As soon as it was dawn the next day, Lin Yunxuan got up, and she was going to make the two leftover grass carp from yesterday into fish balls for everyone to taste. If she succeeds in making fish balls, she can make money selling them.

Lin Yunxuan fished out a grass carp from the wooden basin, put the fish on the board, cut off the head of the grass carp, cut off the tail of the fish, cut the knife from the tail, and walked the knife against the fish bone, using the blade along the place where the fish meat and the fish bone are connected, down the fish bone, and finally removing the large piece of meat.

The fish bones and fish head are set aside first, and they can be used to make soup later.

Pick out the large thorns in the flesh and scrape the skin off with the blade of the knife in the direction of the scales. Remove the fins and rinse the flesh under clean water to remove any remaining skin. Drain the water slightly and use the blade of a knife to scrape the fish from the tail to the head, scraping out the fish paste little by little. In fact, you can also pick out the thorns of the fish and cut it into small pieces and chop it into pieces, but Lin Yunxuan prefers the way of scraping the fish paste, because she thinks that the fish balls that come out in this way have a more delicate taste.

After scraping the minced fish of the two grass carp, Lin Yunxuan chopped the ginger into minced ginger, put it in a bowl with minced fish, added salt and egg white, stirred the minced fish in one direction, and then squeezed out the balls with the tiger's mouth and put them into the unboiled water in the pot. After squeezing it all, wait for the balls to float up, and then let Zhao An, who helped with the fire, pull out some firewood from the stove and keep it in the shape of a medium and low fire.

After the water boils, Lin Yunxuan waits for the fish balls to be cooked, take them out and soak them in a bowl with cold water, pour them out when the water is hot, and then soak them in cold water again until the balls are cool.

"Sister, why did you put the hot balls in the cold water and pour the water out?"

After the fish balls were cooked, Zhao An didn't need to burn the fire, just watched Lin Yunxuan how to get them, and when he saw the last step, he asked curiously.

"This is called supercold water, which can instantly lock the moisture of the balls, and the taste of the balls is more refreshing and Q-bomb." Lin Yunxuan replied while busy fishing for fish balls.

"What do you mean by Q bomb?" Curious baby Zhao An continued to ask.

"It's just that it tastes more elastic, as if something is beating on your teeth. You can eat one and feel it. Lin Yunxuan thought of an explanation that was easier for Zhao An to understand.

"Is it really edible?" Zhao An's eyes suddenly lit up, and his face was full of smiles.

Last night's fish soup and stir-fried river prawns left him with a lot of memories, and he is now a big fan of Lin Yunxuan's food.

Lin Yunxuan gently flicked Zhao An's forehead with her fingers, and said with a smile: "Try it with chopsticks yourself." “

When Zhao An heard this, he was overjoyed, and quickly picked up chopsticks and carefully picked up a fish ball, but he was reluctant to put it in his mouth immediately, but held the fish ball and looked at it carefully, and then slowly put it in his mouth, gently bit down the first bite, and chewed it carefully.

"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious. It turns out that this is how Q bombs feel. Zhao An sighed after slowly eating a fish ball.

"Then let's make more fish pots today, catch more fish and come back, make fish balls and sell them at the market tomorrow." Lin Yunxuan said as she put the fish head and fish bones into the pot to boil the soup, preparing to make some fish soup gnocchi for breakfast.

"Sister, I'll help you make a fish cage to catch fish, and I'll definitely be able to catch more fish today." Zhao An patted his chest and said with a confident face.

"Good. But now we have to trouble you, a good helper, to hurry up and light the fire, or we won't have breakfast." Lin Yunxuan pointed to the earthen stove and said with a smile.

When Zhao An heard this, he immediately became energetic, and immediately sat down and added firewood to the stove.

When boiling the fish soup, Lin Yunxuan took out the only half catty of thick noodles left at home and poured it into a large bowl, added some water, and then stirred it into a viscous batter with chopsticks. After the fish broth is cooked, the batter is put into the soup and stirred again with chopsticks, and the gnocchi of different shapes come out. Originally, Lin Yunxuan wanted to use a small spoon to make gnocchi, and the gnocchi made this look better. Unfortunately, there was no small spoon in the kitchen, so she had to use chopsticks. Fortunately, everyone doesn't care about the appearance of food, as long as there is something to eat, they are satisfied.

When the gnocchi in the fish soup floated, Lin Yunxuan put a little salt in the pot, and the gnocchi in the fish soup was ready.

At this time, He Cuifang's voice came from the courtyard, it turned out that she had just returned from Aunt Zhang's house.

"Aunt Fang, you came back just in time, you can have breakfast." Lin Yunxuan poked her head out and said hello to He Cuifang.

"Your feet are not good yet, why don't you let Xiao An make breakfast? Xiao An, why did you let your sister go to the kitchen? He Cuifang saw Lin Yunxuan busy in the kitchen, busy washing her hands and coming in to help, and didn't forget to count Zhao An.

"I'm going to make breakfast, it's none of Xiao'an's business. And Xiao An has help with cooking. When Lin Yunxuan heard He Cuifang's words, a warm current flowed in her heart, and it felt so good to be cared for.

"Mother, is Sister Yingzi better?" Zhao An saw He Cuifang blaming him, and quickly changed the topic.

"It's much better, I can get out of bed in the morning, she wanted to come over and thank your sister in person, but she was stopped by your aunt. Your aunt told her to rest for two more days, and she was not allowed to go out for these days. He Cuifang said as she put the pot with the fish soup gnocchi on the dining table.

