Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 50

The idea of ​​raising fish and shrimps suddenly entered Zhang Yun's mind, and his heart couldn't help jumping up. Immediately, he reached out and touched his chest, took a breath, calmed himself down, thought about the details carefully, and saw how it would work. Better.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Yun stood up and said to Zhou: "Mother, I'm a little tired, and I want to sit in the yard and break the buds. You can cook these pigweeds."

"Hey, you go." Mrs. Zhou replied, and Zhang Yun went to get a dustpan from the kitchen, took a bunch of corn cobs from the loess wall of the yard, and threw them into the baskets he got from the main room. After picking up the bench, I sat down under the eaves of the hall, slowly broke off the corn cobs, and quietly thought about raising fish and shrimp.

Freshwater prawns are the most popular kind of shrimp. In many contracted ponds in rural areas, some freshwater shrimps are raised. Among them, freshwater shrimps are raised in whole ponds. However, most of them are mainly fish farming. For loach, when I was young, there was a contracted pond in front of my grandma’s house, which was contracted by Uncle Lin who lived next door. My grandma’s and Uncle Lin’s neighbors for decades have a very good relationship, so I often receive Uncle Lin’s Her parents went to help with the fish, shrimp, rice field eel, and loach when the pond was cleared.

However, Zhang Yun also knows that raising fish and shrimp in ponds will be more difficult without any cost or technology. What she thinks is raising fish and shrimp in rice fields. This is a new type of farming in modern rural areas. The country has spent a lot of money Efforts should be made to promote it, because fish and shrimp farming in rice fields can have the effects of eliminating insects, weeding, thinning soil, and increasing fertilizer, which is of great help to rice production and saves a lot of manpower, while fish and shrimp can absorb insects, For weeds, the demand for feed is greatly reduced, and the cost and expense are much lower than that of pond breeding. It can be described as a win-win situation and a bumper harvest.

Zhang Yun knows all these things in her heart, but she knows that her family has no idea about this aspect at all. She doesn't know how to speak up and how to implement it. After all, this technology is too advanced, and it also involves matters related to rice fields. For farming, you have to buy the rice fields first, otherwise it will be all empty talk.

Once it involves buying land and fields, it is considered a top priority in the countryside. Zhang Yun is still just a little girl now, how can he decide such a major matter, even if it is a proposal, he has to be cautious.

Zhang Yun sat in the yard for a long time, but the corn in his hand had only been torn off. He really thought about it, but he couldn't find any good way to persuade his family to buy rice fields and cultivate rice fields.

"Yun'er, what's the matter, what are you thinking about? Baogu only broke so much." After feeding the pigs, Mrs. Zhou came from the pigsty, and saw Zhang Yun in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, He called out aloud.

With such a call, Zhang Yun came back to his senses, looked up at Mrs. Zhou who was walking over with an empty bucket, and said with a smile: "I didn't think about it, I just saw two swallows flying by, so I stopped."

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she also laughed, and said: "Spring is here, and swallows are flying here again. In the old year, there was a pair of swallows who took mud and made mud nests under the eaves of our house. Here, I don’t know if it’s still the pair of swallows this year.” Zhou said, pointing to the corner of the kitchen wall, Zhang Yun looked over, and there was indeed a mud nest under the eaves, which he hadn’t noticed much in the past, Zhou didn’t care I don't know that there is such an old swallow's nest.

"Maybe." Zhang Yun raised his face and murmured, but Mrs. Zhou didn't care, and went back to the kitchen with the bucket. Zhang Yun fixedly looked at the mud nest under the eaves, thinking that even swallows might love home, and people even more so. It should be so, this is her home, no matter what, in order to let herself and her family live a better life, even if it is difficult, she has to try.

After cheering himself up, Zhang Yun cheered up all of a sudden, and decided to put aside many scruples and try to work hard towards the goal.

Zhang Yun’s first step towards the goal was to cook a good meal of shrimp for the family to taste. She asked Mr. Zhou how he usually cooks the shrimp. Mr. Zhou said that he should boil it in water and eat it when it is cooked. .

Although directly boiled, in modern times, it is also very delicious, because there are many delicious seasoning sauces, which can be dipped and eaten, but in ancient times, it was straightforward boiled, without any seasoning, at most put some salt No wonder they feel tasteless after dipping in sauce. The reason is that they don’t know how to cook shrimp. If you let them taste the deliciousness of shrimp, maybe they will have confidence in raising fish and shrimp. many.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yun decided to cook a good meal and let them try something new. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to make steamed shrimp with garlic.

In fact, this dish is also very simple. After washing the shrimp, put it in a bowl, shoot the wild garlic, cut it into minced garlic, mix it with salt, rice wine, and pepper, and pour it evenly on the shrimp in the bowl. It was ready to be basketed, and it happened that Zhou was preparing to steam steamed buns for dinner, so he simply put the bowl of shrimps in the middle of the steamed buns, and steamed them together with the steamed buns.

"Can this be delicious?" Mrs. Zhou looked at her daughter who had been pounding those shrimps after noon. Seeing this fresh way of eating, Mrs. Zhou felt a little suspicious. Deep-fried, so that the steamed shrimp can be delicious.

