Rebirth of a fishing village: starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Zhao Dahai flexed his hands and feet. He was a little tired from squatting for a long time. He took a break after lunch and began to deal with the rotten fish.

The ordinary method of making rotten fish is not delicious, but the fish balls are excellent.

Cut open the belly of the fish and clean it. Use a knife to cut across the tail of the fish until it hits the fish bone. Change the vertical knife to a horizontal knife. Push it up against the fish bone toward the head of the fish and slice off a whole piece of fish meat. Same thing. The method sliced ​​another piece of fish.

Zhao Dahai took a spoon and a big bowl. He laid the fish flat on the chopping board and gently scraped the fish paste. When the spoon was full, he threw it into the big bowl. When scraping, he touched the small thorns. come out.

Zhao Dahai didn't move quickly and unhurriedly. It took almost an hour to scrape off the two pieces of fish meat. What was left were two pieces of fish skin and a pile of small fish bones and a large fish bone beside the cutting board.

Zhao Dahai reached out and pinched the minced fish scraped into the bowl for a while. It was very smooth without any small thorns. He took some sweet potato flour and beat two eggs. The yolks were removed, leaving only the egg whites, and he added a little salt. , stir evenly.

Zhao Dahai called his grandma Zhong Cuihua and asked someone to help him boil the fire and boil water. The first was to control the fire. If the fire got too big, he had to add cold water to the pot. Make sure the water is not boiling, just a little hot to the touch. If the fire is too high and the water is boiling hot, the fish balls will fall apart as soon as they are cooked. The small fire controls the water temperature, so that the fish balls can be shaped.

Zhao Dahai grabbed a handful of minced fish, squeezed it gently, and a fish ball popped out from the tiger's mouth. He took a spoon in his right hand, scraped it down and put it into the pot.

There are more and more fish balls in the pot, and they float in white.

It takes a lot of effort to shave the minced fish, and it only takes half an hour to squeeze the fish balls.

Zhong Cuihua added a handful of firewood to the stove, and the fire became louder. Within a few minutes, the water boiled, and the white fish balls with a little gray in them kept rolling. The fish balls are not big and are cooked in about five minutes.

Zhao Dahai picked up the fish balls and put them in a large iron basin filled with cold water that had been prepared nearby for soaking.

Night falls.

The wind is getting stronger.

The treetops whimpered.

Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen and started cooking dinner. Put the fish balls and fish bones that were just beaten an hour ago into the boiling water, put the seaweed in, cut a little ginger, add a little salt, and a large bowl of meatball and seaweed soup is ready. I cut some of the salted pork belly hanging on the kitchen stove and fried a green vegetable.

"grandmother!"

"The fish balls are good! It's a pity that the seaweed is freshly dried and only half-dry."

"It tastes bad!"

Zhao Dahai put a bowl of soup in front of Zhong Cuihua.

"Don't you still have some fish balls? Keep them on ice. The seaweed will be delicious after another two days of drying."

Zhong Cuihua put a fish ball in her mouth and took a bite. It tasted really good. People who go fishing at sea do not pay much attention to food. They only fill their stomachs during the holidays and save time for work. If it is not specially made for himself, Zhao Dahai will not do this. Fish balls are too time-consuming.

Zhao Dahai nodded. It would indeed be much more delicious to dry the seaweed for two days before making soup.

Zhao Dahai walked out of the yard. The wind was blowing a little stronger than yesterday. He glanced at the sea in the distance. The white-headed waves were lined up next to each other, becoming denser and higher.

"Why!"

"It's really troublesome!"

Zhao Dahai was very depressed. This was already the third day of resting at home. The sun was shining overhead, but the sky was clear but there was strong wind. It was impossible to go out to sea. This was the most helpless weather for people who went fishing. What was even more helpless was the sand-pointed fish fishing. I came here when the weather was very good and profitable, but I suffered heavy losses.

Go back and fish when the weather is good?

I will definitely go back to fish, but I can’t tell if there will be any fish!

