After buying the ingredients, they went to the spice shop nearby to buy some condiments. After coming out of the vegetable market, they bought a few bottles of beer and then drove home.
When passing the lotus pond in Sunjiawan, several people picked a few large lotus leaves one after another. Because the weather was a bit hot, Xiang Jin directly put a lotus leaf on his head, and his face suddenly felt cool.
few.
Xiang Jin said, "Hey, why didn't I think of it when I passed by here before, so that I was exposed to the sun so many times in vain and suffered so much heat?"
Han Che said, "That's because you are careless!"
Xiang Jin replied, "Wrong, that's because I have a kind heart!"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "If you pick too much, people will curse you, so I'd better bring an umbrella with me in the future."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's right. An upright person like me wouldn't be able to do such a shameless thing."
When she got home, her grandmother helped her remove the backpack from her body and asked, "How about asking Blind Man Wang to confirm the time for building the house?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, sure, it's the 24th of this month, from one to two noon."
"The 24th?" Her grandmother clapped her fingers and said, "Hey, there's still about half a month left?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, blind man Wang said that the other days are okay, but the 24th is the best, the best and the most auspicious. It is said that a Jiazi family will have smooth sailing and will be rich."
expensive."
Her grandma liked hearing these, and she immediately became happy, "Really?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, that's what he said. Where is Aunt Liao?"
"Oh, your Aunt Liao went to the field to pick mung beans. They say they are quite mature again."
"oh!"
At this moment, Xiang Nan suddenly ran in from outside, "Sister, what about me? Did you ask Blind Man Wang to test my name for me? Which word is it?"
"As you wish, just use the majestic word "LAN"."
"Yeah! That's great!" The little girl immediately jumped up happily.
Her grandmother lowered her eyes and went to put away the vegetables. But after seeing the vegetables, she said, "Oh, why did you buy so many vegetables again?"
Xiang Jin explained to her, "Han Che is going back. He has always said that he wants to try my craftsmanship. I just want to treat him to a meal today. In addition, what happened with Lao Xiang's family a few days ago? Mo
Grandma and her family all came forward to speak for me, and I also invited them to my house for dinner."
Her grandmother nodded, "Yes, yes, have you greeted your Grandma Mo and the others?"
Xiang Jin said, "I said hello. I stopped by their house to say hello when I came back just now."
Her grandmother nodded, "Should these chickens, ducks, etc., be soaked in water now to soak away the blood inside?"
"Can!"
"What about that fish of yours? Should you kill it now or in the afternoon?" Then grandma asked when she saw the big grass carp in Xiang Jin's hand that was still drinking water with most of the water in the plastic bag.
Xiang Jin said, "Let's kill it in the afternoon. The meat will not be fresh at this time. If you kill it in the afternoon, just use it."
"Okay, then I'll go and put it in the basin first," her grandmother said, taking the heavy plastic bag from her hand.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Chen and Han Che arrived at Aunt Liao's house on time. At that time, they saw Xiang Jin already busy in the kitchen, so Han Che said with a surprised face, "It's too early for you.
Alright?"
Xiang Jin cut the side dishes and said, "Some dishes take time, so they have to be prepared early."
Yan Chen rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Is there anything else that needs to be done?"
Han Che also nodded, "Yes, yes, or is there something you need to prepare? Can we help you?"
Xiang Jin's eyes squinted towards the basin on the ground not far away, "Kill the fish, wash the peppers and peel the ginger and garlic."
"You go kill the fish, and I'll wash the peppers and peel the ginger and garlic!"
"You go kill the fish, and I'll wash the peppers and peel the ginger and garlic!"
The two of them spoke in unison, one peeling the ginger and garlic, the other cleaning the peppers.
Seeing their behavior, Xiang Jin couldn't help but smile helplessly, "So they both hate killing fish?"
Yan Chen looked sideways at Han Che and said, "He has killed him, but I have never killed him!"
Han Che glared at him and emphasized, "I only killed it once." And that time, he saw Yan Chen and his grandfather killing fish there and found it interesting, so he went to catch a small crucian carp to kill.
Unexpectedly, it took him a long time to kill the fish, which made him squat in the sun for a long time. When he got up, his head was a little dizzy, and he almost suffered from heatstroke.
