Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 165
This time I did not meet the same driver as last time. Although there are not many Didi drivers in the town, they are indeed not that few.

After all, like last time, the chance of meeting the same driver in a row is really low.

Ordinary novels cannot be written like this. Once written, they will definitely be scolded, and only those third-rate novels can write such bloody plots.

Halfway through the journey, Li Xiao's cell phone rang.He picked it up and saw that it was from his second uncle, so he quickly pressed the connect button.

The second uncle's hearty laughter came from the receiver.

"Why did you go out just after you came back? Are you not used to living here?"

In fact, the second uncle looked carefree, but in fact he was very careful.

He was always worried that Li Xiao would not get used to it after returning to the countryside after working in a big city after studying in a big city for a few years.

So he actually specially changed a new quilt and new sheets, just because he was afraid that Li Xiao would dislike the old-fashioned things in the house.

Today he deliberately went home early, and saw that Li Xiao, who was supposed to be at home, had gone out.

His heart skipped a beat, thinking that Li Xiao didn't like staying at home, so he deliberately asked the nervous question in a joking tone.

After all, all jokes are just cowardly temptations.

Just like saying on April Fool's Day, "I love you" is always more sincere than saying "I love you" on Valentine's Day.

Li Xiao was the kind of carefree person who didn't notice his uncle's careful temptation at all.

He said directly

"How can this be? I've lived here for more than ten years, how can I not get used to it?"

"It's only a few days. I'm planning to promote the seafood and dry goods of the second and third uncles. I'll warm up here first."

"So I went out to the town to shoot some material, and then made a live broadcast."

Hearing Li Xiao's explanation, Second Uncle, Liang Jintang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is that so? It's so hard on you. You were asked to work everywhere as soon as you got off the plane."

"I'll ask your second aunt to cook some good things for you tonight. You can get a lot of good things today."

Li Xiao said politely

"How can it be so hard? I'm used to doing live broadcasts every day. Besides, the live broadcasts alone cost a lot of money. How can I be tired if I have money to earn?"

The two chatted for a while before Li Xiao hung up the phone.

It didn't take long for the Didi car to reach the destination. Before getting out of the car, he saw his second uncle waiting on the side of the road.

Click to pay, quickly open the door, and get off Li Xiao looks embarrassed.Speaking of my phone call just now, I just said that I can just go home, why are you waiting for me by the side of the road and let the elders wait by the side of the road, how is this possible?
Liang Jintang pulled the backpack with the video camera from Li Xiao's back, and looked up and down this nephew whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

he smiled very happily

"I saw that you are doing well in the big city. Your skin is whiter than before, and your body is stronger. That's great. I heard from your mother that you can earn a lot of money for a month from that live broadcast?"

Li Xiao didn't mean to hide it, the relationship between the several families is very good, and they are all relatives who know everything, he nodded and said

"It's pretty good. You can earn [-] to [-] yuan for a live broadcast."

In fact, Li Xiao can only earn [-] to [-] yuan for a live broadcast now, and sometimes can earn [-] to [-] yuan.

Like just now, it is estimated that there will be 10 rewards if there are local tyrants in a row.

This is still the income after deducting the platform share, so one can imagine how much Li Xiao can earn from a live broadcast.

But he didn't dare to tell his family clearly. After all, the amount is too big. They have been living in the countryside, and the salary they can think of for a lifetime is tens of millions a month.

Moreover, their acceptance of live broadcasts is actually very low. If he said that he can earn 10,000+ for a live broadcast, he might scare them to death.

However, he still overestimated his second uncle's ability to accept. Hearing the number reported by Li Xiao, Liang Jintang's raised foot froze in mid-air and did not fall for a long time.

He swallowed, looked back mechanically at his relaxed nephew, hesitated for a while, and still had to ask out of curiosity

"How much? The second uncle is a little deaf and couldn't hear clearly."

Li Xiao sneered, it seemed that the income he reported was still too much.

