Chen Ling returned to the county seat.
Heat the roasted chicken first, and then help everyone clean the crabs.
Big crabs are delicious, but they are very troublesome to clean up.
Rinse it in clean water first, and then use a brush to clean the back cover, abdomen, pliers, and crab legs one by one.
This process is no different from brushing leather shoes, no corners or corners should be left behind.
And you have to be careful, the wild crabs in the river are so ferocious, you will be caught if you are not careful.
But Chen Ling was very honest when he brought these big fat crabs.
So the whole family can grab it and wash it on their hands.
Even Ruirui dared to hold it in his hand and play with it.
There is nothing surprising about this.
That's why Chen Ling got some ice water from the small water tower.
As soon as the ice water freezes, these crabs become more honest.
Wash it carefully several times, then replace it with warm water, turn the crab over its belly, and put it into the water to continue cleaning. The main thing is to clean the dirt inside the crab's abdominal cover.
Of course, the warm water cannot be too hot.
If it is too hot, the crab legs will fall off.
After washing them several times, I picked out the particularly fat crabs and steamed them.
This steamed crab cannot be steamed blindly.
Instead of throwing it into the steamer, just add water to the pot and boil it.
You have to make a soup base first.
For steamed river crabs, rice wine is essential.
It can be said that the better the rice wine is, the better the steamed crabs will be.
Cut a few slices of ginger.
Add some small herbs or something to remove the fishy smell and improve the fragrance.
You can add some angelica at this time.
Chen Ling usually likes to use this when making pigeon soup.
Steamed crabs can also be used.
And adding fragrance is not just adding a little or two of fragrance.
It’s completely different from Bu Fang.
The soup base is ready.
You have to be careful when putting the big fat crabs in the steamer.
At this time, you have to turn all the crabs over, with the belly facing up and the back shell facing down.
Otherwise, after the pot is opened, the crab roe will easily flow out and flow to the bottom of the pot along the pores of the steamer.
Not only will you not be able to eat good crabs, but the taste of the soup base will also change.
Of course, if the fresh crabs are not dead, some need to be tied with straw stalks to prevent them from crawling around in the steamer.
There is no need for Chen Ling to do this.
The ice water has been frozen once.
After brushing, wash and soak in warm water.
It is still being steamed in the pot, and the crabs are already braised before they can calm down.
This is the weakness of aquatic crustaceans.
After freezing, if the temperature rises sharply, it will die.
A pot of fat crabs steamed in a big pot.
The remaining smaller crabs were chopped into pieces, fried and braised.
Fry and coat in egg flour.
Braised crabs are not the only ones. Get some pork, tofu, meatballs, etc. and stew them in a pot.
One whole, one crab and three to eat.
Anyway, the crabs in this season, even if they don’t look fat or big, still have a lot of crab roe.
But tell the truth quickly.
It must be fried faster.
In the words of an old gourmet, whether it is flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the water, the less meat, the more delicious it will be.
The crab doesn’t look like there’s much meat.
Coated in flour and eggs, fried in oil, golden and crispy, filling the yard with fragrance.
It tastes even more fragrant and crispy, and the more you eat it, the more fragrant it becomes, making you addicted to it.
But you can’t eat too much crab.
Although the cuckoo is here, it’s just one more person, not much more to eat.
Chen Ling kept half of the fried crabs and asked Wang Zhenzhen to deliver the rest to Qin Qiumei and Zhong Xiaoyun.
There are a lot of crabs today.
What Chen Ling caught was estimated to weigh almost twenty kilograms.
Their family can't finish eating so much.
In the kitchen, guarding the stove, when the chicken was hot, Chen Ling took advantage of the opportunity to bake a few flatbreads.
Soak it in crab soup later, it will be very fragrant.
"Dad, here."
Seeing that he was busy, Ruirui trotted in with a large piece of fried crab and gave it to him to eat.
“Hey, okay, Ruirui is so good.”
