New diners come in and ask, "What's the dish today?" It's been a long time since I've tasted Haizhu's cooking. ”

"Brother Feng, the eel rice is delicious, you serve a plate of eel rice." People who know him say.

"Eel rice, braised fried crab, charcoal grilled yellow croaker, fried tofu, red oil crab, boiled shrimp, boiled snails, and sea shells, if you think the shellfish taste is light, you can wait for me to fry the tofu again." Haizhu said.

"There are still a lot of dishes, you eat first, I'll go back and call my daughter-in-law and my mother to come, the family won't cook at night." The new entrant went out quickly.

Dongzhu and Fengping and Chaoping shared a portion of eel rice, and the diners here asked, "Why do you still eat it separately?" Reluctantly? Have you sold them all for money? ”

"No, I'm going to keep my stomach and eat well." Dongzhu shook her head, "There is still a can of tonic soup at home, and when my sister is done, we will eat." ”

"Yo, keep the good stuff for yourself?"

Haizhu smiled and turned over the yellow croaker and said, "It's not enough to sell, so I'll keep it for my family to eat." ”

Fifteen yellow croakers are fragrant under the charcoal fire, the yellow croaker meat is tender, like snowflakes, the sea pearl is not roasted with oil sauce, it is marinated in green onion and ginger water and then placed on the iron frame and slowly baked by the temperature of the coal.

Qi Laosan stood at the door for a while, seeing that he was not needed here, he hurried home to take care of the mother and daughter in confinement.

The sky gradually darkened, Grandma Hong took out the fire fold and lit the lantern in the courtyard, the lantern was lit, and the children who ate were surprised "wow", the lantern is not like the cylinder lantern of Guangnan, it is the hexagonal palace lamp in Kyoto, there are six patterns in the hexagonal corner, the pattern is carved on the wood chips, and the halo sprinkled on the ground is lotus and the word Fu.

"It's so pretty." It was also the first time I saw Dongzhu.

"If only there was a girl who sang music at this time." The man sitting by the wall was chewing crab meat, he brought a wine jug to pour himself a drink, eating and drinking and smelling the fragrance of flowers and vegetables, he leaned back comfortably on the chair and asked, "Haizhu, will you still cook and sell vegetables tomorrow?" ”

"Not necessarily, let's see if we can catch something good." The yellow croaker was baked, Haizhu kept five for her family to eat, and the rest was sold, and she continued to fry the tofu on the iron plate.

"Let's share a fish." Dongzhu pinched a fish and walked.

Haizhu pinched one, and the remaining three were eaten by Grandma Qi, Grandma Hong and Second Uncle Qi.

The baked yellow croaker meat is firm, and retains the unique freshness of the sea fish, the fish skin is salty and fragrant, the fish meat is delicate, the sea pearl is eaten carefully, and the fish bones and fish bones are still intact in the end.

"Milk, there are rice noodles soaked in the basin, you go back and cook it and bring it over, and sprinkle a pinch of chopped green onions in the soup and bring it over." The tofu was fragrant, and Haizhu pondered about her family's rice, "Dongzhu will also go back, stir-fry the pea seedlings, and then ask the third aunt to see if she eats rice or powder." ”

"Okay." The crisp sound of the winter pearls.

The eel rice was sold out, and there were diners coming later, Haizhu glanced at it and said, "There is no rice, there are still red oil crabs and boiled shrimp, as well as fried tofu, and I will give you a scrambled plate of eggs and fried noodles?" ”

"Okay, I'll smell the scent."

Haizhu asked Grandma Hong to go back and get the noodles, and the eggs, bean sprouts, and pea seedlings were all brought over.

Fry the tofu on a plate, sprinkle with chopped green onions, add two pieces of charcoal to the iron basin, and pour oil and scrambled eggs when the fire rises.

"Let's let it, let it go, don't get hot." Grandma Hong came over with a clay pot, Grandma Qi followed behind with a pot of rice noodles, and Dongzhu, Fengping, and Chaoping carried fried pea seedlings, bowls and chopsticks.

The diners who were about to go out after they were full said with a smile: "Your family is used by people of all sizes, and it is useful if you can walk and run." ”

"I'll come and see what you're eating?" Hong Shanniang followed.

The lid of the crockpot was lifted, and Grandma Qi dragged the chicken leg out of the stewed chicken first, the chicken was slightly hot, and she inhaled and tore the meat with her hands.

The scrambled egg noodles were served to the diners, and Haizhu walked over and said, "I'll get it." ”

In the rice noodle bowl, the milky white oily soup is poured on the rice noodles, the fried and soft snake eel is spread on the powder, and finally there are two palm-sized fish heads, red dates float on the soup, and then sprinkle with chopped green onions, the color is light and beautiful.

"Sure enough, it's all good for my family to eat, this can of soup is so good, and the fragrance is fascinating." Hong Shanniang sighed.

"You eat first, and I'll send two bowls to your third uncle and third aunt." Grandma Qi walked away with a bowl of rice noodles in one hand, covered with chicken and fish heads.

