Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Fried Small Fish

When Lin Dabao saw the meat, his eyes lit up and he rushed over, reaching out to snatch Lin Beibei's bone stick, but Jiang Qiuyue was quick and grabbed his arm.

"I want to eat, give it to me quickly!" Lin Dabao was small but very strong. He clapped his hands around. Jiang Qiuyue was in pain and picked up Lin Dabao and threw him to Qian Li.

"Second sister-in-law, if you don't teach him well, I will take action next time." Jiang Qiuyue looked at Lin Dabao fiercely, "In the past, when you had delicious food, you wouldn't share it with Beibei and Nannan. Now when they have delicious food, don't even think about eating it!"

Lin Dabao sat on the ground, kicking his legs and crying, "I want to eat meat. Grandma said that I am the baby of the Lin family, so Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan are both bastards. They don't deserve to eat... wuwu!"

Jiang Qiuyue pinched Lin Dabao's mouth hard, causing him to burst into tears. Qian Li then thought of protecting her son, "Sister-in-law, why are you arguing with a child?"

"What's going on? What's going on?" Wang Chunhua and a few others heard the noise and ran out.

Seeing that Lin Dabao's mouth was red from being pinched, Wang Chunhua pointed at Jiang Qiuyue and cursed, "You damned bitch, Dabao was so young, how could you have the heart to do that to him?"

"Mom, Beibei and Nannan are still young, how could you have the heart to do that to them?"

Jiang Qiuyue said unhappily, "And my second brother and sister-in-law, why do you ask me to argue with the child? I am helping you educate your child because I see that you don't know how to teach your child. In order not to embarrass the Lin family, I will teach you a lesson. You are a bad person. You deceived my parents and spoiled my child. If this family is ruined in the future, you will be half responsible."

Qian Li: “I…”

"Don't try to make excuses. For the sake of the child, next time Lin Dabao steals food from others, you should slap him in the face so he will learn his lesson."

It is said that human nature is good, but Jiang Qiuyue does not think so. For someone like Lin Dabao who swears at such a young age, he probably inherited the bad genes from his parents.

"Beibei Nannan, take the noodles to the room to eat. We have delicious food, and we have to share it with people who are good to us, understand?"

While Lin Nannan was still there, Lin Beibei came over to her with a bowl and happily said in a voice that he thought only he and his sister could hear, but in fact everyone could hear it, "Hurry up, mom asked us to go back to the room to eat. Mom is so nice, she didn't let us share with Lin Dabao!"

The two children walked into the room without looking back. Jiang Qiuyue also picked up her bowl of noodles, drank the soup in one gulp, and raised her eyebrows provocatively at the Lin family.

Wang Chunhua wanted to beat Jiang Qiuyue to death, "Just wait for me, don't think you are so proud now, one day you will cry and beg us!"

You said this because you have thought of a way to deal with her?

After Jiang Qiuyue thought about this, she became cautious. Two days later, she saw Lin Sanzhu stealthily calling out to the postman. After Lin Sanzhu left, she took a shortcut to catch up with the postman.

"Postman, wait a minute!" Jiang Qiuyue was sweating from running. She took out the letter she had written and lied to the postman without blushing, "My mother said she got the wrong letter and asked me to change it."

The postman came to Taohua Village every week. He had been doing this for more than ten years and knew everyone in Taohua Village. He found the letter from Lin Sanzhu and handed it to Jiang Qiuyue without any suspicion. "Be more careful next time. If I ride too far, you will have wasted a stamp."

"Thank you for the reminder, brother. My mother-in-law is old and her eyesight is blurry. I will definitely help her next time. Thank you for your hard work!" Jiang Qiuyue waved to the postman, and when she could no longer see the postman, she confirmed that Lin Sanzhu had sent the letter to the army, and she opened the envelope without hesitation.

“Tsk tsk.”

As expected, she guessed correctly. This group of villains from the Lin family actually wanted to slander her.

Want Lin Dazhu to deal with her?

Bah, dream on!

After returning home, Jiang Qiuyue burned Lin Sanzhu's letter. It would take half a month to send a letter from Taohua Village, so the Lin family would wait for it.

Seeing her cooking, Lin Beibei thought she was cooking, so she trotted in and asked, "Mom, what delicious food are you cooking today?"

In the past two days, Jiang Qiuyue rolled noodles, steamed buns, and made meat floss. The aroma from the kitchen made Lin Dabao cry every day.

Yes, what shall we cook for today?

