After a few people had discussed it, they went back to their rooms. They had just moved in and there were still some places in the house that had not been tidied up, so they had to do it quickly while there was still time.
Li Dongyang and the other two planned to have a meal together. Not only did they need to build a stove, but collecting firewood was also a big project.
In the backyard where Bai Guoguo lived, the original house behind the shed had collapsed a bit, and the remaining parts were used by the old educated youth to store firewood.
However, because the landlord had built many houses, there were still two left. Although the door was gone and the roof was leaking a little, it was still no problem to store firewood.
At worst, you can put some rough cloth to cover the leaking area, and then press it down with some yellow mud, and it can still be used.
When Bai Guoguo passed by the village in the morning, he saw that some people's firewood sheds and toilets were built like this.
In the future, she should be able to store her own firewood in it. As long as she pays attention when going to the mountains and forests, if she is lucky enough to come across a dead tree, one dead tree can solve her firewood problem for several months.
I thought about some random things and took a nap, and it was already past four in the afternoon.
Bai Guoguo heard from the old educated youth that it gets dark early during this period, around five or six o'clock, so they can get off work at around six o'clock and come back to cook.
During the busy farming season, we would work until dark, when it was almost impossible to see anything, before we could stop and eat.
Bai Guoguo thought, since I have nothing to do anyway, I might as well clean up the fish. Then I pulled two onions from the old educated youth's vegetable garden, took a small piece of ginger, picked some mint from the well, and started making fish soup in my house.
The fish soup that Bai Guoguo is going to make today was learned in Yunnan. When she went there to shoot a video, she was taught by a fellow villager from a Yunnan ethnic minority at his home.
This soup is called clear water fish soup. It is simple to make, saves oil, and tastes particularly delicious, which is just right for today's situation.
The method of making this soup is to use a little lard to stir-fry the pot, then add ginger slices and scallions to stir-fry until fragrant. After the fragrance comes out, add water and wait for the water to boil before adding the fish.
Put the fresh fish into a pot of water with green onion and ginger. After boiling for a while, the sweetness of the fish will be integrated into the soup.
At this time, the fish soup will still have a slight fishy smell, so this is where the most important seasoning for this soup, mint, comes in. Mint can effectively remove the fishy smell of fish, beef, and mutton, and add a fresh fragrance.
Wash the mint, drain the water and place it at the bottom of the soup bowl. Pour the cooked fish soup into it while it is still hot. The high temperature of the fish pond will cook the mint instantly.
At this time, the fragrance of mint will be integrated into the fish soup, making the fish soup sweet and fresh with the fragrance of mint, completely neutralizing the fishy smell of fish.
Take a sip of the hot soup, and you will taste the rich aroma of lard mixed with green onions and ginger, the freshness of the fish, and the fragrance and unique flavor of mint, which will leave you with an endless aftertaste.
The fish soup made in this way tastes amazing if you soak it with some white rice.
After drinking the soup, you can also eat the fresh, tender and slippery fish meat. The fish meat made in this way is particularly tender, sweet and not greasy, and is especially popular.
Bai Guoguo heard from the fellow from Yunnan that if there were any children or elderly people in their area who were weak, people would often make this clear water fish soup for them to eat with rice.
It is refreshing, appetizing, and nourishing to the body. With the addition of mint that clears away heat and detoxifies, it won’t make people get irritated if they eat too much fish. It is a nourishing soup suitable for all seasons.
Bai Guoguo cleaned the fish very neatly and prepared the onions, ginger, and mint. Only then did she realize she had no oil.
There is a lot of lard in the space, but if it is taken out and used, it will arouse suspicion.
I had no choice but to find a piece of bacon, cut off some fat from it, put it in the pot to make lard, then stir-fry some scallions and ginger, and then add water.
After the water boiled, Bai Guoguo poured all the fish in. This time, the soup and fish filled more than half a pot!
As the firewood continued to burn, bubbles came out of the pot, and waves of fish aroma emanated from the heat.
Bai Guoguo stuffed some thicker firewood into the stove hole and left it alone.
As the saying goes, "a thousand gurgling tofu means ten thousand gurgling fish", fish soup tastes better when it is stewed for a longer time.
While the fish soup was cooking, Bai Guoguo took out a can from the space and sat in front of the stove to eat it happily.
She ate the can to free up a can to store oil, as He Gang might bring some oil later.
She didn't buy an oil can, so she just cleared out a canning jar. It wasn't because she was greedy for canned food!
However, I only ate half of the can of ginkgo nuts because they were too sweet, so I had to put the other half in a bowl and put it in the space.
She rinsed the can with clean water and placed it on the chopping board to drain. Then she sat down in front of the stove with her knees hugged.
In this cold weather, with the cold wind blowing outside, it is so warm and comfortable to sit in front of the stove.
Bai Guoguo was roasting by the fire, his chin resting on his knees, and he was in a daze, half asleep.
Who knew that suddenly someone called her name in a loud voice, which scared her so much that her sleepiness disappeared!
"Bai Zhiqing, Comrade Bai Guoguo, I'm here to bring you some oil."
It turned out that He had just finished delivering bricks and had just returned to the brigade to hand in the car and the note. He then went home to get a pot of oil, put it in a basket and carried it to the educated youth site.
When he passed by the front yard, he met Li Dongyang and others who were setting up a stove, and he had already given them the oil that he was going to distribute to them.
Now only Bai Guoguo was left, but he couldn't go into the little girl's room, so he had to call Bai Guoguo's name in the yard, which surprised him and scared the little girl.
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