Chapter 156: Delicious Dried Fish Monthly Pass)
The older children nodded quickly, and Fang Zhiyuan said: "Don't worry, Aunt Hong, we will pay attention."
Then he turned to the smaller children behind him and said, "Don't help anymore. Go outside and play and wait. I'll call you when it's done."
The younger ones refused to leave, so Fang Zhiyuan said: "Brother Zhiyuan, let's watch and we won't cause trouble. Let us stay, okay~"
Xu Hong knew that these children were very well-behaved and sensible, so she said to Zhiyuan: "It's okay Zhiyuan, let them stay, they are all very well-behaved."
After that, he went to the house and took out a few large wooden basins. These were specially made by Fang Youhui. They were shallower than ordinary wooden basins and were specially used for washing vegetables.
Then he took out several bamboo vegetable washing baskets and put them into wooden basins. He scooped some water from the vat next to them and placed them on the stone platform.
Several older children gathered around, but because the stone platform was short and only reached their knees, they had to squat on the ground.
When Xu Hong saw it, she pointed to the bamboo shed on the right and said, "Don't squat. There is a small bench over there. Go get it and sit on it."
Everyone followed her hands and saw that there were indeed many newly made short benches stacked in the bamboo shed.
Those are all made by Fang Youhui using leftover materials, and people in need can come and get them at any time. Some of them were given away, but there was a lot left.
More than a dozen children went over and took a seat. The younger ones sat in the back and watched their brothers and sisters working quietly.
Xu Hong started first, took out a handful of sharp thin bamboo slices, picked up the sharp edge of one and lightly scratched the belly of the small fish, and then squeezed it out, all the internal organs and the like inside were removed.
Squeezed out.
The children also learned to do it together, and Xu Hong told her again, "Be careful not to hurt your hands."
Everyone nodded and moved more carefully.
Except for those small fish that grow to the size of a palm and need to have their scales scraped off, those that are very small do not need to have their scales scraped off. Some of the fish are so soft when you touch them that you don’t know what kind of fish they are, and they don’t even have scales.
With more people and greater strength, a small basket of fish was packed up in a short time, and they even helped throw the offal to the ducks outside the courtyard wall. These ducks were all raised by Xu Hong and had just lost their down and had not yet grown up.
Xu Hong washed the small fish again with clean water, drained the fish, salted them for a while, and dried them in the middle of the yard for a while.
Xu Hong and his family built two special stoves in their yard, with a bamboo shed built above to protect them from rain and sun. One of the iron pots is flat-bottomed and was specially made from a blacksmith shop to fry something or bake pancakes.
After all, they are northerners, and their favorite staple food is pasta.
Flour is sold in the county town, but people here don't buy much flour. They all go home to make noodles and rarely eat steamed buns, pancakes and the like, and the price is more expensive than white rice.
A group of children kept busy talking for half an hour, and the water in the pickled fish was almost dry.
Xu Hong heated up the oil in a pan, brushed a thin layer of oil on the pan, placed the small fish neatly one by one in the pan, and started frying over low heat.
While frying, he explained to the child: "If you are going to fry this fish, you need to mix the batter and wrap it in it. The fried fish will be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a hint of burnt aroma from the batter."
It won't work if you fry it. If you coat it in batter, it will stick to the pan, and even the fish will be scraped to the bottom of the pan, and the fish will rot.
Dry the water like this and fry slowly over low heat. When one cotton is fried, turn it over and fry the other side.
In this way, both sides must be dry, so that the fried fish will be crispy and crispy, and even the fish bones can be eaten.
As long as it doesn't get wet, it can be stored for a long time and can be used as a meal or snack."
The children could not help but swallow their saliva as they smelled the smell of fish frying in the oil pan and listened to Aunt Hong's story.
After frying for a while, Xu Hong saw that it was almost done, so she took out the first pot of small fish with a shovel.
Put the small fish in a dry flat bamboo basket and shake it up and down to let the heat of the small fish dissipate, so as not to pile them together to create heat and make the small fish less crispy.
He said to the children: "Wait a moment, wait until it cools down before you eat, otherwise you will get burned easily."
The children nodded quickly and watched the little fish swallow hard. The smaller children's saliva had already dripped onto the clothes on their chests.
Jiayin was so greedy that she stared at the dried fish. She originally liked eating things in the water.
When I was in Dragon Palace, I basically ate cooked seafood every day. However, the cooking method was very simple, and it basically still had the original taste.
After coming to this world, she realized that there were so many delicious foods in the world.
All kinds of meat have different flavors, and one kind of meat can also have several flavors! Those green grass can be made into delicious dishes. And the seeds of those plants can also be made into soft white steamed buns and
Fragrant pancakes...
After waiting for a while, Xu Hong touched the small fish and found that they were no longer hot, then handed the basket to Fang Zhiyuan and Fang Zhixin.
"That's it. You can eat it. Chew it carefully before swallowing it. If there are any hard thorns, spit them out."
Several children nodded quickly, and then looked at Fang Zhiyuan and Fang Zhixin obediently, waiting to give them points.
The two of them were holding baskets, each of them divided one first, not forgetting to put one in each of Xu Hong's and Fang Youhui's mouths.
The two adults touched their heads lovingly.
As soon as the children got it, they couldn't wait to stuff it into their mouths. For a while, there was only the sound of chewing in the yard.
After they finished eating, Fang Zhiyuan divided the food for them again.
The children are well-educated. Xu Hong finds it incredible every time she sees them eating.
When her family ran a restaurant, she once saw three neighbor brothers beating their heads to pieces just for a bite of food.
There are also relatives in her family who have too many children. They are always grabbing food and won't give it to them at all.
But ever since I got together with the people from Fangjia Village, their children were not biological brothers, but brothers from the same clan. But when there was food, as long as there were eldest children, it would be the eldest children who would allocate the food.
Even if there is only one to eat, everyone should taste it one bite at a time.
She likes this atmosphere very much.
Children who grow up in this atmosphere will definitely help each other in the future.
Just like the relationship between Fang Youhui and Fang Li, not only Fang Li, his cousin, but also other uncles, brothers and all the younger generations of the Fang family take care of each other.
If you encounter danger, you can risk your life to save it.
Chapter completed!