After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

So many fish were killed yesterday that Ye Xunqing couldn’t use them all for making fried fish. If he couldn’t use them all, he would have to find a way to make something else.

Ye Xunqing called the chefs from Zheng's house and brought the fish that had been killed yesterday back to them. When the chefs saw the fish, they all felt that their noses were full of the smell of fish.

In the original ecological environment, places with very good water quality have almost no fishy smell, but more of a fresh taste, but the fish intestines are still disgusting.

"What do you mean?" a representative said, "Do we have to kill fish today?"

Ye Xunqing shook his head gently, "No, you have to pick out the fish bones today."

Most people here choose to eat fish without bones or with few small bones. They don't like to eat fish with many small bones like grass carp and crucian carp.

In ancient times, if a fish bone got stuck in a person's body and became inflamed, it would be very dangerous. In modern times, the fish bone could be removed in a hospital, but in ancient times when medical standards were low, it would likely result in death.

Ye Xunqing wanted to use these fish to make fish balls, but the fish balls could not have bones. There was no fish bone breaker here, so the fish bones had to be picked out manually.

The chefs at Zheng's house were almost furious after hearing his request. Killing the fish was not enough, but they also had to pick out the fish bones. There were so many small fish bones. How long would it take them to finish picking them out?

But they had no choice but to do it, as the housekeeper had already reminded them yesterday.

Ye Xunqing left after giving instructions on the task. He still had other work to do. His birthday banquet was the day after tomorrow, and he still had a lot of dishes to prepare.

When Ye Xunqing returned to the kitchen, Feng Jingheng came over to discuss with him, "Why don't I do it? I'm worried they might do something bad."

Ye Xunqing told them to relax, "I'm just worried they won't do anything bad."

Feng Jingheng asked, "Did you do this on purpose?"

Ye Xunqing said, "Not really, because I do need to make fish balls. But picking out the bones is too time-consuming, so I never did it before. Now there are people who can do it for free, so why not? Let them do whatever they want, we've already got the money, so we don't have to worry about being kicked out now."

But you won’t make a lot of money that way.

Feng Jingheng didn't say anything more and just listened to Ye Xunqing about cooking.

To make fish balls, you must use fish with relatively chewy meat, so that the fish meat is very chewy. It is best to use boneless sea fish, but unfortunately there is no such fish here.

If you use grass carp, you must remove the fish bones and red fish meat from the grass carp. That kind of fish meat will affect the color and taste of the fish balls.

The chefs who were assigned to pick out the fish bones took a long time and finally picked out all the bones. They put a basin of fresh fish meat in front of Ye Xunqing, separating the meat from the big fish bones, which looked very attentive.

"Not bad." Ye Xunqing picked up half a piece of fish and observed it. The fish was slightly separated, but it was still usable.

The next step was to chop the fish. When chopping the fish, he called all the chefs to the kitchen and asked them to watch him chop the fish.

He held the kitchen knife in both hands, and the sound of the knife was loud and the movements were so fast that it was dazzling. Under his operation, the pieces of fish were turned into lumps of fish paste.

The sound of chopping fish sounds a bit creepy. If the knife really chops on my body, I'm afraid all my bones will be broken.

"How?" Ye Xunqing flipped his hand and the two knives landed steadily on the chopping board. "See? This is how the fish should be chopped. Once it's chopped up, I can pinch it however I want."

No one in the group said a word.

Ye Xunqing continued, "Come on, everyone, be careful. If anyone leaves a fish bone inside, I will stick it into his fingertip."

Does it seem a bit vicious? But if you are not vicious, you will be bullied.

After Ye Xunqing left, the group started discussing again.

"Really listen to him?"

"Who wants to listen to him?"

"How about we leave some fish bones in there? He can't possibly see it anyway."

"Just do it!"

Lin Xiaozi heard what they said and whispered, "It's not good, right? This is for the master to eat."

"Go away, don't come if you are timid."

Lin stopped talking. He chopped the fish meat carefully, thinking about telling the boy about this later.

Ye Xunqing had actually been staring at the people chopping the fish, and saw them secretly stuffing fish bones into the fish meat.

He smiled and shook his head. They were given the opportunity, but they didn't cherish it.

After a while, the group of people came to Ye Xunqing and told him that the fish meat had been chopped and asked him to go and have a look. Ye Xunqing did not go. He said that he trusted them and would make fish balls out of the fish meat and serve them to the master in a while.

Those people were complacent. When the master ate a fish bone, the unlucky one would be Ye Xunqing.

But just then, the housekeeper came. He went to the kitchen to see what food Ye Xunqing had prepared for the master today.

Ye Xunqing brought out the fish meat on the spot, and then said to the housekeeper: "These were all prepared by the chefs in the mansion. I didn't interfere at all, so when the time comes, the master must reward them according to their merits."

The butler took a quick look and asked, "What is this?"

Ye Xunqing replied: "People along the southeast coast like to eat fish balls, and this is the fish meat used to make them."

The official asked again, "Is there no thorn?"

Ye Xunqing replied, "Fish have bones, but you have already picked out all the bones. Isn't that right?"

Those people were silent. If they admitted that there was no fish bone, and the master ate the fish bone, then the fault would be on their heads. If they said there was a fish bone...

"Oh, what is this?" Ye Xunqing picked out a crystal-clear thorn from the fish basin, "Could it be a fish bone?"

A cook immediately grabbed the fish basin and said, "We haven't picked out all the fish yet, let's re-bone them."

Ye Xunqing said nervously, "What should we do? Fish balls are the main course for lunch today. Now that the main course is gone, what will the master eat later? I think you guys are too careless. How could you leave fish bones in the fish meat? If the master eats it, he will be furious."

"The master will still get angry if he doesn't have fish balls for lunch," said the butler with a stern face.

"Use mine." Lin Xiaozi brought a small basin of fish meat. "These are all clean, without any fish bones."

The butler asked, "Are you sure?"

Lin Xiaozi nodded, "Yeah, I've picked it out several times."

Ye Xunqing smiled and said, "Then use this. I'll give you a credit for your contribution today."

The housekeeper also said: "Well, I will report it to the master."

Ye Xunqing started to boil water to make fish balls, and Lin watched from the side.

"The fish paste used to make fish balls must be beaten repeatedly so that the fish balls will be chewy." Ye Xunqing said to himself: "The cooked fish balls should be rinsed with cold water. The combination of cold and hot water will make the fish balls easier to shape."

Lin Xiaozi reacted, "Are you talking to me?"

Ye Xunqing turned his head to look at him, "What do you think?"

Lin suddenly realized that Ye Xunqing was teaching him, "Thank you, thank you Master!"

Ye Xunqing smiled and said, "Just follow my example and learn from them. When you grow up, you can start your own business and then you won't be bullied by them."

Lin Xiaozi subconsciously touched his injured face, nodded and said: "Well, I will study hard."