After spending so much money, of course I have to make up for it somewhere else. There are many people on the boat, so naturally there are many people fishing, but only a few can actually catch any fish.
Most of them are caught by the cooks on the boat using fishing nets. Large and small fish are cooked in one pot. One catch is enough for ordinary passengers to eat for two days for free.
If you want to eat delicious food, you can eat meat and vegetables for five taels of silver. If you want to cook by yourself, you have to pay half a tael of silver to have a simple small kitchen that you can use all the time.
Song Wan asked Song Qi to pay half a tael of silver, and he took his homemade fishing rod and ran to the stern of the boat to fish.
Song Wan asked for a bowl of the big pot of fish cooked by the cook on the boat. Adhering to the principle of not wasting food, she ate it all with a pinch of her nose.
It was fishy and tasteless, just like it was boiled in plain water.
This is also the reason why Song Wan finally decided to cook by herself. The cook’s skills on the boat were too poor, and it was not as edible as the burnt rabbit meat roasted by Gu Wu.
In fact, they also bought a lot of food before boarding the ship, including some frozen pork legs, mutton, pheasant and rabbit meat, a few small cloth bags of mushrooms and mountain products, and a lot of various long-lasting snacks and cakes.
You can just buy a small bundle of vegetables from the boat and put them with the meat to taste it, but Song Wan still prefers meat.
Song Wan was fishing, and Gu Yanji was accompanying her. He also prepared the fish basket and held two packets of bait in his hands.
"Gu Yanji, what kind of fish do you like to eat?" Song Wan threw the rope into the river and asked him.
"Anything is fine." Gu Yanji didn't have any requirements, as long as she was happy fishing.
Song Wan threw the tied rope into the river. In fact, she didn't know the species of fish, but she remembered a few ways to cook them. In the past, in the apocalypse, she could only look at pictures every day to satisfy her cravings. Now, she finally realized her dream and had endless food.
Braised fish, chopped pepper fish head, spicy fish, sweet and sour fish, pickled fish, Song Wan silently recited several ways of eating it in her mind, and she was so greedy that she almost drooled.
Unfortunately, there are no chili peppers here, so I can’t make chopped pepper fish head. The spicy fish made with dogwood is also not quite up to par, but it’s okay as long as it doesn’t affect her eating.
Song Wan was not the only one fishing at the stern of the boat. Although most of them were just there to kill time, they all put on the bait seriously. When they saw a girl who didn't even put on the bait, some of them were silent and curious, while others spoke out to remind her.
The person closest to Song Wan also seemed to be a young man from a well-off family. He was traveling with a servant and a skilled thug.
He was the one who warned, "Hey girl, you can't catch any fish without bait."
This is not a case of Jiang Taigong fishing and only those who are willing to take the bait will be caught. The fish in the river are not that stupid.
As soon as he said this, he was slapped in the face. The other party's rope, which had no bait on it, suddenly moved and threw a big fish directly onto the deck.
He also got him covered in mud.
The young man stared blankly, forgetting even to wipe the mud off his chest, and ran over, "You actually caught it!"
Fortunately, Gu Yan stopped him in time, otherwise if he really rushed over, Song Wan really couldn't guarantee that she would not take action.
The young man was not annoyed that he was blocked. His whole mind was focused on the ordinary-looking rope in Song Wan's hand that could make the fish take the bait voluntarily.
"Miss, can you tell me what's so wonderful about this rope?" The young man's eyes were sharp, and he was obviously very interested in the rope.
The amazing thing?
She simply used her mental power to control the rope and tied up the big fat fish roughly.
Song Wan ignored the young man. She was thinking about braising this one and getting two more to make pickled fish and sweet and sour fish.
When Gu Yanji saw that she caught the fish easily, he knew that she had used that ability again. In order to prevent outsiders from noticing anything unusual, Gu Yanji directly blocked the young man's sight.
"If you want to eat fish, you can pay for it." Gu Yan hurriedly changed the subject.
