HLnovel Chapter 135 Huge Gains
Chapter 135 Huge Gains
As Li Jingshu collected the juice, the whole cave was filled with a sweet smell.
Shen Youyou felt like she was drooling. She turned around and looked at a group of little kids whose saliva was dripping onto the ground. "Hurry up and stop drooling. Wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
Li Jingshu also greeted: "Dinner is ready, help yourself."
Now they serve themselves their meals, but no one will be selfish and serve too much. If the food is limited, they will eat in moderation.
Although there were quite a few catfish today, there were more people, so each person could only get a piece the size of a child’s fist, and they couldn’t eat as much as they wanted.
A group of old men including Old Man Shen sat on the kang, holding bamboo bowls and saying, "No fish is as delicious as catfish. It's really delicious. Come on and eat it."
Master Shen held the bamboo bowl in his hand and didn't even bother to nod. Catfish meat is naturally more fragrant than carp and grass carp. The catfish cooked by the third son's wife is even more fragrant with her skills.
Shen Youyou squatted together with a group of little kids and ate carefully. It was not because they were afraid of the thorns, but because they didn't want to finish the food too quickly.
While eating, Mrs. Hua reminded: "Eat slowly, don't get fish bones stuck in your throat."
Shen Youyou and the kids nodded and continued to eat. The more they ate, the more they hoped that tomorrow would come soon so that their father's fishing net would be finished soon so that they could catch more fish.
"How did Third Sister-in-law cook this fish? It tastes so good."
The one who spoke was Doctor Guo's eldest daughter-in-law, who was more interested in cooking, and asked.
Li Jingshu smiled and replied: "First, fry the sugar color, then fry the fish. The main thing is to pay attention to the heat when cooking. The fire will affect the taste. Simmer over medium heat, and finally add some kudzu root powder and a little water, and cook over high heat until the sauce is reduced.
In fact, it is best to use yam powder to reduce the juice, but we don’t have yam powder, so I added some kudzu root powder and found that it tasted smoother. "
She wanted to say starch, but considering that no one knew what starch was, she just said yam powder?
"Can yam be made into powder? Is it dried and ground into powder, like sweet potato?"
Shen Fugui's wife also asked.
Li Jingshu replied: "It's the same way we make kudzu root powder."
Shen Youyou, who was enjoying her meal, said, "Mom, can this yam be made into vermicelli? If we make dumplings for Chinese New Year, it will definitely taste better if we put some vermicelli in the sour bamboo shoots."
Li Jingshu was at a loss for words. He could do it, but it was too much trouble. However, since his daughter wanted to eat it and he was not in a hurry, and he had decided to cook it in different ways for her, he nodded and agreed.
Shen Youyou smiled flatteringly: "Mom, how about making some yam powder after making kudzu root powder and making it into vermicelli? It can be stored for a long time.
It is also convenient for us to eat when we set off, and the filtered yam residue does not need to be wasted, we can make yam cakes to eat. Anyway, there is oil to fry. "
Shen Zhiqiu said, "That's fine, but don't be in a hurry. Just do it slowly. This way you can eat the yam in two different ways."
He mainly felt that this would save some food, and that any savings during the winter would be good.
As for the previous life, the yam residue used to make starch was used to feed pigs.
It was not within the consideration of the father and daughter. They were all fleeing famine and they were not really eating pig food. What would be wrong with making some yam residue cakes?
Besides, in some places people still use watermelons to feed pigs, so who didn’t eat watermelons in the past life?
After breakfast the next day, the women continued to make kudzu root powder, sew straw raincoats and palm quilts,
The man selected a dozen men and followed Shen Zhiqiu to fish.
The main thing is that this second cave doesn’t have enough land to accommodate all of them.
Shen Youyou brought a group of little kids, opened the bamboo door of the kang room, and observed the situation outside.
Although it was broad daylight, the second-level cave was still very dark. Shen Zhiqiu had to stick several torches in the cracks between the rocks on both sides to see things clearly.
