White air continued to spurt out of their nostrils. It was obvious that the two horses had been running for a long time. It could be said that they had reached the limit of their physical fitness. After they stopped, they didn't even want to flick their tails, but just panted rapidly.
Melika waited for Zhang Chi to catch up and said with a smile: "Your riding skills are good, I can't even get rid of you."
Zhang Chi smiled and replied: "Don't try to flatter me. If you wanted to get rid of me, you would have already gotten rid of me. Besides, your horse is not suitable to ride. After all, it is not my own horse, and my Chi Yanshan
Not only is it something I ride every day, but Cannon also made a saddle for me during this period.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be able to follow you and eat ashes.”
Zhang Chi was telling the truth. At the beginning, Zhang Chi could keep up with Melika, but the difference in level between the two was really big. You can't expect to catch up with Melika after just one year of study.
Rika has received strict equestrian training since she was a child, then you are disrespecting the profession.
When Melika heard what Zhang Chi said, she said, "I didn't expect you to be quite thoughtful."
"What a shame. I know that my level has improved compared to a few months ago, but it is far behind compared to the Cowboys. My efforts this year will catch up with others' level in more than ten years. Then
He also thinks too highly of himself.
Okay, this horse is almost running, we ourselves are also sweating for a year, let's go back early," Zhang Chi said.
Merika had finished running and nodded, so the two of them rode towards the stables.
It was originally the way back, so the two of them didn't walk long before they arrived at the stable door.
I led the two horses in, first removed the saddle sweat pads, and then wiped the sweat from the horses with a warm towel. If the horses caught a cold, it would be a big deal. As long as the sweat is not cleaned up immediately today,
The horse must have caught a cold.
After the two of them wiped the horse's hair with a warm towel, they wiped it again with a dry towel. They touched the horse's hair with their hands and found that they couldn't feel much moisture. They tried it again under the armpits and so on.
Wrap the two horses in riding clothes, and finally put the horses into the stall compartment.
"Do you want Daniel and Two Tigers?"
"Don't worry about them, just take care of yourself. Go back home quickly, take a hot bath and change into dry clothes."
After speaking, Zhang Chi took the lead out of the stable. After watching Merika come out, he closed the stable door and trotted towards the house.
Zhang Chi ran in front, and Melika followed closely behind.
After running into the house and closing the door, Zhang Chi saw that the firewood in the fireplace was almost burning, so he went outside to get a bundle of firewood, held it in his hands, and returned to the house to refill the firewood in the fireplace.
The two of them have been crazy in the snow for a long time. Don't underestimate horse riding, especially such sudden turns and stops. It is really exhausting. Melika doesn't know what to do anyway, but Zhang Chi's inner clothes are already stuck.
When it comes to the body, it feels very uncomfortable.
No matter how uncomfortable it was, Zhang Chi knew to let the lady come first, so he told Melika to let her take a shower first.
Melika was not polite and put her clothes in the car. After taking the clothes, she went into the bathroom. After taking a look, Melika knew how Zhang Chi's things were used.
After taking a shower and changing into dry clothes, Melika came out and saw Zhang Chi squatting in the living room choosing beans, so she put the clothes she had changed into back in the car and turned around to go into the house.
"I'll choose the beans, you go in and wash them."
"OK!"
Zhang Chi could no longer stand the sticky feeling on his body, so he threw down the beans in his hand and entered the bathroom happily.
A grown man's bathing for more than ten minutes is equivalent to a marathon. For a man like Zhang Chi, he usually showers with water for twenty seconds, applies soap for twenty seconds, waits for ten seconds and rinses with water, and it's always done in two or three minutes.
When Zhang Chi came out of the bathroom, he found that Melika had picked a large pot of beans. When he saw this, Zhang Chi thought to himself: It's broken!
When I got closer, I saw Merika choosing beans by the handful.
"Hey, sister! Don't you choose beans without looking at the worms?" Zhang Chi said with a wry smile.
"Will there be insects?"
Melika didn't expect that the beans had worms.
"These beans have not been sprayed with pesticides, and they have not been treated. Of course there are insects when they grow naturally." Zhang Chi said to Melika, threw away the towel on his hand, squatted down and started picking in the basin.
"Don't choose. This much is enough. There are only two of us, and the fish alone weighs twelve kilograms. Just make less of these side dishes," Zhang Chi said.
"If you eat it today, you can still eat fish jelly tomorrow," Melika said.
"Hey, you are really a master of China. You eat fish and eat fish jelly," Zhang Chi said happily.
Melika said: "Of course I know. Are there any other dishes you want to choose?"
"It's gone, it's gone, you can rest." How dare Zhang Chi let him choose vegetables again? With this pile of beans, Zhang Chi had to rework and pick out the wormy ones.
Melika walked around the house and didn't even see a TV. She felt there was nothing to do for a while, so she turned to Zhang Chi's side.
"What pot are you going to use for stew tonight?"
This is just because I have nothing to say. There is such a big iron pot under the porch. I can't use the big pot and use the few small pots in the kitchen. With that thing, even the three pots can't cook what Melika brought.
fish.
