1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 25 Mom is still outside

 After the fish **** in the pot float.

 Li Duoyu scooped one piece out and put it into Li Haoran's bowl.

The impatient little fat man blew a few puffs, opened his mouth and bit into it. As a result, he was so hot from the gravy in the fish **** that he breathed out.

 But he still didn’t stop, and then blew a few breaths.

 Bite off most of it again.



Looking at Xiao Pangdun's anxious look, it reminded Li Duoyu of his childhood. Every time his mother made fish balls, he would wait by the stove with bowls and chopsticks.

That would be different than now.

Every time A Niang makes fish balls, she has to let the gods eat them first.

 Promise once before you can give them something to eat.

 After taking a few breaths, Xiaopangdun stuffed the remaining fish **** into his mouth and sucked up the soup from the fish **** in the bowl.

“Uncle, your fish **** are so delicious. They are tender and elastic. They burst into pulp when you take a bite. They are much better than my mother’s. Give me another one.”

After hearing this, Chen Huiying's face was full of disgust: "Your mother lied to you. She didn't know how to make this. She bought it cheaply at the dock."

Little Fatty smiled naively.

“I know grandma, I just want to save some face for her.”

Li Duoyu touched Li Haoran's head. The second sister-in-law did have a bad personality, but she was a really sensible kid who was very lovable.

“One, but it’s not as big as yours. I’ll give you a bowl. Let’s eat this for lunch.”

"Great."

Little Pangdun was so happy that he almost took off on the spot.

Li Duoyu first gave Xiao Pangdun a bowl of fish balls, then his mother, then Zhou Xiaoying, and finally himself.

 Zhou Xiaoying took a few mouthfuls of fish balls, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she returned to the bedroom.

Zhou Xiaoying's sudden reaction left Li Duoyu completely confused. After following him, he discovered that Zhou Xiaoying was actually crying.

 “What’s the matter, don’t the fish **** taste good?”

 Zhou Xiaoying shook her head desperately.

“No, it’s just so delicious that I’m afraid I’ll vomit it all out if I eat too much.”

Li Duoyu then remembered that during the time when he was running the goods, there was no fire at home at all, and Zhou Xiaoying ate very simply.

 Eat the same three meals a day.

  Dried oysters, dried salted fish and dried radish.

Li Duoyu hugged the woman distressedly: "From now on, I will definitely give you good food, good clothes, and keep you fat and healthy."

“I don’t want to get fat. If I get fat, I will have to make my clothes again.”

 “Then it will be white and pure.”

However, before Zhou Xiaoying could be moved, a groping hand broke the atmosphere. This time she was too lazy to resist.

"Hurry up"

Li Duoyu looked unbelievable. Do you really want to do something so exciting?

“Are you sure? My mother is still outside.”

“We don’t do that, so what are you afraid of?”

Li Duoyu came out of the bedroom feeling even more melancholy. His current state was like a balloon filled with water but refused to let go.

What a sin!

From now on, if your son dares to misbehave after he comes out, he will be spanked hard.

Seeing Li Duoyu come out, Chen Huiying quickly asked: "Xiaoying, what's wrong?"

　　“It’s okay, I just felt joyful suddenly, just take a rest.”

“That’s how it is now. When I was first pregnant with your eldest brother, I often couldn’t eat, but after giving birth to a few more babies, I didn’t feel anything at all.”

“For someone as weak as Xiaoying, you have to take good care of her, otherwise it won’t be so easy to conceive the next child.”

Li Duoyu was a little speechless. She hadn't even given birth to her first child yet, but my mother was already thinking about having a second child.

This time I made more than 100 fish **** in total.

Li Duoyuyun took out twenty pills and asked Xiao Pangdun to deliver them to the third aunt’s family.

Seeing Li Duoyu sending so many fish **** to Zhou Meiying's family, Chen Huiying looked reluctant to give up. “Why do you want to give them fish balls?”

