bayedsolid Chapter 31 Salted Fish
Chapter 31 Salted Fish
It gets dark early in winter. It starts to get dark at four or five o'clock. Cooking early means you can go to bed early at night. After all, there is no electricity and no entertainment activities. It is pitch black at night. What else can you do besides sleeping?
Wenxi had previously signed for 50 kilograms of rice, which was enough for the three of them to eat for two months. If combined with some coarse grains, 50 kilograms of rice should be enough for three months. So now Wenxi is more generous when cooking. Before, she used half sweet potatoes and half rice, but now she only uses two sweet potatoes.
Since we have this condition, we should naturally be better to ourselves.
With Shen Jiaojiao helping to light the fire, Wen Xi no longer had to run back and forth between the stoves. She could just stand in front of the stove and concentrate on cooking.
Wenxi had previously signed for two large barrels of cooking oil, which together weighed nearly 70 to 80 kilograms and could be used for more than half a year. Therefore, Wenxi was more generous when cooking, unlike other families who just used chopsticks to dip a few drops and sprinkle them in the pot.
After the pot is heated, Wenxi directly puts a full spoonful of oil into the pot. After the oil is hot, put the washed silver carp into the pot and fry until both sides are golden brown and set aside. Then add seasonings and stir-fry until fragrant. Then pour the washed and cut pickles into the pot and stir-fry evenly. Add half a pot of water, and then put all the ten fried silver carps that had been fried in advance into the pot. Then cover the pot and simmer.
Half an hour later, Wen Xi opened the lid of the pot and saw bubbles bubbling in the pot. The fragrance was so fragrant that even she couldn't help drooling.
Wenxi poured the potato and radish cubes that he had prepared in advance into the pot and cooked them together with the fish. Fish alone would not go well with rice, so some side dishes were needed.
There is no shortage of vegetables in Heyuan City in winter, so you can eat as much as you want.
If worst comes to worst, there are still shepherd's purse all over the mountains. In April after the Chinese New Year, the mountains and fields are full of old shepherd's purse blooming with small white flowers, which shows how lush and vigorous the shepherd's purse here grows.
After stewing for another half an hour, Wen Xi poked the potato and radish cubes with chopsticks and found that they were both cooked. He then said to Shen Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, there's no need to add more firewood. Just stew for a few more minutes and we'll be ready to eat."
"What a nice smell!" Shen Jiaojiao sniffed hard, "Xiaoxi, I have never smelled anything so nice before, you are really amazing."
Looking at Shen Jiaojiao's exaggerated expression, Wen Xi smiled helplessly. The fact that she had such good cooking skills was the result of more than ten years of hard work in her previous life!
The man held a high position, had a high salary, and his family was wealthy. After the 1980s, wealthy families began to hire nannies to take care of their children, but not only did his family not hire a nanny, they actually treated her as a nanny.
Because she was given to him by his eldest sister and brother-in-law. In their eyes, she was not even as good as a nanny. How could they possibly hire a nanny to take care of her!
When she died in the end, that immortal old man was still alive and well, which really proved the saying that evil can last for a thousand years.
"How about I write down the steps when I have time?" Wen Xi looked at Shen Jiaojiao.
Shen Jiaojiao nodded happily, "Okay!"
Although the three of them live together now, they will definitely separate when they grow up. If I learn how to cook these dishes, I can cook such delicious dishes by myself no matter where I am in the future, and it will be as if they have never separated.
Wenxi brought the big soup bowl for kneading noodles, scooped out four fish from the pot, then scooped two spoonfuls of potato and radish cubes, and then ladled a few more spoonfuls of soup in, "Jiaojiao, I'll go take the fish to the sister next door first."
"Okay." Shen Jiaojiao certainly understood that relationships between people need to be maintained, and the neighboring family has indeed helped them a lot, so it is their duty to repay them. She will not have a conflict over a few fish.
Wen Xi carefully carried the pickled fish to the next door. With both hands holding the pickled fish, he had no way to knock on the door, so he could only gently touch the door of Chang Qingqing's house with his toes. Soon he heard a voice from inside, "I'm coming, I'm coming."
Then Chang Qingqing opened the door and saw Wen Xi standing in the twilight with something delicious in his hands.
"Xiaoxi, what are you doing..."
"Sister, I cooked fish today and sent four of them to you." Wen Xi said.
"Xiaoxi, thank you!" Chang Qingqing took the pickled fish from Wenxi's hand with embarrassment. Although she couldn't see clearly how much was inside, the heavy feeling made her know that there must be a lot of fish in it. "Xiaoxi, you are really too polite. Why did you send us so many fish? Just give us one to taste. Isn't this too much?"
"Sister, you have helped us a lot since we came here from the countryside. We have no jobs and no tickets, so we have no way to repay you. We can only use this free thing to repay you. I hope you don't mind!" Wen Xi said with a smile.
Chang Qingqing's family are very nice, that's why she wanted to continue to keep in touch with them. After all, the three little girls are isolated and helpless in the village and are easily bullied. It wouldn't be a bad thing for them to make friends with more kind people.
Take vegetables for example. They can only grow vegetables in March after the Chinese New Year. What will they eat in the next few months? Apart from digging wild vegetables, they can only go to Chang Qingqing's house to exchange vegetables for them!
"Xiaoxi, you are so polite." Chang Qingqing felt that her living standard had improved a lot since Wenxi came. She had eaten braised pork and stewed potatoes yesterday, and today she could eat fish again.
"Sister, I'll go back first. You can give me the basin tomorrow." After Wen Xi finished speaking, she turned and left. She wanted to go home quickly to eat sauerkraut fish. This purely wild stream fish must be especially delicious.
When he reached the entrance of the alley, Wen Xi saw the tall figure of Mo Xin leaning against the wall of his own courtyard. He was so scared that he stopped in his tracks. After careful identification, he realized that the man was Jin Changfeng.
Wen Xi walked over puzzledly, "Comrade Jin, why are you here?"
Jin Changfeng didn't say anything, but stuffed a note into Wen Xi's hand, then turned and left. Wen Xi wanted to invite him to her home to eat fish, but she didn't expect him to just run away like that.
Wen Xi put the note in her pocket and went home. After locking the gate, she went straight to the kitchen. She couldn't wait to taste the pickled fish.
The only difference is that pickles are used instead of sauerkraut. I don’t know if there is any difference in taste.
A total of ten fish were cooked today. Four were given to Chang Qingqing, leaving six left, which was exactly two for each of the three sisters. Wenxi brought three plates for the dishes, put all the fish and dishes in the pot on the dining table, and then the three of them served dinner and sat around the table.
"Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, fish have bones, please be careful when eating." Wenxi reminded them, picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, and started eating impatiently.