Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 23 All salted fish!
"grandmother!"

"I am back!"

Zhao Dahai pushed open the yard door and yelled loudly. He first put down the net bag containing dozens of catties of fish in his hand, and then put down the other net bag hanging on his shoulders one behind the other, especially the one meter long fish. There are so many mackerel, all the way back to swagger through the village, causing crazy crowds, everyone is very envious.

Zhong Cuihua was weaving fishing nets in the main room when she heard the shout and came out.

"Yo!"

"Such a big fish?!"

Zhong Cuihua was startled when she saw the fish in the two net bags, especially the mackerel.

"grandmother."

"I was the first to go!"

Zhao Dahai tore off the rope tied to the mouth of the net bag, and all the fish poured out.

"What are you doing?!"

"Isn't it going to be sold?!"

Zhong Cuihua didn't know what Zhao Dahai wanted to do.

Zhao Dahai shook his head.These are fish brought up by wind and waves, and most of them are damaged in appearance, bumped or scratched on the reef, with various wounds, large and small.Mackerel is the most valuable. It costs 30 to [-] yuan per catty. When I caught it, I was worried that this fish would struggle and run away. After hammering the stone more than a dozen times, the head of the fish was almost smashed. It’s not that it can’t be sold, but it can’t be sold. what price.

"grandmother."

"I planned it early."

"These fish are all salted!"

"Dried."

"Cook it when there is no food, or fry it in the morning, and serve it with white porridge or sweet potato porridge."

Zhao Dahai planned it long ago.There is definitely not enough fish to eat, and salted fish is the best way to deal with these fish.There is meat at home, but it is impossible to eat meat every day. There is no shortage of small seas in front of the village or on the beach nearby. I have to figure out how to make money. It is impossible to catch it every day. The meaning is the same, so that there are vegetables to eat in the bowls and dishes, especially the vegetables in the vegetable garden behind the house, so that there are fish, meat and vegetables at once.

Zhong Cuihua plucked the fish that had fallen on the ground, and picked for a while but could not pick out any uninjured fish.

Zhao Dahai smiled.This is unwillingness to give up, thinking about whether I can sell a little.

Zhao Dahai took out the cutting board, took out the knife, and started to kill the fish, scraping off the fish scales, picking off the gills, cutting open the fish maw, fish intestines and other internal organs, and saw grandma Zhong Cuihua take out another knife from the kitchen, This is wanting to kill fish together.

Zhao Dahai immediately stopped her. Grandma Zhong Cuihua was too old to do the job, but no matter how bad her eyes were, she didn't have much strength in her hands, so she could easily hurt herself if she was not careful.

"grandmother."

"I'll kill the fish."

"After killing it, you can wash it and hang it on the dustpan."

Zhao Dahai knew that it would be impossible not to work for Zhong Cuihua, so he definitely wanted to help, so he took a large iron basin, filled half of it with water, moved out a large jar from the kitchen, opened the lid, and there was coarse sea salt in it, and he added salt at the same time , Stirring, until the salt in the big basin no longer melts before stopping.

There are two ways to dry salted fish. One is to marinate the fish directly with salt, sprinkle salt on the killed fish, and let it sit for a period of time. The salt will penetrate into the fish and then dry.Another method is to kill the fish, soak it in salt water for a while, and then take it up to dry immediately.

The salted fish that is directly salted takes a longer time, is saltier, and is easier to preserve.The fish washed in salt water does not last long and does not contain much salt, so it is more delicious, but the preservation time is relatively short.

Zhao Dahai doesn't plan to sell these salted fish and eat them at home. It's better to use salt water directly.

Zhao Dahai's hands and feet were nimble, he killed a fish in a dozen seconds and put it into a large iron basin filled with salt water.

Zhong Cuihua carefully washed the killed fish, cleaned them and placed them neatly on the dustpans. When one dustpan was full, another dustpan was exchanged.

It took Zhao Dahai more than an hour to kill almost a hundred catties of large and small miscellaneous fish, leaving only red drum fish and mackerel.

Zhao Dahai carefully scraped off the scales of the red drum fish with a knife, cut off the fish gills, cut open the belly and cleaned out the intestines inside, put the knife at the tail of the fish and cut it horizontally, cut to the big fish bone in the middle, and laid the knife horizontally Put it flat against the fish bone and push it towards the fish head, divide it into two halves, wash it with salt water, take a small stick to prop it up, hang it up with a small rope, and hang it on the bamboo pole.This fish is relatively big, so it can be dried quickly when hung. This red drum fish is only a little bruised on the belly, and it is basically invisible when cut open.

"The sea."

"What are you going to do with this fish?!"

Zhong Cuihua pointed to the mackerel on the ground.Big fishing boats are rarely able to catch such a large mackerel when they go out to sea. It is a pity that if the fish head is not damaged, it can be sold for three or four hundred yuan.

Zhao Dahai did not dare to tell Zhong Cuihua that he smashed the fish head, knowing that he must be a prodigal, but he had no other choice at that time, one was Wang Changlin watching over him, and the other village came to pick up fish sooner or later, so it was impossible to go home Take a fishing net or dip net.In any case, this fish rotted in the pot of my own family, and I couldn't sell it for money. It was very cost-effective to mix several delicious meals.

"Sliced ​​salted fish."

Zhao Dahai waved his hand proudly.No one in the fishing village would be willing to eat a mackerel of this size when they caught it. I was too arrogant.

Zhao Dahai began to cut the mackerel, cut it into pieces horizontally, each piece was one centimeter thick, and the fish head was divided into two.

"grandmother."

"There's not much work left. I'll do it myself."

"Both Uncle Dadong and Uncle Xiaodong are working outside. No one in the family goes to sea. If you want to eat some fish, you have to go to the town to buy it. You send this fish to Second Grandma. Try it."

"If I go over, I guess the second grandpa will come right out."

After Zhao Dahai cut the fish, he went into the kitchen, took a red plastic bag, picked three pieces of the best meat, and added half a fish head.Don't look at the fact that the family was separated in the grandfather's generation, and they lived their own lives, but when they were in trouble, they helped each other, and they would give away some of the food they had.

Zhong Cuihua nodded with a smile, took the bag and went out, walking towards Zhao Shi's house.

Zhao Dahai picked up the sliced ​​mackerel fillets, washed them in salt water, and stacked them on a dustpan. The fish was so big that the sliced ​​fish fillets were about the size of two palms.

"nice one!"

"This is real good stuff!"

Zhao Dahai walked out of the yard with a dustpan in his hand, and put it on the stone at the door. These two days are windy and there is not much sun, so the salted fish can be dried in half a day, and can be dried in two days.

Zhao Dahai took a look at the mud snails and sea melon seeds that were brought out to dry in the morning. They were like hard pebbles, and they were completely dry. He took a bag and put them in a bag. He checked the time, and it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. , My stomach growled with hunger.

Zhao Dahai walked into the yard, took a plate of miscellaneous fish and the other half of the mackerel head into the kitchen, and started cooking. He picked up a hundred catties of fish in vain, and he must have a good meal!

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