Haizhu went to push her second uncle over, sat down and drank the soup first, the soup was fragrant and not greasy, there was a faint sweetness, and a faint medicinal fragrance, she thought that the medicine could be boiled into this taste, so she did not refuse to drink the medicine.

Chapter 164: The Turtle Recognizes Home

The diners are gone, there are only rice plates left on the table in the courtyard, crab shells, shrimp shells and conch shells are piled on the table, fish bones are thrown on the plate with tofu, Grandma Qi and Grandma Hong bring the swill bucket to clean up, Dongzhu, Fengping and Chaoping are not idle, busy serving dishes and putting them in the wooden basin.

Qi Laosan put his daughter to sleep, and went back to the next door with a wooden basin to wash.

Haizhu sat on the side, scooped water and doused the charcoal fire in the iron basin, and Second Uncle Qi sat under the hexagonal palace lamp with a bamboo basket containing copper plates, counting money strings.

The courtyard and pots and pans were cleaned up in half an hour, and even the people were tired and paralyzed, and the old and young sat on the chairs without squeaking.

"It's a total of sixteen taels and seven hundred and sixty-six dollars, but the count is over, and the skin of the hands is going to be worn out." Second Uncle Qi sighed.

Haizhu took the bamboo basket and paid the salary, Grandma Qi and Grandma Hong each had 200 wen, and the three younger brothers had 50 wen each.

"The bathwater is boiled." Qi Laosan came over and shouted.

Haizhu handed him a string of copper plates, he glanced at her, and said angrily: "Shao Ji should answer me." ”

"What's the point of getting paid?"

"Then am I going to pay you back for food?" The more Qi Laosan thought about it, the more angry he became, he strode over and twisted Haizhu's ears, "Really when I'm the porter who carries the goods at the dock?" Lift the table and move the chair, but if you do it, you will need money? ”

"Good, good—let go." Haizhu jumped up and beat him, "Give you money and you still beat people, I don't know what to do."

Qi Laosan took a few punches and said, "I'll screw you next time." ”

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Haizhu glared at him, turned his hand and handed the money string to her second uncle, Second Uncle Qi took it, she meant that the person who saw it had a share, no matter how much, it was a heart.

Qi Laosan glanced around, stretched out his hand and said, "Okay, give it to me." ”

"No, don't?" Haizhu grabbed a handful of broken copper plates and gave them to him.

"I can see it, your behavior is like a cat boss, when you catch a mouse, let your cats take a look and lick it, and eat meat yourself and let your little brother drink soup." Qi Laosan snorted secretly, "If your master is alive, it is not strange for him to do this." ”

Haizhu thought to herself that she was not the head of the family, and she was really nameless, but she didn't dare to say it, and if she did, she would be beaten.

Grandma Qi ignored their lawsuits, got up with the copper plate, and said, "Let's go, go back to the bath, I am full of fishy smell to attract insect bites." ”

The others also walked out, and Haizhu walked last, telling Grandma Hong to lock the door and rest early.

"By the way, there's a plate of lard-like stuff in the cupboard that I kept to feed the cats?" Qi Laosan asked.

"It's fish paste, I forgot to make it." Haizhu ran into the kitchen and sniffed it, the fishy smell was still there, not bad.

"There are still a dozen octopuses in the tank, I'll cook them and you can eat some more." She said.

"I'm not eating, I'm not hungry." Second Uncle Qi said, "Third brother, you fetch water for me to bathe, so that Xingzhu won't wake up later." ”

Grandma Qi also said that she would not eat, she was old, and she couldn't stand eating too much at night. Haizhu looked at the three small ones, she was also worried that they would have a bad stomach if they ate more, so she said forget it, "I'll bring it over and feed the big turtle, and you guys will wash and sleep first." ”

"Did you only feed the turtle in the morning today?" Grandma Qi asked.

"I also fed it at night, and the children in the alley picked up the dead fish and fed it." Qi Laosan said that this turtle was kept in his house, and he was not the only one who fed it, and the children in half of the alley participated.

Haizhu salvaged the octopus and put it in her net pocket, she went out with a fish paste and a lantern, and the door next door was locked from the outside, she took the lock and whispered when she entered the door: "The third aunt is me." ”

The old turtle who climbed out of the puddle crossed its neck and stared at the person entering the door, and Haizhu approached to see that it was barking with a mouthful of teeth, and if it could make a sound, it would probably bark like a watchdog.

"It's not a thief, it's here to feed you, open your eyes and blind turtles." Haizhu carried a lantern to shine on her face, "You recognize it?" Come, eat, it's a good thing, you love it. ”

The fish paste is poured into the puddle, the octopus also falls, and the big sea turtle crawls into the puddle with the smell of fish, and it holds the fish paste in one gulp, without chewing, and swallows it in large gulps. Haizhu squatted on the edge of the puddle and watched for a while, and when it had gobbled up the fish paste, she picked up the lantern and walked into the house.

