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Chapter 22

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    Because he fell asleep too late at night, Dalang inevitably didn't get up on time the next day, and Xinhu also slept in for a while because Dalang said yesterday that he could sleep a little longer today.

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    "Come on, come on. Little Shitou, you got up so early." Xin Hu was getting dressed while chatting with Xiao Shitou outside the door.

    "You guys got up late today. We have all finished breakfast." Xiao Shitou said.

    "Well, I was tired yesterday, so I slept a little more deeply today. You go back and tell Aunt Liu first, I'm afraid we won't be able to go out until later today. Let her go do some work by herself first." Dalang said.  Yawned and said.

    "Okay." Xiao Shitou responded and ran away.

    Then Ping'er and Dabao also woke up.  Xin Hu went to the kitchen first, lit a fire, and filled a pot of water to boil. Then he went to wash the rice and cabbage.  After the water boiled and the rice was put into the pot, I started to wash myself.

    But Dalang took the horse out first, took a bucket to fetch water, and let the horse run away by itself.  In the yard, they just randomly piled a few piles of hay and built a simple hay shed to temporarily accommodate the horses.  It's really because everyone is busy helping Aunt Liu's family clean up the house and cut firewood, so they don't have time to build a stable, and there are not enough materials.  It seems to be getting colder day by day. We can't let the horses continue to live like this. It's time to build a stable tomorrow.

    Xinhu cooks very quickly. In less than half an hour, a pot of vegetable porridge with a few pieces of bacon was cooked.

    The family of four had eaten hot porridge, and Ping'er took Ping'er and Dabao to collect firewood nearby as usual.

    Da Lang called Aunt Liu to dig lotus roots for a while. Xin Hu was fishing on the side, still using her method, tying a rope to the basket and throwing it far away. All that was left was to wait.  As for whether you can catch fish or not, whether the fish is big or small, it all depends on God's will.

    "You can still catch fish with this method. It seems there are a lot of fish in this pond." Aunt Liu said with a smile while digging lotus roots.

    "You can get something, but it's definitely not as good as pulling a net." Xin Hu smiled, washing a few lotus roots quickly in his hand and taking them home later.  Tomorrow morning I will stew lotus root soup and eat it directly.

    Aunt Liu and Dalang dug lotus roots much faster. They made a huge pile in more than an hour, which was more than twice as much as the last time Dalang dug alone.  Xinhu took advantage of his free time waiting for the fish to cut two more bundles of reeds and continued to pile lotus roots by the pond.

    "Okay, okay, if I leave it for a long time, I'm afraid it will break." Seeing that they were still digging, Xin Hu quickly stopped.

    Aunt Liu threw the last lotus root ashore, washed her hands, and said with some anticipation: "It's time to fish." The master was pregnant, eating cabbage and radish every day, and wanted to eat something fresh.

    "Yeah, I forgot about it." Xin Hu patted his forehead and said embarrassedly.  She hadn't stopped just now, washing lotus roots and cutting reeds. She was so busy that she forgot that she was here to fish.

    "Ouch, it's so heavy. There must be a lot of fish." Xin Hu pulled the rope. As soon as the basket came out of the water, water splashed on the water, and it felt heavy on his hands.

    Dalang came over quickly and gave her a hand. The two of them pulled up the basket. As expected, there were half a basket full of fish. They harvested a few more big carp than last time.

    When Aunt Liu saw that she had really caught a fish, she couldn¡¯t believe it.  Xin Hu handed her the rope of another basket and asked her to pull it up. As a result, there were more fish in this basket, which made Mrs. Liu as excited as a child. She shouted: "Ah, there are so many fish."

    Xinhu and Dalang were busy throwing the too-small fish into the water, and separated the fish according to size. In the end, each family was divided into three large carp weighing three to four kilograms, three two or three kilograms, and several palm carps.  There were large crucian carp and various small fishes, and almost 30 kilograms of fish were divided among the family.  Compared with last time, I caught more big fish this time.

    Xin Hu and Aunt Liu took the opportunity to kill fish by the pond. They killed the crucian carp first and prepared to make soup.

    Aunt Liu has a lot of work at home. She killed a few crucian carp and went home first. The other fish had to wait until night to clean up.

    Xinhu has been killing fish and wants to collect all the fish caught today. She doesn't do night work at night, and she doesn't even have a light, so she can't do it.  Aunt Liu did bring a few candles. Her work would not be finished without touching Ye Gong.  After all, she is the main labor force in their family, and there is no firewood left at home. She just cut down a few bundles of branches yesterday, and the firewood collected from small stones was only enough for a house.The dosage of ?? is barely enough.

    Xinhu dug open the largest carp, and was surprised by its belly full of fish roe. After killing several carp, the fish roe was enough to fill a small basin.  Looking at these fish roe, Xin Hu decided to treat his stomach well today and decided to make a fish roe pot to eat in the evening.

    Xinhu didn¡¯t waste the oil on the fish intestines that was cleaned out from the fish¡¯s belly.  She washed them all and brought them back, boiled them into oil in a pot, put them in a bowl, and used them as oil.

    This fish oil is actually like lard and can be used for cooking.  But it was much fishier than lard, so she added a handful of Sichuan peppercorns to it to remove the smell.  In the end, I boiled down half a jar of fish oil and got it out.  This way, there will be oil for cooking in the future.  No need to eat cooked food every time.