Chen Ling took it and ate it while walking to the side to add more firewood.
The brat was praised and happily jumped up and down while holding the crab.
She also followed him in the kitchen, following him wherever he went, holding crabs in his little hands and gnawing them carefully, smacking the taste.
Rui Rui has loved eating small fish and shrimps ever since she was able to eat, and she can’t get enough of them.
I especially love eating fish.
When I eat fish, I have never been stabbed by a fish bone. As a father, Chen Ling feels ashamed.
He actually eats less crabs.
But as soon as I took it into my mouth today, I obviously liked it very much.
That’s right.
My mouth was full of oil and I couldn't finish it. I just finished the fried golden flour outside and two crab legs. I wanted to feed Heiwa Xiaojin the rest.
"Hey, I haven't eaten it all. There's still yellow in it."
Chen Ling stopped him, squatted down, took the piece in his hand, and told him how to eat it.
The two big dogs are so greedy.
Just pick out two large pieces of fried crab and throw them to them and let them eat them.
Wood stoves are fast.
Steamed crabs and braised crab pots will be ready in a short time.
Make the dipping sauce for the steamed crabs and serve them all together.
It just so happened that Wang Zhenzhen also brought crabs back, and the whole family gathered around the table and ate happily.
“You can eat roasted chicken as a vegetarian, just eat it with a flatbread. You can’t eat crabs now.”
“Ah, I know you can’t eat it, but it smells so delicious.”
"Well, you can soak it in pancakes and eat some of the meat and tofu balls inside."
"...Come on, let me do it, you clumsy guy."
Chen Ling saw that his daughter-in-law was struggling, so he snatched the bowls and chopsticks from her hands and helped her pick vegetables and make cakes.
"Look at what you said, Fugui, Susu is clumsy, just to give birth to more babies for your old Chen family."
Du Juan glanced at him.
"That's right, I said before that I would have eight or nine babies. Take good care of me from now on, otherwise I won't give you so many babies."
Wang Susu pursed her lips and snorted, then buried her head. Eat meat.
The young couple were naturally joking.
Gao Xiulan took it seriously.
He just said with a smile: "It's good to have more children. It's better to have more children. If you have more children, you will always have a future."
The old lady also has four children.
In her opinion, just a few more people would be enough to take care of them.
Nothing difficult.
"As you said, mother, how can having a baby be like buying a lottery ticket?"
"Lottery ticket? What is a lottery ticket?"
"..."
The family chatted while eating.
It's just that Ruirui is not very honest yet. He eats on a small bench in the yard and drives back and forth.
But he ate a lot.
We ate crabs, we ate chicken, we ate beef, and we ate flatbreads.
Anyway, have some of everything.
I was eating like this, and took a break at noon after eating.
Unexpectedly, half way through the meal, Han Chuang and his family of three came.
His child is now almost four months old. Recently, he has been vomiting after drinking milk and crying at night, so he came to the hospital for a check-up.
After arriving here, I remembered Chen Ling's family and knew that Wang Susu might know what was going on with the child, so I came to ask. By the way, Han Chuang also talked to Chen Ling about something.
The couple are here.
It turned out that there were a lot of crabs left, but most of them were killed in one go.
A lunch takes more than two hours.
Jiang Xiaoqing asked Wang Susu to show their baby what was going on.
This is also a small problem.
In Wang Susu's opinion, there is no need to go to the hospital at all.
Han Chuang pulled Chen Ling to talk about the recent canned fish business.
Once summer is over, canned cold dishes are somewhat out of season.
Sales have dropped by half.
Fortunately, their canned fish has a unique taste and rich variety, so it has not declined and has stabilized at a sales volume that is neither high nor low.
He originally thought about asking Chen Ling what to do next when he divided the money next time.
I happened to come over today to discuss this matter.
Chen Ling asked him if he dared to gamble, and Han Chuang said yes.
Chen Ling has made so much money with his family, and the cannery has come back to life. Can he not believe it?
