After hearing this, Song Qiu said: "Uncle, go and buy the winter melons and see if there are any eels. If there are any, just pick a few."
Li Donggua nodded, "Okay, I'll go right away."
Seeing him go out again, Song Qiu took his head back, poured white flour into a clean pottery basin, and then made a small hole in the middle.
Sit on the small stove and boil the water, pour it in, and stir it with chopsticks to form snowflake-like lumps one by one.
Then rub the lumps together with your hands.
Aling sat on the edge of the table with her chin in her hands and watched. Seeing that the dough was still steaming, she couldn't help but said, "Sister Aqiu, isn't it hot? Otherwise, I'll do it. I have thick skin and I'm not afraid of being burned."
Song Qiu smiled and said, "No need."
Naturally it is still a little hot at this time, so be careful not to burn your hands.
Al-Ling said "Oh," then watched her do it, and asked, "What delicious food are you going to make?"
"Make some pie to eat."
"Pie?" Aling swallowed and looked forward to it, "I haven't eaten it before. Sister Aqiu's must be delicious. I'll be waiting for it!"
"Wait, then."
While talking, Song Qiu kneaded the dough into a smooth dough, then squeezed the wet gauze into the water, covered the dough, and began to rise.
While the dough was rising, Song Qiu cut up the fat and lean meat that Du Chuanfu bought early in the morning and chopped it into minced meat. Then he cut up some chives and minced ginger and chopped them into the minced meat.
Add a little water to the minced meat filling and stir evenly until the water is absorbed into the meat filling.
Then season, add salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, and a little soybean oil, stir in one direction with chopsticks, and wait until the meat filling becomes sticky and smooth.
After the meat filling was prepared, Li Donggua, who went to buy fish, also came back. In addition to a big grass carp, he also brought a small basket with a little water wrapped in lotus leaves and seven or eight eels as thick as a strong man's thumb.
"I happened to meet someone selling eels! Ah Qiu, if you like this, tell me earlier and I will go to the fields to catch it for you when you get back!"
In the past few years, he worked as a long-term worker in the Cheng family. He often caught eels while farming in the fields. Sometimes he would entrust the steward to help sell them, and sometimes he would give them some wine to the steward.
He is quite good at catching eels.
Song Qiu said with a smile: "I don't really like to eat it. I just plan to make eel shreds and bring some to Shidan'er later. There are no thorns. It will be good for him to eat and replenish his energy and health."
When Li Donggua heard this, he thought of Shi Dan'er's frail body in prison, and nodded quickly: "Aqiu, you are so considerate. I will call you Uncle Hugua later to thank you."
"Can Uncle Winter Melon kill eels?"
Li Donggua was a little embarrassed, "I can catch him, but I can't kill him well."
Then he said, "How about I go back and find the eel seller to help kill him?"
"That's not necessary." Song Qiu hurriedly stopped him, "Just seven or eight of them, I'll kill them in a moment."
After that, I looked at the dough under the gauze, and after a while, I picked up the basket and went to the yard.
Li Donggua heard her intention and even killed the eel, so she followed her out curiously to see how to kill it.
Song Qiu left the kitchen, put down the basket first, then walked out the door, turned left, and knocked on the neighbor's door on the left.
After a while, he came back with a sharp piece of iron.
She happened to see it when she moved in yesterday. The man who lived next door was a blacksmith who specialized in forging iron tools for people.
Then I scanned around the yard and found a wooden board in a pile of firewood piled under the eaves of the kitchen wall.
This firewood was bought yesterday. A family's house in the back alley was demolished and rebuilt. The owners did not want the dismantled wood beams. Many people picked them up and took them home to use as firewood. Some people also picked them up and pawned them.
Firewood is sold.
She happened to buy a bundle, and when she looked carefully, she found a piece with an iron nail stuck in it.
The nails were rusty and slightly bent, so they were of no use.
But she just needed this.
Take the board and place it on the ground with the side with the nails facing up.
Song Qiu caught an eel with his hands, took out the eel's head, pressed it on the tip of the nail, and penetrated it hard.
Then use your right hand to hold an iron piece and pierce it neatly from the back of the eel's neck. After planing it from head to tail, use the iron piece to pick up the bones at the neck, separate the bones and meat from top to bottom, and finally cut off the neck.
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After only a dozen breaths, the eel's bones and flesh separated, and not a single piece of flesh was attached to one of its spines.
This technique was as neat as a seasoned eel kill, which made Li Donggua and others gasp in surprise.
Du Chuanfu thought, his girl looked delicate and weak, and she didn't know Kung Fu. She was just a little girl. How could she be so experienced in Kung Fu like killing fish and sheep?
Li Donggua thought, no wonder his mother couldn't stop praising A Qiu. Looking at A Qiu's neat appearance, there are really not many girls who can compare to it.
I don’t know if his son will be so lucky.
By the time Du Chuanfu came to his senses, Song Qiu had already killed another one. He hurried forward and said, "Girl, come on, little one."
Song Qiu raised his head and said, "Uncle Du, have you watched it for a while?"
"Let me try." Du Chuanfu said, took the iron piece from Song Qiu's hand, squatted down and started to use it.
Song Qiu saw that his movements were a bit slow, but the technique was correct.
Seeing that he had killed one, Li Donggua was also eager to take advantage of it, so he smiled and turned back to the kitchen room.
The dough in the pottery basin had already risen. She took it out with her hands, placed it on the chopping board, kneaded it until smooth, and then divided it into small balls.
Make a small ball into a round shape and flatten it. Put the meat filling in it like making a bun, pinch it and wrap it up, then flatten it gently.
Aling looked at one and thought he knew it, so he rolled up his sleeves and started to help.
Wrap the meat fillings one by one and press them flat. Song Qiu asked Aling to light a fire. After the pot was hot, put a little oil in it, and then put in the prepared cakes.
After frying both sides of the pancake, let Aling lower the heat and fry slowly until the pancake is cooked, then take off the pan and fry the second pan.
After all the pies are fried, the eels and grass carp have been killed outside.
Song Qiu asked Aling to deal with the grass carp first, while he picked up six pies in a bowl, loaded them up, and carried them outside.
I went out and knocked on the door next door.
The woman who opened the door saw that it was still the little girl who had borrowed the iron piece just now, and she couldn't help but said: "What else can you do, girl?"
Song Qiu pushed the bowl forward and said with a smile: "I made some food and picked up a few to give to my aunt's house to try."
The woman smelled the oily smell of meat and saw the round, yellow pancakes in the bowl with thin skin that seemed to be filled with green meat fillings. She couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Oh, girl, you are so skillful with your hands."
! This pancake is so beautifully made! It’s much more attractive than the pancakes sold by Mrs. Wang that you often come to in the alley! What kind of pancake is this?”
"This is called a pie. It's stuffed with chives and pork filling." Song Qiu said.
"Pie? The name is apt. It tastes so delicious. You made it for yourself, so why are you so embarrassed to ask you to bring it to me?" The woman smiled.
Song Qiu said: "My family doesn't live here often, so I usually have to trouble my aunt to take care of her."
"Hey! This is easy to say, easy to say!" The woman was also cheerful. She was a little greedy for the taste, so she took it with a smile, "Wait a minute, I will change the bowl for you."
After saying that, he turned around and went in. After a while, he came out with an empty bowl and gave it to Song Qiu, "Thank you so much."
"It's okay." Song Qiu smiled, and then asked, "Auntie, can you pierce your ears?"