Chapter 11: Spicy Crab
After lunch, Yu Yue took Yu Chi back to the house for a nap, and Chen Zhao went back to the cowshed to rest. Only Yu Zhile and Zhou Yuesheng were left in the yard.
"Arm." Zhou Yuesheng sat on one side of the rocking chair.
Yu Zhile stretched out his hand, his arm looking dazzlingly white under the midday sun.
Two thumb-wide blisters appeared on the burned area, and there was a burning pain in the wound.
Only then did she pay close attention to the scene of Zhou Yuesheng sitting on the small bamboo chair.
He had nowhere to put his long legs and looked a little cramped.
"Puchi." Yu Zhile laughed out loud.
Zhou Yuesheng gave her a puzzled look.
"I'm sorry to have wronged the butler's legs." Yu Zhile leaned on the armrest and stretched out his other hand to pat Zhou Yuesheng's thigh muscles.
Zhou Yuesheng suddenly retreated with the bamboo chair, making a harsh sound.
"Why are you hiding? You are all mine." Yu Zhile teased with a smile.
Zhou Yuesheng stood up and walked out of the door, his back looking like he was fleeing in panic.
The rocking chair made a creaking sound, and Yu Zhile's eyelids drooped.
When Zhou Yuesheng returned to the courtyard from the clinic, he saw that Yu Zhile's hair was messed up and her breathing was slow and deep.
He slowed his pace back to her side, turned out the inside of her arm, and gently tended to the blister.
During this time, Yu Zhile hummed, as if dissatisfied, or crying out in pain, which made him move more gently.
Zhou Yuesheng cooked dinner.
Each person cooked half a bowl of mixed grain rice, heated up the shepherd's purse and cod soup from lunch, and mixed a small cold dish.
Simple and quick, but still tastes great.
The next day we still caught the early tide, but the low tide was much later than the previous day.
Zhou Yuesheng also made breakfast, which consisted of multi-grain porridge and boiled vegetables.
Yu Zhile saw that he didn't look very happy, so he asked, "Did you use up too much energy making the storage rack yesterday?"
"Not asleep—"
An idea suddenly came to Zhou Yuesheng's mind, he swallowed the words he hadn't said and nodded.
Despite this, he still accompanied Yu Zhile to go fishing.
Yu Zhile pushed open the door to the backyard, turned on the live broadcast, and selected the panoramic view.
The audience in the live broadcast room never seem to get tired of looking at the ocean in the early morning, and they keep swiping the screen to express their love.
"Good morning, today——"
After walking a few meters, Yu Zhile's voice stopped abruptly. The usually empty beach was now filled with people and noise.
"Hey, it's good that Leni doesn't have to go to work. She comes to the beach so late." Someone saw her approaching and said loudly.
The others who were looking for seafood with their heads down raised their heads, smiled at Yu Zhile, and then lowered their heads again.
Yu Zhile glanced at her bamboo basket and said with a smile, "You came early, but I didn't see you picking up anything good."
The man wanted to retort, but when he saw the tall and strong Zhou Yuesheng beside her, he curled his lips and left.
"Today is an incomplete immersive live broadcast of catching seafood." Yu Zhile doesn't think this situation is a big problem.
When she saw someone asking in the comments, she asked Xiaoyun to reply to the audience in text. Everyone thought this way of live broadcast was somewhat novel.
Yu Zhile took Zhou Yuesheng to a place with fewer people.
As she was walking, she suddenly bent down and poked the beach with a bamboo stick. A flower crab flew out, lying on its back and waving its claws.
Zhou Yuesheng had strong observation and learning abilities. He could recognize every bulge accurately and soon he saw half a bamboo basket full of flower crabs.
Yu Zhile saw a bunch of asparagus from afar and approached, but was intercepted by a child who ran over from the side.
The child pushed her to the side with force, causing her to almost fall.
"I saw it first," the child said proudly, his double chin swaying as he spoke.
Yu Zhile felt that his face was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember his name or identity.
In a blink of an eye, she found the asparagus on another hemp rope. The number was more than twice as much as the child had picked up, and it directly filled Zhou Yuesheng's bamboo basket.
Yu Zhile looked at Xiaopang proudly and said, "Thank you."
"You, you bully me! I told Cai Ni not to play with you anymore." Xiaopang ran away whining angrily.
Yu Zhile grabbed Zhou Yuesheng's arm and smiled happily.
