The unfulfilled words made the others giggle, like an old hen with a severed neck.

It happened that Bei Niang came out with the old hen that had just been slaughtered, and the hen was bleeding and still fluttering, and there was a breathless gurgling sound in her throat.

A few old women who chewed their tongues choked in their throats, a little afraid that she would hear what she had just said, so they made excuses to go home with the bench one after another, leaving Mrs. Song alone to continue to sit with a wooden face.

The scalding chicken feathers were fishy and angry, Pei Niang was worried about smoking Second Uncle Qi, scooped boiling water to scald the chicken feathers, and sat outside the door to pluck the chicken feathers in order to save trouble.

Mrs. Song peeked for a moment, and saw that her expression was natural, she probably didn't hear what she said, she put down her heart, and went home with the bench. When she entered the courtyard, she reacted, a mute person couldn't speak, even if she heard it, she wouldn't sue, Haizhu just came to the door and she didn't admit it.

Thinking of this, she felt comfortable, locked the door and snorted, and twisted her stomach out of the alley.

*

The tide was high, wave after wave of waves hit the reef on the shore, Haizhu stood on the beach and observed for a moment, tied a net around her waist, she stepped into the sea with her shoes on, jumped out, entered the sea and swung her arms to swim away.

The beach is full of reefs, the highest of which is no taller, and there are tattered fishing nets and hemp ropes, which are deliberately made by the fishermen of the town, and when the tide is low, they come to collect the green shells on the ropes and the sea fish and crabs that have been intercepted by the fishing nets. The clams hidden in the mud and sand opened their shells, the sea mussels spit out their mussel flesh and walked among the gravel, and the razor clams sprouted their heads like moldy chopsticks stuck in the sand.

Haizhu thought that the beach covered by the sea at high tide was no different from the bottom of the sea, and it was the territory of aquatic life. She untied her net and swam down, and the clams stuck in the mud and sand quickly retracted, and the clams and seashells also closed their shells vigilantly, and burrowed into the bottom of the sand with neat movements.

There are vigilant and stunned, Haizhu looked at the slow-reacting razor clams, she swam back and forth along the shallow beach, and the two razor clams were in hand. As for the crabs and clams, she didn't move, leaving them to the people who caught the sea to pick them up. She surfaced and pretended to be ventilated, but there was no one on the beach, and she sank again in an instant, this time swimming far away, to the bottom of the sea at a depth of ten feet, and pulling crabs and shrimp on the bottom of the sand with an iron rake.

An orange torch fish burst out of a crack in the reef, and Haizhu rushed over with a swing of his legs and grabbed the tail of the torch fish. She held the writhing torch fish and hammered it on the nearby reef with an iron rake, and there were small fish and shrimp that ran out in fright, but there was no second torch fish.

Afraid that the shrimp and crab ate the smoke pipe fish, Haizhu took off her coat and knotted the cuffs, put the fire pipe fish that was longer than her arm into it, and then changed places to continue looking for the target.

……

Two men came on the beach, and they were about to untie their belts and take off their pants to go into the sea, when there was a sudden noise on the sea, and then a human head came out, and the two big men squeaked in fright.

"It's human, alive." Haizhu brushed up the hair stuck to her face and strode to the shore, "You guys are here to collect the nets?" ”

"Huh? Ah, yes, you see? At the mention of fishing nets, the two men quickly calmed down, and the two stared at the net bag that fell from Haizhu's waist, the middle of which was tied with seaweed, and below it were heavy shrimp and crabs, and above were two very colored fire pipe fish.

"Did we get anything in our net?" One of the men asked.

Haizhu shook her head, "I didn't pay attention, I only saw the net." ”

"Couldn't it be that you helped us collect the Internet café first?" Another man tentatively said, "You still catch a lot of shrimp and crabs, how did you catch them?" ”

Haizhu rolled her eyes at him, too lazy to take care of this self-respecting thing, picked up her net and walked onto the dry beach, past the two of you and left the beach.

She carried the net and gained countless glances along the way, and when she got home, she pushed the door and shouted: "Is there hot water?" I'm going to wash my hair and take a shower. ”

"Yes, your third aunt just stewed chicken, and the water in the pot was hot." Grandma Qi took the net pocket, and saw the things in the net pocket clearly, "Oops" twice, "It's all good things, these two fire pipe fish are not sold, you can drink more stewed soup at night, I heard Erwang Milk say that this can replenish qi and blood." ”

Bei Niang leaned out of the kitchen to take a look, and retracted her head very quickly, she scooped hot water for Haizhu and brought it out.

Haizhu washed her hair first and then took a bath, her wet clothes were soaked in the bath water, she took a wooden comb out to dry her hair, and saw her third aunt beckoning eagerly, she went into the house and took the spoon and scooped some braised soup and tasted it, nodding and saying, "Yes, this taste is good." ”

Bei Niang breathed a sigh of relief, she smiled, twisted a chicken leg and handed it to Haizhu, and asked her to go out to eat.

"What are you going to do with these shrimps, crabs, abalones?" Grandma Qi asked.

