1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 26 Seafood Dinner

 After everyone has gone out.

Li Duoyu found several little books from the house to pass the time, including "The Blue Blood Sword" and "Seven Swords Down the Tianshan Mountains".

In this era, many young people have a martial arts dream of traveling around the world with swords, and they really want to go out into the world.

 I remember that at that time, although he also liked to read Jin Yong’s novels, he preferred Liang Yusheng’s “The White-haired Witch”.

 Li Duoyu was reading a little book.

Li Haoran also squatted aside and read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". When he saw the excitement, he anxiously asked his uncle:

 “Uncle, where is the next book?”

"It's right here. If not, it should have been taken away by Agui and the others."

“Uncle, have you ever seen what happened to the woman in the ancient tomb after Ouyang Feng tapped her acupoints to immobilize her?”

Hearing this, the corners of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched, and he finally remembered the reason why he hated Jin Yong.

As long as Li Duoyu is willing, he can even tell the whole story to Li Haoran.

 But it’s easy to tell stories.

 Just think about it and forget it.

 Li Duoyu lay on the rocking chair and continued to enjoy the leisurely afternoon.

In this era, the wind is very light, the clouds are very slow, and it is leisurely and leisurely, as if everything is not in a hurry.

  Not like the later generations.

 Either on the way to involve others, or on the way to be involved by others.

House prices are still so high, competition is so fierce, and raising a child is extremely expensive. Unlike today’s students, there is almost no homework pressure. A holiday is a real holiday.

Li Duoyu remembered that when he came back from the island country, he went to the city with Zhou Xiaoying to help his son and daughter-in-law take care of their children.

 It’s not this cram school all day long.

 That’s the cram school.

 After completing the classes, you have to sign up for swimming and basketball classes.

His daughter-in-law spent almost half of the life savings of two generations on housing in the school district, saying that everything was for the best of her children.

 But everyone has fatigue written on their faces.

 We are all exhausted.

To put it bluntly, the days are passing by. During the planned economy, although materials were not as abundant as they are now, at least everyone still had light in their eyes and faith in their hearts.

It was also during that time that Xiaoying discovered that she was feeling unwell, but it was already too late. Li Duoyu accompanied her back to Dandan Island, where she spent the last days of her life.

 Since it’s back again.

Li Duoyu just wants time to go slower and spend more time with his family.

 Around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhou Xiaoying woke up from her nap, wiped her face, sat by the window, and started preparing for next week's class.

After reading the little book, Li Haoran was depressed for a while, but as soon as he smelled the aroma emanating from the iron pot, he instantly regained his health.

He was always guarding the iron pot, and from time to time he secretly opened the lid, but he didn't dare to eat secretly.

 It was steaming for almost three hours.

Li Duoyu checked the chicken soup. The moment he opened the lid of the pot, the aroma of meat came out, and the soup was golden and very delicious.

 I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Li Duoyu feels that the chicken of this era seems to be much more fragrant than that of later generations. Just smelling it makes him very appetizing, and he can't wait to eat two bowls of rice.

 Li Duoyu fished out the meat from the pot.

 That chicken, he plans to make shredded chicken later, add some garlic and soy sauce, it will be very delicious.

 Pork is used to make meat floss.

 It can be given to Zhou Xiaoying as breakfast.

 After making the chicken soup, Li Duoyu boiled another pot of water and placed the wooden rack for water isolation in the iron pot.

 He caught a swimming crab.

 Hold its back, hold the bamboo chopsticks, and aim at the bubbling crab's mouth.

 Slip in while it's not paying attention.

The swimming crab resisted violently at first, and wanted to pinch him with pliers, but Li Duoyu never gave it a chance, and he thrust twice more quickly.

 The swimming crab froze on the spot.

 Then the eight crab legs softened and they lay there limply.

 If you haven’t killed the crabs, just steam them.

 In the end, you will only get a crab shell and a bunch of crab legs. For a female crab like this, the "yellow" will also flow away from the broken legs, greatly reducing the taste of the crab. Crabs weighing more than two kilograms are all dead.

