Chapter 184 The first time I saw this way of cooking fish
"Okay, let's not sell it." Li Long said to Tao Daqiang, "Let's take these fish back." His voice was a bit loud , Tao Daqiang was still a little confused, why did he take this dead fish back?
When he said this, the two people in the distance looked at each other, and then became a little anxious.
Tao Daqiang wanted to speak, but Li Long patted him and refused to let him go. He directly packed the basin, poured the remaining dead fish and water into the urea bag, and put it on the back seat of the bicycle. Said:
“Let’s go have breakfast.”
Tao Daqiang was a little confused. He held up the stack of cents and handed it to Li Long:
"Brother Long, this money..."
"Just keep it. I won't give you any money today. ” Li Long said as he walked, “These are your wages for this trip.”
When passing by the two people, Li Long said. He also deliberately said loudly:
"Da Qiang, please remember this when selling fish in the future. There are some bad guys who take advantage of crowds of people to pull water and crush the fish to death." , so that you can’t sell this fish, and you have no choice but to throw it out at noon, and they are waiting to pick up these fish——”
"Brother Long, how did you know?" Tao Daqiang understood a little now, and asked as he followed:
"Have you encountered it too?"
"Yes." Li Long said, "At that time, the bad coward tried to squeeze my fish, so I kicked him out. I will meet such people in the future. You can't let him go, you have to fight back, and you have to let others know that it's this kind of person who can't buy fresh fish... He didn't dare."
The two people originally wanted to. Chatting with Li Long, when he heard what Li Long said, he was too embarrassed to speak, so he just let the two people walk past.
"Brother Long, did you...did you mean to say that just now?" When he was approaching the big meat restaurant, Tao Daqiang asked in a low voice when he saw that no one was following him.
"Of course, those two people waiting must be the two people who pinched the fish. They are waiting for you to dump the fish and then pick it up - I have encountered it."
"It's really bad." After thinking for a while, Tao Daqiang said, "They...why are they like that?"
"You want to take advantage, you want to eat fish but don't want to pay for it." Li Longji In a previous life, a friend said that his "flower job" was that when someone was driving to sell watermelons, he would pick a ripe melon and secretly squeeze the watermelon while holding it with both hands. The juice inside will gather, and then he buys the melon. When he cuts it on the spot, the flesh of the melon seems to be overripe. If it looks bad, the melon seller will have to refund the money.
The friend was quite proud when he said this, but at that time Li Long felt that this man was too smart to be close friends with him.
These two fishermen are just this kind of people, who are used to taking advantage of others.
When he was approaching the big meat restaurant, Tao Daqiang suddenly stopped and said:
"Brother Xiaolong, let me sell those fish here. The fish are actually quite fresh. It's a pity if they are dumped. It's better to sell a little bit." A little bit.”
Li Long saw that Tao Daqiang was quite perseverant, so he said:
"Okay, you can sell it. If you can't sell it, dump it in the ditch. I'll order food in the store first. Do you have enough for three buns?"
“That’s enough.”
"Okay, then you can have three steamed buns and a bowl of porridge."
Li Long locked the car, took the things and entered the big meat canteen - these days, things are more expensive, so it is very expensive to take them into a restaurant to eat. Normal things.
He went to the counter to open a ticket and ordered six steamed buns, two bowls of porridge, a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, and a plate of shredded pork with green peppers.
When the waiter brought the dishes, Li Long took the opportunity to ask:
“Comrade, I would like to ask, where did you buy the green peppers? It’s only April, and there are green peppers. ”
"It's a vegetable market." The waiter glanced at him and said, "I heard from Purchasing that a batch of vegetables have been shipped from my mouth recently, but they are very expensive."
"Okay, thank you." Li Long was happy now .
After waiting for a while, the food was ready. Li Longgang was about to go to the door to have a look. Tao Daqiang walked in with a bag.
"Sit down quickly and eat." Li Long said to him, "If you don't come, I will start eating."
"You should eat first, don't wait for me. Tao Daqiang was quite happy, "Brother Long, all the remaining fish were sold. An old lady came over and asked me why the fish were all dead. I told her and asked her to look at the gills. She sold all the remaining fish—two dollars!”
There are three or four kilograms of fish left. Two yuan is definitely cheap, but it is better to sell it than throw it away. Li Long smiled and said:
"Okay, not bad. When I come back tomorrow, , remember what I told you, don’t let those two people succeed..."
"Brother Long, I won’t come tomorrow." Tao Daqiang shook his head, "I am not this kind of person, I am stupid. I can’t shout, I can’t speak up when I encounter something like this, I can’t handle it...”
