After breakfast, Yang refused to let Huo Xi follow him into the city to sell fish. She only said that she wanted Huo Xi to help plant the garlic and onion beans she got yesterday.
When Yang Fu heard this, he wanted to stay. But he was afraid that Huo Erhuai would be too busy by himself, so he had to follow him into the city in three steps, turning back.
After Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai left, Yang rowed the boat out of the outer city ferry and reached an uninhabited water area. He first lowered the shrimp and crab pots, and then blocked the net at the mouth of the river. Then he docked the boat and stopped it.
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They took the bamboo baskets collected from the countryside yesterday and filled them with soil on the shore. They put three baskets in a row and carried them back to the stern of the boat.
He began to bury the garlic and onion seeds in the basket. After burying them, he spread the soybeans, mung beans and peas soaked last night on the bamboo grate covered with gauze, poured water, covered the gauze, and moved the bamboo grate to Yang Fu's cabin.
Cover it in a dark place.
After doing this, Yang moved the shrimps that had just been moved from the shrimp pots to the fishing baskets to the bow of the boat. The mother and daughter sat on the ground on the bow of the boat and began to pick shrimp lines.
Yang said that ordinary people are not that particular about what kind of shrimp thread to choose. But Huo Xi insisted.
It will be profitable in the future. Someone must be imitating it. If her house is cleaner, she can sell it to wealthy families, and she will always have a better market than others.
After convincing Yang, they each took a bamboo stick and started picking shrimp threads.
After selecting, divide into three large pots, mix the ingredients in one pot, and prepare to bake them on the baking sheet to make grilled shrimps. One pot will make fried shrimps, and the other pot will be steamed in a steamer. After being steamed, it will be dried directly in the shade to make dried shrimps. There are many varieties.
, in order to stabilize the market.
Huo Xi mixed the ingredients, and Yang moved the clay stove.
Yesterday, Huo Xi bought another small clay stove, connected to the one at home. She put firewood in the heart of the old clay stove, set up a steamer, and prepared to steam shrimps.
In the newly purchased clay stove, a few pieces of charcoal are placed in the heart of the stove. After it is ready to be ignited, a baking sheet is set up to cook grilled shrimps.
Boil the white porcelain pot before setting up the steamer. While waiting to cool down, start to heat the oil to make the seasoning for the shrimp. Then fill the shrimp and seal it.
Then steam the shrimp in the steamer.
While waiting, Yang and Huo Xi put the grilled shrimps mixed with seasonings on the grill pan and grilled them. While grilling, they turned over and the juices dripped into the charcoal fire, making them sizzling and oily, making them very fragrant.
Huo Xi and Yang sniffed it from time to time.
"It smells so good. You won't have to worry about selling it. My mother wants to buy it and eat it."
Huo Xi smiled, took out two baked ones, put them on a plate, and laughed, one each with Yang: "Mom, let's try it first."
Yang was reluctant to eat and declined.
"Mom, how do you know the taste if you don't eat it? We have to test the taste and constantly adjust it before we can make delicious grilled shrimp and sell it."
When Yang heard this, he quickly took one and put it into his mouth without peeling off the shell.
After chewing twice, he nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious! But is it a little dry? Do you want it to be more tender?"
Huo Xi also put it in his mouth and chewed it, tasting it carefully.
After finishing the meal, he said: "Mom, I think this is just right. It is mixed with ingredients and will not dry out when roasted, so it is not easy to store. The shrimps we will steam later can be dried in the shade to make them softer."
Mrs. Yang nodded: "Okay. Mom, I will listen to you." Mrs. Yang licked her lips after saying it, it's so delicious! Xi'er is so talented, the sauce is so delicious.
When the shrimps in the steamer were cooked, Yang poured them out, spread them in a dustpan to dry, and moved them to the stern of the boat to dry. He also set up a steamer to steam crabs, preparing to remove the crab meat and make butter.
Although the mother and daughter were busy, they were very happy.
The fresh and sweet taste of river fresh food was so fragrant that Huo Nian woke up crying while sleeping in the cabin.
Mrs. Yang hurriedly wiped her hands and went in to coax him. When she was fed and brought out, Nian'er was full of energy and stretched out her little hands to grab it into the baking pan.
