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The eels that Zhou Xiyue and her team later caught were only two feet long each, and they were kept in a large wooden basin. At a glance, you can see the eels' slippery backs slowly wriggling in the water, and each one is very fat.
Ciba squatted beside the wooden basin, making a small trilling sound of surprise. When Xuan Yu came over with the wooden basin, the little spirit beasts automatically made way for him. Everyone was amused by the sight. The spirit beasts raised by Du Heng were so cute.
Du Heng looked at the eels in the basin and said, "Just kill half of these fish. When killing, just cut open the belly, no need to open the back. Eels are fat, I'm afraid everyone will get tired of eating them, I'll pick some vegetables and make a soup to relieve the greasiness."
Xuan Yu nodded: "Okay, you go and get busy first." Du Heng trusted Xuan Yu to do things.
When Du Heng came out of the simple cave with fresh beans and green vegetables, the cleaned eels were already on the chopping board. The two-foot-long eels were gutted, the blood was washed off, and they were neatly placed in a colander.
Xuan Yu asked with a smile: "Is this okay?" Du Heng smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Great! By the way, there is a piece of eel on the grill. I saved it for you."
Xuan Yu walked towards the grill with a smile. He liked the fact that Du Heng was openly partial to him under everyone's noses.
The first thing to do is to pan-fry the eel. Compared with pan-fried and braised eels, this dish takes longer to cook. Du Heng took out an eel from the wooden basin, placed the fish horizontally on the chopping board, and then chopped the fish into one-inch long pieces starting from the back. The big bone on the fish's back was broken, but the skin and flesh on the belly were still connected. This was the effect Du Heng wanted.
He took out his casserole again. At this time, there was a bright fire burning at the bottom of the casserole, and the meat oil in the pot was slowly melting from its solidified state. When Du Heng chopped the eel, the oil in the pot was just hot. He quickly spread a layer of scallions on it, and the green scallions immediately wilted, but the color became more distinct.
Du Heng placed the curled eel slices on the scallions, and the oil smoke from the bottom of the pot rose up from the middle of the eel. When he poured soy sauce and wine over the fish, the oil smoke in the pot became even stronger. Just when everyone thought the scallions at the bottom of the pot would burn, Du Heng added water to the pot to cover the eel. The boiling pot suddenly became quiet, and the water was dyed a brown-red sauce color.
At this time, he covered it with ginger slices, cinnamon and bamboo shoots, and before the water in the pot boiled again, Du Heng covered the pot. The formation began to work, and white smoke soon came out of the pot.
Du Heng was taking care of Xiaoxiao again: "Xiaoxiao, please help me watch the pot. Call me when there is only a quarter of the soup left in the pot." Xiaoxiao, who was eating grilled eel, had her mouth full of sauce. He nodded repeatedly: "Yeah!"
When Xuan Yu came over with the plate, he saw Du Heng cutting an eel. Du Heng cut a knife on the back of the eel, and the fish was immediately divided into two halves.
Xuan Yu asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Making fried eel." Xuan Yu put down the plate in his hand and said, "Let me take care of it."
Du Heng smiled even more happily: "It's okay, you've worked hard enough, I can do this kind of small thing." Du Heng cut the round eels into one-inch wide slices of meat. He shaved off the eel bones and put them in a wooden basin on the side to marinate.
The seasoning for the marinade was very simple, no onion, ginger, garlic, or white wine, only salt. The fine salt quickly melted when sprinkled on the fish, thanks to the wooden basin that Du Heng used. The outside of the wooden basin was engraved with an acceleration formation by Xuan Yu, and it wouldn't take long for the eel meat to be marinated.
At this time, Du Heng took out the big round pan he usually used for making pan-fried dumplings. He placed the round pan on another stove, and as the bottom of the stove slowly heated up, Du Heng brushed a little soybean oil into the pan.
Jing Nan walked slowly to Du Heng with his hands in his pockets: "Hey? You still need this pot to make this dish."
Du Heng scratched his head embarrassedly: "This pan doesn't easily get sticky. Besides, there are a lot of eels that need to be fried, so it's not appropriate to use the pan I usually cook in."
Indeed, the eel meat that Du Heng had chopped filled the entire chopping board, and one pan might not be enough to fry it all!
Du Heng used his spiritual energy to sweep away the moisture on the surface of the cut eel meat, and the eel meat flew into the pot piece by piece. The meat was facing down and the skin was facing up. There was a faint frying sound coming from the pot. Du Heng said: "This dish is the original flavor of the eel, just use the simplest salt to season it. If you think the taste is not enough, I will sprinkle some pepper on it later."
