Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 171

But Jiang Xiaomi couldn't wait any longer.

"Xiaobai, I want to eat fish."

Jiang Xiaomi looked at Jiang Xiubai——

"One fish, eight ways to cook it: fish head with chopped pepper, fish with pickled cabbage, fish fillet with green onion and ginger, fish bones with salt and pepper, fish balls with chewy texture, fish scales with cumin, and dried fish belly! Hiss—"

"Buy it!" Jiang Xiubai was so hungry after hearing the names of the dishes. He decided, "Buy a 20-jin one! Call my parents, no, call my father and mother over as well."

They were really nice to him, but he felt embarrassed that he always ate alone without them.

"Buy two, buy a bighead fish, the heads of other fish are not as delicious as its head!"

Jiang Xiubai: “…” Why does she speak so creepily?

"There's also a crispy pork belly! The meat is crispy, the kind that grows on broad beans, and the meat won't fall apart no matter how you cook it. It's perfect for making pickled fish and fried fish fillets! Check to see if there's any for sale!"

"Are two fish too many? It will be a waste if we can't finish them!" He can't stand seeing food being wasted!

Jiang Xiaomi: "A dozen or twenty people eating two fishes, is that too much?"

"Okay, okay, ancestor, can you please wait a moment? Shopping like this takes time!"

"Buy early and eat early. Do you think it takes no time to prepare fish? Oh, yes, you can buy some yellow eels. Stir-fried shredded eels are also very delicious!"

"Ah? I heard that thing has a lot of parasites!"

"…Just eat it, why are you talking so much? Which meat do you eat nowadays don't have hormones? Which vegetables don't have excessive pesticides?"

"………" What you said, I am blessed to grow up safely? !

"Another dish of small fish and peanuts, and have a couple of drinks with your dad and my dad." Jiang Xiaomi glanced sideways: "Can you drink?"

"Yes! I can drink more!" Jiang Xiubai's chest suddenly puffed up: "I'm not bragging, I can drink three bottles in one breath without falling!"

Jiang Xiaomi laughed, not knowing whether she believed it or not.

Anyway, after a while, the two of them ran to find the fat chef. When they arrived at the kitchen door, each of them was carrying a fish. Jiang Xiubai was also carrying a bamboo cage, which contained eels and small fish.

"Fat Uncle!"

"Miss!" The fat chef came out to greet us, wiping his hands. "Wow! How can there be such a big silver carp in the fish pond in our village?"

He knew that the pond was stocked today: "This big silver carp head is definitely delicious when used to make steamed fish head!"

Jiang Xiaomi didn't explain too much, and said with a smile: "Yeah, I think so too! It weighs ten kilograms!"

Originally Jiang Xiubai wanted to buy the 20-jin one, but she thought it was too outrageous and didn't let him buy it.

"Can you please stop standing at the door and talking? Let me go in and put the fish down!"

The fat chef blocked the door by himself, and Jiang Xiubai couldn't get in. The fish in his hand weighed a full ten kilograms and was hung on his two fingers with a rope, which made his hand hurt!

"Oh, give it to me, Master Bai!" The fat chef quickly took the crispy pork dumplings and the bamboo cage and asked Xiaoshun to deal with them. He then asked Jiang Xiaomi what menu she was going to prepare for tonight.

Jiang Xiaomi also reported the "eight ways to cook one fish", and also made clear arrangements for the eels and small fish.

"Okay, Miss! It's just that... there are a few dishes that I don't know the specific methods of making. How about you give me some pointers while I'm cooking?"

"Uh... okay! Then you know how to prepare the fish meat, right? For pickled fish, use that Anhui fish and slice the meat into larger and thinner pieces."

"Anhui fish? Is it... that grass carp?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Xiaomi looked at Jiang Xiubai, who nodded: "It's that grass carp."

After leaving the kitchen, Jiang Xiubai explained, "Anhui fish is a type of grass carp. It is a special type of grass carp breeding method. Don't you know that it is raised by feeding it with broad beans?"

"I know that it grows on broad beans and I don't know that it is a kind of grass carp. There is no contradiction between the two."

The reason was so strong that Jiang Xiubai was speechless: "Also, the bighead carp you mentioned is a kind of silver carp. There were relatively few types of fish in ancient times. The four major carps, blah blah..."

"Hmmmm!" Jiang Xiaomi had already read the message and replied randomly: "Buy a cookbook. I'm going to teach Uncle Fatty how to cook fish later."

If she had a mobile phone now, her first choice would be to open Tik Tok and search for "complete recipes for cooking fish", but there wasn't one available, so she could only buy a cookbook.

