my home is in the northeast

61. Rice, stewed fish

The Zhang family got up early in the morning, and Rong Yanyan woke up from a light sleeper. It was only after six o'clock after looking at his watch.

"So early."

"Are you awake? Let's sleep a little longer. I'll call you after dinner." Zhang Yuhe put on his clothes and got off the kang.The temperature on the kang is not high anymore, but with the heater, the temperature in the room is still very suitable.

"No, I usually wake up not much later than this." Rong Xiyan also got up.

Zhang Yuhe went for a run as usual, along with Rong Ziyan and Xiao Zihao.The air in the morning is refreshing and slightly cold. Take a deep breath, and the cool air will go straight to the lungs, making you completely awake.

Run around the village, let the body sweat a little, the whole body is transparent, and the food at home is just out of the pot.

Dazhuzi porridge, freshly fried big fruit, homemade salted duck eggs, etc., are simple but delicious.

"Xiao Rong, what do you eat in the morning? Do you want some milk and bread? I remember there is still milk at home."

The milk was two boxes that Zhang Yuhe bought in the supermarket when he took his family to the county town last time.Drinking milk can replenish calcium. Zhang Yuhe wanted the old couple and the child to drink a bag every day, but they didn't know whether they were reluctant or couldn't remember it. They haven't had a few bags so far, and most of the boxes are left by the cabinet.

Rong Ziyan laughed, "Auntie, this is the kind of food I want to eat the most. What's so rare about milk and bread? I'm not so rare about this big porridge!"

"I'm afraid you won't be used to it." Sun Cuifang smiled happily when she heard this.

"Things that are not used to eating are all bad food. I haven't heard of anyone who can't get used to delicious food." Zhang Yuhe chuckled and turned to look at Rong Ziyan, "If you stay in my house more Days, I guarantee you will gain several catties."

"Don't be afraid, people in our village eat this way every day, and I haven't seen a few people who have become fat after eating it. It's cold here, and you need to eat more high-calorie food to keep warm. You have to go fishing in a while, Yu Bao What do you want to bring to eat?"

"Bring something to cushion, I guess I'll be back by noon. It's too cold here." Zhang Yuhe said after thinking about it.It's freezing cold, ten degrees below zero, he doesn't think Rong Ziyan can carry it like He Tian and the others, just go and play for a while, fishing is just a matter of chance, if you can catch the best, it's okay if you can't catch it it's not a big deal.

"Okay, then go out after you finish eating, you don't need you for family matters." Zhang Changgui's meat has already been put into the pot, and Zhao Yihu's people will take the goods away before ten o'clock, and promise to open the door Always have the freshest supply.So the work at home is really not busy now.

After eating and drinking enough, the two took a bunch of tools and drove straight to the edge of Songhua Lake.

"This is the famous Songhua Lake Scenic Area?"

"Yes, it's a pity that you can't see the scenery on the mountain at this time when you come." They are still a certain distance away from the Songhua Lake Scenic Area, but they can see the mountain from a distance.

"Actually, the scenic spot is not as good as the woods near my home. There are rich treasures there. When I was a child, I loved going to the woods to play, but sometimes I would be scolded if I ran too deep."

"Are your parents willing to scold you?"

"I'm usually reluctant, but once I got lost in the woods, and my parents mobilized the whole village to look for it. That time, I was not only scolded, but also beaten. But my father beat me that once in his life. "Zhang Yuhe couldn't help laughing when he thought of his naughty childhood.

"I thought you were a good boy when you were young." Rong Ziyan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"I have been really good since I was a child. But at that time, my family was in trouble, and I also wanted to go to the mountains to pick up more pine nuts and hazelnuts to exchange for money. I didn't expect to get lost. It was too young at that time." Zhang Yuhe's eyes were a little red, "That time my father was beating me while weeping. After that, my father didn't allow me to go to the woods for a long time."

"Is that where you ran to yesterday?"

"Yeah." Zhang Yuhe nodded, "When you come in autumn, I'll take you to pick up dried fruits, including hazelnuts and pine nuts. They are delicious when they are cooked in an iron pan."

"it is good!"

While talking, Zhang Yuhe picked a place, stomped vigorously on the ice under his feet, and felt that there was no problem, took out his tools and started smashing the ice.

Zhang Yuhe was experienced and strong, and soon smashed two ice holes not far away.

"You pick one."

"The one on the left is fine."

The two hung up the bait and picked up the fishing rod.

Needless to say, the two started the competition tacitly. However, fishing is no different than other sports. In addition to endurance and skill, luck is also very important.The two saw the fishing rod move for half an hour, so they turned their attention to the surrounding environment.

There are very few people fishing today, so I saw a few people fishing from a distance.

"It's a fairy day here." Rong Ziyan sighed. "Distant mountains, farmland, village houses, cooking smoke... Living here, I am afraid that I can live for decades invisibly."

"This place is so good, why are you still struggling?" Zhang Yuhe smiled.

"I knew that you were scolding me for duplicity again. But I can't help myself. The situation in my family is quite complicated, and you will know in the future. Now the situation at home is unclear, and I don't know what to do in the future. Besides... ..." Rong Ziyan also laughed. "Fighting is a must. This is the dignity of my man."

