Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 167 Treat
the weather is too hot!
You guys are having so much fun, let me clean up the mess! ?

How can I survive in this weather?!

Many fish have started to turn over and are about to die. The kitchen is filled with the smell of fish.

Zhang Kaiwu looked at the fishes that opened their mouths to breathe angrily, feeling extremely angry.

In such hot weather, do I have to ferment it at home?

If he caught the fish himself, he could just throw it into the storage space and then take it out secretly when he wanted to eat it later.

These things that are in the open cannot be put away, they are all the work of these fishermen.

Caused a lot of trouble.

Looking at their happy smiles, Zhang Kaiwu, as they are all fishermen, can understand their happiness, and it is difficult for him to discourage them.

There were too many fish to fit in the kitchen, so Zhang Kaiwu picked up a kitchen knife and asked them to bring the fish to the lakeside and come here to kill the fish.

Several women helped with smiles on their faces and continued to brag about their achievements.

Zhang Kaiwu killed the fish in silence and thought of a passage he had heard before.

Don't live in the illusion that everything can be arranged. In our life, many things simply cannot be arranged.

You think you can arrange it, but to be honest, it is not the case. Many important things in life are not planned at all.

In fact, most things in our lives are not decided by ourselves: our origin, our appearance, our family, our IQ, these are facts that cannot be changed.

You think you can decide everything in your life, but in fact you can't change even 5% of it.

We were forced onto this stage and perform a script that we are not familiar with.

People can only do things within the scope of their abilities. You have to accept this fact and face everything with an optimistic attitude.

So we have a saying:

Do what you can.

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Damn it!

Just thinking about the fun, you caught so many fish, have you ever thought about what to do with them! ?
Do you want me to be a fishmonger? No one eats fish in the city of Peking nowadays?
Zhang Kaiwu killed very quickly. Knife skills are basic among chef's skills, and killing fish is very easy. He killed with a lot of anger.

What to do with so many fish! ?

He wanted to send them aside and secretly collect some of the fish meat.

Zhang Kaiwu said to Su Xiaoyao:
"Xiao Yao! Go call Zhu Zhiyin and ask her to call those old men back for dinner."

"I'll make a fish feast tonight for you to enjoy."

"If you can't find her on the phone, just run to the school to look for her!"

Su Xiaoyao ran to make a phone call out of fear, and Brother Kaiwu's tone was not good.

Zhang Kaiwu said to Qin Huairu with a stern face:
"Sister Huairu! You fished all afternoon today. Have you washed your clothes and quilt?"

Qin Huairu said with a smile:
"Brother Kaiwu! How can we wash clothes and quilts in the afternoon? The weather is cool in the morning, and we washed them before you got up!"

Zhang Kaiwu was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile:
"Not bad, not bad! Then go to the kitchen and restaurant and clean up, and prepare for dinner. Guests will be arriving soon."

Qin Huairu pursed her lips and ran to clean the room.

Zhang Kaiwu said to Chen Xueru:
"Sister Xueru! Go make me a cup of tea and bring it to me when it's a little cooler."

Chen Xueru quickly said with a smile:
"Brother Kaiwu! Okay! Okay!"

He looked at the remaining Lin Xiaoniang and Hu Meiniang and said with a smile:

"You two should also go to the kitchen and clean the restaurant, wash rice and vegetables, Huairu can't handle it alone!"

Hu Meiniang and Lin Xiaoniang also ran to clean the house with their mouths pursed.

Finally they were all sent away, and Zhang Kaiwu took the opportunity to collect some of the chopped fish pieces.

But they can't collect too much, as that would be too obvious, and they are not fools.

Looking at the pile of fish, Zhang Kaiwu silently planned what dish to cook.

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Make a big hot pot with fish heads, fish bladders and the like. Grass carp heads alone will be enough. Carp heads are very fishy, ​​so just throw them away.

Compared with meat, fish is too big to be thrown away. After removing the head, belly, scales and bones, it is difficult to get only one pound of meat from two pounds of fish.

