Fisherman

The next day, the men in the village went up to the mountain early in the morning to move all the seafood they raised down the mountain. They had eaten a lot when they lived in the cave, and now the rest is far less than when they first harvested. up.

Because there is no scale in the village, the village head can only take a basket and distribute similar seafood to each household. Of course, there will always be a shortage, but there is no way, and the conditions are limited.

At the end of the distribution, there was still Zhao Qian's big basket of oysters left, and the villagers didn't really want it. Brother Zhou thought that Zhao Qian liked it, so he gave up two catties of shrimp and crab, and exchanged all the oysters.

When Zhao Qian got up, he saw that Brother Zhou had already brought back all the seafood. He drank the medicine last night and slept with his hands covered. He was much better, and he was better if he was healthy and sick.

"Brother Zhao, you're up." Zhou Ge'er put down his things, and seeing that he was much more energetic, he couldn't help being surprised on his face, and hurried over to touch his forehead to see if his body temperature had dropped.

Looking at the boy who was touching his feet, he smiled and lowered his head to let him touch him: "It's all right now."

"There is still a bowl of medicine warm in the pot, drink it to be healthy."

He followed the boy in and drank the medicinal soup in front of him, Brother Zhou felt relieved.

"I brought back all the seafood."

Zhao Qian took a look, these oysters were still left on the mountain in a deceitful way, and there were more in the space. I didn't expect that everyone didn't want such a small amount left, but it's okay if they didn't want it. He looked at the rest of the shrimps and crabs. It is estimated that it weighs more than ten or twenty catties.

"I don't have anything at home, so I keep the oysters, and sell the rest at the market, and buy what I need."

Zhao Qian went into the house to get a basket and loaded the seafood, Brother Zhou asked, "Shall we go now?"

"Well, let's go together."

Brother Zhou rarely had the opportunity to go to the market. When he was a child, his parents took the children to the market and it was not his turn. Later, he had to take care of everything in the family. After buying seafood, Zhou Wang would not let him Going to sell it, for fear that he would secretly hide the money, and in the end he could count the number of times he went to the market with one hand.

Hearing Zhao Qian tell him to go together, he tidied up and carried the seafood on his back: "Let's go."

"I'll do it. You can walk to the market with your small body."

Brother Zhou was not happy when he heard this.

"Brother Zhao looks down on me?"

"That was not what I meant."

Zhou Geer retorted: "You are still sick, I can afford this little thing."

"That's it, you can go back for a while first."

After the two talked, they closed the door and hurried to the market. Zhao Qian only had a dozen copper coins in his body. Now that the village has just been built, there are no facilities, let alone ox carts. The two can only walk to the market. There is only an ox cart in the distant village, and after a while, it is already late when the market arrives.

The bustling market was not as lively as it was in winter. Zhao Qian took Brother Zhou and was about to go to the place where they usually sell seafood when someone called from behind: "Wait a minute!"

Zhao Qian looked at the fat man who was not tall but well-dressed, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Are you selling seafood?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, the fat man rubbed his hands: "Great, I see that no one has come to sell seafood for a while. Our restaurant has been out of stock for a long time. Can I have a look at your seafood?"

Zhao Qian hurriedly showed him the seafood in the back basket. Judging from the tone of his voice, he should be someone from a restaurant. If he could buy them all, it would save a lot of time for selling them, and it would not be dark when he returned to the village. .

"They are all shrimps and crabs. If you want other sea fish, I don't have them today, but I can send them to you directly when I catch them later."

The fat man picked up a shrimp and shook it: "It looks quite fat. I didn't bring the scale out, why don't you go to the restaurant and see how many there are?"

"Success, please lead the way."

The fat man wiped his hands and led the two towards the street in the market.

It's only a few steps away. The restaurant is not very big, it's a small two-story building. The fat man led the two of them in through the back door and went straight to the kitchen. The cook inside was sweating profusely, watching the business still going good.

"Xiao Liu, come, weigh these shrimps and crabs."

A young cook responded with a scale and weighed the shrimp and crab separately. The shrimp weighed [-] catties and the crab weighed [-].Generally speaking, crabs are only sold. Drunken crabs in this area are very famous, and many people come here for the name. Most restaurants will have this dish. These days, the village has not come to sell seafood, and it has been out of stock for a long time.

"We want all these seafood. Shrimp counts at 25 cents a catty, and crabs cost ten cents a catty. How about it?"

Zhao Qian did some calculations, the price offered by the boss is one or two pennies higher than the market price, probably because the stock has been out of stock for a long time, it seems that he sincerely wants to buy it, and it is good to be able to sell it together without losing money, He readily agreed.

The boss was also happy, and gave him a tael of silver when he took the money. These seafoods added up to 950 Wen, and the boss gave him an extra [-] Wen.

"In the future, seafood will be delivered directly to the restaurant, let us choose first, how about it?"

Zhao Qian smiled, and sure enough he knew how to do business: "Sure, you must come to the restaurant first."

After leaving the restaurant, Zhao Qian felt much more relaxed with the instantly emptied pannier on his back, Brother Zhou said, "I'm really lucky today."

"If you survive a catastrophe, your luck will be better in the future." He patted Brother Zhou on the head: "Are you hungry?"

Brother Zhou was afraid that he would spend money indiscriminately, so he quickly shook his head.