“Have you thought clearly?” Li Long picked up a bun and asked while eating it, “You really don’t want to sell it? If you sell fish, you’ll get more money.”
“I won’t sell it.” Tao Daqiang shook his head firmly, “I think it’s better for me to work hard at catching fish.”
"Okay, there's a lot more work to do later." Li Long thought that since he had made up his mind, he wouldn't try to persuade him. "After a while, during the Dragon Boat Festival, I will catch fish and return reed leaves, and I can give you an extra share then." Money."
"Reed leaves? Can they be sold for money?" Tao Daqiang was a little surprised.
"Let's give it a try. It doesn't cost money anyway, it just takes some effort." Li Long said, "We don't farm, so why don't we think of ways to make money?"
< br>"Yes." Tao Daqiang said three words After finishing one bun, he took another and said, "Brother Long, I'm stupid. You can come up with ideas and I'll just use my strength."
Li Long didn't expect that Tao Daqiang had made his position very clear. A bit dumbfounded.
After the two of them finished their meal, Li Long went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. Tao Daqiang refused to follow him and said he wanted to walk back, so Li Long followed him. He knew that Tao Daqiang was embarrassed to let Li Long take him on a bicycle, but Tao Daqiang himself was not very good at riding a bicycle, and he couldn't take Li Long with him, so he simply left directly to avoid embarrassment.
Li Long went to the big yard first, put down the two pots and scales, and then looked through the caladiums. He found that they were not completely dry, so he locked the door and went to the vegetable market.
The vegetable market was not big at this time. There were only two state-owned vegetable stores. Li Long looked at the first one, which only had dried vegetables, leeks, etc. that had just arrived, so he went to the second one.
As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the familiar smell of green peppers, and then he saw several large baskets of green peppers placed on the counter. Two people were buying them. The waiter said there:
" Don’t choose, don’t choose! You can buy them in one piece, one for each kilogram!”
"It's all worth the price of meat!" one of the people said.
"Well, if you have money these days, you can buy meat, but you may not be able to buy green peppers." The salesperson said a little arrogantly, "We are the only one in the county! This is because our manager has a relationship from Wucheng. There are only these five baskets brought in, but they will be gone once they are sold out. If you want to eat, you will have to wait until July. "
The truth is that things are rare and valuable. After entering, Li Long said directly:
"I want five kilograms of green peppers"
"Get in line." The salesperson shouted, "Don't worry, come one by one."
Li Long waited until the two people in front of him had finished their shopping. When he arrived, the salesperson asked:
"Which unit? Or the canteen?"
"Eat at home." Li Long Long said.
"Buy so much for your own food?" The salesperson was surprised, "This is not cheap!"
"If you have many relatives, share it with more families." Li Long said while taking out the money, "It's just you. That being said, it’s just this time, I’ll probably buy more next time so everyone can try it.”
"Then how many bags should I put for you?" After hearing what Li Long said, the salesperson softened his tone and said, "How many bags?" "Five." Li Long calculated and said, "Then weigh six kilograms. There is one bag more than one kilogram."
"Okay, six dollars, pay first"
Li Long paid, the salesperson wrote the ticket, and then brought the spicy food. scale.
Li Long saw that when the salesman took the green peppers, he deliberately selected the ones that were evenly balanced and not broken. After weighing them, he said:
"Thank you!"
The salesperson knew that his little gesture was seen by the other party, and said with a smile:
"You are a good person who can think of a big family, you should be."< br>
Li Long was a little confused, nodded, and walked out carrying a few bags of green peppers.
The bag is made of paper and is not big. Li Long can feel that he is enjoying special treatment.
He put the bags together and put them on the back seat, then rode out of the county.
When they arrived at the township middle school, before Gu Xiaoxia finished class, Li Long put a bag of green peppers in her dormitory and went home.
When Gu Xiaoxia returned to the dormitory after class to prepare for cooking, she saw the bag of green peppers. She was stunned for a moment, and then she thought of Li Long, and felt warm in her heart.
When Li Long returned home, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had already returned. Liang Yuemei was making lunch, and the big fish was still alive. Li Jianguo said:
“I changed the water twice, but it won’t survive long.”
"After dinner, I cut it. While it was still fresh, I distributed it to each family. I made the rest in the afternoon."
"My dad won't give it away yet. ." Liang Yuemei said, "It's not worth traveling so far. Let's just do more."
Li Jianguo looked at Li Long.
"That's it." Li Long said, "Tomorrow isn't Sunday. Juan and Qiang Qiang won't go to school. We'll still put down the nets this afternoon and save some when the fish come out tomorrow. In the morning, Xiaojuan and Qiang will Force them to send it to their grandfather."
