Chapter 35 Fishing
Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran exchanged 80 ducks for a box of salt, some rice, flour and beans. Sun Qing exchanged all the salt, and she planned to save some to raise salted fish in the future.
It was too late, so Wen Jianfeng cooked the duck blood and divided it into portions. Xia Xiaoman took her portion and went back to the house.
I put all the ducks piled up in the living room into the space, ate something simple, and then fetched a bucket of rainwater from the balcony and boiled it to prepare for processing the ducks.
Xia Xiaoman did not plan to make all the ducks into smoked ducks. Instead, she took out 40 ducks and hung them in the living room to smoke them, and prepared the rest and put them in the space, and then took them out and cooked them when she wanted to eat them.
The ducks were not very fat and were washed away by the flood before they could be marketed. The cleaned ducks probably weighed only about two kilograms.
After working until the early morning, 40 ducks were finally processed. Some of the down was too lazy to pluck, so it was burned directly. Anyway, she didn't eat the skin, so she could just cut the skin out separately when eating it later.
In the morning, Xia Xiaoman sat on the balcony and used rainwater to wash the duck intestines and gizzards that she had prepared yesterday. At about 10 o'clock, she got up and went to 1501.
After opening the door and seeing three pairs of panda eyes, Xia Xiaoman asked, "Did you steal last night?"
Su Ran yawned. "No, I plucked the duck feathers yesterday. It took until 4 a.m. to finish plucking them. Then I hung the ducks, smoked the ducks, cleaned the ducks' internal organs, and cleaned the duck feathers. I have been busy until now."
Seeing the neatly-made, smooth duck hanging in the living room, Xia Xiaoman was full of admiration. "You guys really have the time to pluck the duck feathers so cleanly. How about I provide the materials and hire you to help me pluck the duck feathers?"
Xiao Zheyu shook his head frantically, "Forget it, forget it. I can't earn this hard-earned money. I don't want to pluck duck feathers again in my life."
"By the way, we've dealt with the six extra ducks from yesterday. What are we going to do?"
All six ducks were pickled with salt. Xia Xiaoman picked out two and said, "I'll use these two to make beer ducks. I'll ask the coach for the rest. He's better at cooking."
Speak of the devil, here comes the devil. Wen Jianfeng comes in and sees a bunch of white and tender ducks. "Who plucked the duck feathers so cleanly?"
Xiao Zheyu puffed out his chest with pride, "It's clean, right? It took the three of us an entire night to get it clean."
Wen Jianfeng patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Young people can endure. Don't be stupid and pull it out next time. Use fire bombs to remove the fluff, which can save a lot of time."
"Ah? Can it be cooked with fire? Wouldn't the duck be cooked?" Xiao Zheyu looked confused.
Xia Xiaoman laughed unkindly, "You idiot, the coach said to use fire to bomb the fluff, not to throw the duck into the fire."
Xiao Zheyu, who lacks common sense in life: "..."
There are six ducks, two are made into beer ducks, two are made into spicy braised ducks, the remaining one is used for duck soup, one is made into three-cup duck, and the internal organs are sliced and stir-fried.
They have all the seasonings, but the side dishes are not complete, but it does not affect the taste.
The duo of idiots who suddenly became rich paid for everyone's rice, and a group of people gathered at 1501 to eat a whole duck feast, eating until their mouths were full of oil.
The few of them were not afraid that people in the building would smell the odor. No one lived upstairs, and people lived two or three floors downstairs. Before the smell could reach downstairs, it had already been dispersed by the moisture in the air.
"After the ducks at home are smoked, we will go to the mountains again. Maybe we can find some ducks that have escaped the net."
Xia Xiaoman looked at Xiao Zheyu jokingly, "Didn't you say you didn't want to pluck duck feathers in this life? Why do you want to go to the mountains to catch ducks again?"
Xiao Zheyu: “…”
I hate people who kill conversation the most.
"Even if we don't catch ducks, we can still go to the mountains to dig up some wild vegetables. There are so many things to eat in the mountains, and we will definitely not return empty-handed."
Sun Qing asked, "Do you know any wild vegetables?"
Xiao Zheyu nodded, "Yes! I often watch videos of people picking wild vegetables, such as wild onions, water celery, shepherd's purse, and motherwort. I know them all."
When he was catching ducks yesterday, he saw a field of wild onions. He was so busy catching ducks that he forgot to pick some.
Wen Jianfeng said, "Then let's go to the mountains again tomorrow! Leave two people at home to watch and help everyone smoke the duck."
Xia Xiaoman said, "I'll stay tomorrow. I still have some ducks to deal with."
"I want to go out." Zhou Qiuyang said.
He had been recovering from his injuries for half a month, and had been living off his savings. He was an ordinary person, and when he saw Xia Xiaoman and the others bringing back so many ducks, he couldn't help but feel jealous.
The wound has already scabbed over, so as long as you are careful, it shouldn't break.
Sun Qing probably understood his feelings and said, "Then I'll stay! I just happen to be feeling unwell, so I'll rest at home for two days."
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The next day, Wen Jianfeng led the team out. Sun Qing put away the firewood for smoking the duck, packed a small bag of duck offal, and went downstairs to go fishing.
Xia Xiaoman stayed at home to take care of the ducks in the space. At about 12 o'clock, Sun Qing came and knocked on the door. "Xiaoman, don't cook for lunch. Come to my house and eat fish."
Xia Xiaoman responded, cleaned up the garbage on the ground, and carried a box of self-heating spicy hot pot over.
Arriving at 1503, Xia Xiaoman's eyes widened in shock, "Did you catch all these fish?"
There were three large bathtubs in the living room, each filled with seven or eight grass carps as thick as arms. The twins were playing around in one of the bathtubs.
Sun Qing nodded. "Well, these fish are easy to catch. You can catch a fish in less than two minutes by throwing the duck intestines in."
Xia Xiaoman was jealous and said, "I'll go fishing in the afternoon too."
"Then you have to go earlier. Someone saw me catching fish in the morning, and they didn't even bother looking for supplies. They just stood by the window on the fifth floor with a stick and fished. When I left, almost all the fishing spots on the fifth floor were occupied."
"They don't have duck intestines, so what do they use to fish?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"Some people use rat meat, some use rice balls."
"Do fish eat these things?"
"No, I fished all morning and only two of us were able to catch any fish."
Sun Qing had wondered before why so few people in the community went fishing. It turned out that there were no tools for catching fish.
Even if you try your best to catch fish, you may not be able to catch them, but you can still get something back by salvaging supplies.
"Xiaoman, do you know how to kill fish?" Sun Qing didn't know where to start with the grass carp.
Xia Xiaoman went over, picked up the kitchen knife, and hit the fish head. The fish instantly became obedient, quietly waiting for Xia Xiaoman to gut it.
After scraping the fish scales, cutting open the fish belly, taking out the internal organs, use the kitchen knife to make cuts on both sides of the fish.
As soon as she made a cut, Xia Xiaoman discovered something was wrong. "Grass carp...does it have a fishy line?"
Sun Qing was confused, "What is the fishy line?"
Xia Xiaoman was about to explain when a long, red and black unknown creature slowly crawled out from the cut on the fish's back...
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