"Eldest sister, why did you come back so late today?" Feng Ping asked in the car.

"I know, I know, the eldest sister and the third uncle met a killer whale at sea, black and white, which scared the third uncle so much that it squeaked and screamed......" Dongzhu listened to the story from Haizhu, and she added oil and vinegar and processed it to tell her two younger brothers with relish.

Passing by a restaurant on the street, Haizhu sold the net of sea fish cheaply.

When they got home, Grandma Qi and Bei Niang had already cooked the meal, and when they got home, they served the food on the table, "Eat first, eat first, you have been hungry at sea for a day." ”

Boiled porridge, baked egg cakes, when the tide was low, Grandma Qi went to the beach to dig clams, cooked a clam tofu soup, and fried bean sprouts and lean meat.

"I fried the meat." Dongzhu said.

Haizhu heard the sound and knew the elegance, and fed a piece of meat to his mouth, saying: "It tastes good, the meat is very tender, wrapped in soybean flour and fried in the pot?" ”

"Well, I think that's how you fry." Dongzhu picked out the fried peppercorns and threw them away, she just couldn't see the heat, and when she put down the meat slices, the peppercorns were fried and the ginger was also burnt.

"It's better than my frying, and in the future, if your sister is not at home, you will be asked to fry the meat, and you will be proficient in frying it a few more times." Grandma Qi said.

"Come back early in the future, you can get less, it's not safe to come back in the dark, and we are in a hurry at home." Second Uncle Qi spoke up.

Haizhu and Qi Laosan both nodded.

After eating, Bei Niang cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and brought them into the kitchen, Grandma Qi poured out the medicine boiled in the medicine jar, Haizhu went into the house to get the scale rod, she first weighed the bird's nest she picked, and she had counted it on the boat, sixty-seven, and weighed it on the scale, two catties and three taels. Qi Laosan's movements were rusty, and he only picked forty-five lamps, one catty and four taels.

"If a pound can be sold for thirty or forty taels, we will earn more than one hundred taels today." Haizhu put down the weighing rod and said, "The next thing is to pick out the hair, put it in a cool place and blow it for a few days, then put it away, and save more to sell together." ”

Qi Laosan divided twenty of the forty-five bird's nests out of the forty-five bird's nests and gave them to Haizhu and said, "It's the same." ”

Haizhu didn't want it, Grandma Qi and Second Uncle Qi asked her to keep it, and the mother and son knew in their hearts that without Haizhu, Qi Laosan would not be able to make this fortune.

"Here, the medicine is drunk." Grandma Qi came over with a medicine bowl.

Haizhu took it and drank most of it in one gulp, and the rest mixed with the medicine residue was handed over to Qi Laosan, who took the bowl and poured it into the big turtle.

"Will you go to sea tomorrow?" He asked.

"Go, go to bed early and get up early, we will go to sea tomorrow morning without the tide receding."

……

In the morning, I went to the island to pick up the old turtle, the old turtle crawled on the beach slowly, entered the water, it was obvious that it was hesitating, and finally swam to the bow of the boat and let Qi Laosan drag it onto the boat.

Once born and twice cooked, when he arrived at Yandao, Qi Laosan quickly lit the lantern, took the rice noodles, tied the basket, tied the iron nail insole, and followed the sea pearl to the top of the cliff.

When the people went up, the old turtle slowly got off the boat, and it did not go out, but only hunted fish and shrimp in the cave. When it sensed that the killer whale was coming again, it panicked and hit the bottom of the boat.

A small killer whale swam in, and the old turtle was so frightened that it fainted, and it clung to the bottom of the boat, not daring to make any more sounds.

"Huh? What about the old turtle? "Haizhu climbed down from the cliff, the sun was setting in the west again, it was time to go back.

"The old turtle is very clever, and will remind us that it is time." Qi Laosan sighed, and when he saw a killer whale quietly grinning and poking its head out of the water, he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

"My turtle!" Haizhu was shocked.

The killer whale jumped to the bow of the boat, and as soon as its mouth loosened, the old turtle purred and rolled onto the board, and it rolled and crawled to the side of the boat.

Haizhu went to check, and the turtle's fin was cut by the whale's teeth, and it was no longer bleeding, and his life was still there.

"After this experience, the old turtle probably won't come with us again." She muttered.

The killer whales outside the cave heard the sound of talking and called twice, and the baby killer whales turned around and swam out first. Haizhu rowed the boat to follow, and as soon as the boat emerged, a fat manta ray smashed into the boat with unmistakable accuracy.

There were four killer whales outside the cave, the boat was surrounded, Haizhu squatted at the stern of the boat to take a closer look, a killer whale with a fishing net wrapped around its pectoral fins swam over, she brought scissors, and lay on the boat to cut the fishing net line that grew into the flesh.

Chapter 140: Teppanyaki Roasted Manta Fish

The killer whales dispersed, the boat moved forward, Qi Laosan lay down side by side with the manta fish on the boat, he stretched out his two arms, turned his head and asked: "Haizhu, look at it, is this fish bigger than my two arms stretched out." ”

"It's about the same size."

