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Chapter 26: Boiled Fish

The three of them were looking at each other in silence when Xiao Ping'an came to Su Zhuzhu with a young man from the team carrying a fish weighing three or four pounds.

The Red Star Brigade is backed by mountains and has many lakes and rivers, so people often go to the lake to catch fish to improve their food, which is not a big deal here.

Su Zhuzhu gave one dollar, but the young man refused to take it and only wanted fifty cents. Su Zhuzhu then grabbed a few candies for him and Xiao Ping'an, and asked Xiao Ping'an to make another trip to ask Liu Yuanyuan to come back for lunch at noon.

It was almost noon. Thinking that He's mother and Lin Wu must not have eaten or slept well after being on the road for several days, I stopped chatting and hurried to make lunch.

The chicken has been stewed and white rice is simmered in a small pot.

Su Zhuzhu knew that Lin Wu liked to eat fish, so this time she boiled a live fish according to the method of H Province. She put rapeseed oil in the pot, poured in a small bowl of onion, ginger, garlic, chili, sprinkled with salt to stir-fry, added two large spoonfuls of boiling water, soy sauce and vinegar, and got a spoonful of oyster sauce from the space. While the fish was boiling in the pot, she killed the lively fish with a neat movement, and put it directly into the pot while the fish was still open, and when the fish meat was cooked, poured in half a bowl of green and red pepper rings, sprinkled with perilla leaves and served.

The white rice was almost cooked, and I also stir-fried a plate of loofah and a plate of rapeseed.

As soon as the food was served, Liu Yuanyuan came back from work. She smelled the aroma of stewed chicken and went to the small kitchen.

"Ah, Zhuzhu, I can finally have a good meal. I've been so tired recently that I don't even have the energy to go home and cook. Zhuzhu, you're better than me. You can even crawl home and stew meat. I love you so much!"

The newly arrived educated youth were all very tired during this period, so it was no wonder that Liu Yuanyuan started shouting before she even entered the door. When she saw clearly that there were two people sitting at the dining table in the small kitchen, Liu Yuanyuan was dumbfounded. One looked like a lady, and the other was a soldier in military uniform sitting upright.

Su Zhuzhu handed Liu Yuanyuan a large bowl filled with dried bamboo shoots, chicken and chicken soup, and found a plate to cover it, motioning for Liu Yuanyuan to take it to Zheng Qiwen and the other three. Zheng Qiwen had helped them with a lot of work in the past few days.

"Oh! Hello, Auntie. Hello, comrade from the People's Liberation Army. Please take a seat first. I will be back soon."

When Liu Yuanyuan returned to the small kitchen, Su Zhuzhu gave a brief introduction to both parties. Liu Yuanyuan only knew that He's mother and Lin Wu were Su Zhuzhu's relatives and came to see her specially.

"Yuanyuan, come on, you and Zhuzhu should eat more. You and Zhuzhu have to work hard every day, so you need to eat well. Today, the team leader said that it will take another ten days to finish the work."

He's mother picked up several pieces of chicken for the two girls and kept watching them eat.

Lin Wu has his eyes on the boiled fish again. It's a new way to eat it, hehe.

Seeing that Lin Wu liked it, Su Zhuzhu took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of soup onto Lin Wu's rice.

"Brother Xiaowu, try the fish soup with rice. I guarantee you'll eat two more bowls."

He also picked up a large piece of fish belly meat for He's mother and carefully picked out the bones.

"Auntie, you should eat more fish. There are many lakes here, and the fish is fresh and tender. You and Brother Xiaowu should stay for a few more days, and I will cook for you in different ways. When you return to Beijing, you will have a rare opportunity to taste my cooking."

Su Zhuzhu smiled and kept coaxing He's mother, fearing that she would bring up He Qiaojin's matter again.

After the meal, not only did Lin Wu eat two extra bowls of rice, but Su Zhuzhu and Liu Yuanyuan also ate one extra bowl, and their stomachs were full.

He's mother knew that Su Zhuzhu wanted to comfort her, so she swallowed her words and didn't say them, for fear that Zhuzhu would feel bad. To know whether the labor intensity here is high or not, and whether it is tiring or not, you can tell from what Liu Yuanyuan said.