Chapter 12 Cricket Tofu

Su Anying and his wife returned to the door early in the morning with a lot of things, and everyone in the Su family was very happy and warmly entertained the young couple.

"You see, I don't know you came back so early, and you didn't prepare anything.

We'll deal with it this morning, and let your mother cook something for you at noon. ”

At six o'clock, just in time for breakfast, Su Weizhong looked at the small rice porridge and pickle sauce on the table, and felt a little cold.

When the new aunt enters the door, how can the first meal be so simple?

"Child, mother, I remember that we still have salted duck eggs at home, right? Quick, hurry up and cook a few. ”

The Su family lives by the river, so they raised two ducks, and they were reluctant to eat the eggs, and most of them were sold.

Leave a few marinated just for the sake of serving guests.

The new aunt is a distinguished guest when he enters the door, and he must be entertained well, Han didn't say a word, went to the jar and found two salted duck eggs, put them in the pot and cooked them, cut them and serve them.

"Taste, this year's duck eggs are marinated well, and they are oily."

Han put the duck eggs directly in front of Xu Shiyan and Su Anying with a smile on his face and beckoned them to eat.

Xu Shiyan excused himself again and again, and did not beat his father-in-law, so he finally had to poke some egg yolks with chopsticks and put them in the porridge to eat.

As for Su Anying, where is she willing to eat salted duck eggs?

Seeing that the two sisters lowered their heads and secretly glanced over here, Su Anying directly divided half of her duck eggs into the bowls of the two sisters.

"Eiko, you eat yours, ignore them."

Han Shi was about to talk about the two small ones when he saw them, but when he saw the two small ones, he pulled all the porridge and salted duck eggs in the bowl into his stomach, and the angry Han stared at the two daughters.

Seeing this, Xu Shiyan didn't say a word, but took advantage of the inattention of others to dig his salted duck eggs into his daughter-in-law's bowl. "Eat."

Su Anying secretly glanced at her father and mother, and put half of the salted duck egg back into Xu Shiyan's bowl.

The little two looked at each other and drank the porridge in the bowl with a smile.

Su Weizhong had already seen the little movements of his daughter and son-in-law, and he didn't break it, he just finished the meal with a smile.

It is said that the uncle is here, and Su Weizhong should accompany the guests at home.

But Su Weizhong is the captain of the production team, and without him assigning errands, he probably wouldn't be able to understand this work today.

Xu Shiyan saw his father-in-law's embarrassment, so he took the initiative to mention that he was going to a relative's house in the morning.

Let the old man do whatever he wants, and he doesn't have to delay the affairs of the team for him.

In this way, Su Weizhong hurriedly went to the production team after breakfast to arrange today's work, while Xu Shiyan led his daughter-in-law and went out to visit relatives.

Xu Shiyan's maternal grandmother, two uncles, and an aunt are all in the camp.

If you don't go anywhere else, you have to visit your grandmother.

It was more than ten o'clock when the relatives walked down, and when the young couple returned to Su's house, they saw many people giggling and didn't know what they were doing.

When I got closer, I realized that it was Su Weizhong's sister-in-law Feng who was leading her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law over and was helping Han deal with the crickets there.

"Oh, Eiko and my aunt are back? Come in and sit down, it's tiring to go around on a hot day. ”

Feng Shi has a cool temperament, warm and hospitable, and treats Su Anying very well.

"Xiaoyu, hurry home and pick some cherries for your brother-in-law.

Then see if the peaches on the peach tree are ripe, and pick two for your brother-in-law to eat. ”

"An Min, go into the house and talk to your brother-in-law, we will be busy for a while, and we will make you cricket tofu to eat at noon today."

The Feng family is more like a master than the Han family, and everything is arranged very properly.

"Coincidentally, yesterday Anmin caught a lot of crickets in the lower reaches of the Tang River and came back, I didn't cook them when I was too young, but it was just right to make cricket tofu."

Su Anmin is the third son of Feng and Su Weicheng, who is fifteen years old this year, does not like to study, and refuses to go to junior high school after primary school.

All over the world, up and down the river, are also special at catching fish and touching shrimp.

Feng's cricket tofu can be regarded as a major specialty in the Northeast, and most of the people who live by the river can make it, but very few make it.

Crickets, also known as big-headed shrimp and northeastern crayfish, look very similar to crayfish.

The difference is that the crickets have a blue-brown body, and the crayfish have a dark red color. The shell of the cricket is not that thick, and the shell of the crayfish is thick and has hard spines.

The first pair of feet of the cricket, that is, the crow in front of it is relatively large, and the cricket and the crayfish of the same size are compared together, and the cricket is much larger than the lobster.

There are also differences in the living habits of the two, the cricket grows in the stream water with clear and transparent water, has extremely high requirements for water quality, and is sensitive to chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

The cricket is a kind of Northeast River fresh, its taste is delicious and unique, and in the eyes of Northeast people, it is definitely the top three on the food list.

It's a pity that in later generations, due to environmental pollution and other reasons, this creature is on the verge of extinction, and only a few are farmed, and the price is extremely expensive.

As for the cricket tofu, it is definitely not stewed with crickets and tofu.

Peel off the shell of the cricket, remove the sand line on the tail, then put it in a stone mortar and mash it, and then filter the reddish-brown juice with gauze for later use.

Bring the water to a boil in the pot, pour the juice of the crickets into it, stir it gently, and you will see pink flowers floating out of the pot.

Add a little salt to taste, sprinkle with chopped leeks, and the dish is ready, and if possible, you can also beat a frangipani.

The three colors of red, yellow, and green are mixed together to be particularly beautiful, and the taste is soft and tender, just like tofu, so it is called cricket tofu.

This soup combines the umami flavor of crickets and leeks, and you don't need to add any seasoning to remove the smell, and it is definitely delicious to swallow your tongue when you take a sip.

However, because the production process is too troublesome, especially in this year, there are no crushing tools, and it is too laborious to mash it by hand, so most people rarely do it.

If it weren't for the new aunt coming back, even if Su Anmin caught more crickets, Feng wouldn't be too lazy to do it, at most put aside a little salt to cook and eat.

"Uncle, this cricket tofu is too troublesome, why bother?

You see that I came here, and I was tired of my aunt, sister-in-law, and third brother. ”

Such a high-level hospitality is something Xu Shiyan has never experienced in his previous life.

At that time, he went to work in Da'an Coal Mine on the second day of his marriage, and he didn't accompany Su Anying back to the door at all.

Although the Su family didn't say it, they were definitely unhappy in their hearts.

In this life, Xu Shiyan not only accompanied his daughter-in-law back to the door, but also brought a generous return gift, which can be regarded as giving the Su family a face.

When Su Weizhong went out, he specially told him that no matter what way he tried to do it, he must get a table of good dishes to entertain his uncle at noon today.

"Ahem, what is this? The first time the new aunt came to the door, it was a distinguished guest.

The rules of our family are like this, your uncle will come over at noon, and your grandfather will have a few drinks at that time. ”

Feng's hearty laughter made people feel better when they heard it.