The two were chatting about Zhang Yuhe's childhood while fishing. After squatting for nearly two hours, a fish finally took the bait.

"It seems that I have the better skills." Rong Ziyan put the fish into the bucket.

"Don't be too happy." While speaking, Zhang Yuhe also took the bait.

From then on, it was like opening a sluice gate. The two of them took the bait one by one, and each of them caught a dozen fish.

"Stop fishing, I can't eat." Zhang Yuhe got up and stomped his feet.When I didn't catch any fish before, I could get up and move around to keep warm. This one after another, it's really cold to sit all the time.

This is not like the last time, some of them still set up a small stove, which is better than nothing.

"Okay, I think I almost won."

"You will know when you go back and weigh it."

Just at this time, a few more people came over, and they were surprised to see each of them with a bucket of fish, "Brother, is this fish for sale?"

"Sell!" Zhang Yuhe was very happy, and he couldn't eat so much if he took it back.

They sold a few fish to the other party, and the two went home with the fish.

"Are you back? Are you freezing? Go indoors to warm up!"

Zhang Yuping just came back from feeding the chickens in the backyard.In the past, the chicken coop in the backyard relied on burning an earth kang to keep the chickens warm, but now it is much simpler, and a heater is directly installed in the past to keep them warm.These chickens are also more energetic than before. They have to be fed several times a day, and their weight seems to be going up.

"Wow, there are so many fish. It's just right. I'll pack them up. Let's stew the big fish for lunch." Zhang Yuwei took the fish and cleaned it up.

"It's quite early to come back. It's only eleven o'clock. I thought you wouldn't be back until after noon. Today's harvest was good." Sun Cuifang also went out to clean up the fish with Zhang Yuwei.

"We were lucky today. We didn't see anything for two hours at first, but then we kept taking the bait." Rong Ziyan said with a smile, "When we came back, there were still people who wanted to buy fish, and we even sold a few."

"Today is really evil. It's just the two of us, and the time is still short. It's twice as much as last time." Zhang Yuhe also wondered, "When we went, we found that no one was fishing, and there were no holes in the ice. It seems that no one is fishing these days."

"Of course, there was just a heavy snowfall a few days ago, so I guess everyone is afraid of the cold. Besides, there are few young and middle-aged people in the nearby villages, and they all go out to work. There are so many people." Sun Cuifang laughed. "Xiao Rong, are you hungry? Yu Baoer, find something to eat for Xiao Rong."

"Auntie, you are too polite, you really treat me as a guest. I don't have many things, and I am the same as Brother Yuhe. You are Yuhe's mother, and I also treat you as my mother."

"Cough cough." Zhang Yuhe coughed twice from the side.The more you say it, the more explicit it becomes.

The smile on Rong Ziyan's face remained unchanged, "Treat me like your son, I can eat whatever everyone eats. I don't have any objections to eating such a good meal every day."

"Xiao Rong, you have such a good personality. I'll make you something delicious at noon!"

At noon, Zhang's family cooked a table full of meals. Zhang Changgui also came back from studying at Shui's family, carrying a few cooked smoked pig's trotters.

There is a plate of stewed fish in the middle of the kang table. The freshly caught big fish is cleaned up, fried on both sides until golden, with more onion, ginger and garlic, and stewed with the unique soybean paste in Northeast China. .

The three delicacies next to it, stir-fried dried tofu with green peppers, sliced ​​meat, and scrambled eggs with miso set the small kang table so that there was no room for bowls.

The fragrant Northeast Rice is a large bowl for one person, and the rice grains are elastic and soft when chewed.

The rice here is temperate japonica rice. The rice grains are abundant throughout the year, the cross section is nearly round, crystal clear, hard and tough, soft and delicious after cooking, the rice has a strong aroma, and the taste is more prominent among japonica rice varieties.

This kind of rice, paired with freshly stewed fresh fish, complements each other perfectly.Zhang Changgui's favorite way to eat is to pour fish soup on top of the rice and eat with it.Rong Ziyan looked curious, so he also scooped up a few spoonfuls of it, mixed it up and took a bite, it was really delicious.

It’s just that this way of eating also has its disadvantages. After pouring a bowl of white rice with fish soup, I ate it without a hitch, and I had to eat an extra bowl of rice than usual.

Rong Ziyan usually has the image of putting down his chopsticks after a few mouthfuls in front of everyone, but he only eats more when he cooks at home, or when he goes to those small restaurants to have a good meal.

Now it seems that his appetite has been whetted, and Rong Xiyan ate three bowls of rice for lunch with various local specialties, and only after eating did he realize that he had eaten too much.

After the meal, Zhang Yuhe brought Rong Ziyan a cup of hawthorn tea made by Sun Cuifang, "Have some."

Rong Ziyan took it with a wry smile. "I'm so ashamed."

Zhang Yuhe burst out laughing, "You don't look like you are from a big city, but you seem to be in trouble, and you haven't eaten for several days."

"Your parents, do you think I'm particularly ashamed?" Rong Ziyan even felt ashamed.When I was a guest at someone's house, I actually got full, and my stomach was uncomfortable.

"On the contrary." Zhang Yuhe also had a strange expression on his face, "My parents think that you are not only genuine and good-natured, but also suffered from childhood. This is also the first time I know that having money in your family is considered suffering."