Traveling through the mountains and farming

Chapter 136 Hot Pot Fish

Li Chongle saw that Xiaobai was greedy for the fish. He walked over with a smile, touched Xiaobai's head and said:

"Don't worry, I'll cook it for you after we divide the fish."

Xiaobai then pulled the corner of his clothes towards the fire, and used his claws to move back and forth between the wooden barrel and the fire.

Li Chongle understood Xiaobai's desire to eat fish. He thought that since they only ate fish once every ten days, there wouldn't be much for Xiaobai to eat. Seeing so many fish this time, he must be very greedy.

Although he wanted to satisfy his craving, he couldn't take it without everyone's consent, so he coaxed him patiently:

"No, these are the fish of the cave group. We can't take them without permission. I'll cook them for you when we get back at noon."

The friends next to him also saw Xiaobai's greedy look and tried to persuade him:

"Chongle, just grill one and give it to Xiaobai. I agree on behalf of my family."

"Yes, my family agrees."

"Yeah, just one, it's okay."

Li Chongle hesitated for a moment, but still ran to the shore to ask Luo Dashan and the others for instructions. Before the adults could speak, the children all said that they wanted to give Xiaobai fish to eat.

The adults were amused by these children and asked them to grill a few more fish for Xiaobai.

Li Chongle saw that the fish were all very big, so he picked out two fish, skewered them with branches, and roasted them over the fire.

After a while, the fish began to emit a fragrant aroma. Xiaobai excitedly circled around it, sniffing its nose constantly.

After the fish was grilled, Li Chongle put it on leaves and gave it to Xiaobai to eat.

This little fox has become picky now and won’t eat anything that’s thrown on the ground.

After seeing Li Chongle arranged the fish, he started eating.

Li Chongle finally had time to pay attention to where Li Ke and Lin Jing were. He was too busy grilling fish to pay attention to them just now.

The two of them were on the shore not far away, together with several other children including Li Tao and Li Chongping, each of whom was holding a branch and fishing for shrimps in the water.

He hurried over and found that they had caught a lot, enough for two bowls.

No wonder Li Ke insisted that he use the small knife he carried with him to help Xiaobai clean the internal organs of the two fish.

It turns out they were planning to use it to catch shrimps.

Seeing Li Chongle coming over, Li Ke handed him a branch and said, "Brother, come and fish for shrimps together. The shrimps here are so big, much bigger than the shrimps in the creek before."

If she catches more, she can go back and eat the spicy shrimps. She remembered that when she ate dried shrimps before, her sister-in-law said that the prawns were especially delicious when stir-fried with chili peppers.

Just now when she was playing on the shore, she found some big shrimps and wanted to take them back to try.

This kid's brain works very quickly whenever he sees delicious food.

She remembered that Lin Wan had taught them how to catch shrimps with branches. They found branches and fish intestines on the spot, and organized a group of friends to help fish together.

Moreover, this activity was well received by everyone, and everyone was having a great time fishing.

Li Chongle took the branch and joined the shrimp fishing team.

By the time they had caught about half a bucket of fish, the adults had already gone ashore to dry their clothes and called them to go home.

Although the children were still a little reluctant to leave, they still packed up their tools obediently, carrying their buckets and following the adults.

Along the way, the children excitedly discussed today's catch and imagined that they would be able to eat delicious fish and shrimp later.

Hearing Li Ke describe how delicious the spicy shrimps were, the other children couldn't help swallowing and asked Li Ke if they could also try it. They also said that all the shrimps were for Li Ke, and when her sister-in-law prepared them, she would send them a bowl to try.

Li Ke agreed generously, and the group of children quickened their pace with laughter.

After arriving at the secluded cave, Luo Dashan and his men distributed the fish for each family to eat that day to the children, letting them take them home, and then the remaining fish were kept in the creek as usual.

Li Chongle and Lin Jing each held a big fish, and Li Ke happily went home carrying the small bucket of shrimps.

As soon as he entered the house, he ran into Lin Wan who had just come out of the kitchen after cooking. Seeing their catch, she hurried over and took the fish from Lin Jing's hand.