Li Duoyu piled the crabs on one end of the iron pot's water rack. Although the best ingredients only require the simplest cooking method.

 But there are still tips for eating seafood.

Just like shabu-shabu beef, the steaming time for each type of seafood is different. Swimming crabs need to be steamed longer so that the "yellow" inside will be cooked.

 Small seafood such as clams and pen holders are not suitable for steaming for too long. If steamed for too long, the moisture in the meat will be lost and the texture will be very bad when you bite it.

 After steaming for more than ten minutes.

Li Duoyu placed the pen holder and clams on the other side of the wooden stand that separated the water, and filled the seven-seal iron pot full.

 When Li Duoyu finished doing this.

It was getting dark outside, and there was a banging sound in the yard. From the sound, you knew it was Dad and Aniang who were back.

But Li Duoyu never expected that Lao Li, who was usually reluctant to replace his Jiefang shoes with several holes in them, actually bought two bottles of Danfeng sorghum wine for the first time.

This thing is not as expensive as Moutai.

 But it’s not cheap either.

One bottle can be exchanged for a pound of pork. The money I earned from knocking oysters for the boss all afternoon is probably spent on these two bottles of wine.

When Lao Li returned home, he took off his clothes in the courtyard because he was covered in mud, and went to the well to take a shower in his big underpants.

Chen Huiying said with a smile on her face:

“Duoyu, your dad is in a good mood today and just bought two bottles of wine. You and he will have a good drink tonight.”

 Li Duoyu doesn't understand what her mother means.

Lao Li is a very tough-talking person. He obviously wants to have a seafood dinner together, but he just can't open his mouth. I guess buying wine is still a trick that my mother-in-law made.

 “Okay, let’s have a few drinks with Dad tonight.”

 Wait until it’s time for dinner.

Li Duoyu felt that the kitchen was too small, so he simply moved out the Eight Immortals table for worship and placed it in the courtyard.

 Subsequently, a large iron basin was filled with fish balls, crabs, pen holders, and clams, and the Eight Immortals table was filled to the brim.

 Fishballs are the staple food tonight.

 These seafood are dishes.

As dusk fell, the lights in the courtyard were turned on. Many moths flew around the lights. Lao Li and Chen Huiying also took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

 Little Fatty is the most positive.

 Have already been sitting at the Eight Immortals Table.

Chen Huiying placed a bottle of sorghum wine on the Eight Immortals table, while Zhou Xiaoying also came out of the bedroom and stood at the Eight Immortals table, waiting for her father and mother to sit down first.

 Perhaps at this time.

The second brother and the second sister-in-law also came back. They saw an Eight Immortals table set up in the courtyard, which was full of seafood. They both thought it was Li Duoyu celebrating the report.

 Second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua looked at the pot of fish **** but felt very unconvinced.

It was obviously my brother-in-law who helped me, and he acted as if he was very capable.

Zhu Xiuhua wanted to say a few words.

Unexpectedly, the chubby little guy in the family grinned at her and said, "Mom, the fish **** made by my uncle today are super delicious. Do you want to eat them together?"

Seeing Li Haoran's saliva almost drooling, Zhu Xiuhua took back all the words that came to her mouth.

 “No need, I’ve already eaten at my employer’s place.”

 After finishing speaking, he returned to his home and closed the door.

Li Yaoguo, the second eldest son who came back with Zhu Xiuhua, didn't know that his boss didn't provide food at all. He lowered his head and sighed.

 Looks like I have to cook for myself again tonight.

 At this moment, Chen Huiying stopped him.

“Xiuhua is already full. If you still want to eat, would you like to come over and have a drink together?”

 “No need.” Li Yaoguo hadn’t even finished speaking.

 Lao Li snorted coldly: "You have a nagging character, just like a woman. You haven't cooked yet, so you come over to eat together."

Seeing his father, who hadn’t spoken to him for a long time, suddenly scolded him.

Li Yaoguo's eyes suddenly lit up, and after looking at Li Duoyu who was smiling, he bravely sat down next to his son.

 (End of this chapter)