Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 57 Rosin Grilled Fish
They were busy for a long time and planted a large cart of bamboo poles, and then Professor Zhao hurriedly built a large fire with pine logs in the new house to remove moisture.

This pine wood is a half-sized pine branch that Liu Junhao cut back from the mountain some time ago. This thing contains turpentine, and it is very good for fire after drying. Best for dehumidifying the house.

In fact, the tradition of going to the mountains to cut firewood in Liujiagou has almost been lost. Now that there are endless crops in the field, who would bother to go to the mountains to cut firewood?Even the branches used for steaming buns are made in the village.

There are so many trees in Liujiagou, there are not many of them in the house, and the dead branches of these trees can be used as firewood.Especially for poplar trees, when the autumn wind blows, the thumb-thick branches can fall on the ground in a thick layer.If you just pick it up for a day, you can make a small stack, and you have enough firewood for steaming buns for half a year.

If it wasn't for the roasting of Professor Zhao's house, Liu Junhao would not have gone to the mountain to cut pine branches.

These pine logs had already been dried out in the sun, and soon after they were lit with a fire, they burned blazingly, and the two people were sweating profusely on their foreheads.

"It's not a pity for such a good charcoal fire. Just wait, I'll catch a few crucian carp in the ditch and let's roast them." Liu Junhao said and stood up.

He went back to the yard and took off the net bag, fished back and forth in the ditch, and caught four crucian carp shells weighing half a catty.This thing grows particularly solid under the nourishment of spring water, the spine feels thick, and it is all meat, so it must taste delicious.He fumbled for another pack of seasonings in the kitchen, pulled out a few blank sheets of paper, and returned to Professor Zhao.

Liu Junhao is naturally familiar with the way of grilling fish. He squeezed the head of crucian carp with his hand, opened the mouth of the fish, poured the seasoning into the belly of the fish, and did not let go until it was full.Then he sprinkled some seasoning on the paper, and finally wrapped the fish on the paper.

After the crucian carp came out of the water, its body was covered with mucus, so the white paper was easily pasted on it.

"What's your name, boy? It looks like a beggar's chicken. Is it delicious? You didn't even mess with the fish scales and the contents of the stomach?" Professor Zhao saw that he just threw the wet paper ball on the table. In the fire, I couldn't help asking.

"You'll know if it's delicious or not later," Liu Junhao said, carefully pushing aside some of the charcoal fire, and kept turning it, trying to make both sides evenly heated.

There was a sound of "squeaking" water vapor in the fire immediately. The pine wood after autumn contains more rosin, so the rosin smell is particularly strong when it is burned. Soon the fishy smell in the rosin is also revealed, and it floats all over the room. yes.

After a while, Liu Junhao saw that the time was almost up, so he pulled a few balls of paper out of the fire.Then he used a twig to penetrate the fish's mouth, handed it to Professor Zhao and said, "It's ready to eat now, but it should be hot, and the fishy smell will come out when it cools."

"Is this cooked?" Professor Zhao heard the creaking sound inside, and looked at the scorched paper with some doubts.

"Don't worry, I won't let you eat raw fish." Liu Junhao pierced another one with a branch, and then, like peeling a banana, he grabbed one side of the paper ball and stretched out his hand to peel it off. The fish skin stuck to the paper was immediately peeled off up.The white and tender fish meat was exposed inside, and it was steaming hot.

He took a bite on his own, and the fish flavor and rosin entered his mouth together, together with the condiments he had sprinkled before, it was quite special.

Seeing that he was eating with gusto, Professor Zhao couldn't help but imitate Liu Junhao and peeled off the skin of the fish. He took a bite carefully, and then he was so hot that he blew air in his mouth. After finally swallowing a mouthful of fish meat , he couldn't help but praise again.

"What good food are you two eating here?" Teacher Wang's voice came from the door at this time, followed by Zhang Qian, it seemed that they also came here smelling the aroma.

There were just two left, one for each of them, and the four of them sat by the pine fire to eat the grilled fish with special flavor.

Liu Junhao's timing is just right, and it won't taste good after a few minutes when the water vapor is dried up.The current fish retains the original flavor to the greatest extent and is extremely tender.It smells fragrant and tastes even more fragrant, and the mouth is full of crisps after eating, giving people a wonderful taste that can't be stopped.