Chen Ling talked about the return of Hong Kong again.
Get ready to make a fuss about cans and bottles.
In fact, sometimes, the difference between good and bad business depends on small details.
The bottle cap design is better.
Add a handle or something to the can.
You can buy cans and get a water glass for free.
This year, I will create another word to celebrate the return of Hong Kong, and you can also collect it as a commemoration.
Chen Ling had mentioned this idea before.
But this is not until the end of the year, so we can’t see the money right away.
Good ideas are useless.
It’s okay now, let’s work hard.
This matter is not difficult for Han Chuang and others. They also know several factories that make cans and bottles.
They are all old acquaintances.
After that, Chen Ling talked about wild fruits in the mountains.
Such as hawthorn and pears are also good for canning.
Han Chuang agreed, and whatever Chen Ling said would come true.
There is nothing to say about business matters.
This kind of small fight requires no effort and Chen Ling doesn't find it troublesome.
After talking, I learned that the Han Chuang brothers knew many glass factories.
Let’s talk about the fish tank.
Fish tank landscaping is so addictive. Even if you don’t keep fish in the tank in the future, it will still look good if you make some small scenery and put it indoors and outdoors.
Most of these glass factories are in other counties in the east, a little far away.
I guess I have to wait until Wang Susu gives birth before going.
After the meal, Han Chuang and his family left.
Chen Ling went back to the house and took a nap with Wang Susu.
After Wang Susu woke up, he would stick to her and rub her shoulders and legs. Pregnant women had all kinds of inconveniences. They had less activities and their bodies were sore here and uncomfortable there.
Sometimes it’s hard to scratch an itch.
"It's good to have some financial resources now. Everything is convenient. Otherwise, it would be a lot of trouble to rush from the village to the hospital when the baby is about to be born."
Chen Ling rubbed his wife's calf and said, "You Look now, there is a yard here, it is very convenient to walk to the hospital."
"You are right. It seems that people in the past were not so squeamish. People in the village said that someone's family used to be in the fields. I gave birth to the baby while I was busy.
There is no need to go to the hospital.”
Wang Susu held her belly and leaned on the pillow at the head of the bed.
"It is true, but there used to be many midwives in the village."
Chen Ling smiled and said: "Is it okay now? There are only many midwives in the mountains to the west of Changle Township, and our place is far away from the county seat. Recently, whoever is looking for a midwife always goes to the hospital... Would you like to find a midwife to deliver the baby in the village?"
Wang Susu shook her head hurriedly: "I don't want to."
"Yeah, it's all so that the child can be born well. If the township hospital hadn't been ruthless, no one would have found a midwife there."
Chen Ling said: "This time I went to the city, in Vietnam. When we were having dinner at Brother Min’s house, he said that Aunt Hongyu would be back soon and would not return to Beijing for the Chinese New Year. She would completely live here with us.”
"This is very good. Sister Qiumei also said that Aunt Hongyu's cows are now almost theirs."
"Hahaha, when we kill cows in the future, can't each of us share half of the meat?" "
"Oh, even if I have to go to the hospital after August 15th, our two families won't be able to have dinner together when Aunt Hongyu and others come back."
"...You, do you know what Aunt Hongyu said? They are now starting to prepare clothes for the unborn baby. I said you have a big belly, and they directly prepared three sets, according to the three treasures for one child. Yes, hahaha..."
"Three treasures from one child, full of weird words."
Wang Susu was scolded, but she was also smiling, "Speaking of it, Aunt Hongyu's family is really like ours. Teacher Zhao and the others always say that they recognize you as their godson.
If it were Aunt Hongyu, The old couple said that, I definitely support you to adopt a godmother."
"Come on, this is good, it would be awkward to adopt a godmother."
Chen Ling quickly shook his head. .
Then he gave Wang Susu another leg and kneaded it, and then said: "Our family has made a lot of money this year and has saved a lot of money. There is no place where money is urgently needed right now.