At noon, I opened the window to disperse the smell, and the smell of blood I smelled before had faded, and there was more milk and soaphorn fragrance, and Haizhu walked to the bed only to find that the wooden box next to the bed was full of washed and dried diapers.

"My little sister is asleep?" Haizhu asked softly.

Bei Niang shook her head, she hugged the baby lying on the side of the bed and put it on her lap, Xingzhu was looking around with her eyes open, and it was rare to wake up without crying.

"It's so small, it's not as long as my arm." Haizhu's hands were dirty, she didn't touch the child, she bent over slightly and stood on the side of the bed to look, and asked, "Third aunt, do you have any discomfort?" If you don't feel well, don't put up with it, let's take a look at the doctor. ”

Bei Niang waved her hand, there were men inside and out, she got out of bed when she ate and drank Lazar, the children didn't hold much, and they were well raised. Her mother came to see it twice and then didn't come, saying that she didn't worry about her.

Hearing that someone came in the yard, Haizhu walked out, and when she saw that her third uncle was back, she turned sideways and said, "Third aunt, I'm leaving, do you want to eat tomorrow?" ”

Bei Niang still waved her hand.

"Then I'll do whatever I want."

"The food you cook is not casual, there are meat, vegetarian and soup, the taste is good, your third aunt likes to eat it." Qi Laosan sent her out and said, "Your third aunt and I remember your heart." ”

"Okay, don't say more kind words, you lock the door."

Qi Laosan watched her enter the door, and heard the deadbolt fall again, so he turned around and entered the door.

Dongzhu was still bathing, Haizhu was sitting in the yard combing the cat, she muttered: "Grab a handful of meat, a big lump of meat, eat every day and grow meat every day, and the neck is gone...... It's such a big cat's head, and there is meat on the belly, don't lick me, a mouthful of fishy smell...... The nose is quite easy to touch, and the feel of the ears is also good......"

"Sister, it's time for you to wash." Dongzhu opened the door with a body of moisture and came out, "Is it going to rain?" Why are there no stars in the sky? ”

Haizhu looked up, really, it looks like it's going to rain tonight.

"Sleep in tomorrow, cat, go down ......"

Haizhu opened the door and went out, standing at the door and shouting: "It's going to change, it's going to rain at night, and everyone who has something to dry in the yard will get up and collect it." ”

The door opened one after another in the alley, and the man with his upper body bare looked up at the sky, and there were few stars in the sky.

"me, get up and collect your clothes, it looks like it's going to rain in the night." The man was busy running into the house with dried shrimp and fish.

Haizhu shouted a few times and saw that everyone was up, and she went in to take a bath. When she came out with her hair draped, she noticed that there was rain falling on her neck, and when she looked up, she saw a series of lightning bolts falling from the sky, followed by a rumbling thunderclap, thunder after thunder.

Haizhu was so frightened that she hurriedly ran into the house.

The people who had fallen asleep in the town were awakened by the thunder, and the people cursed and cursed in the rain to open the doors to collect their clothes and salted fish, and the fishermen who lived by the sea were almost blinded when they opened the door, and the lightning fell on the sea like rain, and they were entangled like ropes, and half of the sea was as bright as day.

There are a lot of people who see it, and they still have the heart to collect things, and they hide at home as soon as the door is closed.

Chapter 165: I feel sorry for my sister

The thunder rang all night, and when it was almost morning, it stopped, and the sky was like a hole, and the rain fell down like sand, and the people under the roof were so noisy that they couldn't sleep.

When the sky is bright, Haizhu Wuqing opens the door with his eyes, the dim sky, the continuous rain, as far as the eye can see, the door and the wall are ghosted.

This kind of weather is obviously not suitable for cooking, but there are still confinement people at home, Haizhu put on a coat and wore a hat and ran into the kitchen with an umbrella. Hearing the door open on the other side, she shouted loudly: "It's windy and rainy, don't come out, you can't come out, it's hard to fall." ”

"Just cook some flour, don't bother too much." Grandma Qi shouted.

There are only eggs and leeks at home, and Haizhu can't trouble if she wants to, She lit the lantern with a fire fold, and there was light in the house, and her dull pain in her brain was better.

The stove was lit, and as soon as the green smoke rushed out, the wind poured into the house instantly extinguished the fire, and Haizhu coughed twice to close the door, and then took the fire fold to light the fire. Burning wood smoke filled the small kitchen, Haizhu hurriedly carried the clay pot filled with water to the stove, and she ran to the window to open a small crack and coughed loudly.

Dongzhu quietly looked out through the wind-blown window screen, the heavy rain blurred her vision, but she couldn't make a sound, the click of stepping on broken firewood, the sound of scooping water in a basin, the muffled cough, and a slightly helpless sigh.

There was a knock on the door, Dongzhu picked up the headscarf on the table to wrap her hair, and then picked up the hat and put it on, she slammed the door open and rushed into the rain.

"You're so good at an umbrella!" Haizhu shouted through the wooden window.