Chapter 131: Get Money Fish Balls, Fish Rolls and Fruit Iced Tea
The fresh fish slapped the wall of the bucket with all their might, making a popping sound, and occasionally water splashed into the air.
"We're leaving first." Yu Baiwei said goodbye to them.
After saying that, she drove away with her team members and returned to the shore to load and deliver the goods.
Yu Zhile asked Chen Zhao to move the wooden basins and made a simple classification according to the fish species.
Zhang Wenxin took others to get tools and seasonings, and then asked everyone to stand at their posts according to the first shift arrangement.
Soon, a small assembly line was formed.
"We can start now." Yu Zhile looked at everyone, "We can leave work after we finish processing these fish."
This was the first production activity of the surimi production team, and she and Zhang Wenxin also participated in it.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Wenxin reached out and scooped up a fish, knocked it unconscious, quickly scraped off the scales and gills, then cut open the fish and removed the internal organs. After a simple processing, he threw it directly to Chen Zhao.
"Fix the fish slices well, keep the bamboo sticks close to the fish, and be gentle with your movements." Yu Zhile demonstrated how to scrape the fish paste, "Make sure to pick out the small thorns."
"Okay." Chen Zhao and his team members responded in unison and started to work.
The two were unfamiliar with the movements, but after gradually finding the knack, their speed increased.
In a short while, the two of them scraped a full bowl of fish meat and passed it to the next person.
The scraped fish meat is in a paste-like state. Add onion, ginger water, pepper, salt and other seasonings directly. Then add egg white and sweet potato starch water and mix evenly. Beat it hard to make the fish paste elastic.
Finally, the person in charge of cooking will use his hands to dip into clean water to squeeze the fish paste into balls, put it into warm water and cook on low heat until it floats, then take it out.
The white fish balls bounced on the dustpan, rolled to the side, and quietly emitted a delicious aroma.
Everyone worked diligently on their tasks and the first batch of fish was processed in about an hour.
After the break, the small production line started moving again and began to make fish rolls.
The first three steps of making fish rolls are not much different from those of fish balls, except that vegetables such as carrots or mushrooms are added during the seasoning process to enhance the taste.
The last step in making fish rolls is to cook the fish meat into long strips with bean curd skin and then steam it in a steamer or deep-fry it in oil.
"Everyone has worked hard. Go home first. We will take care of the rest." Yu Zhile put the last fish roll into the steamer and clapped his hands. "We will start work around 3:30 pm. Sister Xiu will cook for the next five days."
The work intensity of fish paste production is much lower than that of farming, so everyone felt very relaxed. After saying goodbye to the three people, they left the courtyard of the sideline group together.
As the steam slowly rises, the courtyard is completely enveloped by the delicious smell.
"What delicious food are you cooking?" Luo Ping smelled the scent before he even entered the yard and asked with a smile.
Yu Zhile responded, "They are making fish balls and fish rolls. These are the finished products of the surimi products team."
"Not bad, not bad." Old Chen shook his head and sighed, "We should make more use of natural conditions to develop small side businesses, which will also be good for Haiyu Village."
At this time, Li Ran, who was a few steps behind the two, approached with a large jellyfish.
"I picked it up on the beach and made a simple dish of spicy and sour jellyfish shreds, which adds another dish for lunch," said Yu Chuyue.
When Yu Zhile saw the small red spot on Li Ran's hand, he quickly asked Chen Zhao to take a wooden basin to hold the jellyfish in his hand.
"You can't touch the tentacles of jellyfish directly, it will hurt," she reminded. "You have to rinse it with vinegar and then remove the remaining tentacles."
Yu Chuyue said in annoyance: "How could I have forgotten about this."
People living at the seaside are used to picking up jellyfish with bare hands, and most people are immune to jellyfish tentacles, but Li Ran has never come into contact with them before, and jellyfish tentacles are very dangerous to him.
"It's okay, it's not serious." Li Ran looked at the red spot on his wrist and endured the itchiness coming from deep in his skin.
Luo Ping was a little anxious: "You kid, why are you still standing there? Come here quickly."
"Sorry, I forgot to remind you." Yu Chuyue apologized.
Li Ran shook his head: "It's really nothing, it's just a little red, it will be fine in a few days."
Yu Chuyue treated him according to the steps Yu Zhile had just mentioned, and finally applied baking soda water to the stung area.
Li Ran injured his left hand, and after applying the wet compress, he immediately began to organize the notes he wrote this morning, which made Luo Ping smile helplessly.
The next second, the three experts started a discussion meeting.
"How come you love work more than Chu Yue?" Zhang Wenxin muttered softly.
Yu Zhile pulled her to the stove and called Chen Zhao to help prepare lunch for Mr. Chen and the others.
She planned to make three dishes and a soup - stir-fried cucumbers, stir-fried fish rolls with green peppers, hot and sour cold jellyfish, and fish ball and vegetable soup. She asked the two to help prepare the side dishes while she simmered the rice first.
The two groups of people were doing different things, but the sound of the knife hitting the chopping board and the sound of the discussion were surprisingly in tune with each other.
"Le Le, they are back and have received the money." Yu Chuyue thought of the important matter.
Today she took Chen Lao and the other two to a neighboring village. On the way back, they met the men of Zhang Ping and her companions. Seeing them nervously covering their trouser pockets, she knew that they had sold the fake formula.