Before the young man could react to what she meant, Song Wan's eyes quickly lit up. Yes, she could make money by selling fish on the boat.
Song Wan believed that there was no one on the boat who could fish better than her.
"How many do you want to buy? There are three of you, and if each of you eats two, that's six fish." Song Wan put down the half-caught fish and began to calculate the bill. "One fish is one tael of silver, so six fish is six taels. Pay the money first, and I'll catch them for you."
Before the young man could react to what was happening, he nodded in agreement and said, "Then I'll buy six?"
Song Wan was so happy that she caught two fish at once, with the rope tied to the fish's body. The young master was amazed and asked, "Why did your fish take the initiative to get into your rope loop?"
"Maybe it's because they are stupid." Song Wan blinked and said seriously.
Young Master “…”
Does he look like a fool?
"Are you still buying fish?" After saying that, Song Wan threw up three more fish, making exactly six in total.
The young man took out six taels of silver from his waist pouch and nodded vigorously, "Buy it!"
"Then can you cook fish?" For the first time, Song Wan did not take the money.
The young man shook his head again and said, "I can't."
Not to mention him, even the two people he brought with him didn't have any cooking skills. Since they left home, they had never had a normal meal as long as they slept outside.
"He can do it in my house." Song Wan swore confidently and puffed out her chest, then patted Gu Yan's anxious face.
Before going out, Gu Yanji learned how to cook several meat dishes from Qi and her mother, all of which were Song Wan's favorites.
Hearing her say that he was from her family, Gu Yan felt anxious and her heart was numb, as if it was wrapped in honey.
"So why don't you give the fish to us to cook for you? Six fish will cost you three taels of silver!" Song Wan rolled his eyes and said.
The young master wasn't stupid enough to just give the money away. He asked cautiously, "How do I know your fish is delicious?"
In this world, he has never seen any man enter the kitchen. He thought he was stupid and wanted to cheat him out of money.
"Then let me ask you, have you ever eaten pickled fish?" Song Wan asked with a fierce look on her face. "Do you know how to make sweet and sour fish? Do you know what spicy boiled fish tastes like?"
The young man thought he had traveled all over the country and had tasted local specialties from all over the country, but he had never heard of the method the woman described.
Most common ways to cook fish are to add a few slices of ginger to the pot and stew it. The fish cooked in this way usually has a fishy smell that is difficult to remove. This is how the cooks on the boat cook it.
Later, the young man tried bean paste fish cooked with bean paste in Shengzhou, Jiangnan. It was salty and delicious, and the fishy smell of the fish was completely covered up. It was very delicious to eat with rice, and the soup with rice was the best.
But how are the sour fish and sweet and sour fish that this woman mentioned made? Can they be delicious if they are sour and have sugar in them?
The young master expressed doubt.
"You don't know." Song Wan confirmed calmly.
The young man shook his head.
"Then do you want to eat?"
The young man nodded.
"Why don't you pay the money?"
Upon hearing this, the young man quickly took out another three taels of silver and handed it over.
By the time the servant beside him reacted, the young master had already given out nine taels of silver.
The servant was heartbroken and quickly pulled his master back, "Master, why did you give her all the money?"
He didn't even see the shadow of the vegetable, but believed what the other party said casually. The servant didn't believe that this was his own young master.
After getting the silver, Song Wan handed it to Gu Yanji. By leaving this small amount of money with him, she wouldn't have to ask her for money when buying vegetables.
Gu Yan, who received the silver, was in a state of panic. He did learn a few dishes, but he had never heard of the ones she just mentioned. "A Wan, have you forgotten that I can't cook them?"
When the servant opposite heard this, he realized that it was over. His master had really run into a scammer.
Song Wan said confidently, "It's okay. I know how to do it. If you follow my instructions, there shouldn't be any major problems."
She is not good at cooking, but she is good at memorizing recipes. The cookbooks she looted at the end of the world are still in her mind.
