It was dark, and lanterns were lit in the courtyard.

Haizhu squatted under the lantern with scissors and cut her hair, her waist-length hair would cover her neck in a blink of an eye, she shook off her broken hair, and braided it into three strands, and the wooden hairpin pulled the braid to the back of her head at will, which was suddenly refreshing.

It seems that there are two pounds less weight on his head, and his neck is straight.

"Sister, do you want to make a fire?" Fengping asked.

"Go to the courtyard over there and light the fire, and Dongzhu will carry two lanterns over." Haizhu washed his hands, picked up the basin with the eel, and asked, "Is it too heavy?" How many pounds? ”

"More than eight pounds." Qi Laosan carried bundles of firewood and followed, "Are these big guys all hiding at the bottom of the sea?" You can't catch them by casting a net at sea. ”

"There's a lot of food on the bottom of the sea, and every time I meet moray eels, they're hiding in the reef."

Grandma Qi pushed her second son to go out after the people, the door was locked, and the family turned to a yard.

When Shen Sui and Han Ji came over, they saw General Tie guarding the door, and the two followed the sound of talking and walked a few more steps into the courtyard next door, the yard was covered with fine sand, and they stepped on a nest with one foot.

"Haizhu, your two brothers are here." Grandma Qi shouted.

Haizhu was busy frying the eel, she didn't show her head, and shouted in the kitchen: "You two sit for a while, and eat together later, I caught a moray eel weighing eight catties from the sea." ”

More than eight catties, and the pig's head stewed before was only eight catties and two taels, and this moray eel can't fit in a pot. Haizhu plans to eat more eels, fried, steamed, stewed, and braised.

Feng Ping is in charge of two stoves by himself, a plate of eel and a plate of conch are steamed in the front pot, mung bean porridge is boiled in the second pot, and he still has the leisure to watch Haizhu sit on a small bench and fry eel pieces.

The moray eel has fewer spines and more meat, and after removing the bones, it is sliced into a finger-thick fish steak, the pan is brushed with oil, and Haizhu uses chopsticks to pick up the fish steak, and the side with the skin is fried in oil first, and the black and white spots of the moray eel skin are rolled up under the frying fire, and the skin is also fried bubbles.

Turning it over, Haizhu pressed it on the rolled up eel roll with a spatula, and the white and tender fish meat was spread out and set, and the two sides were fried to a charred color and shoveled up the plate.

Dongzhu squatted aside and watched carefully, and each step was repeated in his mind.

"Shallow casserole." Haizhu shouted.

Dongzhu immediately put the washed casserole on the stove, and then squatted aside to watch Haizhu pour oil, spread onion segments, garlic cloves, ginger slices on the oil, stir-fry to taste, and pour fried golden eel slices.

"Eldest sister, the porridge in the pot is boiling." Feng Ping shouted.

Haizhu took a look, scooped three spoonfuls of soy sauce and poured it on the eel, sprinkled a little salt, poured a bowl of sweet wine, covered the lid and said to Dongzhu: "Burn a small fire, you stare at it, don't lift the lid." ”

There was a spoon in the porridge pot, she took out the eel and conch in the front pot, washed the pot and poured oil, scooped two spoonfuls of flour in the gap between the burning oil and poured it into the pickled eel, put shredded green onions on the steamed eel, poured a spoonful of hot oil down, and with a bang, it was ready to eat.

"The firewood is pumped, and a small fire is burned."

Feng Ping immediately pulled out the firewood from the stove and stuffed it into the stove where the porridge was cooking.

Haizhu scooped two spoonfuls of cold oil and poured them into the hot oil, the two were mixed, the oil temperature dropped, she picked up the eel with the batter and slid it into the oil pan, the oil pot suddenly bubbled, and the batter was set.

Feng Ping stood up, lay on the stove and looked at the oil pot, he said, "Use low heat to fry things, if the fire is too big, it will be mushy." ”

"Yes." Haizhu responded, turned the eel in the oil pan with chopsticks, and waited until the batter was fried until golden brown and fished out, at this time the eel meat was not fully cooked.

"Dongzhu, the stove can stop the fire, don't lift the lid of the pot."

"Hey, okay." Dongzhu scooped half a scoop of water into the stove.

The three of them were busy inside, Chaoping was watching at the door, he was too young, afraid that he would go in and make trouble, so Haizhu let him sit at the door and watch.

He was also obedient, poked his head in, and stepped on the outside honestly.

Qi Laosan sat in the yard mending fishing nets, Second Uncle Qi held the stones with both hands and rubbed them repeatedly, and Grandma Qi took the stones to smash the floating sand in the yard, and the sand smashed into the soil, and the walking would not be carried into the shoes with the heels.

The sweet and sour sauce began to fry in the pot, and the sweet and sour taste wafted out, and the tide was gluttonous.

