During the Song Dynasty, Yuan Zheng was making a bulging pufferfish to amuse the children.
Ruan Meng rushed forward, and Song Shiyuan had already arrived. He had just stood up when Ruan Meng snatched the pufferfish from his hand.
Song Shiyuan was taken aback, while Ruan Meng looked serious and asked Fan's second sister-in-law and Song Ke'er to take the children aside first...
Ruan Meng wasn't sure if the people of Nanxian knew about the toxicity of pufferfish, so she lowered her voice and reminded them:
"This is called a pufferfish. Don't be fooled by its swollen appearance; the toxins inside can easily kill dozens of people. And..." (Image from the internet) "Once poisoned, there is no antidote."
Even in my previous life, there was no effective antidote for tetrodotoxin.
Upon hearing this, Song Shiyuan's face immediately turned pale.
Looking at the child, a chill ran down my spine.
Ruan Meng threw the pufferfish into the sea, and Song Shiyuan exclaimed in surprise:
"Little sister, since it's so poisonous, why did you release it back into the sea?"
Ruan Meng replied, "There are countless species in the sea, each maintaining its own balance. Like sea snakes, there are many venomous species."
"We can't catch them all. Even if we could, it might disrupt the balance of the ocean, and potential threats would arise."
"Tetrodotoxin is mainly found in the internal organs, so as long as you don't eat it, there's generally no problem. But just now, you held it too close to the child, and I'm just worried..."
Song Shiyuan said with lingering fear, "You did the right thing! I should thank you. If a child were playing and accidentally broke it, damaging the internal organs, and got some on their hands and put it in their mouth..."
Song Shiyuan's face was still a little pale.
Ruan Yi and Ruan Zheng were seeing their younger sister run so fast for the first time, so they quickly caught up and heard everything she explained.
This was a reassuring voice, "It's okay! I almost got bitten by a dogfish just now, didn't I?"
"We don't recognize the species in the sea, so we should be careful in the future and try not to touch seafood that we don't recognize."
Hearing Ruan Yi say this, Song Shiyuan indeed relaxed.
To ease her emotions, Ruan Meng suddenly smiled slyly, "Although it's poisonous and inedible, it's not entirely useless..."
Everyone looked at her. Ruan Meng recalled the live-streaming of beachcombing she had seen in her previous life, where the hosts were all being cheeky and using dolphins to wipe the soles of their shoes.
Ruan Meng smiled and told Ruan Yi and Ruan Zheng about the wonderful use of pufferfish. The brothers Ruan Yi and Ruan Zheng, as well as the Song and Fan brothers, stared at Ruan Meng in disbelief.
Speechless, and what's going on with this dog-like behavior?
The tide was gradually rising, the fish soup was ready, and the eldest sister-in-law had already served it.
My sister-in-law has already cooked a pot of oyster meat, but even after cooking it dry, there's only a small jar left.
The chili rings were already cut. Ruan Meng took out the wok, added Sichuan peppercorns, and made Sichuan peppercorn oil.
Add oyster sauce, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, etc. to a bowl, add chili rings, pour in Sichuan peppercorn oil, add spring water, and mix to make a broth.
Ruan Meng picked out some oyster meat, and then took out the extra clam and snail meat that her second brother had picked out from the bucket. After cooking them, she took them out and soaked them in the broth.
Before the tide fully rose, Ruan Meng picked up an octopus and an octopus. After dicing the tentacles, she had more than half a bowl of them. She cooked them and then soaked them in the broth.
The Ruan family didn't have enough bowls and chopsticks, so they asked the Song and Fan families to go back and get some.
Ruan Meng and her sister-in-law placed the prepared food outside the door, where it was shaded by the roof.
When the Song and Fan families saw Ruan Meng catching a dogfish, they thought Ruan Jia would cook fish and oysters, but they never expected that he would be able to cook so many dishes.
With rapeseed oil, scallions, and garlic, it's hard for wild vegetables not to taste good.
The aroma of dogfish soup wafts through the air.
They recognized the seafood soaking in the broth as oyster meat, and vaguely saw octopus and octopus tentacles, but they had never seen it prepared this way before.
The fresh, fragrant, sour, and spicy flavors hit their taste buds directly.
The cooked rice was just served, emitting a fragrant aroma of grains.
Before this, Ruan Meng used an empty bowl to scoop a bowl of mint water for each of them. After half a day of work, both families sighed.
Seeing their performance, the Nguyen brothers, Nguyen Nghe and Nguyen Chinh, were incredibly proud.
When they were to have soup later, Ruan Meng didn't let them drink too much. She only said that if they liked it, they could take some mint leaves with them when they left and soak them in the spring water.
The third brother went to invite Granny Liu in advance, but Granny Liu was perhaps embarrassed and did not want to disturb them, so she did not go out.
The third brother delivered the food over.
Master Fan and his wife passed away during their exile. Of the three elders, only Master Song and Madam Song remained.
The two were invited over and sat around the table. Seeing how united and hardworking the children were, their eyes gradually welled up with tears.
After Ruan Qian repeatedly declined, and after Mr. and Mrs. Song spoke up, lunch began!
The wind swept away the clouds.
In less than fifteen minutes, the food was gone.
Even the broth from soaking the seafood was divided equally and used to soak cooked rice.
During the meal, Song Shiyuan said somewhat embarrassedly, "If you are busy next time and need help, I can come and assist you. I don't need anything else, just a meal will do."
If it were any other time, the son of the Vice Minister of Revenue would never have uttered such a sentence.
But times have changed, and moreover, Ruan Qian personally visited the Song family last night, and his words revealed a genuine concern for them.
The three families worked together until the tide went out, and they had just finished working. If it were the Ruan family alone, they definitely wouldn't be able to get into town on time tomorrow.
Song Shiyuan was known for his wit; he merely used this as an excuse to give each other a way out.
Next time the Ruan family needs help, they won't be hesitant to ask, and our family will also make our stance clear.
Fan Zili, the second son of the Fan family, immediately raised his hand, "Me too, me too! I don't need anything else, just a meal is fine!"
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