Chapter 3 Whole Fish Feast
After paying 30, Du Qian felt aching in pain. You know, his monthly allowance is only five yuan, which is only 500 cents. A fish is only 30, which is still half price. How can he not feel aching in pain?
Looking at the fish in his hand, Du Qian became happy again. The ugly fish's head was broken and its tail was gone, but the entire fish body was basically intact. The most important thing is that the different varieties of fish are different, and the taste is very different. Although the ugly fish is ugly, the meat is tender and smooth, it is not as good as the first-class sea fish. It is one of the top fish among the second class.
This kind of fish is most suitable for barbecue, and of course it can also be cooked. As an orphan of war, it is absolutely impossible to do such a luxurious thing as ugly fish soup. The fish soup is soup, and the taste of the fish meat is weak and it doesn’t feel anything at all.
This ugly fish is really not small, weighing more than ten pounds. If you remove the sausage and bones, you can still get six or seven pounds. Even if you have Lei Ming, a big belly guy, Du Qian can have a full meal.
"Old rule, I'll clean up the fish, you can make a fire." Du Qian walked to the Chuan River with his ugly fish in his arms and began to clean up the ugly fish. This is a skill. Without some skills, the roasted fish tastes much worse.
"Yeah." Lei Ming responded, brought in a few huge rocks, pulled two small trees, cut branches and chopped firewood, and led fire to build a stove. The two have worked together too many times, and in fact, Lei Ming also knew what he should do.
Lei Ming and Du Qian were born on the same day in the same year, and Du Qian was born one hour earlier than him. Both of them entered the Pingchuan War Orphan School when they were eight years old. At that time, Lei Ming was very small and very thin, with a malnourished look. He looked a little stupid, rarely spoke, and was bullied by other war orphans.
The war orphan school is a welfare school. The empire has welfare and laws that can shine here, but few people care about the details. Teachers never reach out to their own hands for the affairs between children.
This also has benefits. Children who grew up in war orphan schools will understand the laws of survival when they are very young, and can adapt better and faster when they enter society.
The ugly fish has no scales, the fish skin is very thick, with a layer of mucus, which is not slippery, and it is disgusting and troublesome to deal with. Fortunately, Du Qian did a lot of work, first using sea sand to clean the mucus, and then rinse it with fresh water, and the mucus that makes the housewives headache will be solved in a few minutes.
Next is to deal with the internal organs. Grilled fish is different from roasted fish. It cannot break the belly and clear the belly. It not only makes it easy to lose the unique fresh fragrance of ugly fish, but also is not convenient to use a wooden stick to barbecue. The exposed side can easily burn the wooden stick. Even if it is just burned black, it will increase the burnt smell.
This requires a little trick. Use a foot-long branch without treating the roughness of the surface and sticking it into the fish's mouth until half of the palm is stuffed into the fish's mouth. Du Qian nodded with satisfaction and the wooden stick is in place.
Twist your fingers to make the rough branches rotate in the fish's belly. The rough surface of the branches will twee the fish intestines into a ball. When it is twisted, you can emptiate the organs in the fish's belly by emptied it.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning, and suddenly my fingertips hurt, and my eyes turned black. Du Qian paused for a few seconds, looking calm. The fish had teeth in its mouth and thorns in its belly. It was not surprising that it pierced its fingers. But there was a little doubt in my heart, why was it black just now?
"Brother Qian? Are you shining?" Not far away, the thunder that had just risen in the fire shouted in surprise.
"Barring, you've just shined." Du Qianxi laughed and scolded. The two grew up together and lived for ten years. Their understanding is as clear as their little brother.
Although Lei Ming looks like a silly appearance, this kid is not stupid at all, smart, and has a lot of opinions. However, his emotional intelligence really makes Du Qian anxious. It would be fine if he doesn't speak. As long as he opens his mouth, it's not far from offending people if he causes trouble.
Lei Ming also knew his problem and tried not to speak as much as possible. If there was something to do, he would just wait for the ready-made ones to eat.
Since following Du Qian, the two have never suffered much in the war orphanage. Du Qian handles external matters, and when they need to move their fists, they will go together.
As they get older, the faster they grow, and their combat power increases like they are riding on rockets. At this time, no one dares to provoke them.
"You are really shining, even the fish in your hand is shining, like the kinetic energy lamp in the toilet." Lei Ming said seriously.
Well, Du Qian knew that there was no good thing when this child opened his mouth. There were kinetic energy lamps everywhere. Why do you have to say that it was in the toilet?
"Okay, you must be dazzled. Look up at the sun. If you can see the light I emit under such light, which is comparable to the kinetic energy lamp, then what brightness is required?" Du Qian said angrily.
Lei Ming raised his head in confusion, his eyes narrowed into a line. It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. It was the time of the day when the sun was the strongest. The plains of September were already in autumn, but the sun was still very poisonous.
