"Did that child Hongyun come to complain to you?" When they arrived at the Liu family's old house, they received a dissatisfied look from Chen Zhaodi.

Liu Xinyu knew that nothing could be hidden from Chen Zhaodi, so she nodded with a smile: "It's not really a complaint, it's just that you feel unhappy in your heart. Please talk to me."

"I heard that Zhang Daniu and several of his sons went to the next village?" Wang Sanmei was feeding Little Laosi and putting food into her own mouth while not forgetting to gossip.

Liu Xinyu was not used to the big pot of rice cooked in the farmhouse, and she didn't like to talk and eat at the same time. If Chen Zhaodi hadn't insisted on asking her to come over to eat, she would really rather cook a bowl of noodles at home.

Subconsciously, she stepped aside and stayed away from Wang Sanmei. Only then did Liu Xinyu feel better, "It seems so."

Chen Zhaodi should have noticed Liu Xinyu's discomfort. Seeing that Wang Sanmei still wanted to continue gossiping, she glared at Wang Sanmei with a straight face: "I can't even stop your mouth with rice! Stop meddling in other people's affairs!"

As soon as Chen Zhaodi said these words, Liu Xinyu and Liu Xinju both looked over in surprise.

Stop meddling in other people’s affairs!

Isn't this what Liu Xinyu said to Liu Xinju just now?

Since when did breasts and myself have such a tacit understanding?!

After dinner, Chen Zhaodi asked Liu Xinju to take the third and fourth children to take a nap. The others could not take a nap for the time being, so they had to make a plan for catching eels and implement it first.

First, Chen Zhaodi gave a brief introduction to today’s sales of eels.

"Fifteen pounds? Mom, how can we have so many at home!" As soon as Chen Zhaodi reported the quantity ordered by the order director, Liu Qingshan shouted out in surprise.

Of course, Chen Zhaodi gave me a look and a stern scolding: "Why are you shouting? It's not like we have to send it off today, there are still two days left!"

This scolding blocked the exclamation that Wang Sanmei was about to leave.

Compared to his son and wife, Liu Houxing was of course much calmer. Of course, he might have learned the news in advance, but it could be seen that he was also very excited at this time. No, he subconsciously picked up the cigarette bag and wanted to smoke one.

As a result, before taking out the shredded tobacco, Chen Zhaodi slapped her hand gently and said: "I want to take it out and smoke it, Xinyu can't smell your cigarette!"

At this time, Liu Xinyu could only purse her lips and smile.

"Xinyu, tell me whether we can complete this task." Chen Zhaodi directly gave Liu Xinyu the opportunity to speak.

Liu Xinyu had certainly considered whether she could use two nights to capture all the eels that Director Shan had booked and that Chen Zhaodi had promised to reluctantly give to Accountant Yan.

In addition to catching eels with the tools he used last night, Liu Xinyu also plans to put cages in rivers and paddy fields.

Because Liu Qingshan was the only laborer in the family in the past, there were only a few cages for catching eels at home, and it would take more than one to make, and some baits had to be prepared.

Liu Xinyu explained her thoughts and things that needed to be prepared, which shocked everyone in the Liu family and was a little stunned.

Although they all knew that Liu Qingshan could catch fish and eels, they had seen Liu Qingshan catch eels in a cage, and even learned from Liu Qingshan how to catch eels in a cage. Unfortunately, they did not gain much, and their efforts were more in vain, but they did not expect that

Liu Xinyu, who has always been considered a delicate girl by them, is actually so familiar with catching eels in a cage.

Although it has not been practiced yet, from the experience of catching eels last night, no one has questioned Liu Xinyu.

At least Liu Qingshan could no longer utter any doubts, because from Liu Xinyu's words, he finally understood why his cage could not catch eels before.

After some discussion, Chen Zhaodi asked Liu Qingshan and Liu Houxing to rest first and waved to Liu Xinyu.

Liu Xinyu knew that the change was to ask her to go back to her home.

Everything was subject to Chen Zhaodi's arrangements. In the end, no one had time to spare, and everyone was assigned work.

