Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

In order to fill the water tank at home, she has to make at least seven or eight trips back and forth. A bucket of water weighs at least 20 to 30 kilograms. It is quite tiring for Li Xiuzhi to make these trips back and forth.

Li Xiuzhi tucked the loose hair behind her ears and said gently, "I walked slowly, so I'm not very tired."

"And Guoguo is helping me too."

Guo Guo, who was standing by, nodded vigorously, waved his little fist, and said, "Daddy, I'm very strong!"

Chen Lang said, "That won't do either. You two are both my treasures. No matter who gets hurt, I'll feel bad."

Li Xiuzhi felt warm at heart after hearing these words.

But just because she felt warm in her heart, it didn't mean that Li Xiuzhi would agree.

Because this is their common home, the couple should support each other. Chen Lang is tired enough going out to earn money to support the family every day, and he must do what he can.

Besides, when she was at the Chen family, she was the one who took care of fetching water.

Li Xiuzhi is used to it.

Seeing Li Xiuzhi's expression that said "I heard your suggestion but I don't intend to accept it", Chen Lang muttered to himself that it seemed that he would have to fill the water tank before going out in the future.

"By the way, Carpenter Xiao Liu delivered the tables, chairs, beds and stools. After deducting the deposit you gave me yesterday, I gave him five cents of silver." Li Xiuzhi changed the subject.

Chen Lang calculated that the price was very cheap. He almost only charged for the materials, and all the labor costs were deducted.

You should know that there will be additional charges for expedited carpentry work. A complete set of beds, chairs, tables and stools will take one night and half a day to make, and the labor cost will be at least three taels of silver.

"When our new house is finished, let's give Big Nose Liu a little more money when we order other furniture." Chen Lang said with emotion, "We can't let him lose money."

Li Xiuzhi also meant this.

"Daddy, is this the duck you bought? Are we eating duck today?" Guoguo said while swallowing his saliva while staring at the duck on the ground.

Chen Lang smiled and said, "This is a wild duck that Daddy caught. It's not for eating. Let's raise it so that Guoguo can eat duck eggs more often in the future."

Guoguo was very happy and clapped his hands and said, "Great, Guoguo likes eating duck eggs."

Li Xiuzhi said, "What a coincidence! I just finished cleaning the poultry house this morning and was thinking about raising the chicks and ducklings I bought this afternoon, and you caught one."

Chen Lang said, "My wife, this is the tacit understanding between us as husband and wife."

"Do you have any scissors at home?"

Li Xiuzhi said, "I borrowed one from Aunt Qi's house and haven't had time to return it yet."

"It's just right. I can use it to cut the duck's wings so that I don't have to worry about it running away." Chen Lang said.

After cleaning the duck's wings, Chen Lang placed it in the birdhouse and said to Guoguo, "My dear, I'll leave this duck to you to take care of from now on, okay?"

Guoguo nodded vigorously and answered loudly: "Okay!"

"I'll go get it some grass to eat now!"

After saying that, he ran out of the house.

Li Xiuzhi shouted, "Don't run too far."

"I know, Mom." Guoguo responded crisply.

Chen Lang threw the small fish and shrimp in the basket into the trough in the poultry house, then said to Li Xiuzhi, "The crab trap is broken, so we didn't catch much today. Just a small grass carp and seven or eight medium-sized crabs."

"Let's just eat this today."

Li Xiuzhi picked up the grass carp and said, "It's already pretty good. How can ordinary people afford to eat such delicious food every day?"

"I'll go kill the fish."

Chen Lang said, "I can do it. You go knead the dough and steam some buns."

Li Xiuzhi was a little surprised and asked, "You can kill fish?"

Chen Lang chuckled and said, "You men know a lot of things. I will slowly show them to you in the future."

He carried the fish to the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and hit the fish's head hard with the back of the knife, giving it a "physical salvation". Then he used the end of the kitchen knife to lightly cut from under the fish's head, and the whole fish was gutted.

Select the fish balls and place them in a bowl. The rest of the internal organs can be fed to ducks or used as bait in crab traps.

Speaking of crab traps, Chen Lang immediately thought of bamboo baskets, so while he was scaling the fish, he said, "Xiuzhi, go to Uncle Thirteen's house and ask him to make a few bamboo baskets and a crab trap for us."

Li Xiuzhi said, "Bamboo baskets? I can weave them myself. No need to waste money."

"You have this skill?" Chen Lang said.

Li Xiuzhi said, "When I was at the Chen family, I made all those winnowing baskets and bamboo baskets."

Chen Lang was a little embarrassed. What Li Xiuzhi said meant that you didn't care about me enough before.

Of course, Li Xiuzhi herself definitely didn’t mean that, but Chen Lang couldn’t help but imagine it.

"How long does it take to compile an outline?" Chen Lang asked.

Li Xiuzhi said, "I can make at least two in one afternoon."

Chen Lang nodded and said, "Okay, I won't go out this afternoon. I'll stay at home and learn how to weave baskets from you."

Li Xiuzhi was a little happy. She really liked the feeling of the whole family sitting in the yard and doing something together.

After Chen Lang cleaned the fish, he divided it into two halves and spread salt on them.

It was the first time Li Xiuzhi had seen fish prepared in this way. She was so curious that she didn't even bother kneading the dough and asked, "Erlang, what are you going to do?"

Chen Lang winked at Li Xiuzhi: "Grilled fish!"

The grilled fish that Chen Lang mentioned is a special takeaway version, which is the traditional grilling method changed to deep-frying.

However, in this era, the grilled fish made by Chen Lang should be called a takeaway special [Beggar's version]!

The reason is that several very important side dishes and seasonings are missing.

Like potatoes, corn, peppers and so on.

Potatoes and corn are now on the other side of the ocean, and getting them is as difficult as obtaining Buddhist scriptures from the West.

As for chili peppers, there is a lower-ranking substitute, Cornus officinalis.

But Chen Lang didn't plan to put it in, because whether it was Li Xiuzhi or Guoguo, it was not appropriate for them to consume fishy and spicy food at the moment.

Of course, the lack of side dishes such as potatoes and corn does not mean that you cannot make grilled fish. As long as the technique is right, the grilled fish will still be delicious.

While the fish was marinating, Chen Lang collected all the green vegetables in the house, blanched those that needed blanching, and placed the ones that did not need blanching directly on the bottom of the pot.

After the side dishes are prepared, the fish is almost marinated.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the fish until both sides are golden brown, then remove from the pan and place on top of the side dishes.

Then Chen Lang found a few stones and quickly built an earthen stove in the yard. He put two pieces of charcoal from the kitchen stove hole into the stove hole, put some hay on it, and after the fire started, he put the pot on it.

The last step is to heat a little oil and pour it over the fish.

While pouring, Chen Lang got playful and said, "Soul juice, pour it on!"

Li Xiuzhi next to him looked at him blankly.

You actually have to chant spells while your man is cooking?