Forty or fifty kilograms of fish pieces, just soak and fry them to make more fried fish, and you may end up with less than thirty kilograms.

For those who can’t finish the food, we will give some away so that everyone can take some back and eat. I think they can finish it all.

Get two crucian carps and cook some fresh fish soup.

Make a large portion of boiled grass carp fillet.

They are all freshwater fish and cannot be cooked into sashimi, which is unhygienic.

I chose a carp of the right size and decided to make a sweet and sour fish.

Make a big portion of sweet and sour fish fillet, they like the taste.

forget it!
That’s it, just make larger portions of each dish.

Just stir-fry a few side dishes.

The plan was made and the fish was killed.

Zhang Kaiwu busily began to prepare, chopping in a few ingredients and seasonings such as dried chilies.

The mermaids in the north eat very little nowadays, so he didn't expect a few women to help.

Su Xiaoyao called quickly, but Zhu Zhiyin received the call early and called the old men back.

Several old men sat in the living room with smiles on their faces, drinking tea and listening to Su Xiaoyao and the others bragging and talking about their fishing techniques.

Chen Xueru nervously entertained a few old men for tea, trying to maintain her prestige as the eldest wife.

Zhang Kaiwu ran over to say hello, smoked a cigarette, and then returned to the kitchen to busy himself.

Several fishermen were directed by Zhang Kaiwu and were busy washing vegetables, washing rice, and preparing various things.

After Qin Huairu got angry.

Zhang Kaiwu started frying the fish pieces. He poured half a pot of oil and started frying when the oil temperature was right.

There is no other technique involved. It all depends on seasoning the fish pieces in the early stages and frying them evenly.

Even if fifty or sixty kilograms of fish fillets were put away, there were still forty or fifty kilograms of fish fillets, which were fried and filled the house with fragrance.

Several old men ran over to watch curiously, watching him demonstrate his real skills.

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"This pot of fish is ready, everyone come and try it! Eat it while it's hot, it's very flavorful!"

He placed a pot of freshly fried fish fillets in the restaurant. The fish fillets were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the aroma was fragrant.

Everyone got a piece and tasted it there.

Zhang Kaiwu made it according to the method described later. It was fragrant, crispy, not fishy or greasy. They had never eaten anything like it before! ?

Old man Wang said with emotion:
"Kaiwu! What a great cooking skill! It's just a simple fish, but he made it so delicious. Tian Tian is so lucky now."

Old Man Zhu ate with relish and said with a smile:

"Good! Great cooking! Kaiwu, go and prepare some wine. We'll drink while you cook! Just focus on your own things and don't ask us to help."

Dean Gong said with a smile:
"What a pity! The child in my family is just ignorant. If she were to marry into our family, she would have a very good life!"

"Kaiwu! You don't need to drink too much. It must be good wine. If it's bad, it will be embarrassing for you."

Zhang Kaiwu went upstairs speechlessly, got a jar of old wine from Mr. He's house, and came back to hand it to them.

Old Man Zhu and his friends started tasting wine and fish and bragging in the restaurant.

He returned to the kitchen and continued to cook, busy as a whirlwind.

A group of women all said that the fried fish was delicious and tasted great, and they ate it with smiles on their faces.

Emile particularly likes to eat this, as it reminds her of the fried fish fillets in the United States.

Keep talking to Zhu Zhiyin:

"Oh my god! This is the taste of my mom. My mom's fried cod fillets are also so delicious! Oh! My skills may be worse than Zhang's. She always likes to burn them."

She said with tears in her eyes:

"Because of the war, I joined the army at the age of sixteen and left my hometown. I haven't seen her for a long, long time!"

Zhu Zhiyin patted her while eating fried fish, speechless!

Emil said with tears in his eyes:

"Honey! Is this the hometown dish that dear Zhang personally made for me to comfort me? "

Zhu Zhiyin ate the fried fish and nodded speechlessly.

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Of course Zhang Kaiwu heard it, but he continued to work as a chef without changing his expression.

It took me more than an hour to finish the cooking, and two hours to kill the fish and prepare the dishes. I was sweating all over.

