Chapter 33 Dry rice is the most delicious
After the autumn harvest, grain distribution begins. Each household is allocated work points. As long as they work hard, each family can get several hundred kilograms of coarse grains.
The team leader organized his men to cast nets to catch the fish in the river and prepare to share them with the grain.
The villagers lined up in a long queue in front of the brigade office, all with smiles on their faces.
The educated youth were also in the team.
The new educated youth who came this year had not worked for a few days and could not get any food, but they could get a few fish.
Li Qingge was waiting in line, having already gone through the various ways of eating fish in his mind: steamed, braised, or stewed?
[Chopped pepper fish head, garlic fish slices, braised fish, pickled fish, boiled fish, spicy braised fish cubes, sauce-flavored fish, so many ways to cook it, which one should I eat later? Why not just make chopped pepper fish head and garlic fish slices, so that neither the fish head nor the fish body will be wasted, I am such a hardworking and thrifty girl. ]
Listening to her constant mumbling, Gongsun Shi Nian's mouth twitched visibly. It was certain that this girl was a foodie, which made her inexplicably cute.
Wen Shaoqing's saliva was dripping from his mouth because of greed. Ahhhh, he wanted to eat too. Thinking of Sister Li's extraordinary cooking skills, he became even more greedy.
I couldn't help but push the arm of my childhood friend in front of me.
"After ten years, neither of us know how to cook fish. Why don't we give the fish to Sister Li and let her help cook it?"
Gongsun Shi Nian raised his eyelids nonchalantly and said in a low voice, "Okay."
Bai Wei, who was behind Wen Shaoqing, heard the conversation between the two and felt angry. It was Li Qingge again. Why didn't he ask her? She could cook fish, too.
So she volunteered: "Brother Ten Years, why don't I help you? I can cook fish, too."
"puff."
Bai Wei let out two more farts. Gongsun Shi Nian frowned. He turned back and glanced at Wen Shaoqing: "I'll leave my fish to you later. I have something to do and I'll leave first."
After saying that, he walked away from the team with his long legs.
Wen Shaoqing waved his hand in the air with a look of disgust, not understanding how Bai Wei, a woman, could fart so smelly. Upon hearing Gongsun Shi Nian's words, he subconsciously nodded in agreement, and when he looked up again, his childhood friend had disappeared.
In his heart, he cursed Gongsun for being so treacherous, leaving him here alone to smell Bai Wei's farts.
If you are in a bad mood, your speaking attitude will also be bad.
"Bai Zhiqing, you should keep the fish you cooked for yourself. The fish might be filled with the smell of your farts, and we can't enjoy it."
Wen Shaoqing spoke rudely, and Bai Wei's face turned red. She was ashamed and angry, and she pursed her lips, secretly cursing Wen Shaoqing and the other man for being ungrateful.
There were whispers all around: "Hey, isn't that Bai Zhiqing? Why is her face darker and she isn't as pretty anymore?"
The girls in the village couldn't help but look at Bai Wei's face. This shameless woman had captured the hearts of countless young men in the village. Now seeing her turn darker, they couldn't help but gloat over her misfortune.
"That's right, there's nothing special about city girls. They've been exposed to the sun for a long time, and their skin color looks about the same as ours."
Mu Chuan behind her consoled her: "Weiwei, don't listen to their nonsense. In my heart, you are the most beautiful."
Bai Wei's wounded heart was comforted a little bit.
Wen Shaoqing snorted. Is this what Sister Li called a licker? He is not afraid of feeling guilty even when telling lies.
"puff……"
There were three loud farts in succession, and the crowd was in an uproar.
"Damn, I'm so stinky."
"It must be the fart. Other people's farts are not that smelly."
The members pointed the finger at Bai Wei. She swayed and couldn't lie and say that she wasn't the one who put the fire there.
Wen Shaoqing in front of him covered his nose in annoyance. No wonder he left ten years early. If it weren’t for a few fish, he would have wanted to quit. He felt that he was smelled by the smell and was completely dirty.