He has also watched "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" too much, and always feels that there must be giant pythons or giant crocodiles in such a deep pool. After all, this is the wilderness, who knows what is in the deep pool?
As for living here, it is out of helplessness. They can't live in the wilderness in such cold weather. If they do that, they will all be frozen to death without any giant pythons or crocodiles to harm them.
The fishing net made by Shen Zhiqiu is actually very simple. It is made of hemp rope and has a circle of small stones tied underneath.
In fact, the villagers also know how to make fishing nets, but the fishing nets they make are much more complicated than those made by Shen Zhiqiu, and the material used to make the fishing nets is also made of hemp rope. It takes a long time to make a hemp rope fishing net.
Shen Zhiqiu's fishing net is much simpler to make, and the gaps in it are relatively large, so fish as big as a child's palm cannot be caught.
As for fishing with a net, he had no experience, so Shen Zhiqiu was just responsible for watching from the side.
The ones who really took action were Shen Zhichun, Shen Mazi, Wang Fuxi, and Gao Liehu. Behind them were Shen Fugui, Shen Tietou, and Shen Zhidong. They were ready to help pull the fishing nets up at any time.
Shen Zhichun and Shen Mazi first straightened out the fishing nets, and Wang Fuxi first scattered the fish food made of fish entrails and grass seeds to make a nest.
After all, the area of the underground river is immeasurable, and no one knows where the fish have swam to. This way, at least the nearest fish can be attracted.
Shen Zhichun straightened out the fishing net and stared at the lake carefully.
The lake water is quite clear, but it is too deep so you can't see the bottom of the lake.
Not long after, Shen Zhiqiu realized that his family had sharp eyes. After all, they had never lacked food or drink before, and they did not suffer from the night blindness that the ancient people had.
I saw fish swimming slowly towards me, eating the sinking food. Unfortunately, the light was too dim and I couldn't see where the fish were coming from, nor could I find the direction of the school of fish.
He spoke up to remind Shen Zhichun to be prepared.
Everyone held their breath at this moment, feeling both excited and nervous.
Shen Zhiqiu's feet were firmly rooted on the ground, his body leaning back slightly, accumulating strength.
He seized the opportunity and raised his hands suddenly. The fishing net seemed to be given life, drawing a graceful arc in the air and spreading out towards the lake.
As the fishing net fell, he quickly adjusted the rope in his hand to ensure that the net was fully open and covered as much water as possible.
Shen Youyou took a look and realized that her uncle must have gone to the river to fish with a net a lot when he was a child, so his skills were quite good.
Without giving everyone much chance to react, Shen Zhichun had already begun to slowly pull the rope, tightening the fishing net little by little.
"Here it comes, start pulling it up!" Shen Zhichun pulled the fishing net hard.
Feeling the pull and shaking from the fishing net, I knew there must be a fish, and it was struggling hard to break free from the net.
Shen Zhiqiu also stepped forward to help, and called on everyone, "Pull together, hard!"
With so many strong laborers pulling together, it was actually not that hard and the fishing net was pulled up.
There were quite a lot of fish at first glance, and some small fish were seen breaking free from the net.
"Sister, can we still have braised fish today?"
Shen Yuanbao asked this out loud, mainly because in his mind, Sister Yoyo's words were very effective, and Third Aunt could make whatever she wanted to eat.
"Let's change the taste today. Let's eat sour bamboo shoot fish."
Shen Youyou was just about to suggest eating pickled fish, but then thought, since there is no pickled cabbage, then let's have pickled bamboo shoots.
There are really a lot of fish in this net. Although the gaps are large, there are still some small fish squeezed in the middle and can't escape.
The small fish filled one and a half buckets, and there were more than a dozen large fish weighing more than five or six kilograms.
This made everyone very happy. Even the workers, although they could not squeeze into the second cave, could still join in the fun by standing in the kang room.
After all, the bamboo door was open, and no one felt cold now. Everyone felt warm inside.