pasture leisure

Chapter 94
Zhang Chi scooped up all the pancakes and placed them next to the pot.

The furnace is now burning vigorously, and from time to time one can hear the crackling sound of the firewood.

The temperature by the stove was almost ten degrees higher than the temperature outside, so the two of them didn't feel too cold sitting next to the pot.

The two glasses had already been placed on the edge of the pot, and they were lined up side by side. Zhang Chi picked up the wine bottle and unscrewed the cap to start pouring the wine.

"You can talk about it," Zhang Chi said while pouring wine.

Melika said: "My drinking capacity is not small, don't worry, two or three glasses like this will not put me down."

"What a big tone," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Now that Melika said so, Zhang Chi naturally poured [-]% full, the two glasses were the same, and randomly took a glass and put it in front of Melica.

"Come on, let's go first."

Zhang Chi picked up the cup.

Melika picked up the cup and touched Zhang Chi, took a sip and stretched out her chopsticks.

Zhang Chi took a small sip lightly, letting the wine enter his neck along his mouth, and then warmly flow into his stomach.

what!
Picking up the chopsticks, Zhang Chi saw Melika take a piece of fish belly and put it in her mouth.

"You can tell at a glance that you won't eat fish. The best meat of fish is the two pieces around the gills." Zhang Chi said while holding a piece of fish cheek meat into his mouth.

Melika didn't care at all: "You like to eat it, my favorite is the meat on the belly of the fish, all of which are big thorns like ribs."

Wild fish does not have as much oil in the belly of domestic fish, so the fish meat does not look greasy, even in the place where oil is easy to accumulate on the belly, there is not much oil, the whole fish belly looks very firm, and the taste is quite good in the mouth , and all of them are big thorns, if you pull them out directly with your hands, it will be a big mouthful of satisfaction.

Zhang Chi couldn't care about Melika now, he finished eating the fish cheek meat in his mouth, took a sip of wine, and put a piece of potato in his mouth.

The taste of the fish soup was completely stewed into the potatoes, and the deliciousness of the potatoes paired with the fish soup, even if it was a little hot, Zhang Chi couldn't bear to spit it out, and ate it with a hiss.

Melika ate two mouthfuls of fish maw, and put a piece of tofu in her mouth. The tofu was too hot, so she blew it twice to cool it down. Keep going down, warm into the stomach.

"Not bad, not bad, your craftsmanship is really good," Melika praised.

"Average".

Zhang Chi pretended to be polite twice, the two clinked glasses, took a sip of wine, one continued to bury his head in eating the potatoes in the pot, and the other greeted the fish maw.

"Well, there are fish roe!"

Melika finds fish roe in the soup.

Zhang Chi raised his head and asked, "Do you also like fish roe?"

"Don't you like it?"

While speaking, Melika had already clamped a piece of fish roe in front of her.

"I like it, but when I was young, the adults at home didn't let me eat it, saying that eating fish roe is stupid."

As he said that, Zhang Chi also took a piece of fish roe and put it in his mouth. The fish roe was delicious and soft, and the more he chewed, the more delicious it became.

Waiting for Zhang Chi to finish eating with one chopstick, Melika had already taken out two chopsticks. Seeing that the fish roe was about to be eaten up by Melika, Zhang Chi quickly picked up the biggest chopstick.

By the time Zhang Chi put his chopsticks in front of him, Melika had already scooped up the remaining fish roe into her bowl.

"Let me be stupid, you be smart".

"...".

Zhang Chi was a little speechless: "As for?"

"Why don't we go to the river to catch fish when we have time, as long as the fish roe is needed, what do you think of making a big pot of roasted fish roe?" Melika said.

Now in front of Zhang Chi, Melika didn't look like the cold beauty she met when she first met, and directly grabbed the fish roe with Zhang Chi.

"also".

With a chopstick of fish meat, Zhang Chi paired it with a sip of wine, that's a beauty.

"I'll do it when I have time, and you cook it." Melika had chopsticks in one hand and a glass in the other, eating without looking up.

"Row!"

Zhang Chi said.

The two chatted without saying a word, and their attention was all on the fish in the pot.

The hot fish was paired with strong Chinese wine. Although the two of them were sitting around the stove now, they didn't feel cold at all. They just felt warm all over their bodies and felt indescribably comfortable.

Meow!Meow!Meow!
Ergou's barking reached Zhang Chi's ears.

Zhang Chi turned his head and saw that Ergou had come back at some point, and was standing on the steps entering the house, waving his paws and meowing at Zhang Chi.

"I don't stay at home all day, and when I come back, I swear, I owe you."

He said so, but Zhang Chi still caught a fish tail from the pot and put it on the ground for Ergou to enjoy.

Seeing that there was something to eat, Ergou decided not to bark anymore. He sat down in front of the fish tail, squinted his eyes, took a bite of the fish and began to chew.

"Ergou also grew up twice," Melika said, looking at Ergou.