"Cook seafood porridge tomorrow morning, cook a pot of seafood porridge, and then prepare fresh meat wontons, with my third aunt's marinated side dishes, it's almost the same."

"Then I'll wash the shrimp and crabs first, and get up tomorrow morning to cook porridge directly."

Haizhu nodded, "Tomorrow morning, when you wake up, call me up, I want to get up and buy meat and chop meat filling." ”

"Okay, eat early tonight and go to bed early."

Haizhu dismantled the hen that her third aunt stewed in the afternoon, threw away the chicken skeleton and left only the meat, put it in a clay pot and boiled it twice, seasoned it and put it into the chopped fire pipe fish.

Dongzhu and Fengping's voices appeared at the door, and she turned her head to look over, "How, is the braised vegetables sold out?" ”

"It's sold out, and the third aunt didn't prepare much, and it was sold out after walking three alleys." Dongzhu shook the copper in his hand, and the salary had already arrived.

"Then eat, you wash your hands, and I'll cook the powder."

There is a bowl on the stove, and there is a lump of amber scallion oil at the bottom of the bowl, and when the noodles are boiling, Haizhu takes a spoon and scoops the boiling powder soup into it, and washes it away, picking up the rice noodles and putting them in the bowl.

A few people waiting at the door saw her move smoothly, and came in one by one to serve dishes and chopsticks.

Haizhu scooped a spoonful of chicken and fish soup into a bowl, and the pale yellow chicken and orange fire pipe fish were covered with rice noodles, and it was very appetizing just by looking at it.

Chapter 106: Clever Ghost

There was a "bang", and the people who made breakfast on the street yawned and dismantled the wooden planks to open their shops, and the smell of smoldering meat wafted out of the shops.

Footsteps sounded in the streets, and porters with dew and dust on their trouser legs carrying water to the shops that made breakfast, and the water sellers had just left, and the firewood sellers had entered the door again.

"Boss Du, the bean sprouts and tofu are here for you." The tofu guy was carrying the burden and shouting, and the basket was not put on the ground, and he was in a hurry to finish sending this house to the next one.

Haizhu walked up the street with a basket, the sky was blue, the vendors who set up stalls to sell vegetables had already come, the rice cake sellers had just burned the fire, and there was no one on the oyster stalls, so people went to the beach to pry oysters.

"Buy ten pounds of pork belly." Haizhu walked into the pork shop, the pork guy's apron was still stained with fresh pig blood, and the pig blood in the basin didn't seem to have coagulated, she asked, "The pig was just killed?" ”

"Just hanging on the shelf, why did you come to buy groceries so early today?"

"I'm going to sell fresh meat wontons in the morning, buy meat and go back to chop the stuffing." Haizhu pointed to the pork ribs and said, "I want this piece of meat, just the right amount of fat and thin." ”

The pork guy drew a knife, hung the scale and hooked it, and said, "Nine catties and two taels, add more?" ”

"Okay, is it enough for ten catties, or seventeen pounds?"

"Well, no price increases."

Haizhu took out a string of copper plates and put them on the table, took the pork and put it in the basket.

"I'll wrap the wontons and let Dongzhu bring me two bowls, and I'll taste the taste of your breakfast." The pork guy shouted to her, "How much is a bowl?" ”

Haizhu waved her hand and refused, "Dongzhu doesn't have time to give it to you, she has her business to do, and she wants to eat it in Qingshi Lane." ”

"Then I don't have time to go."

"Then buy the pancakes made by Dongzhu, she came over in the morning." After that, Haizhu walked out of the door, she called out to the vendor selling bean sprouts, bought the bean skin and hurried back.

Everyone in the family woke up, Qi Laosan pushed the cart to fetch water, Bei Niang lit the fire in the yard next door, she looked at the two stoves alone, one to cook porridge, and the other to cook the brine that was used once yesterday.

"Third aunt, the bean skin is for you." Haizhu entered the door and put down the bean skin and left, she returned to the next yard and began to wash her hands and chop the stuffing.

The cutting board is enlarged in a wooden basin, and the washed meat is placed on the cutting board, and she first slices the ribs, slices and then chops.

"Milk, you pry seven or eight abalone for me, and I will mix it in the meat filling to add two points of umami." Haizhu shouted.

Grandma Qi should be fine, the noodles have been reconciled, and when she pries the abalone, she called the others to wash their hands, "When Haizhu mixes the meat filling, we will start to wrap the wontons, I will roll the skin, and you will wrap it." ”

"Dongzhu will get me half a bowl of green onion and ginger water first." Haizhu said that she took the abalone and chopped it a few times, mixed it in the meat and chopped it in a row, adding some green onion and ginger water from time to time, and as the knife rose and fell, the green onion and ginger water were marinated into the minced meat, and the smell of meat was removed.

After the stuffing was mixed, the family sat around the dining table and made wontons, everyone didn't speak, and even Chaoping closed his mouth tightly, for fear of spitting on the dough.

The dough is filled with egg white, the rolled out dough is elastic, and a thin piece is placed on the fingertips to see the color of the fingertips, and a spoonful of meat filling is wrapped, and the lean and fat in the meat filling are clearly visible.