Jiang Qiuyue ate half of the meat she bought and made the remaining half into jerky and hung it up. She didn't want to eat jerky today as there was plenty of rice and noodles at home but no vegetables.

At this moment, the sound of a child being beaten came from the Niu family next door. Lin Beibei whispered to Jiang Qiuyue, "Mom, Zhuangzhuang was beaten again. Should we go check it out?"

Brother Zhuangzhuang gave him peanuts yesterday, and he is now in great shape.

Seeing that the young man looked worried, Jiang Qiuyue led him to the door of the Niu family.

"Grandma, I was wrong, I was really wrong, please don't hit me! I was just thinking about getting some food for the family." Niu Zhuangzhuang ran around the yard wearing only a vest, with his pants taken off by his grandma and dropped on the ground.

Auntie Niu was sweating profusely while chasing after him, holding a bamboo stick in her hand. "Niu Zhuangzhuang, didn't I tell you not to go to the river? You didn't listen to me, did you? Come here quickly. If I don't beat you until you are scared today, I am not your ancestor!"

When Niu Zhuangzhuang saw someone coming to the door, he hid behind Jiang Qiuyue and Lin Beibei as if he had found a savior, "Auntie, save me! My grandma is going to beat me to death!"

Jiang Qiuyue searched her memory and found that the Niu family were kind-hearted people. Aunt Niu would persuade the original owner not to do so much work, and Niu Zhuangzhuang would also bring his two children to ask.

Anyway, I have nothing to do now, so I asked Niu Zhuangzhuang what he was doing.

Aunt Niu shouted, "He went to the river to catch fish. Qiuyue, come and have a look. It's a small fish the size of a thumb. There's not a single bite of meat left, and it smells really fishy. How can we eat it?"

As she spoke, she grabbed her grandson's ears while he wasn't paying attention, and slapped him hard on the butt a few times. "Your parents are working in the fields. If anything happens to you, how am I going to explain to them?"

Niu Zhuangzhuang screamed, "Grandma, please be gentle, I don't dare to do it anymore, I really don't dare to do it anymore!"

Lin Beibei was frightened watching from the side. Niu Nainai was so different from usual. Would he be able to come and play with Zhuangzhuang brother in the future?

Jiang Qiuyue looked at the small fish in the wooden barrel and became interested. There was not much meat on the small fish, but after being fried, it was delicious to eat directly. After being smoked and fried with chili, it was even more delicious with rice.

Thinking of the delicious food, she drooled, "Auntie, if you don't want it, can you sell it to me?"

"What are you going to do with it?" Aunt Niu was puzzled.

"Just eat." Jiang Qiuyue had just finished speaking when Auntie Niu immediately showed a sympathetic expression. She knew that Auntie Niu was distracted.

"Qiuyue, I'm not meddling in other people's business. Your husband sends you living expenses every month, so why don't you prepare something delicious for yourself and your child? Look at Beibei and Nannan, how can they compare to Dabao in fatness?"

Villagers only get small fish to eat when they really have nothing to eat, so when Jiang Qiuyue said she wanted to buy some, her first reaction was that Wang Chunhua didn't feed Jiang Qiuyue and her son again. "If you want small fish, I'll give it to you. We're neighbors, and I can't stand your mother-in-law being partial."

Jiang Qiuyue was embarrassed to take it for free, but Aunt Niu just stuffed it into her hands. There weren't many small fish in the barrel, only about two kilograms.

Niu Zhuangzhuang felt sorry when he saw the little fish being taken away, until his grandmother patted his forehead and gave him two eggs, "Take them to your Aunt Jiang, and tell them that I gave them to Beibei and Nannan. Put the eggs down and come back. You are not allowed to accept anything given by Aunt Jiang. Do you understand?"

Eggs are very precious in rural areas. Auntie Niu herself lives a tight life, but she really couldn't bear to see it. When Beibei heard about eating fish, her eyes immediately lit up.

When Jiang Qiuyue saw Niu Zhuangzhuang bringing her eggs, before she could start to feel moved, Niu Zhuangzhuang ran away.

Niu Zhuangzhuang shouted in the yard, "Aunt Jiang, my grandma said to give food to Beibei and Nannan, and she won't let me take your things!"

After saying that, he ran away. When Jiang Qiuyue walked out of the kitchen, Niu Zhuangzhuang had disappeared.

Looking at the little fish and the eggs, Jiang Qiuyue felt warm in her heart. It seems that there are still good people out there.

