Nongmen sisters and brothers are not simple

Chapter 8 Snails
"Sister, what are you doing looking at those snails? Do you want me to pick some up and chop them up for the chickens at home?" Seeing his elder sister staring at the snails in the paddy field, Xie Fanyang thought she wanted to pick up some and feed them to the chickens.

"Feed the chickens. In the past, these snails were picked up and chopped up to feed the chickens?" Xie Fanxing was speechless when she heard that such a good ingredient was not eaten by humans.

Pick up these snails, isn’t it delicious to stir-fry spicy snails and fried snail meat with Jerusalem artichoke?

"The snails have a great destructive effect when the seedlings sprout. They are pests. Can they be eaten? We all pick them up from our paddy fields and chop them up for our chickens to eat." Xie Fanyang replied honestly.

"Fanyang, does anyone in our village eat these small fish and shrimp?" Xie Fanxing nodded in understanding when she heard Xie Fanyang's explanation.

Escargot has a destructive effect on the rice seedling stage. In this era of extremely low production, any hidden danger will lead to a decline in harvest.

People think that snails are pests, and they also mistakenly think that snails are harmful, so people naturally dare not eat them.

There is also an escargot that always tastes gritty (that is, tail feces and snail eggs). They don't know how to deal with the snails, so they all feel that the snails are not clean and hygienic, and gradually no one eats them.

"Small fish are too bitter to be stewed, and no one eats them because they are so small. Some people eat small shrimps, but they are too difficult to make, and few people eat them."

"Fanyang, go and get some earthworms wrapped in leaves, big sister will be useful." Xie Fanxing told Xie Fanyang when she heard that.

According to Xie Fanyang, the small fish stew is too bitter, because the small fish can't remove the internal organs, of course it will be bitter, and this dish is not fried like this at all.

Small river prawns and small river fish should be fried until golden on both sides, then garlic and dried chili are added to fry until fragrant. The fried small river fish and small river prawns are fragrant and crispy, with a bitter taste at the end, ready for dinner.

Because the small river fish is fried until golden on both sides, it is not so bitter to eat. It is crispy and crispy mixed with bitterness. Some people just like this bitterness.

Xie Fanxing blocked the back pan at the place where the canal flows downhill. The back pan is a bit small, and there is still water flowing on both sides. Xie Fanxing dug some mud and blocked both sides. In this way, the water in the canal must flow Through the middle of the back basket.

This naturally also includes the fish, shrimp, loach, small crabs and the like inside.

After Xie Fanyang dug up the earthworms, he threw them into the basket as a bait to attract fish and shrimp. When he picked up the basket the next day, he might be able to harvest a lot of fish and shrimp.

"Sister, do we want to catch these fishes and shrimps?" Xie Fanyang asked after seeing his sister finished the fishing device.

"Well, let's get some back and wait for the eldest sister to study and see if she can cook something delicious. Let's pick up some snails and go back." Xie Fanxing didn't explain much, and ordered Xie Fanyang to go straight to work.

When Xie Fanxing was picking up the snails, she saw many small holes in the paddy field, and her heart moved.

These small holes are obviously eel holes.

Field eels will end their hibernation in May and June every year, and go out of their holes to look for food, and will enter hibernation again after the temperature drops at the end of November.

At night in May and June, when these eels come out of their holes, you just need to take the pliers and go directly to the paddy field to pick up the eels.

A series of delicacies passed through Xie Fanxing's mind, and she felt a little helpless.

Because the preparation of these dishes is inseparable from iron pans and oil.

These two things are what they lack.

It seems that the most important thing at present is to make money, buy iron pans, and buy pork lard oil for frying.

It's just that their family only has three hundred pennies, and they definitely can't buy an iron pot.What's more, Xie Fanxing has other uses for the extra money in their family, so he can't use it.

And she can make money because she doesn't know how to embroider, so if she can make money now, she has to go up the mountain.

However, in Xie Fanxing's memory, Shangou Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains are connected with mountains. There are many large beasts in the mountains, especially in early spring. Will come down the mountain to attack livestock and villagers.

Even at night, the calls of wolves, tigers and leopards can be heard from time to time.

The villagers who went up the mountain to hunt were attacked by large carnivores several times, and after the deaths and injuries, the number of villagers who went up the mountain became less and less.

Even if you go up the mountain, you won't go too far, let alone go deep into the mountains. In order to improve the food, the villagers mostly make some traps at the foot of the mountain or halfway up the mountain. Occasionally, they can catch some hares and pheasants. Such game.

After Xie Fanxing and his brother returned home after picking up the snails, Xie Fanyue brought Fanchen and Fanri to clean up the two vegetable fields in the front yard.

"Sister, I'll chop up these snails and feed them to the chickens." After returning home, Xie Fanyang walked to the backyard with the half-basketed snails they picked up.

"Who said we should chop up these snails and feed them to the chickens. Fanyang, you first put these snails in a wooden barrel, and then pour some water into them to raise these snails.

After spitting out the dirty things in the snails, I will think about it again, see if I can make delicious dishes with these snails. "Xie Fanxing casually found an excuse.

"This." When Xie Fanyang heard this, he hesitated for a moment, but he didn't say much, and followed his elder sister's advice.

They haven't eaten the snails, but they have eaten the chicken, and it's fine to eat the chicken, so it's fine for humans to eat it.

Xie Fanyang thought in a blink of an eye that today his eldest sister also used something they hadn't eaten before to make it into a dish, and the taste was always delicious.

He thought, maybe his eldest sister can really study these snails and make them into delicious dishes.

Xie Fanxing went home without resting, she went directly to her uncle's house next door.

She also thought about asking her uncle to take her up the mountain for a walk tomorrow.

See if I can get back valuable things, and then transport them to the town to sell for money, and then buy things like iron pots.

"Fanwen, are you looking after the house alone? Why don't you go to the next door to play with Fanchen and Fanri. Is your father back?" When Xie Fanxing came to her uncle's house, she saw her little cousin playing in the main room alone. Then, she smiled and went forward to touch Xie Fanwen's head and asked.

Xie Fanwen is the son of my uncle. He is seven years old this year. He was born one month later than Fanchen and Fanri. He was the youngest child in the Xie family before. Due to premature birth, he was weak and sick, and he took medicine from time to time to support him. It's not easy either.

"Sister, my mother said that my aunt just left and asked me to go to your house in seven days." Xie Fanwen saw Xie Fanxing, his eyes lit up, and he said a little aggrieved.

It seems that I am alone at home, but I have spoiled this baby.

However, when Xie Fanxing heard Xie Fanwen's words, her heart moved slightly.

In an instant, she understood why her aunt didn't let Fanwen go to her house to play.

Her mother died of dystocia, and Fanwen was weak. She was afraid that her mother would offend Fanwen when she came back, so Fanwen was told not to go to her house for a few days.

(End of this chapter)