Chapter 42 Boiled Fish
Su Shuoci knew what the Gu family was thinking. He once felt that he was disabled and couldn't help his family, so he used indifference to cover it up.
"Grandpa, Mom, and Big Brother, you should take care of your health first and work second. Once you are healthy, you can do anything."
When Grandpa Gu heard his grandson-in-law say this, he also felt that he was a little narrow-minded: "Haha... We will do things within our capabilities in the future."
His thumb and index finger actually hurt from peeling peanuts, but his body was not yet strong enough to go out for a walk.
"Grandpa, you and big brother can sit in the yard and read a book, and mom can also enjoy the scenery. Jiaojiao's home is your home."
Su Shuoci said this sincerely, and the seriousness in his tone convinced the three members of the Gu family.
"Then I'll go cook. Mom, would you like to go to the kitchen and help light the fire?"
Gu Jiaojiao had not yet learned how to make a fire, so she asked her mother to help her.
The Su family rarely used honeycomb coal. The coal stove only started burning after she came.
But now that there are so many people, the coal stove can only be used to boil water, scald chicken feathers, and make soup. We still have to use a wood stove to cook.
"Go, go." Gu's mother said immediately.
It was almost lunch time and Su Qinchun hadn't come back yet, so it was not convenient for her to enter the Su family's kitchen alone.
Gu Jiaojiao scooped more than a dozen cups of rice with her big hands, which made her mother tremble with fear. "Jiaojiao, that's enough, that's enough..."
"My second brother, Qinchun and I are all growing up, so we need to eat enough. Mom, we have plenty of rice at home."
Mother Gu helped to light the fire, Su Shuoci killed chickens and fish by the well, and Grandpa Gu and Big Brother Gu helped to pick vegetables.
After washing the pot and cooking the rice, Gu Jiaojiao prepared to cut vegetables and slice fish. She wanted to eat boiled fish fillets.
It was too late to make chicken soup, so she made it in the evening. At noon, Gu Jiaojiao made some stir-fried chicken with black fungus.
I had finished stir-frying the black fungus and chicken and was frying the twice-cooked pork when I heard Su Qinchun's hurried voice.
"Sister-in-law, what delicious food have you made? I can smell the fragrance at the gate of the yard. The children next door are crying for meat."
"Today's lunch is boiled fish fillet, stir-fried chicken with black fungus, twice-cooked pork with green pepper, beans and eggplant, and stir-fried lean meat with tender pumpkin. Qinchun is back, but are my parents back?"
"Business is booming right now. We have to wait until everyone goes to work before my parents come back."
Su Qinchun came back from lunch break to eat, but there were no cafeterias in any of the schools in the compound.
Although the compound is large, the school is in a central location and everyone goes home at about the same time.
There is a restaurant across the street from the school. The rich kids who are too lazy to walk go to the restaurant to eat, but most of them go home to eat.
Adults who work in factories and units also go home to eat, but of course they can also eat in restaurants.
Starting in 1980, some rural areas began to distribute land to households, let alone cities.
Therefore, stalls selling fried snacks are allowed in front of factories, and young people who are not married or are in love choose to eat outside.
"Then you eat first and go to class. By the time I'm done, they should be back."
As Gu Jiaojiao spoke, she served the food in a small bowl to Su Qinchun.
Su Qinchun was pressed for time, so she didn't refuse and started eating in the kitchen, all the while flattering her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, this fried chicken is so delicious, no wonder the kids are drooling.
In the past, I was the one who had to smell the aroma of other people's meat in the yard. Now, I can finally hold my head high and feel proud."
"Then take your bowl to the yard and eat. The aroma will spread farther." Gu Jiaojiao said with a smile.
"No, that won't do. If the bitch next door sees me, she'll beat me up. She's glaring at me right now!"
Su Qinchun is only one year younger than Gu Jiaojiao. He is seventeen years old this year and is only in the first year of high school.
Her clothes now are no longer the red and yellow combination as before. She has delicate features and looks pretty good.
It’s just that most people in the countryside have dark skin, which conceals her delicate facial features.
In addition, her eldest brother was injured and needed medicine, and the Su family did not have the financial resources to dress her up.
It’s different now. Gu Jiaojiao’s space is full of whitening and protective products, and the Su family eats meat every day.
So there were many classmates who were jealous of Su Qinchun, especially her neighbor Zhou Ling. The shrew she mentioned was Zhou Ling's mother.
Gu Jiaojiao teased her with a smile: "Our Qinchun is quite strong, can the shrew next door beat you?"
"She couldn't beat me, but her daughter was so annoying, saying bad things about my family at school all day long.
Sister-in-law, let me tell you, her sister Zhou Mei wanted to marry my brother before. "
Mother Gu looked at her daughter worriedly: "Then we have to stay away from the Zhou family."
"Isn't this because you didn't get married? What are you afraid of? Your brother is sober now. No one can seduce him away now."
Gu Jiaojiao absolutely believed that Su Shuoci could not have any second thoughts now, because he was not well yet, and who could say for sure what would happen in the future.
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She would not worry about anything that might happen. She would cook calmly, wash the pot and then heat it up again.
Add oil and fry ginger, garlic and chopped green onion, then add the fish fillets. Gu Jiaojiao scooped out the fish fillets and placed them in a large bowl, then added the bean sprouts and fried them.
At the same time, boil water in a small pot on the coal stove to blanch the lettuce. After it is cooked, take it out and put it into a stainless steel basin.
She had taken out two large stainless steel basins from the space before. Since there were good things, the Su family thought that the couple bought them at the Overseas Chinese Store.
Put bean sprouts and lettuce on the bottom, pour in the soup, and pile the fish meat on top.
The next step is the most important one. Pour oil into the pan, add Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour it on the fish fillets while it’s still hot.
With a "sizzling" sound, the aroma of pepper and sesame wafted out, and Gu Jiaojiao's saliva was about to flow out.
Su Qinchun even yelled: "I'm already full. If I had known the fish was so delicious, I would have eaten slower."
Gu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at her and served her a small bowl of fish: "This fish meat is easy to digest, you can eat more."
Gu's mother also swallowed her saliva, and Gu Jiaojiao scooped some food from her rice bowl for her mother to taste.
"Jiaojiao, just scoop a piece to taste it." Mother Gu said, holding back her saliva.
"Hehe~ I didn't control the water well, this basin is not big enough to hold it all."
Mother Gu looked at her naughty daughter helplessly, with countless sweet bubbles welling up in her heart.
She had had such a warm relationship with Gu Xinglian before, but Gu Xinglian was not as lively and cute as her Jiaojiao.
"Sister-in-law, what did you cook? I can smell the fragrance outside your yard."
Dong Qihua's loud voice rang out in the living room.
"The boiled fish made by my sister-in-law is delicious." After Su Qinchun finished his meal, he put down his bowl and went to set the table and chairs.
Father Su and the others also came back after closing their stalls. "Jiaojiao, the fish you cooked is really delicious. I've eaten fish before, and it wasn't delicious at all."
Second Brother Gu had already washed his hands by the well. He came in to serve the dishes and did not forget to grab a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth.
Seeing her second son being so familiar with her, Mother Gu smiled knowingly, "Your brother has been very naughty since he was young."
"My second brother is very good."
After finishing their meal, Dong Qihua and his son stopped by to see his sister (aunt) and then planned to go to work.
(End of this chapter)
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