The children were attracted by Zhang Xing's words. When they heard that the insects in the bucket were edible, they became more interested and their eyes lit up as they looked at the crickets in the bucket.
During this period of time, they have eaten many things that they have never eaten or seen before. After tasting them, they found that they were all delicious, and this time must be the same.
For someone who had never eaten cicadas, Zhang Xing's reaction was not exaggerated.
Su Miaomiao responded with a smile.
“It’s delicious and edible.”
As she spoke, she began to plan.
"We happen to have two large buckets of crayfish. I'll make you a crayfish feast for lunch today! When you try it, you'll know how delicious crayfish are. I guarantee you'll fall in love with it."
Seeing Su Miaomiao so excited, Zhang Xing and the five children couldn't help but look forward to it.
I remember the last time Su Miaomiao was so excited was because she was going to eat hot pot, and it turned out that hot pot was really delicious.
Because of their trust in Su Miaomiao, they felt that the strange-looking crickets in the bucket became pleasing to the eye.
After unloading everything in the car, Su Miaomiao straightened up, clapped her hands and said to everyone.
"There are too many cicadas. It takes too much time to clean them. I need you to help clean them so that we can eat faster."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yunfei, Zhang Xing, and the five other children all rushed to agree.
And everyone was very excited, without any worries about not wanting to work.
In this family, no one avoids work and no one is lazy. Everyone wants to contribute their own efforts.
Su Miaomiao likes this harmonious, considerate and caring family atmosphere very much. She smiled and took out the small brushes she bought in the mall and distributed them.
Soon everyone had a small brush.
Su Miaomiao bent down and picked up a cricket and said.
"Crayfish must be cleaned thoroughly before eating. Everyone should scrub them clean like I do."
After she finished brushing, she took the cicada to show everyone.
"Look, people like me are just clean."
Then, Su Miaomiao gave each of the seven of them a basin and told them.
"Each of you is tasked with cleaning fifty crayfish. You have to scrub them yourself and place them in your own basin. You can count them yourself. You can stop when you reach fifty. Go ahead and start. I'll go prepare the side dishes."
After Su Miaomiao explained everything to everyone, she immediately turned around and went into the outer room to prepare lunch.
At the same time, the seven people in the yard also got busy. They automatically divided into two groups around the two wooden barrels, and all started to wash the cicadas very carefully.
Five children gathered around the wooden barrel, counting the crickets carefully while working.
They counted and discussed excitedly: "One, two, three..."
Every child was concentrating, afraid of counting wrongly.
More people means faster work.
In less than twenty minutes, Su Miaomiao's side dishes were ready, and Xiao Yunfei and the others had cleaned the crayfish.
The 350 cleaned cicadas are enough for Su Miaomiao to make four dishes and a soup.
There were still some cicadas left in the wooden barrel. While Su Miaomiao was cooking, Xiao Yunfei and Zhang Xing took the children to continue cleaning them.
"Crayfish, onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers..."
Before cooking, Su Miaomiao counted all the things she needed first. After making sure that everything was prepared, she took a deep breath and started cooking.
The first dish is braised crayfish.
She skillfully heated the pan and poured in an appropriate amount of oil.
When the oil is hot, add the onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. With a sizzling sound, the aroma instantly fills the air.
Then, she carefully poured the crayfish into the pot. The moment the crayfish came into contact with the hot oil, they made a cheerful sound.
She took a shovel and gently turned the cicadas so that they were heated evenly.
She carefully observed the color changes of the crayfish, added soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar and other seasonings at the right time, then added an appropriate amount of water, covered the pot and simmered it.
While waiting, she immediately started to prepare the second dish - steamed crayfish.
She placed the cleaned crayfish neatly on a plate, added shredded green onion and ginger, and drizzled a little cooking wine and steamed fish soy sauce on them.
When everything was ready, she placed the plate in the steamer.
Next was the crayfish tofu soup.
She took out the crayfish meat and chopped it into a paste.
Then add clean water to the pot, put in the crayfish meat paste, and stir gently with a spoon. As the water temperature rises, the crayfish meat paste gradually turns into a delicate tofu-like consistency.
She then added some shredded vegetables to make the soup more delicious and nutritious.
In addition, she also made sauced crayfish and spicy crayfish.
After the four dishes and one soup were put into the pot, she finally made today's main course.
She stir-fried the crayfish meat with rice, then added eggs and chopped green onions...
The aroma filled the air, and the whole kitchen was filled with the delicious taste of crayfish.
Even Su Miaomiao couldn't help swallowing when she smelled the fragrance, not to mention Xiao Yunfei and the others who were working in the yard. They were so greedy that they couldn't help looking into the house again and again, wishing they could have a taste of it right away.
The process of waiting for delicious food is particularly painful for them.
Finally, Su Miaomiao came out of the house.
"The food will be ready soon. How much more do you need to finish?"
It was almost time for dinner, and everyone became excited.
Xiao Yunfei raised his head and replied.
"Right away, by the time you make it out, we'll be almost there too."
"Okay, then I'll serve the food first, you guys hurry up."
When Xiao Yunfei entered the room to wash his hands, he leaned close to Su Miaomiao and whispered in her ear.
"Wife, guess who wins between us?"
"who?"
"I caught 56 more than you did."
Xiao Yunfei said this and moved closer to ask.
"Wife, shouldn't you be punished for losing?"
Before, we only talked about the competition, but didn’t say what would happen if we lost.
Su Miaomiao pursed her lips and asked a little nervously.
"What punishment?"
"Let me give you a kiss."
People were coming and going behind him, and Xiao Yunfei actually said it like that.
Although she knew that others couldn't hear her, Su Miaomiao couldn't help blushing.
She nudged Xiao Yunfei with her elbow and said angrily.
"No, since you didn't tell me in advance, it doesn't count."
Xiao Yunfei was in good health and didn't react at all when he was bumped into. He didn't even try to dodge. He just moved closer.
"Well, let's have a competition this afternoon to see who can catch more. If you lose, you have to let me kiss you, okay?"
Su Miaomiao lowered her eyes shyly and nodded faintly in response.
Xiao Yunfei's mouth corners curled up wildly as he said.
"Then it's settled. No regrets allowed."
"Okay! Stop making trouble and help serve the dishes."
"Okay, wife."
There was an indescribable joy in Xiao Yunfei's voice.
When Zhang Xing passed by, he bumped Xiao Yunfei with his arm and looked at him with curiosity.
"Brother, why are you so happy? Is there something good?"
Xiao Yunfei glanced at him.
"Children shouldn't ask about adults' affairs."
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