Shen Sui sat in the room and looked out the door, he smelled the smell and was already hungry.

"I don't know who will marry Haizhu, that turtle son is very blessed." He muttered.

Han Ji glanced at him.

"I can't be this turtle son." Shen Sui laughed, he understood Han Ji's eyes, and said, "I like soft and coquettish, if I get together with Haizhu, she can starve me eight times a day." ”

"Nonsense." Han Ji scolded him with a smile, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful to get you out later." ”

Shen Sui slapped his mouth and said nothing.

"It's time to eat." Haizhu shouted.

The people inside and outside the house moved, washing their hands, serving bowls, and even Chaoping was in a hurry to go in and get chopsticks.

There were insects in the yard, eating in the house, in order to facilitate Second Uncle Qi's wheelchair, the thresholds were removed, and he didn't let people take care of them, so he turned the car around and went in.

"Chaoping, take a wet towel for Dad to wipe his hands." Then he said to Han Ji and Shen Sui: "I can hold chopsticks and serve dishes when I eat now." ”

It means that the food that will not be sprinkled swept away the appetite of others.

"The recovery is quite good, I went back to Dr. Mu before and asked about you." Han Ji said that when he saw Dongzhu coming in with the dishes, he hurried to pick them up, "You sit here, I'll go over and serve the food." ”

Haizhu saw two big men coming in, she handed over the porridge bowl, she was thinking that if the two young masters crossed their legs and waited to eat and drink, they wouldn't call them next time.

Braised eel in sweet wine, sweet and sour eel meat, steamed conger eel, and a thick sauce red roast, and finally a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, five dishes with mung bean thick porridge, this is dinner.

"Are you scared of the fog at sea?" Han Ji asked.

Haizhu shook her head, she took a fried eel stained with sweet and sour sauce into the bowl, the crispy batter hung with sweet and sour sauce was delicious, mixed with delicious eel meat, full of mouthful, she sighed with satisfaction, "It's delicious, it deserves to be coveted by the sea eagle." ”

She told them how the boat had drifted to Eagle Island in the thick fog, "You have to thank them, if they hadn't pecked the eel's tail to rot, I would have sold the moray eel." ”

"Are there many underwater eels?" Shen Sui asked.

Haizhu nodded, she saw that Dongzhu had been baking the eel with wine, and she also took a piece to taste it, this dish was stewed, and the eel meat was not glutinous, it was crispy. She tasted the steamed one again, and the texture was also crisp.

"The black and white moray eel meat is crispy?" She wondered, "Have you ever eaten any other eels?" Is fish glutinous or crispy? ”

Han Ji looked at Shen Sui, Shen Sui recalled, and spit out a few words: "I haven't noticed." Then he said, "You can catch a few more in the future and invite us to eat, and we will help you taste them." ”

Haizhu rolled her eyes, "I'll open the restaurant tomorrow, and you come over to take care of the business." ”

"Do you want to give gifts?"

"You can do it yourself." Haizhu looked at Han Ji and said, "Second brother, when you go back, make a note on the food recipe, whether the black and white moray eel is fried or stewed, the taste is not glutinous." ”

"Okay." Han Ji nodded, "It's all eel, and the taste is not the same?" He took a conch and said, "When I was in Kyoto before, I only ate crabs in late autumn, and I thought that crabs only had crab roe and crab paste in autumn." But when I came to Quang Nam, I found that sea crabs have crab roe and crab paste all year round, and although spring and summer are not as good as autumn, they can also be eaten. ”

"The winter in Quang Nam is only half a month, and it is hot all year round, and sea crabs can reproduce all year round." Shen Sui said, "There are red oil crabs in this season, do you know Haizhu?" It's in the river that enters the sea, and it's the only one there. ”

"Then I'll go and have a look tomorrow morning, just grab a bucket and come back with some vegetables."

The moon disappeared, the night was dark, Han Ji and Shen Sui left with lanterns, it was not suitable to go back to the barracks tonight, he went to Shen's house to sleep in the guest room.

Dongzhu wanted to stay and wash the dishes and chopsticks, Haizhu went back first, took a bath and slept first.

……

After selling the pancakes the next day, Haizhu went to the dock with a net and a bucket, and carried her boat to the river.

When she arrived, there were no merchant ships on the river, so she hit the anchor on the shore and jumped down with her net. After a while, it floated up again, frightening the passers-by into screaming.

The brackish and fresh water at the mouth of the river into the sea was hedged, and the water was turbid, so she climbed into a small boat and rowed upstream.

Chapter 64: Opening of the Chamber

There are many people who catch red oil crabs in the river into the sea, most of them are half-sized children and old fishermen who can't shake their rows out to sea, and the river is full of people like dumplings.

Worried that the bottom of the boat would create a rash float, Haizhu stopped the boat far away, the anchor smashed into the soil, and she carried the fishing net to stagger the dense crowd upstream.

