Chapter 2 Sweet and Sour Carp
Cangsi Mainland, Chunguo, Jiangzhou, Taishifu, Laihu County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the blue sky, a line of fat geese spread their wings and fly, and under the bright sunshine, the feathers of the geese seemed to be crossed with a layer of gold dust. The ground is littered with leaves and petals that have been knocked off by the night rain, and countless melons, fruits and vegetables have been lifted up after the night of heavy rain, stretching their branches and spreading their fragrance wantonly.
The red tomatoes have an alluring sweet and sour scent, the thin crispy shell has a bright red color, and the purple eggplant has water droplets hanging from it, and it has a jerky smell on an old fence.
In the pond, countless golden, silver, and black fish are scrambling to surface to breathe fresh air.
Zhou Xingxing was chilled and woke up suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked blankly at the dark walls and broken windows around him.
Zhou Xingxing found himself lying on a bamboo bed now, the bamboo bed was wet, it should be rainwater leaking from the roof, he laboriously pressed the edge of the bamboo bed, and felt that his whole body was sore and hot.
"Didn't I die after being struck by lightning? How did I get here? It looks so backward here, like a remote mountain village!" Zhou Xingxing thought puzzled.
Zhou Xingxing found a pair of old cloth shoes from the side of the bed and put them on, only to find that the clothes on his body were wrong!
He was actually wearing a coarse linen robe, although this dress was shabby but clean, but what shocked Zhou Xingxing was that it was even terrified - this was an ancient robe!
Zhou Xingxing staggered to his feet for the first time, held on to the wall to stabilize himself, took two deep breaths, pushed open the door of the house, and then saw the whole picture of the courtyard where he was.
I saw a circle of dilapidated bamboo fences surrounding the mud house, barely looking like a wall. The fence had collapsed in many places, and it was vaguely obvious that it had been dilapidated for more than a day or two.
Although the fence is broken, the enclosed land is really not small. Just look at the front yard, there is a basketball court size, there is a stove, a wooden table, and a large water tank on the east side, and there are two pieces of land that have been opened out on the west side, and there are shelves on the ground, and tomato stalks are tied to the shelves, and a lot of tomatoes are produced.
Zhou Xingxing's eyes lit up when he saw the tomato! Such a good tomato, even he had never seen it at the table of a top restaurant! Even two or three meters away, he could smell the sweet and sour aroma of the tomato!
But Zhou Xingxing still walked to the east first, he stood next to the waist-high water tank, took a deep breath, he looked like a water tank!
I saw the face of a young man in his twenties reflected on the clear water, and this face was extremely familiar! It was Zhou Xingxing himself! "Am I not the so-called crossing, but really arrived at a ravine?"
Zhou Xingxing couldn't understand what was going on for the time being, and he hadn't seen anyone so far, so naturally he couldn't understand the situation.
"Young man, are you awake?" Father Zhou limped from the back of the room, his hair was gray, although he had a high nose and big eyes, but the traces of time were too obvious, plus a piece of blue and purple scars, which made him look depressed, and although his patched sackcloth was clean, the pulp was already hard.
Father Zhou was holding a bamboo basket on his chest, the bamboo basket shook slightly, and a fishy smell came out from inside, "Are you hungry?" ”
"Are you—" Zhou Xingxing asked with a little respect and confusion.
"Hehe, you just call me Daddy Zhou!" Daddy Zhou turned over the bamboo basket and poured the fish into the wooden basin.
As soon as this fish jumped out, Zhou Xingxing's eyes lit up again! Although this fish was just an ordinary carp, its scales were thick and bright, and every time the carp stood up, it could jump more than half a meter high! Such a delicious pure wild carp was really rare to see!
Father Zhou first sat on the bench and cleaned up the carp neatly, so that all the scales of such a carp were scraped off, and not even a little bit of fish skin was torn!
Zhou Xingxing nodded secretly in his heart, just this hand, this old man is already perfect.
Father Zhou burned the firewood and added a lot of water to the pot, "This meal is easy to cook, you can just go into the house and wait! I know you must have something to ask me, and when you are full and have the strength, I will tell you again." ”
Zhou Xingxing shook his head, "Uncle Zhou, what are you going to do with this fish?"
"Naturally, it's steamed! This fish is fresh, and it's very delicious when steamed!" Daddy Zhou remembered the taste of the fish, and his taste buds couldn't help but secrete digestive juices.
"Steamed?" Zhou Xingxing shook his head, "This kind of fish, although steaming is definitely not unpalatable, but it's a pity, I look at this tomato is good, how about making a sweet and sour fish?"
Father Zhou was surprised at first and asked, "You actually know how to cook?" No, no, no, these tomatoes are sweet and sour, but the fish meat will be a little fishy, if it is mixed together, the taste must be strange!"
"Uncle Zhou, this sweet and sour fish doesn't say a thousand, I have to do it eight hundred times, this kind of simplest cooking, I still have my hands on it!" Zhou Xingxing does not allow others to question his professional level, "This sweet and sour, bitter, spicy and salty, the mutual harmony of the flavors of each class, as long as it is within a certain limit, will collide with delicious sparks!"
Father Zhou looked at Zhou Xingxing, and then at the fish in his hand, "That's it, since you insist, then I'll let you do it!"
Zhou Xingxing took the carp, first smelled the smell, and found that the fishy smell of the fish was very small, and then picked two palm-sized tomatoes, took a bite, and the red tomato juice flowed down the crystal skin of the tomato, "It's so sweet! It's the first time I've eaten such a sweet tomato!"
With just one bite, Zhou Xingxing felt warm in his stomach, and his originally sore body seemed to be a little better.
Zhou Xingxing did not hesitate any longer, cut the carp diagonally twice, and first marinated it slightly in light salt water.
Cut the tomatoes, blanch them over the heat, peel them, chop them, and stir-fry them quickly in a pan until they become a sauce.
Because there are no onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, etc., and the materials are unusually delicious, Zhou Xingxing can only keep everything simple.
"Uncle Zhou, where is the oil?" Wrapping the fish in a layer of flour, Zhou Xingxing couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, wait a minute!" Father Zhou entered the room and came out with an urn in both hands.
Zhou Xingxing looked at the urn, and it turned out to be the congealed lard of white flowers!, "Isn't there peanut oil?"
"Peanut oil?what's that?" Father Zhou shook his head, "That's it, you have to save some use!"
Zhou Xingxing smelled the smell of this lard, but he felt strange, one or two ingredients in this place are delicious, why doesn't even lard have such a strong fishy smell?
The lard was put into the pot, bubbling with the smell of "zizi" meat, and I don't know if I really haven't eaten for a long time, Zhou Xingxing actually swallowed his saliva.
The hot oil in a large spoon of carp hung with flour is poured twice, and then the tail is put into the pot!
Zhou Xingxing pulls the bellows to control the temperature of the fire under the iron pot, waiting for the fish to be charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the bright red tomato sauce is stir-fried and outlined on it!
"It should be called tomato carp!" Zhou Xingxing picked up the black pottery plate and smiled slightly!
At this moment, a phantom shadow suddenly appeared on the tomato carp on the plate, and instantly rushed into Zhou Xingxing's eyebrows!