"We've been living together for half a year. I didn't expect you, Xiaohao, to have such a skill." Professor Zhao smacked his mouth after eating, with a look of unfinished thought.

"Hehe, that's right, I also found out that Xiaohao is good at cooking. Whoever wants to marry you as a daughter-in-law in the future will be lucky." Teacher Wang also joked behind him.

"Who wants to marry me?" When this topic was mentioned, Liu Junhao seemed a little depressed. He was still thinking about what his future daughter-in-law would look like in the morning.

"Why not, what do you think of Xiao Zhang?" Teacher Wang continued to joke, and the Xiao Zhang she was talking about was Zhang Qian.

"Aunt Wang, what are you talking nonsense?" Before Liu Junhao could speak, Zhang Qian hurriedly stopped her from continuing.

When Liu Junhao heard this suggestion from Mr. Wang, his heart suddenly moved, but the little flower in his heart hadn't opened yet, and it went out immediately.

Girls are thin-skinned after all, Zhang Qian's face immediately became hot when she heard this, but she was too embarrassed to leave now, it seemed that she was too guilty, so she lowered her head and said nothing.

In fact, Teacher Wang wasn't exactly joking. As the saying goes, time sees people's hearts. After staying here for more than a month, she also saw that Liu Junhao is a really good guy.But the blind date didn't go very well, and every time they met, they were dissatisfied.

When people are old, they are very concerned about the affairs of the younger generation, and she also has the heart to make troubles for Liu Junhao.

But none of the young girls Mr. Wang knew except Zhang Qian was in front of him, so that's why he said what he said just now.She saw that although Zhang Qian objected in her mouth, she didn't look unhappy on her face, so she took it for granted that she said that just to save face.So Teacher Wang became more confident in matching the two of them, and planned to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Zhang Qian in private.

In the afternoon, Liu Junhao and Professor Zhao took a break and started working again. They were going to sweep out the pine ash that had been burned to carbon residue in the house.Who knows that pine wood can be burned for a long time. Although it has been several hours, there are still many sporadic charcoal smoldering when cleaning.Professor Zhao didn't sweep it at all when he saw it, and put the pine branches on it and continued to burn. Anyway, the carbon residue underneath also absorbs moisture.

As the weather gets cooler day by day, most people in the village are completely free.When they have nothing to do, they will naturally have fun, so the men carry shovels to the roadside or on the mountain ridge, looking for mouse holes to dig.

Now is the best time to dig a mouse hole, and the mouse barn is full of grain stolen from the ground.

Liu Junhao was not idle either, and led Xiaopi to run up the mountain ridge.Professor Zhao also carried a shovel and followed. His old man had never dug a mouse hole before, and this time he went to join in the fun.

There are two types of mice in the wild, one is field mice and the other is mountain mice. Their living range can be distinguished just from their names.

Don't look at the vole living near the ground, but it is far less intelligent than the mountain mouse, and the food in the mouse's warehouse is not as rich as the mountain mouse.

It's just that the mountain mouse is too cunning, and the holes it makes are usually very hidden and hard to find.Moreover, the hole is more difficult than that of the field mouse. When digging, you often encounter rocks when you encounter a big tree root, so you have no way to continue digging and have to give up halfway.

Liu Junhao was lucky. With Xiaopi's help, he quickly found a mouse hole. Looking at the pile of half-dried soil particles at the entrance of the hole, he knew it was a new hole.

Digging a mouse hole also requires experience. You can’t dig a hole just by looking at it. First, you need to look at the smoothness of the hole and the old and new traces, and then determine how much grain there should be in the mouse barn.

Generally speaking, the new holes just dug in autumn will be filled with food, but most of the old holes have little food, or have been abandoned by the mice, even if you dig such a hole, it will be a waste of effort.

He saw that there was no shelter around him, so he took off his clothes and dug up shirtless.

At this time, there is no need to divide the main hole and side holes when digging the mouse hole. Anyway, what I want is not a mouse, as long as I don’t dig a fake hole.

Of course, you have to be careful when digging down the main hole, and carefully check whether there are other side holes on the wall of the hole, because if you don’t pay attention, the side holes will be covered by soil, so you can dig all the way down the main hole until you reach the end. The mouse was caught, but the granary was not found, so it could only be regarded as a busy day and had to start all over again.

(End of this chapter)