Liu Xinyu returned to her home and immediately began to prepare the materials for making a cage. After Liu Houxing had rested, he would make the cage.

The materials and tools for making a cage are available at home.

The utility room at home is like a treasure trove. You can always find what you need as long as you rummage through it.

Only then did Liu Xinyu realize the benefit of Liu Qingshan's habit of piling things in the utility room.

Liu Houxing came here alone, and Liu Xinyu was a little surprised.

After looking behind Liu Houxing again and again, and confirming that there was no figure of Chen Zhaodi, Liu Xinyu couldn't help but wonder: "My milk is not here?"

"You nurse them to the fields, Xinjian takes Xinyao to the river to fish for small fish and shrimps, and Xinju takes care of the house with the fourth child at home." Liu Houxing was not a talkative person. He briefly explained the arrangements at home, and then took Liu Qingshan to do the work.

Study the cage.

There are tricks to catching eels in a cage. If you don't do it well, you won't be able to catch eels.

Although Liu Houxing didn't talk much, he was a capable and skillful man. It didn't take long for him to study the cage almost completely, but there was always one area that was a bit unclear.

If this place is not done well, even if the eel enters the cage, it will eventually run away, which makes me frown.

Liu Xinyu, who was finishing Zhang Hongyun's clothes, couldn't help but stop stepping on the sewing machine, stood up, walked over and squatted in front of Liu Houxing to study.

Although she had never done it herself, because of Liu Qingshan's inheritance, she was able to quickly solve this problem.

"Master, look here, can you wrap this thin wire around here twice?" Liu Xinyu picked up a piece of wire and pointed at the head of the cage to demonstrate.

Liu Houxing suddenly realized it, and the next step was much easier.

Liu Houxing made seventeen or eight cages in one go. Including the cages in the utility room, there were almost twenty.

Liu Xinyu quickly shouted to stop, but decided to decide whether to continue based on the harvest situation in the evening.

By the way, I still have to change the water for the eels in the tank.

At this time, Liu Xinyu had already finished Zhang Hongyun's clothes. She came over to look at the eels in the water tank and pointed at a few eels that were not very active. "Sir, these eels don't seem to be very energetic. I'm afraid they won't survive."

The day after tomorrow, it’s better to take it back and kill it and eat it.”

Liu Houxing looked at the eels in the water tank, and found that a few of them were a little bloated.

Although they are all alive now, there is no guarantee that they will be alive as time goes by.

Although the life of the country people is miserable, they will not eat dead eels.

It's better to kill the eel while it's still alive so that the children can eat something good.

It would be a shame to just throw it away when you die.

So there was an extra plate of braised eel on the Liu family's dinner table in the evening, which Liu Xinyu cooked by herself.

"It's so delicious! I've always heard people say that eel is not delicious and has an earthy smell. At noon, I heard my mother-in-law say that Director Shan ordered fifteen kilograms of eel to add color to the wedding banquet. I was still mumbling in my heart! I didn't expect it to be so delicious.

!" Wang Sanmei sighed while eating.

Chen Zhaodi frowned and glared at Wang Sanmei, and opened her mouth as if to scold her.

Liu Xinyu didn't want the good atmosphere to be ruined. She swallowed the tomato and egg soup in her mouth, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and explained with a smile: "The eel was not cooked well. It does have an earthy smell, which mainly comes from the mucus on the eel.

It must be treated before burning.”

Not only did Wang Sanmei stop her chopsticks, but Chen Zhaodi also put down her chopsticks. Liu Xinyu inevitably explained in more detail: "First, blanch the killed eel with hot water to remove the mucus on the surface of the eel.

This layer of mucus is the source of the earthy smell.

However, using hot water can only remove most of the mucus on the eel, and you have to add salt and sweet potato flour and rub it to remove all of it.

Cut the washed eel into small pieces, drain the water, add cooking wine and marinate for about 10 minutes. Add some garlic when cooking, so that the cooked eel will basically have no earthy smell. "

With both salt and sweet potato starch, Chen Zhaodi's face changed slightly, she moved her lips but said nothing in the end, looking at Liu Xinyu with a somewhat incomprehensible look.
Chapter completed!