Mu Chuan endured the discomfort and continued to defend Bai Wei: "You guys are going too far. Weiwei didn't fart on purpose. She couldn't control it. She didn't do anything murderous or arson. Do you really have to treat a girl like this?"
"puff."
As if to suit the occasion, Bai Wei let out two more loud farts.
The people closest to the victim were the most poisoned. Their tempers flared up and they attacked Mu Chuan in groups, pulling his neck.
"It's none of your business, you pretty boy, you don't seem to have good intentions, are you two having an affair?"
"That's right. She didn't kill anyone or set any fire. Neither did we. Why should we be irritated by her farts and not be able to complain a few words? How dare you control everything and let me speak for you?"
Mu Chuan's breathing was rapid, his face was ashen, and his heart was burning with rage. These ignorant and unruly people really deserved to die.
Bai Wei was despised by everyone and felt so ashamed that she wished a crack would appear on the spot so she could crawl into it.
Li Qingge had seen enough of the fun and got his own two fish.
She was walking in front carrying the fish when she heard someone shouting behind her.
Wen Shaoqing caught up with the fish in his hand, panting.
"Sister Li, let's discuss something."
"explain."
"Can you help me and Ten Years cook fish? Neither of us know how to do it, but we can't let you work in vain. We'll give you five dollars each."
Li Qingge thought about it. She would also cook fish soon. Doing more would be a piece of cake. Why not do it if she could earn 10 yuan? She would not go against money.
Seeing Sister Li nod in agreement, Wen Shaoqing almost jumped up with joy.
"That's great, Sister Li, thank you. I'll help you carry the fish."
Wen Shaoqing took the fish from Li Qingge's hand like a servile person, and he had to perform well in front of Sister Li.
After returning to the educated youth center, he patted his chest and assured Sister Li that he would clean the fish himself, and then he took Gongsun Shinen to the river to wash the fish.
The idiot had just started to scrape the scales when a fish bar jumped up and hit him in the face.
Gongsun Shi Nian stopped him helplessly: "Let me do it. I have to kill the fish first before I can scrape its scales."
Wen Shaoqing shyly handed the fish to his childhood friend, who skillfully patted the fish heads twice, scraped off the scales, gutted the fish and cleaned their bellies. In a short while, all six fish were cleaned.
Wen Shaoqing was full of admiration. He was indeed his childhood friend, so amazing.
When they returned to the yard, Li Qingge had already swiftly cut and washed the ingredients and prepared them.
The rest of the educated youth also came back one after another. They were all full of joy because they had fish and could finally have meat.
The yard was filled with the smell of fish for a while.
Li Qingge took the cleaned fish, chopped off the heads of the six fish with a knife, and put them in a basin on the side for later use.
She planned to make garlic fish fillets first.
Put the cut fish fillets in hot water for 30 seconds and then take them out. Add minced garlic and chili peppers in hot oil and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add soy sauce, salt and sugar and stir well. Pour the fish fillets in and stir-fry. Sprinkle some chopped green onions when out of the pan. The garlic fish fillets are done.
The overbearing fragrance made Gongsun and Wen Shaoqing's Adam's apples roll. The fragrance spread to the yard, making everyone feel that the fish in their hands no longer smelled good.
Wen Shaoqing waited anxiously, and when Li Qingge finished making the chopped pepper fish head, the aroma became even more overbearing.
Li Qingge took out cornmeal buns mixed with white flour, which tasted soft and delicious.
Wen Shaoqing ate five in one go: "Sister Li, the cornmeal buns you made are really delicious."
“The chopped pepper fish head and garlic fish fillet are more delicious.”
Gongsun Shi Nian added: "It is indeed delicious."
Li Qingge looked up and saw the man looking at her deeply, with no discernible emotion in his eyes.
Dazzled by the male protagonist's beauty, Li Qingge's thoughts were in a trance for a moment.
She looked away as if nothing had happened and continued to eat with her head down.
【Eat fish, eat fish. Men are not as delicious as rice. 】
Gongsun Shi Nian had mixed emotions listening to Li Qingge's thoughts. Now, any fish was more popular than him.
Wen Shaoqing looked around in confusion, well, Sister Li was right, dry rice tastes the best.
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