The surface of the river is calm, and when you go into the water, you will find that the current is turbulent, and if you are weak and unstable, or have cramps in your hands and feet, you are very likely to be washed into the sea by the undercurrent undercurrent.

Haizhu dived violently, waving his arms to the bottom of the river, the water at the bottom of the river was relatively gentle, and people could barely stabilize their bodies by squatting at the bottom of the muddy and sandy river. Red oil crab crab shell is reddish, covered with a layer of sediment is also very conspicuous in the water, they hide under the water is very vigilant, the slightest change in the water immediately into the hole, or put away the tongs to be washed away by the current.

After a cup of tea, Haizhu surfaced, and the person who had been paying attention to her couldn't help but sigh a few times, "It's amazing, the rumors are true."

Haizhu smiled brightly, "I also rely on this ability to support my family."

The people who knew about her family nodded when they heard this, The old one, the little one, and the paralyzed one, the whole family counted on her to toss more money back. They immediately stopped souring, and told her to be careful when she went into the water, and not to be reckless.

Haizhu carried five red oil crabs to change places and dived to the bottom of the river, This time she had experience, tied the net pocket and placed it horizontally at the bottom of the river, and the two sections were pressed with stones. She swam to the upper reaches of the net, and after diving, she tread water, making a noise that scared the red oil crab back into its pincers, and then it was washed away by the current like mud and sand, half of which was blocked by the net, and the people who were caught up were caught and stuffed into the net.

Haizhu repeated a few trips, the net pocket was full, and even the crab fishermen downstream of her also profited, and half of the red oil crabs that were washed away felt that the bottom of the river was not safe, and they floated up along the current, and they were dizzy and caught up by the nets that were cast.

"Girl, are you leaving?"

Haizhu nodded, the bucket she brought was full, the net pocket was half full, and the sun had risen in the air, and she had to go back to cooking.

When he pulled up the anchor and was about to hold the boat out, two gongs and drums sounded in the upper reaches of the river, and a merchant ship with a strong draft turned into the river, and the people in the river quickly got up from the water and gave way to the merchant ship.

The boat came, and the porter and porter who came to catch crabs in his spare time left in a hurry with his shirtless and short coats.

Haizhu stood on the shore wetly dragging the anchor, looking up at the merchant ships with higher bows than her, and the merchants on the ship were busy gathering their goods and preparing to disembark, only a few of them leaned on the side of the ship and looked down.

The merchant ship left, and Haizhu also followed the boat away, and the waves left by the merchant ship in front of her were big, and she followed closely and splashed again.

"Hey! Haizhu - Haizhu - "

Yu Laishun shouted on the side of the boat, and when he saw Haizhu looking up and seeing him, he pointed towards the dock.

The two boats docked one after the other, Haizhu carried the red oil crab ashore, and the person who rushed to buy the goods saw it and asked her how to sell the crab.

"Not for sale." Haizhu picked up a crab that had climbed out of the bucket and stood aside.

"Haizhu, you have caught so many crabs again, can you sell them or not?" The restaurant owner already knew her.

Haizhu waved his hand and said, "You wait a little longer, and there will be people who will come to sell crabs later." Seeing that Yu Laishun was carrying something down, she squeezed the crowd over, feeling that someone was touching her bucket in a mess, she turned her head and looked sharp, and a short-faced and obscene man threw the crab into the bucket and squeezed into the crowd with a smoke.

Yu Laishun brought a lot of goods on this trip, and it took five porters to move all the things off the boat, and the burden on his shoulders was so heavy that people couldn't stand upright, talking to Haizhu and crossing his neck like a turtle buried in the sand.

"I brought something for the three of you, siblings, and you can see when you have to go home when you are free."

Haizhu was stunned for a moment and stared at him seriously.

Yu Laishun didn't care about her thoughts, and the porter behind him was urging, so he helped his waist and led the way to Hongshi Village.

From behind, he looks like a turtle with a mountain on his back, the pants on his body should not have been changed for several days, his □□ is like rotten salt, and he has two scars on his cheek.

He wouldn't have worked so hard to hire more porters, and he was reluctant to bring a few copper plates to their sisters and brothers?

Another crab crawled out of the bucket, and Haizhu bent down to pick it up and put it in his net pocket.

After she went back, she began to prepare for cooking, the firewood chopped by Qi Laosan had been neatly stacked in the kitchen, Grandma Qi and Second Uncle Qi had washed the shrimp and crabs she had come back from yesterday, and seeing that she had brought back a bucket and a pocket, the two picked up the brush and continued to brush.

"Sister, do you want to make a fire?" Feng Ping asked, he had finished peeling the green onions and garlic he had bought.

"Did you buy the meat?" Haizhu scooped up the clams that spit out the sand, which were dug up from the sand by the people who rushed to the sea this morning, and they were fresh.