Chapter 215 Really Fragrant
After listening to Zhang An’s words, Chen Ze did not continue to catch those young shrimps.
Instead, he searched around in the ditch until he saw the big lobster.
The two wandered around the field dam for a long time and finally caught half the bucket.
"Okay, Old Chen, we have caught a lot, it's time to go back."
These are enough to eat, and it would be a waste to catch any more.
“Wait a minute, I have another one here, it will be ready soon.”
Chen Ze just found a very big shrimp, but he didn’t catch it and let it run away. .
Now I am chasing him in the ditch with a pair of pokers.
“Hey, look at the one I caught. Is it big?”
Finally, Chen Ze caught an extra-large lobster and waved it in front of Zhang An.
Not to mention that this shrimp is quite big, nearly twenty centimeters, because it is the largest lobster Zhang An has caught in the past two years.
"Big is big, but this one can't be eaten. You have to let it go."
"Ah, why, why can't such a big shrimp be eaten?"
< br>Chen Ze was a little puzzled. Didn't he want to eat a big one? Why couldn't he just eat this one?
“Look at the big ball hanging from the belly of this shrimp. They are all small shrimps. This is a pregnant female shrimp, so it must not be eaten.”
Zhang An I also felt it was a pity that such big shrimps only cost two ounces.
If it weren’t for the fact that it was a female shrimp with cubs, I would have put it in the pot today.
"Okay." Chen Ze was a little disappointed and reluctantly put the shrimp into the ditch.
As soon as we got into the water, the shrimp disappeared. It seemed that it had just been frightened.
Back home, Zhang An and Chen Ze cleaned up the results together.
He has done this job several times, so he is very skilled at washing it now.
Chen Ze was cleaning the lobster carefully at the faucet. When he turned around, he suddenly found Zhang An's little tiger staring at him.
And he saw that Xiaohu was holding an unknown thing in his mouth.
"Hey, Zhang An, what do you think that thing is in your little tiger's mouth? It looks like a hedgehog."
Hearing this, Zhang An turned around and took a look, this guy Xiaohu must be another Went into the bamboo forest.
Because it was holding another plump bamboo rat in its mouth.
Maybe Xiaohu became addicted to this thing after catching it in the purple bamboo forest last time.
No wonder I haven’t seen it since it went out in the morning.
The feeling is that this guy ran into the bamboo forest again.
"Why does this thing look like a rabbit, with two big front teeth? It's so cute."
Chen Ze said and wanted to reach out and touch it.
"Hey, don't touch me. This guy can bite people very fiercely. These two big teeth are not kidding at all."
Zhang An saw Chen Ze reaching out his hand and quickly pulled him back. .
If you are bitten, you will not only need stitches, but you will also have to go to the hospital to get vaccinated.
Zhang An has seen someone bitten by a bamboo rat, which caused a big wound.
"This is called Zhuliuzi, and it is also called bamboo rat outside."
"What, this thing is actually a mouse? Can a mouse grow so big?"
After hearing Zhang An say that he could bite, Chen Ze didn't dare to attack the little guy again.
Chen Ze just thought this little guy looked cute, but now he couldn't accept it when he heard Zhang An said it was Shushu.
In Chen Ze's impression, mice are the kind of guys with sharp mouths and long hair, which makes people uncomfortable to look at.
“Who told you that rats don’t grow big? There are plenty of big rats, but you just haven’t seen them.”
But in fact, among rats, there are also relatively large individuals.
When Zhang An was a child, he saw a mouse that was more than a foot long. It looked like a spirit.
It damaged the food supply of many people in the village, and the guy also killed several kittens.
The village spent a lot of effort to catch this guy.
In the end, this rat spirit naturally had no good end. He was directly disemboweled and died without a complete body.
“Besides, this bamboo rat is not that big. Don’t you know there is an animal called a kangaroo? That thing is bigger than a monkey.”
“And this bamboo rat is not that big. Rats that steal food are different. This thing is actually quite delicious.”
A few days ago, Zhang An had a drink at Zhang Jianzhong’s house, and the pot of braised bamboo dumplings he made was still delicious. Really nice.
"Is this thing edible? Don't you feel shabby when you eat it?"
When Chen Ze thought about eating mice, he felt a little disgusted.
"Don't look down on this guy. He is no worse than a rabbit. You will know later."
Say it, Zhang An continued to deal with the remaining lobsters in the bucket .
At this time, Zhang Jianguo also came back from herding sheep and helped to catch a little rooster from the chicken pen and slaughter it.
After Zhang An finished processing the lobster, he began to pickle the chicken that his father had slaughtered.
