Chapter 198 River Fresh
The boat carried Uncle Liu, Yan Xiao, and Zhao Zhonggang and drifted out. Here, Zhou Zhi and Jiang Hongxing began to squat down and collect fish from the net.
The only trouble with wire mesh is to take it out, and the net is often torn when taking it out, and repairing the net afterwards is also a lot of work.
On the Internet, there are mostly small fish under one kilogram. Most of them are small earth-yellow fish. The largest one is only half a kilogram, with a pointed head and wide tail, a fat and round belly, and fine scales all over the body. , this is the famous wild aquatic product in the Yangtze River - water honey seeds.
The scientific name of Shuimizi is round-mouthed copperfish. It is still relatively common today. It usually lives on reefs with fast currents. It has extremely high requirements for dissolved oxygen in water, so it almost dies when it comes out of the water.
It is also because of this characteristic that it is very difficult to breed artificially. It was not until thirty years later, after these guys were eaten by people and became national second-level protected animals for many years, that they were successfully bred.
Obviously, the bottom of the river in this area is full of big rocks, which are the favorite habitats of several fish species: yellow pepper, rock carp, and water honey. The "water honey nest" mentioned by Uncle Liu is basically That's right.
Su Shi once recorded a kind of "pigeon fish" in his notes. Zhou Zhi thought that the description was very similar to the water honey fish, but that thing appeared in the north. Whether it is the water honey fish, we still need time to find out. Study carefully.
In addition to water honey seeds, there are also many small fish such as white strips, boat nails, crucian carp, twists, and yellow spicy diced fish online.
Except for crucian carp and yellow spicy diced fish, the rest of the small fish could not survive, so Zhou Zhi kept them all, and then threw away all the crucian carp that was less than three taels and the yellow spicy diced fish that were less than 2 taels. The remaining crucian carp was alive. and yellow chili dices are kept in large aluminum pots.
Fortunately, the speed of collecting the string hook is faster than picking the fish from the silk net. After a while, the boat slowly arrived from a hundred meters away, and several long, rusty fish were coiled up in the dustpan on the bow. The handle is crooked and the mouth is a string hook with a coil.
Four string hooks, each one hundred meters long, and one hook half a meter long, here are two hundred fishhooks.
The fish in the rapids are very fierce in swallowing hooks. The entrance of the hook is very deep, and many of them will even swallow them in their stomachs. In that case, you usually have to cut the rope.
But it didn’t exist today. Even though they had just met for the first time, Uncle Liu regarded him as an “acquaintance” with his thoughtful words, so he no longer worried about keeping the fish alive and took the hook by force to avoid Go to the trouble of retying for a while.
It doesn’t matter if the fish is injured, it will be killed in two hours anyway.
After collecting the fish, Uncle Liu hung the earthworm segments on the string hook again and lowered it into the river again little by little.
In fact, this action is also quite dangerous. If you are not careful, your fingers will be caught by rusty hooks and stretched by the fishing line. Not only is it painful, but you can also easily get tetanus.
So even if Yan Xiao and Zhao Zhonggang wanted to take the initiative to help, Uncle Six refused and rushed the two of them to the big boat to help. He paddled with one hand and used the rapids to control the boat and lower the hook, which was a unique skill Let Zhou Zhi be amazed.
If Uncle Liu could read "The Oil Seller" by Layman Liuyi, it would be his turn to say calmly: "Nothing but familiarity with hands and ears."
Finally counting the fish, there was one rock carp weighing three kilograms, water honey seeds eight kilograms, and the remaining white-striped peach blossom boat dings and other "not serious fish" in Uncle Liu's mouth also weighed four or five kilograms, so he gave them away directly. , and two pounds of small river shrimps.
Yes, this is also a strange phenomenon. Nowadays, river shrimps are not worth much in the area from Manzhou to Yuzhou.
Especially on the riverside when the water rises in summer, children can catch several kilograms of small fish and shrimps in a day with only a handful of skippers and shrimp chops.
