Gu Qinghuan noticed Zhong Luoqing's loneliness and gave Zhong Zijun and Cheng Shuying a look, and they immediately responded.

"Look at me, why are you talking about this! There are so many fish, which one should we cook every morning or evening?" Cheng Shuying squatted down and pointed at a mandarin: "Let's cook this mandarin? Make a squirrel mandarin, the children like to eat it."

Gu Qinghuan nodded: "No problem, let's make squirrel mantis."

Zhong Zijun sighed. Others helped her with some things, and she had to figure them out on her own.

Zhong Luoqing's character is strong enough. As an only child, she has been spoiled since childhood and has never suffered any setbacks in her life. This time she fell into Xu Jianguo's hands. I hope she can stand on her own in the future!

Gu Lanting walked out of the kitchen with freshly steamed tofu in one hand and steamed buns in the other.

"Yeah, the stuffing my sister makes is delicious."

Zhong Zijun laughed: "You are such a picky person. Your sister is willing to put meat, oil and seasoning in it. It would be strange if it tasted good."

"That's true. We have a great harvest today. What should we cook for dinner?" Gu Lanting asked happily, not realizing the seriousness of the matter at this moment.

"Chewing on the stinky soles of shoes? Did you forget something? Did we make a bet?

Admit defeat, this pile of fish today is all yours!" Gu Qinghuan pointed at the fish trail on the ground.

Gu Lanting was like a bolt from the blue!

He forgot about the bet!

If he had known that he could catch so many fish, why would he have suffered so much?

"Sister? Are you my sister?" He looked at Gu Qinghuan pitifully.

"Don't! I'm your sister for now, hurry up, finish what you have and start working!

"Mom, find him a sack to wear as an apron, so he doesn't get his clothes dirty. I have to help him wash his clothes." Gu Qinghuan gave him a look of disdain.

Gu Lanting looked at Zhong Zijun and Zhong Weiqian for help.

Cheng Shuying said with a smile: "Grandma wanted to help you, but I haven't finished the work I have on hand!

You, don't count on it!"

Zhong Zijun also threw his hands up, unable to do anything.

Gu Lanting could only accept his fate.

Zhong Zijun continued to be responsible for making noodles, fried pork and the like.

Gu Qinghuan began to pack up and prepare dinner.

It was a rare reunion, and there were two guests from the Ji family, so she had to make every effort to prepare something delicious.

Prepare two flying dragons in the morning and simmer them in hazel mushroom soup. Simmer for at least two hours. You can make this first.

She originally wanted to make shredded pheasant, but considering that it would be warm to eat something hot in the winter, she changed it to stewed chicken with mushrooms, which is a famous dish in Northeast China and is very suitable for entertaining guests.

As for the wild rabbit, it is cooked in the style of Jianghu cuisine. After frying, it is stir-fried with chili peppers. It is a good dish to go with rice.

Then it’s the fish. Follow grandma’s instructions and make a squirrel catfish dish that the kids love.

Of course, we have to make a dish that suits adults' taste, so let's make pickled fish. Everyone likes it, suitable for all ages, and this is also a dish that appears frequently in our home.

There is also the crispy pork that grandma will fry later, which can be considered a meat dish, and the meat buns can also be placed on a plate.

These are basically the meat dishes.

For vegetarian dishes, you can prepare pickled cabbage, hot and sour bean shreds, braised radish, and cold mixed black fungus.

That should be enough.

Once you have your menu ready, you can start preparing the food.

The ingredients are all prepared in the morning, and all you need to do is wash and cut them.

Zhong Luoqing helped her and the two of them got busy.

Everyone knew that Xu Huaian had quietly arrived in the northeast and was heading home.

Ji Linhai went to the river to catch fish. Old Master Ji came over after he had packed up. Gu Qinghuan made him a pot of good tea. He and Zhong Weiqian played chess while sipping tea. It was so relaxing.

Zhong Zijun and Cheng Shuying spread a layer of clean mat on the snow, put the steamed bean curd and dumplings on it to freeze them firmly so as not to spoil them. It was like a natural refrigerator.

