Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

"Sister, how did you do it? Why did the loaches stop moving after you sprinkled some salt?" Lixia squatted beside the basin and reached out her hand to poke the loaches inside.

Zheng Xiaoman fished out a loach, cut open its belly and took out the internal organs, then put the loach into clean water.

"Look, isn't the body of this loach slippery? It's a kind of mucus, and loaches rely on mucus to help them breathe. I'm going to sprinkle salt in the water now, and look at the loach's body. It's not so slippery when you touch it.

This is because the mucus on the surface of the loach's body is gone, so it can't breathe smoothly, and it will suffocate to death."

Lixia picked up a dead loach and touched it, "Sister, you are really not slippery at all."

After that, he seemed to have turned on the "A Hundred Thousand Whys" mode and started asking Zheng Xiaoman all kinds of random questions.

Some of these questions she could answer, but some she couldn't answer, or couldn't answer with her current situation.

Finally, Zheng Xiaoman was annoyed enough that he kicked him out of the kitchen.

Without Lixia in the kitchen, Zheng Xiaoman's ears were finally quiet.

Zheng Xiaoman made a braised loach for dinner. She wanted to make it spicy, but there was no chili pepper at home, so she had to give up.

When it was time to eat, the others looked at the plate of loaches on the table and didn't know what to do with them.

Zheng Xiaoman first picked up a loach with chopsticks and took a bite. The loach meat had no bones and was smooth and tender in the mouth, and the taste was particularly delicious.

Moreover, this loach tastes even better than the loach farmed in later generations, and the fish meat is chewy.

While eating, she was thinking that she could stew loach with tofu or loach with eggplant in the future, both of which would be extremely delicious.

Seeing how happily she was eating, Zheng Qingming was the first to pick up his chopsticks.

This was made by his sister with great effort, and he would eat it all even if it didn’t taste good.

He picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, then picked up another piece with his chopsticks, and then another piece with his chopsticks.

He was a little bit unbelievable. This is loach? It's totally different from what he had eaten before, okay?

Seeing him like this, the others stopped hesitating and started eating.

Lixia tasted it first. Wow, he was wrong. He shouldn’t have not believed his sister. It turned out that loach could really be cooked so deliciously.

Zheng Dashan took a bite of the loach and it tasted so delicious that he wanted to drink some wine.

Zhou Chunfeng picked up a few pieces of loach for her little girl. This fish has no bones, so the little girl can eat more.

Chun Ya took a small spoon and put the fish into her mouth, a satisfied smile on her little face.

After the meal, all the loaches on the plate were eaten up.

Thinking of the basin of loaches in the yard, Lixia hurried to her sister.

"Sister, this loach is so delicious. Can we make loach for dinner tomorrow?"

Zheng Xiaoman looked at him with amusement, "Didn't you say loach is not tasty?"

"Hey, sister, I was wrong. Who is my sister? How could the food she made not taste good?"

Zheng Xiaoman tapped his little head gently, "Stop flattering me here. If you still want to eat loaches, I'll leave the job of processing loaches to you tomorrow."

"No problem, sis, just leave it to me."

Lixia quickly patted her chest and promised that she would do anything as long as he could eat loach again.

The next day, her grandparents were also called over. When her grandmother came, she brought a piece of tofu, which made Zheng Xiaoman very happy.

"Grandma, where did you buy this tofu?"

"I heard from your mother that you always wanted to eat tofu. It happened that the family next door was grinding beans to make tofu, so I went to exchange for a piece."

If someone in the village made tofu, everyone would usually go over and exchange soybeans for some.

"Hehe, grandma, you are the best to me. I will stew loach with tofu for you tonight."

Old Mrs. Zheng touched her granddaughter's hair lovingly, "Okay, grandma, wait for the tofu made by my granddaughter."

She is so old now and has no appetite.

But she was still very happy because her granddaughter respected her.

She cooked two dishes in the evening, one was braised loach and the other was loach stewed with tofu.

Old man Zheng didn't believe what his grandson said at first. He had eaten loach before, so how could it be delicious?

After tasting it, I never put my chopsticks down again.

He now regretted not bringing the half bottle of wine from home when he came here.

After the meal, everyone was satisfied.

So the next day, Old Man Zheng went to the river and scooped up a basin of loaches and brought them to Zheng Xiaoman.

Zheng Xiaoman looked at the basin full of black loaches and felt really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Master, how about I make these loaches into dried loaches for you? When you want to eat them, just put them in the pot and cook them."

"Oh, that's fine. Then make some more for me." Old man Zheng smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. He thought his granddaughter had a good idea.

Otherwise, if he wanted to eat fish, he would have to go to his son's house.

Zheng Xiaoman thought about it and went to the river to put down a few baskets.

When it was fished out the next day, there were many small fish the size of thumbs in it.

She cleaned out all the small fish and planned to pickle them and make dried fish to eat.

Her grandmother also brought her a lot of seasonings that were not available at home, so this time Zheng Xiaoman had enough time to show off her skills.

She first cleaned the loaches and small fish, and then marinated the two types of fish separately.

The whole day long the kitchen was filled with the aroma of various fishes, which attracted Lixia and Chunya to wait at the kitchen door to be fed.

To make dried loach, you need to steam the loach first, then dry it and then pickle it.

After pickling, it needs to be placed in the sun to dry out all the moisture, otherwise it will easily get moldy when stored.

After a busy whole day, she finally turned the remaining loaches into dried loaches.

She first marinated the small fish, then fried the fish with some oil, and then took them outside to dry in the sun.

The dried small fish can be eaten directly now, but the dried loach needs to be dried in the sun for two days before use.

Once the dried loaches are ready, the village school will officially start classes.

The teacher arrived in the village one day in advance. Zheng Qingming, Yang Shuhuai and others all went to the village to pay their respects to the teacher first.

Zheng Xiaoman also followed her brother to watch the fun. Not only her, many people in the village gathered outside the school to watch the fun.

She looked at the teacher sitting in the room. His surname was Fang and everyone called him Scholar Fang.

Mr. Fang looked to be in his early forties, with a long beard on his chin.

He had a handsome face and a tall figure, and was wearing a blue robe. He looked dignified as he sat there.

However, Mr. Fang spoke very kindly and always had a smile on his face.

Seeing the teacher's look, Zheng Xiaoman felt relieved.

It's obvious at first glance that this teacher is not the kind of swindler who eats and drinks for free. From the way he speaks and behaves, you can tell that he is very well-educated.