Chapter 29 Looking for food

Author: Liu Qingqing

Chapter 29 Looking for food

After finishing handling the dozens of kilograms of crayfish, Huazhi felt that her fingers were stiff, as if she could not move, and her back and legs were aching. She stood up and moved around slowly before handling them.

Clean crayfish are brought into the kitchen.

Because there are two elderly people at home who cannot eat spicy food, Huazhi made a quarter of garlic crayfish for Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao, and the remaining three-quarters were made into spicy crayfish.

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Because there are many young people and they eat a lot, the portion must be larger.

In the evening, everyone came over and were a little surprised when they saw the red crayfish on the table. Hua Zhi asked directly, "Hua Zhi, what did you cook today? Can this bad thing be eaten?"

Crayfish can make holes and cause water leakage in the fields, and they are so heavy that they cannot be disposed of, so farmers really hate them.

Huazhi picked up a crayfish, peeled off the crayfish meat in front of everyone, fed it into Zhou Yulan's mouth, and said with a smile, "You'll know if you can eat it if you try it?"

Zhou Yulan was a little embarrassed, "I can just eat it by myself. Why do I need you to feed me?"

"I'm just teaching you how to eat crayfish, lest some people don't know how to eat it and eat both the claws and the shell. Then people who don't know how to eat will naturally think that crayfish is not delicious." Huazhi glanced at Hua Zhi.

He glanced at it and said with a smile, "Okay, I just demonstrated it once, so everyone must be able to eat it, right? Then let's start eating!"

After that, everyone reached for the crayfish and followed Hua Zhi’s steps, peeling off the meat from the crayfish tail step by step, and then put it into their mouths. The meat was fresh and tender, bouncy and moist, and also had...

The aroma of the seasoning makes people want to put it down.

At the end of the meal, Huazhi discovered that there was not enough crayfish at all. It seemed that next time she would have to make 50 pounds of crayfish.

The best season for crayfish is from June to September, which means there is not much time left, so you have to take advantage of the remaining time to eat more quickly, otherwise you will have to wait until next summer.

Thinking of this, Huazhi said, "Since everyone likes to eat crayfish, let's wait until the class is over tonight. Let's take flashlights, fire tongs, and backpacks and go to the fields and small ditches to catch them! We have more people and more strength.

Just catching it for half an hour will probably be enough for us to eat."

Hua Feng was very excited and said, "Okay, let's catch it at night."

The rice seedlings have just been planted in the field and have not grown much yet. If there are crayfish, you can see them at a glance, which is much easier than catching crayfish by the river.

Because the water in the fields is shallow, only a few centimeters or ten centimeters now, and there is no grass yet. It is the canal next to the paddy field used to irrigate the bankers. Now the summer is hot and the water evaporates a lot, and there is not much deep water in it, so it is easier to catch.

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Hua Hua asked, "Hua Zhi, let's catch more. When it's ready, can I take some back to give my parents a taste?"

Huazhi nodded, "Of course. If it wasn't inconvenient for everyone to come to Xiao Nan's house, I would have asked the eldest uncle, aunt and uncle to come and eat together. After all, the three of us are poor people, and we should stay together to keep each other warm.

Help, when the time comes, the two of you will take a pot back home so that they can enjoy it to their heart’s content.”

Huashuang didn't expect that Huazhi would still remember her parents, and she was a little touched, "Huazhi, I will also work hard to catch crayfish."

"When you are catching crayfish, if you encounter snails, loaches and eels, don't give up. Pick them all up. You can take them back to dry the snails yourself, and other things can be sent here for everyone to eat together.

." As she spoke, Huazhi suddenly remembered and said hurriedly, "Both loaches and eels can be dried and preserved. You don't have to bring them here, just take them home and dry them into dried loaches and eels!"

Hua Hua reluctantly peeled off the last crayfish in her hand and asked in confusion, "Hua Zhi, why do you let us dry so many dried snails?"

"Sister Huahua, four people in your family need at least six kilograms of food a day, right? In that case, it will require more than two thousand kilograms in a year? The key is, does your family have that much food to eat? And your grandpa

Do you want to be filial to your grandma's family? Do you think the food distributed at the end of the year is enough for your family of four?"

It will work for a whole year next year, and it will also work for a few months in the first half of the next year. There will be no food production for such a long time, and there will not be enough leaves on the mountains for everyone to harvest, right?

But she couldn't say this clearly, because even if she did, no one would believe it. After all, it hasn't started yet!

When it doesn't rain for a few months, I'll just think of ways to remind everyone so that everyone can spend those days peacefully.

Although their Leye production team is backed by mountains and there are rivers in the mountains, the situation won't be too bad, but they should prepare more things for themselves so that they don't have to compete for leaves with others and can leave the leaves to those who need them.

Hua Hua thought about it and thought it was the same. Their food for the first half of the year was all at Lao Hua's house and they didn't get any. Now everything they eat is borrowed from the village and they don't dare to eat more. After all, they have to pay it back.

Now I come to Huazhi for a meal every night, which can save some food for my family and let my parents eat more.

"Don't worry Huazhi, we will work hard to pick up the snails." Hua Zhi said seriously.

Huazhi said, "The sun is strong now, so it will dry out in a few days. Then put it in a clean pickle jar and seal it. Then occasionally turn it out and dry it in the sun to prevent moisture from returning and insects to grow. That's all."

Although the dried ones are not as delicious as the fresh ones, it is better to have something to eat than to go hungry.

After dinner, everyone studied for two hours, and then they went home, took flashlights, fire tongs, and backpacks, and set off to the fields to look for crayfish. In the dark night, frogs croaked in the rice fields, and the evening breeze blew in.

It brings a hint of coolness to the face.

Hua Jin said, "As long as it's edible, we'll catch it, regardless of species."

"Can you catch snakes too?" Huahua said with a bitter look on her face, "I don't dare to catch snakes."

"Don't you dare to catch? I see you are very brave when eating." Hua Jin said with a smile.

Hua Zhi glared at him, "Isn't that because Hua Zhi and Xiao Nan are good at cooking? The snake meat is so fragrant. Besides, it's already cooked and can't bite people. What should I be afraid of?"

Hua Jin nodded helplessly, "Okay, if you see a snake, just call me and I will catch it."

Hua Shuang said from behind, "Don't tell me, Huazhi and Xiao Nan's cooking skills have really improved a lot. The food they cook now is much more delicious than it was some time ago!"
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