The child was obviously having a hard time holding the big fish. The fish kept twisting and struggling, and was about to jump out of his hands.

"Are you going out fishing with Uncle Dashan and the others?" She smiled and turned into the kitchen.

Li Ke came over with a wooden barrel in his hand, "Sister-in-law, look at what's in my wooden barrel?"

Lin Wan put the fish into the wooden basin and looked down. It was the big river shrimp that she loved to eat. This kind of big river shrimp tasted best when stir-fried.

"Sister-in-law, let's have spicy shrimp for lunch. We have enough chili peppers. We can stir-fry fish and shrimp with chili peppers today."

Look, this kid has already thought of the menu.

"Okay, we'll have spicy river shrimp and a hot pot fish."

"Sister-in-law, let's fry all these shrimps. I promised Sister Li Tao and Xiaoya that I would let them have a taste." Li Ke said with his head tilted.

"no problem."

After hearing her sister-in-law agree that it was no problem, she realized that her sister-in-law had just mentioned hot pot fish, which was another new way to eat fish.

Lin Wan took out the simmering hot pot that Li Ke had prepared earlier and the small stove underneath it from the cupboard, and explained to the children what hot pot is and how to use these two items.

"Oh, I understand. Put charcoal in the small stove and cook food in the pot above. Today we are cooking fish." Li Ke said with sudden enlightenment.

"I understand too. The pot above can be used to cook spicy soup and clear soup at the same time." Lin Jing followed immediately.

Finally, Li Chongle continued, "That's perfect for eating now, especially when the weather gets colder in a while."

"Yes, you are all smart kids, let's start preparing."

Li Ke is responsible for picking onions and processing peppers in the vegetable garden. Now that the weather is cold at night, she will move the pot of peppers and several pots of stevia into the house, and move them out when the sun comes out during the day. She will probably grow this pepper into a "pepper tree".

Lin Wan cleaned the shrimps and vegetables, and waited for Li Ke to prepare the peppers. She then fried the river shrimps, leaving a bowl for herself, and divided the rest into six portions for Li Ke and Lin Jing to deliver to the other six households one by one.

Li Chongle is responsible for killing and cutting fish into pieces. He is also responsible for handling all the chickens and fish in the family. After several months of training, he is now skilled and quick in his work.

Lin Wan first cooked a simple hot pot soup base, then put the fish pieces in and cooked them until they were 70% to 80% cooked, and then carefully poured them into the hot pot basin.

Li Chongle had taken the initiative to pick up some charcoal from the stove and put it into the small stove. After a while, the soup in the hot pot began to boil and bubble.

Just as he finished, Doctor Zhong was called over by his young apprentice Lin Jing. When he saw the hot pot on the table, he knew that there would be new food today.

"Oh, this is a new idea! I'm in for a treat."

Li Ke immediately pulled Dr. Zhong over and introduced to him that this was hot pot fish, and that they could eat other hot pots in the future, such as chicken hot pot and mushroom hot pot.

Seeing that everyone was present, Lin Wan asked everyone to sit down and start eating.

She ate the shrimps and fish one by one. The shrimps stir-fried with chili peppers were really delicious. Maybe these shrimps were freshly caught from the wild, green grass. They tasted better than any she had eaten before.

And this fish is also quite delicious. Although the hot pot base is relatively simple due to insufficient seasoning and is not a modern professional hot pot base, its advantage is that the raw materials are purely green and pollution-free, and it is wild and grown and eaten right after being killed.

After eating for a while, Lin Wan always felt like something was missing?

I looked around and found Xiaobai sleeping in the nest. Then I realized that Xiaobai didn't come over to make a fuss when I was cooking and eating today. I found it a little strange.

She asked in confusion: "Xiaobai, what's wrong? Are you sick?"

Li Chongle smiled and said, "It's not sick, it just ate too much."

Then he told the story of Xiaobai asking for fish to eat by the pond.

Lin Wan and Doctor Zhong both laughed out loud after hearing this.

"I think I should give it more fish next time I eat fish, so that the child won't be too greedy when outside."