"Wow, sister, look! Look! So many fish!"
The little cub looked at the bamboo basket full of fish. A few of them were alive and kicking, and some even jumped out and fell to the ground.
Duoduo was quick to react. She immediately ran over, squatted down, and caught the fish in her hands.
The fish was wagging its tail in her small hands. Duoduo couldn't hold it with her two hands, so she added her body and hugged the fish in her arms.
She looked at Li Xia and said softly,"Daddy, where do you want the fish?"”
Children were forgetful and did not hold grudges. In addition, they were related by blood. In the past, Li Xia was cold to them and even scolded them. However, he had completely forgotten about them because of the bamboo basket of fish.
In the past, they had never even seen fish scales, let alone fish!
Now that they saw so many fish, they were extremely happy.
Nuannuan's grape-like eyes sparkled as she praised,"
"Daddi is so greasy. Wow, so many fish!”
Li Xia smiled when he saw the two kids dancing around happily.
There was a large vat in the corner of the house. It was originally used to store food in the winter. Now that it was abandoned, there was no surplus food in the house.
The surface of the vat was already covered with moss, and there was half a vat of rainwater inside.
Li Xia smiled and said to Duoduo,"Duoduo, let's put the fish in that big tank, okay?"”
"Alright,"
Duoduo blinked her big eyes and hugged the fish in her arms. She ran to the big tank.
However, the vat was more than a meter high and there were bricks that were dozens of centimeters high under it. Duoduo couldn't reach it.
"Yahu ~! Yahu ~! High, high! I can't reach it!"
Duoduo grabbed the fish with both hands and raised it above her head, but she still couldn't reach it. She was a little anxious.
Li Xia walked over and smiled." Come, Daddy will carry you up."”
He reached his hands under Duoduo's armpits and lifted her up easily.
Li Xia rarely carried a child, so Duoduo was suddenly surrounded by a sense of happiness.
Plop ~!
The fish was thrown into the tank by Duoduo and entered the water again. The fish was very lively and swam quickly around the edge of the tank.
Li Xia put Duo Duo down, but his heart was filled with grief.
Duoduo only weighed about 24 to 25 pounds and was only a little over 90 centimeters tall. She was really too thin and her face was slightly yellow because of poor nutrition.
Nuan Nuan's condition was the same.
Clenching his fists subconsciously, Li Xia swore to himself that he would try his best to make it up to the two little fellows in the future.
Li Xia poured all the fish in the bamboo basket into the tank, then picked up a few fish from the ground and threw them into the tank.
Whoosh!
A large wave of fish splashed in the tank.
Duoduo tiptoed and stretched out her hands. She walked to Li Xia's side and said anxiously,"
"Daddy, hug me. I want to see the fish!”
Nuannuan also ran over, panting. She raised her hands and said softly,"
"Daddi, I want a hug too. I want to see the fish too!”
Li Xia smiled and squatted down. He picked up the children in each hand and held them in his arms, letting them look at the fish.
Half a jar of water and a bamboo basket of fish almost filled the big jar!
Forty to fifty fish were struggling to survive in the tank. The scene was spectacular.
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
The two little cubs opened their mouths wide and exclaimed.
"Sister, look, there are so many fish!”
"This fish is so big! Eh, it went down!"
After a while, Li Xia put the two little ones down. He could already hear their stomachs rumbling.
Papa, Nuan Nuan is hungry!"
The little one looked at Li Xia pitifully with his big eyes.
It had been a long time since they had eaten fish. They didn't even know what fish tasted like!
Li Xia smiled." Daddy will cook fish for you. What else? Look at this."”
Like magic, Li Xia had four large wild duck eggs in his hands.
The two little fellows widened their eyes again.
They had not eaten eggs for a long time and could not help but swallow their saliva.
"Daddi, egg! I want to eat eggs!"
"Daddy, are these eggs? Why is it so big?"
Duoduo asked as she swallowed her saliva.
Li Xia said," This is a wild duck egg. It's delicious. Alright, you guys play for a while. Daddy will go cook the fish and eggs now. You can eat it in a while!"”
"Okay!"
"Oh! They could eat fish meat! You can eat big duck eggs!"
The two little fellows happily went into the house to play.
Li Xia took a kitchen knife from the kitchen. The blade was not sharp enough, so Li Xia found a stone in the yard and sharpened it for a while.
He picked up three fresh wild carps that weighed seven to eight taels from the tank and used the back of the knife to hit the fish's head. After knocking the fish unconscious, he began to scale them.
Li Xia cleaned up the fish, his movements so skillful that it made one's hair stand on end.
In his previous life, he had worked hard at the bottom of the society. He had worked as a waiter in a restaurant, peeled potatoes in the kitchen, and even served as a spoon…
Li Xia took the kitchen knife and scraped the scales from both sides. Then, he cut open the fish's belly and removed all the internal organs. Finally, he dug out the gills and washed all three fish clean.
The three fish were completely cleaned in less than five minutes. One could imagine how skilled his movements were.
Li Xia walked into the kitchen with three fish.
He first washed the iron pot, then added firewood to the stove, grabbed a small handful of dried leaves, and lit it up.
Li Xia waited for the firewood in the stove to slowly burn up before preparing some condiments.
A few minutes later.
The iron pot was already hot.
Hot smoke rose.
Li Xia scooped up a spoonful of vegetable oil with a small spoon and poured it along the side of the pot.
Then, he fried the chopped onions, ginger, garlic, and dried chili with hot oil.
Li Xia put in very little dried chili. Considering that the two little fellows couldn't eat spicy food, he used a small amount of dried chili to spice things up.
Li Xia cut the three carps three times to make it easier for them to taste. Then, he added them to the pot one after another.
Swoosh!
In an instant, the fragrance of the oil filled the entire courtyard!
The two little cubs were originally squatting on the ground and throwing sandbags to play. When they smelled the fragrance, they immediately ran over, huffing and puffing. Their two small hands were placed beside the stove and they looked at it eagerly!
"Wow! Daddi! This fish smells really good!"
"I want to eat fish! Xiang Xiang! It smells so good!"
Li Xia's heart softened. He looked at the two little fellows and smiled gently.
"Wait a moment. Daddy will cook the fish right away and give you fish to eat, okay?”
"Alright ~!"
The two little fellows said in unison.
Li Xia let the two little fellows sit on a small bench not far away, afraid that the hot oil would splash on them.
The fish was fried until both sides were slightly golden. Next, to be exact, it should be added with soup stock. However, there was no such condition at the moment, so Li Xia added a small bowl of water.
After the water boiled, he added the most important yellow wine and soy sauce to remove the fishy smell, season, and dye.
For this step, the amount of seasoning and the control of the heat were very important.
Li Xia was very familiar with it.
He added a little salt into the soup and kept pouring the juice on the fish to ensure that it was evenly heated.
The aroma of the braised Crucian Carp became stronger and stronger. The two little fellows sat on the small stools obediently and did not move. Their two pairs of big eyes stared at the stove and kept swallowing their saliva. They were about to cry.
The fragrance drifted to the courtyard next door.
Aunt Wang was heating up two sweet potatoes for his old man. He could fill his stomach when he came back from work.
Suddenly, she sniffed and smelled a rich fragrance.
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