Chapter 38: Picking up a furnace

Zhang Chi didn't have much work in the afternoon, and now the cattle don't need him to put them, let alone feed him, the pasture is full of grass up to the crook of the legs, and the cattle don't even have to bow their heads, even if they lie on the grass, they can eat all-you-can-eat.

After eating and resting a little, Zhang Chi began to kill fish and prepare for the meal that would serve Cannon in the evening.

In the final analysis, there are only two dishes, one is grilled fish, and the other Zhang Chi prepared a pot of beef offal, which is naturally bought in Chinese supermarkets, and there are no such things in general foreigner supermarkets.

Beef offal or something is a semi-finished product, just need to soak in water, wash it a little, and people have already helped deal with it when they sell it.

The main job is grilling fish.

Zhang Chi took out the largest fish from the tank, knocked the guy out directly with the back of the knife, and then opened the intestines and took out the internal organs in the fish's stomach.

was busy working, Aunt Lu came over.

"Xiao Zhang, do you want me to help?" Aunt Lu asked enthusiastically.

Zhang Chi waved his hand again and again: "No, no, I don't have to trouble you with this little work, you just finished your work, take a good rest."

"I'm used to being busy, there's nothing to rest or not," Aunt Lu said, then she brought a small bench and sat next to her, and began to help Zhang Chi peel the garlic.

Zhang Chi said a few words, and saw that the old lady insisted on helping, so she had to let her.

Killing fish, Zhang Chi is not a veteran, but he is not a novice either, and he handles it cleanly.

"You've been a cook before?" As soon as Aunt Lu saw the young man surnamed this chapter, she knew that she must have spent some time in the kitchen before, otherwise she would not have such a skillful method of killing fish.

Zhang Chi replied with a smile: "My uncle is the one who runs a restaurant, I used to help in his restaurant, and I have learned a little fur for more than ten years."

"You're not fur," Aunt Lu praised.

The fish is cleaned, and the next thing is to open the back, such a big fish does not open the back, the thick meat on the back can not be tasted, and it is also troublesome when burning, the meat outside is dry, and the meat inside may not be cooked, so this process is indispensable.

Open the back of the fish, turn the fish over again, and cut off some of the bones, so that the whole fish can be unfolded, so that the original round body of the fish can be stretched into one side.

Punch a flower knife on the outside for easy flavoring.

After all this, wipe the water on the fish as much as possible, and let the mountain breeze blow for a while, so that the remaining water on the fish will disappear, and Zhang Chi will prepare the marinade.

Aunt Lu was very interested in this process, and when she saw Zhang Chi's seasoning, she asked.

Zhang Chi didn't hide this thing, this flavor was researched by the uncle himself, mainly spicy taste, if it was an ordinary American, he was not going to take it out, but it didn't matter if he invited Cannon, it wasn't to discriminate against him or anything, but Cannon not only ate spicy, but also spicy.

With light soy sauce and dark soy sauce with water to mix the ingredients into a kind of paste, Zhang Chi took the fish dried from the branches, smeared a layer of paste inside and out, and kneaded it with his hands for three or five minutes to ensure that each piece of exposed fish meat was wiped by the material, and then the fish was hung on the branch again.

"Wait, I'll take a note".

After Aunt Lu finished speaking, she took the pen, sat back on the small stool and began to ask Zhang Chi how to match.

"This is chili powder, you can't use too much, I choose the red pepper produced in the two lakes in China, the taste is positive, this is the pepper from Sichuan, this is with personal taste, this is fennel, use less ......."

Zhang Chi carefully talked to Aunt Lu about the materials and the amount.

The old lady remembered it carefully.

Zhang Chi stood next to him and took a look, and found that the words written by the old lady were really amazing, if this word was not seen by his in-laws, Zhang Chi would have thought who wrote the sticker.

"Aunt Lu, your handwriting is so beautiful, it's the same as what was printed," Zhang Chi boasted.

Aunt Lu smiled: "I'm used to writing, I used to be a teacher, but then I didn't do it, and when we used to study, these things were very strict ......."

The old lady explained to Zhang Chi with a smile while writing.

Zhang Chi looked at the old lady who was memorizing the ingredients in her notebook, and asked for no reason: "Aunt Lu, do you and Uncle Chen regret coming here?" ”

Aunt Lu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at Zhang Chi: "I can't explain a lot of things, I can't talk about not regretting it, to be honest, I and you Uncle Chen are not here, many people are probably relieved, people think that your Uncle Chen is a trouble, I wish we wouldn't get in their way as soon as possible, we are also old, not young people, although there are no domestic conditions to live here, but it is not bad, enough to live."

Zhang Chi was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect to get a different answer from Aunt Lu, from Lao Xu's mouth, the old couple lost a lot, but Aunt Lu said it very plainly.

Zhang Chi didn't look like he was panicked.

"At my age, it doesn't make much sense to say that life should be varied, and I know that many people think that Lao Chen and I don't live well, what if we stay in China.

