No Worries about Food and Medicine

Xin'an County was born with water, and there were rivers outside the city. There were also several rivers interspersed in the city. The rivers were narrow and wide, and the details were only able to allow two scull boats to cross, some walking along the river. Merchant passengers parked the big ship on the pier outside the city, and then waved a scull to enter the city to sell the goods. They moored the boat in a spacious place, put colored flags on the bow of the bow, and started selling with the boat as a stall.

Some will stay for three or two days, some will go away one day, and daily ships are bustling. Today ’s boat passengers may not be able to see you tomorrow, so the river goods are different every day, but because of the short stay, these It ’s not clear whether the goods are true or not, and it ’s all based on my own eyes, maybe I can really find some good things. Of course, if I am cheated today, I will complain tomorrow.

In some places, the boats are much more together, and some of the sculling boats will be laid with wooden boards for guests to walk between them for convenience. It gradually feels like a river is crowded. Because pedestrians walk on the boat, it seems to be shaking. Floating in the clouds is generally, and because this market gathers and disperses, so people call this kind of river market "floating market". There are three or four such floating markets in Xin'an County, and it is lively every month until the middle of the month.

The riverside mooring boats do not charge renters, so the price is more affordable. Even if some black-hearted merchants are hiding in the fish, civilians still like to visit. There are many kinds of products on the boat, and there are aquatic products from the east. There are also some fresh fish, as well as cheap rouge gouache beads Pearl hairpin, flower cloth spices from the southwest, candy candies from the north and south ...

The white walls and black tiles on both sides of the river channel, the blue sky and the clear water, the girl in the raccoon dress slapped the cloth, the boatman selling winter dates and oranges laughed across the water, and the girls were not shy, and they threw them over the corners , The other party was not annoyed, instead he threw back a few dates and oranges to show his favor.

Yu Jinnian and Ji Hong walked within a hundred steps. As soon as they turned out of the alley, they saw a floating market next to the river channel, and many people had gathered. He was splashed with swill water before, and the woman was distraught. She brought a bucket of water and a cloth towel to wipe his clothes with him. Although Yu Jinnian had shaken off the dirt on his body, the smell of swill was lingering. go with.

Ji Hong inevitably got some smell on his body because he helped him clean up. The two wanted to go home and take a shower as soon as possible, but Yu Jinnian saw the floating market and shook his heart, apparently wanting to go shopping.

But the body is really too smelly. Walking on the road seems to be a moving stink. Others hate to hide their noses and give up 300 feet. Yu Jinnian has been immersed in the smell for too long, and he has been used to it. Even so, he is embarrassed. Drilling into the man's pile, he looked at it on a tent boat that bought fresh river. Anyway, he smelled fishy, ​​and no one should dislike anyone.

The boatman of He Xian was quite kind. Not only did he not leave him, he also warmly introduced all kinds of fresh things, and said that he was the first to return to Xinan County for a boat ride. It can also be regarded as "opening business", and call a low-cost good blog repeat customers.

Yu Jinnian saw many barrels on his boat, and one by one, there were some river prawns, river mussels, snails and the like, and some Yu Jinnian had seen fish that he had eaten but could not be named, because the quantity was not large because it was stuffy in the barrel. , Many fish and shrimp are not too lively, lifeless.

However, the boatman called it really cheap, and Yu Jinnian couldn't help thinking about buying it. He crouched in the tent and poked the fish belly one by one to see if they were dead or alive, and the boatman followed Yu Jinnian with a pot. So to pretend to be the fish in his picture. Ji Hong stood at the bow of the boat and waited for him, but he was surrounded by the boat ladies for a moment. This introduction of rouge, that introduction of gouache, did not disgust him.

Every time he took Ji Hong out to go shopping, he was inevitably entangled by various cargo women. This scene was familiar to Yu Jinnian. At first, he was annoyed and hurried, and later he simply went with him. Anyway, Ji Hong could n’t take it anyway. they. But it's one thing to be accustomed to, and another thing to be depressed. Yu Jinnian muttered while picking a fish: "A person who looks beautiful can indeed do whatever he wants."