Haizhu carried a bucket of water on the manta ray, which was bigger than the one she had picked up last year, and its tail had been broken, standing straight and erect like a ship's mast, and its wings were attached to the board of the ship from time to time, and it looked like it couldn't survive. She was afraid that the manta fish would die on the boat and stink again when she brought it back, so she asked Qi Laosan to pour out the fresh water in the bottom tank of the water tank, pour it into the sea, and then throw the manta fish into it. Hopefully it will live a little longer.

The old turtle hid under the wooden ladder like a wounded dog, the footsteps were approaching, it closed its eyes and didn't move, Haizhu squatted down and poked it, "Hey, old fellow, are you still alive?"

The old turtle opened his eyes, and his neck was still slumped on the plank.

Haizhu walked to the stern of the boat and scooped half a bucket of water on it, and then picked up the net and threw it down, after a cup of tea, she dragged the net to the boat, and the fish in the net fluttered out of the mesh and smashed into the sea, and finally there were about a dozen sea fish left in the net, and the ones with bad spines and bright colors and toxins were left, and finally there were only seven left.

She took out a fish with a pointed shovel and smashed it, stepped on the head of the fish to scrape off the scales, soaked it in the sea, cut it into half-finger-long fish sticks and fed it to the old turtle.

"I'll take the rest of the fish and throw them into the tank?" Qi Laosan came up from the bottom warehouse, poured water and lifted water again, his shoes and pants were wet.

"Okay, third uncle, you make a fire and make the cakes hot." Haizhu sat cross-legged opposite the old turtle, picked up the fish sticks and handed them to its mouth, and said, "Eat, when you are full, you won't be afraid." ”

The old turtle was indifferent.

Haizhu glanced at it, and then chopped the fish strips into surimi with a pointed shovel, the fish residue collapsed on its body, the fresh fishy smell aroused its appetite, and when the minced fish was fed to its mouth, it opened its mouth and swallowed.

"I haven't fed my own brothers and sisters, that is, you, and I don't care if I change turtles." After feeding the minced fish, Haizhu pinched the fish sticks and fed it. After eating half of the fish, it stopped eating, and the remaining half was thrown over the side of the boat and smashed into the sea, floating to the surface and being devoured by passing sharp-billed seabirds.

Haizhu came up with a bucket of water to wash off the fish blood on his hands, and then washed the old turtle, saying, "Okay, when you are full, you will sleep, and when you wake up, you will go back to the island." ”

"Does it understand? I chatted with it. Qi Laosan came up with a steaming medicine bowl, and held a pie in his other hand, "Here, drink the medicine first and then eat the cake." ”

The uncle and nephew stood on the board of the boat and looked into the distance against the side of the boat, and the white waves rolled up, without wind, and the momentum was insufficient, and the waves rolled up half an arm high and then fell down.

After eating his stomach, Qi Laosan took a broom to sweep the water on the boat board, and wiped it with discarded sheets if it couldn't be swept away, the water was sucked away, and the sun was shining, and the water stains dried after a while.

Haizhu adjusted the sails according to the wind direction, and the direction was no problem, she walked up to the second floor and began to pick the fine wool in the bird's nest. Qi Laosan also followed, he sat on the railing, holding a bamboo clip to carefully remove the swallow's hair.

The seabirds flying on the sea landed on the side of the ship to rest, rested and spread their wings and flew high.

The sun is slanting more and more to the west, and when the first fishing boat to return home appears in the field of vision, Haizhu and Qi Laosan put away the bird's nest, and the two of them went downstairs to move their sore shoulders and necks.

"How's it going?" The two boats approached, and the people on the fishing boat asked.

"Okay, caught a manta ray." Qi Laosan shouted loudly.

"That's pretty good."

The fishing boat sailed alone and was quickly thrown away.

Before the sun sank into the sea, the boat passed by the island, and the guards on the island practiced swimming in the sea, and the sound of talking came with the wind, and the old turtle climbed straight to the bow of the boat, and without waiting for the boat to approach, it fell down one by one, and quickly swam to the island in a blink of an eye.

"Guess it's going to go to Yandao with us tomorrow." Haizhu said.

Qi Laosan shook his head, he still palpitated when he remembered the scene when the killer whale grinned and quietly poked out of the water and approached the boat, not to mention the old turtle stuck in the whale's mouth.

"The anchor is smashed, listen to the sailor say that the sky will change tomorrow, don't go to sea if you can not go to sea tomorrow, and don't go far away if you go to sea." Du Xiaowu shouted while checking the docked ships.

Haizhu turned around and looked to the west, the sky was full of red clouds, and it didn't look like it was going to change the sky.

Qi Laosan walked up with the dead manta ray from the bottom warehouse, and he said to Haizhu: "I'll sell this first, and then come over to carry a few more fish." ”

"Don't sell it, take it back and we'll eat it ourselves." Haizhu saw Dongzhu and Fengping running over, she beckoned, jumped off the boat and went to the water officer to wait in line to pay the tax.

