When Su Qingluan led his younger siblings home, he happened to meet Su Guangfu and Yang.

Now the weather is getting hotter, so everyone takes advantage of the dawn to get up and go to the fields to farm, and wait until the day is bright and the heat is steaming at noon, and those who are not too busy hide in the shade of the trees to escape the heat, and more often go to other people's homes to help.

Su Guangfu is a carpenter, and Yang is a needlework.

At a glance, Yang saw the half-dead big fish that was carried by Su Qingluan in his hand and was shot by a blow of "boulder pressing", and greeted with a smile: "Eh, this fish is not small!" Let's eat this fish stew tonight! Then he saw Su Qingluan's clothes, "Eh, why did you get wet all over?" Go get dressed and get dressed carefully! ”

Yang naturally knows that the fish is fishy, but unlike the children, for her, as long as she can have a full stomach, it doesn't matter if it is unpalatable.

Su Qingluan hurriedly answered: "Auntie, I'll help you make this fish stew today, I have something I want to try!" ”

For the eldest daughter's novel idea every once in a while, now the Yang family is in a state of no surprise, and only said "whatever you like", and then went to the stove room to make a fire; And Su Guangfu went to the backyard to chop firewood.

By the time Su Qingluan changed into a clean narrow-sleeved skirt and dried her hair, Yang had already lit a fire, disemboweled and rinsed the few fish she brought back, and was about to put them in a crockpot to stew.

"Mother!" Su Qingluan hurriedly walked over, "I'll come!" ”

Yang turned around, looked at Su Qingluan holding a bowl of orange "sour hooks", and said curiously: "What are you doing with this wild fruit?" ”

Su Qingluan blinked: "Ah Niang, this is the secret recipe to make the fish soup more delicious." ”

"What a detour?" Yang shook his head with a smile, but he also knew that the eldest daughter's seemingly whimsical ideas often had unexpected surprises, and for a period of time, Su Qingluan was indeed more capable than she imagined, so she handed over the fish stew to her daughter, and prepared other meals herself.

Su Qingluan took the carp and looked behind the gills, and there were indeed no white fishy lines removed. So she took advantage of the fact that Yang was busy with other things, and didn't notice herself, and neatly removed all the fishy lines.

If Yang turned around at this time, he would find that the narrow-bladed kitchen knife in his daughter's hand was flying up and down on the fish as if it had life. And Su Qingluan's movements are neat, precise, and fast, even more skillful than Yang's, a person who has been around the stove for half his life.

After removing the fishy line, Su Qingluan began to make a flower knife for the fish body. It took her to come back to her senses after hitting two of them - the knives were evenly proportioned and beautiful as if they were being copied, and they should not be the work of a "novice in the kitchen".

So I had to put away the obsessive-compulsive disorder on the cooking, and cut the remaining few left and right, deep and shallow, and beat the flower knife miserably, looking at myself and smacking my mouth, I could only quickly put the onions, ginger and garlic and the "sour hook", mash it into a puree with a stone mortar and marinate it on the fish, and it was out of sight.

When Su Qingluan helped the Yang family make other dishes, and saw that the sorghum rice was about to be made in about a quarter of an hour, Su Qingluan simply rinsed the fish that had been marinated for a long time and put it in a clay pot to stew.

After about half an hour, sprinkle in the powder made by grinding peppercorns, salt, dogwood and other spices to taste, and then immediately serve the fish and sprinkle with the fresh sprouts of wild vegetables.

"Fish soup is coming~!" In the eyes of everyone's expectation, Su Qingluan brought up today's "heavyweight" dishes, stewed fish soup, "Dad, mother, and snow goose Xuanhe, how about tasting this fish soup!" ”

For people like Su Guangfu and Yang, who had eaten bark and grass roots in their early years, even during the famine, fish soup was a good food no matter how fishy it was—but the children didn't like to eat it before, and if the family didn't have a choice, they tried not to make it.

And this is the eldest daughter's craft, no matter what, the two of them can't brush this piece of their hearts.