Jing Nan saw that the side of the fish sticking to the pot gradually changed from slightly transparent to milky white, and the fish was being cooked bit by bit. A familiar fragrance wafted out, which reminded him of the smell of fried fish when Du Heng made miscellaneous fish pot stickers that day.
Jing Nan wanted to reach out and poke the fish in the pot, but Du Heng stopped him: "Don't move, the fish meat will fall apart if you move now." Jing Nan didn't believe it, so he reached out and poked the fish and said with a smile: "How can it be so..."
Before he could finish his words, the piece of fish in Jing Nan's hand had been poked by him, and the side of the fish that was sticking to the pot was stuck to the bottom of the pot, and the uncooked meat and the entire skin were displaced.
Jing Nan was shocked: "Oh, she's really so delicate..."
Du Heng said helplessly: "There is a lot of fat in the eel meat. You have to wait until it is set before turning it over. If you touch the fish meat before it is cooked, it will fall apart."
Jing Nan nodded thoughtfully: "Well...as expected, I need your opinion on cooking."
Pan-frying hairtail fish is fast. In less than a cup of tea, the part of the fish sticking to the pan has turned golden yellow. At this time, use spiritual energy to slowly push the eel, and the whole eel will move. At this time, Du Heng turned over all the fish in the pan.
The black fish skin was at the bottom, and the pan was frying gently. The golden fish meat was facing the sky, which made people hungry just by looking at it.
Xiaoxiao stretched her neck to look at the fish in the frying pan: "Du Hengheng, is this fish ready to eat?"
Du Heng said, "Not yet. We have to wait until the fish skin is fried until it's crispy before we can start eating." Xiaoxiao drooled, "It smells so good..."
Du Heng rubbed Xiaoxiao's head cheerfully: "Just wait a little longer. By the way, is the soup over there ready?"
Xiaoxiao nodded: "It's almost a quarter, I came here to tell you."
Du Heng walked over to his casserole and opened the lid. He saw that the eels in the casserole had changed from being distinct strips to a red sauce color. The sauce was bubbling slowly in the middle of the eels, and a fishy aroma filled his face.
Du Heng quickly moved the clay pot from the stove to the cooktop, transferred the eels and bamboo shoots into the pot, and poured the soup from the pot over the fish. Scallions, ginger slices, cinnamon, etc. were left in the clay pot, and Du Heng threw these seasonings into the bucket for kitchen waste.
A big fire started in the pot on the stove, and the soup in the pot began to bubble again.
Du Heng was busy adding sugar and vinegar to the pot. The dish tasted salty and sweet when it was ready. At this moment, he only regretted that he forgot to add garlic seeds to the eel. If he had added garlic seeds, the taste would definitely not be bad!
Xiaoxiao called out again: "Du Hengheng, the fish skin is ready!"
Du Heng's hand flashed with inspiration, and the eel meat in the round pot flew to the large plate that had been prepared long ago. Du Heng called everyone: "The fried eel is ready, Xiaoyu, please help sprinkle some black pepper, and everyone can eat first."
Du Heng’s pot-roasted eel has reached the most critical step and cannot be cooked without help.
Xuan Yu sprinkled some black pepper on the fried eel. He moved the plate to the big round table. The generals around the round table exclaimed, "It looks delicious!"
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu couldn't wait to put a piece of the fried eel into their mouths. The fish meat and skin were crispy, while the meat inside was soft and fragrant. The slight spicy taste of black pepper made the eel meat even more delicious.
Du Heng looked at the eel roasting in the pot, and he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, be careful..."
Before she could finish her words, Xiaoxiao started coughing: "It's stuck! It's stuck!" Xiaoxiao's tears burst out: "A fish bone is stuck in me! Awww, uncle!"
Feng Gui was both angry and amused: "You are so old, can't you slow down a bit? Come on!" Xiao Xiao rubbed into Feng Gui's arms with tears in his eyes. He opened his mouth to Feng Gui: "Ah..."
A thin fish bone got stuck in Xiaoxiao's throat, and he pulled it out with his spiritual energy. Xiaoxiao felt relieved immediately, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "How can eels have bones? Why didn't I notice it when I ate grilled eel before?"
Xuan Yu said slowly: "That's because I dealt with the fish bones when I processed the eel. The eel I grilled was big, so the fish bones were easy to deal with."
Du Heng said embarrassedly: "I was just trying to remind you to be careful of the fishbone, but Xiaoxiao got caught. It's my fault. I didn't deal with the fishbone to save trouble."