Zhao Dahai turned over the seaweed on the dustpan and dried it in the sun. It was ready to be put away. Sell ​​for money? The quantity of this thing is too small, it can't be sold for a lot of money, it is enough to satisfy the mouth.

sleep?

Can't sleep!

Who can sleep without making money?

It's not okay to go on like this. I really can't stand it anymore.

Zhao Dahai glanced at the Dongtou reef area. There were many people on it. They must be people from the village. They had too much time to do, so they just strolled along the beach. If they could pick up fish, they would at least stutter.

Zhao Dahai continued to look toward the east end of the reef, and vaguely saw a piece of fish steak. He was stunned for a moment and patted the back of his head hard.

To the east of the reef zone is Paiwan Village. In front of the village is a bay with a relatively low position. When the tide is high, the water is more than ten meters deep. When the tide is low, the sea water left is five to six meters. Fish farming has begun as early as ten years ago. Xiancai, life is much better than in Langtou Village and other surrounding villages.

When raising fish, shrimps and crabs on fish rafts, you put in feed to attract fish, shrimps and crabs that are naturally raised nearby, or fish that have escaped from the fish raft grid gather at the bottom of the fish raft grid. The owner of the fish raft farm does not have the time to catch these. Fish are usually open to others to catch for a transfer fee of 30 yuan, and you can take them away no matter how much you catch.

It's a windy day and I can't go out to sea. I have nothing to do at home. Why not try fish steaks? If you can't catch big fish, you can catch small fish and go home for two meals. This can save money on grocery shopping, right?

It's only ten o'clock in the morning, so I have plenty of time, so just do it.

Zhao Dahai immediately turned around and walked back to the house, told his grandma, went to the pier to get on the fishing boat, took the fishing rod, and rode his motorcycle to the pier of Paiwan Village. As he looked around, there were fish steaks all over the place.

Zhao Dahai parked the car, asked someone, and found Zhang Defei, one of the fish steak owners.

"You look like this, you go out to sea to fish, right? How can you come here to fish?"

"I can't go to sea in this damn weather. It's a bit annoying to stay at home. I can't go to other places, only you are fishing in Paiwan Village."

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"Why!"

"The white-headed waves are really strong. Don't look at the fish rafts in our village are all in the bay, and many grids have been smashed."

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"What kind of things are there here?"

“Red drum and tuna.”

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Zhao Dahai took a ride on Zhang Defei's small fishing boat and loaded up the fish steaks. The influence of the white-headed waves was so great that the fish steaks in the bay were shaking unsteadily, and they would fall into the sea if they were not careful.

Zhang Defei tied his small fishing boat to the raft, went into the small house and never came out again.

Zhao Dahai started fishing immediately without any rush.

The fish steaks are framed with thick wooden boards and rough dianthus. There are floats one after another underneath. The large frame is divided into small frames. Each small frame is a square of five meters by five meters. The small frames are stretched with thick Fishing nets made of nylon threads, which are impenetrable to the chopsticks, are used to raise fish.

Zhang Defei's fish raft is relatively large, with a length and width of more than 50 meters, and a hundred grids. Most of them are filled with fish. There are only seven or eight empty ones, scattered in various places throughout the fish raft. . This is big. Looking humble and full of fishy smell, with plenty of money in his pocket, he earns hundreds of thousands a year at least.

Zhao Dahai looked at the grid carefully. They were all red drum fish. Some were over twenty kilograms and very large. They had been raised for a long time, and some were only about the size of a palm. These fish were just raised not long ago.

Red drum fish grows very fast and can grow very large. It only has a large bone fish bone in the middle and no small burrs. The fish meat is relatively woody and does not have much flavor. It is not very delicious when eaten fresh. The pickled and dried fish is very good. , big, looks very respectable when giving gifts.

Zhao Dahai remembered the one he picked up in the reef area some time ago, salted it into dried salted fish, and now there is only a small piece left.

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