"Yi Tiao, this is for you." Zhang Siyu handed the last steamed cake to the little kid Peng Yi Tiao who came over. "You guys eat first. Mom is making fish balls. Try to hurry up."
Peng Yitiao took the steamed cake, took a bite, found it delicious, and immediately took a big bite.
It was fragrant and delicious. Peng Yitiao chewed it in big mouthfuls and quickly finished the remaining steamed cake.
Peng San Tiao ate it in small bites, his eyes widening as he watched his older brother finish it in one go.
"Mom, is this sent by grandma and grandpa?" Peng Ertiao smelled the delicious cake. Although he wanted to eat it very much, he didn't want to eat it all at once. He wanted to eat it slowly.
Hmm... "Yes." Zhang Siyu nodded. Er Tiao was really smart. He even found the source of her things.
"Mom, did grandma and grandpa send a lot? Are there any more?" It's really delicious. It would be great if there were any more!
"Yeah, a lot. And some other food." Zhang Siyu turned his back to the brothers, knocked two mackerels unconscious, and gutted them.
Peng Ertiao's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this. Peng Santiao and Peng Yitiao also twitched their ears. Mother said there were many more, and there were others.
Is it canned fruit?
"Grandma and Grandpa are so nice! Mom, what do they look like? Do they look the same as Grandpa and Grandma?" Peng Ertiao asked curiously while biting the steamed cake.
He doesn't like his grandparents, but he likes his grandparents, who always send them lots of delicious food. He and his brothers haven't met their grandparents yet.
Zhang Siyu thought for a moment, "Do you want to go visit your grandparents this year?"
I haven't been back for so many years, it's time to go back and take a look.
Peng Yitiao raised his head.
"Is it okay?" Peng Ertiao asked with some surprise.
"Naonao, Nao Ye, I want..." Peng Santiao blinked his sparkling eyes. Grandma and grandpa mean delicious food!
"If you want to go, let's go this year when my brother is on vacation."
Zhang Siyu threw the fish's innards aside and began to remove the fish bones. "But first we need to ask the village chief if he can give us a letter of introduction. If he can, we can go."
"Mom, I want to go, I really want to go! Erwa and the others have grandparents. But our grandparents ignore us, and we've never met our grandparents..."
Thinking of this, the naturally cheerful Peng Ertiao felt a little depressed. He didn't understand why his grandparents didn't like them. But they loved his cousin Liangliang very much, always smiling at him and even holding him up to get delicious food.
Zhang Siyu stopped picking out the fish bones. She knew a little about the grandparents of the children.
Peng Aiqing occasionally mentioned this to Cheng Zhenzhu. Peng Aiqing said that when his mother was pregnant with him, she fell seriously ill, and when he was born, his father and grandfather were caught in a storm and almost didn't make it back.
His parents and grandparents thought he had offended the goddess of the sea, and that he was destined to be unlucky and bring bad luck to his family, so they disliked him since he was a child, and when he was 10 years old, he was separated...
After Peng Aiqing got into trouble, they felt even more so. They didn't want to have anything to do with Peng Aiqing and avoided Cheng Zhenzhu and the other kids.
But this superstitious prejudice is too unfair to Peng Aiqing, and it is also too unfair to the children...
"Then let's go. Your grandparents are very nice, we can stay there for a few more days!"
"Okay." Peng Ertiao nodded heavily, looking very happy.
Peng Yitiao's eyes were also sparkling.
Zhang Siyu began chopping the fish. The two knives made a clanging sound. One of the knives was blunt, the other a stainless steel kitchen knife she had found in her house, gleaming and exceptionally sharp.
Peng Sandiao held the small stool and moved closer, staring at his mother's movements intently.
"Mom, I've never seen this knife before." Only then did Peng Ertiao notice the shining kitchen knife in her mother's hand.
"Mom brought it back today." In fact, she had a food processor that could be used to puree the meat directly, but it needed to be plugged in, so she had to go into her room.
So in the end she chose to chop it with a kitchen knife. In fact, this primitive method is also good, and the fish balls made will be more chewy.
"Oh." Peng Ertiao nodded and continued to watch his mother chop.
It took over an hour to skin, debone, and mince the two fish. Once that was done, the next step was easy. Zhang Siyu mixed the salt, pepper, and other seasonings and stirred them in. Once the mixture was well mixed, she added water, stirring slowly.
Fish absorbs a lot of water, so adding some water will make it less tough.
Almost done. Zhang Siyu washed the basin, drained it, and started to boil water.
Er Tiao volunteered to do it.
If the child is willing to try, she will naturally not stop him.
Zhang Siyu nodded and gave each of the brothers a basin. She told them to wash their hands and put the fish balls into the basin one by one, not to mix them up.
"Okay!" Peng Ertiao nodded vigorously.
"I want it to be cool too!" Peng Sandiao said eagerly.
Although little Peng San Tiao was a little shy outside, he was quite active at home when he woke up and was in high spirits. He washed his hands after following behind his second brother, and then let his mother carry him to the table.
Peng Yitiao washed his hands and looked at the snow-white fish paste with eagerness to try it.
"Fish balls, fish balls..." Peng Ertiao muttered to himself while squeezing the fish balls.
Peng San Tiao grabbed a handful of meat paste and rolled it into balls in his hands. Each ball was as carefully crafted as if it were carefully carved. He would continue rolling if he was not satisfied with the shape.
After a long time, I finally made three round fish balls.
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