But the words had already been spoken, and he didn’t bother to change them anymore, so he gritted his teeth and said, Second Uncle, you heard me right, I can earn 2 yuan for a live broadcast here, and sometimes 3 yuan .

Hearing the number reported by Li Xiao, Liang Jintang swallowed.

This number is indeed a bit scary. Their family has worked hard to catch fish, sell fish, and deliver goods by car.

Adding up the three people, the maximum is more than 2 a month.

He couldn't imagine at all, how could someone work for a few hours and earn his family's income for a month?

He was a little worried that his nephew had gone astray, he hesitated for a moment, and asked.

"Nephew, if you do this, you won't be suspected of breaking the law. If you break the law, we can't be dirty here. Even if you earn money quickly, you won't feel at ease receiving the money."

The reason for saying this is because in fact, they also had the opportunity to make a lot of money a few years ago.

Since they are a coastal village, someone had contacted them a long time ago.

I want them to transport some things out and some things in, and all they need to do is provide a person and a speedboat that can travel fast.

They only need to simply modify the original fishing boat to fully meet the other party's requirements.

Although the other party doesn't need it every day, the profit they only need to transport once can offset their income for a month or two.

This was a very big temptation. No one in the nearby villages could bear it, and they all joined in this temptation.

At the beginning, the problem was not so big. It is true that they also earned a lot of money, and the other party gave money very readily, and the difficulty of work was also very low.

They only need to be responsible for sailing the boat. As for loading and unloading, these tasks are done by special personnel, which can be said to be very easy. In terms of hard fishing, it can almost be said to be lying down to earn money.

More and more people joined at once, but the two brothers Liang Jintang and Liang Jinquan did not join because they knew that the money came in a wrong way.

However, those who participated in the smuggling laughed at those who were still fishing honestly. After all, what they did for a day was as good as the heads of these wooden fish for a month.

But it didn't take long for their happy days to pass. About four or five months later, this gang was uprooted by the Maritime Department of the Han Kingdom.

Even those who are temporarily recruited to help transport goods.They were all arrested.

Although they cried and said that they were wronged, you knew that the other party was carrying out illegal transportation, but you didn't report it, and you were involved in it yourself, so it is impossible to get out.

At that point in time, many people just broke up with their wives and children, because most of the people who did this were the pillars of the family.

Many people are still undergoing ideological remolding inside and have not been released.

So when Liang Jintang heard that his nephew could earn 3 to [-] yuan in one live broadcast, he immediately thought of this long-standing matter.

Li Xiao saw the worry of the second uncle, and quickly took out his mobile phone to show him the replay of this morning's live broadcast.

The second uncle was relieved when he saw that someone would tip tens of thousands of dollars in order to buy a bird. It turned out that there were really such stupid people willing to do such a thing.

Putting the mobile phone back into his nephew's hand, Liang Jintang gasped and looked at the ordinary blue bird on Li Xiao's shoulder.

The corners of his mouth twitched crazily, his fingers wanted to touch this little bird worth tens of thousands, but he was afraid of breaking it.

Seeing the second uncle's appearance, Li Xiao grabbed Xiaolan and threw it into the second uncle's hand.still talking
"Don't worry, it won't break, it's not so delicate."

Seeing how his second uncle was in a hurry, Li Xiao quickly took the camera bag from his hand.

I'm afraid that if the camera inside is broken, then the live broadcast tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will not be able to be completed.

The two walked to the door of the second uncle's house talking and laughing.

Li Xiao saw that his cousin had woken up and was helping the second aunt to pack the goods.

He hurriedly put his belongings back into the room, and then went outside to help.

Seeing that you wanted to help, the second uncle quickly stopped and said,
"Ah, ah, what are you doing?? Our work is dirty and tiring. You should go inside and take a rest. You have been on a plane for a whole day, and you have been live broadcasting for noon just now. How can you come here? Work, go to rest, go to rest."

Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and pushed Li Xiao back to the room.

