Li Guihua approached the banker's yard with a puzzled face, but before she even reached the fence, she smelled the smell of fish.
What is going on?
With a "squeak" sound, Li Guihua pushed open the fence and was stunned.
This! These many fish!
No wonder the ones just now had several in their hands.
But where did this come from?
Qin Manzhi was worried about the fish, and here Li Guihua came. When she saw the savior, she stepped forward and pulled someone over, saying: "Sister Guihua, are you free this afternoon? Come and help me with something?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the fish baskets piled high in the yard.
In addition to housework, Li Guihua does show work on weekdays. She doesn't have anything urgent to do. It's just that the man will come back later and she has to make lunch first.
But I am free in the afternoon.
"Sister-in-law Qin, where are there so many fish here?"
Muleng was stunned for a long time, and Li Guihua finally looked for her tongue, but the person who asked the question could not look away from the fish in the rattan basket.
Qin Manzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that she was free in the afternoon. With so many fish, a few people had to work hard. Can they handle them in one day?
"Sister Osmanthus fragrans, it's the rice flower fish I told you before. It's already been a good harvest."
"Rice flower fish?"
Li Guihua vaguely remembered mentioning it before, but she didn't take it to heart. She originally thought it was a dealer's girl who did it for fun, but she didn't expect it to be serious. Who knew she could gain so much!
Qin Manzhi took some fish and handed them to Li Guihua and said, "Take this and make a fish for Hanwa for lunch."
Li Guihua was not polite, thinking that she would come to help as soon as possible in the afternoon, so she took the fish and went back.
Not long after she left, Zhuang Keqing and Shen Ling came back.
I also brought a basket of fish.
Now Qin Manzhi gets a headache when he sees fish, and he doesn't know whether to smile or look sad on his face.
"Mom, let's have something simple for lunch. These fish will be processed as soon as possible."
Zhuang Keqing arrived home and put his tools against the wall. He first helped Shen Ling unload the fish basket, and then went to the water tank to scoop water for his feet.
Wanting to have a simple lunch at noon, but not without nutrition, Zhuang Keqing simply dug out two bowls of flour, mixed it with water and carefully kneaded it into dough, then scooped out the dough from the big pot of bone soup that had been stewed in advance and ate it.
The thick white bone soup was rolled, and the noodles were stirred into the soup to make white noodles. Add salt to taste, and then beat the eggs left in the morning and poured them in. At this time, Qin Manzhi picked the washed green vegetables and chopped them into fine pieces.
, sprinkle it in before taking it out of the pot, and then bring it to a boil.
Three bowls of pimple soup were filled and there was still some leftover. It was served on the table and drizzled with some sesame oil. It was really delicious.
Zhuang Keqing had been busy all morning, and now he was so hungry that he dug lumps into his mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.
"hiss!"
It was still too hot. She couldn't spit it out even if she held it in her mouth, or even if she didn't spit it out. She was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes.
Shen Ling saw that it was not good, and before Qin Manzhi could react, he stood up and poured cold water and handed it to Zhuang Keqing. He didn't sit down again until he saw the other person closed his eyes and frowned as he drank.
"Eat it after it cools down."
After he finished speaking, he moved Zhuang Keqing's bowl in front of him, went to the house to get a cattail leaf fan used in summer, and fanned the bowl of pimple soup.
"Aling, I'm fine, no need to fan." Zhuang Keqing was a little embarrassed. Shen Ling might have been shocked by her hurried roar just now, "I'll just eat more slowly."
She tried to move the porcelain bowl back in front of her, but Shen Ling turned around and cast a glance, which made her retract her hand in embarrassment.
"Ke'er, you are so reckless now that we are married, you can burn yourself even if you eat a pimple."
Qin Manzhi could see clearly from the beginning that Shen Ling felt sorry for her daughter!
She couldn't help but nod in her mind. Finally, she had someone who could deal with her daughter, who had such a wild temper and big ideas.
What she said was that Brother Ling had a calm personality. If a boy from another family was unsure, he would probably be taken away by his daughter in two moments.
Shen Ling fanned for a while, then tested the edge of the bowl with her hand, and felt that it was not so hot anymore, so she pushed the bowl over and said, "Eat it, it's not hot anymore."
"Um."
Zhuang Keqing held the bowl and seemed to be immersed in eating, but no one knew that she was feeling sweet in her heart.
After finishing the meal, Shen Ling cleared away the dishes. Before the mother and daughter could take a breath, Aunt Li from next door had already arrived.
"Sister-in-law Qin, I'm here."
