"Thanks for reminding me, otherwise we wouldn't be able to eat this fish tomorrow. I'll get the fish out now and cook it for you tomorrow morning." Tian Tian said.
He took the fish out and put it in a basin to let it cool down. He also poured some water into the basin. Then he went back to the house and washed his feet peacefully.
After that, I went back into the shell with a flashlight hanging on my head and studied all night. It was around eight or nine o'clock when I came out, took off my clothes and went to sleep.
The next morning it was time for Tian Mu to cook fish, something he had longed to do.
Tian Tian got up at seven in the morning. After washing her face and brushing her teeth, she went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Tian. Mrs. Tian had already cleaned up the fish. There was nothing to eat in winter, so the fish was quite clean. What surprised Tian Tian was that Tian Mu, a small greedy restaurant, could get up so early.
"Normally, you never get up even when I call you many times. But since you knew we were cooking fish today, you got up early. You are such a little glutton." Tian Tian joked.
"That's right! There is no one in our family who is greedy, so why did we give birth to a greedy child like Tian Mu? I think he is the reincarnation of a greedy ghost in his previous life." Chen Guihua on the side also agreed with what Tian Tian said.
After hearing this, Tian Tian was a little speechless. She didn’t know whether to agree or oppose.
Tian Mu looked exactly like Chen Guihua. Although people nowadays don't have a good life and can't afford good food, they are generally greedy. But it was really Tian Mu and Chen Guihua who showed it most obviously.
But this is also good, if you want to eat, you can express it openly, there is nothing wrong with that. It is not a bad thing to cheat or deceive, and it is not illegal to want to eat.
"Mom, what are we going to do with this fish today?" Lin Meiyu came in with a bundle of firewood and asked.
Mrs. Tian thought for a moment. "Let's make a fish stew today. Add some vermicelli, dried radish, and dried potatoes and eggplants. It will taste good."
There is no way to cook it now. Either you cook it alone, or you cook it alone, but it takes too much oil to stir-fry it. Mrs. Tian is a little reluctant to do that. So she just stewed it directly, which is convenient and delicious.
"Second son's wife, take another bowl of soybeans and go to the tofu shop to see if there is any tofu for sale. If there is, bring some back. It will be delicious when you put it in the fish. If not, just leave it as it is." Old Mrs. Tian ordered.
Chen Guihua was overjoyed and happily agreed, then scooped a bowl of soybeans and walked out.
This year, their harvest was really good, but now there was another child, Tian Yuan, who was studying. And the previous salary was not enough to save. Old Mrs. Tian didn't ask for too much food this year. She usually asked for oil and soybeans for making tofu. She only asked for some corn and other real food. She didn't even ask for rice and wheat, hoping to exchange them for more money.
So their family consumed very little oil this year, otherwise Mrs. Tian would not be reluctant to cook without oil. There was no other way. Even the amount of oil that had to be consumed was much less, so Mrs. Tian was even more reluctant to change tofu.
Tofu was something that Old Lady Tian thought was optional. But Chen Guihua was destined to leave with high hopes and return with disappointment this time. Six o'clock was not particularly late. In the summer, you could get a piece of tofu at five or six o'clock. In the winter, people could change the tofu at six o'clock, but they didn't get up to make tofu today, so it was impossible to change it even if I wanted to.
Chen Guihua had no choice but to return disappointed with the soybeans intact.
"It's okay if there's no tofu. Just put some more dried potatoes in the fish stew. It tastes good when put in the fish. And there's also the vermicelli that Tian Tian likes to eat. It's also a food. Put some more vermicelli in it. Let's eat to our heart's content today."
Old Mrs. Tian originally thought that there were many people at home today, and the fish would definitely not be enough for the whole family, so she thought of putting more things in the fish so that everyone could take a bite here and there, and that would be enough for everyone to be full. Now that there was no tofu, it wouldn't be a big deal to put some more other dishes in.
Although she said she wanted to stew the fish, Mrs. Tian still poured some oil into the pot and fried the fish on both sides. When both sides were golden brown, she poured a pot of boiling water into the pot and added other side dishes. As for the seasoning, she poured the soybean paste into the pot.
At this time, soybean paste is particularly magical. You can eat vegetables with soybean paste at ordinary times, and it is delicious. When stewing, add one or two spoons of soybean paste to make it very fragrant. It is something that every household cannot do without.
Put everything into the fish pot, then stick the cornmeal cakes on it in a circle, cover the pot with a lid, and cook for a while, then the aroma of the food will come out.
Tian Tian was looking at the pot with her mouth watering, wishing she could get into the pot and have a big meal right now.
After waiting for a long time for the fish in the pot to be cooked, Tian Tian hurriedly brought over a large basin. Old Mrs. Tian poured all the vegetables in the pot into the basin, filling it up completely.
He took another basin filled with cornmeal cakes.
Some cornmeal cakes had already entered the fish soup. Tian Tian drooled as she looked at those cornmeal cakes.
Tian Mu, Chen Guihua and the others had already surrounded the rice pot tightly.
When it was time to eat, no one at the table spoke; everyone just lowered their heads to eat.
The fish with sauce flavor is tender and juicy, and it is paired with various dried vegetables that have absorbed the soup. It is so oily that it goes well with rice.
Tian Tian especially likes the dried potatoes inside. The edges are a little hard, but the middle is very soft and sticky because it has been stewed in the pot for a long time.
Tian Tian ate two cornmeal pancakes with some chewy vermicelli and felt very full.
Their family members ate up all the food in two large bowls, and even used cornmeal buns to soak up the fish stew soup. Tian Tian felt that they didn't need to wash it, as the inside of the pot was rubbed clean.
After dinner, Tian Tian, Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo cleaned up the kitchen, Tian Lisong went to the brigade office to discuss something, Tian Lilin, Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua weaved straw mats at home, and Tian Yuan went out to look for Gu Zhao.
"My uncle Tian Tian has been at the brigade headquarters these days. Isn't he discussing the quota of workers, peasants and soldiers for college students?"
Tian Tian came in with a brazier full of charcoal and heard what Chen Guihua said.
Only then did I remember that there were still places for workers, peasants and soldiers in college. From what they said now, I guess this matter has not been finalized yet.
"Who knows? He never tells me what happened when he comes back, and I don't ask too much. I think it's better to settle this matter as soon as possible so that they can have a rest. They have been busy for a year and they can't even have a quiet time in the winter." Lin Meiyu said.
"It could also be about other things. It's almost the end of the year and there are a lot of things to do."
It seems that everything is done during the autumn harvest, so there may be no work in the winter, but in fact there is a lot of work in the winter, partly because it is the New Year. There are still some things to sort out, and partly because there is a quota for workers, peasants and soldiers to join the college this year, and they have to discuss who to give it to in the brigade.
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