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

"grandmother!"

"I'm back!"

Zhao Dahai pushed open the courtyard door and shouted loudly. He first put down the net bag holding dozens of kilograms of fish in his hand, and then put down the other net bags hanging one after another on his shoulders, especially the one-meter one. There are so many mackerel, all the way back to swagger through the village, causing crazy crowds, everyone is very envious.

Zhong Cuihua was weaving fishing nets in the main room when she heard the shout and came out.

"Yo!"

"Such a big fish?!"

Zhong Cuihua was startled when she saw the fish in the two net bags, especially the mackerel.

"grandmother."

"I was the first to go!"

Zhao Dahai tore off the rope tied to the mouth of the net bag, and all the fish poured out.

"What are you doing?!"

"Isn't it going to be sold?!"

Zhong Cuihua didn't know what Zhao Dahai wanted to do.

Zhao Dahai shook his head. These are fish brought up by wind and waves, and most of them are damaged in appearance, bumped or scratched on the reef, with various wounds, large and small. Mackerel is the most valuable, costing twenty to thirty yuan per pound. When I caught it, I was worried that the fish would struggle and escape. I hammered it with a stone more than ten times, and the fish’s head was almost smashed. It’s not that I can’t sell it, but I can’t. What price is offered.

"grandmother."

"I already planned it."

"These fish are all salted!"

"Dry."

"Cook it when there is no food, or fry it in the morning, and serve it with white porridge or sweet potato porridge."

Zhao Dahai planned it long ago. There is definitely not enough fish to eat, and salted fish is the best way to deal with these fish. There is meat at home, but it is impossible to eat meat every day. There is no shortage of small seas on the beach in front of the village or nearby. I have to think of ways to make money. It is impossible to catch it every day. Salted fish and muddy melon seeds dried in the past few days are all. It has the same meaning, for there are vegetables to eat in the bowls and plates, especially when the vegetables grow in the vegetable garden behind the house, so that there are fish, meat and vegetables.

Zhong Cuihua plucked the fish that had fallen on the ground, and picked for a while but could not pick out any uninjured fish.

Zhao Dahai smiled. This is not giving up, thinking about whether I can sell some.

Zhao Dahai took out the chopping board and knife, and started to kill the fish, scraping off the fish scales, picking out the fish gills, cutting the fish maw, fish intestines and other internal organs. When he saw grandma Zhong Cuihua taking out another knife from the kitchen, This is wanting to kill fish together.

Zhao Dahai immediately stopped her. Grandma Zhong Cuihua was old, so it was not that she couldn't do this job, but no matter how bad her eyesight was and her hands were weak, she could easily hurt herself accidentally.

"grandmother."

"I'll kill the fish."

"After killing it, you can wash it and hang it on the dustpan."

Zhao Dahai knew that he couldn't work for Zhong Cuihua, so he definitely wanted to help. He took a large iron basin and filled it with more than half of the water. He took a large jar out of the kitchen and opened the lid. It contained coarse-grained sea salt and added salt on the side. , while stirring, do not stop until the salt in the large basin no longer melts.

There are two ways to dry salted fish. One is to directly marinate the fish with salt. Sprinkle the killed fish with salt and let it sit for a while to allow the salt to penetrate into the fish flesh before drying. Another method is to kill the fish, soak it in salt water for a while, then pick it up and dry it immediately.

Salted fish that is directly marinated with salt takes a longer time, is saltier, and is easier to preserve. Fish washed in salt water does not contain much salt and is more delicious, but the storage time is shorter.

Zhao Dahai does not plan to sell these salted fish. He will eat them at home. It is better to use salt water directly.

Zhao Dahai was so quick that he could kill a fish in ten seconds and place it in a large iron basin filled with salt water.

Zhong Cuihua carefully washed the killed fish and placed them neatly on the dustpan. After filling one dustpan, she replaced it with another dustpan.

Zhao Dahai spent more than an hour killing almost a hundred kilograms of miscellaneous fish, large and small, leaving only red drum and Spanish mackerel.

Zhao Dahai carefully scraped off the scales of the red drum fish with a knife, pulled off the gills, cut the belly and cleaned out the fish intestines. He placed the knife on the tail of the fish and cut it across to the big fish bone in the middle. He held the knife horizontally Lay it flat against the fish bones and push it toward the head, split it into two halves, wash it with salt water, use a small stick to prop it open, hang it up with a small rope, and hang it on the bamboo pole to dry. This fish is relatively large, so it can be dried quickly by hanging it up. This red drum fish only has a little scratch on its belly. It is basically not suitable for postage if it is cut open. It can be dried in the sun and taken with you when visiting relatives during the holidays.

"The sea."

"What are you going to do with this fish?!"

Zhong Cuihua pointed to the mackerel on the ground. Big fishing boats rarely catch such a big mackerel when they go out to sea. If the fish head is not damaged, it can easily be sold for three to four hundred yuan, which is really a pity.

Zhao Dahai didn't dare to tell Zhong Cuihua that he smashed the fish head because he knew he must be a prodigal. However, he had no other choice in the situation at that time. One was Wang Changlin who was watching eagerly, and people from the other village came to pick up fish sooner or later, so it was impossible to go home. Get a fishing net or a dip net. In any case, this fish rotted in the pot at home and could not be sold for any money. It was very cost-effective to mix it into several delicious meals.

"Cut the salted fish."

Zhao Dahai waved his hand proudly. When people in the fishing village catch a mackerel of this size, no one is willing to eat it because they are so arrogant.

Zhao Dahai began to cut the mackerel into pieces horizontally, each piece was one centimeter thick, and the fish head was divided into two.

"grandmother."

"There's not much left to do. I can do it myself."

"Uncle Dadong and Uncle Dong both work outside. No one at home goes to sea. If you want to eat some fish, you have to go to the town to buy it. Send this fish to the second mistress. Have a taste of it."

"If I go over there, I'm sure Second Grandpa will blast me right out."

After Zhao Dahai finished cutting the fish, he walked into the kitchen, took a red plastic bag, picked the three best pieces of meat, and added half of the fish head. Don't look at it. In my grandfather's generation, the families were separated and each lived his own life. However, in times of difficulty, they helped each other and gave some to those who had plenty to eat.

Zhong Cuihua nodded with a smile, took the bag and went out, walking towards Zhao Shi's house.

Zhao Dahai picked up the cut mackerel fillets, washed them in salt water, and stacked them individually in a dustpan. The fish was big, and the cut fillets had to be as big as two palms.

"nice one!"

"This is real good stuff!"

Zhao Dahai took the dustpan out of the yard and put it on the stone at the door. It was a windy day for the past two days and there was not much sun. He had to wait for good weather to dry the salted fish. It would be half dry in half a day and dry in two days.

Zhao Dahai took a look at the dried mud snails and sea melon seeds that he had brought out early in the morning. They were like hard pebble seeds and had dried thoroughly. He took a bag and put them in. He looked at the time and saw that it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. He had been busy working and could not take care of eating. , my stomach growled with hunger.

Zhao Dahai walked into the yard, carried a plate of miscellaneous fish and the other half of the mackerel head into the kitchen, and started cooking. He picked up hundreds of catties of fish for nothing, so he had to have a good meal!

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