Marinated fish has a more unique flavor and can be preserved longer.
This is another easy sell!
I checked the video of making pickled fish, and the steps and materials needed are very simple.
This time, Xu Nanxing chose ten Liaozhong crucian carp weighing about 7-9 jin.
It is a specialty fish of Liaoning Province.
It is safer to choose local fish.
Following the marinating steps in the video, first [slaughter] the fish and you'll get a fish that has been scaled, gilled, and gutted.
Then rinse off the blood and black film inside the fish.
Then hang it up to let the moisture on the surface of the fish dry.
After all the moisture is gone from the fish, apply strong liquor all over the fish inside and out.
Then use a blender to grind spices such as star anise, cinnamon, and peppercorns into powder, and then add salt. This is the marinade.
These marinades can make the food more flavorful and enhance the aroma and remove the fishy smell.
Spread the marinade evenly over the fish, both inside and out.
Then put the marinated fish into a clean bucket.
Cover with another layer of plastic wrap and finally place a heavy object on top to press it down.
Xu Nanxing found a small casserole, filled it with water and put it on.
The pickled fish is now basically ready.
It takes a total of 3-4 days to marinate, and the fish should be turned over every day to avoid uneven saltiness.
After pickling, it needs to be hung up to dry in the sun before it is considered finished.
Fortunately, I had stockpiled more than 100 large clotheslines, the kind that can be used for drying clothes on both the front and back sides.
Otherwise, there would be no place to dry cloth or pickled fish.
Xu Nanxing spent the next few days busy pickling fish, spinning yarn and weaving cloth.
I went to deliver pig feed in the morning and afternoon every day, and only earned 4 work points a day.
Fortunately, I had used a lawn mower to collect several thousand pounds of grass into the space.
She can also provide pig feed for many days.
After delivering the pig feed, Xu Nanxing spent the rest of his time busying himself in the space.
Thirty fish are salted every day, and the fish chosen are not limited to local fish.
Xu Nanxing finally thought that she could pickle the fish, cut it into pieces and sell it!
This way, no one else can tell what kind of fish it is!
In fact, the most troublesome step in pickling fish, killing the fish, can be completed directly using the virtual screen.
The other steps are relatively simple. Prepare the marinade and then apply it.
Spinning and weaving are even easier. We bought fully automatic machines and just put the processed cotton into the machine.
She is not so good at dyeing. At the beginning, the dyeing is a bit uneven. Sometimes the dye concentration is not adjusted well, and the color is too dark or too light.
After searching for information on the Internet for a long time, I finally mixed the dyes strictly according to the proportions and followed the steps, and finally I was able to gradually dye the fabric.
The main colors used for dyeing are red, green and dark blue.
After being busy for several days, Xu Nanxing has not yet tried to establish a relationship with the male protagonist.
I'm afraid that these days, the male protagonist and his friends will be busy dealing with the group of local tyrants they met at the last market.
The first batch of ten pickled Liaozhong crucian carps have all been dried.
Xu Nanxing picked a Sunday and went to town after delivering the pig feed early in the morning.
When she came back from Shen City before, Mr. Kong gave her two names and addresses, telling her that if she had any problems, she could come to him for help.
Both of them transferred from the army to the public security system.
Although Mr. Kong had already greeted them, Xu Nanxing still wanted to pay him a visit and get to know him.
You can't wait until something happens before you ask others for help!
During this era, people implemented a "six-day work week", which means working six days a week and resting on Sunday.
So if Xu Nanxing wanted to visit someone, he had to wait until Sunday.
This time when Xu Nanxing visited the family, he prepared a pickled fish, a bottle of canned fruit, a pound of brown sugar, a pound of noodles, and two packs of Daqianmen cigarettes.
Because both of them worked at the town's Public Security Bureau, both families lived in the bureau's staff quarters.
Therefore, the gifts Xu Nanxing gave to both families were the same, even the weight of the pickled fish he chose was almost the same, so as to avoid causing any discord by giving gifts.
As usual, I secretly rode my bike to the town.
I asked people along the way before I found the place.
The first place Xu Nanxing went to was with a man named Xie Wentian, who had transferred to the Public Security Bureau two years ago.
A young woman opened the door.
The other party was a little surprised to see that the person knocking on the door was a teenage girl. "Comrade, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, is this Comrade Xie Wentian from this restaurant?"
"Yes, who are you?"
"My name is Xu Nanxing. Grandpa Kong asked me to come visit you. Did he mention me to Comrade Xie Wentian before?"
Mr. Kong must have made the agreement with the other party over the phone.
The other party must know her basic situation.
She came to visit me today, but she didn't inform me in advance, so it was a bit abrupt.
However, it is still necessary to visit in person as soon as possible.
The other party was slightly surprised. She knew that her husband's old boss, Mr. Kong, had suddenly called the Public Security Bureau a few days ago to contact her husband, saying that a relative's child was working in the countryside and asked him to look after him.
Mr. Kong was my husband’s old boss and was very kind to him in promoting him.
Although he retired in order to preserve himself due to the severe political situation in recent years, the three generations of the Kong family have people in the military and political systems, and they are an existence that cannot be underestimated.
Now Mr. Kong has specifically asked her husband to look after the children of his relatives. Isn't this a great opportunity to get closer to the old leader?
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhilan's smile became even kinder: "Yes, yes, yes! This is Xie Wentian's home, I'm his wife, you can just call me Aunt Zhang! Come in quickly, child! You must be thirsty, auntie will get you a glass of sugar water!"
After welcoming Xu Nanxing into the house, I prepared to make some sugar water for her to drink.
Although Xu Nanxing knew that preparing sweet soup for children was a high standard of hospitality, he still quickly stopped her: "Aunt Zhang, you don't need to make me sweet soup, just pour me a glass of plain water!"
Although Zhang Zhilan was surprised that there were people who didn't like drinking sugar water, she still poured the other person a glass of boiled water as he asked.
"Your Uncle Xie went out to buy groceries early this morning and will be back soon. Since this is your first time here, why not stay for a meal? Your uncle is a good cook!"
Zhang Zhilan took out some peanuts and melon seeds and candies and warmly entertained Xu Nanxing.
Xu Nanxing felt the other party's enthusiasm, and the nervousness he had about visiting a stranger was relieved.
She knew that the other party might be attracted by the friendship with Mr. Kong, or by the influence of the Kong family in the military and political system.
But in the future, she will be the one who will be taken care of and benefit from it, so she is still very happy to make friends with the other party!
Xu Nanxing took out the prepared gifts one by one.
"This is a local specialty I brought from my hometown. It's my first time visiting you, so I didn't want to show up empty-handed. I prepared these local specialties for you to try!"
Looking at the pickled fish, canned fruit, brown sugar, noodles, and cigarettes that the other party took out, Zhang Zhilan choked.
Is this a local specialty?
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