After Li Yan and Wu had agreed, they hurried back.
When Li Yan stepped into his house, his little cousin stuck to him like a little tail.
Because the house had just been built, Li Yan had not yet had time to find a carpenter to help make furniture, so at this moment, the tables, chairs and benches in the yard were all borrowed from neighbors.
The yard of the newly built house is very large, more than enough to accommodate several tables for banquets.
As soon as they finished cleaning up the yard, Zhou Erlang came to the door of Li's house with the fish and the iron head. Li Yan hurried to meet him. Zhou Erlang not only brought the fish he had ordered yesterday, but also brought a few more crucian carp.
Zhou Erlang said to Li Yan, "Three silver carp, 16.3 jin (approximately 200g) and three black carp, 10.2 jin (approximately 200g)." That's a total of 196 coins. Would you like to weigh them? He then pointed to a crucian carp lying on the ground and said, "I just caught them this morning. My father asked me to bring some for you to try."
Li Yan shook her head and said, "Uncle Zhou is too polite. Just weigh it." Then she took out ninety-six coins from her pocket and handed them to Zhou Erlang.
After taking the silver, Zhou Erlang prepared to take Tietou back.
It was the first time that Tietou came to Li Yan's house. After seeing the big and new house of his sister, he couldn't help but feel envious.
Tietou took his uncle's hand and sighed: "My sister's house is so big, Tietou is so envious."
Maomao replied, "This is my sister's new home. It's so comfortable! Do you want to play here?"
Li Yan touched Tietou's head and said, "This is my new house. Welcome to come and play. How about staying here as my guest today?"
Zhou Erlang felt that something was wrong and wanted to take Tietou back, but Tietou had been tempted and wanted to stay and play.
Li Yan said to Zhou Erlang, "Don't worry, I'll let my cousin play with him. It's more fun when children are together!"
Zhou Erlang had no choice but to tell his nephew to be obedient and go back first. His eldest brother at home was still recuperating, and his father was too busy to handle it alone, so he had to go back quickly to help him.
Li Yan led the two children to the stream. Seeing that the six big fish had not been cleaned yet, she had to send her cousin to call Wu to help.
Seeing how capable Li Yan was, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but worry about her son's future life.
Although he blamed Li Yan for spending money indiscriminately, his hands were very skillful. With the help of her milk, the six fish were cleaned quickly.
When I got home, my aunt was busy in the kitchen with the cleaned vegetables. Seeing that they had bought so many fish, an indescribable emotion came over me. "When will she be able to live in a new house?"
Li Yan chopped off the cleaned silver carp head to prepare fish head tofu soup later, cut the rest of the fish body into sections and marinated it for braising, and finally sliced the black carp and marinated it for later use.
After completing all the preparations, Dayajie also came back with the shopping.
Li Yan took the ingredients and handed them to Mrs. Wu, asking her grandmother to help her chop the meat into puree, while she blanched the ribs first.
Everything was ready. Li Yan turned on both stoves at the same time, stewing fish and roasting meat at the same time, and the rich aroma filled the air.
For a moment, it attracted two children who were playing outside to stand at the kitchen door, staring at the pot and drooling. Their eyes were bright and straight, just like puppies waiting to be fed.
Li Yan looked at them with amusement and served each of them a bowl of fish head tofu in a small bowl.
The soup was delicious and the tofu was tender and smooth. The two children ate with their bowls in their arms, squealing loudly, and they almost swallowed their tongues because it was so delicious.
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