There are tiny soft spines in the eel meat, and you will get pricked if you are not careful. Du Heng looked at Xiaoxiao with concern, hoping that Xiaoxiao would not have any trauma from the eel.
But Du Heng was obviously overthinking it. As soon as the fishbone was pulled out, Xiaoxiao came back to life. He opened his mouth and took another bite of the eel meat: "It's delicious~"
Xiao Yuma was much more steady. Not only did he remove the bones from the eel he ate, he also removed the bones from the eel Xiaoxiao ate.
Xiaoxiao ate the fish meat with a slurp: "Little Feather, you are so nice, thank you!" Little Feather subconsciously hid his head under his wings: "No, you're welcome."
Feng Gui couldn't bear it any longer: "Hong'er, eat by yourself, don't spoil him." Xiao Xiao glanced at his uncle complacently: "Hehe~"
Xuan Yu spread the remaining eel meat in a round pan and fried it carefully. After he put the eel meat in, he took out a piece of eel and pulled out the bones inside. Du Heng was standing in front of the stove with his back to him. Xuan Yu strode over and put the piece of fish next to Du Heng's lips: "Come on, open your mouth."
Du Heng tilted his head and put the fish in his mouth. The fried eel tasted really good! Even with only salt and pepper, its tenderness and deliciousness were not covered up.
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng with curved eyebrows and eyes: "Is it delicious?" Du Heng nodded: "Yeah.
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Then he understood Xiaoyu's intention, and Du Heng smiled and said, "The eels fed by the Dragon King are the most delicious in the world."
Jing Nan shuddered: "Ah~ I have goose bumps. Can these two not be so sticky?"
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The pan-fried eel was soon out of the pot. Du Heng felt that the color of the eel was not good enough, so he poured a spoonful of oil on the eel and sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds on it. Of course, chopped green onions and coriander were also present.
The eel in the big pot was red and full of sauce. When the pot was placed on the table, the eel meat in the pot was shaking. It looked very tender and fresh!
Zhou Lianhua was very touched: "This is great! I can eat the whole pot of rice!"
Now that Du Heng has lost his Magical Sky Pearl, the generals have lost their standards when it comes to eating. Du Heng hasn't even seen any leftovers in the past few days. Yesterday, when he wanted to mix some fish soup with rice to feed glutinous rice cakes, he found that even the rice crusts in the pot had been picked up and eaten by Yun Zheng and his men.
At this time, Du Heng began to miss the Fantasy Dzi Bead. In fact, the Fantasy Dzi Bead was very useful. At least with it in hand, the rice in his family did not eat as quickly as it does now.
Feng Gui gave Zhou Lianhua a sidelong look: "Eat the same pot? What will others eat if you finish it?" Zhou Lianhua quickly shut up: "Mr. Feng, I'm just saying."
Xuan Yu said: "If you feel hungry, go catch some fish after you finish eating." The Zhou brothers immediately said bitterly: "Yes."
Du Heng didn't know how to respond. What he was cooking now was just for everyone to taste. If he really let everyone eat as much as they wanted, his pot wouldn't be able to keep up!
Du Heng regretted it a little: "I should have fried all the eels earlier." Xuan Yu said slowly: "It's okay, don't worry about them. They have been fasting for a long time, and now they are eating just because they are greedy."
Hearing this, Yun Zheng and the others didn't even dare to raise their heads. It was so embarrassing. They had lived in vain for so many years, but in the end they couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food.
The pot-roasted eel is salty and sweet, the fish meat is delicate, tender and melts in the mouth, and the fat under the fish skin makes everyone feel very satisfied. The bamboo shoots mixed in the eel absorb the soup and become salty and sweet, and they are crispy and tender. Everyone immediately fell in love with this taste.
Before, Du Heng was worried that people would get tired of eating too much eel, but in the end, everyone used the eel soup to mix with rice.
The eel bones were not thrown away. Xiaoxiao especially liked to eat crispy fish bones. Du Heng had cooked it with eel bones before, and this time he tried to cook it with eel bones.
The eel bones were chopped into pieces, marinated with onion, ginger and wine, and then fried slowly over low heat. After frying, they were sprinkled with chili powder and pepper powder. They were crispy and crunchy, and Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu couldn't stop eating.
After the eel feast, they entered the river from the underground waterway in the afternoon. The river flowed southwards, and there was no ice on the wide water surface, so the cows could finally reach the surface of the water.
Du Heng and the others also drew aside the curtains and looked out the window. They saw that the mountains on both sides of the river were covered with snow. There was no living creature, not even a flying bird.