The only good news is that the chef skill adds another ten experience points.

He prepared two large tables of dishes, and on one table was a large pot of fish heads and fish offal.

I also cooked a big pot of rice.

Except for the pregnant Zhu Zhiyin, everyone drank a little wine and ate the fragrant fish head.

Seeing Zhang Kaiwu finally finished his work and sat down to eat, Old Man Zhu said with a smile:

"Come on! Brother, you've worked hard cooking! Let's drink together."

"You are so lazy in your studies that you don't want to be a doctor. Your cooking skills are very good, so it would be nice for you to be a chef in the future!"

Old man Wang said with a smile:

"Old Zhu! What's wrong with being a chef? It will be convenient for everyone to drink in the future. When you want to drink, come here to play and watch the children!"

Dean Zhou and Dean Gong said with a smile:

"Kaiwu's fish head is well made, fragrant but not greasy, tender and smooth. I didn't expect these fish heads could be made so delicious! Great!"

“Brother Kaiwu! With your cooking skills, why don’t you take over our school’s restaurant? You will definitely make a lot of money in the future!”

These old guys are so dishonest!

He was sarcastic and immoral, mocking him for being a cook instead of a doctor.

You can't find any faults!
Zhang Kaiwu drank a glass of wine with them and said with a smile:

"Brothers! It's because the weather is too hot and I'm afraid the fish will go bad, so I asked you to come to my house for dinner. It's all about recycling.

Eat more, or it will be wasted if you can’t finish it! When you leave, remember to pack some fried fish nuggets, or they will go bad! "

Ha ha ha ha ha!
The old guys didn't care about his jokes!

They all said yes, yes, there are many people in the family and everyone will take it later.

It doesn’t matter how much!

The rice crust smells delicious, Brother Kaiwu! You are such a good cook, why don’t you cook a pot for us to take away? ?

Let our family members also have a taste of your cooking skills, so that even if you open a restaurant in the future, you will have a good reputation!

The old guys are experts in making these sarcastic remarks. Zhang Kaiwu can't defeat these old guys, but he can't flip the table, right? ?

You can't talk physics to them.

It’s all the fault of those fishermen. The weather is so hot, but they caught so many fish!

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal!

The fish head was delicious and there was a pile of fish bones on the table.

Zhang Kaiwu looked at those complacent old men and said angrily:

"Sister Huairu! Su Xiaoyao! Hurry up and clean up the fish bones. You only know how to fish, but don't you know how to provide service?"

The two men put down their bowls and chopsticks and hurried over to clean up the bones.

Dean Wang drank two glasses of old wine and said with a sigh:

"It's a pity that Tian Tian's parents and her brother have been in Nanjing Hospital for several years. Otherwise, it would be great if you could prepare a family dinner!"

"It's so nice to have a meal together as a family and drink a few glasses of wine."

"Tian Tian married you, but she didn't even prepare a special meal for me!"

"I'll give you her dowry today, Kaiwu! You can invite grandpa to come for meals more often in the future."

After saying that, he took out a heavy small box and handed it to Wang Tiantian.

Wang Tiantian took the small box with all her strength and threatened in a low voice:

"Grandpa! Have you drunk too much? You're acting crazy again. Do you want me to pull out your beard to sober you up?"

Without even looking at it, she handed the small box to Zhang Kaiwu.

When Zhang Kaiwu took the small box, he knew that there were about fifty large yellow croakers inside, weighing more than thirty kilograms.

That is a dowry of ten thousand oceans, not too much, but not too little either.

Old man Wang’s salary has been paid for three or four years, and it is much more decent than old man Zhu’s.

He only earned a small salary to support Wang Tiantian's schooling and saved so much money.

Old Man Zhu and his partner received their salaries, but they didn't lose any money.

Ha ha ha ha ha!
After dinner, the old men walked away triumphantly, each carrying a large bag of fried fish nuggets.

These old men were all doctors, and they drank in moderation. Several of them drank for two hours, with each person only drinking two taels of wine.

Zhu Zhiyin brought Xiaohua with her and went with them.