Yan Chen said, "You have killed once, but I have never killed before. You are more experienced than me."
Han Che just stared, staring hard, "Yan Chen, are you still shameless? Just this one time is considered experience?"
"Once makes you familiar, kill twice more, practice makes perfect!" Yan Chen patted him on the shoulder as he spoke.
Han Che suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, "I think this opportunity should be given to you. Anyway, I have had one experience, but you haven't had one."
"I don't have to. In line with the principle that visitors are guests, I should be humble. I'd better give this opportunity to you. I will have more opportunities like this in the future. The days are long, so there is no need to rush in this once or twice.
," Yan Chen said, pouring the green peppers in the basket into a basin and began to wash them.
"Yan Chen, it's your uncle's!" Han Che broke off a clove of garlic and threw it at Yan Chen. Yan Chen turned his head slightly and dodged away.
Han Che frowned and wanted to hit him with a garlic clove again, but Yan Chen reminded him, "Go and handle the fish quickly, we will use it later."
Han Che had no choice but to take out a knife from the chopping board after snorting coldly, and then took the fish outside to deal with it.
After he left, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "Why do you always bully Han Che?"
"Is there any?" Yan Chen put the washed peppers into a clean basket on the chopping board.
"Yes, yes," Xiang Jin nodded.
"We were just joking, don't worry, I'll go out and take a look later."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Yan Chen asked her if there was anything else she wanted to do besides peeling ginger and garlic. Xiang Jin stopped what she was doing, looked at the ingredients prepared on the chopping board, and then started
He said, "Then you can marinate the chicken as ingredients first?"
Looking at the big, cleaned hen in the basin, Yan Chen asked, "Don't you need to chop it into pieces?"
Xiang Jin said, "To make lotus leaf chicken, there is no need to chop it."
Yan Chen nodded, "What condiments should be added?"
Xiang Jin said, "First rub it from the inside to the outside with ginger, onion, garlic, cooking wine and salt, then sprinkle with some pepper to marinate."
Yan Chen nodded and then asked, "How much amount do I need to put in?"
Xiang Jin said, "You let go and I'll watch."
Yan Chen took a few slices of ginger and two green onions, and said to Xiang Jin, "You can put a few more slices of ginger, and the same with the green onions, and you can also take a few more with the cooking wine, you can
You can add two spoons and half a spoon of salt."
Yan Chen did as she asked, and then Xiang Jin pointed out some points. Finally, Yan Chen said, "What about the pepper noodles?"
Xiang Jin directly picked up the pepper powder and sprinkled it on the chicken, "Spread evenly!"
"good!"
After a while, Yan Chen asked again, "Is there anything else that needs to be dealt with?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No more for now."
"Then let me go out and take a look?"
"good!"
Yan Chen went outside and saw the fish lying on the ground with its big mouth open and jumping around. Han Che actually looked helpless in front of it.
"Why haven't you taken care of it yet?" Yan Chen walked over and frowned slightly.
Han Che handed the knife to him and said, "That's easy to say. It's such a big fish. If you can do it, you can do it!" Anyway, he couldn't do it. He jumped to the ground when he took it in his hand. He jumped to the ground when he took it in his hand.
I can't catch him, okay?
Yan Chen looked at the knife, but did not reach out to take it. Instead, he said with a bit of disdain, "You are really stupid. You have never eaten pork, you have never seen a pig running, and you don't even take the killed fish with you."
Did you knock it unconscious and then kill it? Especially such a big fish?"
Han Che looked confused and said, "Are you going to knock me out?"
"Yeah," Yan Chen nodded slightly.
Han Che then asked, "What should I use to knock?"
Yan Chen folded his arms to rest and said, "Just use the back of the knife."
Then Han Che tried it, but he tried several times without success. The fish was still jumping on the ground alive and kicking.
Aunt Liao and Xiang Jin's grandmother, who were sitting in the main room with the dragon gate array, looked at them for a long time. Then they both walked out with their sleeves rolled up with a smile. Aunt Liao took it directly from Han Che's hand.
He passed the knife and said, "I'll do it. You kids haven't killed fish before, right? Be careful and you may hurt your hands later."
