Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 43 Fishing Crayfish

Zhao Wenmu and Zhao Jing went to the small river beach in the west of the village.

It only takes a few minutes to ride a bicycle, and put the car in the dense bushes on the side of the road.

Usually no one comes here, even if there are, they are villagers from Shanqian Village.

Everyone is very simple, and they also know that this is the bicycle of Zhao Wenmu's family.

Naturally, no one will be distracted.

Even so, the two hid their bicycles in the jungle.

The two walked downhill hand in hand, and the clear river meandered through the dense jungle.

People come to startle the mountain birds, and sometimes they sing in the spring stream.

It is probably such a beautiful landscape painting.

It makes people feel refreshed unconsciously, and even breathes a lot easier.

The two found a place with a few big rocks, where it was convenient to settle down, and it happened to be under the shade of a tree.There are many aquatic plants in the water next to it, and this kind of place is most suitable for fishing crayfish.

"Sister, you wait here for a while, I'm going to catch some frogs."

Zhao Wenmu took out the small stool and handed it to Zhao Jing, and after a word, he went to catch frogs along the small river.

Soon he caught three fat frogs. He took out his knife, skinned them skillfully, washed them in the water, and tied them to the rope.

When he went back with the frog, Zhao Jing had already caught several crayfish with bare hands in the water next to the stone.

Although it was already summer, the stream in this dense forest was very cool, so Zhao Wenmu quickly pulled her out.

He said sadly and angrily:
"Didn't I tell you not to touch the cold water? Why don't you listen!"

Like a child who made a mistake, Zhao Jing stood aside and whispered:

"The menstrual period is over."

"It doesn't matter if it's over, it's so cold when you touch your own hands!"

Zhao Wenmu held her hands in his arms and rubbed them gently.

A touch of shyness stained Zhao Jing's cheeks, and she somehow remembered Song Yun's words "men sometimes like to be outside", and no matter how hard she tried, this sentence was always lingering in her ears.

Zhao Wenmu was still babbling like an old lady.

"Okay, Zhao Wenmu, don't go too far! Who dared not go home when you fished in the river when you were young? Who washed your clothes? And who swam across the river to find your shoes? ?”

Zhao Jing suddenly asked a series of questions.

These are all the embarrassing things about Zhao Wenmu when he was a child, and she was the one who wiped his ass.

What's wrong with just playing with water?
When my sister was playing in the water, were you still playing with a small wooden stick?
As soon as Zhao Jing was tough, Zhao Wenmu immediately gave up.

He handed the finished fishing rod to Zhao Jing.

"Hehe, fishing for crickets, fishing for crickets, sister."

The fishing rod is very simple, that is, the rope with the frog tied to the wooden rod brought.

Put the frog into the water, and the cricket will come to eat the meat.

When the cricket is full, just lift the frog up slowly.

Be quick when the frog comes out of the water, because once out of the water, the cricket will let go of its pincers, and they will not let go of their pincers when they are in the water.

Before the gnat crickets loosen their pincers, hang the frog on the top of the basket, then flick it up and down gently, and the gnat cricket falls into the back basket.

There are bound to be some crickets that fell into the water halfway.

But it doesn't matter, every time you mention it, you can have five or six crickets, and you can catch two or three at a time.

Two people and three fishing rods caught crayfish leisurely.

It can be seen that Zhao Jing enjoys the time of fishing crayfish.

Probably for her, such a relaxing moment has never happened since she became a little more sensible.

Every time the frogs came up to the surface of the water, she would stare excitedly, watching the crickets fall into the basket one by one, and then try to climb out, only to fall down in the middle of the climb.

So much fun.

"Sister, I've inquired. The night school in the city will recruit students again in March next year. By then, we've already bought a house in the city, and you can go to college."

Zhao Wenmu was fishing for crickets while chatting about Zhao Jing's studies.

"Okay, then I'll study hard!"

Zhao Jing knew what Zhao Wenmu wanted, all she could do was to study hard and try to pass the exam once.

"Sister, why don't you ask me to be so sure that you can afford a house in the city?"

"Little brother, you can do as you say, I believe in you!"

"Besides, is the money in your hand enough to buy a house now?"

The woman who is in charge of all the accounts in the family is really not easy to fool.

"Sister, we will get married when you are admitted to university."

Zhao Wenmu's words made Zhao Jing slightly confused.

Aren't they married?

Then she reacted, because Zhao Wenmu was under [-] years old, and they hadn't received a marriage certificate yet.

"Little brother, don't you turn [-] this year? Why wait for next year?"

After Zhao Jing finished speaking, she regretted it, as if she was in a hurry.

Thinking about it carefully, there seems to be nothing wrong with being anxious.

"Sister, you must be unmarried to enter university now, so we have to wait until you are admitted to university."

"You have to work hard, you must pass the exam this time!"

Zhao Wenmu still believed in Zhao Jing's strength, so he was just joking and didn't want to put too much pressure on Zhao Jing.

"Ok!"

Zhao Jing nodded heavily.

She will definitely pass the exam!

She must pass the exam! !
The young couple was looking forward to making up for the legal ticket, but they didn't know that they had to wait for more than two years for this ticket!
The two were very efficient, and caught more than a dozen catties of crayfish in a short while.

Zhao Wenmu rolled up his sleeves and rummaged in the gravel beach by the river for a while, and soon caught two or three big crabs.

There are more than six taels, and one of them even has seven or eight taels.

He can't even look down on the small ones.

Crabs are not a rare thing these days, everyone is too lazy to catch them, and big ones can be found everywhere.