"That's okay," Li Jianguo said, "It's easy to do that."
Liang Yuemei smiled and nodded.
"There are green chili seeds in the vegetable shop today. I bought some and will bring a bag with me tomorrow."
"Then how expensive are these chili seeds now?" Liang Yuemei said, "It's a waste of money. .”
< br>"What you earn is what you spend." Li Long smiled, "It's rare to eat it once, and the next time you eat it may be seven months."
Liang Yuemei also said, Li Long said this Said, she didn't say anything.
Li Long knew that people at the age of his eldest brother and sister-in-law really endured hardship and lived a hard life, and frugality had become a living habit.
Of course I am not in this case.
After lunch, Tao Daqiang came over to pick up nets. Li Long and Li Long finished picking up the eight nets after more than an hour. Li Long peeled off the big carp, and Tao Daqiang
insisted on taking the tail section. Li Long chopped it into pieces and gave him a piece of two or three kilograms, and asked him to take a bag of green peppers back with him.
In the middle section, more than two kilograms were chopped and given to Gu Boyuan, along with a bag of green peppers.
Next, Li Long began to prepare fish.
He saw others doing this in his last life, and it seems to have come from Lu.
It is very simple to say. Traditionally when making fish, we strive to keep the fish whole. This is a metaphor.
But when Li Long makes fish, he does the opposite. He heats the pan with oil, adds seasonings, fish, and then directly shovels the fish into pieces and adds shredded green peppers. Stir-fry them together, just like stir-frying meat with green peppers.
Of course, the fish head must be left behind. After the fish meat is fried and minced, the spines are left out, so as to avoid being pricked when eating.
When it was fried and served out, Li Long tasted it and it tasted good.
It was okay to eat it cold. He thought it tasted good, so he put it in the kitchen and started stewing fish head soup.
If you want the fish head soup to be milky white when simmering, it also needs to be fried. Li Long lowered the fire under the pot and started to stew after frying the fish heads.
Before the fish head soup was ready, Li Juan had already returned with her schoolbag.
"It smells so good! Uncle, what are you cooking for something delicious?" Li Juan is now much more cheerful than before. She asked with a smile, "Is it fish?"
"Yeah." Li Long said with a smile, "Fish head soup, fried fish, are you hungry? I'll serve it for you."
"Okay." Li Juan went to put her schoolbag away. I washed my hands there and waited for Li Long to serve me the rice.
Li Juan was very happy to eat the newly steamed buns at noon, the green pepper fish in the afternoon, and the hot fish head soup.
After she finished eating, she washed the dishes and cut the pig grass. By the time Li Qiang came back and Li Long had finished eating for Li Qiang, the sun had already set and Tao Daqiang had been here for a while.
Li Juan came back from cutting pigweed. Li Long asked her to take good care of Li Qiang, while he and Tao Daqiang carried the net to Xiaohaizi.
"Brother Long, are you still setting eight nets this time?" Tao Daqiang asked as he walked, "Will you change the place this time?"
"Change. If you set the nets in the same place, there won't be many fish tomorrow. "Yes." Li Long said, "Let's pay back eight today. We'll see what happens tomorrow."
It was quite late, so after setting the net, they went back home without casting any more nets.
When Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came back in the evening, they were also surprised to see the meal cooked by Li Long.
“Can fish do this?” Li Jianguo washed his hands, and after serving it, he took a piece of fish with chopsticks, tasted it, and thought it tasted good, and said, “This is the first time I know that fish can do this! ”
"This is my first time seeing you too." Liang Yuemei was also surprised, "Where did you do this? Xiaolong, you are so capable, you can think of all this..."
"I didn't think of this. Yes, it was said by a worker in my factory, so I took note of it. He said it simply, so I thought I would give it a try. It’s hard to make big fish, but I didn’t expect it to taste good.” Li Long laughed. He said hehe.
"Yes, it will be pretty good if this big fish does this in the future." Li Jianguo said with a smile while eating, "It tastes good, and it's not an ordinary taste."
"That's right, The fish cooked by my uncle is very delicious!" Li Qiang said loudly, "It's just a little spicy - ha - let me drink some water!"
His words and actions made everyone laugh.
The new dishes he cooked were very popular, and Li Long was also very happy.
When the net was closed early the next morning, Li Long did not let Tao Daqiang go up this time, and Tao Daqiang himself did not insist. He walked along the shore, looking for the holes of water rats.
Li Long was also a little thrilling in the water. The net lowered this time was deeper than yesterday. It was located in another trough. There were many large crucian carp hanging in the four-fingered big-eye net. They were all weighing seven to eight hundred grams and nearly one kilogram. Let Li Long take the fish. I was a little panicked.
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