Li Duoyu said truthfully:

“I met my third aunt today when I was in the sea. She originally wanted to buy my sharks and eels to make fish balls, but I also planned to make them, so I promised to give them some.”

"These are rice fish and pork. These twenty can be sold for a lot of money."

“As for relatives, relationships will only be good if they come and go. Last year, when my third aunt’s family made a lot of money by selling goods, they also gave my father a radio.”

 “If you didn’t tell me, I would have forgotten about it.”

Thinking of this, Chen Huiying glanced at the middle child's house and couldn't help but sigh. If only her daughter-in-law could suddenly change her temper and become as sensible as Duoyu.

 Then the world will be at peace.

Chen Huiying brought a bowl of fish **** to Lao Li, who was still lying on the rocking chair and listening to the radio.

 “I won’t cook for lunch, I will eat the fish **** made by Lao Si.”

 “The fish **** he makes are as delicious as they come.”

 Chen Huiying glanced at him with disgust, then placed the fish **** on the wooden table next to her: "Why does this mouth look like a dead duck? The older it gets, the harder it gets."

 After Chen Huiying left.

 Lao Li climbed up from the rocking chair, looked at the big and fat fish **** in the bowl, picked up his chopsticks, inserted one, and put it in his mouth.

I found it to be really good, much better than the chef in the village who held weddings and weddings. After finishing one bowl, he wanted to have another bowl.

  I regret what I just said.

He said to Li Haoran who was sitting on the stone bar: "My good grandson, go and fill another bowl for your grandpa."

Li Haoran shouted on the spot: "Grandma, grandpa said he wanted another bowl."

These words made Lao Li instantly feel embarrassed.

 After eating the fish balls, Zhou Xiaoying felt a little happy and went to rest.

 With the oysters being harvested all afternoon, the boss will give them two yuan.

Li Duoyu is not idle either.

 He is preparing for the seafood dinner in the evening, and now he is making the chicken soup with sea mussels.

 This is a state banquet dish.

 There are many things that can be done that many people can’t afford.

  Can also be very down-to-earth.

 But in this era when seasonings are extremely scarce and only shrimp oil, salt, monosodium glutamate and soy sauce are available, Li Duoyu cannot be exquisite even if he wants to.

 That’s almost it.

Li Duoyu cut the tender chicken into four large pieces, blanched them together with the pork, and rubbed a little salt on the chicken and pork.

 Place it in an iron pot and simmer it over water.

 The soup must be boiled out first.

This dish relies on 30% of the deliciousness of Xi Shi tongue and 70% of chicken soup. If you want to make this dish well, you have to be patient.

 When making soup.

Li Duoyu sat on the stone strip in the courtyard and instinctively reached for his pocket, only to find it empty.

　　Yeah, there were no mobile phones in this era.

 There is no room to read novels and short videos.

 When he was bored, he could only look at the scenery, but when he looked at the busy dock not far away, his thoughts were a little distracted.

Li Haoran, who had eaten three bowls of fish balls, sat next to Li Duoyu. He also looked into the distance and suddenly said:

“Uncle, is the treasure island across the sea really that good? I heard on the radio that their students there all wear beautiful clothes and shoes, and they also take piano lessons.”

Li Duoyu looked into the distance.

The place Li Haoran mentioned is actually very close to Dandan Island, only about 80 kilometers away.

　　also because it is too close.

 Their province is a war-ready province. Before the "three direct links", all large-scale heavy industry and science and technology-related projects will not fall into their province.

This also indirectly led to the fact that for a certain period of time, the people of this province did not live very well, but fortunately everyone worked very hard.

By 2022, the GDP of overseas provinces will have already lost to that of their provinces.

Li Duoyu said calmly:

 “They are really good now.”

“However, they are just stupid birds flying first. Let them fly for a while. When we take off, they may not even be able to eat eggs.”

 (End of this chapter)