But in fact, we like our current life, although we don't make much, and there are not so many things, Lao Chen is an acute child, a person who can't rub sand in his eyes, he used to report this today, report that tomorrow, the leader and colleagues almost offended him, persuade him, he really can't look down on those bad guys.

You don't know how bad those people are, how bad they can't imagine...... Left, poor but at peace."

"Oh!"

Zhang Chi was confused and understood.

But he seems to have heard this somewhere, oh, when a secretary named He A said in China, some people can't imagine how bad they can be.

"Now the days are very good, Lao Chen has work to do every day, I cook a meal for everyone, there is something to do every day, everyone talks and laughs together, there is nothing bad between people, life is very good, like when we were young before, everyone did not have so many hearts, and they were kind, this is the real life" Aunt Lu said flatly.

One old and one young are just talking about their leisure days while preparing dinner.

After peeling the garlic, washing the green onions, and preparing all the side dishes, as soon as Aunt Lu left, Zhang Chi's phone rang.

took it out and took a look, and found that it was the uncle who called.

As soon as Zhang Chi picked it up, he heard the uncle say over there: "Dachi, do you want a big barbecue stove here?" ”

Zhang Chi, who asked this, was stunned: "Uncle, don't worry about my side of things, what are you doing when you buy me a barbecue stove?" I don't want it".

Zhang Chi thought that the uncle had bought his own electric property again, so he hurriedly refused.

Zhang Youliang said: "No, I see that someone threw one, do you want it, if you want it, I will help you transport it back, and when you have time to come and get it, if you don't want it, then I won't transport it."

"Someone threw it?"

Zhang Chi was happy in his heart: Isn't this sleepy someone sending a pillow, he just wanted to eat grilled fish at night, and now the uncle will pick up a stove for himself, what kind of fairy luck is this.

In big cities, there may be people who will recycle these things, give you a little money when the time comes, and then they will get rid of the old appliances or something.

But it's different here, there is not such a big demand, so if no one really wants this kind of thing, it has to be handed over to the garbage company to dispose of.

These companies don't give you a penny, not only don't give money, but you have to pay them to dispose of this industrial waste.

The price of the thing is also different according to the value of the thing, ranging from a few dollars to dozens or even hundreds.

Therefore, if there is something that the family here does not want, it is usually placed at the door and on the side of the road.

Some will put a sign like FOR FREE! on it, indicating that you don't want it, and you can take it directly if you need it.

Of course, there is another way, that is, the exchange of old goods between neighbors, that is, everyone takes out the things they don't use at home and labels them, which are generally not too expensive, from a few dollars to dozens of dollars, and look at things.

If everyone has something they like, I want this in your house, you want this in my family, and you can also put things in them.

However, things like neighborhood replacement are generally small things, and there are rarely big things like home appliances.

Seeing the photo sent by the uncle, and comparing the photo with the uncle next to him, Zhang Chi finally understood why the family threw it away, because this thing is really a bit big, and it is useless for ordinary families to ask for this thing, it takes up too much space.

The barbecue grill used by the general family, at most, is to grill a tomahawk steak or something, roast a leg of lamb in the sky, and the whole family is full of a leg of lamb, and it will be meaningless to have more.

This oven is not ordinarily large, the good guy is more than two meters long, one meter two or three wide, and it is enough to roast a whole sheep.

It seems that there are a lot of times to use it, the whole oven looks a little dirty, the black and black dots on the grill are all oil stars, and the top cover is also yellow, which looks a little disgusting.

But things that don't cost money, you still have so many requirements, it's a bit excessive, with this requirement, you pay for new ones and solve any problems.

"Yes, yes!"

If you really pay for this thing, you will get a lot of money, and you can't buy such a thing without hundreds or thousands of dollars.

"Okay, I'll transport it back, and when you have time, come and get it" As soon as Zhang Youliang heard his nephew say that he wanted this thing, he immediately prepared to help transport it home.

"Uncle, how did you see this thing?" asked Zhang Chi.

Zhang Youliang said: "I saw it on the way to deliver food, I just came down here to look at the stove, and some people also wanted this stove, I said I saw it first...... In the end, they couldn't help it, and they stood stupidly next to them."

Saying that, Zhang Youliang proudly skimmed the camera to the side, and there were two old inks standing next to him, and the two were carrying some other small household appliances to their pickups, and it seemed that there were a lot of things thrown away.

I have to say that Zhang Youliang's luck today is really good, if he came a little earlier and couldn't see it, he would be snatched away by someone else if he came a little later.

"Did the rich and noble come out, and threw all this thing?" Zhang Chi said with a smile.

"Don't worry about it, anyway, people threw it away, I'll get it back for you" Zhang Youliang said.

"What can you do alone, wait a minute, I'll go over immediately," Zhang Chi said.

Zhang Youliang said: "No, no, I have a friend near here, come over to take care of the matter, and I will come to the restaurant to get it." Okay, I'll hang up first".

Uncle hung up the phone, and Zhang Chi said to Aunt Lu, asking her to help her watch it and go get the stove by herself.

Driving the pickup truck, Zhang Chi hummed a little song and rushed to the uncle's restaurant.