"Aunt Zhang said she would come back later to thank you." He Cuifang turned her head and said to Lin Yunxuan, who was following behind.

"No, no. It's just a gesture. Aunt Fang, if you tell your aunt, you really don't have to thank me. My aunt has such a good relationship with you, and she usually helps us so much, don't say that this is what I can do, even if I can't do it, I will try my best to do it. You've been busy all night, it's time to get hungry, and eat breakfast. ”

Lin Yunxuan didn't think it was a big deal, and she was afraid that others would thank her solemnly, so she hurriedly explained it to He Cuifang.

When He Cuifang heard Lin Yunxuan say this, her heart warmed. This is a child who knows how to repay his kindness. I didn't think too much about saving her and taking her in, but I didn't expect her to bring so much in return.

After breakfast, Lin Yunxuan asked Zhao Dalin to help get some bamboo strips, and after teaching Zhao An how to weave a fish cage twice, Zhao An also learned a lot, so she let Zhao An think about making it up by herself, and she also made up a new fish cage on the side. This time she had to weave a few bigger fish cages so that she could catch a bigger one. An hour later, she had made up three fish cages, and Zhao An had also completed two. After bringing the two fish cages that were made yesterday with them, Lin Yunxuan took Zhao An and the two siblings to dig earthworms first, and then went to the stream again to get the fish cages.

For lunch, Lin Yunxuan continued to cook, made a fish ball and green vegetable soup with the fish balls made in the morning, and cooked a few sweet potatoes as the main food.

He Cuifang: It was also the first time for them to see and eat fish balls. I saw that in Qing Lingling's fish soup, there were snow-white fish balls floating, and a few emerald green vegetable leaves were set against the background, which was very beautiful.

"What is this? Meatballs? He Cuifang remembered that there were no such ingredients at home.

"Pearl fish balls, my sister made them with fish." Zhao An answered while blowing the fish balls in his bowl.

Lin Yunxuan pursed her lips and smiled, "Let's try it and see how it tastes, be careful of it." ”

He Cuifang picked up a fish ball and blew it, put it in her mouth, and took a bite gently, the taste was tender and smooth, and there seemed to be an indescribable fragrance, which left a fragrance on her teeth and cheeks after eating.

"Well, it's delicious." He Cuifang looked surprised, "Xuan'er, is this the new food you said yesterday made with fish?" ”

"I guess so." Lin Yunxuan just picked up a fish ball and put it in her mouth, and replied inarticulately.

Zhao Dalin and Zhao Yun'er saw that they had eaten it, so they quickly put down the sweet potatoes in their hands and raised their chopsticks to pick up the fish balls.

In a short time, the fish balls were wiped out. Several people felt that the aftertaste was endless, and they were still unsatisfied.

"In the afternoon, we catch more fish and come back and make more fish balls, so that we can not only sell them, but also eat them ourselves." Lin Yunxuan saw that everyone liked to eat fish balls, so she decided to make more fish balls in the afternoon.

After the lunch break, Lin Yunxuan took Zhao An's two siblings to the fish cage.

Zhao An carried the fish cages ashore one by one, and there were fish bouncing in each of them, and two fish cages were crowded with fish.

"Looks like today's harvest is pretty good."

"Wow, that's a lot of fish! Amazing, so many fish! ”

All three of them smiled crookedly.

The seven fish cages caught a total of four grass carp weighing three or four catties, one carp weighing about two catties, two bighead fish weighing more than two catties, and small river shrimp weighing more than one catty.

Lin Yunxuan left the carp to make braised fish at night, and after cleaning up the grass carp and big-headed fish, she asked Zhao An to help scrape the fish puree, and she couldn't be busy alone.

The two worked hard for an afternoon, and finally made fish balls, but they didn't expect to have more than ten catties.

Lin Yunxuan took out about two catties of fish balls and asked Zhao An to send them to Aunt Zhang to taste as a thank you gift for borrowing eggs from their house in the past two days.

Zhao Dalin's family did not raise any poultry or livestock, and the eggs needed to make fish balls were all borrowed from Aunt Zhang's family.

Lin Yunxuan knows that eggs are relatively expensive food here, and most people in the village are reluctant to eat them, so they keep them and sell them for money, and an egg can be sold for a penny.

Originally, Lin Yunxuan planned to give money, but Aunt Zhang refused to accept it, and said that Yingzi's life was saved by her, and it was not enough for her to send a few eggs to express their gratitude. Lin Yunxuan no longer insisted on giving money, thinking that after making fish balls, she would give some to Aunt Zhang's family to taste, as a thank you gift for borrowing eggs.

For dinner, Lin Yunxuan made a fish intestine omelette, no tofu, so she cooked a fish head and green vegetable soup, and then made a braised fish and a stir-fried small river shrimp, plus boiled sweet potatoes, and the family ate very comfortably.

Zhao Yun'er licked the soup in the bowl and couldn't get enough, looked at Lin Yunxuan with bright eyes and said, "My sister's cooking is really delicious, if only I had my sister's cooking every day." ”

"That's it, that's it." Zhao An nodded while touching his stomach.

Lin Yunxuan looked at the two siblings and smiled a little wickedly. "You mean to say that Aunt Fang's food is not delicious, and you don't want to eat Aunt Fang's food?"

The two brothers and sisters were stunned for a moment, and looked at He Cuifang in unison, shaking their heads like rattles, "No, no, the food cooked by my mother is delicious!" ”

This full desire to survive made Lin Yunxuan, He Cuifang and Zhao Dalin all laugh.