Haizhu broke three eggs, added water and salt to stir, put a bamboo grate in the pot, put the tiger grouper with ginger slices on it, put six sea urchins on it, and poured the egg liquid into the sea urchin. Haizhu picked up the lid of the pot and said, "Burn the fire." ”

Then she cut the mussel meat into slices, the sea mussel is more fishy than the sea fish, and there is an earthy smell, before the mussel meat is put into the pot, Haizhu cut the ginger and garlic cloves mixed with soy sauce to marinate the mussel meat.

"Do you still have sour bamboo shoots at home?" Haizhu asked Dongzhu.

"There are a few more, I don't know if it's bad or not." This is still in the spring, her mother soaked, Dongzhu turned out a dusty jar from the corner, and the sour smell of the lid was lifted, choking the nose and eyes.

The sour bamboo shoots are washed, washed, cut and cut, the steamed fish and eggs in the pot are also ready, a small spoon of soy sauce is poured on the steamed eggs, the thin green onion leaves are spread on the tiger grouper, Haizhu washes the pot and heats the oil, the oil is poured on the green onion leaves, and the fish skin is rolled up when it encounters the hot oil.

There was smoke coming out of the oil pot, and Feng Ping hurriedly asked, "Do you want to stop the fire?" ”

"Keep blazing, I'll fry the mussels." The sauce-colored mussel meat was poured into the oil pot, and with a "ho", a fire broke out in the pot, the scarlet flames soared, and Feng Ping and Dongzhu were scared.

"It's okay, it's okay." Haizhu closed the lid of the pot, and after a few breaths, it was opened, and the flame was gone.

"You burned the bottom of the pot?" Dongzhu asked Fengping, "Why is there a fire in the pot?" ”

Fengping also suspected that he had burned the bottom of the pot, and his face was hot for a while.

"It's not broken, it's like this when the oil is too hot." Haizhu happily poured the sour bamboo shoots into the pot, "Continue to add firewood, or burn the fire, this dish should be stir-fried." ”

The stir-fried dishes are easier to be fragrant, the mussel meat and sour bamboo shoots are sizzling in the oil flowers, the garlic cloves are fried to be burnt, the ginger shreds are fried to be spicy, and the sea pearl picks up a piece of mussel meat to taste salty and light, and then sprinkles a handful of green onions and gets out of the pot.

Choy sum is also changed from boiling oil to stir-frying, pouring a spoon of aged vinegar and sprinkling some salt out of the pot, the water in the vegetable leaves is fried out, and the vegetable leaves are still tender and raw.

Serve the food to the table, and when Haizhu moves the chopsticks, Fengping and Dongzhu both stretch their chopsticks to the sour bamboo shoots and fried mussel meat, which is especially delicious, especially suitable for rice.

"Eat a sea urchin steamed egg, Fengping move the bowl over, and I'll pick it up for you." Haizhu stirs in the sea urchin with chopsticks, flips it over, and the sea urchin yolk is poured over the rice along with the egg custard.

Feng Ping stirred the rice and egg custard together, and then scooped a spoonful of the heavy sour bamboo shoots and mussel meat and continued to mix, and he was very satisfied with rice, eggs and vegetables in one bite.

Dongzhu also learned from him, and she said vaguely: "I will also go to the beach tomorrow to dig sea mussels." ”

Haizhu gave each of them a chopstick choy sum, "Eat some green vegetables and some fish, you can eat less rice, the dishes will be eaten, and the rice will be left for us to make sea urchin fried rice at night." ”

After eating, Dongzhu went to wash the dishes, Fengping went to boil water to cook red dates and longan soup, Haizhu basked in the sun with her back to the door, and when she heard footsteps at the door, she turned her head, it was the pearl girl.

"What's going on?" Haizhu brought a stool for her to sit on, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Eat, I'm idle, I'll come and sit down." Zhu Nu twisted her hands and sat down, "Do you have anything to do in the afternoon?" ”

"Yes, I'm going to see my second uncle."

The pearl girl let out an "oh" and sat silent.

She didn't speak, she didn't speak, she walked around the yard with her arms flailing, passing by the basin where the old turtle slept and harassing it, although the yard was quiet but not embarrassing.

"Sister, the red date longan soup is ready." Dongzhu shouted.

Haizhu went in and brought out the clay pot, took a bowl and scooped a bowl for Zhu Nu, "Drink some water, this is to replenish qi and blood." ”

"Your brother and sister are so nice." Zhu Nu has a brother who gambles badly, and she envies the good relationship between the three Haizhu sisters and brothers.

Haizhu didn't refute.

"Have you ever dug up mussels in the sea? Are the mussels in the sea much bigger than those on the beach? Pearl girl asked.

She finally got to the point, Haizhu shook her head, "I haven't seen it, maybe the bottom of the sea I've been to is not suitable for sea mussel activities." Did you pick up a pearl today? ”

Zhu Nu smiled bitterly, "No, there are no pearls in many mussels, and the mussels are too small to grow beads, I heard my father say that the sea mussels that are active on the bottom of the sea can produce beads after two or three years." ”

"That's right."

