Chapter 9 barely able to eat
River fish, especially river fish in the north, are difficult to resist the smell of "fine leaf onion". This is called "Zhaizhai Seedling" in Datong folk. It uses the juice of this wild vegetable to mix grain. When making nests, it is even better than sesame oil, and it is easy to gather fish.
However, in the Datong area, there were not many fish in the river except Xiamizhuang Reservoir, and there were very few opportunities to experiment with this method. Zhu Da and Ren used it in the Luliang Mountains, which was very useful.
As for digging pits and building stone nests and planting reeds, it is a means of catching fish. Fish in the river will be attracted by bait. After entering the pit, because the pit has a certain depth, the fish entering the pit will not flap and escape. In addition, the bait is scattered among the reeds, and the fish entering the pit will be easily entangled by the reeds. In this case, the fish often do not struggle.
Zhu Da has used bait and fishing methods, but he never thought that there would be such a good effect. A big fish that is nearly two feet long, two more than one foot long, and four or five more than half a foot. These fish have never been caught many times, and it is too easy to get trapped.
The three largest ones are grass carp, and the rest are carp and crucian carp. They are full of tenacious vitality and jump on the river beach. One of them is about to jump back into the river. Zhu Da is not slow, holding a stone in his hand and smashing each fish without moving, and then he starts to clean up calmly.
I added some hay and dead branches to the fire, and then washed the prepared flat stone in the river water, dried it on the fire, set it aside for later use, and then found a stone piece of several inches long by the river. The river water washed it. This kind of stone piece is easy to find, and it is washed and dried.
Zhu Da took a few fish to the big stone by the river, and used the stone slices to start slicing them, peeling off the fish head and fins, removing the internal organs, pulling out the fishy tendons, and then hanging out the scales. The stone slices were not sharp enough, so they could only keep increasing force. The cutting was also difficult to stick. He frowned while doing it, but he could only endure it.
Without the right tools, the progress is naturally not fast. Zhu Da’s movements are not very skilled at the beginning, but gradually accelerates, and several fish are still cleaned up. Except for the fat parts of the fish that are specially torn off and reserved for use, the rest are placed aside first.
The fish body that removes the head and tail and removes internal organs is not complete. The stone piece is not a knife, so it naturally causes damage. Zhu Da didn't care about this. He washed and crushed the wild vegetables he picked, and carefully applied and rubbed the inside and outside of the fish body.
When Zhu Da was doing these, he was still confused. The harvest in Baibao Village can only make the villagers fill their stomachs. This is a Zhu family with a small population and a large population, which is difficult to make a living. But on the one hand, it is because they are not full, and on the other hand, it is because they are seriously insufficient to develop food resources. No one catches the fish in the river, and no one pays attention to many edible wild vegetables outside the village.
However, Zhu Da remembered the allusion told by a friend during his trip, saying that the coastal areas of Shandong have not eaten seafood for a long time in history. The reason is that the sea ban policy makes people stay away from the sea. Without fishing, there is naturally no concept of eating seafood. I wonder if the situation in Datong is similar.
Zhu Da picked out some of the wild vegetables applied to the fish and washed them. Then he put the flat stone slabs on the fire, first put the fat parts of the fish, then tore the wild vegetables into pieces and sprinkled them together with stone slabs.
The wild grass carp, carp and crucian carp are all very fishy. Even if the fish head, scales, fins, etc. are removed, the degree of improvement is still limited. Just now, the shore is already smelling like fishy. The twelve-year-old Zhu Da was so disgusting by this smell and endured it with his will.
After applying these wild vegetables, the smell of fishy smell was gone. The stone slabs were very poor in heat and they were very slow to heat up. The fat on them could not melt for a while. Taking advantage of this, Zhu Da took all the internal organs and fragments that he didn't need to be cleaned up and put them under the reeds as much as possible. Using the small piece of cake, he attracted herbivorous fish. These fish mixed fish may attract omnivorous or even meat-eating fish, which tasted better and had more fat.
After finishing this, the fish oil on the stone slab has melted, and the aroma of melted fat and the fish itself are mixed together. It is not that good to smell. In addition to these two smells, there is also a spicy aroma, which suppresses a lot of fishy smell.
Zhu Da burned the straight dead branches he picked up on the fire, skewed the fish, and started frying it on the stone slab. After both sides were soaked in fish oil, he went to the fire to roast it and then repeated it. If it was a raw man to make this, the fish would be easily baked. If it was an outsider to make this, the fish would be smelly and smelly at all. He is now very unfamiliar but skillful, so he started frying a fish and roasting it a bit, but it was still cooked.
In those twenty years of life, Zhu Da would throw away such fish, but now he doesn't care about being picky or even hot. He eats it clean bite by bit. Fortunately, he has to pay attention to the fish bones, otherwise he will swallow it immediately.