Huo Xi gently patted his little paws and wiped his saliva, "It's only a little big, but I'm already hungry."
Mrs. Yang saw that he was puckering his lips and looking aggrieved, and coaxed him: "We Nian'er are not greedy, it's because the shrimps grilled by my sister are too fragrant."
Huo Nian echoed, amusing Huo Xi and Yang.
Seeing him drooling all the time and keeping his eyes on the baking pan, Huo Xi felt very distressed. If her mother was still alive, how could her brother become a fisherman's boy?
She touched his face and said, "Mom, my brother is also over four months old. Do you want to feed him some complementary food?"
"Complementary food?"
Yang had never heard of this term. If a child from a poor family has breastmilk from his mother, the child would be breastfed until he is two or three years old. He has never heard of any complementary food that a child over four months old can eat.
"Mom's milk is enough for Nian'er."
"Just feeding her with milk is not enough. You can feed her some fruit puree, egg yolks, etc. You can also feed her some pureed fish meat without seasoning."
Yang's eyes widened. Is this how wealthy families raise their children?
No wonder they are better raised than children from poor families.
Huo Xi didn't know about Yang's psychological activities. She just followed the modern parenting concept and felt that Nian'er could eat some complementary foods at this time. She didn't want to wrong Nian'er. Her brother now has nothing but his identity. She wanted to raise him
Be healthy and healthy.
"Okay, then let's give Nian'er some complementary food. We don't have fruit puree now, but we have plenty of eggs, fish and meat. Mom, go and steam some eggs and fish for Nian'er first..."
After a pause, he realized that all the fish in the water tank had been caught by Huo Erhuai and taken to the city to be sold.
"Let Nian'er eat the eggs first. After a while, Mom will catch the fish and then steam the fish for Nian'er."
Nian'er clapped her little hands and screamed, not sure if she was responding. She also happily put her face on Yang's face. Yang was so happy that she kissed him twice and carried him into the cabin.
Go get the eggs.
"Can you steam two eggs for Nian'er?"
"Mom, just take one. He can't eat that much."
"Okay. Then let's Nian'er eat one first."
After Huo Xi finished roasting the pot of shrimps, Nian'er's eggs were steamed and cooled, and the yolks were scooped out.
"Xi'er, how do you want to feed me?"
"Mom, crush it and try feeding it to see if Nian'er eats it."
"Hey." Yang held him while crushing the egg yolk. Shao Shao scooped up the tip of a spoonful and tentatively put it into Nian'er's mouth.
Yang Er and Huo Xi both stared nervously.
Nian'er opened her mouth and swallowed the egg yolk with her tongue. Yang was so happy: "Oh, Nian'er likes it! Don't worry, mother will feed you later."
Seeing that Nian'er really liked to eat, Huo Xi was also very happy. He held the bowl and Yang would scoop out a little bit for him from time to time. In less than a while, Nian'er had finished one egg yolk.
Huo Xi poured some more warm water into the bowl, and Yang fed him a few more spoonfuls. He finished the drink and clapped his hands happily.
Seeing that he was happy, the mother and daughter teased him and played with him for a while.
After he fell asleep, the two of them dismantled the crabs, collected the shrimp pots, crab pots, and fishing nets, and then went into the city to pick up Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu.
The two of them heard that Huo Nian had eaten an egg yolk today and were very happy. Huo Erhuai said: "Then let's save more eggs for Nian'er to eat every day. Next time we go to the city, I will look for fruits and give them to him."
Nian'er bought it to eat the puree."
If the child is willing to eat and is healthy, that is better than anything else.
It was still the first day of the festival, so Huo Erhuai rowed his boat into the village to collect vegetables and cloth. He also asked where there was a vinegar shop and a wine shop, and searched all the way there.
Tomorrow we have to go to Qianjin Village to buy some goods. The family has not gone to Qianjin Village. We also want to go to other villages to explore more and find more channels to purchase goods.
After receiving advice from the villagers, the family headed to Tangquan Town.
I heard that Tangquan Town has not only hot springs but also cold springs. The water is good and there are many wineries. The rice wine, rice wine and various fruit wines produced are very delicious.
Huo Xi was very interested and asked Huo Erhuai to row the boat there.