Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

Xiao Xiangdong told Meng Xiaoman that Zhang Changchi was back and wanted to treat him to a meal. The next day, Meng Xiaoman went to the market early in the morning.

There are still crabs and mussels caught in the sea two days ago. You can steam crabs and fry mussels. Sister-in-law Wu, who sells seafood, said that today’s Spanish mackerel was particularly good and perfect for making mackerel dumplings. Meng Xiaoman had never eaten Spanish mackerel dumplings before, so she asked her how to make them, and then bought two mackerel dumplings.

In addition, I also bought a hairtail and planned to make another fried hairtail.

After buying the seafood, I went to Old Man Chen to buy some fruit. Seeing freshly picked coconuts, I took four more coconuts. Old man Chen asked her if those fruit trees were alive, and Meng Xiaoman told him that several of them were dead.

This was her excuse. If they were all planted, he would go and see how she got so many trees for him.

"I'm just telling you that fruit trees are not easy to grow, so you won't listen."

"It's okay. I know this time and I won't plant it in the future." If it's in the space, she doesn't have to plant it in the outside world.

There were also whole jackfruits on the fruit stall. Meng Xiaoman wanted to buy them, but the whole ones were too heavy. She had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, so she asked Old Man Chen if she could cut them up and sell them.

"Cut it and sell it? Can this fruit be cut and sold? If no one buys it, wouldn't it be easy to spoil?"

Meng Xiaoman looked at the jackfruit weighing twenty or thirty kilograms and asked him how many whole jackfruits he had sold this month.

Old man Chen shook his head, "None of them have been sold. I've put this one on the stall for several days, and no one has even come to ask. If no one buys it in a few days, I will have to take it back and eat it myself." Fortunately, jackfruit has thick skin and can be stored for a long time."

Jackfruit is so big that almost no one would buy it whole at once. Moreover, it is placed whole on the stall, and the flesh of the fruit is not visible at all. Customers, especially military families from other places, have no idea what it is, so naturally they won’t. Buy her.

"If you cut the jackfruit and sell it, it will definitely sell better than the whole one."

"How do you sell it if you cut it open?"

"Cut it open so that people who buy the fruit can see the pulp inside. If it's whole like this, others won't know it's a fruit at all."

As soon as Meng Xiaoman said this, Old Man Chen reacted. They, the local fruit farmers, naturally know this fruit. But their main customers are military families from other places, and they may not necessarily know about this.

"No wonder no one even inquired. I thought they didn't like to eat."

"Also, it's hard for them to take the whole thing after buying it. Even if they take it back, they won't be able to finish it all at once. So, you can just cut the jackfruit into pieces and sell only the pulp. It's convenient for them to buy as much as they want. take."

Meng Xiaoman also introduced him to the tasting method, so that those who don't know what it is can taste it before buying it.

After hearing this, Old Man Chen nodded repeatedly, "Comrade Meng, you are so smart. Why didn't I think of that? I'll try it today." As he said that, he took out a fruit knife and cut open the jackfruit.

This jackfruit is very ripe, and as soon as it is cut open, a rich fruity aroma fills the air. Another soldier carrying some fruit immediately came to ask what kind of fruit it was.

Old man Chen immediately introduced him. Meng Xiaoman saw that his vocabulary was too poor and could only say sweet and delicious, so he helped introduce, "This jackfruit is not only sweet to eat, but also very powerful. It contains things that can fight edema, It is anti-inflammatory and good for diseases such as cerebral thrombosis. It is also known as the Queen of Tropical Fruits."

Meng Xiaoman's introduction attracted several people next to him, "Is this good? Then I have to buy some, but I don't know how it tastes?"

"You can try it first before buying it." Old man Chen said immediately when he saw someone was interested. He quickly cut out a few pieces of fruit pulp and distributed them to the onlookers.

Someone ate it and said, "It's fragrant, sweet, and delicious. Uncle, why didn't you put such a good thing out for sale earlier?"

Old man Chen feels bitter in his heart and has been putting it on the stall, but you don’t know him.

Seeing that everyone was interested, Meng Xiaoman immediately asked Old Man Chen to peel more for her, and she wanted to buy two kilograms to eat back. Her move directly transformed the enthusiasm of the onlookers into purchasing power.

Old Man Chen couldn't peel enough food by himself, so he called another person to come over and help.

After buying the fruit, Meng Xiaoman went to the supply and marketing cooperative on the island. Pork is required to make the stuffing of Bayan fish dumplings delicious, so she bought another pound of pork belly. Seeing fresh ribs, she bought another pound of short ribs.

The supply and marketing cooperative does not sell fresh pork every day, so if you encounter one, you must act quickly.

In addition, I also bought half a catty of liquor. Knowing that Zhang Changchi smoked, he bought a pack of Peony cigarettes.

Although it was evening to invite Zhang Changchi to dinner, Meng Xiaoman started to get busy after lunch break. Mainly because the mackerel stuffed dumplings were more complicated and it was her first time to make them, so she thought it would be safer to make them earlier.

To make the meat filling, only take the fish meat of the Spanish mackerel. Remove the head, tail, bones and skin of the fish. The fish meat should be chopped into minced meat. Then add chopped pork belly of about the same amount.

There was no cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, so Meng Xiaoman made some pepper water instead.

This is what Sister-in-law Wu said. Before making mackerel dumplings, boil a pot of pepper water. When adjusting the filling, if you feel that the filling is a bit dry, add some pepper water. This method is particularly effective in removing fishy smell, and you don’t even need to add ginger.

Then add salt, light soy sauce, etc. and stir evenly.

Another tip to make the Spanish mackerel dumplings delicious is to stir them for a longer time, which will give them a better texture.

It takes a lot of effort to eat something good. After adjusting the fillings, Meng Xiaoman started kneading the dough and rolling out the dumpling wrappers. By the time all the dumplings are wrapped, it's almost time to make dinner.

She made a lot of dumplings, and seeing that she couldn't finish them all, Meng Xiaoman divided half of them and put them in the space for storage. The space has become the refrigerator at home.

Braised pork ribs and steamed crab. Because crabs are cold in nature, Meng Xiaoman made another cold-repellent ginger juice to dip into.

Because there was a steamed crab dish, Meng Xiaoman did not steam mussels, but made garlic mussels.

In addition to these, I also fried water spinach and made a cold salad with cucumber and preserved eggs.

Dumplings are most delicious right after they come out of the pot. When Xiao Xiangdong and the other two came back, Meng Xiaoman started cooking the dumplings.

"Finally I can eat the food cooked by my sister-in-law again. I have been thinking about this for a long time." Zhang Changchi smelled the aroma as soon as he walked in and couldn't wait to get into the kitchen.

Zhang Changchi was darker and stronger than when he last saw him. My heart is healed, and my temper is much livelier than when I was in the Qinghe Brigade.

There were many dishes in this evening meal, but the most amazing thing was the mackerel dumplings. It's fresh and tender, better than all the dumplings Meng Xiaoman has ever eaten, and has no fishy smell at all.

The flour is produced in space, and it tastes strong and full of wheat aroma.

"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are really amazing. I have never eaten such delicious dumplings." Zhang Changchi gave Meng Xiaoman a thumbs up.

After saying that, he stuffed two more dumplings into his mouth.