The fish have been treated as much as possible, and the fish are no longer so fishy. Wild onions, wild leeks and wild garlic have the effect of suppressing fishy smell and increasing the aroma. Their effects are limited. Wild vegetables are of course inferior to the original onions, ginger and garlic. Moreover, this fish has the most important point, no salt.
If you want to make delicious food, you need salt, soy sauce, etc., but you must have salt for basic seasoning. This is the source of all delicious food, but Zhu Da does not. The salt products are expensive, and the Zhu family is very cheap. That is, Zhu Da added more to his illness. Once the disease is cured, it will become lighter immediately. Therefore, the grilled fish tastes not very delicious. The fish itself has a umami flavor, but it also has a paste and fishy smell.
But at this time, Zhu Da ignored this at all. Since he woke up, he had eaten eggs in the few days of recuperation, and had never supplemented any protein. He could only eat full grains every day. This grilled fish has fat and protein. With this, he has the confidence to exercise and practice more and more vigorously.
The first fish is practiced, and the next few are becoming more and more skilled. They melt the fish oil, add the spicy wild vegetables, and then fry and grill the fish repeatedly until it is cooked. Zhu Da dared not make a half-baked one for the sake of fresh taste. God knows what bacteria and parasites are there.
After eating four fish, Zhu Da was full. He did not stop and baked the remaining three. Zhu Da kept the largest three and didn't eat them. He was going to take them back to his family.
It is different from being hungry when you are full. Eating mixed grains and eating fish and meat is different. Moreover, it is always by the fire. Zhu Da's whole body is warm and he feels full of strength. However, it is too late to exercise at this time, because the sun is already west, so he digs a hole to catch fish and frys and grills the fish. He starts empty-handed from beginning to end, and uses materials locally, which takes a lot of time.
Zhu Da went to look at the puddle again and found two small fish as big as a palm when they entered. He grabbed them out and cleaned them up, scraped the scales and removed the internal organs, then wrapped them with the remaining wild vegetables and threw them into the fire. The fire had been extinguished, covered with ashes, and pushed the hot stones together. It will definitely be simmered tomorrow.
At this time, Zhu Da was filled with a sense of accomplishment, and his originally depressed and confused mood was also wiped out. It was funny to say that if he wanted to survive in this era of people who cannibalism, he had to learn martial arts. If he wanted to learn martial arts, he had to have a strong body. If he wanted to be healthy, he had to eat enough. Today, he solved the most basic conditions. He looked at the free fish in the river and felt better. These fish could be used for a long time.
The sun has not set yet, but Zhu Da knew that he was going back. If he went back later, his parents might have to come outside to find someone. Before leaving, he rubbed the ashes on the three grilled fish. At first glance, he couldn't see anything. Although fishing and grilling fish is a trivial matter, for this conservative and closed small mountain village, it is always good to be noticed less than others, so as not to cause trouble.
Walking on the road in the fields, the sunset was filled with the sunset. Zhu Da was so happy that he wanted to fly up, and couldn't help but hum a small song. There were few people in the fields, and no one noticed him. It seemed like a waste of effort to wipe the dust on the fish.
The reason why I went back so early to have dinner is that everyone was unwilling to light oil lamps, let alone wax, which saved a little. I took advantage of the sun to clean up and cook. When it was dark, everyone fell asleep early and got up early tomorrow and were busy.
When he was more than a hundred steps away from the entrance of the village, Zhu Da saw his parents and he also saw him. Before he could react, his parents had already run towards him. Zhu Da didn't know what was going on for a moment, but he heard someone shouting in the field: "Zhang Da, your sheep ran to the mountains again?"
".........Lord Lord bless you, don't lose it..." He heard the shouts in his ears. His parents had arrived. He only saw his father Zhu Shitou's face full of anger. He raised his hand to hit him but hesitated. He said angrily: "You bastard, if you don't let you learn martial arts, you will run away. How could you be so bold!"
Zhu Da was stunned. At this moment, his mother Zhu Wang rushed up and hugged him. He couldn't see clearly before he could see the light. At this time, Zhu Da realized that his mother was already crying. Zhu Wang hugged Zhu Da tightly and said in a sob: "Xiaoda, are you going to scare your mother to death? If you want to learn martial arts, go and learn. Our family will help you find a master, don't go home!"
At this point, Zhu Da realized what happened. It turned out that his parents thought he ran away from home in anger. Looking at his father who was hiding his concern under his anger, and feeling the love contained in his mother's hug, Zhu Da was moved at first, and then laughed silently. After he woke up, he had been dealing with his parents very rationally and adultly, but forgot that children and children can play tricks, act spoiled or even threaten them.
Seeing Zhu Da's smile, his father Zhu Shitou became completely angry. He pointed at Zhu Da's nose and shouted: "You still have the face to smile. It's your mother who spoiled you. Today... "Although he said it ruthlessly, his hand could never fall down.
"Dad, mom, I'm not going to run away. You are so good, how could I run away?"
"......I will beat you up next time I will do this!"
Chapter completed!