Agriculture Idol

Chapter 166 Fishing for Skinned Fish
"Hey, it's not so easy to catch skinned fish." Li Chengxin's father looked at his son with a smile, "You moved too much when pulling the hook up, and even the boat rocked very hard."

Li Chengxin thought about it, and it seemed true that when his father lifted the pole, the pole was lifted quickly, and the hook came out of the water smoothly and quickly, and he really didn't feel the shaking of the hull.

"The strength of the wrist is used to lift the rod. If you use the strength of your arm or body, the hook will sink slightly due to the force of the arm before lifting the rod, which also provides opportunities for the fish to escape." Li Chengxin His father was holding his own fishing rod and demonstrating with his wrist.

Li Chengxin thought about his father's actions, fixed the jellyfish block on the hook again, and lowered it into the water to continue fishing.

Li Chengxin's father happily watched his son think hard, waiting for the next opportunity to lift the pole.

The difficulty of fishing skinned fish is basically the speed and stability of pulling up the fishing rod. After practicing for a whole morning, Li Chengxin finally caught the first skinned fish in his sea fishing life.

Li Chengxin was happily carrying the fish on the small sampan. When he turned around, he found that the two buckets beside his father were full of skinned fish, which were no smaller than the one in his hand.

Li Chengxin's father saw his son's expression change from excitement to grievance in an instant, and he smiled and said: "Baby, it's still too early to compete with me! But you have mastered the trick, so just keep fishing."

After fishing for a while, and it was lunch time, the father and son put away the hooks and periscope in the water, and rowed towards the other direction.

Within 10 minutes, he leaned against another small sampan in the distance, and it was the third uncle who was packing the fishing tackle on it.

"Third Uncle! How much have you caught!" Li Chengxin yelled, then looked into Third Uncle's small sampan on his own.

The two barrels of skinned fish once again hurt Li Chengxin's self-esteem.

"How much did you catch?" Seeing Li Chengxin's expression, the third uncle smiled knowingly, and also poked his head over to look.

Seeing that they also had two buckets of fish on board, they were a little puzzled.

Li Chengxin's father pointed to the two buckets of fish, then pointed to himself, and then took out a fish from the bucket: "Xin Wa'er caught this."

The third uncle patted the boat gang: "Hahaha! It's my first time fishing skinned fish, so it's good if I can catch it."

After the comparison between the two boats, they took out their respective prepared lunches and ate them together.

Uncle San’s side has rice balls and fish soup that look simple, but when you eat it, you know that there are enough ingredients in it.Boating and fishing are high physical labor, and the best food should be nutritious, heavy oil and heavy salt.Uncle San's seemingly humble rice balls are mixed with fatty fish, and the broth of the fish soup is also very delicious.

The third uncle's cooking skills have always been very good. Li Chengxin knew it from the first meal after Li Chengxin returned to Hongming Village a few years ago.At that time, the system gave almost a perfect score.

Later, the third uncle often delivered meals to Xiaoyong when he and Xiaoyong were building a boat house together, and let Xiaoyong, who ate instant noodles at home alone all the year round, experience the high-level fisherman's delicacy several times.

The lunch brought by Li Chengxin's family was made by his mother. After working in the back kitchen of the resort for a long time, Li Chengxin's fucking cooking style has become more refined.Egg rolls, sweet and sour pork ribs, minced garlic vegetables, shredded sweet potatoes, and a large box of steamed rice with purple rice and sesame seeds.

After they finished their meal, they put away their things and continued to go fishing separately.

Use the leftovers from your lunch to make a nest first, then continue to use up the rest of the jellyfish.It was time to go home.

At this time of year, many villagers are fishing for skinned fish near the shore, and they will stop to chat with familiar people.

At the beginning, it basically started with the question of "how many fish were caught", and later it often turned into "I have a niece/granddaughter/relative whose daughter is about the same age as your Xinwaer, do you want to meet?" such as.

When Li Chengxin heard this kind of topic, she was often ready to run away.

When no one was around, Li Chengxin's father winked: "Why don't Xin Wa'er want to find a girlfriend?"

Li Chengxin lamented: "I have someone I like."