Zhao Jing saw him grabbing the crab with his teeth and claws flaring and frantic, as if he was a crab, and burst out laughing.

She picked up a few long weeds from the river, rubbed them twice in her hands, and then weaved them into a hemp rope.

Then skillfully tied up the crab.

Not long after, the husband and wife caught more than [-] large crabs.

"Little brother, can you finish eating so many crabs and crayfish?"

"Don't worry, call the eldest brother and the second brother tonight, they will definitely finish eating!"

After returning home, Zhao Wenmu raised the crayfish and crabs in clear water.

Mantis and crabs are very clean, there is no need for them to spit out the dirty things in their stomachs.

The reason for raising it is that it is not yet noon, and he plans to invite the whole family to dinner at night, not at noon.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Wenmu moved them all to the faucet in the yard, then took a brown hair brush, and sat there to wash them one by one.

There is no running water in the village at the moment.

Zhao Wenmu built a small table in his yard, placed a large water tank on it, connected water pipes and faucets, and made a simple running water.

It is very troublesome to carry water.

He brushed them very carefully. Although the stomachs of crayfish and crabs were very clean, the surface of their bodies was not necessarily clean, so he had to brush them carefully.

Zhao Jing carried the little girl out.

Now the sun was hanging in the western sky, and the air was not so hot, it was suitable for the little one to breathe fresh air outside.

The little girl looked at the crickets with their teeth and claws open, and was about to grab them.

It can be said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

Zhao Jing hastily hugged her a little further away.

The little guy tried his best to stretch his hands to reach it, and kept talking "babbling".

There are 37 kinds of base ingredients for frying crayfish. He made a list in the morning and gave it to Zhao Wenyuan, asking him to go to the supply and marketing agency to buy it and bring it back after the goods are delivered to the city.

In the morning, Zhao Wenyuan delivered the materials.

There are several materials that the supply and marketing cooperatives don't have, so I can only go to the farmers' market to look for them later.

I bought a lot of materials, because Zhao Wenyuan needs to fry enough base materials at one time, so that they can be used for a long time at one time.

He didn't fry it in the kitchen at home, because there are many spicy, spicy and other pungent ingredients in the ingredients.

If you fry it in your own kitchen, not only the kitchen, but the taste of the whole home will last for a long time.

He went to the old house.

Just set up a pot in the yard.

I found a towel to cover my mouth and nose, and started frying the crayfish base.

In fact, it is the most classic and authentic spicy crayfish base in later generations.

In the previous life, he learned it from a crayfish seller in Qianjiang, Hubei, or exchanged it.

He exchanged several dishes he was good at and the Weixian pork fire method in exchange for this recipe.

Later facts also proved that this formula is indeed very popular.

However, he slightly improved the formula and reduced the spiciness of the base material. After all, the Qilu people are not as accepting of spiciness as the Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi regions.

What's more, beer was added to the final production process of the crayfish to enhance its freshness.

He decided to name the spicy crayfish the spicy crayfish.

Although crayfish are not real crayfish.

After a while, a strong fragrance diffused from the courtyard of the old house, and Zhao Jing, who was standing at the door with her little daughter on her back, also smelled this spicy and fragrant smell.

Zhao Wenmu told her in advance not to bring the little girl in.

The little guy can't stand the excitement.

Sure enough, the little guy started to sneeze a little.

Zhao Jing hurriedly carried her back to her new home.

A large can of lard is used in the bottom material, how could it not be fragrant?
After frying, Zhao Wenmu put them into a large jar and let it cool naturally.

After cooling, it is the same as the butter hot pot base of the later generations. It is a large red solid, and the shadows of chili, pepper, cinnamon and other condiments can be seen in it.

After six o'clock, when everyone arrived, Zhao Wenmu began to fry the crayfish.

"Third son, why do you eat this thing? Even ducks don't want to eat it!"

Liu Sufang looked at the huge pile of crayfish in the big aluminum basin, and asked with a frown.

"That's right, the crayfish has so little meat, it's troublesome to eat, and the most important thing is that it smells fishy."

Song Yun also said curiously, and looked at Zhao Jing, who said she didn't know either.

"Uncle, we don't eat crickets!"

Zhao Zimeng, Zhao Ziting, and Zhang Yuanming are more straightforward.

Zhao Wenyan and Zhang Zhenshan came to deliver the mushrooms they bought that day, and they happened to stay for dinner together.

"Just take a look at it. If you say you don't want to eat it, don't regret it later."

As Zhao Wenmu said, he put the base material into the pot and let the fire boil. In less than a minute, the rich aroma immediately opened the eyes of everyone present.

Pour in the crayfish and stir-fry. After a while, the delicious smell will fill the yard.

He also put lotus root, vermicelli, potatoes, kelp and other side dishes into the fried crayfish. After soaking up the soup, the side dishes are full of flavor and very attractive.

The beer is added before the garnishes, and after a while, the garnishes are added.

The taste of the wine goes into the shrimp but not into the food, it is the most delicious.

The crabs are also cleaned early in the morning. After removing the inedible crab intestines, each crab is divided into two from the middle. After being marinated with white wine and ginger for a while, it is also fried with the base material.

The bottom material of the fried crab is actually slightly different, but he didn't make it specially this time, so he just made do with it first.

Both crabs and crayfish need to be fully stewed, which is to completely kill the parasites in their bodies.

The suspicion and disapproval that everyone felt when they heard that Zhao Wenmu wanted to invite them to eat crabs and crickets had completely disappeared at this moment.

On everyone's faces, there was only anticipation and curiosity about the deliciousness.

(End of this chapter)