The harshness of Dongji Mountain in winter made Du Heng gasp: "I remember that Dongji Mountain was not so harsh ten thousand years ago?" Ten thousand years ago, he and Wuwang could cross Dongji Mountain to search for treasures in the mountains. They also spent winters in the mountains. At that time, the mountain was just a little colder, not as terrible as it is now.
Jing Nan said: "Yes, at that time we went to the Shenxu Palace Library to secretly read books. If Dongji Mountain at that time was like it is now, how could we survive?"
Feng Gui said, "Dongji Mountain became like this after your death." Du Heng was confused: "Huh?"
Feng Gui said: "At that time, monsters often appeared in the Dongji Mountain area. After you sacrificed yourself to fill the passage, Dongji Mountain became like this. Some people say that it was because of your death that the Heavenly Dao was furious with the monsters. The Heavenly Dao punished them and made it impossible for the monsters in Dongji Mountain to survive the winter..."
Du Heng scratched his head: "Stop joking, I still haven't felt the will of heaven."
Feng Gui smiled and said, "It is true that Dongji Mountain has grown taller after your fall. I think it is because your spiritual energy caused the Taixu Realm to vibrate, and the mountain range grew taller and bigger in winter. In addition, the passage you blocked back then was near Dongji Mountain, which caused the space here to be unstable and the climate to become harsh. In addition, there have been few cultivators with high cultivation since your fall, which made Dongji Mountain a place that is difficult for human cultivators to cross."
Du Heng looked at Dongji Mountain in silence. The Taixu Realm under his feet was like a lone boat floating in the sea. He didn't know when the monsters would come back again.
The breams swam down the river at a very fast speed, and they saw the sea ten days later. The further south they went, the higher the temperature and the gentler the terrain. When they passed through the mountains and saw the vast plains, Du Heng saw an abandoned town not far away.
The town is built on a cliff not far from the estuary, and broken city walls can be seen among the woods.
Jing Nan said, "This is Linhai City. It used to be the southernmost city. What you are seeing now is the northern wall of Linhai City." Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "Northern wall?"
Xuan Yu said: "
The large area of land south of Linhai City has been gradually swallowed up by the sea over the years. This place was visited by monsters before, and the residents of the city left and scattered. Now they have moved to the cities further inside, and Linhai City has gradually become deserted. "
Jing Nan sighed, "Come to think of it, we once came to Linhai City to fight off monsters a thousand years ago. I didn't expect that only a thousand years later, this place has become like this."
Looking at the broken city wall, Du Heng thought of Jing Hong again. It was here that Jing Hong met Ji Qing Yan, and they had been entangled for a thousand years. Speaking of which, when he was in Shenxu Palace, Du Heng once gave Ji Qing Yan a bowl of wontons, but Ji Qing Yan didn't have much reaction after eating it.
Du Heng thought that the wontons he made were not made by Ji Qingyan's mother after all. He had never been to Linhai City, had never felt the wind here, had never drunk the water here, so naturally he could not make the taste here.
Du Heng was just thinking about wontons when he heard Xiaoxiao say, "Du Hengheng, let's make shrimp wontons!" Du Heng was puzzled: "Hey? Xiaoxiao, why did you suddenly think of shrimp wontons?"
Xiaoxiao pointed to the sparkling sea and said, "I see a lot of big shrimps jumping on the water!" Du Heng used his spiritual sense to probe and saw groups of big shrimps jumping on the sea several miles away. They jumped up and down as densely as raindrops and looked very jubilant.
Xuan Yu glanced at the sea and said to the Zhou brothers, "Let's go down and take a look." Zhou Lianhua bowed, turned around and jumped from the frame into the sea.
Xuan Yu explained: "The 鯬 beast refuses to move forward, there must be danger ahead." The 鯬 beast had stopped before, it floated to the surface and stepped on the waves.
Du Heng held his forehead with his hand. He had thought that the cow was just trying to show off, but it turned out that it ran to the surface of the water to make it easier to escape! So this is what a cow is like!
After Zhou Lianhua entered the water, a huge black shadow appeared underwater and rushed towards the estuary.
Du Heng's consciousness fell on the black shadow under the water. In his consciousness, he saw a huge fish. The fish was fifty feet long and looked like a dolphin, but its aura was several times stronger than that of a harmless dolphin. Its fins were longer than those of other fish and looked like wings. Its tail was also longer and more elegant.
It is silvery white and looks like it is flying when it swims in the water. Anyone who sees such a beautiful big fish will be amazed! This is the legendary Kun!