The second aunt also said while helping the fish box with seafood

"That's right, go and take a rest, I'll wake you up when you can eat later."

Li Xiao quickly waved his hand
"I helped here for several years when I was a child. How could it be possible that I didn't remember how to load the goods after I went out to study? It's okay, okay, I'm not one of those who can't endure hardship. You've been busy all day, I Help you finish things quickly, everyone can rest together."

Seeing that Li Xiao had already lifted up his trousers and sleeves, he hadn't shirked it for several years, with a smile on his face, and everyone started busy loading goods together.

Although I haven't come here to help for a few years, they are all very simple tasks, and Li Xiao can easily complete them.

However, he was still worried. Uncle's shipments seemed to have decreased a lot.

In the past, a minivan was almost full, but now it can only be half filled. No wonder, my mother nagged in my ear from time to time.

Usually, a family of three has to work every day, and they all have to work. Basically, there are no holidays. After all, the work of three people, one of them rests, and the remaining two will be even more tired. After working hard, one person a month With six or seven thousand talents, it can be said that it is very hard work.

And when the fishing moratorium came, they had to start sorting out fishing net repair tools. Even if they had time, it was difficult to find some short-term jobs nearby, so the lives of the second uncle and the third uncle's family could only be described as ordinary.

So much so that his cousin, who is only two years younger than Li Xiao, has yet to find a suitable girlfriend.

After all, who wants to marry their own daughter to suffer?

Of course, Li Xiao completely ignored it at this moment. As a cousin, I don't have to be much better than my cousin. If I didn't meet Jiang Yingxue, I don't know how long the mother and child will be single.

After half an hour of busy work, the loading was completed. After all, the amount of seafood to be delivered in the afternoon is not much.

Li Xiao patted his cousin on the shoulder and told him to drive more carefully.

Only then did I follow my second uncle and second aunt back into the house, and they chatted for a while.

Li Xiao went back to the room, feeling a little tired indeed. After sitting on the plane for a long time, he conducted another live broadcast.

Sure enough, the dinner at night was very rich, including fish, crab, abalone, and octopus.

The fish was Dong Xing Ban, and if it wasn't for being too small, Li Xiao wouldn't let the second uncle and the others kill it.

After all, Dongxingban is the favorite of many restaurants. Dongxingban is a kind of grouper, which is relatively rare. Its body is covered with small white spots. It looks like stars in the sky from a distance, so it is called Dongxingban.

The fish meat tastes tender and smooth, with less thorns and more meat, making it very delicious.

The fishermen on the seaside have reached the point of proficiency in cooking seafood. After all, there are seafood all around, and they eat seafood more than vegetables.

However, it may be because of eating too much. Fishermen on the seaside are very casual about cooking seafood. There are no more than three kinds, boiled, steamed, and stir-fried.

Other cumbersome seasoning and preparation, in fact, just make the already delicious seafood mediocre.

Dong Xingban with beautiful star patterns, the fish is very smooth and tender, far from the golden pomfret that only costs 20 yuan a catty at noon today.

The soup is miscellaneous fish soup, the most common miscellaneous fish, dozens of fish in a mess, not even worthy of a name.

But because it is too fresh, even if you put it in a frying pan and fry it thoroughly, then boil it on high heat for 10 minutes, add tofu or cabbage, it will be a pot of thick white fish soup that is so sweet that it explodes.

Li Xiao drank three big bowls of fish soup in a row, and stopped to continue filling the soup when his second uncle stopped him.

Liang Jintang said to Li Xiao angrily,

"There are still so many dishes, you will be full after drinking the soup."

Li Xiao sneered.

"Second Uncle, it's not that you don't know, I really like soup, there's no way, Second Aunt's cooking skills are much better than before."

The second aunt is a taciturn woman with a fat body and a very ordinary appearance. Hearing Li Xiao's praise, he laughed

"Oh, Xiao Xiao, now that I've grown up, my mouth is much sharper than before."

Li Xiao twitched the corner of her mouth,
"Work needs, work needs."

