Chapter 142: Greedy
Qili Village received the news a little late. It was not until the people who went to wash clothes in the morning found that the river water had suddenly risen and submerged the stones where they usually washed clothes that they realized something was wrong.
At that time, the village chief sent someone to the village upstream to ask, and found out that the villagers in that village were working hard to catch fish. So the person came back immediately to report, and the village chief immediately asked each household to take out their fishing nets and string them together, and this is how this big net was formed.
They had already fished a little upstream and caught several buckets of fish. Someone said they saw a lot of fish hiding in the water plants in the river in front of the school, so they moved here.
Not to mention it, Zhou Erlang and several villagers walked forward with the net, while people on both sides of the shore took bamboo poles and beat the water plants. After a while, several big fish jumped out and headed straight for the fishing net.
Manbao was so excited when he saw it from the shore that he drooled and sang, "Stew fish, fry fish, stew fish, fry fish..."
Perhaps Manbao's intention was too strong, even if he didn't say this idea to Keke, Keke heard it.
It also looked at the lively fish outside and said, "Host, why don't you include the fish as well? There are also several species of fish that are endangered or have already become extinct in the future."
Manbao was reluctant to leave. Although they lived near a river, fish in the river were not easy to catch. In Manbao's memory, they could only occasionally eat fish in autumn throughout the year, and that was only when his third brother squatted by the river and used a net for a whole day to catch some.
How could such a rare fish be included in Koko's record?
Koko felt that the host couldn't distinguish between important and unimportant things, but the child's mind was full of food at the moment. It knew it would be difficult to reason with her, so it said, "Then include smaller fish. By the way, host, fish can be eaten in many ways, not just stewed and fried. There are also deep-fried fish, boiled pork slices, fish balls, and so on."
Manbao's eyes lit up, and he asked with his mouth watering, "How do you do it?"
"If the host can include extinct or endangered fish species, I would be willing to provide search results for these methods."
Anyway, it still has this search right.
Manbao immediately squeezed forward and looked at the fishing net with sharp eyes.
Zhou Erlang and the others shouted a few times, then worked together to pull up the fishing net. The big and small fish in it were instantly squeezed together. The people on the shore immediately helped to pull, and with a loud noise, the fishing net was pulled to the shore, and all the fish jumped out.
When the children saw so many fish, they couldn't help shouting for joy. It was the first time for Manbao and Bai Shanbao to see so many fish, and they ran around excitedly.
Koko called her several times in her mind, but Manbao didn't notice.
Koko had no choice but to wait until she calmed down before saying, "Host, do you see that spiky fish on your left? Record it. I haven't found any records of it in my search system. It must be an extinct species."
Manbao rushed forward and reached out to grab the fish. The fish was not very big, but it was very lively and Manbao couldn't catch it in one go.
There were many children like her who rushed over to catch fish, so her action was not abrupt.
Koko covered for her a little, and when her hand touched the fish again, he dodged slightly and took the fish in.
As long as the organism entering the system is alive, it is alive and the fish will go straight into the water and survive.
Big Head and his friends brought all the wooden barrels from home, and together with all the children, they picked up the fish and put them into the barrels. There was only a small amount of water in the barrels.
All the children were aiming for big fish, but Koko mainly chose small fish, because all they caught in one net were large and small, basically covering most of the fish species.
Koko found that information about a lot of fish could not be found.
A piece of data representing happiness was generated in its data, which constantly guided Manbao to collect fish.
Although Manbao listened to Koko and caught small fish, he couldn't help but catch big fish, and then he carried them to their wooden barrel and put them in, thinking, this is mine.
Koko watched without breaking her fantasy.
With so many fish, of course they don’t belong to whoever they are put into the wooden barrel. They all have to be taken to the village and then distributed according to the labor contributed by each family.
In this regard, the Zhou family has gained a great advantage.
Because except for Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang who went to the county town, four of the six brothers of the Zhou family all crossed the river, and Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang were still the main force.
So when the fish were distributed, the Zhou family took home three buckets of big fish and one bucket of small fish.
The villagers also knew that they could not fish out all the fish, so when they caught the fish in the nets, they would pick up some fish that were not big enough but were still lively and throw them back into the river. However, there were always some small fish that were not energetic enough and would not survive even if they were thrown back into the river, so they were divided up.
Although small fish are not delicious, they are also meat, right?
So each family was unwilling to waste anything. The Zhou family also filled a bucket and took it back. Bai Shanbao also got a lot. Because he called Daji in time, he also got half a bucket of big fish and half a bucket of small fish.
Manbao squatted in front of the wooden barrel and discussed with him how to eat the fish. "I want to eat boiled fish fillets, fish balls and fried fish."
They were all things Koko mentioned but she had never eaten.
Coincidentally, Bai Shanbao had never eaten it before either. He asked curiously, "How do you make this?"
Manbao read the information given by Keke, and then said with his mouth watering, "It must be delicious."
Bai Shanbao also nodded with drool, so the two children looked at each other, immediately got up and went back to their own homes, deciding to go back and ask their families to do the same.
The Zhou family raised the big fish in a water tank and put some in a wooden barrel.
Old Zhou walked around twice with his hands behind his back, then said to Zhou Dalang, "Tomorrow you and Erlang and Sanlang take some to the county town to sell and see if you can get any."
Zhou Dalang agreed.
Old Zhou pointed to the bucket of small fish and said, "Pick some out. Boil the live ones and feed the dead ones to the chickens."
Most of the Zhou family’s dishes are boiled, and Old Zhou only knows how to cook food.
Manbao rushed straight to the kitchen, tilted his head back, and said to Xiao Qianshi with sparkling eyes, "Sister-in-law, small fish should be fried, and big fish can be filleted and boiled, and can also be made into fish balls."
Little Qian didn't even listen to the last two methods. When she heard the first one, she tapped her forehead and said, "Deep-fried? Where did you get so much oil?"
She said, "It tastes best when cooked. Big fish are already oily, so it's delicious without even a drop of oil."
Obviously she didn't want to follow Manbao's instructions.
But Manbao really wanted to eat fried fish, and she kept pestering her, "It has to be fried, right?"
"Okay, okay, let's fry it, but how do you fry it? How much oil is needed?" Xiao Qian had never heard of this cooking method of frying, and of course she didn't know how much oil was needed.
She went to get the oil can, which contained the family's oil.
They are all made from purchased lard. In the past, they used mutton fat and chicken fat. However, last year, after they went to Lao Ding to make soup to make money, they found that there was a lot of pig fat, so they gradually changed to lard.
The key is that lard is cheap.
(End of this chapter)
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