    Xinhu removed the scales of the big carps, twitched them, cut them open, washed them, and hung them up to air-dry. The miscellaneous small fishes were pickled with salt.  Two days ago, Aunt Liu brought a bowl of salt to their family.  Except for the soup, the fish caught last time were braised with soybean paste. The taste was not very good. Although everyone barely finished it, Xinhu was very dissatisfied.

    At noon, she drank fish soup instead of eating. She cooked several half-sized crucian carps all at once and made a large pot of milky white fish soup.  The soup with only Sichuan peppercorns, green onions and salt was a bit fishy.  However, everyone was still very satisfied with the drink.  After all, this is a snack, and fish soup is not like vegetable porridge. It can be eaten every day. It has been several days since the last time I had fish soup.

    After drinking the soup, Xin Hu was always a little dissatisfied. Looking at the cabbage on the ground, she finally thought of an idea.

    She said to Ping'er: "Ping'er, go get some more cabbage later and come back. I'll get some sauerkraut so that you won't be afraid of the fishy smell when making fish soup."

    There is no vinegar in this house, let alone other spices, but boiled fish with pickled cabbage is a very famous dish, and there is a lot of cabbage in the house, so I should get some pickled cabbage for a change.  After all, sauerkraut is more flavorful, and it is also a no-use dish. It can not only be used to cook fish, but also to stew meat. If there are vermicelli and tofu, it will be even better.

    "Okay." Ping'er swallowed the fish in his mouth and responded happily, then asked: "Is the fish cooked with pickled cabbage delicious?"

    "Of course it's delicious. It's definitely more delicious than the current fish soup. And sauerkraut can also be used to make other dishes. When the time comes, I'll make them for you to eat, and I'll make sure you find them delicious." Xin Hu said with a smile.

    When Dalang heard this, he swallowed back his objections.  There isn¡¯t much salt at home. Although Aunt Liu gave me a bowl, Xinhu grabbed a handful and marinated the fish today, and now she also has to pickle sauerkraut. I don¡¯t know if this bowl of salt is enough, but when I think about her saying that sauerkraut can be made  There are a lot of dishes out there, so I don¡¯t care about the salt.  The worst thing is, from now on, just use miso as salt.

    Xin Hu seemed to know what Dalang hadn't said, and said with a smile: "This pickled cabbage doesn't need much salt. It's simple, just wash the cabbage and soak it in salt water. Leave it for ten days and a half.  It will become sour. But it¡¯s cold here, maybe for more than half a month.¡±

    Dalang felt even more relieved when he heard that there was no need for much salt.

    Dalang's family of four was drinking fish soup, and Mrs. Liu's family of three over there were also drinking delicious fish soup. Aunt Zhang was so excited that she drank two large bowls in a row and said, "This fish soup is so fresh."  I¡¯m tired of eating vegetables and porridge every day.¡±

    Little Shitou was also immersed in drinking. When he heard his mother¡¯s words, he also said, ¡°Well, the fish soup today is really delicious.¡±

    "Miss, there are a lot of fish here. It's not a big deal if you want to drink fish soup. It just takes a little effort. I got a lot of fish today. I can continue to make soup tomorrow. Fortunately, I brought a bag of aniseed ingredients.  , otherwise we really wouldn¡¯t be able to make this fish soup.¡± Aunt Liu said with a smile.

    "The little girl named A Hu is really capable. She only used two baskets to catch so many fish. Otherwise, we can only look at the fish and sigh." Aunt Zhang added that Aunt Liu would tell her as soon as she came back.  Yes, this fish was pulled up by Xinhu in a basket.

    "No. She actually came up with this method without a fishing net. At first I didn't believe she could catch fish." Aunt Liu also sighed.

    We all drank the hot fish soup and felt full.  In the afternoon, we still made an appointment to cut firewood. This time, Dalang and Mrs. Liu of Xinhu agreed that they would cut some thick branches or small trees first and then build better stables for the horses.  Now, the weather is getting colder and colder, and I'm afraid the horses will freeze.  Yesterday when he went to cut firewood, he found that there was thin ice in the low areas in the forest.  It will probably all freeze over in a few days.

    In the middle of the afternoon, we were chopping firewood. The moisture in the forest was basically dry and our feet would not get wet. The three of us were greedy for more and wanted to work longer. They did not go home until it was almost dark.  They cut down more than thirty thick branches and saplings, and also cut off all the small branches and chopped them into firewood. The three people kept chopping, and the harvest was still very good. There were more than ten bundles of chopped firewood.  , the main materials for building a stable are enough.  All that's left is some reeds and thatch.  I still have a lot of these two things at home, so I can build a stable first and then store them slowly.

    Before it got completely dark, the three of them led the horses lazily carrying firewood and timber back home after eating and drinking.

    These branches, which are about one and a half meters long and as thick as an arm, are only a little taller than a horse and are intended to be used to build a stable.  Originally it should have been longer, about two meters, but they had too few people and probably couldn't build a tall and spacious stable.  The horses can only be wronged.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)The main materials of the shed are also sufficient.  All that's left is some reeds and thatch.  I still have a lot of these two things at home, so I can build a stable first and then store them slowly.

    Before it got completely dark, the three of them led the horses lazily carrying firewood and timber back home after eating and drinking.

    These branches, which are about one and a half meters long and as thick as an arm, are only a little taller than a horse and are intended to be used to build a stable.  Originally it should have been longer, about two meters, but they had too few people and probably couldn't build a tall and spacious stable.  The horses can only be wronged.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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