"Then hurry up and bring it back to see you. I heard that your entertainment industry is quite chaotic. Don't be sorry for other girls."

Li Chengxin checked the system information silently, and has accumulated nearly 7000 million contribution points.Originally, he planned to save [-] million points in exchange for Yingying by the end of this year, but he used a contribution value to improve his singing level, and then activities without contribution value such as concerts and new albums took up half a year After returning to work in Lanhai City, there will not be much time for the live broadcast of vegetable cultivation on the top floor.

But no matter what, I will probably be able to save enough by the middle of next year, and then according to the system's practice, there may be a delay of several months, and Yingying will probably come back.

"By the end of next year, I should be able to bring my girlfriend home." Li Chengxin estimated.

"Well, your mother and I are waiting. You see, Lin Yiyi from Xiaoyong's family is pregnant. We really want to have a grandson."

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The skinned fish that are caught need to be processed on the same day.

Together, Li Chengxin and the third uncle's family have nearly a hundred fish a day.

While the fish is still fresh, start processing directly in the yard.

Gua Belt and his cub came forward when they smelled the smell of fish, and finally locked up by the third uncle in the yard of his house.

First, the fins, gills and viscera need to be removed. After the skinned fish is skinned, the fillet is divided into three pieces along the skeleton of the sea fish.

Skinned fish feed on jellyfish, which are made up almost entirely of water, so they also urinate more than normal fish.

If Li Chengxin didn't pay attention, he was covered all over.

Seeing Li Chengxin's bewildered expression, Li Chengxin's parents and third uncle laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten up.

Li Chengxin saw that the three people except him, when handling the skinned fish, they all turned the belly of the fish outward.He was the only one, since he had to disembowel the skinned fish next, so he turned the belly of the fish towards him for convenience.

The reason why peeled fish is called peeled fish is because its skin is half thick and hard like rubber, but fortunately it can be easily peeled off as a whole.It looks cruel, but it's all for eating!

In addition, Li Chengxin still has no problem with slicing fish, even if it is a small skinned fish, he can easily slice it into three pieces.Generally speaking, the thinner the fish is cut, the more it can be dried in a short time, so that it can be delicious.

The flesh of peeled fish is suitable for wet salting, and the dried fish is dried in the shade, and the water residue is more than that of dried salted fish, so the storage time is not as long as that of dried salted fish.But on the other hand, the wet-marinated fish can maintain the original fish taste, and the salty taste is not too heavy, and it can be eaten as a snack when it is slightly roasted.

After the fish fillets are ready, the fish is soaked in concentrated brine, which is the "salt filter" step.Salt can take away the excess water in the fish, and further concentrate the amino acids that bring umami in the fish.

Each fish fillet should be soaked for about 15 minutes. Take out the soaked fish fillets and see that there is a huge difference between them and those without soaking in salt water.The muscle fibers on the surface of the fish swell so that there are no gaps between the fish.Compared with the soft fresh fish, the fish soaked in salt water is slightly firmer and more elastic.

Next, Li Chengxin will hang the soaked fish to air-dry, and hang them neatly one by one on the rack dedicated to drying salted fish, and then carefully cover them with fine-meshed nets to prevent damage from insects and wild cats.

It only took a few hours to dry, so early the next morning, the two families got up and put away the salted fish to prepare for roasting.

After drying in the shade, the remaining moisture of the fish body is gradually taken away, making it whiter and more lustrous.

At this time, the third uncle and Li Chengxin's father had set up a huge charcoal stove on the coast, and Li Chengxin and his mother neatly placed the dried fish on the grill.After the fish fillets are placed, the grill is carefully placed on top of the charcoal together.

The charcoal fire can fry the fish slowly, keeping the fish tender.

The fishy smell also rose at the same time, at this time, Li Chengxin had already started to eat it secretly.

The fish smells light, but tastes rich, and the piece of fish in the middle with the fish bones is also full of flavor.

The income from one's labor is indeed the best!
Guapi and the cubs got the dried fish bone slices without salt specially prepared for them. They lay down in the yard and "clicked" them in one bite. Under Li Chengxin's gesture, he could only watch them eat from a distance. The dried salted fish drooled all over the floor.

(End of this chapter)