Su Runrun was slowly chopping the fish meat into paste. She had just finished half of it when she heard Fu Chunshan's voice in the yard.
"Mom, my sixth brother and I just caught two big fish in the river. We can have a meal for our family at noon."
"What a coincidence." Wang Maoni said with a smile, "This morning I took your wife and your children to the river. Liu Ya and her siblings caught a lot of small fish in the river. Your wife said she wanted to make some delicious food for Liu Ya and her children. She is busy in the kitchen now. You can go and have a look."
"Okay, let me go take a look. I'll trouble you to look after Xiaoyi and the others."
"What kind of trouble is it? I am looking after my own grandchildren, do I need you to tell me about troubles? Go now."
Fu Wenjing didn't say anything else, but his laughter was very hearty.
Su Ruanruan heard the conversation between the two in the kitchen and looked outside the kitchen.
After seeing the two big fish in Fu Wenjing's hands, his eyes lit up.
Compared with the small fish caught by Fu Liuya and the others, these two big fish were really big, each one was as long as Fu Wenjing's forearm.
"Honey, I'm making fish balls." Su Ruanruan said with a smile, "You can clean these two fish and bring them in to chop them into minced meat. Why not just make fish balls out of them all?"
"good!"
Fu Wenjing agreed and did not continue walking into the kitchen, but turned around to kill the fish.
With the two big fish brought back by Fu Wenjing, plus the fish meat that Su Runrun bought from the gold rush, the fish balls made in the end filled a large bowl.
These fish balls can be used for stir-frying or making soup.
Considering that there are many people in the family and their tastes may be different, Su Ruanruan simply divided the fish balls into two portions.
The large portion is used to make stew, and the small portion is used to make fish ball soup. The staple food is multi-grain rice.
This season, as the old saying goes, is the gap between the old and the new.
The grain harvested last year has almost been eaten, and this year's new grain will have to wait another two or three months before it can be harvested.
At this time, you must not eat too much and must eat sparingly.
In case there are any problems with the harvest, the whole family will not starve.
For example, right after the harvest, when we eat at home, we can’t eat white rice, but at least we can eat two-grain rice.
But now, we eat mixed grain rice.
Multi-grain rice is very healthy, but the taste is very different from that of rice.
But no one will dislike it.
It is already very good to have something to eat and eat until you are 80% full.
In addition to fish balls, Su Ruanruan added black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, kelp, sweet potato flour, potatoes, and radishes to the stew.
It sounds like a hodgepodge, and indeed it is.
Don’t underestimate hodgepodge. As long as it is delicious, it is also very popular.
The essence of this hodgepodge made by Su Ruanruan lies in the fish soup.
The body of the fish is used to make fish balls, but the fish head is still there.
Fry the fish head in a hot oil pan until both sides are golden brown. Add hot water, a few red dates, onions and ginger. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until a pot of milky white fish soup is made.
When stewing vegetables, pour the fish soup into the dish and sprinkle some pepper on it before serving.
The taste is a little bit spicy, but at the same time very fresh and fragrant.
Some vermicelli and black fungus were put into the fish soup, and the rest were fish balls. No pepper was added, only finely chopped green onions and coriander, and finally a few drops of sesame oil.
Although the ingredients are very simple, the taste is really delicious.
When tasting the food, Su Runrun took a bite and almost made her eyebrows fall off.
Su Ruanruan is not bragging, this meal is really delicious.
Su Ruanruan was just about to call the people outside to eat, but when she turned around, she found that the kitchen door was already full of people without her knowing when.
Standing at the front are Fu Liuya and her siblings.
Each of them looked at Su Ruanruan eagerly, and their mouths moved from time to time.
Just looking at this, you can tell that he is already very greedy.
Su Ruanruan couldn't help laughing and waved at them, "Stop watching, go and clean up the table——"
Before Su Ruanruan could finish her words, she was interrupted by a group of children talking at once.
"Aunt Qi, the tables and chairs have been cleared away!"
A group of children started shouting at the same time. The sound was so loud that even Su Ruanruan felt it was deafening.
But Su Ruanruan could also understand their feelings.
It is completely normal to be impatient and excited when faced with food that you have never eaten before but smells particularly delicious.
As the children of the Fu family grew up, they all had to occupy a seat at mealtimes.
Originally, the Fu family had two tables for dinner, but now, they had to set up three tables before they could sit down.
The dishes were served in three bowls, and the soup and mixed grain rice were also served in three bowls each and placed on three tables.
Looking at so many people eating together, even though she knew in her heart that this did look like a prosperous family, Su Runrun still felt that it was too troublesome for so many people to live together.
There is a reason why a big tree has many branches, and people should learn from it.
However, Su Ruanruan only dared to think about this in her heart.
She wasn't going to live in the Fu family's old house forever, so it didn't matter what she thought in her heart. There was no need to say it out loud and offend Fu Chunshan and Wang Maoni.
As soon as the food was served, everyone couldn't wait to eat.
Seeing everyone clamoring to grab the seats, Wang Maoni immediately stood up and shouted, "What are you fighting for! Sit down!"
Wang Maoni's authority in this family should not be underestimated. When she shouted like this, the crowd that was in chaos just now became quiet, like quails, and all looked at her eagerly.
Wang Maoni ignored everyone's looks, stood up with a stern face, took a big spoon, and started serving rice to everyone.
In everyone's eyes, Wang Maoni serving food to everyone was not serving them, but a symbol of power.
Wang Maoni has the final say on how much rice, fish balls and soup each person gets.
It is no exaggeration to say that Wang Maoni is in power. Who wouldn't envy her?
Especially Liu Xiu'e and her sisters-in-law, their eyes were filled with passion, and they wished they were the ones holding the big spoon to serve the rice.
Wang Maoni is a very fair person and is not biased when distributing food.
Men are stronger, work more and are hungrier, so they naturally get more.
The children are young, but they are in the growing stage, so their appetites are quite big and they get a lot of food.
Even for the daughters-in-law, the food and soup each of them received was enough to make them 80% full.
In the entire production team, this was a life that only very wealthy families could have.