Like a little kid, Zhou Yuesheng commented secretly.
A little further along, closer to the coastline, the tide gently hits the fine sand.
Both of them saw Haihong in front of them, and Yu Zhile stopped Zhou Yuesheng.
She didn't like the feeling of water soaking her cloth shoes, so today she found Yu Wanqin's rubber shoes and was not afraid of stepping on water.
Clowns like to huddle together, so she picked them up in a bunch. She picked a few that had already opened and returned to the beach dragging a long bunch of clams.
The job of carrying the rainbow scallops naturally fell on Zhou Yuesheng.
Yu Zhile was walking towards the reef area when he suddenly heard familiar music. He looked up at the sky and saw the screen was filled with special effects of the sea of clouds.
xxxx gave her a hundred Yunhai and left a message - sea urchins are delicious.
"Thank you xxxx's sea of clouds." Yu Zhile suddenly spoke.
Zhou Yuesheng subconsciously looked around the surroundings and found no one was close.
Looking at Yu Zhile again, she had stopped and was staring into the void, her eyes seemed focused on something.
He suppressed the doubts in his heart and returned to his expressionless look before Zhile looked over at him.
There were many people going to the reef area to catch fish, but most of them had no catch and looked unhappy.
As I got closer, I could hear some people cursing Tang Guihua under their breath.
Yu Zhile pricked up his ears curiously and listened for a few words, but his attention was soon attracted by the flash of phosphorescent light.
She walked forward a few steps and found a large yellow croaker between two reefs. She leaned over to catch it and was nearly hit by the fish's tail.
Zhou Yuesheng sighed secretly and grabbed the yellow croaker quickly and accurately.
When he stood up, he slipped and stepped backwards into a puddle, leaving spots of water on his army green clothes.
Yu Zhile looked up and smiled, her face as beautiful as a flower.
"There are fish." Zhou Yuesheng put the big yellow croaker into her bamboo basket and bent down to feel in the puddle.
The next second, he clamped a struggling sea bass with both hands and emerged from the water.
"I'm so lucky today. Let's go home after work." Yu Zhile touched the cloud logo and turned off the live broadcast.
The two of them gained a lot. They became the last ones to arrive but the first ones to leave, and received a lot of attention.
"Lennie is really blessed." An old lady sighed quietly, but her daughter nervously tugged at the hem of her clothes.
Wu Caixia, who was not far away, sneered when she heard this and said loudly, "What kind of blessing is this? What kind of blessed person is this? His father is dead, his mother is in a coma, one of his brothers is paralyzed, and the other is stupid."
The marriage exchange was a loss, and she had to pay 20 yuan to the Zhang family.
Wu Caixia was already angry, and today she followed Tang Guihua's advice and came here to fish in the sea, but she didn't catch anything, which made her even angrier.
"Who knows if she is doomed to fail? Maybe my brother was killed by her!"
Seeing that Yu Zhile ignored her, Wu Caixia raised her voice again.
The next second, Yu Zhile turned around, walked towards her, and slapped her hard.
A crisp sound woke everyone up.
"Ahhh, Yu Zhile, you actually dare to hit me." Wu Caixia screamed and wanted to fight back, but was hit on the head with a bamboo basket.
Yu Zhile sneered: "If you don't keep your mouth clean, I don't mind pushing your head into the beach and washing your mouth with sand."
Everyone fell silent, and only dared to discuss in a low voice after she had walked a distance.
"After jumping into the sea, Leni's personality has changed a lot."
"Could it be that thing——"
After someone said this, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence again.
Everyone was silent for a long time, then dispersed to look for seafood. Only two girls kept staring at Yu Zhile's back.
One of them gnashed his teeth with a ferocious expression; the other one's eyes lit up with admiration.
In the Yu family courtyard, a book was spread out on Yu Yue's knees. His fingertips lingered on the footer of the pages, but his eyes were fixed on the door to the backyard.
Yu Chi and Pa Pa each sat on a bamboo chair, maintaining the same waiting posture.
"Save the sea bass for steaming tonight." Yu Zhile's voice came through the wall.
Yu Chi and Papa ran to the backyard, and Yu Yue's gaze shifted to the pages of the book.
"Is Xiaobao behaving well at home?" Yu Zhile rubbed Yu Chi's hair and asked softly.
Yu Chi nodded, lifted up Papa and let her touch his head, and Papa hummed comfortably.