At home, Wang Fang cooks stewed chicken or fried chicken every time.
Zhang An also wanted to try a new method, just to change the taste.
The little rooster is not big, weighing three or four pounds. After Zhang An marinated it, he let it close for a while.
“Is it time to make peace with the mud?”
When Zhang An was marinating the chicken, Chen Ze was already impatient.
I had been thinking about making beggar chickens with Xini. Now I saw Zhang An making mud in the backyard, so I asked.
"Okay, okay, I'll leave the mud thing to you." Seeing his eagerness to try, Zhang An handed him the important matter of mud.
Zhang An let Chen Ze play in the mud in the backyard, while he went to the flooded pond to cut a few lotus leaves and bring them back.
Although Zhang An said it was a beggar's chicken, it was not.
This recipe is locally called Yellow Niba Chicken and it is very simple to make.
The most difficult part is just the process of killing the chicken and marinating it. If the chicken is marinated well, it will be very fragrant when cooked.
Zhang An has been doing this since he was a child.
Oddly enough, even though I was young at that time, I only watched Zhang An’s uncle Zhang Jianye do it a few times.
I learned how to make the Yellow Niba Chicken and kept it in my heart.
Zhang An was still in primary school at that time. When he came back from school, he saw free-range chickens in the village.
The two of them, Zhou Yang and others, worked tirelessly. They caught other people's little native chickens by the river and dealt with them cleanly.
At that time, Zhang An was still young and could not kill chickens, and he was also a little scared.
But Zhou Yang, who was two years older next to him, didn't know what it meant to be afraid, so he took out the little chicken with a few strokes of his knife.
No wonder Zhou Yang has learned to be a cook now. Love is an innate talent.
The two finished cooking the chicken by the flooded pond, then lit a fire and started making Huangniba Chicken.
Oddly enough, they didn’t clean the chicken feathers at that time, and the pickling seasoning was just salt and pepper from home.
But the chicken that was roasted in the end, they both thought it was probably the most delicious thing in the world.
But it’s understandable. After all, conditions were difficult at that time and we could only eat meat occasionally.
Even if the chicken is not well prepared and the marinade is not very fragrant, it is still meat after all.
Moreover, two children eating one chicken was simply a luxury at the time.
Put it in other people’s homes, this chicken will definitely be eaten by a whole family, and it will have to be eaten several times.
After eating the chicken, not long after returning home, the matter was revealed.
I learned that it was Zhang An and Zhou Yang who did it. The two families together lost the chicken and had to pay for it.
For this reason, Zhang An was severely beaten with live sesame by Wang Fang. Moreover, he took off his clothes and was beaten, and his body was covered with big bruises.
On the other side, Zhou Yang was obviously not relaxed either. He was hung on the door frame and beaten by Zhou Shuanglin.
But if you ask them both if they regret it, they definitely don’t regret it.
Why, because it’s so delicious that it’s worth having another meal.
Of course, they are not the only ones in the village who would do this.
Many older people know how to do this, and have done it before.
It’s just that people are smart and use their own chickens.
After Zhang An came back with the lotus leaf, Chen Ze had already made peace with the yellow mud.
After placing the marinated chicken on a plate, Zhang An wrapped it several times in lotus leaves.
Finally, a thick layer of mud is applied on the outside, making it look like a big mud dumpling.
Chen Ze doesn’t doubt whether it tastes good or not, after all, it’s written like this in martial arts novels.
Those martial arts masters would come up with something to satisfy their cravings from time to time. He thought it would be quite delicious.
Then a fire was lit in the yard, and Zhang An put the mud balls in to burn.
Zhang An didn’t want to waste such a fire, because Zhang Jianguo had just helped to deal with Zhuliuzi.
It’s time to put the bamboo slips on top to bake.
It's getting late now, and there's still half a bucket of crayfish left to cook.
Zhang An handed the bamboo slips that were being roasted to Chen Ze and asked him to keep turning them.
I returned to the kitchen and started picking up crayfish.
Originally Chen Ze was quite resistant to this bamboo stick, but as it was roasted, a scent began to float into his nose, stimulating his sense of smell.
Zhang An added heavy ingredients when marinating, and the roasted aroma is very strong.
Chen Ze looked at the fragrant bamboo stick in his hand, and his throat rolled unconsciously.
I was hesitating whether to try it first, but then I thought that this guy also has the character "rat" in his name.
For a moment, the two villains in Chen Ze's mind started fighting.
In the end, appetite outweighed reason. Chen Ze tore off a small piece of juicy meat and put it into his mouth.