I just wanted to buy two houses in the capital, and Brother Yuemin and Aunt Hongyu were in favor of it.
I just have to ask for your opinion. "
"Huh? Why do you want to buy a house again? It's enough to have it in the county and the city. We also have to go to the capital to buy it. Can we live so far away? "
Wang Susu obviously hasn't come to her senses yet. Her first thought is that there are too many houses to live in.
"You don't have to buy a house to live in, the main thing is to buy a shop..."
Chen Ling explained to her that Beigen is the capital and the political and economic center of the country. No matter how hard it is in the future, housing prices will only rise and not fall.
Especially for shops, if no one lives there, you can make money just by renting them out.
No one needs to worry about it at all.
Beijing's housing prices haven't skyrocketed yet, so with the hundreds of thousands Chen Ling has saved, it's still possible to buy two sets of shops.
Sun Yanhong and the others asked him to buy arowana.
He couldn't bear it.
Just know that you can make a profit without losing money here.
No matter how many children there are in the future, he will not be worried about making money. He can continue to live his small life and do what he wants to do.
"Making money is secondary. What if our Ruirui grows up and is able to stay in Beigan? We must have a place to live."
"Hmph, you can coax I, I think you will buy a house and a courtyard in every place in the future, and your baby will have a place to live wherever he goes.”
Regarding her children, Wang Susu was not fooled by him, but she also knew that her husband's vision was definitely fine.
"Spending so much money to buy a shop is not a small sum of money. Let's talk about it in person when Aunt Hongyu comes, and ask them to find someone to give you advice."
Wang Susu is worried about Chen Ling. When I arrived in Bei'an, I was deceived by people who were unfamiliar with the place.
Then so much money earned through hard work has been wasted.
Chen Ling also knew what she was thinking, so he nodded and said yes. Liang Yuemin also said that even if he didn't find Liang Hongyu and the others, he would have to find other professionals to ensure that there was no problem with the house purchase contract.
Before the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the sun is quite long and it gets dark very late.
Wang Zhenzhen’s school also had a lunch break until three o’clock in the afternoon. When leaving, Chen Ling asked her to bring some crabs for the teachers and classmates to eat.
I went back to the village and made a big pot of what I had caught, and gave it to my father-in-law and Zhao Yubao's family.
Otherwise, my father-in-law would be lonely at home alone, and he would have to invite both families over to eat and drink, which would make it lively.
Chen Ling was very interested in catching fish and making crabs.
When we returned to the county seat, it was already dark.
Originally I wanted to tell my family that I would have to go back to the village to see Qing in the middle of the night.
After these days, it has been the turn of Team 7, and Team 7 has made several appearances.
Chen Ze and Chen Yuqiang were deliberately waiting for him to come back from the city, saying that they would like to have a vigil together this year.
Chen Baoshuan's cousins were also waiting, and they both looked for him several times.
Naturally, Chen Ling couldn't let them wait for him forever. Matters in a village were not personal matters, and efforts should be made as needed.
But I didn’t expect it. My butt was not hot just after I got home.
Dogs barked, cows roared, and horses neighed at home, and bursts of crying came from the direction of the river bank outside.
That’s a lot of fun.
"I'm going out to take a look. Don't go out while you are at home."
Chen Ling calmed down the dogs and cows at home and let them watch over the house, while he led the horse out to see what was going on.
As a result, there were torches and flashlights on the river bank, bright and lively, shouting something.
As I got closer, I heard what was going on from the noise.
“I’ll beat you to death, you son of a bitch, and let you pretend to be a ghost to scare people.”
“Beat her to death, how scared my baby is, girl’s family Yes, what’s wrong with you? You’re pretending to be a ghost at night to scare people. Aren’t you afraid of retribution?”
"..."
Chen Ling's heart moved and he quickly got off his horse. Unexpectedly, there was really a female ghost. They were right. This female ghost turned out to be a person pretending to be a human being.
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