When the snow froze, the two began to make dumplings. The dumplings needed to be cooked, so they just put them in the snow while making them and let them freeze.

Zhong Luoqing took out the big iron pot and started frying the crispy pork according to Gu Qinghuan's instructions. The pork was golden and crispy, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

A few children came back from playing tired and secretly lay at the kitchen door to look around.

Discovered by Zhong Luoxi.

"Come on, come in!"

Dabao gave an awkward smile and took his sisters and Erdan into the kitchen.

"Aunt."

Zhong Luoxing got them a basin of water to wash their hands, and after washing their hands, he gave each of them a long piece of crispy meat to chew on.

After running around for the whole day, they were already hungry, so they sat in a row at the door of the kitchen, eating crispy meat. After finishing the food in their hands, they didn't eat anymore, but everyone licked their hands, which was very funny.

Gu Qinghuan smiled secretly, but did not give them any more. It was okay to try one, but they could eat all they could in the kitchen. They still had to follow some rules.

Ming Ruxue has a special liking for tofu buns, but she dares not eat too much because she has a big dinner in the evening, and tofu buns are a very filling dry food.

All the crispy pork was taken out of the pot, and Gu Qinghuan also prepared all the dishes for cooking.

We can start preparing dinner now. We have made many large dishes today, so we need to cook them early.

I heard that it should be Ji Linhai coming over outside, talking and laughing.

"Hello, auntie. I'm Ji Linhai. I haven't thanked you for making cotton jackets for my grandfather and me last time. They are well-fitting and warm." It was the first time that Ji Linhai met Cheng Shuying, and he greeted her politely.

"Hey, what's the big deal? We should be the ones thanking you for giving us so many game and furs." Cheng Shuying looked at the sturdy man. He was quite strong, unlike what Lao Zhong said.

Compared with Gu Yunchuan's frail appearance, he looks strong and muscular, with a firm gaze, and it is obvious that he is a man with a story.

"Stop being polite, Old Ji, please come in and sit down! By the way, did you go to get the fish? How many did you get?" Zhong Zijun was already very familiar with Ji Linhai and spoke politely.

"When I went there, they had just started to sort the fish. They said that there were more than 200 fish in the fish hole, and each family in the village could get about four fish.

The captain is very fair. He gave four to each family. My family also received four. Here, I brought one over to add a dish to everyone in the evening. I also have a pheasant and a rabbit that I dried before. You decide what to do with them." Ji Linhai raised his hand to indicate.

Only then did Zhong Zijun notice that he was holding something in his hand.

"I invited you to come over for dinner, why did you bring these things?"

"It's a pity to be grateful for what you have done. The food you cook is delicious. I want to eat a few more meals!" Ji Linhai said with a smile.

Zhong Zijun knew that he was a man who paid attention to etiquette, so she had to accept it and just exchange gifts between the two families.

Ji Linhai was diligent and ready to find some work for himself after the greetings.

His eyes immediately fell on the young man who was trying hard to kill fish in the corner.

I was only paying attention to Zhong Zijun just now and didn't notice when there was a young man in this family.

Zhong Zijun followed his gaze and immediately introduced, "This is my son, Lanting, who came to Xujiatun with his sister to celebrate the New Year.

Lanting, this is your uncle Ji, hurry up and call someone!" After saying this, she shouted in the direction of Gu Lanting.

Zhong Zijun was obviously very happy, and seemed a little more genuine and familiar than usual, which was quite eye-opening.

"Hello, Uncle Ji!" Gu Lanting did not realize at the moment that the man in front of him was secretly eyeing his mother, so he raised his head and greeted him seriously.

Ji Linhai tried hard to take his gaze away from Zhong Zijun.

"Hello, welcome, welcome, you are so kind, you know how to help the family!"

The only problem was that he was not very good at fishing and seemed a little clumsy. He might have to wait until late at night to kill so many fish.

Gu Lanting wanted to scratch his head in embarrassment, but suddenly he remembered that his hands were dirty. He was afraid of dirtying the fur hat made by his mother, so he put it down.

