"Can"
Shen Gongqi: Does she think I can’t do it? That’s not okay. I have to do it.
So Fang Nuo, with the help of Shen Gongqi, transported all the fish back home. Without using his injured hand, the man could carry a fish weighing five to sixty kilograms with one hand.
The fish was packed in the sacks that Fang Nuo brought home, and she moved the remaining fish back home twice.
Shen Gongqi delivered the fish to her door but did not go in, because he also knew that people's words can be scary.
"Thank you so much for today, Comrade Shen. Please wait a moment. I'll get you a glass of water." Fang Nuo ran back to the house, poured a glass of sugar water, and filled a jar with some homemade pickles and some braised vegetables. I also picked two pieces of pig head meat and put them in a basket.
When he came out, he first gave the water cup to Shen Gongqi to drink. After he finished drinking the water, he handed the basket to him and said, "This is a small thank you gift I prepared. I hope you won't dislike it."
"Um? I won't accept the things, Fang Zhiqing. I have a merciless request to help you. I just heard that you can make smoked fish. My original hometown also makes this thing, so I just wanted to ask you. "Can you do something for me? I can pay for it," Shen Gongqi said.
"Well, how much are you going to do, Comrade Shen?" Fang Nuo asked.
"Not many, just five fish," Shen Gongqi said.
After hearing this, Fang Nuo looked at the three fish he placed aside to make sure he had counted correctly.
Of course Shen Gongqi also saw her look, and immediately explained: "I bought this to eat fresh fish. I didn't buy it just now because I didn't know whether Fang Zhiqing would agree to it. If you agreed, I would Just go back and buy fish.”
"Okay, but since you said you will pay me separately for the smoked fish, these are my thank you gifts, so you might as well accept them." Fang Nuo passed the basket forward again.
When Shen Gongqi heard her promise, he took the things and said: "Then I will send the fish over later. Put these three here first, so that we can trouble the educated youth."
"Okay, no trouble," Fang Nuo said. This person has already paid, so how can it be considered troublesome?
After the others walked back, Fang Nuo first moved all the fish he bought into the yard, threw them at the kitchen door, killed them, cleaned them, and then moved them into the kitchen.
Shen Gongqi came back an hour later with five fish in his hands. These fish were not as big as the ones he just bought, so he asked Fang Nuo to make six fish and gave her three yuan for materials and craftsmanship.
In fact, the price was really high. It only cost less than one yuan to buy the materials. It only took an hour to make these fish, so she earned more than two yuan.
Fang Nuo felt that she was asking for too much, but looking at Shen Gongqi's appearance, she couldn't refuse.
So she accepted the money, thinking that she would give him some other things she made to make up for the price difference.
As for whether Shen Gongqi likes to eat or not, this is not within her scope of consideration.
After watching Shen Gongqi go, Fang Nuo carried the fish he had brought into the courtyard and put them aside alone. He processed them together after a while.
After returning to the house, I poured hot water and washed my hands with soap. I put down Yaya who had woken up, washed her face, and then carried her to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her.
The noodles cooked for Yaya for breakfast included a boiled egg, and little Yaya ate most of them.
After she played on the kang for a while and was about to take a nap, Fang Nuo prepared milk powder for her. When the temperature was suitable, he gave her the bottle to hold and eat.
The little girl took a few mouthfuls of the bottle and started to feel sleepy.
Fang Nuo took off her coat and shoes and laid them on the quilt. After a while, the little girl fell asleep holding the bottle.
After the child fell asleep, she took the bottle from her arms, covered her with a quilt and let her sleep well.
Fang Nuo tidied the things in the house, put on his coat, apron and sleeves, and went out to prepare to handle all the fish.
She first lit a fire in a brazier at the door of the kitchen. She sat on the side and started processing the fish with a knife and scissors.
These fish were all frozen to death at this time, so she first scraped off the fish scales, then cut open the fish belly, took out all the internal organs, then removed the gills on both sides of the fish head, and then threw them aside for storage. Soak in a basin of water.
She first prepared her own large fish, which weighed dozens of kilograms. When cleaning, she scraped off the black membranes in the belly, otherwise the fish would be very fishy.
After cleaning it twice, I cleaned all the fish, put them in a dustpan and drained the water.
Then he packed up the fish that Shen Gongqi brought, put them aside to drain the water, and then moved on to the next step.
During this time, she poured the small fish and shrimp she brought back into the large wooden basin, sorted out the fish and shrimp, and divided the fish according to size.
Then there is the matter of scraping the scales of small fish. In fact, such small fish can be eaten without scaling in some places, but Fang Nuo cannot do that. She feels that as long as this thing can be scraped, it must be cleaned before eating with peace of mind.
After bending over and working in the basin for an hour, I finally scraped off all the small fish, and those that could be peeled off, and removed all the internal organs inside.
Wash the processed small fish and set them aside. Wash the shrimps twice and set them aside to drain.
After she finished, she took out the fish entrails and put the edible fish roe, fish paste, and fish intestines in a bowl.
These are all edible. She thought about frying them with pickled peppers, and her mouth started to salivate.
Pick out all the edible things and sweep away all the inedible ones. Dig a hole next to the vegetable patch in the backyard and bury all these things to fertilize the land.
Then pour water and rinse the kitchen entrance, then go into the kitchen, burn the iron pot on the stove, turn to low heat, pour salt into it, stir-fry for a while, sprinkle some peppercorns in and stir-fry.
After frying, scoop it out and let it cool, then smear it on every part of the fish, put it in a basin and marinate it for five hours.
She kept her own and Shen Gongqi's separately, just in case she accidentally got them mixed up.
The remaining marinade was enough for Aunt Dahua's household, so she wrapped it in newspapers and waited for Aunt Dahua to come and pick it up.
After marinating the fish, she washed her hands and cleaned the kitchen. She washed the used pots, bowls, and basins with dish soap and put them away before going back to the house.
This busy work lasted for almost three hours. Yaya woke up not long after she returned to the house.
I gave her some warm water before picking her up and getting dressed.
The little guy has gained a lot of weight this winter. Now Fang Nuo feels his hands are a little sore after holding him for a while.
Fortunately, Yaya didn't insist on hugging her all day long, otherwise she would feel that her arms would be sore to death.
"Do you want something to eat?" Fang Nuo asked after getting Yaya dressed.
"I want...noodles..." Yaya replied
"Okay, can I cook carrot noodles for you later, and add some shrimp paste?" Fang Nuo said
