Xianyuan Farm

"Gu, do you really have no ice fishing experience before?" Kubi was not the only one who guessed this, even Wenke was very suspicious.

Seeing Wen Ke's suspicious look, Gu Hongyu said seriously: "I told you not to stare at me like this. I swear, I have never ice fished before. Do I need to lie to you?"

"Oh, my God, it seems that Lady Luck is with Gu today. Kubi, you have bad luck today." Wenke walked up to Kubi and said regretfully to him.

Cubby said harshly: "The game lasts for two hours, and it's only just over a quarter. I won't admit defeat if there's still time!"

Kubi's persistence did not affect Gu Hongyu's mood. He had no interest in fishing before, but after this experience, he felt that fishing was quite interesting, so he continued to hold the fishing rod and watch quietly.

An hour passed. Gu Hongyu harvested more and more lake fish. He put a dozen fish in his pocket. There is absolutely no problem in large and small fish weighing more than fifty kilograms. Now even he is doubting: Is it true, as the villagers said just now, that lake fish are not used to foreigners' bait?

The gap between Kubi and Gu Hongyu was also getting further and further away. Kubi continued to catch a few fish in the lake, but these were all small miscellaneous fish. He didn’t even catch a single fish of any economic value in the lake. Kubi also caught a few fish. Without the initial calmness and confidence, sitting on the small stool next to the ice cave felt like sitting on pins and needles.

By this time, there was actually no suspense about the outcome of the competition. Gu Hongyu was worried that the space spring water used if he failed to catch any fish would be completely useless.

Anyway, now that he was no longer worried about the result of the game, Gu Hongyu had the idea of ​​playing tricks on others.

He quietly put the spatial spring water into the ice hole for fishing. Within five minutes, the crowd felt the vibration of the ice surface again. Many tourists who came to Honghu Village for the first time were panicked, but the villagers had already experienced it. The restless fish under the ice are actually very calm.

"Damn. There are schools of fish underwater. Could it be that there is a geomantic treasure land down there?"

"The position chosen by the old Liu Tou in the village is really shameful. The old one is still the hot one!"

"Last time, the little old man pulled up more than 1,000 kilograms of fish. I heard that he bought them for more than one million yuan. There are still so many fish in the lake. How much will they cost if we catch them all?"

"Well, before Honghu Lake was contracted out, we only paid a few yuan per pound for this fish. It is true that it is still run by a small old board association."

"I heard that the old boss went to the town two days ago. Guess what, the brother of the wife of one of my cousin-in-law's third uncle's sons works in the town. He told me that my cousin-in-law, the old boss, sponsored me. A sum of money was given to the town, this is the amount!" One villager proudly gestured with his finger to signify OK.

"Thirty thousand yuan? That's a lot!"

"I have never made so much money in a year!"

"Exactly, who told you that it was 30,000 yuan, 300,000 yuan, the entire 300,000 yuan was transferred to the little old man in the town without blinking an eye!"

"What a rich man!"

The villager with the information channel continued: "I heard that the money is used to build some infrastructure in the town, but the most important thing is to use it to subsidize the lonely elderly, disabled people, and left-behind children in the town. The old boss is really kind. People!”

"Tsk tsk. The only good thing I can do to the town is to recruit the old boss, otherwise we don't know how long we will be poor."

"No!"

"Stop talking, look at the ice hole where the old man fished." A voice interrupted the villagers' discussion.

At this moment, something strange happened in the ice cave where Gu Hongyu was fishing. He saw many lake fish flying out of the water, jumping onto the ice and jumping around on it, trying to return to the lake water.

The tourists who had just escaped from the shock of the ice immediately turned around and ran back, while some brave villagers rushed to the ice cave to catch fish on the ice, and put them one by one into Gu Hongyu's net bag. inside.

"Oh my God. What is going on? What is going on?" Wenke opened his eyes wide. The expression on his face was that he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"A miracle, this is simply a miracle!" Now Kubi knew that he had lost the game, but like Wenke, he couldn't understand what was happening so far.

However, no matter what, they now know one thing. China is a mysterious country. And Gu Hongyu also became mysterious in their hearts, and their attitude towards Gu Hongyu also began to change in their hearts, from the initial disregard to the current admiration.

The two-hour game time never came, and Kubi went directly to Gu Hongyu to admit defeat.

The Americans were able to pick it up and let it go. After admitting defeat, Kubi even ran to Gu Hongyu to help him catch the lake fish on the ice. The space spring water released at the entrance of the ice cave was quickly robbed by a school of fish. The vibration on the ice surface disappeared, and no lake fish jumped out of the ice cave again. The lake immediately became calm.

"Gu, this is so amazing, tell me were you controlling all of this just now?" Kubi couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, but the tone of his inquiry became very soft, without the initial arrogance.