Originally, the couple both thought that even if the fish soup was still fishy, they would have to take a few more sips to cheer on their eldest daughter.

I never thought that as soon as the fish soup was eaten, the salty aroma and slightly spicy soup bloomed on the tongue. Take another bite of the fish, it is delicate and refreshing, and the original earthy smell is swept away! The wild vegetables absorb the freshness of the fish soup, mixed with the original fragrance, and it is even more crispy when eaten, which has a unique flavor!

Su Guangfu and Yang glanced at each other: this previously inconspicuous river fish is so delicious!

Seeing that his son and youngest daughter were still hesitating to taste a bite of the fish soup that they usually avoided, Yang hurriedly greeted: "Erzhuang and Sanya, try this fish soup quickly, it's very fresh!" ”

Su Xuanhe muttered in a low voice: "Ah Niang, you also say that the rough noodle cake is delicious...... and he and his sister couldn't even swallow the cake at all.

Although his voice was small, he couldn't stand Su Xuanhe sitting in front of the Yang family today, so the words were heard word for word, and he was slapped on the back by the Yang family: "What are you muttering?" I can't even gag my mouth when I eat it! ”

This slap didn't use much strength, Su Xuanhe was always mischievous on weekdays, and it was common for him to be beaten, and this level was just not painful or itchy for him.

However, he glanced at his father's and mother's faces, still obediently picked up the bowl, looked at the fish soup carefully, and then raised his head and poured a big sip as if it was some kind of unpalatable medicinal soup.

Then he opened his eyes, came back to his senses, smacked his lips, and grinned: "It's delicious!" ”

Su Xueyan was completely in a mindless trust in her eldest sister, and drank it with relish without waiting for her father and mother to greet her. Seeing that Brother Ah drank the fish soup, he straightened up his little chest and said triumphantly, "Brother, do you see? Sister's everything is delicious! ”

Su Xuanhe smiled and rubbed his sister's hairy little head: "You didn't do it, what are you proud of?" ”

"But the fence for catching fish is what we helped Sister Ah make!"

Su Qingluan nodded with a smile: "Isn't it?" Our snow geese are also very energetic! ”

"But Sister forgot my garland~" The little girl was coquettish.

"Sister will definitely make it up to you tomorrow!" As he spoke, Su Qingluan gave the fish meat with fewer thorns in the belly of the fish in the bowl to his younger brothers and sisters, and picked the part of their bowl with more small thorns near the back into his own bowl, "Be careful with the thorns, don't prick them." ”

"Big girl, but you used that 'sour hook' stew?" Yang Shi was curious, "But I haven't seen that fruit in the soup." ”

Su Qingluan told Yang about the process of his fish soup, and finally said: "I had a bad smell on my hands before, and the taste disappeared as soon as the water flushed after crushing the 'sour hook', so I thought if the wild fruit of 'sour hook' could remove the fishy smell of fish soup, so I tried it, and it was successful!" ”

In fact, the real reason is that Su Qingluan saw her sister eating wild fruits, and when she heard her brother's words, she knew that this kind of wild fruit was probably the same as modern pineapples, with biological enzymes that could decompose meat protein tissues.

Therefore, if you eat too much pineapple, your mouth will sting, and it will even bleed, and you must soak it in salt water before you can eat it.

Therefore, in modern times, Su Qingluan often uses pineapple scraps to crush and marinate various meats, which can not only remove the fishy smell of various meats, but also make the meat more tender due to the decomposition of meat protein by biological enzymes.

And this wild fruit called "sour hook" should also have a similar effect to pineapple, so Su Qingluan thought of using it to marinate fish, but he didn't expect it to be better than pineapple.

Yang sighed: "The big girl can really make food into flowers, and it is not strange if she can open a big restaurant like 'Hongfu Building' in the future!" ”

Naturally, she said this to praise her daughter, but Su Qingluan was reminded by these words: "Mother, although the restaurant can't be opened for a while, we can go to a small stall in the town to sell food!" ”

Yang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "You want to sell this fish soup at a stall?" ”

saw Su Qingluan shaking his head.