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Chapter Eight Shepherd's Purse and Fish Soup

Ah Yuan smiled heartily, turned around and faced the Bai brothers and sisters: "Don't worry, I, Ah Yuan, will never eat your family's food in vain. Naturally, I will give back ten points if I get one point!"

This is also A Yuan’s philosophy of dealing with things that he developed over thirty years of hard work in his previous life. If someone treats someone with a foot of respect, I will respect him a foot.

"Hmph——", the white guy breathed out from his nostrils in a low voice, but he didn't dare to continue to say bad words.

"Sister-in-law, I gathered some small fish by the river, come and see -" Bai Laosan is indeed a smart and quick-thinking person, and he jumped out to smooth things over at the most appropriate time.

Little Awen grabbed Ayuan's clothes pitifully, as if if he refused, the Yellow River would open up and flow down thousands of miles.

Ah Yuan curled his lips and followed Bai Laosan closer to the riverside.

Sure enough, there was a small pool roughly surrounded by the wet mud by the river. Most of it was filled with palm-long small fish, grass carp, silver carp, and small crucian carp. There were about forty or fifty of them, in a cramped environment.

It was crowded in and out.

A Yuan immediately beamed and turned to the third child of the Bai family: "Is there anything else? We can have it tonight - shepherd's purse and fish soup, there is so much, you don't even need to prepare pasta!"

Bai Laosan also became excited: "I'll go take a look -"

It turned out that he had dropped several bamboo baskets with narrow mouths and big bellies into the river. At this moment, he got attention, and they got up one by one and dumped them into the small pool.

"Plop-plop-plop", the small fish jumping around became more crowded. A Yuan and Awen clapped their hands and laughed together, feeling the joy of a good harvest in a daze.

"Sister-in-law, are these enough? When we go home in the evening, we can fish out more!" Bai Laosan's narrowed eyes radiated brilliance. He had figured out this bamboo basket by himself. It's a pity that he has lived in the river for a long time.

Most of the people around here don't care about eating fish, and they've long since gotten tired of the smell of it being steamed and cooked.

Bai Laosan's chest puffed up when he saw someone so happy, it was his new sister-in-law.

"That's enough, that's enough. It's enough for our family to have one or two meals. Awen, come here, pick up the big ones and put them in a basket and take them back. Put the small ones back and let them grow longer."

A Yuan gave instructions excitedly: "Um, third child, go home early in the evening, and my sister-in-law promises to have a good meal at night!"

These words were said with the aura of a eldest sister-in-law. The boss of the Bai family had joy in his eyebrows, and the pancake in his hand felt extra sweet.

The third brother and Awen worked together to pack half a big fish into a bamboo basket. Unfortunately, it was too heavy. It was not a weight that little Awen could bear. The bamboo basket was so wet that it could not be carried on Ayuan's back.

Not the upper back?

"Put it there first. Later, Chengyao will help your sister-in-law send it back." Boss Bai opened his mouth and stuffed the last piece of pancake into his mouth: "First clean up the fish by the river."

Yes, is it not easy to just clean up in the river? Ah Yuan nodded and pulled Awen up: "Then we two go back first, and we have to dig some shepherd's purse on the road."

The empty bamboo basket was filled with wild vegetables. A-Yuan specially picked some relatively tender shepherd's purse, and while digging, he removed the old leaves. After returning home, he would wash them a little.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, shining warmly on people's backs. Sometimes they would see a few villagers looking at Ayuan curiously. Little Awen would dutifully introduce them, and Ayuan would nod and smile.

It seems that little Awen is just afraid of the woman called "gu" and is still very warm to others when he sees her.

The most common thing along the riverside is broomweed, which is a bit old at this time of year. A Yuan Monster felt it was a pity, so he finally pinched a handful of slightly younger leaves to feel at ease.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll make some broomsticks for a change."

The third son of the Bai family is a very nimble person. When Ah Yuan and Yuan walked home, before they had finished washing the shepherd's purse, he brought back the fish that had had its head, scales, gills and intestines removed, and then drank a lot of cold water.

, waved his hands and ran back to the riverside.