As she said that, she stabbed down with her knife, and the fish stopped jumping around. It only opened its mouth and breathed the last air. Then she stabbed it with two more swords, and the fish was completely killed.
Knocked unconscious.
Then she used the back of the knife to pick off the fish scales all over its body with a few strokes, then cut open its belly, and in just a few strokes, she removed the fish that was still there for a few minutes.
After the big fish was properly treated, it was taken to the well in the courtyard for cleaning.
Han Che was stunned when he saw it, and then gave Aunt Liao a thumbs up, "Aunt Liao, you are simply amazing!"
Aunt Liao said modestly, "It's nothing. Once you kill a few more times in the future, you will naturally become proficient."
As she said that, she wanted to take the fish into the kitchen, but Yan Chen took it directly and said, "I'll take it in."
Aunt Liao was not polite to him, "Okay, then you can bring it in for Girl Jin. We asked to help her, but she refused to let us go and said that you guys are coming to help."
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, learn to cook from her."
Aunt Liao turned around to deal with the scales picked off the fish and the contents in the belly. Han Che rushed to tell him to come, and Aunt Liao kept laughing and praised him for being sensible and diligent!
Yan Chen took the fish in and saw Xiang Jin peeling garlic there, so he asked, "How to deal with it?"
Xiang Jin clapped his hands and then washed them, "You peel the garlic and I'll handle it."
She took the fish to the chopping board and separated its head first, then slapped the fish's body parts with the back of the knife a few times. "You have to first separate the fishing lines on both sides of its body like this."
Take it out, otherwise the fish will have a fishy smell when it is cooked."
Yan Chen nodded, and then saw Xiang Jin cutting the fish into pieces. Maybe it was because the fish was too big and she was not strong enough to cut it, so it was not easy to cut. Xiang Jin cut the fish into pieces even after several times.
Yan Chen said, "I'll do it."
"Oh," Xiang Jin put down his knife and stood aside.
Yan Chen washed his hands and came over, easily cutting off the piece of fish along the position where she had cut it before, and then asked, "Are they always cut like this?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah!"
Ha, this kid didn't expect to be so elegant when chopping vegetables. Is this why good-looking people are good-looking in everything they do? Looking at his calm and calm look, Xiang Jin automatically made up his mind, but she is also good-looking.
It looks great, but why doesn’t she think she looks good chopping vegetables and cooking?
It didn't take long for Yan Chen to cut the fish into pieces. He looked at her in a daze, so he waved his hand in front of her.
Xiang Jin immediately replied, "Ah, what's the matter?"
Yan Chen repeated the question he just asked, "I'm asking you what you want to do next?"
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, let's use ginger, onion, garlic, cooking wine, and beat two eggs to marinate it for a while. Then wrap it in flour and put it in a pan to fry. It's fried.
If it's golden on both sides, put it in the pot and simmer it with the tofu for about half an hour. Oh, it seems that the garlic is not enough. Wait a minute, I'll peel some garlic first," he said.
She walked directly to the side and started peeling it off.
"Okay!" Yan Chen nodded, threw the ginger and scallion slices into the basin, then poured the cooking wine, and then asked, "Do I need to add salt?"
"You can add it or not, because you need to add some condiments when stewing the fish," Xiang Jin said.
"Then don't let it go."
"Okay!" Xiang Jin washed the peeled garlic, then sliced it and threw it into the basin.
After Yan Chen had marinated the fish, he saw Xiang Jin taking a few lotus leaves to wrap the chicken. He hurried over to stop him, "I'll do it, be careful there is alcohol in it."
Although Xiang Jin stood over, he still said, "But it should be fine. The alcohol content in the cooking wine is very small. It has been so long that it should have almost evaporated."
Yan Chen glanced at her angrily, "I forgot the lesson I learned about drinking fermented glutinous rice water last time. The alcohol content in it is not high."
Xiang Jin said, "That was just an accident. It was drunk into the stomach and entered the blood. This is different. In fact, I can use chopsticks to pick out the chicken and place it on the lotus leaf, as long as it is not touched during the whole process.
That chicken should be fine."
Yan Chen said, "It's better to be careful, I still hope to eat the dishes you cook later."
Xiang Jin stared at him for a long time and then nodded and said, "It seems like you really need to learn how to cook."
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