That morning when I went with Zhong Zijun to pick up the two elderly people, I had already brought over the hats, gloves and other items she had made for them.

Everyone was satisfied after trying it and put it on immediately.

Zhong Zijun said to her son, "He is not diligent at all. He just lost a bet with his sister and has to work."

Gu Lanting smiled awkwardly.

"Uncle Ji, please come in and sit down! It's cold outside."

Ji Linhai immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Please find me a knife and I'll help him." However, this job was probably done for today.

"Okay then, Old Ji, you go in and sit down first, and let him do it on his own. He's young after all! It's okay for him to fight and do something." Zhong Zijun had the nerve to let the guests do the work.

Old Master Ji just got up and walked to the door when he saw this scene.

"Hey, let him help. He will feel uncomfortable if you let him go inside to rest."

Ji Linhai nodded in agreement.

Zhong Zijun then took a knife from the kitchen and found a sack to cover the dirt.

Gu Lanting originally thought that he had done a bad job, but he didn't expect that after comparing the two, he even had the nerve to say that he was killing fish, just like playing.

See what professionalism is.

Ji Linhai was seen holding the fish head steadily with one hand and flipping it up and down with the other hand. His speed was so fast that only the afterimage could be seen. In a few strokes, all the scales on one side of the fish were knocked off.

With a flip of the hand, the fish turned over to the other side, and the same movement happened again, and the fight ended on the other side.

Then he quickly stabbed open the fish's belly with his knife, took out all the internal organs accurately and threw them into the basket beside him.

Finally, remove the gills, scoop a bucket of water from the bucket and rinse the fish from head to toe, and the fish is clean.

Clean and neat, these movements, these hand speeds, these control abilities, can only be developed through killing tens of thousands of fish.

Moreover, all these operations only took one or two minutes. Such a big fish in his hand was as obedient as a chicken and not a bit slippery.

How come it's so slippery in his hands, and he can play with it so easily?

Gu Lanting was somewhat doubtful about his life at this moment. It was another embarrassing day. He felt old and weak.

Seeing his son stupefied, Zhong Zijun snickered and said, "Lanting, learn more from your uncle Ji!"

Gu Lanting gritted his teeth and leaned over like a lackey: "Uncle Ji, please teach me!"

There was a smile in Ji Linhai's eyes.

He taught him carefully and step by step how to process fish. Sure enough, after his instruction, Gu Lanting's skills improved by leaps and bounds.

People say that everyone has his or her specialty. Only when you are familiar with the skills in whatever you do can you succeed.

The women were busy cooking inside the house, and the men were killing fish outside. It was a harmonious scene.

Chen Fengqin and Xu Huainian had just finished dividing the fish and brought home a few buckets of fish when they discovered that their son had found him. They thought he must be at Gu Qinghuan's house.

The children in the village were used to running around, so it was normal for them to run around from house to house. It was just that it was very early in the morning, so people must be preparing dinner at home.

She had to call the child back, otherwise others would still think that her family had no rules and let the child eat at other people's homes.

So Chen Fengqin rushed over to look for him, holding a jar of homemade pickled cabbage in her hand.

"Big sister, are you home? Is my naughty kid at your house?"

It was just a coincidence that when Zhong Zijun opened the door for Ji Linhai, she forgot to lock it.

So when Chen Fengqin pushed the door open, she saw the man in the cowshed helping to kill fish, and a strange woman making dumplings in the yard.

Chen Fengqin guessed that it must be Gu Qinghuan's mother who came from the cowshed next door.

My goodness, everyone in the bullpens on both sides has gathered together. Is this something she can see?

It's not her fault that she is polite. Mainly because everyone in the countryside is like this. When they see your door is open, they assume that you can come in and come in just by shouting.

Now it was awkward. Chen Fengqin didn't know how to respond. Fortunately, Gu Qinghuan heard the voice and came out quickly.

"Sister Fengqin, Erdan is at my house, watching rabbits with a few kids!"

Just then, Erdan heard his mother's voice and poked his head out of the window: "Mom, I'm here! Dabao's family has a rabbit, it's so fun, I want to have one too."