Small vegetable garden

Grandma Chen gathered the weeds she had removed, raised her head and asked kindly:

"Tangtang, what do you want to eat for lunch? You can eat the chrysanthemums, cabbages, and lettuces in the fields."

Chen Zhiyao thought for a moment, then looked at the best-growing vegetable patch in the vegetable garden:

"We just had lettuce last night. Let's have chrysanthemum for lunch. I haven't had this dish for a long time."

"Okay, of course. Just listen to our Tangtang."

The old lady walked towards the vegetable garden she had carefully tended with a smile on her face, and skillfully cut a large bundle of Chinese chrysanthemum.

Chen Zhiyao also walked to the vegetable garden next to her and picked out some onions, ginger and garlic to prepare for cooking at noon.

It is inconvenient to buy vegetables in the village, so most families will open a small vegetable plot at their doorstep to grow various vegetables and seasonings such as onions, ginger and garlic.

Even if you don’t have a vegetable garden, you can still plant various vegetables, fruits and melons in pots on your balcony or rooftop.

When she was in Guangzhou, she also liked to grow coriander and onions in pots on the balcony.

After picking the vegetables, Chen Zhiyao rode her electric bike back home in a hurry.

I don’t use much technology to clean the vegetables at home. I just need to wash them two or three times.

Then she skillfully processed a few small fish.

Although Chen Zhiyao didn't cook often before, she was very good at handling various small seafood, and her movements were quick and good.

After preparing all the ingredients, Chen Zhiyao put on a pink apron and started cooking.

Pour some oil into the clay pot, sauté the ginger slices, then add various small fish, shrimps and a small bowl of oyster meat.

Then add a little salt to season and a small amount of boiling water.

Finally, cover the lid and simmer for three or four minutes, and a pot of fragrant and delicious salted fish stew is ready.

While the mixed fish pot was still simmering, Chen Zhiyao blanched the golden snails and then picked them out with a toothpick.

The snail meat can be stir-fried with onions, ginger, garlic and a little bit of bean paste, which is another delicious dish to go with rice.

Chinese spinach is even simpler. Just add minced garlic and stir-fry it. It is refreshing and delicious.

Afraid that the oysters would taste fishy if they got cold, she waited until everyone in the family came back before she started to prepare the last dish.

Looking at the table full of delicious dishes such as salted fish pot, oyster fried eggs, stir-fried snail meat and stir-fried Chinese spinach, Chen Zhiyao felt a sense of pride in her heart.

Salted Fish Casserole

Oyster Omelette

Stir-fried snail meat

Stir-fried Chrysanthemum

As soon as she took off her apron, she couldn't wait to pick up her mobile phone and take a lot of photos.

Yan Shuting, who was standing next to her, had already happily taken a short video and posted it on her Moments, showing off happily.

Of course, Chen Zhiyao also posted it to her girlfriends group, just to make her two best friends jealous, and then she was criticized.

Chen Weiqiang was still in the fishing tackle shop in the county. He didn't come back for lunch, so he could only look at the pictures pitifully and eat greasy takeout.

Chen Zhiyao put away her phone, turned around and served four bowls of rice.

Yan Shuting took a bite of the stir-fried snail meat made by her daughter and immediately gave her a thumbs up, praising her sincerely and enthusiastically:

"Tangtang, your cooking skills are getting better and better. They are not inferior to those in restaurants outside."

"Our Tangtang is really good. His cooking skills are almost as good as your grandma and your mom's." Grandpa Chen was very supportive and gave a series of compliments.

Grandma didn't say anything, but with a smile on her face, she was desperately picking up food for her granddaughter.

Even Ah Huang under the table was gnawing on the fish bones happily, his big tail shaking behind him so hard that an afterimage was almost visible.

Chen Zhiyao picked up a prawn and suddenly thought of the lucky fishing rod from yesterday:

"By the way, is my fishing rod in good condition? How was my catch yesterday?"

Speaking of this, Yan Shuting's eyes lit up and she immediately raised her head happily:

"It's very useful. Yesterday I caught two pearl groupers weighing seven or eight kilograms, and a 10-kilogram sea wolf. Together with other small fish, I made a total of 700 yuan."

"But there were a lot of people fishing there at the time, and everyone saw it. I guess more and more people will go fishing in the village."

Yan Shuting was a little worried. The sea resources in the village were not abundant. With more people fishing, the number of fish that could be caught would naturally decrease.

As a caring little cotton-padded jacket, Chen Zhiyao immediately suggested:

"The fishing spots in the village aren't very good. Most of the fish they catch are worthless. Why don't you go fishing at the breakwater? There are lots of big fish there."

Yan Shuting slapped the table excitedly, "Oh, by the way, how could I forget about the breakwater? Someone caught a big red grouper weighing more than 5 catties there before."

Then he looked at his daughter excitedly:

"Tangtang, let's go fishing by the breakwater this afternoon. If we can catch one or two red snappers, we'll be rich."

When Yan Shuting thought of the red snapper worth six or seven hundred yuan, or even thousands of yuan, her heart was filled with excitement and she wanted to fly to the beach to fish immediately.

"What about the store and delivery station at home?"

My mother attaches great importance to these two small shops. Except for meal times, she is basically always in the shops.

Yan Shuting shrugged nonchalantly, "No one usually comes here in the afternoon, and there are fewer deliveries recently. I'll just put a notice on the door when I leave."

The money she made from fishing recently was several times more than what she earned from the convenience store, and her mind was no longer there.

Chen Zhiyao had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she agreed immediately.

"Okay, then we'll go fishing on the breakwater this afternoon."

Then he looked at Grandpa Chen again, "Grandpa, do you want to go fishing with us?"

The old man said with regret, "I would like to go, but I have an appointment with someone to come over this afternoon to release shrimp fry, so I can't leave."

There are four fishermen in my family now, and the shrimps in the shrimp pond are consumed very quickly, so we need to raise a few more batches.

Chen Zhiyao cooked, and Yan Shuting automatically cleaned up the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash.

This has always been the tacit understanding between the mother and daughter: whoever cooks will be responsible for washing the dishes.

Yan Shuting came out of the kitchen and saw that her daughter had already packed up all the things needed for fishing.

Chen Zhiyao got on the tricycle, accelerated, and arrived at the entrance of the convenience store in less than two minutes.

After Yan Shuting hung up a sign saying that the boss was busy, she urged her daughter to go to the shrimp pond to catch prawns.

By the shrimp pond, Chen Zhiyao was busying herself skillfully with a small bucket.

She remembered that when she first came back, there were quite a lot of big shrimps in the shrimp pond. With one cast of the net, the shrimps weighed at least 8 taels.

Unlike now, after several scoops, it’s still less than a pound.

Carrying half a bucket of fresh live shrimps, Chen Zhiyao stepped on the accelerator again and drove towards the breakwater at full speed.

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