“Oh, it smells so good.”
"Zhang An, why is this roasted bamboo rat so delicious?" Chen Ze shouted to Zhang An in the kitchen.
Actually, the bamboo sticks are not so fragrant when baked, but Zhang An marinated them well.
And when Chen Ze baked it himself, he was very attentive, so that the outer skin was crispy and not burnt.
“Don’t you feel shabby now?”
Looking at Chen Ze’s body shining with the light of the True Fragrance Cult Master, Zhang An asked deliberately.
"Why is it so shabby? Such a good thing has nothing to do with being shabby."
The lobster was ready, and Zhang An took the table to the yard.
After burning for so long, the fire in the yard began to get smaller.
Zhang An dug out the yellow mud chicken inside, which showed that the mud was burned until it was as hard as a brick.
"Zhang An, has this chicken been cooked? Why don't you cook it for a while, so as not to open it later and it's not yet cooked."
This was Chen Ze's first time watching someone make this thing. He was worried that it wasn't cooked properly through the thick mud.
“Don’t worry, it’s been burning for more than an hour. It’s already cooked. If you bake it again, it will be burnt.”
Zhang An has made this countless times since he was a child. Is it cooked yet? I already know it in my heart.
As he said that, he used a hand hammer to crack open the mud shell outside, revealing the smoking lotus leaf chicken inside.
Although the lotus leaf is not broken, it has already become wilted under such a high temperature.
After Zhang An shook off the mud, he began to open the lotus leaves wrapped on it.
This chicken has been marinated for a long time, and it has a strong aroma of meat after roasting.
It is also accompanied by the fragrance of lotus leaves, which is very attractive.
“It’s really a good idea to come today, it’s worth it. Fortunately, I didn’t bring Ning Ning, otherwise one more person would have to share such delicious food.”
Looking at the gold on the plate Yellow yellow chicken, and look at the bamboo rat that I just roasted.
Chen Ze felt very satisfied. It was not a loss to act as a matchmaker for Zhang An this time.
Soon, Zhang An took out the prepared spicy crayfish and slowly placed a basin on the table.
Zhang An had already put the beer brought by Chen Ze into the refrigerator to chill.
Taking it out now, you can see that the air conditioner is still coming out.
I originally planned to call Li Hongbin, but Li Hongbin took his parents to his brother's house.
So Zhang An called Zhou Lan over and asked her to stop cooking and take Li Yao over to eat together.
The terrain of Zhang An’s yard is relatively high and the view is very broad.
Sitting inside at this time, there are blue sky, white clouds, green mountains and green water.
Looking at the green rice fields in the rice fields, it feels very comfortable.
“It’s true that this crayfish needs to be paired with cold beer, it’s comfortable.”
On a hot summer day, Chen Ze drank a glass of cold beer in one gulp.
My heart is so cold and my heart is soaring.
"Godfather, I want to drink this too."
Li Yao grabbed a big chicken leg and gnawed it in his mouth, but his eyes were always staring at the adults drinking beer next to him. .
The little guy behind is not far behind and wants to have a taste of this beer.
"Hahaha, then godfather will pour it for you. Come and hold it."
Zhang An took the beer bottle and poured a small cup for Li Yao.
"Xiao An, he's still young, so don't let him drink."
Zhou Lan watched Zhang An pour wine for Li Yao, not wanting him to drink.
"Sister Lan, it's okay. This beer is not liquor and is intoxicating."
Zhang An didn't think it mattered. As a boy, he had to try wine.
There are many Piwazi as old as Li Yao in the village, but they all have a drinking capacity of 20 taels.
Compared to liquor, this beer is just like a drink.
This little guy Li Yao should be trained from an early age.
“Choke, it’s so astringent, and it doesn’t taste good at all.”
Li Yao watched Zhang An and Chen Ze holding the cups and took a sip, and he followed suit and took a big sip.
I didn’t expect that this golden thing would taste bitter when I drank it.
I wanted to spit it out, but seeing Zhang An and the others drinking so happily, the little guy drank it with his eyes closed.
He didn’t understand why adults could drink it so happily.
“Hahahaha.”
The little guy drank beer for the first time and made everyone laugh.
“If it doesn’t taste good, don’t drink it.”
Seeing Li Yao like this, Zhou Lan wanted to take the cup away from him.
"I don't. My godfather and the others drink like this, so I want to drink too. I'm a man like my godfather."
The more Zhou Lan doesn't let him drink, the more Li Yao will drink. Holding a cup and drinking heavily.
Hiccup~~
Then he let out a big wine burp and his face started to turn red.
(End of this chapter)