Master Pu didn't expect that Shen Yi would actually bring back seafood not long after he asked him about it, and they were all fresh. He was overjoyed.
“Chen Yi, tell me honestly, what other good things are there besides these blue crabs?”
Facing Master Pu's wise eyes, Shen Yi really couldn't say anything against his will, so he leaned forward and said in a low voice: "Really, there are seven or eight catties of large yellow croaker, three or four catties of pomfret, and a large prawn weighing several taels. There are also quite a few octopuses and squids. There is a large squid that is as wide as my shoulders when spread out. Great stuff! I plan to take it to the Imperial Capital."
Master Pu couldn't sit still any longer. "Come on, let me go with you to have a look. Don't miss out on such good things!"
Shen Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Do you still want these blue crabs? If not, I'll ask someone else."
"Yes, yes, yes, bring it here, you can't take it away from me. How do you sell it?"
Chen Yi opened the lid and showed him a look. "Look, this blue crab is almost bigger than your face. It's alive! For the sake of our old acquaintance, how about two taels of silver for one?"
"Only two taels! You must have received it as a gift from the comprador! If I were to do this business, one would have to sell for at least four or five taels!" Master Pu took out his purse with a swagger.
After counting carefully, I found that there were still six large blue crabs and a dozen smaller ones left in the bucket.
Shen Yi took a total of twenty-five taels from him.
Master Pu seemed to have picked up a huge bargain, grinning from ear to ear, and hurriedly urged Shen Yi to take him to see the seafood.
Chen Yi had a headache. "Look, it's getting dark now. It's not convenient for you to come with me now. Tomorrow! Tomorrow morning, go to the villa by the river. There will be a batch of fresh seafood just arrived. You can pick whatever you want. Is that okay?"
"No problem, just remember, I'll pick first!"
Only after Chen Yi's repeated assurances did Master Pu let him go.
At the same time, Chen Mu and Shen Zhuang also returned to the village.
When Xu saw Chen Zhuang bringing back a bunch of seafood she had never seen before, she looked puzzled, "What did you do today? What kind of business is Chen Yi doing?"
“This is it.” Chen Zhuang pointed at the seafood and described the large yellow croaker, pomfret and prawns he saw to his family.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Chen Liang looked at the small fish and shrimps on the table and snorted, "Dad, stop bragging! Qiongzi is a place I've never heard of! How can there be such big fish!"
Shen Wen's side expressed deep agreement, "Dad, even though my eldest cousin is very capable, you don't have to exaggerate. Isn't it seafood? How do you eat it? Let's try to see what the difference is between this thing and the fish and shrimp in the Daxun River."
Seeing his two sons' ignorant looks, Chen Zhuang shook his head and carried the things to the kitchen.
"Mother, do as I say and teach them a lesson!"
When Xu heard about the onion, ginger and oil, she couldn't help shaking her head, "You are a grown man who has had too many good lives and you don't know how to calculate. Why bother eating so much!"
"Oh, just listen to me, you can't go wrong if you listen to me!"
The couple was arguing in the kitchen.
After the food was made, everyone tasted it and frowned at the same time.
"Dad, is this really how you eat this? Why does it taste so weird?" Shen Wen frowned.
The situation of Chen Mu's family is similar.
Neither Xu nor Huang Xinghua wanted to waste such good things, so they could only go to Su Tai for help with a flattering face.
Su Tai was delighted when she saw it. "Okay! I'll go to Second Aunt's house and cook a seafood meal for you. It's best to use soybean sauce to cook this seafood. Let's go!"
She bought this soybean sauce at the Fire Spacetime Food Street for her own use and did not tell anyone about it. Today, she made an exception and brought it out.
Huang Xinghua followed Su Tai to Xu's house eagerly.
Su Tai started by teaching them how to kill fish, and also taught them how to clean blue crabs and small octopuses.
After the ingredients are processed, the next step is to steam the yellow croaker.
The steps were the same as what Shen Yi said, but the fish she made tasted unusually delicious, while the one made by Xu Shi was not the same taste at all.
The Chen Zhuang family's eyes lit up after tasting the truly delicious seafood.
Su Tai also made a pot of blue crab porridge for them. After putting the ingredients into the casserole, she reminded Xu and Wei Daya Qi Yan to keep an eye on the porridge.
Just make another pot of blanched octopus and you’re done.
Huang Xinghua was amazed and said with a wry smile, "I don't know if I can do it well with such meticulousness. I have to go back and try."
Su Tai came out of Xu's house, turned around and told the four children to stay at home and locked the door, then drove the donkey cart to Dahe Town.
After some trouble at Xu's place, it was already dark when she arrived at the riverside villa. After handing over to Shen Yi, she locked the gate of the courtyard and immediately entered the water space-time to continue her work.
The fishing boat rental period is three days. Yesterday’s cargo was estimated to be worth 20,000 taels, and this amount will be recovered in the next two days.
Su Tai was full of confidence. As soon as she entered the cockpit of the fishing boat, she opened the screen and searched for the target.
We caught yellow croaker and pomfret yesterday, and today we can try to search for mackerel.
“Pomflarb mouth, mackerel tail” refers to mackerel.
Spanish mackerel has few bones and a lot of meat, with a lot of fat in its body. It is extremely delicious when cooked with snow vegetables. It can be made into "smoked fish" or pickled with salt, and is a great dish to go with rice.
Different species of swordfish have different sizes, some weigh three or four kilograms, and some weigh more than ten kilograms.
The fishing boat started operating according to the target she entered, and then entered the automatic navigation operation mode, so she could still take time to think about the next target.
When she looked over, she realized that more than an hour had passed and she had not yet finished looking through the seafood catalogue when there was already movement on the fishing boat.
The first online is here!
She quickly got off the sofa, put on her shoes and went out.
The fishing net was untied from high up, and the fish poured down, filling up all the wicker baskets she had prepared. Su Tai took a closer look and was delighted to find that they were filled with almost 20 to 30 kilograms of mackerel. Had she found the mackerel's nest?
Before she could come to her senses, the fishing net began to catch fish again. Her face changed. Oh no! I forgot to press the pause button!
It was too late to press the button now, so she quickly used a shovel to evenly divide the fish into the rattan baskets, then started the crane to lift the baskets one by one and pile them aside.
Without waiting for the crane operation to finish, the second net came up. Su Tai hurriedly threw the empty rattan basket down and quickly ran back to the cockpit to press the button to pause fishing.
When I came back again, I found that the boat had become a nest of mackerels.
Faced with the mountains of mackerels, her scalp went numb.
First let the fishing boat dock and transfer the mackerels to the open space in the yard.
It happened to be snowing at the moment, and the temperature outside was twenty degrees below zero.
Throw the fish into the snow and freeze it quickly!
By the time she threw out half of the boatload of mackerels, the wicker baskets underneath had been flattened. She lifted out those that could be lifted out first, and then those that couldn't be lifted out.
She worked alone until late at night to move all the fish out and was so tired that she saw stars.
I quickly ran away and ordered a bowl of hot beef noodles, filled my stomach and came back to continue my homework.
In the third net, her target is redwood fish. (End of this chapter)
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