Chapter 286: Promising Results
Half an hour later, the five people who were busy in the river came ashore.
Ning Xiyue walked to the basket containing lobsters with a basket in her hand and a happy face.
With a "splash", she poured all the success in the basket into the backpack.
The other four also came back with their own results.
The basket carried by Chen Yetu was full, and the straw hats held by Liu Yao, Yu Zhiyu and Ning Qingyuan were also full of things.
Everyone happily poured what they had gotten into the backpack.
"Wow, this is quite a lot, enough for a whole dish." Ning Qingyuan took the backpack and shook it left and right to check what was in it.
“That’s enough. I can definitely make a big plate of it.” Ning Xiyue leaned over to take a look.
I caught a lot of lobsters in the basket, estimated to be about five pounds, and after frying they can fill two plates.
Some small crabs and river shrimps were also caught. The crabs were green-shell crabs, not very big, the kind that you could eat one in one bite when fried.
The small river shrimps are even smaller, and the bigger ones are only as big as her little finger, but their legs are long.
The local small river shrimps have crystal clear meat, and there are also a handful of millet shrimps, the kind used to make drunken shrimps, the color is really tempting. Eating one raw, the meat actually has a hint of sweetness and is extremely tender.
It was a handful that Ning Xiyue scooped up after using several small grass nets.
Just for her leftover rice wine.
Use it to make drunken shrimp.
Of course, the backpack must contain specially picked river clams, which are the second most common thing after snails.
She also picked up three big river clams. She picked these two kinds of things with shells on purpose because she was attracted by their shells.
Eat the meat and save the shell, make the best use of it.
Today’s results are encouraging.
"Almost done, let's go back."
Ning Xiyue looked at the crayfish and crabs crawling around in the backpack with satisfaction. When catching shrimps, she secretly put a few crayfish in the space pond. There should be a lot of shrimps next year.
"Okay, let's go back and cook dinner. Today's meal is quite rich. I'll fry all the small things like snails, lobsters, and river clams."
Chen Yechu was very satisfied with this trip. He also helped them find a lobster nest. Whenever they want to eat lobsters in the future, they can come here to catch them. This way, they can have lobster freedom. They are wild lobsters, so they must taste good.
"Let's go, let's go back. I'm so looking forward to it." Liu Yao excitedly picked up her backpack and put it on her back.
Others also packed up and prepared to go home.
"Come on, little sister. You carry this backpack of mine, be gentle."
Ning Qingyuan handed his backpack to Ning Xiyue, and he picked up the backpack containing the lobsters.
Yu Zhiyu helped Chen Yetu carry the snails.
The five people came with great excitement and returned with a full load, happily carrying today's spoils back.
Go straight to Ning Xiyue and Chen Yechu’s small kitchen.
After returning, Ning Xiyue saw three little chickens leisurely walking around in the pen looking for food. Xiao Hui and Xiao Bai from Chen Yechu's family were sitting beside the chicken coop watching the three chickens.
Ning Xiyue saw Xiao Hui running over and smiled knowingly. He was really obedient. She asked him to guard the chickens and he stayed there obediently. She patted Xiao Hui's head and said, "Xiao Hui, good job. Go play."
Ning Qingyuan put a handful of snails in a basket on his back and carried them into the chicken coop. He crushed them with stones and fed them to the chickens.
Unexpectedly, the three chickens really liked it and were scrambling to eat it.
"Sure, brother. You're quite good at raising chickens." Ning Xiyue gave a thumbs up.
"Calm down." Ning Qingyuan accepted it very naturally. He came out of the chicken coop and washed his hands. He said to Ning Xiyue, "Go and learn how to make wine. Let us take care of this. You can have a delicious dinner when you come back."
"Yes, brew wine." Ning Xiyue saw that the time was almost up, so she put down everything and prepared to leave, but she didn't forget to remind him, "Remember to use my rice wine to cook the duck, and add more side dishes, such as bread, potatoes, and dried mushrooms. Use the rice wine to soak the shrimps."
Chen Yechu smiled and agreed: "I know, I will prepare enough side dishes. Go quickly, I am still waiting for you to learn how to make some rice wine for me."
"Tonight's meal is up to you, please." Ning Xiyue waved her hand and ran out quickly.
Ning Qingyuan and the other three were left standing there, smiling as they watched her running away.
When they could no longer see each other, Ning Qingyuan clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said to them, "I have a suggestion. Let's cook in both kitchens. Zhiyu and I will use my sister's kitchen, and you two female comrades will use Comrade Ye Chu's kitchen. How do you think?"
"I agree. Let's do it this way." Chen Yechu nodded in agreement with the proposal and expressed his own thoughts: "Then I'll say it too. Let's prepare these dishes together. After the side dishes are ready, you can cook the duck and drunken shrimp. We'll cook the rest of the dishes. I'll use my small stove to steam the rice. Is that okay?"
Yu Zhiyu was the first to nod: "Okay."
This was agreed upon before.
"Okay, let's get started." Ning Qingyuan clapped his hands and opened the kitchen door.
All four of them started to move.
Although the growth environment and water of snails and river clams are good, Chen Yechu still used clean water to raise the snails and small river clams after returning, spitting out the mud and sand, saving them for the last one.
Then I found a basin to hold the lobsters and crabs.
Because there were so many lobsters, Chen Yechu, Liu Yao and Yu Zhiyu worked together to wash the shrimps, remove the shrimp threads, cut the heads and remove the gills.
Ning Qingyuan was slaughtering a duck nearby.
He suddenly remembered that his sister had asked him to cut the rabbit into a smaller size so that it would taste better when fried.
So he cut the slaughtered duck in half again, trying to make the pieces smaller so that they would be more flavorful and each person could have more to eat.
A duck was quickly dealt with.
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