This shepherd's purse and fish soup is actually quite troublesome. Ah Yuan washed the fish strips again, added salt and green onions, and steamed them in water for five or six minutes. After the steamed fish was allowed to cool, he carefully removed the fish bones and bones, and only took the meat for later use.

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Little Awen looked sleepy and reluctant to leave, covering his mouth and yawning.

Ah Yuan tapped his nose and teased: "You didn't sleep last night, okay? You were taught a lesson by your brother, right?"

It seems that this smart guy wet the bed last night? He was too tired during the day and became hysterical at night, right?

The little guy's face quickly turned red, and Sisi Aiai responded: "Sleep - okay, brother didn't train me -".

"Well, let's work with my sister-in-law. If I want to sleep now, I will be sleepy again at night, and I can't sleep." Ah Yuan's hands were fishy, ​​and he lowered his head and touched Ah Wen's forehead with his forehead.

Suddenly he laughed loudly.

The two chatted for a while, and A Yuan also got to know the general situation of the family, and soon the battle turned to the pile of shepherd's purses.

Select the yellow leaves, pinch off the roots, wash them, blanch them in a pot of boiling water, take them out, immediately immerse them in cold water to cool down, squeeze out the water from the cooled shepherd's purse and chop them into small pieces.

After finishing the preparations, Ah Yuan took advantage of her free time to wash her new wedding dress. Although she didn't plan to wear it as brightly as a pomegranate flower in the future, she still had to cherish it.

The sun gradually set in the west, and the members of the Bai family came home in a row, each carrying a bag of sweet potatoes, as many as they wanted. The eldest and the second eldest brother poured out the sweet potatoes from the bags and returned again. It is said that there were even more sweet potatoes.

You have to run back and forth several times.

In an empty room, there was quickly no place to put it. Sweet potatoes have a high yield and farmers like to use them to feed their livestock. They are the least valuable agricultural products.

Only Ah Yuan smiled brightly, looking at those sweet potatoes as if they were a room full of gold ingots. "Dried sweet potatoes", "sweet potato slices" and "sweet potato balls" were already floating around in his head.

"Let it sit for a few more days, tsk tsk, then it will be delicious -" A Yuan muttered to himself, and was still thinking about business. Everyone was back and it was time to prepare dinner.

Put half a spoonful of oil in the pot, heat it up, add the green onions and minced garlic and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant. Add the deboned fish, add water, and bring to a boil over high heat.

After the water boils, add chopped shepherd's purse. There is no white pepper or chicken essence for seasoning. You can only add salt. Finally, add some mixed flour with water to barely thicken the gravy, and then add a few drops of clear oil on top.

A fresh and fragrant shepherd's purse fish soup is done.

The fish meat is fresh and tender, and the shepherd's purse is fragrant. The whole dish is fresh, fragrant, tender and smooth. It is especially suitable for the elderly and children. The little Awen and the lotus picking girl at home are salivating just after smelling the taste.

Bai Laosan is particularly positive. These fish were caught by him with great care. In the past, they were never recognized by everyone. People who live by the river don't care about this!

The eldest and second child carried back all the remaining sweet potatoes, and the whole family washed their hands and ate in a noisy manner.

A Yuan put the fish soup on the dining table. The family was in a bad situation and they couldn't even find the same bowls for eating, including the big and small ones, and those with exposed teeth, so all six people had tableware.

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Awen pulled Ayuan and sat down next to him. The stool was not ordinary. He was tall, short, fat and thin and had at least three generations of history. Ayuan grabbed the bamboo chopsticks and narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the head of the Bai family -

—A glance at classmate Bai Chengguang.

Sure enough, because of the bleak situation of his family, Boss Bai's dark face turned red again, and he slapped his hand: "Eat - eat!"

The boys started to move as soon as they gave the order. A Yuan lowered his head and was about to follow the army to fight when a big palm like a cattail leaf stretched out in front of his eyes. With a "swish", he actually took away the guy who was eating.

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A Yuan was immediately furious. This bullshit place is poor. We can adapt. We are tired. We can overcome it. We don’t even have the right to eat. How can we let people live?

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