"It's already noon, let's go, let's go eat a bowl of noodles." Zhao Qian knew that the young man wanted to save money, after all, this was all his possessions, and he also knew that he had to hold on to the money at this moment.

Before Brother Zhou hesitated, he pulled him to the nearest stall and sat down: "Boss, here are two bowls of noodles."

"Okay!"

Brother Zhou looked around, the number of times he came to the market was limited, let alone eating here, the first time it was inevitably a bit fresh.

"Two, here are the noodles." After a while, the owner of the noodle stall brought over the cooked noodles.

While eating noodles, Zhao Qian looked around. Apart from the noodle stalls, there were also some stalls selling vegetables or selling buns in a small shed. He saw that they were all small businesses with no storefronts.

"Brother Zhao, what are you thinking?" Brother Zhou couldn't help shouting seeing that he had been in a daze for a long time without speaking.

"It's okay, are the noodles delicious?"

Brother Zhou nodded, paused and said, "Go back later and buy some flour. I can also make noodles. If you want to eat in the future, I can make them for you."

"to make."

After the two ate noodles, they went to buy some household items together. Rice was thirty cents a liter, Zhao Qian bought five liters, and Zhou Geer bought two catties of flour. Apart from food, they simply went to buy some more. Essential things like oil lamps.

As they walked, the two arrived at the vegetable market, Zhao Qian went in and sold a few catties of garlic.

"Why buy it?" Brother Zhou was very surprised. People in the village don't use garlic for cooking, and it costs about ten cents a catty. Who would be willing to spend that money? Zhao Qian not only bought garlic, but also bought some bells and whistles. He really wanted to stop him, but he thought that he was the one who handles the money at home, so he must have the final say, and besides, he couldn't say something that would embarrass him when he was outside now.

After Zhao Qian paid the money, he pulled the young man with a worried face, and without explaining much, he just coaxed, "I'll cook something delicious for you when I go home."

Brother Zhou glanced at him suspiciously, thinking that after buying so much food, everything should be delicious. Life is tight now, and money is still so lavish.

"Let's go, go back."

The two of them bumped the carriage back, and on the way they saw fellow villagers who were also going to the market to sell seafood, and greeted them hastily. But ride a carriage back and forth.

Zhao Qian didn't think about it at all, he planned to clean up the oysters at home.

When the two arrived home, it was already time for dinner, and it was still quite early in the dark in spring. Brother Zhou put away the things he bought, and the two ate noodles at the market, and they were not hungry now. Not busy making dinner.

When Zhao Qian got home, he smashed out the oysters in the house. He chose about a dozen oysters and scrubbed them clean.

"Do you want to eat this tonight?"

"Well, I'll cook it for you, go and burn some charcoal fire."

Brother Zhou obediently went to the stove and lit the fire. The wood is easy to burn into charcoal fire. The one that was still burning yesterday was still in the stove. It would be a lot to burn two pieces of wood.

"Shaoyu, peel a piece of garlic with me!"

"understood."

After washing the oysters, Zhao Qian pried them open one by one, leaving only the half of the oyster shells with white flowers on one side, which were placed in a row in the basin.

Then he went to chop the garlic peeled by Brother Zhou into froth. On the way back, he pulled a few wild peppers at the foot of the mountain and chopped them together. When the ingredients were ready, he took out half of Brother Zhou’s precious He raised the oil, poured a little bit into the pot, threw the minced garlic in and stir-fried, when the minced garlic met the oil, the aroma was instantly tangy, and then fried the separated sansho peppers twice.

Brother Zhou smelled it, and it really smelled like money.

After the garlic is almost cooled with the oil and water, add salt, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings, and the minced garlic is ready. He uses a spoon to scoop the ingredients into the processed oysters one by one, and finally spreads the pepper.

Brother Zhou looked at him with his face on his back, but he couldn't help himself, so he stopped when he saw the man: "Are you ready?"

"Don't worry." Taking advantage of the time to marinate the oysters, he went under the stove and shoveled out all the charcoal fire in the stove. There was no iron net at home, so he could only roast the oysters directly on the charcoal fire. The effect was the same, that is It's so easy to burn.

He sprinkled a little ashes on the bright charcoal fire, managed to control the heat, and when he put the oysters on, the shells heated up in a short while, and the oil and water contained in the shells boiled in a short while, and the fragrance also came out. Come out, this taste is much richer than the taste of fried garlic alone, and it is not so strong.

Roasting the oysters directly on the charcoal fire made the oysters cook much faster. He grasped the speed and poked the meat lightly with chopsticks. When he saw that it easily fell off the shell, he felt that it was almost done.

The oysters produced in this way ensure its freshness to the greatest extent, and also increase the game sense of the oysters.A small piece of oyster meat is wrapped in fragrant garlic, and it is tender and chewy in one bite, and it is poured in with the soup, which has an endless aftertaste.

Zhao Qian looked at Brother Zhou puffing his cheeks to savor it carefully, and couldn't help smiling: "How is it, is it delicious?"

"It's much more delicious than the noodles in the market."

Growing up, I really didn’t know that oysters that can be seen everywhere can be eaten like this, and they can’t stop after putting them in their mouths.

Zhao Qian also tasted one by himself. Although the taste is not as good as the barbecue restaurant he opened before, but his own craftsmanship is not far behind, mainly because of the condition.

"In the future, let's take the grilled oysters to the market and sell them."