My Courtyard Refuge

Fried Fish Steak

After separating from Wang Lixin, Xu Dong drove home directly in a pickup truck.

The twins are eating canned fruit. Nowadays, there are basically no fruits on the market. Even if there are occasional ones, they are varieties such as strawberries and watermelons that can be grown in greenhouses.

Usually at home, the whole family can only rely on canned fruits to satisfy their cravings.

However, the shelf life of canned fruit is generally one to two years, and the rest can’t be eaten for a few months.

“Dad, open your mouth.”

Lele forked a piece of pear meat with chopsticks and handed it over. Xu Dong was not polite, he took a bite, chewed twice and swallowed it.

“Dad, and my. “Coco also held a piece of yellow peach in his hand.

Xu Dong looked relieved, and ate another piece of peach meat beautifully, and then said: “Okay, Dad has something else to do, you two eat slowly!”

“Uh-huh!”

Walking into the kitchen, Mama Xu was making soup again.

Xu Dong took a deep breath: “Mom, what are you cooking, why is it so delicious?”

“Ginseng and antler chicken soup, the turtle soup your dad drank last time, the effect is very good, this time change to chicken, and try again.”

“Father is still lucky!”

Mother Xu laughed and scolded: “Your father can eat as much as one person, but it ended up in your mouth. It’s okay to help your daughter-in-law bring more Dabao and them. Don’t come here to bother me.”

“Hey, something really happened.” Xu Dong said with a smile.

“What’s the matter?” Mother Xu asked curiously.

“I bought a tuna back and wanted to know what to do with it?”

“Put it in the refrigerator first, and I’ll clean it up later.” Mama Xu thought it was a fish weighing more than ten catties at most.

“I’m afraid our refrigerator can’t hold it.” Xu Dong pretended to sigh.

“What a big fish, I’ll go and see.”

Xu Dong led his mother to the garage. After opening the car door, Xu’s mother was shocked.

“How much does this fish weigh?”

“A full four hundred and eighty catties, this is the best bluefin tuna, enough for our family to eat for a year.” Xu Dong said proudly.

“Where did you get it?”

“Of course I bought it with money. It cost me half a million dollars!” Xu Dong deliberately quoted a low price.

Xu’s mother immediately showed a smile: “It’s worth the money, it’s much more cost-effective than buying chicken.”

“Such a big tuna used to be sold for tens of thousands of yuan a catty, but chicken can’t compare to it.” Xu Dong shook his head.

“Oh!” Mama Xu worried quickly, “This fish is too big, it can’t fit in the refrigerator at home, why don’t we make it into salted fish?”

“Don’t!” Xu Dong hurriedly dissuaded.

“Mom, it would be too wasteful to make salted fish. This fish is eaten fresh, and people eat it raw.”

And he already thought of a solution:

“There is an unopened freezer in the basement. I will use a saw to cut the fish body into several sections, and then put it directly in the freezer. It can be stored for a year or two.”

“That’s fine.” Mother Xu nodded.

Next, Xu Dong immediately brought up two large freezers from the warehouse, and one of them definitely couldn’t hold five hundred catties of fish.

In addition, electrical appliances cannot be used in the basement. In case of a short circuit accident, it will be terrible, and it will be too late to regret.

In the end, the two freezers were placed in the room on the second floor. The main reason is that the second floor has good security. The door is usually locked, and even if someone comes to visit, they will not be able to see it.

…

After an afternoon of hard work, the tuna was finally processed. Finally, I picked a piece of good fish and thawed it out for a taste in the evening.

While there was still some time for dinner, Xu Dong called the Keke sisters to him, and specifically said:

“Don’t tell outsiders about the big fish at home, do you know?”

In the afternoon when the fish is cut, the twins have always participated in the whole process, and occasionally helped pass a tool.

In reality, it was the first time for the sisters to see such a big fish, and they were very excited.

“Why?” Ke Ke pouted and asked, she was going to show off at school tomorrow!

“Tell outsiders, and others will come to our house to buy up the fish, and then you two will never have fish again.”

“Father is lying, why don’t we sell it?” Ke Ke expressed doubts.

Xu Dong reacted quickly:

“Dad is a policeman, and the police should help others. If someone comes to buy fish, Dad cannot refuse.”

The twins always felt that something was wrong, but the textbook did say that if they had difficulty finding the police, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with them.

Yang Lina directly issued a warning: “If either of you talks nonsense outside, you are not allowed to watch TV, play on the tablet, or eat snacks.”

“understood.”

When threatened by their mother, the twins immediately said obediently.

After a while, Dad Xu finally came back from get off work, and dinner officially started.

Tonight, Mama Xu didn’t cook the staple food. Instead, the staple food was a pan-fried fish steak with a diameter of ten centimeters and two fingers thick.

As for Xu Dong’s obsessive sashimi, Xu’s mother directly rejected it, mainly because she was worried about parasites.

Although he has repeatedly emphasized that the probability of tuna infection with parasites is very low, coupled with low temperature freezing, there is almost no risk.

But there are many children in the family, Xu Ma and Yang Lina don’t want to take any risks, even if someone wants to start a small stove alone.

Dad Xu had a bite of chicken soup and a bite of fish steak. The chicken soup was very fresh, and the fish was even fresher. He was very satisfied with the food.

“Third brother, tomorrow I want to bring some fish to Mr. Ye. Recently, she lives and eats at the company every day. I’m afraid she won’t be able to take it anymore.” Father Xu said.

Madam Xu gave her husband a hard look, she seemed to be enjoying it.

Xu Dong asked curiously, “Is the company so busy?”

“Ye Hui is very capable and manages the company in an orderly manner. This month’s orders have doubled compared to last month.Are you busy? “Papa Xu explained.

Xu Dong gnawed on the chicken feet, and muttered, “That’s really a reward, is ten catties of fish enough?”

“enough.”

Dad Xu also knows that the world is difficult nowadays, and ten catties of fish meat is already a big gift, and it is leveraged to win people’s hearts.

“By the way, do you want to send a copy to Director Yuan?” Xu Dong asked again.

“Of course, Director Yuan has just been promoted to manager, and I’m worried about what gift to give!”

Yang Lina interjected, “Dad, Director Yuan’s promotion to manager is a good thing for our company, right?”

“It couldn’t be better. The order doubled this month, and Manager Yuan is responsible for it.” Dad Xu replied.

“That really can’t be sloppy.”

Xu Dong echoed, “Then let’s give fifty catties. The gift must be delivered to the place, or it’s better not to give it.”

“It’s fine if you don’t object.”

“Okay, don’t talk about work, hurry up and eat. After eating, you two can talk about whatever you want.” Xu Ma reminded at the right time, mainly because she was afraid that the chicken soup would not taste good when it was cold.

“Seven meals.” Dabao imitated grandma again.

Mother Xu hurriedly fed a piece of fish to the eldest grandson. The little guy seemed to like fish steaks very much, and the little mouth couldn’t stop eating.

On the other side, Er Bao and Xiao Bao didn’t give way too much, Yang Lina could barely feed them alone.

Xu Dong joked: “Three stinky boys, they are quite tricky, and they know that tuna meat is a good thing.”