This fish is a good thing. Shu Jiaying really can't understand why Grandma Xu dislikes it so much?
Taking the big fish from Village Chief Xu, Shu Jiaying said with a smile, "Uncle Xu, let me take the fish and process it first."
Grandma Xu still had an unhappy expression on her face. She spat with disdain, "No matter how you prepare it, it's still just as fishy. What a waste of oil and salt. Forget it, ugly girl, this fish is still cheaper for you. You can just cook rice for your uncle and me tonight, and you can eat the fish as you like."
No one knows a mother better than her daughter. Village Chief Xu naturally knows Grandma Xu's character. But no matter how frugal the mother is, she can't withhold Jiaying's dinner!
Village Chief Xu hurried to smooth things over.
"Girl, your grandma was just joking with you. How can people skip dinner? Cook more rice at night. Make sure you eat enough, okay?"
"Son, you..."
Seeing her son ruining her career in front of others, Grandma Xu was furious, but she couldn't get angry.
She tapped the ground with her cane, turned around and walked towards the house, still muttering to herself.
"It's really unbearable to watch. I don't care what you do. Anyway, good intentions are not rewarded..."
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Looking at Grandma Xu's back, Village Chief Xu gave Shu Jiaying an awkward dry laugh. Taking Shu Jiaying's emotions into consideration, he comforted her, "Jiaying, don't take Grandma's words to heart. She has always had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She means no harm."
"I know. Then...Uncle Xu, can I take the fish to the kitchen to process it?"
"Okay, I was just thinking about taking the fish home. I haven't finished my work yet, so I have to go out and do my business. You can rest for a while after you're done!"
"Um!"
After watching Chief Xu leave, Shu Jiaying put the big fish in her hand into a wooden basin in the kitchen and filled it with water. Seeing that the pots and pans in the kitchen were scattered everywhere, she tidied up the kitchen for a while. It was already afternoon when she swept the floor.
In ancient rural areas, villagers always ate early and went to bed early. Although Shu Jiaying didn't have a watch, she looked up at the sun gradually moving towards a corner of the sky, and she knew it was time to cook.
However, the seasonings in Xu Lichang's home are very simple. Apart from oil and salt, the rest is soy sauce.
Taking a look at the river fish that was about to be turned over in the wooden basin, Shu Jiaying thought that the reason why the villagers here didn't like to eat fish was because they thought it was fishy. In fact, it was understandable, because it was difficult to remove the fishy smell of fish with only a single seasoning. However, when she was cleaning the kitchen, she saw that there were not only vegetables planted in the backyard, but also small vegetable plots planted with onions and ginger.
Fish and green onions and ginger are a perfect match for steaming. If you pour some white wine on the fish before steaming, the fishy smell can be completely removed.
Following the method she used to steam fish at home, Shu Jiaying evenly applied wine, salt and ginger on the fish, then placed it on a plate and steamed it in a pot over high heat.
While steaming the fish, she cooked a pot of fragrant wood-fired rice on a separate stove. After the fish was steamed, she poured out all the unnecessary water in the plate.
Pour the oil, soy sauce, green onion and ginger juice over the steamed fish, and a plate of fresh and delicious fish is ready.
Shu Jiaying casually fried another plate of vegetables and brought the cooked food to the square table next to the main room.
Smelling the unprecedented fragrance, Grandma Xu immediately walked out of the bedroom with a cane, looking curious. When she saw that the mouth-watering fragrance was emitted by the river fish that she disliked so much, she was surprised.
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