Pearl Nu didn't wait for the reaction she wanted, rubbed her hands awkwardly and continued, "Do you want to pick pearls?" I learned a little bit from my dad. ”

"No, no, this is a method passed down from your family, and you can teach it to your children in the future." Haizhu refused, she took a small sip of water from the bowl, and said, "I don't have so many ideas, and I will be content to sell fish to feed our three sisters and brothers." ”

The pearl girl walked away in a daze.

Haizhu didn't take it to heart, she drank the water and led Dongzhu and Fengping to see the second uncle, turned around, and followed by Chaoping's little tail.

"Let's go, let's get on the boat, let's go up the river." Haizhu shouted.

Chapter 33: Gossip on a rainy day

I walked along the river for a long time, and when I came back in the evening, I pinched a bucket of wild vegetables, and there was a pile of firewood in the stern of the boat, and the wet firewood was spread out in the yard to dry, and the wild vegetables were scalded with boiling water to remove the astringency, and seasoned with salt and oil, and spread on the sea urchin fried rice to relieve the greasy.

After the meal, the three sisters and brothers sat at the door waiting for the martial arts practitioners, and Haizhu saw her third uncle striding over, and she raised her hand to greet her.

"I heard that you have gained a lot today?" Qi Laosan sat cross-legged on the ground without paying attention, "How much did it sell?"

"A little more than one or two, I bought oil and salt, and the rice and flour weighed ten catties each, and I went halfway."

Qi Laosan sighed softly, it is not unprofitable to go out to sea to fish, or he casts his nets in the shallow sea from morning to night, and he can sell them for two or three yuan a day, and it is also six or seven taels a month, which is much better than farming. Even if you earn more, you will spend more, except for fish and firewood, everything else will cost money.

"Two days later, we went to the mangrove forest to chop two boatloads of firewood and came back, and dried them for the Chinese New Year." Haizhu put her hand on her third uncle's shoulder, squeezed it hard, and saw him grinning, let go of his hand and looked at him.

"I know I can't hide it from you, but don't tell your grandmother, let alone let your second uncle know." was poked by her, Qi Laosan also breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't have to keep his heart to avoid her. He moved his shoulders and said, "Do you think I'm stronger?" ”

"What can't you tell my milk?" Dongzhu feels like there is a secret.

"You little girl don't need to know, just pull Fengping to play, don't eavesdrop on the corner." Facing the eldest niece, Qi Laosan regarded her as a person who could discuss things, and as for Dongzhu, in his eyes, she was a little girl who needed to be taken care of.

"Find Ximei to turn over the flower rope." Haizhu also spoke.

Dongzhu reluctantly pulled Fengping away.

"Tired or not?" Haizhu asked, "I have some money in my hand, if you have ...... in hand?"

"Gotta got, gotta got, you got, you're my niece, not my wife." Qi Laosan interrupted her, and he was full of nonsense: "You will have a son in the future, and the designation will not be successful, men are not so easily tired, it doesn't take much effort to cast nets and catch fish, and you can bear to carry bags and goods, what kind of work is this bit of work." ”

Haizhu: ......

"You may be mistaken, I intend to lend it to you, not to you."

"I don't borrow it." Qi Laosan saw that the two officials came over with sticks, and he stood up and went to line up as soon as he slipped through the smoke, "When are you going to the mangrove forest?" You tell me the night before. ”

Haizhu also got up to stand in line, practicing sticks tonight, the distance between people was widened, and the sticks shook on the ground and shook their arms numb.

After the numbness, it hurt, and Haizhu rested for two days before relieving herself.

*

"It's a cloudy day." Haizhu as usual, get up to see the weather first, in the past at this time there was already a golden light in the sky, today is gloomy.

The rest of the village was also watching the sky, and the man who was about to go to sea looked at the sky and went back to sleep, and the woman took the children of the family to collect the salted fish and dried fish from the yard into the house.

"Haizhu, I'm afraid it's going to rain today, so I'm not going to chop wood." Qi Laosan came over and said that the boat that saw Haizhu was still in the river, so he took off his shoes and dragged the bow of the boat to the shore, so as not to overturn the boat in the wind.

Haizhu bundled all the firewood drying in the yard into the stove room, and came out and said, "Third uncle, you go and help me cut two handfuls of leeks, eat here with me in the morning, and I will make a few cakes." ”

I have nothing to do on a rainy day, so I eat and drink to pass the time.

The dried abalone was soaked in warm water, and the dried meat sent by Shen Sui had not been eaten yet, so the sea beads were cut and soaked in water, and the leeks were washed and drained to remove the water droplets, and the abalone and pork jerky were almost soaked. Finely chop the abalone and pork as much as possible, toss with leeks and chopped green onions, sprinkle with crushed pepper, wrap the dough in a round and flatten it, and put it on a pan so that she doesn't bother.