Jiang Xiubai sighed, resigned himself to his fate, opened the mall, and picked out a ten-centimeter-thick book called "The Most Complete Chinese Cookbook" with extremely clear illustrations.

Jiang Xiaomi's mouth twitched: "Are you... going to cause trouble?"

"What's going on! With all the cards we've revealed, what else is missing from this crappy book?"

Now it was Jiang Xiaomi's turn to admire Jiang Xiubai's vision. She remembered that he was so fearless when he asked her for calligraphy and paintings even though he had never met her before.

"Sister, we are all people who want to rebel. If we are timid and afraid of this and that, how can we achieve anything?"

Jiang Xiaomi: “…”

In that case, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Along with the book, there was also a jar of chopped peppers, some shallots, ginger and garlic.

The fat chef flipped through the brick book and was stunned by the clear pictures and text inside. Then he said something that the two of them didn't expect: "Miss, I can't read!"

Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai: "!!!"

“Ha, ha, ha, ha—”

The two of them had no choice but to read out the cooking methods according to the recipe. As for the "small amount" and "a little" of seasoning in it, it was up to the fat chef himself.

"Jiang Xiaomi! Jiang Xiubai!"

Jiang Xiumian's faint voice came from the kitchen door: "You threw a lot of things at me, and you are here to learn how to cook? You have nothing to do!"

"Food is the most important thing for people. We also want to improve the food!" Jiang Xiubai was shocked.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat! Come with me to work!" Jiang Xiumian has been busy these days and his temper is a little bad.

"Okay, okay, okay! I'll go with you!" Jiang Xiaomi asked the fat cook, "Did you remember what I just told you?"

"Remember." The fat cook nodded.

Jiang Xiaomi then felt relieved. She had to work and eat!

"Walk slower. Just tell me what kind of work you do!" Jiang Xiaomi struggled to keep up with the two people in front of her with her short legs.

"Dad asked me to build a brick kiln, so I need to see if the soil nearby is suitable for burning red bricks or green bricks."

Jiang Xiaomi frowned and said, "Then go by yourself. We don't know anything, how can we help?"

Jiang Xiumian didn't say anything. He couldn't say that he had social phobia and didn't like to go out by himself.

Also, he developed a bad habit after coming to this ancient time, which is that when he is seldom seen busy, others, especially his sister and Jiang Xiubai, are idle and picking their feet.

Although they have been assigned tasks in the past two days, the two of them are lazy and not serious at all. They might as well accompany him to work.

Jiang Xiumian led the two of them around the field again and again. Jiang Xiaomi stomped the mud under her feet and said, "It's hard. What can you see?"

Jiang Xiumian didn't say anything, but from time to time he used his hoe to dig out a small pile of mud, then squatted down and kneaded it with his hands: "It's clay, but it's not very good. We need to find more."

After wandering around for a long time, I finally found suitable mud in a wasteland.

"Is this the best mud for making bricks?" Jiang Xiaomi also pinched it with her hands, but could not tell any difference from the mud she pinched last time.

"This is top-quality clay. It can be used directly to make mud bricks. It is even better for baking bricks. It is stronger and more durable. It is enough for building city walls."

"Repair the city wall?"

"Your father wants to rebel, shouldn't I prepare for a rainy day? I don't know how old he is, but he does whatever he wants. Is it that easy to rebel? Mother looks smart, but she's actually as dumb as father. Birds of a feather flock together!"

"You are so young, why are you so resentful? Also, go take it out on whoever is mad at you, don't use me as a punching bag. I promise, even my fists won't allow it." Jiang Xiaomi said

Jiang Xiumian gritted his teeth - they are all ancestors! I can't afford to offend any of them!

Could it be that he is destined to be a hard worker in this life?

The busy Master Mian went back to complete the design of the brick kiln. Before he knew it, it was dinner time again. Jiang Xiubai smelled the food and came over on his own. After a while, he went back to pick up his parents who he had forgotten at home.

The fat chef prepared a large table of dishes, including the dishes Jiang Xiaomi had mentioned, and one more dish.

Sweet and sour fish and a dish of cold fish skin.

"Please take a seat." Jiang Yipei said to Jiang Yida and his wife.

"Hey, good!"

The couple smiled and responded. When they saw the dishes on the table, they couldn't help but look at each other, but they didn't say much. Instead, they praised the fat chef: "Uncle Fat's cooking skills are really amazing. It smells delicious."

"Master Da, thank you for the compliment. Today's dishes were not prepared by me alone. Miss and Master Bai helped a lot!"

"You're talking about my Xiao Bai! Hahaha, he's lucky enough not to make trouble."

