"Uncle An, do you still want to grow worms?"
An Jingzhi shook his head without hesitation, "No, it's enough to eat. I'll tell you if you want it later."
This thing is just for tasting, how can you eat it every day?
The captain's youngest son lowered his head regretfully, "Okay then."
After saying that, he turned around and left. So he came to see him so early in the morning just to earn his candy?
An Jingzhi closed the courtyard door, yawned, and returned to bed to take another nap.
He was half asleep when he felt someone calling him. He opened his eyes and found that Lin Mingyue, who had just gone to the county to buy things, had returned.
"I bought your favorite meat buns. You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Get up and eat something." Lin Mingyue said.
When he heard that there were meat buns, An Jingzhi immediately got up from the bed, washed up quickly, and sat in front of the dining table waiting.
Lin Jiawang looked at his messy hair after sleeping and pretended not to see it. He got annoyed after seeing it too much.
"I've already picked the cinnamon and bay leaves. I can use them directly tonight."
"If that stir-fried crayfish you mentioned turns out bad and you ruin so many good things, I'll show you how I'll deal with you."
An Jingzhi didn't care about his threats at all. Lin Mingyue wouldn't let him do anything anyway. "Dad, just wait. I guarantee you'll be so delicious that your tongue will fall off."
Lin Jiawang rolled his eyes and his mouth was dripping with the delicious taste. He used to be an old hunter. Going into the mountains to hunt was as easy as going home. What delicious food had he not eaten?
…
In the evening, Lin Mingyue started to process the crayfish as soon as she got home.
An Jingzhi helped her light the fire and told her the cooking steps.
Lin Mingyue was willing to use more oil and prepared more than enough seasonings. As soon as the spices were put into the pot, the overbearing smell could be smelled by the surrounding neighbors.
"What delicious food did the Lin family make again? Why does it smell a bit like bay leaves?"
"Mom smells so good, I want to eat it!"
"If you want to eat, go find your dad! You're like a starving ghost every day, and you can never get enough of anything you eat!"
"Living next to the Lin family is such bad luck. They make delicious food every now and then!"
"What good stuff is this? I heard they're making those worms. What a waste of oil."
"What? How did you know?"
"Didn't Mingyue go shopping in the county this morning? I went with her and saw she bought a bunch of random things, so I asked her about it."
"Her greedy husband asked me to buy it. He said he wanted to make some thirteen-spice crayfish, but it was just full of worms. There was oil, star anise, and bay leaves, all good things. What a waste."
"No wonder it smells so good."
After work, Lin Jiawang secretly went to the mountains to make a few traps. When he returned home, he saw a group of old women gathered at his door.
"What are you doing?"
"Old Lin, I think you need to control your son-in-law. He dares to waste all the good things."
"Yeah, what's so delicious about the bugs in the field? Why bother frying them with so many good things?"
Lin Jiawang: “…”
If he could control his son-in-law, would he still have to sweep the yard every day?
Lin Jiawang sniffed and smelled the fragrance in the air, and suddenly felt a little excited.
"My son-in-law is very capable. People with ability are entitled to good food."
"It's already dinner time. What are you doing at my house? I don't have any extra food for you. Go, go, go back home."
He can say whatever he wants to his own son-in-law, but outside, for the sake of his daughter, he still has to protect his son-in-law.
After driving the people away, Lin Jiawang walked into the yard, closed the gate, put down his tools, and walked straight to the kitchen.
"It smells okay." He stood by the pot and looked at it for a while, with his hands behind his back, before saying this for a long time.
An Jingzhi took the opportunity to add firewood to hide the smile on his face.
If his father-in-law hadn't been constantly inhaling the smell in the air, he would have really believed it.
“It’s almost ready to be served.”
After Lin Mingyue said this, Lin Jiawang's movements in setting the dishes and chopsticks became faster.
The meat buns and a large bowl of crayfish that had not been finished at noon were served on the table.
The father and daughter looked at the crayfish, not knowing how to eat it.
An Jingzhi picked up a crayfish and demonstrated it to them.
The peeled crayfish was placed directly into Lin Mingyue's bowl. "Thank you for your hard work."
This is his meal ticket, he has to be coaxed.
Lin Mingyue was very pleased and said, "It's not that hard at all."
Then he put the crayfish into his mouth with a smile on his face.
After chewing for a while, he said in surprise, "This thing is really delicious!"
Lin Jiawang had already peeled a crayfish with nimble hands.
He put it in his mouth and tasted it, "With so many good ingredients, it can't be delicious."
An Jingzhi asked jokingly, "Dad, you used to be an old hunter. You've eaten all kinds of delicious food. Do you think this crayfish is okay?"
Lin Jiawang froze for a moment, then returned to normal, "It's okay."
He said it was fine, but his hands were peeling crayfish faster and faster, and even the big meat buns that he rarely got to eat were ignored.
The three of them ate the shrimps faster and faster, and no one gave in to anyone else.
As they ate, there was only one crayfish left in the whole pot.
Lin Jiawang took a fancy to it and was about to take it when his daughter took it away.
"Respect the old and love the young, give me this shrimp."
Lin Mingyue said, "Dad, you told me when we were little that those who are quick to act will get something, and those who are slow to act will lose everything."
Lin Jiawang: “…”
I watched my daughter peel the shrimp and put it into her son-in-law's mouth.
An Jingzhi pretended to enjoy chewing it for a while and said, "It smells so good."
Lin Jiawang turned a blind eye and grabbed the meat bun next to him and ate it without any juice or taste.
While eating, I found that there was soup in front of me, so I dipped the meat bun into the soup. When I put it in my mouth and chewed it, I felt that the taste was different.
"Dad, does it smell good?"
"It smells so good." Lin Jiawang blurted out.
When he came to his senses, he found that An Jingzhi was looking at him with a smile.
Lin Jiawang explained, "I'm talking about how fragrant these star anise leaves are."
An Jingzhi did not refute, but nodded to show that he understood.
Since he couldn't explain it clearly, Lin Jiawang just gave in. He held the meat buns in both hands and took a bite from each, and then he brought the whole pot of soup in front of him.
"I didn't expect this thing to taste so good when fried." Lin Mingyue said.
"How can it not be delicious? It has so much oil and all kinds of spices, even the soles of leather shoes would be delicious." Lin Jiawang replied while stuffing his buns.
…
Since that day, many people in the team often came to ask the Lin family how they cooked the crayfish. They really couldn't resist the little ancestor of the family.
Originally, because the Lin family's fried crayfish tasted so good, they wanted to learn how to fry crayfish to improve their family's life. However, they didn't expect that what they made was something even dogs wouldn't eat.
Lin Mingyue told the truth. After she finished speaking, all the women around her were shocked.
They knew stir-frying crayfish would require a lot of good ingredients, but they didn't expect it would take so many!
Wouldn’t it be better to use these money to buy a few pounds of meat to eat?
Afterwards, no matter how noisy the kids at home were, they gave up the idea of frying crayfish.
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