"There is an iron pot on the corridor," Zhang Chi replied.
"I'm going to take it back to the house," said Melika.
"What's the point of moving it? Let's just eat it outside. We can sit around the pot and not be afraid of the cold. Guan Jian moved it inside. What if it gets poisoned? I don't dare to vouch for it," Zhang Chi said.
Melika thought for a moment and then said: "It's up to you, do you want my help with the following things? If not, I'll be busy with my own affairs."
Zhang Chi thought to himself: If I need your help, I might as well be busy myself.
So he said: "You should be busy with your business, there will be nothing else to do next."
Hearing what Zhang Chi said, Melika went back to the car to get her notebook and started handling business directly at the dining table.
Zhang Chi went through the beans twice and picked out a dozen beans with worms on them. Then he put the beans in water and washed them.
Put the washed beans aside, peel the potatoes, cut them into hob pieces, take out the tofu, cut off a small piece, put the remaining tofu directly into the basket and hang it outside to make frozen tofu.
After finding a handful of fresh red peppers, a handful of small green peppers, green onions and garlic, Zhang Chi began to kill the fish.
A twelve-pound carp cannot be killed directly. You have to hit it on the forehead with a hammer to knock it unconscious.
He took the fish out of the box and threw it directly on the snow outside. After letting the fish jump a few times, Zhang Chi walked up to the fish with a hammer and stroked its brain.
Boom!
The fish stopped moving for a moment.
Carrying it back to the gallery, he cut the head and tail of the fish with a knife, patted the fish meat gently with the blade, and pulled out the fish tendons. The tendons on both sides were removed, and then the fish scales were cut and the belly was opened.
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Zhang Chi discovered that the fish belly was actually full of fish roe.
Zhang Chi liked this thing very much, so he immediately took a bowl and filled it with fish roe. Except for the fish fat, everything else was treated as garbage and thrown outside later.
After finishing the fish, Zhang Chi made some cuts on the fish, rubbed it with salt and a little cooking oil and marinated it for a while. Such a large fish had a strong fishy smell, and if it hadn't been marinated, it wouldn't be able to cover up the smell.
While it was marinating, Zhang Chi smashed some garlic, cut some ginger, and chopped green onions. Of course, coriander is indispensable for cooking fish, and Zhang Chi loves to eat coriander.
"Do you eat coriander?"
Some people don't like to eat, so Zhang Chi asked Melika.
"Nothing is wrong with me," Melika said.
After hearing this, Zhang Chi continued his work.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the fish was almost marinated. Zhang Chi grabbed some flour and patted it on the fish so that it was all covered with flour.
The next step is to make a fire.
First light the alcohol block, and then pile the chopped firewood on top. Leave a certain gap between the firewood and the firewood. This will allow the wind to pass and make the fire in the stove bigger.
When the fire started, Zhang Chi greased the pan with oil. When the pan was hot, he scooped out the oil from the pan and put cold oil in the pan. Then he grabbed the head and tail of the fish and put the fish into the pan.
Zhi...la!
The fish body combined with the oil in the pot, making an intoxicating sound.
Because there is flour, the fish skin will not be fried. When you turn the fish over, the fried side has already turned a little brown, and some of the flour attached to the fish skin has formed small bubbles.
This is the best state, because these bubbles will absorb the soup, so the fish skin will be very delicious.
After the fish is fried on both sides, Zhang Chi uses a spoon to push the fish to the side slightly, and the fish frying pan begins to fry the fish. Ginger and garlic can be put in at this time.
When the fish is fragrant, add water, just enough to cover the fish body. Then add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, black beans and other seasonings into the pot.
The whole fish soup has a sauce color, cover the pot and start cooking.
After the fish had cooked for a while and started to steam, Zhang Chi had kneaded a small pot of noodles, opened the lid of the pot and rolled the noodles around the edge of the pot. This was tonight's staple food.
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At this time, add all the side dishes such as potatoes, beans, strings, tofu, etc. to the pot, cover the pot and continue to simmer.
When the pot started to steam again, the aroma of fish came out from the seam of the pot lid and tickled my nose.
At this time, you have to change the heat to low and simmer slowly, so that the flavor can be stewed into the fish. Of course, the flavor of the fish will also be stewed into the pancakes on the edge of the pot and the side dishes.
After simmering, reduce the juice over high heat, so that the fish soup becomes thicker. This is the most important part of the pot. Pour it with rice, and Zhang Chi can eat two big bowls.
"Merica! Eat".
Zhang Chi carried two chairs and placed them directly next to the pot, inviting Melika to come out to eat.
As soon as Melika went out, she said: "It smells so good."
When Melika's eyes fell on a bottle of white wine placed on the edge of the pot, she asked Zhang Chi: "You still drink?"
"It's so cold outside that I can't do anything without drinking some wine to ward off the cold. Come on, if you don't mind, put on this military coat."
As he said this, Zhang Chi put on his military coat and sat on the chair.
"Bring me some wine, too." Merica sat next to the pot, thought for a moment and put on her military coat.