"It must have grown up. It was a kitten when it came here. It's strange if it doesn't grow up." Zhang Chi didn't think that Ergou had grown up. Maybe he saw it often, unlike Melika who came here every two months. It is obvious that the second dog has grown a few more laps.

But Melika just said it, and after she finished speaking, she turned her attention to the fish.

Soon the two people's glasses reached the bottom, and now they don't need help from others, they pour the wine by themselves, and everyone sips the wine while eating.

Before they knew it, half of the pot was eaten by the two of them.

As for the fish, one side has been eaten clean now.

Good guy, a twelve-pound fish.Even if it's half, it's two or three catties of pure meat, and now it's completely eaten by these two guys.

"Does your family have a tradition of not turning over fish when eating?"

Melika's face is red now, and she has drunk two glasses of wine. Although she is not drunk, she has already started to drink.

The fish was not satisfying to eat, so she naturally wanted to turn the fish over.

"There is no such thing as our family does not take a boat or go to sea." Zhang Chi smiled and motioned for Melika to turn over the fish in the pot with him.

"It seems that I can't finish these things, and tomorrow's fish jelly may not be enough. There is no soup left in the pot, but it's a pity to throw it away." Melika stretched her head to look at the vegetables in the pot.

"This thing can't be wasted, there are two big dogs at home," Zhang Chi laughed.

The fish turned over, and Melika continued to eat the belly of the fish, while Zhang Chi greeted the back of the fish. As for the second dog under the table, his belly was already rounded, squatting on the side, licking his paws, combing own hair.

"Is the wine gone?"

Zhang Chi looked up and found that Melika was holding a wine bottle and putting it upright in the cup in his hand.

"Yes, I'll take it for you."

There was no more wine, and Zhang Chi realized that he hadn't drunk well, so he turned around and went into the room and took out another bottle.

After opening the wine, Melika poured herself another glass.

"Can you do it?"

Zhang Chi was a little suspicious of Melika's drinking capacity.

Melika smiled and said, "It's okay, it's been a long time since I've had such a good drink, and my amount of this liquor is one catty."

Saying that, Melika held out a finger.

Then he added: "52's".

"Well, yes." Zhang Chi took the wine bottle and refilled himself a glass.

After drinking this cup, the two of them had already drank a catty of two taels, that is more than six taels per person.

The two of them were indeed not very drunk. Melika doesn't stutter now, especially Zhang Chi.

After drinking this cup, Melika patted her stomach, and then burped.

"I can't eat anymore," Melika said.

Zhang Chi's side is not much better than Melika's. Think about it, the two of them killed a fish weighing twelve catties. Even if the head and tail were removed, as well as the bones and internal organs, it would still weigh seven or eight catties. Now it took the two of them two or three hours to eat it, it would be a strange thing if the stomach was not full.

"That's all right, I'll call Daniel and Erhu to clean up the rest."

After Zhang Chi finished speaking, he yelled a big bull and two tigers, and heard the response of the two dogs.

When the big bulls and two tigers came over, Zhang Chi had already poured all the leftovers into the big food bowl. In addition to these things, he also broke half of the pancakes that the two hadn't touched and put them into the food bowl.

Leaving the rest to the two dogs, Zhang Chi and Melika entered the house.

The two sat on two rocking chairs by the fireplace, rocking happily beside the fire, while digesting food.

Zhang Chi saw that Melika closed her eyes and didn't know whether she was resting or sleeping, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"How much can the price of cattle go up?"

Upon hearing this question, Melika immediately opened her eyes wide, looking at Zhang Chi who looked like he hadn't had a drink.

"You're too treacherous, do you think I'm drunk and you're trying to trick me?" Melika said.

Zhang Chi chuckled: "What's the matter? I'm not worried about the cattle in the ranch. If you make money, you will feel better when you come to eat. If I don't make money, how can I make fish roe for you?"

"The truth is quite right, but I don't know!" Melika had already seen through Zhang Chi.

After speaking, he turned his body and asked Zhang Chi: "How about I trade this news with you for the secret of raising cattle."

"I told you, this thing will not be passed on to outsiders." Zhang Chi smiled and lay back on the rocking chair.

"Not a word of truth." Melika commented on Zhang Chi.

Then the two returned to their previous appearance, warming up by the fireplace without saying a word.

After about half an hour, Melika pushed the blanket off her lap and stood up.

"I'm going back to sleep".

"Can you use the electric blanket? If you don't know how to use it, there is an instruction book next to the bed," Zhang Chi said.

Melika nodded, indicating that she had no problem. She went to brush her teeth and wash up before walking into the room.

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile when he heard the sound of the door slamming shut.

After roasting for a while, Zhang Chi was ready to go to bed. Before going to bed, he brushed his teeth and went outside to see Daniel and Erhu. The two dogs were lying on the snow under the steps.

Daniu and Erhu are not afraid of the cold, and the current temperature is probably not a problem for them at all.

Even if there is a problem, the two dogs will go to the stable and cowshed, so Zhang Chi doesn't need to worry about it.

"Daniu, Erhu, take good care of the house, I'm asleep."

(End of this chapter)