"Got it." Yu Zhile paused, "I'll go get some medicine from Doctor Jiang later."
"Who is it? What money? Why do you need to get medicine?" Chen Zhao asked curiously.
Yu Zhile glanced at the three people who were discussing heatedly not far away, and whispered to him about the matter.
Chen Zhao became more and more angry as he listened, and said, "I'm going to go there tonight too, and I'm going to beat them up!"
"Don't be so noisy all the time." Zhang Wenxin rolled her eyes at him, forgetting her previous reaction. "What we need to do now is to take out the money without anyone noticing. We will naturally teach them a lesson later."
Chen Zhao said, "Then just let Jiang Shangqing go. There's no need to waste medicine."
Hearing this, Yu Zhile and the other two all looked at him, staring at him until he felt a little uncomfortable.
"Jiang Shangqing is very good at this." Chen Zhao used his index and middle fingers to make a pinching gesture and explained, "After the Jiang family fell, some people dug up his grandmother's grave and stole things, but he took them back."
The three of them were silent for a few seconds and agreed to his proposal.
The task of dealing with Jiang Shangqing naturally fell on Chen Zhao.
As they were talking, several people were busy preparing all the side dishes and cooking the rice.
Bring water to a boil in a pot, add the fish balls and cook until boiling. At the same time, take another large bowl and put a small piece of dried seaweed, salt, chopped celery and garlic oil in it. Then pour the fish ball soup into the bowl. The delicious and light fish ball soup is ready.
Heat the iron pan and pour in oil. Stir-fry the scallions, ginger and garlic. Pour in the sliced fish rolls and stir-fry. Simply season. Finally, add the shredded green pepper and stir-fry until cooked.
"Eh, it smells so good." Luo Ping was attracted by the smell of the food and pulled himself out of his concentration. "I estimate that I can gain ten pounds if I live here for half a month."
Zhang Wenxin came closer with the dishes and said with a smile: "Man is iron and rice is steel. Only when you are full can you be energetic."
"Comrade Xiao Zhang is right." Luo Ping said with a smile.
Mr. Chen and Li Ran put down their work, followed her, stood up, washed their hands, and prepared to eat.
It was already dinner time, and Yu Zhile and the other three had cooked at home, so they didn't stay in the courtyard for too long.
Chen Zhao was tasked with persuading Jiang Shangqing. He planned to go back to the cowshed for lunch today. Yu Zhile asked him to bring back some fish balls and fish rolls.
The four of them parted at the fork in the road, and when they met again it was already past three in the afternoon.
The air was unusually hot and humid in the summer afternoon, and several people had varying degrees of tiredness on their faces.
"He agreed. We'll go get it tonight." Chen Zhao yawned, his eyes only slightly open.
Zhang Wenxin was the most spirited person and asked, "How does he know where the money is?"
"As long as he wants to know, no information can escape his eyes." Chen Zhao opened up and became more energetic. "He also knows the name of every dog in the village."
Yu Zhile flicked his forehead, interrupted him, and asked, "Can we get them all tonight?"
If that doesn't work, they still have to proceed according to the original plan to avoid alerting the enemy.
"Sister, don't worry, it won't take an hour." Chen Zhao patted his chest and assured.
At this point in the conversation, his team members came to work and the topic ended.
The five people sat in the yard for a while, and then the fishing team brought the fish and everyone started to get busy.
The workload in the afternoon was still not light. They finished the work in less than two hours, cleaned up and went home.
Not long after they left, the team brought back ice, and the six apprentices also came with their children.
The children were taken to the book corner by Zhang Wenxin and Yu Chuyue to study. Yu Zhile reminded the six people to go to bed early tonight and then started today's training content.
"Today we will mainly learn how to make drinks." Yu Zhile asked Chen Zhao to bring a basket of fruit and pointed at the fruit in the basket, "Orange iced tea, peach iced tea, grape iced tea, and iced black tea."
The iced tea series is very simple, with only three steps. First, pound the oranges and grapes to get the juice, and cut the peaches into pieces and boil them with sugar; second, brew different tea soups; third, randomly select two and mix them, then add ice.
The only difficulty is that different teas require different brewing times.
However, the six people quickly overcame this difficulty and brewed delicious tea.
"It's not difficult to make iced black tea, but there are many things to pay attention to." Yu Zhile put the black tea into the pot and roasted it for a while, then poured in sugar. "Don't put too much tea leaves, don't overcook the sugar, and remove the seeds from the lemon."
When the caramel turns light brown, she adds water to boil tea, puts in old rock sugar, and waits until the tea drops to slightly higher than body temperature before adding lemon.
After more than an hour, the long table was filled with various kinds of tea, and Yu Zhile invited everyone to come and taste them.
The children gathered around the table discussing it with great interest, and in the end everyone took a different flavor and took it aside to share.
Although the ice cubes had almost melted, the cool feeling still seemed novel to them. They chattered and shared their favorite flavors, laughing like silver bells.
At that time, a breeze blew by, ruffling everyone's hair.
"It's really comfortable." Luo Ping said with a smile.
Li Ran took a sip of peach iced tea and looked at Yu Zhile.
Inadvertently, their eyes met.
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