It seems that I have really misread it. Under this kind of light, let alone the kinetic energy lamp in the school toilet, even the baking lamp in the police station’s criminal training room, I’m afraid I can’t see the light.
Fortunately, he didn't say this, otherwise Du Qian would curse again. Every time this boy Lei Ming opened his mouth, there was no good thing. He was either in the toilet or the punishment room, so he couldn't choose a better place to speak?
Wear the fish and put it on the shelf and grill it. The ugly fish is sea fish and you don’t even need to add salt. When it’s almost done, add a handful of fine leaves and some dogwood powder. For them, it’s a delicious food on earth.
Forty minutes later, the roasted ugly fish was divided into two, and the two started eating voraciously, regardless of the heat on the fish. This heat was enough to burn ordinary people, and it was nothing to do with the two people whose combat power had already exceeded 5,000 or even 10,000.
Du Qian couldn't even eat one-third of an ugly fish, and Lei Ming had wiped out the remaining two-thirds. He stuffed the remaining fish into Lei Ming, took out two bottles of beer from his arms, and took a sip.
"I don't object to your decision to join the army. With your personality, you can't get along in society. You can offend your boss and colleagues in one day. If you get angry, you might beat your boss to death. But if you join the army, you have to talk to you."
Lei Ming nodded, quickly ate the fish, opened the beer, and took a beautiful sip. Since his parents died in battle, they lived in their relatives' home for only half a month. Lei Ming entered the war orphan school. In this world, he only recognized Du Qian.
"It's still the old saying, talk less and train more. If you really go to the battlefield, don't run at the front and don't fall to the back. The middle is safest. Regardless of what the superior said, just answer yes. If you are asked to die, don't pay attention to him, do not stand lip service, and don't be a deserter." Du Qian continued.
"Brother Qian, join the army with me, you are still protecting me." Lei Ming said. He knew that it would be impossible, but he wanted to try it. He knew very well that the only soldiers were the ones that suit him the most, but without Du Qian around, Lei Ming felt empty and felt extremely insecure.
Even though he knew that Du Qian was even more afraid of death than him, his combat power was not high.
"Hehe, forget it. I'm not suitable for joining the army. You have a good foundation. Now you have more than 13,000 combat power. As long as you enter the army, you will be a non-commissioned officer. You can be a squad leader, and you will be in charge of a hundred numbers. If you have done it, the deputy squadron leader will have hope."
After saying that, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "I can't do it. I have a bad foundation. No matter how hard I work, I can't compare to you. The army is different from the place. It's useless to be clever. Either you have great wisdom and can see far, or you have the strength and strong combat power. Otherwise, you won't be famous. Maybe you will die one day. Don't look at the fact that there is no big war now, and there will never be a small battle on the border. If you don't die in one year, I won't join in the fun."
"It's different to be a policeman?" Lei Ming wanted to try to persuade him, but he knew that his mouth was born with a humble mouth, and it was okay to scold people. He could persuade people to fight with him.
"It's just a policeman, a little patrolman. I just bully the gangster. When I meet someone who is a big deal, I will take a detour. At worst, I will admit my mistake. As long as I can live, I will just be able to make a living. My buddy will always make a fortune."
"Yeah." Lei Ming also knew that he could not persuade Brother Qian. Don't look at Du Qian's usual smile, he is more independent than himself. More importantly, Brother Qian is cruel enough to be cruel to others and to himself.
Du Qian's combat power is less than half of Lei Ming's. Others don't know it. Lei Ming knows very well that Brother Qian's efforts are at least twice as hard as himself. Many people say that talent is useless, but it is there, which can make you sad and happy.
"Brother, it depends entirely on you. The couplets written in front of the school gate are awesome, but how many people can do it. We don't expect to become a warrior. One day, if you can become the King of War, you will be content in this life. When your brother can't make it, you will still expect you to give me some food."
"Slay the sky and the earth, wave your hand to break the sky. Money and power are overturned by the city and state. It is unparalleled in combat power, it is indeed very awesome." Lei Ming drank the wine in the bottle in one mouthful and whispered.
This couplet is everywhere, from the palace to the kindergarten, and it is everywhere. Not only the Zhoushan Empire, but also the Zhenhai Alliance and the Butian Republic.
It can be said that this is the belief of all mankind. As for the source of this couplet, no one has known it for a long time. It has been passed down for at least tens of thousands of years.
No matter how awesome the couplet sounds, it actually expresses one meaning: as long as you have unparalleled combat power, you are the most awesome.
It’s easy to say, but it’s too difficult to do. Who in the world can achieve unparalleled combat power?
The basic threshold for martial arts monks is 10,000 combat power. Among the war orphans who are about to graduate in this class, only five people in Pingchuan City have reached the baseline, and only more than 30 of them have more than 5,000 combat power.
You should know that there are a total of 1,200 orphans in this war. Including normal schools, it is difficult for Pingchuan City to have 100 graduates who have reached the baseline for martial arts monks during the graduation season in a year.
Chapter completed!