Huo Chen was indeed a master hunter. In just half an hour, he brought back three pheasants and two rabbits.

When Xu Ying saw him, her eyes were bent with smiles, and she put her hands on her waist and gave orders: "Huo Chen, you and Wu Qingsong should get rid of the pheasants and rabbits first.

Fuying, you guys follow me."

Xu Ying squeezed the apron she had prepared and began to cook.

"Just watch. If you want to learn how to make it, you can also light a fire nearby." After Xu Ying said this, she called Shitou to help her light the fire.

When Shitou heard this, he ran over happily, because making fire was what he was best at.

Xu Ying chose a slightly larger fish, cleaned it, cut it in half, chopped off the fish head and put it aside.

In order to help the four people learn better, Xu Ying deliberately slowed down the pace.

First, lay the fish flat and use a sharp knife to cut the fish into two halves horizontally from the tail towards the head.

Then cut the meat and fish fillets of the two large pieces of fish separately, and continue to cut the two large pieces of fish meat into appropriate-sized fillets with a knife horizontally or obliquely. The fillets can be slightly larger.

Lu Daya often cooks, so this task is not difficult for her, so she gave up the job of cutting fish.

Gu Fuying wanted to learn cooking the most, so she volunteered to start cutting fish. However, she had never cooked before, so holding a knife was difficult for her. It took her most of the day to cut the fish into half, let alone slices.

Wu Qingsong watched with great interest, and did not forget to mock Gu Fuying: "What a young lady, you can't even cut a fish."

Gu Fuying was immediately filled with anger after being confronted by him: "Come and cut it if you can."

"Let me do it." Wu Qingsong walked forward, took the kitchen knife, and soon the fish fillets were cut into even pieces of the same size.

Gu Fuying widened her eyes and looked at Wu Qingsong in disbelief: "You can actually cook?"

Wu Qingsong smiled and said, "What's the big deal? I lost my parents when I was young, and I depend on my sister for everything. My sister is young, and if I don't cook, we will both starve to death."

Gu Fuying didn't expect that he actually had such a miserable life experience. The corners of her eyes turned red and she said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention your parents."

Wu Qingsong didn't care: "It's okay, this is the truth, I'm used to it."

In the beginning, he was laughed at by his fellow villagers as a wild boy without a father or a mother, but in the end he got used to it.

The best protection is that you are not irritated by these things. Those people will find them boring and will not use them to tease you.

Xu Ying saw that the fish was cut, then put the fish fillets into a basin, rinsed it several times (this can remove some of the fishy smell), then squeezed out the water, put it in a plate and then added salt, white wine, squeezed the green onion and ginger with your hands to extract the juice, put it in the plate, mixed it with your hands, and marinated for about 10 minutes.

Add starch and eggs and mix well.

These are relatively simple and several people have learned them.

Then wash some side dishes, which are all brought from home. Peel the bamboo shoots and cut them into strips, cut the mushrooms into slices and set aside. At the same time, cut the ginger into shreds, cut the onions into shreds, smash the garlic, and cut the shallots into chopped green onions and set aside.

"After the fish fillets are marinated, we pick out the onions and ginger, then beat an egg white and add a spoonful of starch. Then mix it thoroughly with your hands, and then marinate it for another 10 minutes. The fish meat absorbs the egg white and starch, which will make the fish meat smoother and tenderer."

Then prepare a clean iron pan, heat it up and add oil, then add their secret soy milk sauce when the oil is hot, then add peppercorns and stir-fry together, add appropriate amount of water, then put the onion and ginger in, then add soy sauce, white wine, aged vinegar, sugar and MSG in turn. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer for 5 minutes on low heat to release the flavors of peppercorns, ginger and onion into the soup.

After cooking for about 5 minutes, we used a colander to scoop out the seasoning residue in the soup. Of course, you don’t have to scoop it out, but Xu Ying doesn’t like to eat those things, so we scooped it out.

We put the marinated fish fillets into the pot, first use chopsticks to slowly break them up over low heat, then turn to high heat and cook for a few minutes.

After the fish fillets are cooked, turn off the heat, take them out and put them into the soup bowl with the accompanying dishes, pour the soup into it, then sprinkle 5 grams of pepper powder, 5 grams of chili powder, and also sprinkle the minced garlic for later use.

Then heat some oil in another pan and pour it on the chili powder. With the sizzling sound of the hot oil, the boiled fish is ready.

Accompanied by the aroma, everyone started drooling.

Gu Fuying’s fish was also ready, but not as good as Xu Ying’s. She looked at the dish she had prepared and her eyes became red with excitement.

Gu Fuying picked up the chopsticks and couldn't help but pick up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth. It tasted fragrant and spicy. Anyway, she thought it was delicious.

"Let me try it!" Wu Qingsong walked over, full of curiosity.

He picked up a piece and took a bite. Although it was not as delicious as expected, it was not bad. He praised it very rarely: "Not bad, delicious!"

Gu Fuying snorted coldly. That was a must. She picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Gu Fuzhu beside her: "Cousin, try it and see if it tastes good."

Under Gu Fuying's expectant eyes, Gu Fuzhu took a bite. It was spicy and fragrant. The fresh aroma of the fish meat instantly burst in her mouth. She nodded with surprise on her face: "It's delicious."

Gu Fuying thought he had succeeded. He smiled at Xu Ying, ran over quickly, picked up a piece of fish made by Xu Ying, and put it in his mouth, taking only one bite.

Gu Fuying's eyes turned red, and she looked at Xu Ying aggrievedly: "Why are yours so delicious and mine so bland when the steps are the same as mine?"

Xu Ying was amused by her pitiful appearance and explained, "Because I'm in this line of work.

You have to be good at whatever you do, and if you have never cooked before, you must take it slow at the beginning.

If you cook better than me just once, then I have learned cooking for nothing."

Gu Fuying pursed her lips and said, "But didn't you just start learning cooking?"

Xu Ying shook her head: "I only started cooking last year, but before I started cooking, I watched my mother cook every day, and by that time I had already learned it for more than ten years.

If you have been watching it for more than ten years, isn’t that equivalent to studying it for more than ten years? "

Gu Fuying was instantly comforted by Xu Ying's words. After all, it was not bad that she could cook like this for the first time.

Looking at the boiled fish she made, Gu Fuying wanted to let her parents taste it later. This was her first time cooking.

Compared with the fish cooked by Xu Ying and Gu Fuying, everyone prefers the one cooked by Xu Ying. Gu Fuying couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when she saw everyone eating the one cooked by Xu Ying.

Wu Qingsong, however, stood in front of Gu Fuying, picked up a piece and ate while praising: "Although your knife skills are not very good, this fish tastes good."

"Then let's compare with you. Whose cooking is better?" Gu Fuying's face was full of anticipation.

Wu Qingsong thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be me."

(End of this chapter)