How could Gu Hongyu admit such a thing? Others said: "Kubi, Wenke, you think too much. This kind of thing may be a coincidence. There are always some incomprehensible things happening." It’s such a coincidence, isn’t it?”

"What a coincidence, but how could this happen during our competition?" Kubi was still entangled for a year.

Gu Hongyu smiled: "Okay, what happened is the best proof. Let's take these lake fish home. I'll treat you to a fish feast tonight."

"I see that many of them are Asian carp. In the United States, we only use these fish to make feed, or hunt and shoot them when we have free time. They are not a delicious delicacy." Kubi shook his head at Gu Hongyu, and seemed uninterested in the fish feast that Gu Hongyu mentioned.

But Kubi was right. The Asian carp he mentioned did not refer to just one kind of carp, but a general term for eight kinds of fish, including carp, black carp, bighead carp, silver carp, grass carp, etc. In the United States, they are all called Asian carp.

Asian carp comes from Southeast Asia.

In the 1970s, Asian carp were introduced to the United States to remove algae and other plants that were rampant in ponds. Due to floods, Asian carp finally ran into the Mississippi River. They were able to grow and reproduce rapidly there. Afterwards, Asian carp continued to move northward, and traces of Asian carp were also found in Lake Michigan.

Asian carp are huge, eat everything, and have no natural enemies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has spent more than $18 billion trying to stop Asian carp from further invading the Great Lakes. But the outlook is not optimistic. Americans don't like to eat freshwater fish, and don't know how to cook to remove the earthy smell of Asian carp. They can only watch Asian carp run rampant but can't do anything.

Gu Hongyu also found a lot of information about this on the Internet, but now he heard the tone of Kubi's mouth in person, which is quite certain. Americans have no interest in freshwater fish.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing: "Kubby, Wink, I have to tell you that if you have eaten fish in the lake, I think you will have some opinions about freshwater fish."

"Really, maybe we will try to eat a little tonight. We have to give you a face anyway!" Kubi's round figure and flattering words look very inconsistent.

Gu Hongyu didn't say much. Everything was proved by facts.

In the evening, Kubi, Wenke and translator Orlando were added to the family. Gu Hongyu simply invited Captain Huang of the construction team and Uncle Aza's family. The two large round tables were crowded.

All the lake fish brought home were raised by Gu Hongyu. Then he went into the kitchen and drove his mother out to cook it himself. A grass carp of seven or eight catties, a black carp of ten catties, two Yellow River carps of about three catties, and more than ten catties of bighead carp, plus vegetables grown at home. There was also the mutton that was not finished last time, which could fully meet the needs of the two tables.

Mutton stewed with radish is a stew. Some adenophora, codonopsis, wolfberry and red dates are added to it. The rich medicinal aroma and the special taste of mutton are particularly delicious.

The vegetables produced in the greenhouse are fried, mixed with cold, made into a clear soup, or stir-fried, and the dishes of color, fragrance and shape are freshly baked.

Finally, it is the fish dishes. In the cold winter, these must be cooked last, because the low temperature will quickly cool down the dishes served on the table, and the taste of fish dishes will be greatly reduced if they are cold.

Grass carp made a squirrel fish. This fish dish first requires exquisite knife skills. The fish meat is sliced ​​into diamonds, and the surface is coated with a layer of flour on the egg white and fried in a pan until golden brown. Then a little hot oil is left in the pot, and the prepared juice is added to thicken. Pour the juice on the surface of the fried fish meat.

Black carp is a Sichuan dish, saliva fish, which is characterized by spicy and fresh fragrance. After eating it, people drool, which is also the origin of the name of saliva fish.

Yellow River carp Gu Hongyu did not play tricks this time, just a genuine dry-fried rock carp, a very traditional method.

As for the bighead carp, Gu Hongyu cooked it into two dishes. The head was made into a chopped pepper fish head, and the fish body and tail were all marinated with ginger, scallion and cooking wine. He took out the homemade pickled cabbage, and the fish meat was paired with the pickled cabbage. Soon, the unique sour and refreshing smell filled the whole kitchen, which made people's appetite increase.

When Gu Hongyu served the last dish on the table, Uncle Azha said with a smile: "Xiao Gu, I've been waiting for you. It's rare to eat the dishes you cook. I have to eat more tonight!"

"Haha, eat it all, no need to wait for me!" Gu Hongyu said politely.

"Oh, is this still fish meat? It's so delicious!"

"Drink, this dish is so rich!" Wen Ke couldn't use chopsticks, so he used a steel fork instead of chopsticks to swallow a piece of saliva fish, and his tears and snot were flowing.

But after eating, he gave Gu Hongyu a thumbs up: "Gu, although this dish tastes strange to me, I have to say it makes people want to eat another bite!"

The drooling effect on foreigners is still the same. Gu Hongyu smiled: "If it tastes good, eat more!"

"Okay, then I'll obey your command!" After saying something weird in Chinese, Wen Ke worked hard to clear the dishes on the table.