After being dressed as cannon fodder, I feed tyrants by cooking skills

Chapter 5 Pickled Fish

Jiang Yu decided to keep Qi Yan in order to save up fireworks.

Early this morning, Jiang Yu came out of the house, the West Room was quiet, Qi Yan must be still asleep.She took a bowl of water, dipped a willow branch in some salt, and put it in her mouth to clean her teeth.She took several breaths in a row and stopped after making sure that there was no peculiar smell in her mouth.

Jiang Yu took a few pieces of sweet potatoes in the yard, peeled them with a knife, cut them into small pieces, and put them in a pot to cook sweet potato porridge.There was also a grate on the pot, on which were cold steamed buns. She covered the pot and filled a handful of firewood into the pit.

Gulu Gulu, the porridge in the pot was bubbling, and a sweet smell came out through the lid.Jiang Yu stepped forward and lifted the lid of the pot, waved away the heat that blocked her sight, took out the soft and white steamed buns, and filled them with two bowls of steaming sweet potato porridge.

"Ayan, it's time to eat." Jiang Yu put the porridge and steamed buns on the table, and rubbed her ears with her reddened fingers.

Qi Yan sat in front of the table, held up the bottom of the bowl with his slender fingers, blew hot air with his mouth, and carefully took a sip of the potato porridge.He ate gracefully and hardly made a sound.

Just as Jiang Yu was about to take a sip of porridge, she raised her eyes and saw the neighbor Aunt Li holding a crucian carp in her hand. She was briskly pushing open the door and walking towards the house. She had to put down the hand holding the bowl again.

She stood up, took the crucian carp from Aunt Li's hand, and called out, "Aunt Li, you are here."

Aunt Li glanced at Jiang Yu, then squinted at Qi Yan who was drinking porridge slowly, but she couldn't see any expression on her face.She tugged Jiang Yu's sleeve, motioned Jiang Yu to get closer to her, then whispered into Jiang Yu's ear: "Girl, is this your husband?"

After hearing this, Jiang Yu felt like a mosquito flew into her head, and it kept buzzing.She quickly explained: "No, Aunt Li, you are overthinking, he and I are..."

Before Jiang Yu finished explaining, Aunt Li laughed. When she smiled, the fine lines on the corners of her eyes deepened. She said, "This young man looks extraordinary, tall and tall, girl, you have good eyesight. I see you Two, the truth matches."

It's not that Jiang Yu doesn't want to explain, but Aunt Li has never given her a chance to speak, and she feels very tired: "Aunt Li, you misunderstood, he is really not."

Aunt Li looked in disbelief, a man is in a girl's house, not husband and wife, what else could it be?She frowned: "then who is he, why is he at your house?"

"He is..." Jiang Yu was a little incoherent. She couldn't tell the truth, saying that she picked someone up at her door, right?
Jiang Yu lowered her head and stared at the ground, her eyes rolled around, and under Aunt Li's increasingly suspicious gaze, she hurriedly said, "Well...he is my brother, yes, my cousin. My cousin and I are the only ones left at home. Brother depends on each other."

Jiang Yu started to make up nonsense, she made it more and more vigorous, and looked at Aunt Li with a sad face: "Aunt, you don't know how miserable my cousin is, his parents are gone, and I... oh , I got a serious illness again, and fell into a stupid problem, no different from those children of that age. I saw him pitiful, and took him to my side to take care of..."

She said, and deliberately covered her face with her sleeve, pretending to wipe the tears on her face with her sleeve.

Hearing what she said, Aunt Li looked at Qi Yan with a distressed face, and she sighed deeply: "Oh, this child's life is too hard."

"Yeah, do you know what he called me when he saw me... He actually called me sister." Seeing that Aunt Li believed her words, Jiang Yu immediately agreed.

They talked about Qi Yan's tragic "life experience" together again, which not only made Aunt Li completely believe that Qi Yan was her "cousin", but Aunt Li also said that if she needed anything, just go to the next door to ask her for help .

"This fish was caught by the old man by the river. My family doesn't know how to cook fish. It's a pity to leave it in my house for nothing. I thought you might be able to cook it, so I brought it here for you." Aunt Li looked at it lovingly. Jiang Yu, she pointed at the crucian carp that was thumping on the ground.

"Auntie, I can cook fish." As a food blogger in the real world, cooking fish is something you can do with your hands.

As soon as Jiang Yu saw the fish, Jiang Yu thought of that delicious dish that people couldn't stop eating - fish with pickled cabbage.Hiss, Jiang Yu couldn't help drooling just thinking about the sour, crispy and tender sauerkraut.

Since coming here, she has never tasted pickled fish again.

"Auntie, do you have pickles at home?" Pickled fish, pickled fish, pickled vegetables and fish fillets are indispensable.If you want to make a delicious sauerkraut fish, the quality of the sauerkraut is the key.

"Yes, I made a big pot of pickles. Let's go, go to my house." Aunt Li was about to go back, and she beckoned Jiang Yu to go to her house to get pickles.

Jiang Yu carried the fish and followed Aunt Li to Li's house with her.

"Hey, why does this pickle have a sour smell? It seems that it has been marinated." As soon as the pickle jar was opened, a strong sour smell wafted out.

Jiang Yu, who was standing aside, smiled and said, "Auntie, it's not spoiled. In my hometown, we call sour pickled vegetables sauerkraut."

As she spoke, she put the crucian carp on the sticky board, swung the hand holding the knife up and down, and knocked the fish unconscious with the back of the knife.The fish, which was still alive and kicking just now, immediately calmed down and lay on the sticky board to be slaughtered.

Scraping scales, picking gills, disembowelling...Jiang Yu is very familiar with the set of movements for killing fish.

In order to reduce the fishy smell, she grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it on the cut fish fillets, and mixed the fish fillets until it secreted mucus, and then washed them carefully with clean water.

Then put the seasoning to marinate the fish fillets, fry the fish bones until golden on both sides, then pour boiling water into the pot.In another pot, sauté the onion, ginger, garlic, and chili until fragrant, pour in the processed sauerkraut and stir fry, then pour in the fish bone soup, and put the fish fillets into the pot one by one.

Seeing this, Aunt Li couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Girl, can this sour pickle and fish be cooked together?"

"Yes." Jiang Yu raised her hand, and used the back of her hand to pin the broken hair on her forehead to the back of her head.

When the fish fillets change color, take out all the ingredients.Add chopped chili and peppercorns, and drizzle with hot oil with a bang.The whole house is filled with the aroma of pepper.

"Old lady, what are you doing to eat again? I could smell the aroma as soon as I entered the hospital." Uncle Li, who had gone out early in the morning, returned home at this moment.

Aunt Li brought the sauerkraut fish to the table: "Old man, come and taste it, what is the name of this made by the girl Yu next door, oh yes, sauerkraut fish."

Uncle Li took the chopsticks that Aunt Li handed him, took a bite of the fish fillet and put it into his mouth. The fish was delicious and tender, without the earthy smell he had imagined.He reached out again, picked up a chopstick of pickled cabbage, well, it was crisp and appetizing, it was really enjoyable.A gleam of light flashed in Uncle Li's eyes, wouldn't it be wonderful to have this pickled cabbage and fish to drink with every day!

Seeing that Uncle Li was eating happily, Aunt Li picked up her chopsticks and tasted it. She immediately smiled and said, "My dear, I have never eaten such a delicious fish in my life. Girl, you have to teach my aunt what is going on some other day." made."

"Success." Jiang Yu agreed with a smile all over her face.

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