She squeezed the fish's belly, mixed it with flour to make a paste, coated the fish with the paste, and then fried it in a pan. When the fish turned golden and crispy, the kitchen was already filled with fragrance.

Lin Beibei helped to light the fire, while Lin Nannan stood on tiptoe and stared at the oil pan. Jiang Qiuyue gave one to each of them first, "Try the salty taste. Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!" Lin Beibei gave a thumbs up, "This is the most delicious fried fish I have ever eaten!"

Lin Nannan also nodded frantically. It was really delicious. She had never eaten anything so delicious before!

Jiang Qiuyue fried a plate of small fish and then pan-fried another plate.

Remove the firewood from the stove, leaving only some charcoal fire, sprinkle old rice on the bottom of the pot, spread a layer of spicy sauce on the fried fish, and place it on the bamboo rack to simmer.

After two minutes, when you can smell a distinct smoked aroma, you can open the lid.

The smoked fish can be eaten directly, but Jiang Qiuyue likes to stir-fry peppers, lots of green and red peppers and garlic. No additional seasoning is needed. Just stir-fry in the pan until the green peppers are cooked and then serve.

After cooking the fish, Jiang Qiuyue beat the eggs into a bowl, added 1.5 times the amount of warm water, and put it into a pot to steam the egg custard.

Then he put the fried and stir-fried fish on another plate and sent it to the Niu family.

Aunt Niu was weaving a bamboo basket. She smelled the fragrance before she saw anyone.

Niu Zhuangzhuang had forgotten about being beaten and ran to the door excitedly. Seeing Jiang Qiuyue coming over with dishes, he swallowed his saliva and asked, "Aunt Jiang, what did you make? It smells so good."

Jiang Qiuyue smiled and picked up a small fish and fed it to Niu Zhuangzhuang. "Is it delicious made with the small fish you caught?"

Niu Zhuangzhuang didn't react yet. He chewed it twice and swallowed it. When he came to his senses, his mouth was full of fragrance. He nodded vigorously, "Delicious!"

Auntie Niu was shocked to see Jiang Qiuyue holding a fried fish. Even during the Chinese New Year, most people would not fry food because it would waste oil. What's wrong with Jiang Qiuyue today?

"Auntie, I can't take your fish and eggs for nothing. I made them for you to try."

Jiang Qiuyue handed the bowl to Niu Zhuangzhuang and said, "Just ask Zhuangzhuang to return the bowl to me after you finish eating. By the way, auntie, I now think what you said is very right. I didn't see clearly before and didn't know how to be good to myself and my children. Thank you."

She was sincerely grateful to Aunt Niu. After traveling to a strange environment, Aunt Niu was the first person who made her feel cared for.

Auntie Niu was shocked by Jiang Qiuyue again. Seeing Jiang Qiuyue was about to leave, she hurriedly said that she didn't need to give her the fish. "It's so oily and expensive. Take it back quickly. It's just a small piece of fish. It's not a good thing."

"Auntie, if you don't even want this little thing, how can I accept your eggs?" Jiang Qiuyue let Auntie Niu be sent away, "There's still egg custard steaming in the pot, and the two children are hungry, you should go back and get busy."

Since Jiang Qiuyue said so, Aunt Niu felt embarrassed to refuse, so she ordered a fried fish, which was fragrant, crispy, a little spicy and very delicious.

"Don't eat it!" Aunt Niu slapped away her grandson's black claws, "Leave the rest to your grandfather and his family. I didn't expect your Aunt Jiang to have such a good cooking skill. I'm glad she can improve. Beibei and Nannan won't have to suffer so much."

She will definitely tell the old man and his friends about this new thing when they come back.

Jiang Qiuyue returned home and brought the food to the room, just as Qian Li came back to cook.

Qian Li's stomach growled when she smelled the remaining aroma from the kitchen. It had been like this for the past two days. Before they went home, Jiang Qiuyue had already prepared the meal, but she didn't even give Dabao a bite, not even showing respect to the elderly. "Bah, I wonder how many more days you can be so arrogant!"

In the room, Jiang Qiuyue taught the two children how to mix rice with egg custard. The two children shared the egg custard with her, and she did not refuse. She worked hard to cook, and she deserved to eat some egg custard.

The little fish was only enough to eat for one day, and after eating, Lin Beibei took the initiative to wash the dishes.

Jiang Qiuyue stood against the wall and thought, what should she eat tomorrow?