The boatman also straightened his eyes and exclaimed: "I don't know which lady is so blessed to be able to marry such a handsome and handsome man."

Yu Jinnian slobbered, pulled out a blue carp and mandarin fish from the bucket, and threw it into the tub in the arms of the boat. The fish tail crackled and splashed the water on the boat's face. He said: "Okay, what's so beautiful, call the fish quickly. ! "

"Peach blossom water mandarin fish fat", the most fat mandarin fish is spring, this is not a good time, and the mandarin fish in the boat barrel is dying, it looks not fresh, but Yu Jinnian is greedy, even if so He is also confident that he can make delicious.

Right now the herring is in the season, and all the children have blue backs and large bodies. It is said that the tens of pounds of the herring are large, but this boatman sells a small size, but even the small one in the herring, Yu Jinnian picks The one that weighed eight pounds.

The boatman put the two fish together with hemp rope and put it on his hand. Yu Jinnian paid for it. Looking back, he saw that Ji Honggang had received something from a cargo woman and quickly hid it. Inside the sleeve, the cargo girl smiled brightly in spring, like a scene of "private giving and receiving".

Yu Jinnian was angry, but he was not good enough to question him in public, so he took a snap of the fish and slapped on Ji Hong: "Let's go!"

The man followed him like a tail. Yu Jinnian carried the fish and walked ahead. He also expected him to come and explain. After waiting for a long time, he did not see him catching up. He squinted his eyes and looked back. The man was actually looked like a Taoist. The man was entangled, saying that his shoulders were entangled with black air, and he was desperate to sell him a wooden amulet, and the lion opened his mouth, and his mouth was about five or two silver.

Ji Hong didn't know how to refuse. He looked at himself innocently. Yu Jinnian hummed his lips, but his pace slowed down. He walked back to him slowly and took the man's hand: "Listen to him? , I want to make the amulet for you! "

The Taoist said, "I opened it up!"

Yu Jinnian scorned him, and said politely: "There is nothing, I can still peach flowers, keep them for a long time, and they are cheap and good. I will make a full case for five or two silver and change them every day!"

"..." The morale of the Taoist was speechless and he turned his head on his amulet and walked away, chewing on them, "Come on!"

Yu Jinnian also yelled at him from afar.

The two walked on the way home, Ji Hong looked at him for a while and asked, "Really?"

Yu Jinnian puzzled: "What's really fake?"

Ji Hong: "Amulet, a whole box ..."

Before he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yu Jinnian to answer. An old woman was selling fat beads in the street while carrying a basket. He suddenly remembered that the soap had run out at home, so he turned around and ran over. He bought two kilos of bargaining price. Fat beads.

Fat beads are commonly known as, in fact, they are a kind of plant called No Son, whose peel has the effect of cleaning clothes and cleansing, also known as soap fruit, peeling off the yellow peel, the black round species exposed inside can kill insects and eliminate, cure Houbi cough and asthma are blindly Chinese medicine.

Carrying something back to a bowl of noodle restaurants, Qing Huan was smoked and shouted.

At this time, the water and humidity on the body were blown dry, and the smell on the clothes was fermented into another rancid smell, which was more disgusting than before. Yu Jinnian couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to the kitchen to burn the bath water. Leaving Ji Hong's problems behind.

There are no conditions for bathing every day. When the weather is warm, most of the time is to take a basin and put some warm water to wipe the body. If it is cold today, Yu Jinnian will take out the bath tub, clean it, move it to the room, and put a little cold water on it Then, he threw a few of the newly purchased fat beads into it, and when the kitchen had boiled the water, Ji Hong helped him pour in pots and basins.

He stripped himself cleanly with his hands and feet. When Ji Hong came back with a basin of hot water, he saw him drill into the bucket without any hang. He only heard a clatter and buried it in the water. There is a small wooden stool in the bucket for sitting in the bath. Yu Jinnian sat down with his legs bent. After getting wet, he wrapped six or seven fat beads with a damp cotton cloth and rubbed and rubbed on his body. bubble.