Zhang Yun also knows that rural people have strong tastes and like salty and spicy flavors. Braised and fried are their favorite ways to eat. Because of this, she did not choose these two methods, but chose steamed. She just wants her family to try this way of eating, and let them know that the shrimp itself is very delicious, and there is no need for braised or fried to enhance the taste.

"Mother, don't worry, it's better than boiled in water." Zhang Yun replied with a smile, Zhou Shi thought about it too, anyway, he didn't have any expectations in his heart, so they would still eat it just boiled like this, It's a good meal, and it doesn't matter if you let your daughter mess around.

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Zhou didn't question her anymore, and started to burn the corn paste. When the corn paste was cooked, the steamed buns and shrimps in the steamer were about the same. Zhang Yun took Zhou's place, stood at the stove, and put The corn paste is packed in a jar. After the pot is cleaned, a little spoonful of oil is put into the pot to heat it up. Put the pre-cut scallions and homemade bean paste into the hot oil for frying Fragrant, pour it evenly on the shrimp out of the cage after it is out of the pan.

When the sauce is poured like this, a strong aroma wafts out of the kitchen. The aroma of garlic, sauce, and onion is mixed together, making people salivate when they smell it.

The scent wafted into the noses of Zhang's grandparents at the right time. As soon as they entered the yard, they were attracted by the scent. Zhang Xing, a snack foodie, was naturally the fastest, and Zhang Zhang and Zhang Youqing followed into the kitchen.

"What is it burning? It's so fragrant. I haven't smelled this smell before." Zhang Xing ran in and yelled, just as Zhang Yun was holding a bowl in his hand and was about to put it on the table in the main room, seeing Zhang Xing running away When she entered, she stopped.

"It's a fresh dish today, I'll make sure you enjoy it." Zhang Yun teased Zhang Xing with a smile, she likes to see the way Zhang Xing's eyes light up when he hears about eating, it's so cute.

Zhang Xing lived up to expectations, and when he heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and his pupils were shining, with an expression of eagerness to taste it, and he rushed over, staring straight into the bowl in her hand.

"Hey, you can't eat it secretly. Hurry up and wash it. The food and steamed buns are already ready, and you can eat them after washing." Zhang Yun saw him rushing forward, so he twirled his hand lightly to avoid it. He raised the bowl high so that he wouldn't see it, and continued to tease him.

"Sister, I'm going to wash right now, you are not allowed to eat first." Zhang Xing nodded desperately when he heard that as long as he washed, he hurriedly ran towards the sink, squatted down and washed his hands. of mud.

Zhang Zhang and Zhang Youqing also came in, and also asked what dishes they cooked today. Zhang Yun was mysterious and didn't tell them. He went out with a bowl in his hand, walked into the hall, put it on the table, and sat At the table, waiting for them to wash up.

After a while, Zhang Xing rushed in first, ran to the bench, climbed up, and lay down on the table to watch the dish.

Before Zhang Xing could see why, Zhang Youqing, Zhang Zhang, and Zhang Liangen also came in together, and Mrs. Zhou came in after that, put other dishes on the table, and then brought a large bowl of steamed buns and filled them with corn paste.

Zhang Xing rushed to the table and took a few glances before he recognized that the bowl was filled with shrimps. He couldn't help shouting: "Sister, I thought it was a rare food, isn't it just shrimps, it's not delicious."

When he yelled, Zhang Youqing and the others who had just walked in all looked at the dish. Seeing that it was indeed shrimp, they lost their interest.

"This bowl is made of prawns, but prawns can also be delicious, try it if you don't believe me." As he spoke, Zhang Yun turned around and ran out, went into the kitchen and grabbed a handful of bamboo chopsticks, returned to the hall, and put After distributing the chopsticks to everyone one by one, he urged: "Hurry up, try them all, I'm sure it's delicious."

Zhang's family took the chopsticks and went to look at the shrimp bowl. No matter whether it was delicious or not, it smelled really good, and the shrimps were steamed red and clear, and the color was very bright. It gave them a good impression, and after hearing Zhang Yun's instigation, they all picked them up with chopsticks.

As soon as the pesto shrimp entered the mouth, everyone's expressions changed, and they were very surprised. The taste of this shrimp is really salty, fragrant and tender. The aromas of garlic, onion, and sauce melt into the mouth, and a little pepper is added. The taste fully brings out the umami taste of the shrimp, not to mention how sweet and delicious it is.

"This is the shrimp we have eaten before, why is it so delicious." Zhang Zhang asked in disbelief.

"Yes, these are the river prawns we've eaten, and they're all caught in the Qingling River." Zhang Yun smiled and looked at the people at the table. What a joy.

Mrs. Zhou also came in to taste it later, and was also full of praise. They all said that it was amazing that the shrimp could be so delicious.After receiving the praise, Zhang Yun was full of joy, but she still hadn't forgotten her purpose, so when everyone had eaten the shrimps and everyone was happy, she said softly, "Father, mother, have you ever thought about it?" , buy an acre of paddy fields and plant rice seedlings, so that our family can also eat big white rice."

When Zhang Yun mentioned this suddenly, everyone on the table stopped their chopsticks and looked at her.

(End of this chapter)