Bei Niang marinated the seaweed and bean skin, and came to get shrimp, crab and conch, but she was afraid that what she made was not as delicious as what Haizhu made, so she washed her hand and pushed Haizhu over, and sat in Haizhu's position to make wontons.

The crab cut off the meatless whiskers, pried the shell and chopped it into four pieces, and the crab claws were slapped open, and the shell was broken but not broken. Cut off the sharp head of the shrimp and cut the shrimp intestines in half. Blanch the conch and seashells, wash and slice the snail meat.

Haizhu opened the lid of the pot, the thick white porridge water gurgled and bubbled, she poured all the shrimp, crab and snails in the pot into the pot, patted two lumps of ginger and threw them into the porridge water, and mixed two spoonfuls of salt to cover the pot.

When she lifted the lid of the pot again, the shrimp shell and crab shell had changed color, and she picked up a few pieces of rice and tasted it, which was salty and light.

The lid of the pot was closed again, and all the firewood under the stove was smoked, leaving only the sparks to continue to simmer.

"The chimney doesn't smoke, so I guess the meal is ready." The people in the alley can judge when Haizhu will open when they sit at home, they put down their work, wash their hands and go out, and they will arrive at the door of Haizhu in a few steps, "Not ready yet?" ”

"Ready, you go and sit down." Haizhu picked up the wontons on the curtain and walked out, and said to Dongzhu: "You take Fengping and the third aunt to sell cakes, you and my second uncle continue to make wontons, and the third uncle, you and I go over to serve meals to the guests." ”

"I still want to eat wontons, sister, you cook a few bowls for us, and then we will go to the stall after we eat." Dongzhu left his seat, "I'll pack up my things here, and you call me when it's ready." ”

Bei Niang looked left and right, wrapped a few more, left the seat to carry the tandoor and move the bench, and the basin and stuffing basin were placed on the wooden cart.

……

"Okay, come and eat."

"Quick, let's go." Dongzhu waved his arms and ran out of the door first.

The tables in the courtyard were almost full, all familiar faces, men, women and children. Dongzhu entered the door and said "wow" in surprise, "Everyone really gives me face!" ”

There was a burst of laughter in the courtyard, and Erwang's grandmother asked with a smile: "We are here for your sister's cooking skills, why did we give you face?" ”

"I said that last evening, and you all came to take care of my sister's business, why didn't you give me face?" Dongzhu looked at the vacant seat and sat casually, raised his hand and shouted: "Third aunt, come here, you sit next to me, don't go to serve food, let my third uncle send it." ”

"You also pay for meals? The end of the shelf is quite sufficient. The aunt at the same table teased her, Dongzhu, this girl is clever and noisy, and she is really a clever ghost.

Dongzhu shook her head, she didn't pay for it, she patted the person beside her and said, "I called my third aunt to sit next to me, but I just had this idea, or why didn't I shout Fengping?" ”

"You damn girl—" The people at the tables around them laughed again.

Bei Niang blushed slightly.

"Say what? So happy early in the morning. The new neighbors wondered, "You all eat, and you didn't shout when you passed by my door, I'm late, where is there any vacancy?" ”

"Squeeze next to the third daughter-in-law, and sit next to her to eat a few more wontons."

As soon as the newcomer heard this, he understood, really brought a stool and sat next to Bei Niang, and joked: "I want to see if what we eat is the same as what their own family eats." ”

Haizhu laughed in the kitchen, cut more plates of braised bean skin and asked Qi Laosan to send it over, "Be thick-skinned, you just say that you invite them to eat, and only put the table where my third aunt sits." ”

Qi Laosan rubbed his hands and stood still.

"Let them make a fuss, and if they make a fuss, they will be familiar with my third aunt, and when they walk outside, someone will say hello." Haizhu continued.

Qi Laosan turned around and walked out, he took a plate of braised bean skin empty-handed, walked behind Bei Niang and put it on the table, and said stubbornly: "This morning's free side dishes." ”

"Yo! I'm sitting in the right place. Someone immediately ridiculed loudly.

"What about ours?" The other people at the table asked.

"You don't." Qi Laosan laughed twice, walked quickly across the courtyard and into the kitchen, and when he left the person, his face burned like a fire.

Haizhu didn't give him a chance to be stunned, cooked six bowls of wontons and put them on the tray, and said, "Let's take them out, give them to Dongzhu and my third aunt first, and they will go to set up a stall after eating." ”

As soon as he went out, there was another smack.

"Give me another bowl of ravioli." A man shouted, "What's in the soup?" Get me more, I want to eat the main thing. ”

"Bring me a bowl of seafood porridge, no chopped green onions."

"A bowl of seafood porridge with a plate of braised bean skin, shredded bean skin."

"Another bowl of wontons, I'll bring it back to my wife, and I'll bring the bowl over later." The man who had eaten enough went to check out, and when he saw Haizhu coming out, he praised her for being a good cook, "There is a lot of meat in the wontons, don't search for it, I will have breakfast at your place in the future." ”