Yu Jinnian reached out and grabbed the few fat beads in the water to play, Ji Hong poured a pot of hot water into it, and the elevated water temperature quickly steamed Yu Jinnian's skin into pale pink. He sighed comfortably and turned himself Shrinking deep into the bath barrel, only showing his head and a slender neck outside.

Ji Hong moved to the high stool, picked up the prepared loofah, soaked in water, and said: "Hand."

Yu Jinnian stretched out his arm and fell softly in Ji Hong's hands.

He first put soap bubbles on the cotton pads with fat beads, and then gently cleaned them with luffa, then said, "The other one."

Yu Jinnian obediently put another arm on him, leaning his head back on the edge of the bath barrel, and sighed: "Oh, the beauty is waiting for the bath, this is probably the true meaning of life ..."

After washing both hands, Yu Jinnian's Nunu's mouth was lying on the edge of the barrel, and Ji Hong was asked to rub him back. In short, he was so determined to be a piece of mermaid meat on a chopping board. The sleeves waited patiently, and he asked, "What did you think was so fascinating at the time that it was unknowingly spilled by someone?"

Yu Jinnian lay on his stomach and put his chin on his arm, saying, "I think of Yan Yuyao's illness, I probably feel a little clue. The next time Yan Rong comes again, I will try it."

Ji Hong's men used some strength and said, "In short, they are thinking about other people's affairs."

"Ah! This is not a bowl, this is a brush for me!" In fact, it is not very painful, Yu Jinnian pretended to scream, and turned around and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, taste?"

Ji Hong squeezed out the water in the loofah flesh, blinked his eyelashes, and threw the loofah flesh into the boy's arms, nodding and said, "Well, it's true, or wash it yourself."

He got up and left, and was suddenly caught by a wet hand. Yu Jinnian swam from the end of the tub like a fish, put his chin on the side of the tub, winked at him, and smiled: "Do What to go, wash it together, you stink. "

Ji Hong saw the looming of the water surface, and he murmured under his heart, but he still held it, and said seriously: "Washing together, it won't come out tomorrow. You should only care about stubbornness, and carefully catch the wind and cold."

Yu Jinnian smiled straight and pointed to a boardwalk beside him: "Then you cover me up."

When it was finished, he laughed again, only showing his head: "Is it like a potato?"

Ji Hong didn't know where the young man had so much energy every day. He could always find fun from trivial little things, but it is undeniable that he himself was infected by this laughter, and he couldn't help but light up.

The wooden board is just equipped with a bath barrel. It can keep the temperature when it is covered, and there is a gap to extend the head and shoulders. After covering it, Ji Hong took two oranges. Yu Jinnian thought it was peeled for himself. Waiting for feeding very much, who knows that Ji Hong peeled oranges into flowers, and after eating one, he placed it on the wooden cover of the bath tub.

Yu Jinnian stared at it for a while and opened his mouth to hint at him.

Ji Hong tapped the wooden cover with his finger and asked, "What about my amulet?"

"..." Yu Jinnian was so risky, "I will do it for you after the evening!"

Ji Hong took the orange petals to feed him with satisfaction, and feeding oranges would inevitably come up with some vulgar plays of "give you", "give you no food", "give you no food", if it is normal , Yu Jinnian wailed early and even chewed oranges with his fingers, but now he is a potato buried in a barrel, unable to reach Ji Hong ’s hand, and can only stare at him with a shout to show morality Condemnation.

The water is warm, so steamed that the whole person is hazy, smooth and white like a peeled egg, and it is also blushing, so that the round eyes in the view are not so angry, but more like coquetry. , Ji Hong's chest was soft and rotten into a swamp, and the last orange was contained in his mouth, and he kissed the potato.

In the end, I don't know who actually broke the orange petals. Anyway, the juices also flowed down, and the barrel lid was overturned.

Yu Jinnian a fierce man plunged into the water, gurgling bubbles in the water, seems to be shy, only the black pressure floating on the water like a group of black hair and green grass, and finally could not hold back, only to reveal a little , Gu Lulu turned his eyes to peep at him.

Ji Hong pursed his lips and smiled. He didn't talk much, and took the fat beads cotton bag to wash his hair.