The young ladies hurried to study, but I didn’t know if they could still concentrate after drinking a little wine.

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Emile excitedly pulled him upstairs to wash up.

Zhang Kaiwu was sweating from killing fish and cooking, so they gently washed him clean.

Emile and Wang Tiantian are learning how to drink.

After having those fried fish nuggets for dinner and drinking a glass of wine, Emile got excited.

I can't even drink the wine down my throat!

She knelt there, mumbling sweet words to Zhang Kaiwu with tears in her eyes.

I didn't care whether he could understand me or not, and I just spoke a lot of nonsense in my beautiful country's native dialect.

She talked about some bad things in her childhood. She started doing odd jobs during the summer vacation when she was eight years old. Later, because of her good academic performance, she took out a loan to go to medical school.

She said her mother was illiterate and married her father just because she was beautiful.

Her father is a small lawyer and she has four siblings.

Emile came here to work just to pay off his school loan, and the salary here is high.

The benefits in the military are better, and the loan will be forgiven after a few years.

I didn't expect it! It's unpredictable!

I didn't expect that I would meet my love in a foreign country!
Zhang Kaiwu lay there, smoking a cigarette, playing with two big walnuts, thinking about Jingjing.

After a while, he ruffled Wang Tiantian's student hairstyle and guided Wang Tiantian to practice the fairy squat.

Listening to her humming and singing, I finally felt much better.

When he got angry, he knocked Emile, who was crying next to him, unconscious again.

We were just having sex, but you were the only one who wanted to stir up trouble and have a heart-to-heart talk! ?

You left home for many years when you were young, is it easy for anyone?
Zhiyin's parents died in the war. Did she mention this?!

Liang Ladi and her sister were both sold by their parents. Have they ever complained?!
Those young and old masters were all sold out when they were young, and were whipped if they showed any resistance. They didn't even have memories of their childhood, but they still had to live their lives! ?
Sister Huairu has been drinking wild vegetable porridge for more than ten years, but she is still smiling and trying to find a way to make a living! ?
For the few kilograms of corn flour every year, the young lady is struggling to survive in the village and endure the rumors! ?
Sister Huizhen was sold to someone else as a child bride and was even driven out later. Didn’t she also get beaten with a smile on her face? ?

In this era, aren’t we all the same?!

If everyone is as emotional as you, will there be any point in living? ?
You're the one who wants to cause trouble!

Beat you to death, you forgetful thief!
Why be so sentimental all day long?
After a thorough beating of Emil, she forgot about her mother, called out for her father, and fainted from the pain.

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There were only a few fishermen left downstairs to clean up and remove the fish bones.

In the kitchen, Qin Huairu found that a large amount of vegetable oil had fallen out of the big oil can when she was tidying up things.

Qin Huairu looked at the big oil can in the kitchen and felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

Today's fish dinner used almost ten kilograms of oil.

Her parents have been like this for almost ten years, what a pity!

She said to Lin Xiaoniang with regret:

"We can't go fishing anymore. If we use up oil like this, it will bankrupt our family! Brother Kaiwu got angry when he came back in the afternoon. Did he know that cooking fish requires a lot of oil?!"

Lin Xiaoniang smiled and said:

"The master won't care about that. It's just a little bit of oil. Maybe it's because of something else outside. Someone made him angry."

Chen Xueru also said curiously:
"Brother Kaiwu definitely didn't do it because of the oil. He doesn't care about money! How did we offend him?!"

Su Xiaoyao said with a smile:
"This oil should be reimbursable. Brother Kaiwu is not angry because of this."

Qin Huairu came to her senses and said quickly:
"Yes! Tian Tian can reimburse the expenses at home. Then shall we go fishing tomorrow? Fishing is quite interesting and the fish is delicious."

Hu Meiniang said with a smile:
"Sister Huairu! If you really want to get beaten, just go fishing tomorrow. He's a lazy guy, and we kept him busy for hours, making him furious!"

"Just wait and see, maybe he will retaliate tonight!"

(End of this chapter)