"What's wrong with Xiaobai? Xiaobai is fine!" Old Mrs. Yang defended Jiang Xiubai. She liked Xiaobai very much. She was likable and spoke nicely. She was only slightly worse than her eldest granddaughter.

At the table, everyone was talking and the atmosphere became lively. Jiang Lizheng said, "Pick up your chopsticks, pick up your chopsticks, and try this year's fish."

When distributing the fish, Jiang Lizheng clearly said that the fish could not be cooked and eaten immediately and had to be raised for a few days. It was impossible for his family to knowingly violate the rules, so the fish on the table today was definitely not the fish caught from the village pond today. As for where it came from, they did not ask.

I won’t ask.

In the past few months, I have seen too many strange and bizarre things in the Jiang family. On the one hand, my ability to accept things has improved, but on the other hand, the more I know, the more mistakes I make. It is better for ordinary people like them to know less, which is safer.

Jiang Lizheng said that they were the fish in the pond this year, so they were the fish in the pond this year.

"Hmm! The fish are really well raised this year!" Jiang Yida picked up a piece of ginger and scallion fish fillet with chopsticks and lied with his eyes open: "The fish meat is refreshing, crispy and chewy. It tastes much better than in previous years!"

"Really? Let me try it!" Jiang Yiyu first picked up some for Qin, and then started eating: "Hmm! The fish meat is really crispy! Delicious!"

"If it tastes good, eat more. Ada, come on, there's more here."

"Hey, okay, okay."

Jiang Yida said that there was no need to greet him, he could just come by himself. They were all relatives and neighbors, and he was not a real guest, so there was no need to be so polite.

But having said that, Jiang Yida and his wife were really enlightened today. In all their lives, they had never seen so many ways to cook fish.

"It's cold, let's have a drink." Jiang Yipei brought out a bottle of wine, which was pure ancient rice wine.

"The weather has been bad in the past few months, and we have been busy all the time. We haven't had a drink together for a long time. Today, Xiaomi specially asked Uncle Fatty to add a dish of small fish and peanuts as a side dish."

Jiang Xiaomi: ...There's no need to talk about this separately, right? ! It's not a big deal!

"Ada happens to be here today, so let's have a good drink together!"

Jiang Yipei said, motioning Jiang Xiumian to pour wine for the elders.

"I'll have a drink with you all, too."

Jiang Xiubai remembered the boasts he made to Jiang Xiaomi, and asked Jiang Xiumian to pour him a glass. He had never drunk white wine, and he felt that the wine was a bit spicy just by looking at it.

"Okay!" Jiang Lizheng said with a smile, "Xiaobai is old enough to drink now. Drink less this time. When your alcohol tolerance improves, you can drink with grandpa slowly."

"Okay, then we'll have a competition to see who gets drunk first!"

"Hahahaha——" Jiang Lizheng was amused and couldn't stop laughing.

Jiang Yida couldn't help laughing: "With your low alcohol tolerance, you can't drink as much as your village chief grandfather even if you practice for decades."

"Xiao Mian, do you want to try it?" Jiang Lizheng asked Jiang Xiumian.

"Okay!" Jiang Xiumian had no objection. He could drink quite a lot.

However, he forgot that his current body was not his original body, and the owner of this body had never drunk alcohol, so after drinking a glass of wine, he began to eat nothing while eating. His eyes became blurry, as if covered by a layer of veil, and then he began to feel dizzy and the head was spinning.

Jiang Xiubai, who was sitting next to him, had hit his head on the table with a "bang", and his forehead was red. However, he was only awake for a moment and then fell asleep. He didn't even feel the fish bone he spat out piercing his face.

"Haha - these two kids! But you two were worse than them when you first drank. You couldn't even swallow it. It was so spicy that you had to drink water."

But now drinking alcohol is like drinking water.

This is growth.

Roasting over a small fire and drinking a little wine, this was an unprecedented relaxation since the three months before and after the flood. Jiang Lizheng and Jiang Yipei were all drunk. When Jiang Yida was helped back by the servants, he was still holding the wine glass tightly in his hand.

Jiang Yipei returned to the room and pulled Jiang Suying into bed, saying, "They... all said that if you get drunk, you can't... do it anymore. Today... I have to try... I can do it! Come on, wife, give me a blowjob! Ugh——"

Jiang Suying: “…”

He asked Kong Qing and the others to make a sobering soup, and each of them drank a bowl of it. He also asked someone to send it to Jiang Yida and Jiang Xiubai.

Both families slept very soundly that night.

It snowed heavily that night.

This is Jiangjia Village, Qingzhou, a snowstorm that happens only once in a century.

The temperature has been below zero for a long time, but there is no sign of snow until today.