But the taste... Zhou Zhi took a sip of saliva, it was really good.
Twelve yuan for rock carps, sixteen yuan for water honey seeds, and the rest were given away for free. Zhou Zhi was so ashamed that he didn’t dare to give more. He only gave thirty yuan to make up for the whole amount before Uncle Six. The price difference of rock carp from five yuan per catty to four yuan is still one yuan.
Uncle Liu was very happy. Today he made thirty yuan without leaving home. Such a gain is rare.
A large aluminum basin was borrowed, and all the fish and shrimps, large and small, were poured into the basin. After saying goodbye to Uncle Six, everyone carried the basin back together. Buying fish is a temporary pleasure, but saves you a lot of trouble. Jiang Hongxing looked at the large basin of small fish and felt that one was as big as two. If he only relied on his own guests, he would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.
Fortunately, after carrying the fish back outside the manor, Zhou Zhi had no such plan.
The winner has been decided. Behind Su Datou stood a group of girls, smiling and gnawing on the cut sugar cane.
There were a lot of trophies placed on the low stool next to Jiang Shuyi.
On the other hand, Lao Mu's side was a bit miserable. Zhang Lu and Fang Wenyu each held a few sugarcane shoots, and Yang He even had empty hands.
Sugar cane tips are not very sweet, so Zhang Lu and Fang Wenyu did not eat them. When Zhou Zhi came over, Fang Wenyu didn’t even care about Mu Ruyun who was still standing on the bench, and cheered: "Activity end activity Xin Xin, please give me two sweet ones."
Ye Xin had already grabbed the two best halves and handed them to Fang Wenyu immediately: "Yes, here they are!" br>
Zhou Zhi smiled so hard Click and loosen: "Old Mu, who boasted about being the best sugar cane swordsman in Fubao Town? Is he actually this good?"
Mu Ruyun raised his knife and drew two circles in the air, and then slashed the sugar cane with one blow. , people also jumped down from their stools , the sugar cane knife was played from top to bottom, and finally played "splitting firewood" once, and said angrily: "Is it because of my level?! Look, is it because of my level?! Besides, I didn't lose much, right?! ”
"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi quickly handed the edge of the basin to Yang He who came up to take over: "Old Mu, I tell you, you are like Xiang Yu, and Datou is like Han Xin. You are still playing tactics, and he is already playing strategy. "
"You don't seem to have lost much, but why are you so unsatisfied? Why haven’t you figured it out yet?”
“Damn it!”
“Eat quickly, let’s all help together, it’s a lot of work here.”< br>
Small fish need to have their gills picked out and their internal organs removed. Watermelons don’t need to scrape their scales, but everything else has to be removed.
This is a big project, Zhou Zhi arranged it, and more than a dozen people worked together. Those who could use knives and scissors were responsible for cutting open the fish and removing its internal organs. After the water washing and the assembly line were set up, the speed was quite fast.
There are two ways to eat small miscellaneous fish, white strips, green shoots, and the slightly larger ones. Then put the charcoal fire into the "baked fish", put an iron pot on top, simmer, and dry Bake.
The smaller ones are coated in flour and fried.
There are two ways to make water honey seeds, the first one is the most classic southern Sichuan style, dry roasting;
The second one is the juicy watercress flavor.
The way to make rock carp is to make tuotuo fish, cut it into pieces, coat it in flour and fry it, then stew it in the prepared sauce. This method is called "ruandu" in Jiachuan dialect.
The small river shrimps are also fried together with the small fish. The small river shrimps are sprinkled with salt, pepper and chili powder. Half of the fried small fish are treated like this, and the remaining half is fried with raw green peppers.
With the addition of smoked pork leg and bacon stewed with radish, sausages, various stir-fried seasonal vegetables, stir-fried dried chili peppers, dried bamboo shoots, and black bean curds, there are two full tables.
(End of this chapter)