Chapter 594 Are you eating or carving?
Chen Hui is processing sea bass outside.

Guo Hongxia prepares vegetables in the kitchen.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he shouted to Wang Hongmei, who was fanning herself beside the charcoal stove, "Hongmei, come here for a moment. I have something to show you."

Wang Hongmei saw that she looked mysterious.

He waved the fan in his hand twice quickly to fan the fire in the charcoal stove more vigorously.

He stood up and walked over and asked, "What is it?"

The ice in the water tank has melted a little.

The big octopus was lying at the bottom of the tank, and at first glance it looked like it was alive.

Guo Hongxia suppressed her laughter and pointed to the water tank beside her, "Look here."

Wang Hongmei didn't realize it was a trick.

He walked over casually.

He was so frightened that he screamed "Ah!!" and jumped back a step.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"It's scary, isn't it? I was just washing half of the vegetables when I suddenly saw it and got scared."

Guo Hongxia succeeded in doing her evil deed and laughed so hard that she fell backwards.

Wang Hongmei recovered, laughed and cursed a few words, but couldn't help leaning forward to look.

Seeing Chen Hui coming in with the processed fish, he pointed at the water tank and asked, "Chen Hui, where did this come from?"

"I caught it!"

"This big octopus is delicious when cooked. Each of you can take some back later."

When there are more people working at home, it naturally becomes lively.

Chen Hui was outside and heard what the two were doing.

He came in with a fish and was smiling.

If there is no ice at home, you can only settle for the next best thing.

Soak the sea bass in boiled and then cooled water.

The shriveled lemons left after squeezing the lemon juice were also put in by Chen Hui.

"Really? Then I'm looking forward to eating it." Wang Hongmei said with a smile.

Guo Hongxia didn't bother to be polite with him. "I've never eaten an octopus this big before. I don't know what it tastes like."

During the years when Chen Hui was eating and drinking for free, they were often eaten for free.

Finally I can eat something and I won’t be polite to him.

"Chen Hui, all the vegetables have been washed. What should we do now?" Guo Hongxia asked.

Chen Hui took a look.

He gave a thumbs up and said, "OK, it's exactly what I wanted."

"Ah!? You can even boast about this?"

"Isn't it just cutting vegetables? There is no woman who can't do it." Guo Hongxia smiled embarrassedly.

"Aunt Hongxia, light up the small pot on the side. I want to make another soup."

"Okay, arrange it right away!"

Guo Hongxia went back to the stove and started a fire in the pot.

Chen Hui took a washed tomato and took a bite.

This tomato is not very red yet, but it tastes very sweet and delicious.

Chen Hui hadn't eaten such tomatoes for many years, and blurted out: "Delicious!"

Chop the remaining five or six tomatoes into small pieces.

When the pot is heated up, add a large spoonful of lard and push all the tomatoes on the chopping board down.

After stir-frying over high heat, add a little water and cover with a lid.

Tell Guo Hongxia to turn down the heat so that the fried tomatoes can slowly cook.

From the tableware I bought in the city last time.

Take out the only wooden furniture inside, a rectangular wooden pallet.

He took out a bunch of small plates and placed them on the tray.

Add chopped coriander, pickled mustard tuber, shredded carrot, shredded green onion, shredded cucumber, shredded onion, and very finely chopped garlic to small plates.

Bring pickled ginger, pickled radish and pickled garlic from Lin Jiao's house and cut them into thin strips or slices.

Place each in separate small plates.

I went out and picked a small branch of golden osmanthus that was in full bloom.

I filled a basin with water and carefully put the osmanthus in it and swirled it around to make the scent of the golden osmanthus lighter. I put it aside for decoration.

"Wow! Are you eating or carving?"

"Although I don't understand this thing, it seems to have nothing to do with the village," said Wang Hongmei.

"It has nothing to do with the village?"

Guo Hongxia, who was burning a fire, didn't quite understand this description.

"Oh! It just doesn't look like something that would appear in the countryside."

"Look at the way this is arranged. This must be how it is arranged in a state-owned restaurant, right?"

Wang Hongmei had never been to a state-owned restaurant, but she couldn't imagine any place more upscale.

"Why don't we hold the housewarming party at a state-owned restaurant next time? Let's all go and see it for ourselves?"

Chen Hui was joking.

I opened the pot and took a look, then stirred it with a spatula, covered it with the lid and continued cooking.

"No! How much would it cost for so many people to eat at a state-owned restaurant?"

"This housewarming is not like getting married, there are no red envelopes to receive."

"You just built a house. I heard you still owe money. You should save some money."

Wang Hongmei refused and sat back by the stove to continue making fire.

He looked at the sky outside and said, "Chen Hui, I'm going home to cook in a while."

"Okay!" Chen Hui nodded.

After preparing the side dishes, start processing the killed sea bass.

First, chop off the head and tail of the fish, cut them into small pieces and save them for making soup later.

Peel off the fish skin to reveal the crystal clear fish meat.

Hold the knife at an angle and carefully cut the fish into thin slices, then continue to soak in cold water.

This will lose most of the freshness of the fish.

But in the absence of ice, this is all we can do for now.

The fish has been sliced ​​and the tomatoes in the pot are almost cooked.

Chen Hui added a whole bucket of water into it, waited for the water to boil, and put the fish head in.

"Aunt Hongxia, use a small pot on low heat." Chen Hui said.

"it is good!"

Fish soup is arranged.

Chen Hui took out a few eggs, stirred them and poured them into the cut and cleaned sea urchin.

As he poured the urchin, he couldn't help but sigh, "This sea urchin is really big! It must be delicious."

"Your house is big, the fish are big, the shrimps are big, and even the sea urchins are so big that I have never seen anything like them." Guo Hongxia joked.

Sea urchins this big are rarely seen, even if they are farmed later.

Chen Hui left one aside and filled the rest with egg liquid.

"Aunt Hongxia, light up the fire in the big pot over here. We're going to steam the sea urchins."

"Know it!"

Guo Hongxia responded and adjusted the firepower.

Chen Hui put the prepared sea urchins into the pot and steamed them.

Got three spoons and the last sea urchin in hand.

He walked behind the stove, handed a spoon to Guo Hongxia and said, "Aunt Hongxia, come and have a taste of this sea urchin."

Guo Hongxia held the spoon and looked at Chen Hui in confusion, "This isn't cooked yet."

"It's edible, very sweet, try it." Chen Hui said.

"Hey! I don't want to eat it. You are teasing me, right?"

Guo Hongxia waved her hands on both sides, her face full of resistance.

"Aunt Hongmei, have a bite first! It's delicious, I'm not lying to you!"

Chen Hui went to find Wang Hongmei again with a spoon and sea urchin.

She was so engrossed in watching the fun just now that the thing actually appeared before her eyes.

He also shook his head like a rattle, "No, how can you eat seafood without cooking it? It will give you a stomachache, right?"

"It's really delicious. If you don't believe me, I'll eat it and show you!"

(End of this chapter)