Seafood is classified into major categories and placed in wooden basins. A bamboo sieve is specially pressed down with stones on the wooden basin for the flower crabs.
The rack was left in a ventilated place overnight, and the unpleasant smell of the wood varnish had completely disappeared.
Zhou Yuesheng moved the shelf into the kitchen and followed Yu Zhile's instructions to arrange her pickled vegetables and various sauces bought at the market.
Yang Suyun went back to her mother's home in Xishan Village yesterday and brought back a basket of green plums and prunes, which she shared a lot with Yu Zhile.
Green plums and March plums taste sour and astringent, and are not suitable for direct consumption. People in Xishan Village use them to make wine, and Xishan Village has become a famous wealthy village in Hai County thanks to its green plum wine and plum wine.
Yu Zhile divided the fruits into two parts, one for soaking in wine and the other for candied.
The steps of making wine are simple. Pour the washed and dried green plums and plums into the jar respectively, add sugar according to the proportion, then pour in the high-concentration wine bought at the market to cover the fruits and seal the jar.
The pickling method of March plums is also simple. Boil the plums in boiling water and put them into a small jar. Add appropriate amount of salt and sugar, then pour in boiled water to cover the plums. Seal the lid and place them in a cool place for a few days before eating.
"Press it down with a wooden plywood, but don't use too much force." Yu Zhile asked Zhou Yuesheng to handle the green plums.
Zhou Yuesheng raised and lowered his arms, and tiny cracks appeared on the surface of the green plum.
Coat the cracked plums with coarse salt, let them sit, and after eight hours, wash off the salt water before proceeding to the next step.
After processing the fruits, it’s time to make lunch.
"Today's lunch is yellow croaker noodles, spicy crab, dried mussels and cold-mixed asparagus."
Yu Zhile started the live broadcast as usual and announced today's menu.
[I'm already drooling after hearing the name. When will the small window function be launched on Cloud Live? 】
[The host is really lucky. No one else picked up anything today. Good luck. ]
[Good luck +1, and then improve your craftsmanship. 】
When the family was divided, Yu Zhile got two kilograms of white flour and asked Zhou Yuesheng to make it all into hand-rolled noodles.
The wheat aroma that hits you in the face is not as overbearing as the spicy crab, but it also makes many people intoxicated by it.
Beat three eggs into the flour, add warm salt water in portions, stirring until it becomes cotton-like.
Zhou Yuesheng's arm muscles flexed as he vigorously kneaded the floc-like dough into a hard, rough dough, and then let it sit to allow it to rise.
Yu Zhile cleaned the crab in the yard, removed the crab gills and stomach, and cut it in half.
Next, she evenly dipped the cross-section in starch, heated the oil, poured in the crab pieces, and took them out when the crab shell became crispy.
After a few minutes, the temperature of the earthenware jar dropped to a comfortable level, and she pinched the handles to pour out the excess oil.
Heat the oil again and add the prepared ingredients and stir-fry until fragrant.
When the hot sauce was put into the pot, a pungent smell quickly spread in the courtyard. Coughs and sneezes occurred one after another. Yu Zhile, who was not affected, curled the corners of his mouth.
"Sister, what are you doing?" Chen Zhao was ambushed as soon as he stepped into the yard, and was in a particularly embarrassing situation.
Yu Zhile poured the fried crab pieces into the pot and replied, "Spicy crab."
In just a few seconds, the spicy and delicious taste burst out, making the audience in Chen Zhaohe's live broadcast room drool.
Chen Zhao stared at Yu Zhile's stir-frying movements and swallowed helplessly.
"What are you carrying?" Yu Zhile asked.
"I can't eat your food and rations for free." Chen Zhao quickly put the cloth bag on the shelf, then thought of Jiang Shangqing's words, with an expression as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
The spicy crab is out of the pot, with good color, aroma and taste.
Yu Zhile turned to get the mussels that had been soaked in salt water to remove the sand. Seeing his expression, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"Jiang Shangqing asked me to remind you that there is something wrong with Zhang Caihong and asked you to be careful." Chen Zhao carefully observed her emotions.
No one in the village likes Jiang Shangqing, and there is no evidence for what he said. Chen Zhao is afraid that Yu Zhile will have a bad impression of Jiang Shangqing.
When Yu Zhile heard Zhang Caihong's name, he felt a sharp pain in his brain, his eyes went dark, his hands and feet went weak, and he fell backwards.
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