't expect to become a war master, one day, you can mix with the war king, and you will be content in this life." When my brother can't get along, he's still counting on you to give him food. β
"Chop the sky and chop the ground, wave your hand to break the sky. Money and power, overturning the city-state. The combat power is unparalleled, and it is indeed very good. Lei Ming drank the wine in the bottle in one gulp and read softly.
This couplet is hung everywhere, from the palace to the kindergarten, everywhere, not only in the Zhoushan Empire, but also in the Zhenhai Alliance and the Zhutian Republic.
It can be said that this is the faith of all mankind. As for the origin of this couplet, no one has known for a long time, but it has been circulating for at least tens of thousands of years.
No matter how awesome the couplet sounds, it actually expresses a meaning, as long as your combat power is unmatched, you are the best.
It's easy to say, but it's too difficult to do, in the world, who can be unparalleled in combat power?
The basic threshold of martial monks is 10,000 combat power, and among the war orphans who are about to graduate this year, only five people in Pingchuan City have reached the baseline, and there are only more than 30 people with more than 5,000 combat strength.
You know, there are 1,200 war orphans in this year's session. Counting the normal school, in a year, during the graduation season, it is difficult for Pingchuan City to have a hundred graduates who have reached the baseline of martial monks.
Among these 100 people, most of them will go to higher universities, and as for war orphans, even if they cross the benchmark, they are only slightly higher than the starting point of ordinary people.