"It's raining tomorrow?" The fisherman in front asked.

The water officer nodded, "The old man can see that eight or nine is not far from ten, even if it doesn't rain, it will be windy." ”

"Then I won't go to sea tomorrow, my life matters."

When it was Haizhu's turn, she handed over a dime of broken silver and said, "One manta ray, six sea fish, and twelve sea fish from last night." ”

"Oh, it's you, that's all you catch?"

"Well, I only cast a net and didn't go to the sea, the main thing is to take my third uncle out to sea and let him practice his courage." Haizhu watched him write down the accounts in the tax book, and she turned and walked towards the boat.

Dongzhu and Fengping both got on the boat, and Haizhu saw that their hair was wet, so she touched it and asked, "Have you gone to swim in the river?" ”

"Well, sister, the third uncle said that the manta rays are not for sale, and we eat them ourselves?" Fengping asked.

"Yes, half of it is marinated and then stewed, and half is scorched and then grilled, this manta fish is fat and tender, and it's a pity to sell it. Dongzhu, you go to Hongshi Village now to call your mother and Pingsheng, they didn't taste a bite of manta fish last time. Haizhu leaned into Dongzhu's ear and said, "This is a killer whale today, go and go back quickly, and I'll tell you what's going on when I go back." ”

Dongzhu jumped off the boat and ran, and the people who pulled the wooden carts came from the dock, Haizhu thought it was Qi Laosan who came, and the people came to the front and asked, "Do you sell fish?" Collect the smelly dead fish. ”

Haizhu raised his eyes and immediately said, "How much money a pound?" ”

"One penny and one pound."

"So cheap?" The man on the boat next door asked.

"Yes, I'll buy it back to dry the salted fish, you sell it at a high price first, and if you can't sell it, you can sell it to me again."

Haizhu didn't want to carry dead fish around the street for one or twenty yuan, so she took people to the water tank in the bottom warehouse to catch fish, six fish were more than thirty-two catties, and she got thirty-two yuan. She went upstairs and came down with a bamboo basket, a pointed shovel and scissors on it, and a bird's nest wrapped in her old clothes and placed at the bottom of the basket.

Du Xiaowu glanced at the basket she was carrying and didn't say anything.

Halfway through, he met Qi Laosan, who was still wearing that clothes, carrying a manta ray on his back, and exuding a fishy smell on his body.

"The shopkeeper of Jiubei Restaurant went with his family, and he wanted to buy half of the manta fish alive." He said to Haizhu.

"I'll go back and see."

When I turned into the alley, I heard the sound of talking at home, and the shopkeeper Li saw people come in and said: "Haizhu, I will weigh this fish for you, eighty or ninety catties, and your family can't eat it all, so it's better to sell me half of it." ”

"Okay, yes, but this is only fatter than the one caught last year, and the meat is also thicker, if you give 400 wen a catty, I will sell it." Haizhu handed the basket to her third aunt, and Bei Niang took it and carried it directly into the house.

"This fish has been dead for at least an hour, it's not fresh anymore, and it's still the same price as last year, three hundred yuan." Seeing Haizhu shaking his head, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, bring a knife, but if it's a month late, the manta rays come out of the water to mate/mate and breed, and the fishermen can cast nets to catch them, I won't buy you." ”

"You who do business are all this virtue, and you obviously have to make money, but you have to mumble and pick and choose." Grandma Qi came out with a knife and said, "Do you cut or do I cut it?" ”

"I'll cut it myself." Shopkeeper Li smiled, "Who doesn't want to make more." ”

Chop off the poisonous tail thorns, the manta fish is divided into two halves, and the shopkeeper Li buys the heavy half, fifty-one catties are a few taels more, according to fifty-one catties, a total of twenty taels and four coins of silver.

"I'll take the fish first, and let the guy deliver the silver tomorrow."

"Okay." Haizhu is not worried about his debts.

She scooped a scoop of rice wine and put it on the stool, and asked Qi Laosan to move the iron plate, iron frame and iron box to the courtyard next door, "Cook next door tonight, Fengping, you burn the fire first, leave more charcoal, and I'll make iron plate grilled fish later." ”

Wash half of the fish with water first, remove the internal organs and wash off the dark red blood clots, first rub the mucus off the skin with noodles, rinse it off and dry it with a cotton cloth.

Haizhu took out a basin, she took a knife to cut open the fish, cut it in half and put it in a wooden basin, poured rice wine and kneaded it carefully, and cut a flower knife on the fish skin, kneaded the rice wine into the fish, sprinkled with salt and ginger and then marinated the fish blood.

When the sky darkened, Dongzhu's voice appeared in the alley, she walked to the door to take a look, and asked her mother and Yu Lai to go next door first.

"Uncle Yu is back? Came back yesterday? Haizhu asked loudly.

"I arrived this afternoon, and I've kept you busy again."

"We also have to eat ourselves, that is, add three more pairs of chopsticks, Uncle Yu, you go next door first, everyone is over there."