(I finally completed the 12,000-word update. It¡¯s so sad! Are there any spiritual rewards for the brothers?)
"How can you eat such a big fish? It's a pity to waste it. Why didn't you sell it? Isn't the price of this fish much more expensive than those grass carp?" Liu Huijun looked at such a big fish with a pity. said.
¡°It¡¯s okay, wait a minute, keep half of it, you can take it back and put it in the refrigerator, it won¡¯t go bad,¡± Jiang Bian said.
Jiangbian didn¡¯t like farm work, but he was very good at cooking. From a very young age, he started cooking for Turtle King at home, and the food he cooked tasted even better than what Turtle King cooked for himself. Farmers don¡¯t have many condiments and seasonings, but with such simple condiments, the same dish can be made with different flavors in different ways.
When cooking fish by the river, it¡¯s just a few simple seasonings, the most flavorful of which is some ¡°mountain ginger¡± he saved. The mountain ginger called in Banshan Village is not related to ginger at all. It is somewhat similar to pepper and the like, but the flavor is very different from pepper and the like, but it has a unique flavor when put in fish.
When I came back from the riverside, I picked up some perilla and some bitter leaf vegetables on the roadside. The combination of perilla and mountain ginger is a perfect match for seasoning fish. In addition, adding a little bitter leafy greens can completely cover up the fishy smell of fish and increase the umami taste of fish. Liu Huijun looked at Jiangbian carefully preparing various ingredients and nodded, "You are a boy, but you still have so much attention to cooking! It's really not easy."
Jiang Bian chuckled, "That's all I have a hobby for! If I don't think about eating, what else can I do. Should I think about other people's wives?"
"If you used all your intelligence to make money, would you still not be able to marry a beautiful woman?" Liu Huijun said with a smile.
"No matter how beautiful I am, I can't even compare to you!" Jiang Bian muttered.
Liu Huijun did not answer, but clamped the firewood in the stove with iron tongs. The bright firelight illuminated Liu Huijun's face brightly red.
The riverside also became quiet, and there was a strong aroma coming from the rice pot. The rice was already cooked. Jiangbian lifted the rice pot to one side, and then put the iron pot on it. Liu Huijun also stood up and poured a ladle of water over, pouring it into the pot.
??After cleaning the pot, the sesame oil was poured in by the river. Rapeseed oil is called sesame oil in Banshan Village. The pressed oil in the countryside has an extremely fragrant aroma. It tastes very good when used to cook fish.
After a while, the oil began to boil in the pot. Jiangbian put the sliced ??herring meat in, and the pot immediately became lively.
"Be careful, you won't get burned!" Liu Huijun also quickly stood up and frowned as she looked at the hot sesame oil splashing in the pot.
"Don't worry, it's okay! It'll be fine after a while." Jiang Bian skillfully used the pot lid to slightly block the splashing sesame oil.
Sure enough, after a while, the pot became much calmer, and there was only the sound of gurgling boiling water.
On one side, two large bowls of fish were cooked, and the aroma was overflowing when placed on the table. Even if they were cooked by themselves, people on the riverside would reach out to grab a piece and taste it.
"Would you like some wine?" Jiang Bian took out two rice bowls from the small sideboard, then turned around and asked.
"Forget it, I don't drink." Liu Huijun shook her head.
"Come on! You've been tired for a long time today. Drink a little. I've added some good stuff to this wine! Drinking it is good for your body." Jiang Bian advised again.
"What is it? So rare?" Liu Huijun asked curiously.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you! Do you still think I will drug you like Zhao Desheng? Even if you want to drug me, you won't have time to prepare, right?" Jiang Bian laughed.
"Who knows if you have been ready?" Liu Huijun also smiled.
¡°I thought, I don¡¯t know where to buy it!¡± Jiang Bian arranged the dishes and chopsticks, and then found two cups from the sideboard. However, this cup has not been used for a long time, and the dust inside has completely covered the original color of the cup.
I fetched a plate of water from the river, washed the cup several times, and then put it on the table.
"Well, a home without a woman would be nothing. Look at your home, it's just like a doghouse. The dust in the cup must be more than a foot thick, right?" Liu Huijun sighed.
"Yeah! Almost! When I was studying, I heard the teacher tell a story that every time a bachelor went out to work, a beautiful fairy would always come out to do housework for him. Huijun, how about you be that fairy? , come and do housework for me every day." Jiangbian said.
"What a wonderful idea you have! Don't say that others chew their tongues too much now. Even if no one chews their tongues, I can't always come here to do housework for you. You'd better marry a wife as soon as possible! You are also making money now. , hurry up and renovate the house.??, are you afraid that pretty girls won¡¯t come to your door? Liu Huijun smiled.
"But I just like girls like you!"
Jiangbian¡¯s words were so direct that Liu Huijun stopped and did not continue to speak.
"Forget it, let's eat! My stomach is very hungry. Huijun, we agreed to go to a big hotel for a big meal today, but we still didn't get it. Next time, I must treat you to a meal."
"It's pretty good just to eat it. The fish you cooked is really good. When I smell the aroma, I want to drool a little bit."
Jiang Bian opened the stopper of the wine jar, and a strong aroma of wine wafted out. The smell was very different from the smell when Jiang Bian brought it back from Lao Liu's house.
"Why is it so fragrant? Is this rice wine?" As a village cadre, Liu Huijun usually drinks a lot of rice wine. Naturally, I am very familiar with this taste, but the aroma of the rice wine by the river is completely different.
"It's just rice wine! It's from Lao Liu's. Can we, the only village in the mountains, still buy Maotai?" Jiang Bian said with a smile.
Jiangbian aimed the mouth of the wine jar at the wine glass. Pouring wine from this wine jar is also a technical job. For those who don't know how to pour, the wine will easily pour out. The most troublesome thing is that the wine will flow out along the edge of the jar. Then It's very difficult to control. Unfortunately, there wasn't a drop in the cup and there was a piece of it on the table.
The wine flowing out of the jar was very viscous, with a thin thread hanging from the mouth of the jar and slowly entering the glass. The wine was clear amber in color.
"How did this wine become like this? What good things did you add?" Liu Huijun asked.
"It's better not to say it, it's a good thing anyway. Don't worry, I will never harm you!" Jiang Bian said with a smile.
"The more you don't tell me, the less I dare to drink it! Tell me, what exactly was added?" Liu Huijun glared at the riverside, put the wine to her nose and smelled it, and the rich fragrance immediately hit her nose. An extremely refreshing smell immediately spreads throughout the body.
"Okay, let me tell you. Have you heard of the golden-threaded blood eel?" Jiang Bian asked.
Liu Huijun shook her head, "I've never heard of it, what is that?"
"It's a kind of eel, but it's very rare. I heard that my grandfather caught it when he was in the production team. People with inconveniences completely recovered after drinking the eel blood." Jiangbian didn't want to hide anything from Liu Huijun.
"You said you added the blood of the golden-threaded eel in this?" Liu Huijun quickly understood.
Jiangbian nodded, "I added some, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good." @ws