Chapter 161 Fish Hot Pot

161 Octopus hot pot

Li Jianguo pulled the corners of his mouth and said nothing. He still remembers the day Li Haitang broke off his relationship, when Li Yuanhua reprimanded him for not managing the house well, and he didn't want to go back to that house himself. The house was a mess, and he didn't want to care about it, and he didn't want to care about it. There was no smell of home anyway, so Deng Wenfang and Li Ting made it. But now this family is very warm, has the smell of home, the children also get along well, only then does this life have a rush.

"Yongwei, take this load of fish home first. Go back and wash the mud off the surface. Send the basket over later. We still have to catch a net here." Li Yuanhua called his eldest son to work.

Li yongwei, who looked a little like Li Yongchun, nodded his head and picked up the pole to carry the load. Two baskets of fish were heavy. Fortunately, he was a tall man in his early twenties and had great strength. He gritted his teeth and picked them up and strode home.

"Aunt Fen, let's go back now. Let's go to Yuanhua Uncle's house and have a seat. Let's choose the fish." After standing by the pond for so long, his face froze. Li Haitang rubbed his face and called Liu Fen back.

Li yongwei poured a load of fish into a red brick pond, and his sister immediately brought a bucket of water to wash the mud off the fish. Duan Jinqiao leaned over and looked at it. After she washed it, she excitedly pointed out, "Mom, we want the biggest bighead, the flatfish and the big grass fish."

Liu fen nodded and introduced her, "This flat fish is called bream. Buy two and fry them. You, Sister hoi tong, like them."

Wang Hongjuan came over with the basket and greeted with a smile, "Jin qiao, which one do you want? Tell auntie, auntie will pick it up for you."

"This one, this one, and that one." She pointed at three at a time and looked at Li Tao, "Li Tao, what fish do you want to eat?"

"I'll eat all of them, but buy more grass fish. I'll smoke them into dried fish and eat them in the spring." Li Tao liked the smell of bacon and smoked it every year.

They were very happy to choose the fish there, while Li Haitang was talking to Li Yongchun and his sister li yongqing. Li yongqing also grew up to be a generous girl, much more talkative than when she was a child, and talked to her about many interesting things in school.

Sister hoi tong, what fish do you want to eat? Hurry up and choose." Li Tao shouted at her.

Li Haitang had to stop talking and strode over to see that there were only a few fish in the basket beside auntie hong juan. "Why did you choose this one?"

"That's not enough?" Duan Jinqiao thought it was a lot. Her family had never bought so many fish at once, and she could buy one or two at most during the new year.

Li Haitang nodded and said, "Of course not. There are a lot of relatives and guests coming to visit us during the new year. We need to prepare more meat dishes, and you should take some smoked fish out to eat. You can buy them all at once."

Then, while the others were stunned, she kept pointing. Wang Hongjuan kept fishing and his face was smiling.

"Sister hoi tong, you've bought all the fish in auntie's house. What if others don't have to?" Duan Jinqiao was embarrassed.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are still a lot of fish in auntie hong juan's pond. They brought another net, enough for the villagers to share."

She had just finished her sentence when li yongwei came back with another load and smiled, "Haitang is right. This load is more than the previous one. There are many big fish. There is still half a load left in the pond, which is enough for everyone to choose at will."

"That's good, that's good. If the other grandparents, Uncle and uncle, didn't get any fish for the new year, it would be really embarrassing." Duan Jinqiao was obviously relieved.

Everyone was amused by her appearance. Li Tao did not despise her at the moment. He was just worried that she would be deceived by others when she was so innocent.

When Li Jianguo came back from cleaning up the mud on his body and saw that they had bought so much, he pulled down the corners of his mouth and said, "This is estimated to be forty or fifty pounds. Pay the money and go back first. It will take hours to cut the fish later."

Liu Fen smiled and said, "I've already weighed the money. It's just fifty pounds. You'll have to do the manual work."

"Well, let's go." Li Jianguo and Li Yuanhua said hello, picked up the basket and took them home.

Looking at their back, Li Yuanhua lit a cigarette and smoked. He smiled and said, "The good fortune of founding a country is at the back. This woman is much better than Deng Wenfang's stupid mother-in-law. Although she also has a daughter, she raised this child very well. She doesn't dislike him when he comes to the countryside. She is very polite, very obedient and diligent. She shouts when she sees someone, and her mouth is very sweet."

"I heard that this kid's academic performance is also very good. He's even better than Li Tao. He might be able to get into college in the future. Although he's not his own, he seems to be getting along well with jianguo. In the future, there will be several college students in his family." Wang Hongjuan brought him a cup of hot tea with a sour tone.

