Chapter 34 Spicy Stir-fried Seafood

Song Shiwei walked around with a coal fire tong, catching a mantis shrimp, a swimming crab, a cat's eye snail, a scallop, a blood clam, and a few tilapia trapped in the cracks of the rocks.

There aren't a lot of things, but the quality is very good.

Zhou Wei and Zhou Xinxin followed behind her, watching in amazement.

The new mother is so amazing. Every time she uses the pliers, she hits the target accurately.

In fact, Song Shiwei felt that he was not up to the task at all.

These pliers are not easy to use. They are too thin!

It’s not easy to catch fish, but the mantis shrimps are very fat at this time!

It looks very yellow at first glance, but these mantis shrimps are also very smart. They can dig holes and drill into them.

When she thought of the modern shrimp catcher, she couldn't help but feel envious. It would be great if there was a shrimp catcher at this time.

However, she once hosted a food program on the coast, discussed with local fishermen, and saw their homemade shrimp catchers.

In fact, the principle is similar to that of a pump.

She can ask later if anyone has an unused air pump, and she can give them something to exchange!

At this moment, Song Shiwei saw a large piece of crystal clear object on the shallow beach next to him.

Her eyes suddenly lit up.

Isn't this a jellyfish?

Just as she was about to go forward to catch him, the villagers who were watching her movements hurriedly tried to stop her.

"Little girl, you can't eat this. It stings! It's poisonous!!"

Song Shi smiled.

"Uncle, this is called jellyfish, and it's edible! It's delicious when eaten cold!"

The old man obviously didn't believe it. After all, they had lived by the sea all their lives and they knew that this thing could sting people. It was very painful to be stung!

Just like acupuncture, you need to apply white alum to relieve it!

Every year, there are cases of people in the village getting stung by these things while fishing in the sea, so the villagers hate them very much!

Seeing Song Shiwei using pliers to clamp the thing into the bucket beside him and preparing to take it back, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"Little girl, don't blame me for not reminding you. If you have any problems with your food, don't look for me!"

After hearing his words, even Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin frowned visibly. They had heard about this matter when they were young. They often heard that someone went to the sea to fish and got bitten by a worm!

Zhou Wei looked at the jellyfish squirming in the bucket and couldn't help but ask Song Shiwei timidly: "Is this thing really edible? Will it kill people?"

Song Shiwei smiled helplessly: "Don't worry, this thing stings when it's alive, but it's a delicacy when it's dead! I'll make it for you tonight, and you'll know when you try it!"

There are already a lot of things, and most of the salt in the jar has been used up. The sun is already setting, and it will be dark soon. It's time to go home and cook dinner.

She waved to the children.

"Let's go home and make you something delicious!"

When the children heard this, they happily followed her home.

As soon as I got to the doorstep, I saw the mess. The vegetable garden, which had been good, was full of holes dug here and there, and a lot of soil was scattered on the ground, even at the doorstep.

Sun Meimei from next door came out to fetch water and saw them coming back. She followed Song Shiwei's gaze to the messy vegetable garden and immediately sighed.

"Not long after you left this afternoon, Zhou Xiaomei came. She said that all the vegetables in the garden were grown by her, so why should we give them to you at a bargain price? Then she took a shovel and dug up all of them, including the roots and leaves!"

I thought Song Shiwei would be angry, but she just smiled faintly.

"It's better to dig it up, so I don't have to do it myself! It just so happens that I want to make some other things myself!"

As if he remembered the eggs that Sun Meimei had given him before, he hurriedly took out a handful of clams from Zhou Lin's bucket and handed them to her.

"Sister-in-law, these are what the kids and I just caught. Take them home and cook them for the kids!"

But when Sun Meimei saw the razor clam, her eyes lit up first, and then she smiled bitterly: "Sister, although I also want to make it for my children to try, but your sister-in-law and I are from the northwest, I have never seen this thing, let alone how to make it!"

Song Shiwei heard this and simply pulled his hand back.

"Well, then when I'm done, I'll ask Linzi to bring you a bowl of it! Let the kids have a taste!"

Sun Meimei felt both happy and embarrassed when she heard this.

"Well, how can I do that?"

Song Shi smiled and raised his hand: "What's the point of being embarrassed? I haven't thanked you for the eggs you gave me yet. Besides, it's said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If anything happens in the future, I may need your help, sister-in-law!"

Hearing her say this, Sun Meimei felt so relieved, and instantly felt that her relationship with Song Shiwei had become closer.

My impression of her has improved a lot.

This little girl is so nice. Not only can she speak, but she is also very good at dealing with people. She is likable just by looking at her.

Looking at her back as she brought a few children into the house, she couldn't help but sigh, it seems that Zhou Tingyue has married a good wife this time!

When they got home, Song Shiwei asked the children to go play and she started to prepare the seafood.

As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat from the mountain; live by the sea, eat from the sea!

If we go fishing every day, will we still worry about having nothing to eat?

Especially in that era, the fishing industry was not well developed, and not many people went to the seaside to pick up these seafood.

The shrimps and crabs were as delicious as cabbages, and you could pick up a basketful of them in no time.

But usually it is the local villagers who pick them up.

Song Shiwei didn't understand why no other family members picked up these things!

Thinking of Sun Meimei's envious and fearful look, she probably understood.

The wives of soldiers who come here to follow the army are basically from other places. They don't know the geographical environment and living habits here, let alone rushing to buy things. They probably don't know what is edible and what is not edible or poisonous. They are afraid that if they pick something wrong, it will be terrible and someone will die from it.

If she hadn't been a food anchor in her previous life and hadn't grown up by the sea, she wouldn't have dared to pick them up casually!

Wash the clams, soak them, add some salt, and let them spit out the sand.

Just use a brush to clean the crabs and shrimps, add some ginger slices and prepare to steam the swimming crabs.

She was going to use a clay pot to make some spicy stir-fried seafood, including cat-eye snails, scallops, blood clams, shrimps, and razor clams.

There was no garlic chili sauce here, so she could only stir-fry some green and red peppers and minced garlic.

She didn't have any green or red peppers, so she borrowed them from Jian Qiu's house.

These sisters-in-law were very nice. As soon as they heard what she wanted, they would just grab it for her as long as they had it at home.

The dried red peppers were given by Wang Chunxiang, the sister-in-law of Deputy Head Qian from the fourth family.

Everything is ready, Song Shiwei is ready to start cooking.

Heat oil in a pan, stir-fry scallions, ginger, garlic, and dried chilies, add the pre-fried garlic chili sauce, five-spice powder and soy sauce and stir-fry until fragrant!

Then pour in the processed cat's eye snail meat, scallops, blood clams, mantis shrimp and razor clams, stir-fry for two minutes, then add beer and water!

After the water boils, turn off the heat, cover the pot and simmer for two minutes before serving.

As soon as the lid is opened, the fragrance comes out instantly.

The fresh aroma of seafood mixed with the fragrance of garlic and chili almost filled the entire courtyard. It was dinner time at this point, and many people couldn't help but sniff.

"It smells so good. Who is cooking? Why does it smell so good?"

"That's right, what is this smell? Why is it so fragrant?"

But at this time, Zhou Xiaomei's family was in big trouble.