Du Heng's eyes suddenly lit up: "How spectacular! As expected of the Kunpeng clan, the Zhou brothers haven't officially transformed yet, right?
If they wait until they are able to transform from Kun to Peng, how huge their bodies will be!"
Zhou Xiyue smiled embarrassedly: "It's okay, our family has no other advantages except that it's big."
Soon the sea surface exploded, huge waves splashed up to three feet high. Two giant beasts were fighting in the waves, one of them was Zhou Lianhua, and the other was a sea beast with a big head, a short body and a mouth full of teeth.
Zhou Lianhua could be Xuan Yu's subordinate, so he must have something extraordinary. The waves were dyed red with blood, and soon the sea beast that was fighting with Zhou Lianhua fled with only a piece of its tail left.
No wonder the shrimps were so excited, it turned out there was such a huge sea beast chasing them underwater!
Zhou Lianhua changed into a human form and came over on the waves: "Lord Dragon, a sea beast from the deep sea has escaped to the shallow sea. Your subordinates have already driven it away."
Xuan Yu pondered for a moment: "Deep-sea beasts usually don't come to shallow seas... Well, we should be more cautious from now on."
After hearing this, Jing Nan patted the reins on the armrest of the bicycle frame, and the reins turned into a ball of spiritual energy and dissipated. The bream was freed from its restraints and separated from the frame.
Jing Nan said to the 鯥兽: "You should go back to the village first. The road we are going to take next is very dangerous. It will be dangerous if you follow us."
Du Heng felt a little reluctant. Niu'er had been pulling the cart hard all this time. Without it, Du Heng and his team would never have been able to reach the beach so quickly and steadily. But now they wanted it to go back. It was icy and snowy in the Dongji Mountains. Niu'er was just a cow. What if he encountered danger?
But what Jing Nan said made sense. The sea beast just now was so powerful. If there was an ambush on the road, Niu'er would be in trouble.
Hearing Jing Nan say this, the two front hooves of the bream beast softened, and it lay on the sea with its head lowered sadly: "Moo--" It didn't want to leave. Why could Nianniansuisui and Ciba, who were weaker than it, follow Du Heng and the others, but it couldn't?
Jing Nan couldn't bear it either: "Be good, sea beast. You look so delicious. If a sea beast sets its eyes on you, your life will be in danger."
The mullet lowered its head and twisted its neck. The less it said anything, the more distressed everyone felt.
Jing Nan sighed and looked at Feng Gui: "What should we do?" Feng Gui said: "Then take it with you and let it stay in the cave. There is water, sunshine and mountains there, but it is a little lonely."
Du Heng also spoke up for the ox: "Take it with you. When we come back, the ox will need to help pull the cart."
Hearing Du Heng's words, the bream raised its head, its warm big eyes were watery: "Moo—
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Jing Nan was so annoyed that he sighed softly, "I really have no way to deal with you. Stay. But don't make any noise in the cave!" The bream responded with a "Moo."
Du Heng opened the simple cave, and a two-story building appeared on the water. Du Heng said, "Come in, Nian Nian Sui Sui is also inside, you can keep them company."
The 鯥 beast swung its snake-like tail and walked towards the shadow. It was obvious that it was very happy. The shadow of the 鯥 beast twisted a few times, and it had already reached the cave.
Du Heng waved his hand, and the warm jade pendant fell into his hand. He carefully placed the jade pendant in the storage bag on his waist. There were a group of small spirit beasts in his cave, so he must not lose his jade pendant even if he lost anything!
Who could have thought that the simple cave that Yun Zhonghe gave would eventually become something that a saint couldn't throw away no matter what? If Senior Brother Yun knew about this, he would wake up laughing in his sleep.
Jing Nan sighed: "After raising it for a long time, even the honest fish beasts have started to bargain."
Du Heng smiled and said, "You can't bully someone just because he's honest, right?" The yu beast is so great. It can travel a thousand miles a day with just two salted duck eggs. Where can you find such a spiritual beast? !
At this moment, the frame of the vehicle suddenly rose up, and a large piece of silvery-white fish skin appeared under the frame. Zhou Lianhua actually turned into a demon and held the frame on his head. He said naively: "Long Jun, shall we set off now?"
Xiaoxiao was unhappy: "Where are the shrimp wontons you promised me?"
Author's words: Yun Zhonghe: I am not happy. I was given such a recognizable name, but I only live in the narration. As an NPC who provided important props, I am not even as good as a cow.
鯥兽: Of course you are not as good as me. If you can travel a thousand miles a day with just two salted duck eggs, I will admire you.
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