The first ray of sunshine in the morning came from the distant east and fell on Zhou Jimin’s face.

He has already bought the old and yellowed book and sold the grain that Lu Jingyuan and the others brought over yesterday.

I was on my way home now, with a big basket hanging on the 28th pole and whistling as I drove towards home.

After returning home, he put the eels in a wooden barrel and fetched some water from the well. He raised the eels first and then used them to make delicious food at noon.

Little Cauliflower, Xing Anyao and other little kids got up one after another and ran with Little Goldfish and the others.

These days, they are living at home and will not go home unless their parents come to pick them up.

Having said that, in order to let them live in the Zhou family, Bao Jielian, Xing Yicheng, etc. forced Zhou Jimin to get a lot of good things.

Well, it’s called the Apprenticeship Ceremony.

It’s not enough if we don’t accept it.

"Dad, what is this? Hey, it's so ugly."

Zhou Bingliang, who was not running, approached the barrel and saw the eel inside. He took a step back in fear and said directly, "How ugly."

Such a beautiful eel is so ugly?

Zhou Jimin was speechless, but Ding Qiunan and Huang Xiaohua came closer and looked at the eels in surprise, "So many eels? Did you buy them from the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"How can there be such a beautiful eel in the supply and marketing cooperative?" Zhou Jimin curled his lips with disdain on his face.

It's not that he looks down on supply and marketing cooperatives, it's just the fact.

After all, early in the morning, many neighbors would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables. Although eel is not as good as pork, in an era when there are more people and more power, there are still many families with pregnant women.

Therefore, eels are also very popular, not to mention that the eels Zhou Jimin bought are not only fresh, but also of very good quality.

"I bought this from an old man in the countryside. I snatched it when he just caught it from the fields and sold it in the vegetable market."

"Okay, how about cooking it for lunch?"

"It's necessary. You can't raise eels. They can easily die. Just eat them at noon."

Fish like eel are very precious, and changes in the environment will make them die easily.

In fact, whether it is eel or other small fish, as long as you take it home and raise it at home without running water, there are very few fish that can be raised for half a day at most and can last for two or three days.

Anyway, you have to heat the pot and heat the oil. Do you want to keep it and feed it to the dog?

"Dad, can I not eat?"

Suddenly, Zhou Bingliang raised his hand and said with a scared face.

Everyone burst into laughter. Ding Qiunan even picked up the little guy and couldn't help but kiss his cute little face. "If you don't want to eat now, don't fight with your mother at lunch."

The little kid doesn’t understand anything. Because he is afraid of eels, he says he doesn’t want to eat them because he is still too young.

After finishing their run, the little goldfish and the others also gathered around. When they saw the eels in the barrel, they all drooled and said that they would eat eels for lunch.

The brothers and sisters all liked eel very much and wanted to eat it. Zhou Bingliang was also a little shaken at once. Is eel really delicious?

After a while, he came to his father's side, hugged his father's thigh, and waved with his little hands, "Dad, can you squat down?"

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Zhou Jimin knelt down and expressed concern, but who knew that the little guy stretched out his little hand, leaned close to his ear and whispered:

"Dad, can I also have eel for lunch?"

Uh!

The little guy's reaction surprised Zhou Jimin.

At first he thought the little guy was really scared, but then he regretted it after the eel came out of the pot.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the little goldfish and the others talk about eating eel for lunch, the little guy couldn't wait to regret it.

Seeing the little guy's shy and eager expression, Zhou Jimin smiled and nodded, saying it was no problem, everyone can eat it, of course.

"Thank you, Dad."

The little guy was so happy that he ran to find his brothers and sisters, mumbling that he wanted to eat eels.

But the little goldfish pulled him to the barrel with a smile and teased him:

"Are you still afraid of eels?"

"Don't be afraid, dad said, the eel is delicious."

What’s so scary about delicious food nowadays?

Another foodie, identification completed!

After breakfast, the brewing project began.

The little kids have a day off this morning, so the morning classes will be changed to the afternoon.

After all, they were making wine at home, so they probably didn’t have the time to study, so we simply asked them to help.

The first step in making wine is to wash the pot, wash the rice, etc.

Zhou Jimin set up several stoves directly in the yard. The bricks were left over from previous renovations and were usually piled beside the corridor of the yard.

The family works together and moves very quickly.

When they were washing the rice, the little goldfish and the others almost doubted their lives.

Too many!

It started at around 7 o'clock in the morning and was busy until about 11:30 in the morning before putting all the rice on the steamer.

Some steamed rice is left to cool down and then the koji is stirred for fermentation in the afternoon.

After a busy morning, the little kids were too tired to move.

I originally thought it was fun, but when I was busy, I realized that it was too hard.

Fortunately, this does not happen every day, otherwise they would definitely go on strike.

In order to reward everyone, Zhou Jimin cooked several very good home-cooked dishes as quickly as possible.

Of course, the main dish must be eel.

Time was limited, so Zhou Jimin didn't make anything complicated, he just made a braised eel.

Even so, when it was put on the table, no matter which dish it was, they had finished it.

I even ate all the rice.

It is conceivable that they are really hungry.

I am a poor man who is a poor man, let alone a group of half-grown men who have been hungry all morning, so why not work hard to make it?

Except for Zhang Wantong, the oldest traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and Zhou Bingliang, the youngest child, including Zhou Jimin himself, they all worked at least three bowls of rice.

The third and fourth brothers ate one more bowl of rice than usual. After eating, their stomachs were no different from before eating.

Zhang Wantong smiled and said to Ding Qiunan, your family eats so much food every day, which is really unaffordable for ordinary families. You have to be a man to have this ability!

The latter smiled. There were many children at home, so there was nothing we could do.

Her salary alone, based on her family's current consumption level, is probably just enough to support herself.

After the lunch break, Zhou Jimin did not let Little Goldfish and the others continue to help, but asked Ding Qiunan to watch them do their homework.

With the morning's work behind them, the little goldfish and the others cherish the opportunity to study in the living room.

Therefore, even if the aroma of rice outside spreads and penetrates their nostrils, they pretend not to smell it.

Because in comparison, they still prefer the current calm state.

They don’t want to do the busy morning again.

Zhang Wantong carefully observed Zhou Jimin's every move. Although he didn't write it down with a pen, he definitely remembered it with his heart.

There was nothing special about the brewing process, but she discovered that the materials Zhou Jimin brought out were all good.

When washing the rice, she discovered that the quality of the rice was very good, the grains were plump and round, and very attractive.

If that was all, she wouldn't be surprised.

But she found that the steamed rice was full of fragrance.

I picked some and put it in my mouth, it was very delicious.

This is amazing.

"Jimin, the leader sent people to transport all this rice?"

"Well, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"No problem."

If there is a problem, it must be OK.

Suddenly, the rice wine is about to come out, especially the glutinous rice wine. After pouring a little of it into your mouth, the fragrance will linger on your lips and teeth.

"The next step is to distill these rice wines, right?"

Zhang Wantong recorded the steps. Zhou Jimin did not persuade him. He had announced these steps a long time ago, so he would not remember them.
To be continued...