The fire was still flat, Dongzhu sat on the side with a shovel and waited to turn the cake, Qi Laosan couldn't intervene, so he sat at the door and watched the rain.

When Xiang'er came out, he couldn't sit still, got up and said, "Is there anyone who wants my help?" ”

"Help wash the dishes after dinner." Haizhu took the shovel and pressed it on the cake, and quickly rebounded to get out of the pot.

"Your milk can also fry this kind of cake, but it doesn't taste as fragrant as you make." Qi Laosan is not afraid of being hot, his hands are rough and his tongue is thick, so he eats the cakes that he just got out of the pot.

"I see, there's no abalone in the cake she made." He said, "Abalone can still be used for stuffing?" ”

Abalone in Haizhu is the replacement of pork belly, although there is no oil and water, but the taste is tender, with it the taste will be much more delicate.

Four people baked ten cakes, cooked a can of egg flower seaweed soup, and after eating, Qi Laosan went into the stove to wash the pots and dishes.

Wei Jinhua came over with a basket of fishing nets and saw him in the kitchen, and couldn't help but say "oops", "The daughter-in-law who married after the third child is blessed, unlike the one in my house, as soon as the chopsticks and bowls are lost, the snoring sound starts when they enter the house."

Qi Laosan was not very good at dealing with these jokes, he muttered a few words vaguely, said something to Haizhu, and ran away in the rain.

He's going back to mend the nets.

Fishing on sunny days, mending nets on rainy days, is the same for people in fishing villages.

Haizhu rarely uses fishing nets, fishing nets are still good, she and Dongzhu sat under the eaves to help Wei Jinhua mend fishing nets, and listened to her gossip in the village.

"These days, the bachelors in the village are very attentive in front of the pearl girl, and Mrs. Pei scolds in the yard all day long." Wei Jinhua laughed, "Those bachelors have two broken houses, and they don't even have a boat, so they rely on other girls' faces to be tender, and they want to coax a daughter-in-law with nice words." ”

"What is the attitude of the pearl girl?" Haizhu asked.

"That girl is a clever person, someone is pestering her, she is either looking for the village chief's daughter-in-law or Mrs. Bei, but she has never suffered a loss." Wei Jinhua glanced at Dongzhu and asked her to play with Fengping.

"I want to whisper behind my back again, I know." Dongzhu listened energetically, pouted and twisted back to the house.

Wei Jinhua leaned over and lowered her voice and said: "You also know the pearl girl, beat the side drum for her and mention it to your third uncle, your third uncle has a house and a boat, and he is diligent and willing to endure hardships, and he is a good person." Although it is said that your second uncle is dragging down, I heard your grandmother say that she will not be cured in the future, just three meals a day, and the things your grandmother picked up in the sea are enough for their mother and son to eat. ”

Haizhu shook her head amusedly, "I don't care about this." ”

"You girl, you are talking on both sides, and it is most appropriate for you to come forward."

Haizhu heard the meaning, it is estimated that her grandmother showed her mouth in front of Wei Jinhua, and Wei Jinhua came over to beat the side drum for her.

"Zhu Nu has someone in her heart, and she may not marry in a year or two." Haizhu also made it clear, "As for my third uncle, his marriage is my grandmother's concern, and if I interfere, he will say that I am his wife." ”

"He said you were his wife?"

"Yes, I asked more questions a few days ago, but he didn't let me inquire, saying that I was his niece and not his wife." Haizhu said half-truthfully.

"That's a bastard." Wei Jinhua scolded with a smile, and stopped saying that she was not nosy, and when she learned that there was someone in Zhunu's heart, she stopped thinking about it, and it was not suitable for the Tibetan girl to marry back.

*

The rain lasted for five days, and the pleasant temperature was also carried away by the rain, and the cold wind swept the sea, and the aquatic plants along the river turned yellow overnight.

The temperature became too fast, Haizhu followed the wind and suffered from the cold, and the two of them nested at home and coughed, put on cotton jackets and pants and lay in the quilt.

After the weather cleared, Haizhu didn't go to the sea again, and the fish she ate was sent by Qi Laosan, and he went to the dock to work to buy meat and eggs.

Going to the mangrove forest to cut firewood has become an indefinite thing.

"Haizhu? Dongzhu: Is your sister at home? You've got a visitor. Wei Jinhua led the two people into the courtyard.

"Dongzhu, do you still recognize me?" Second sister-in-law Shen asked with a smile.

"Recognize!" Dong Zhu shouted into the house: "Sister, Second Brother Shen and Second Sister-in-law Shen are here." ”

Haizhu has already dressed and opened the door, these days she has eaten and slept at home, although she is sick, her face is still much ruddy.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, how did you come here?" She looked outside the courtyard, "Sixth Brother Shen is here too?" ”