She stood outside the courtyard and shouted. Qin Manzhi listened and hurriedly went out to help people open the door. "Sister Osmanthus, come in quickly. How about the fish at noon?"
"Sister-in-law Qin, don't tell me, this fish is more delicious than the fish my family caught in the river before, and it doesn't have any fishy smell at all!"
Aunt Li was smiling broadly.
She just got four fish and raised two at home. Another was roasted in sauce and one was stewed in soup. They only had one lunch and they were all eaten. Even the fish heads were chewed clean by Liu Zhuzhu.
Not to mention her man, he is just a fool, and he hugs the fish soup and refuses to let go.
This fish is really good, and she will keep it in her family next year!
Thinking of these things in her mind, Li Guihua smiled even more sincerely.
"Sister-in-law Qin, do you want to kill all these fish and dry them to make pickled fish?"
Qin Manzhi nodded and turned back to the kitchen. When he came out again, he had two large wooden basins in his hands and two kitchen knives in them.
Zhuang Keqing was on the side and called Aunt Li, then obediently moved a bench over and asked the two of them to sit down and kill the fish.
Aman was still in the room, and Zhuang Keqing was afraid that he would crawl around and fall off the bed, so she tied him behind her with cloth strips and thin blankets, which made it easier for her to work.
In the afternoon in the small courtyard of the banker's house, Qin Manzhi and Li Guihua scaled and opened the backs of the fish, and dug out the internal organs and gills. Zhuang Keqing got a basin of water aside and kept cleaning the cooked fish.
Shen Ling had no time to spare. There were so many fish that the small space under the eaves of his home was not enough to hang, so he used thick ropes and bamboo poles to build a shelf.
Several people were working non-stop, and they were busy for most of the afternoon and still hadn't finished it. Fortunately, Liu Zhuzi's work in the field ended early. When he came back, he saw that there was only Hanba in the house, so he brought the baby to find him. Now he had a capable person. helper.
After a lot of busy work, it wasn't until the sun went down that all six baskets of fish were finally hung.
At this time, the small courtyard of the banker's house still has its original appearance. From a distance, you can only see rows of bamboo racks arranged horizontally, packed to the brim, with neat rows of fish sliding on the racks. It's a spectacular sight. very.
"Sister Guihua, thanks to your help, it's late today, so I'll stay home for dinner."
Qin Manzhi washed her hands and saved the family of three who were going back.
Liu Zhuzi originally refused, but Zhuang Keqing used caramel to seduce Han Wa, so he could only nod and agree.
It would be no exaggeration to say that this meal in the evening was a feast of fish and meat.
The fish is fresh, marinated with salt, then drizzled with a tablespoon of meat oil, covered with a few slices of ginger and steamed over high heat for ten minutes.
The meat was also ready-made. It was cut into slices and stir-fried with accumulated pickled radish. It was served in a big bowl, which was full to the brim.
Then there was tofu and fish soup and cold loofah, paired with stewed dry multigrain rice. The two families were extremely satisfied.
"I think Ke'er's cooking is better. This fish is steamed fresh. Look at how much Hanwa ate."
Li Guihua touched her son's head and kept praising him, which made Zhuang Keqing feel embarrassed.
She told her how to steam fish directly at the dinner table without any secrets.
"You're a real girl." Liu Zhuzhu also praised her.
After dinner, Qin Manzhi sent Li Guihua and her family out. Zhuang Keqing slumped at the table without any image. She was exhausted.
"Aling, I'm really tired. I can't do this next time. I have to do it one acre at a time. I'm too greedy this time."
After stretching, Zhuang Keqing could hear the squelching sounds in her neck and back. Her face wrinkled with sore teeth, and she cried out that she couldn't bear it.
Shen Ling stood up, walked behind her, and placed his slender fingers on the girl's slender neck.
"Is it sour here?"
The boy's fingertips were warm and dry, and the pressure was gentle and rhythmic. Within a few strokes, Zhuang Keqing let out a soft and comfortable moan.
"Woo~"
The movement of the fingers suddenly paused for a moment.
The door of the main room was open, and a breeze blew. A few strands of soft hair fell on the back of Shen Ling's hand, which made him feel an inexplicable itching in his heart. The dim and warm flame of the oil lamp flickered a few times, imprinted on the girl's face. The porcelain white neck line is softer and slender.
The young man lowered his usually indifferent eyelashes, trying his best to cover up the slight tingling that flowed from the tip of his heart to his fingertips. He carefully felt the smooth and soft skin under his fingertips, allowing himself to indulge in this rare silence.