Li Yuanhua glanced sideways at her and puffed out a cloud of smoke. "It's the children themselves who can give birth to a few college students. Others can't envy them. If you have the time to talk, you might as well go to the fields and see if there are any better looking vegetables and send them to build a country. Jianguo and haitang didn't treat us badly every time they came back. They sent us big bags and small bags. Cigarettes and wine were expensive. And haitang also gave you a can of milk powder last time. That thing costs tens of dollars, and those cloth and other seven or eight or eight things also cost tens of dollars. If you take someone else's things, you have to keep this in mind."

She only said one sentence, and he just said so much. Wang Hongjuan was a little upset, but he still listened to his words, and said with a smile, "Haitang donated a thousand yuan to build a dam this year. Deputy mayor liu praised her, and even brought you to every meeting straighter than others. I saw all of this. Don't worry, I won't be vague on important matters. I just can't control my mouth and want to read it."

Her two sons and daughters were resting by the side, listening to their mother's words, and could not help but laugh.

Li Yuanhua also suppressed a smile and said to her, "If you want to read, you should read to your son and daughter. Those who should study should urge them to study hard. Those who should marry should circle them and read. Hurry up and bring their daughter-in-law back."

Wang Hongjuan smiled and said, "Hey, this is okay."

The three brothers and sisters, who were still watching the show, immediately found a reason to run away. They didn't want their mother to poison their ears.

On the way back from Li Haitang and the five of them, Duan Jinqiao smiled and pulled her arm and asked, "Sister hoi tong, you like to eat bream. We'll have braised bream tonight, okay?"

She looked at the basket on Li Jianguo's shoulder, and at the top was a big fat fish. She decided to say, "We won't eat bream tonight. We'll have the big fish hotpot."

"Hot pot?" They haven't heard of this new way of eating.

"Well, we'll have hot pot in the winter. I'll make it later to make sure everyone enjoys it." Li Haitang had not eaten hot pot for a long time, and he really missed the taste. The fish here were all fed with grass and vegetables. The meat was very fresh and tender, and the hot pot would be very delicious.

Liu Fen asked her, "Haitang, what do you need to prepare?"

"A large iron pot, ginger, onion, garlic, chili and other ingredients, the rest of the side dishes are just like vegetables at home. Later, go to aunt er zhu's garden to pick some." Li Haitang had been to the Sauce and vinegar factory for a short period of time and was unable to accept spices like soy sauce and vinegar. He planned to enjoy the most original delicious ingredients without these spices.

"A big iron pot for cooking at home, okay?" Li Tao, who was walking in front of her, turned around and asked her.

Li Haitang thought for a moment and said, "Our pot for stir-frying is a little small, and the other pot for brewing is too big. Do you have anything medium?"

"There are only two pots in our house. The woks of the second and third uncles are bigger than ours. I'll borrow one later." Li Tao answered her.

Li Haitang raised his eyebrows. He borrowed the pot. How could they have dinner? So he decided to say, "Then you might as well borrow both pots and let uncle and uncle come over for dinner tonight."

Li Jianguo nodded, "Sure, let them come over for dinner tonight. I'll pick up your aunt and the three of them in town later."

"Okay."

After returning home, Li Jianguo carried a basket of fish directly to the small backyard. He poured all the fish into the small pond, washed the basket and ordered, "Taoer, send this basket to the Yuanhua family."

"Okay."

Liu Fen had already come from the kitchen with a chopping board and a kitchen knife. Seeing that Li Haitang was already shaking water by the well, he smiled and spoke to her, "When I first saw this well shaking, I felt very strange. It was different from the well I saw when I was a child. At that time, we tied a rope around the rocking barrel. When we wanted to draw water, we hung a bucket and threw it down. When we threw it, we had to control the angle, otherwise it would be difficult to fill a bucket with water and bring it up. This kind of water well is much more interesting. It takes a lot of effort to shake it. Washing thick clothes in winter is especially difficult. After a long time, my arms are sore from shaking it."

Li Haitang had always liked to play with this thing and smiled, "It's true that his arm is sore after shaking it for a long time. In the countryside, only those with better conditions can shake wells, and most of them go to public wells to fetch water. There's a common well in our village. It's in front of Ming Tangshu's house. The water in that well is very sweet and cold. In the summer, many people use watermelons to cool it down. The effect is comparable to that of a refrigerator."

"Then this well is really good. In fact, I found that the water in the countryside tastes different from the water in the city. The water here is really much sweeter, and it feels better to make tea and stew." Liu Fen took the water she had shaken out and brought it to Li Jianguo's side to help clean the dirt off the surface of the fish before giving it to him for a c-section.

"Jin qiao, get a big bowl from the kitchen and come here." Li Jianguo neatly cut off the gills, removed the scales, cut open the belly of the grass carp, and pulled out the intestines.