Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 43 Fishing for Crayfish
Jiang Yutong was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

She couldn't believe that, looking at the beautiful woman by her side, she was really only thinking about fishing, and she thought she had quarreled with him!

Well, I'll see what fish you can catch!Jiang Yutong thought with a little anger.

So she sat on the side and didn't speak.

Cheng He was ready to start again, baited, cast the pole, sat quietly, observed, and blown the wind, his heart calmed down again.

Fishing, what you practice is xinxing.Cheng He firmly believes that after fishing a few times in such an environment, he will develop a strong heart, and then he will not be angry when encountering anything.

About half an hour later, Cheng He finally had his first harvest of the day—unfortunately, it was not a fat mandarin fish, but a fatter moon fish.

Moonfish is the name of a certain wild fish in Nanshan City. Its body is white and shiny, and it twists a lot when swimming. When its body is most curved, it looks like a crescent moon in the sky, so it is called moonfish.

This kind of fish generally lives at the bottom of deep pools and is a cold-resistant fish, so it grows extremely fat, with tender meat and delicious taste.

The one Cheng He caught was conservatively estimated to weigh six to seven catties.This is probably the best compensation for his repeated failures in fishing today.

Well, the food for dinner is settled.

Jiang Yutong was speechless: I never thought that such a big fish could be caught in this unremarkable water float.Anyone who has no common sense in life knows that wild fish caught are more delicious and nutritious than farmed fish.

This is authentic seafood.

She is really envious of the self-sufficient lifestyle of the mountain people.Without fame and fortune, life is leisurely and leisurely, which is really pleasant.

She asked: "I heard that there is a vegetable called one fish and three meals. Can you cook it? Such a big fish should be enough, right?"

Cheng He replied: "It's more than three meals! I can make a whole fish feast."

Thinking of yesterday's whole pig feast, Jiang Yutong's eyes lit up with excitement.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 500 fish cooking methods.As the name suggests, the whole fish feast is made by using fish and aquatic products as the main raw materials, using a variety of knife techniques and cooking methods, and gathering all kinds of fresh fish from rivers and lakes, and carefully cooking them.

After the banquet is completed, it is colorful and fragrant, making people mouth-watering.

Its raw materials are fresh, and its knives are exquisite and changeable.Use the original soup of this juice to keep the original taste of the fish, pay attention to the beauty of color and shape, and pay attention to the combination of nutrition.There are both light and tender southern flavors and fresh, salty and spicy northern flavors, suitable for both young and old, and guaranteed to make young people love it.

Of course, it must be an exaggeration to use one fish for a whole fish feast, but it is still possible to make a few dishes with seven or eight catties of fish, not to mention too much.

Cheng Xinxin was chasing butterflies in the distance, when she saw her father catch a big fish, she immediately ran over as if surprised.

Cheng He lifted the fish and compared it to her, almost reaching her chin height, Cheng Xin jumped up excitedly and wanted to reach out to touch it.

The fish was still very fresh, and with a vigorous flick of the tail, the water splashed around her body, Cheng Xinxin took two steps back in fright, laughing loudly.

The little girl is probably the first time such a big fish, very excited.

Jiang Yutong asked curiously: "There is such a long fish, do you really plan to make a whole fish feast?"

Cheng He said: "Don't do the whole fish feast, let's make one fish and eat four."

He weighed it, this amount should be enough!

Jiang Yutong asked: "One fish eats four, which four eat?"

Cheng He chuckled: "Want to know? I've prepared dinner tonight, and I call you to come and see."

"Just call me to have a look?"

"Oh, do you still want to eat? Hey, where's your servant? If he comes too, I'm afraid it won't be enough!" Cheng He looked around, but he didn't see Li Tao, and pretended to be serious.

Jiang Yutong giggled, thinking that Cheng He was quite funny, so he said, "If I'm the only one eating, wouldn't it be enough?"

She had already sent Li Tao away.

If you can't talk with someone all the time, you don't like that person always following.She just came out for a walk, what danger could she be in?
She felt that the people in these mountains were quite nice, not as dangerous as those business opponents she knew.

Cheng He paused while holding the fish, thought for a while, and said, "Since you're going to my house for dinner, let's add another dish. I'm afraid I'll neglect the guests if I only eat fish!"

Jiang Yutong originally wanted to say: No, I can only eat a little bit, I can't eat much.But when he thought about it, he was curious, and he said that he would add another dish, which one would it be?In this wilderness, what kind of addition?
So she just kept silent and saw what Cheng He planned to do.

Cheng He put the fish he had just caught into bamboo baskets, put them in the pool to continue raising them, and changed to a place where the water was shallower and there were a lot of aquatic plants.

The weather is getting hotter, and many crayfish have gone to shallow water to breathe. In addition, there are shade trees here, and crayfish like to come to this kind of place to enjoy the cool.

It is much easier to catch shrimps. Cheng He does not have good bait like chicken intestines and duck intestines, but using fatter earthworms also has a good effect.

When crayfish snatch bait, they don't pay attention to the surrounding situation. Once they are hooked, they rarely get off the hook and run away.

Cheng He only brought a bamboo basket, which was already filled with fish, so he couldn't put crayfish in it, or he would be crushed by the crayfish's claws.

He found someone who lived closest to here, and borrowed a bucket, which was just right for crayfish, and he couldn't crawl out.

The crayfish are very big. When the crayfish were caught and held up their long shrimp claws to demonstrate to people, Jiang Yutong said that his eyes were dumbfounded.

She had eaten crayfish, but she didn't know how it was made.Look at the bright red shrimp claws, showing how powerful it is.

It turned out that this person meant to add another meal.This is too convenient, right?

Originally, it was just a joke to go to Cheng He's house for dinner, but now she is really tempted.Authentic river seafood set meal!Wouldn't it be a fool not to go?
It's great to live in the mountains, you can get whatever you want, and it's guaranteed to be original, fresh and delicious.

Cheng He's fishing speed is super fast, about one per minute, which is much easier than fishing.

He didn't intend to entertain guests before, so he only planned to fish, and he didn't choose such a shallow water area with aquatic plants.But now to entertain guests, he decided to catch some more prawns.

When I was young, there were a lot of this kind of shrimp, and they were big. In summer, I just need to take them out of the basket in the evening.

The crayfish are resting on the water plants, one by one, lying on the water plants, as if they are dead, motionless, they can be picked up, and even scooped.

At that time, no one cared about scooping up a bowl of crayfish casually, like playing with them. Some people just brought them back and chopped them up to feed chickens and pigs.

At that time, I hated the shrimps digging holes everywhere. Some dams surrounded by rice fields were pierced by the shrimps, and the water leaked out, which was very annoying.

It’s different now, crayfish are not as spectacular as they were back then, but it’s not difficult to catch some.

In less than half an hour, seeing that the crayfish was enough for a plate, Cheng He stopped and prepared to go home.

Today's dinner menu: moon fish, four fish, spicy crayfish.

(End of this chapter)