The second aunt nodded,
"It's good to be able to talk. I don't want your brother to be like a piece of wood all day long. I don't know how to find a girlfriend for him in the future."

Li Xiao glanced at his cousin, he didn't dare to take advantage of this, he had just found a girlfriend, the eldest brother didn't laugh at the second brother, they were all troubled brothers, he would definitely not make trouble.

In fact, he was very taciturn when he was a child, even when he grew up.

It was just a live broadcast, and I had to force myself to talk more in front of the camera.

However, when meeting strangers, it still enters the quiet mode instantly.

However, when getting along with familiar relatives and friends, the voice is obviously more.

Abalone is not usually steamed, but after shelling, it is cut into cubes and stir-fried with ginger and spring onions.

The taste is also quite good, and the taste is very crisp.

The seasoning of the ginger and scallion sauce is not strong, and Li Xiao can taste the very sweet abalone flavor when he bites it down.

In fact, people on the beach tend to cook with light seasoning. After all, there is the freshest seafood here, and there is no need for strong seasoning to cover up the fishy smell of seafood because it is not fresh.

Octopus is very small. When alive, it is only half the size of the palm. After being cooked, it shrinks even more, and it is only about one-third the size of the palm.

This pot of octopus is all with rice. The rice mentioned here is not the usual rice but octopus.

Octopus roe is a nutritious food, which contains a lot of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and riboflavin, and is also rich in cholesterol. It is a good supplement and growth agent for human brain and bone marrow.

Of course, the above is all nonsense. The reason why they want to eat octopus with rice is of course because it is delicious. Is it because it is nutritious?

There is an ink sac in the octopus, but the ink sac was cut off by the second aunt when she cleaned it.

Although people in some places like to eat the ink sacs in octopus, it is said that the reason is that foods with melanin are more nutritious and healthier, such as black rice, black beans, and black sesame.

But Li Xiao's family never tried this, because it was too unpalatable.

After biting the ink sac, there is a bitter taste, and the bitter taste of this ink sac will last for a long time, and more importantly, the ink sac is often mixed with some fine sand, which is truly dark. cooking.

So when the second aunt cleaned the cuttlefish's mouth, she also cut off the ink sac.

The method of making octopus is very simple. Add a little cooking wine or white wine to the water and boil it over high heat, throw the octopus into it, and pick it up when its limbs curl up.

There are two sauces on the table, one is garlic, the other is mustard soy sauce, usually there are not so many sauces, the main reason is that the second aunt thought that Li Xiao likes both, so she made an extra garlic.

Coincidentally, the crab I ate tonight is also the orchid crab.

The method is also to stir-fry ginger and scallions, which Li Xiao can obviously feel.

Although the second aunt uses much less oil than today's restaurant, the taste is not so greasy, but the taste is slightly inferior to today's restaurant.

However, considering the heat of the family stove and the cooking experience, the second aunt's skill is not much worse than that of the restaurant.

Due to the need to wait for my cousin's return, the family didn't start eating dinner until after 8 o'clock.

After dinner here, you need to take a bath and rest immediately, because after 11 o'clock, you need to start fishing activities.

Li Xiao thought about it, and directly posted an announcement on his kitten live broadcast platform

【通知：本人将于今天晚上11点30进行直播，直播内容【近海捕捞】，同时在6:00~8:00的时候进行直播赶海。】

The ebb and flow of seawater has certain rules, and it is very useful for fishermen on the seashore to master the law of ebb and flow of sea tide.

每个农历月的初一、十五的早上六点和下午18：00潮位涨到最高，中午12：00和凌晨0：00降到最低。

Then the time of high tide and low tide is delayed by 48 minutes every day.

Of course, although Li Xiao often came to play with his second uncle's house, he was not a fisherman by the sea.

Therefore, the reason why he was able to tell the time to catch the sea so accurately was that he checked the low tide time with the small program [Tide Watch Wizard] on Weixin.

(End of this chapter)