Yu Jinnian was honest, and after being fooled by Ji Hong for a while, he finally washed it away. He was so dizzy and turned around that he came out wearing a blouse and his face was still red. He sat at the table and wiped his hair to see Ji Hongye. After taking off his clothes, he quickly took a bath with the residual temperature in the water.

He looked at the snowy back of the person, only felt his nose itchy, raised his hand and touched two, and then suddenly realized that he was acting like a hungry ghost, Yu Jinnian hurriedly moved his eyes, absently pulling a few fat on the table Bead, whispered: "No one can sit, you must have never used such a small bucket before ..."

Ji Hong sighed softly: "No way, marry a chicken and a chicken, a dog and a dog."

Yu Jinnian listened for a while, and felt the ears hot when he reacted. This time he was really shy. He immediately grabbed a fat bead on the table and threw it towards Ji Hong.

Ji Hong took it off, floated it in the water, and watched the teenager dry his hair roughly, tied the hair behind his head with a rope, and ran out of the smoke, trying to hide in the kitchen again. Too.

Yu Jinnian did go to the kitchen, nowhere else to go!

He picked up the fish.

The mandarin fish was washed and cut open, decontaminated and descaled, anyway, with a flower knife, smeared with salt inside and outside, then put it in a large sea bowl to marinate, press it with a good size stone, and then hold it on the back The other plate was then kept aside.

Herring is also cleaned to remove offal, fish slices, scallion and **** sections, salt, sake, egg white, wrapped and marinated, then boiled in oil, when the oil is hot, the marinated fish fillet is fried in the pan, when the fish fillet is discolored and formed Remove it and drain the oil for use.

Then shred the mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and ginger. After frying in the pan, pour the slippery fish fillets in. Add salt, without other heavy ingredients, and the fragrance will overflow. Just thicken it, the fish fillets are fresh and smooth, and the mushrooms are fresh, with a fresh flavor.

The remaining fish heads and tails were not willing to throw. Yu Jinnian looked at the fish heads, and suddenly remembered a long time ago-when Ji Hong first came, he seemed to promise to make him chopped pepper fish heads, but it was not Okay, herring skull has many heads, and there is a bit of astringency on the head, so you can buy some silver carp before Mingming.

So Yu Jinnian braised the herring head and tail, but just before the pan, he carefully chop the fish head, opened the fish head, and found the occipital bone of the herring.

There is a hard piece of hard stone on the occipital bone of herring, called herring stone, also called fish pillow. Herring is delicious in the water. This small piece is used to grind the shell of the snail. I do n’t know when. This piece of film gradually has various legends. It is said to avoid evil and detoxify. It is said that pressing it under the tongue of a frightened child can remove panic and fear. It is also very magical, so it is also called Yu Jingshi.

That's what Yu Jinnian promised to do for Ji Hong. Of course, it's not easy to say whether you can protect yourself or not, which is just an auspicious statement.

He scrubbed the fish's shock stone clean, then placed it in a cool place to dry naturally. Then he concentrated on boiling the fish head, and Ji Hong just happened to take a shower.

Even if the kitchen is full of fish-flavored vegetables, he still smelled a slight scent on Ji Hong's body, which was different from what he used to smell on Ji Hong. At that time, his incense had some sandalwood meaning, and now It is a more sweet taste, like what kind of flowers, especially good smell.

Yu Jinnian didn't think about it for a while. After eating, he washed his face and returned to the room. He sniffed on Ji Hong, and after a while, he finally remembered it and couldn't help but ask: "You How does it smell like jasmine? "

Ji Hong leaned back on the pillow and raised his hand to touch Fu Yunian's temple: "Can you like it?"

Yu Jinnian said: "It's quite fragrant, not the same as before."

Ji Hong laughed again.

Yu Jinnian looked at him suspiciously for a while, then suddenly remembered, and glared: "Oh! That cargo girl gave you!" He used both hands to dig out Ji Hong's sleeves without touching, sitting on him He was so angry that he pinched his waist and turned up the old account: "Come out, so bold, you, don't you dare to show me, you even take things from others!"