In the small kitchen of the cabin, Song Wan used the money he earned to ask Song Qi to buy some seasonings, some cabbage, dried radish, bean curd, and half a jar of pickles pickled by the boatman's wife.
The young man had never eaten pickles in his life. He pointed at the black jar and asked, "Are you sure this is edible?"
Song Wan: "You'll know soon whether you can eat it or not."
There are three stoves in the small kitchen, and those who are skilled can cook three dishes at the same time.
Song Wan told Gu Yanji the recipes of pickled fish and boiled fish. Gu Yanji went from being surprised at the various novel ideas in her mind to being accustomed to them now.
He thought that the place where she lived must have been very beautiful originally, otherwise how could there be so many novel cooking methods.
Wash the cabbage, slice the radish, and cut the bean curd into thin strips. Gu Yanji started cooking after Song Wan instructed her over and over again.
The last dish was a spicy boiled fish with a strong flavor. As the hot oil was poured in, the aroma was completely stimulated. The young man who had been waiting for a long time could no longer resist.
He took the lead and said, "Girl, is it time to eat?"
Just by smelling it, he knew it must be delicious. His nine taels of silver were well spent!
Not to mention the young man, even the other passengers outside looked over here frequently. The fragrance wafted over in waves, making the passengers who had been eating boiled fish in plain water and dry food all day very greedy.
Those passengers who were not short of money began to send their servants to inquire and see if they could pay money to buy a bowl to try.
It’s true that Gu Yanji is quite talented in cooking. Song Wan looked at the dishes that were almost the same as before the apocalypse, with nostalgia in her eyes. It was really good to have no zombies in the days.
We had six fish, and made one sweet and sour fish, two pickled fish, and three spicy boiled fish. Each dish was a super large portion.
In addition to fish, Gu Yanji also made a plate of stir-fried rabbit meat and a large pot of mutton stewed with radish and cabbage.
The staple food is fragrant steamed rice.
There were so many dishes that the eight of them couldn't finish them all. Song Wan had already thought about selling one portion each of pickled fish and spicy boiled fish.
Don't think she didn't see it. There were quite a few passengers gathered outside the kitchenette, peeking in.
Song Wan divided one portion of pickled fish and one of spicy boiled fish into ten small portions each using coarse porcelain bowls.
Each bowl is filled with soup-soaked radish, cabbage, dried tofu skin, and sauerkraut.
Six slices of fish are placed on top and poured with their respective soups. It looks like a full bowl that is about to overflow.
A bowl of fish costs five taels of silver. When the servant beside the young master heard this price, he suddenly felt lucky that the young master paid the money quickly, otherwise it would cost fifteen taels for the three of them to eat, and they could only have those three small bowls.
In terms of vision and knowledge, he is indeed far inferior to the young master.
The young man who was being talked about by his own servant had already been deeply addicted to pickled fish and boiled fish. He took a bite of pickled cabbage, a bite of fish, and then a bite of slightly spicy cabbage and radish, and finally stuffed a chopstick of rice into his mouth.
After taking a full mouthful, he suddenly felt that the previous twenty years of his life had been wasted.
The pickled fish and boiled fish worth five taels of silver were all eaten up in one go. Those who ate quickly even asked the servants to go back and buy another bowl.
One hundred taels were easily obtained, and together with the money earned from the young man, the total was one hundred and nine taels. Not only did he earn back their boat fare, but he also had a lot left over.
After the meal, Song Wan counted the silver several times, and finally took out half of it and gave it to Gu Yanji, "I'll fish, you cook, and we'll split the silver in half."
Gu Yan glanced anxiously at the silver in her hand and smiled gently, "I haven't spent all the nine taels of silver you gave me yet. Just take this."
Does this mean he wants to hand over his salary?
Song Wan remembered that before the end of the world, men would usually hand over all their wages to their wives after marriage, leaving only a little pocket money.
Thinking of this, Song Wan stopped worrying and said, "Okay, I'll keep the money for you. If you want to spend it, just tell me."
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