Chapter 27

Seeing the dried shrimp in the soup, Zhou Jun’s three children’s faces changed slightly. Seeing that Dawei was eating with gusto and Xiaoyong was also drinking the soup, they tried it…

Uh, it tastes pretty good?

Very delicious taste?

Zhou Wu couldn’t help but ask: “Aunt, what did you add to the soup? Why is it milky white? And the soup with the dried shrimps doesn’t have any fishy smell at all, but is very fresh.”

“What did you add? Just add a lot of oil!”

“…”Okay, just pretend he didn’t ask.

“Eat quickly! Wash the dishes after you finish eating!”

In the afternoon, when the children went to school, Qiao Yu’s baskets of seafood arrived.

The sentry came running to announce: “Sister-in-law, the fresh seafood you exchanged with members of the nearby production team has arrived!”

“Really? Let’s go and take a look.”

On the way, he ran into Xiao Zhao. Seeing that Xiao Zhao was busy, Qiao Yu took him with him.

Xiao Zhao: …

At the gate of the army were three dark-skinned farm men and a row of six large plastic barrels filled with seafood.

“Big sister, can you show me what you want?”

Qiao Yu turned around and nodded, “This is what I want.”

“That’s good… Big sister, we have to take this plastic bucket back.”

“Yes, yes, okay, I got it. I’ll carry the things home and bring them back to you as soon as I make room. Comrade Xiao Zhao! Please help me carry them.”

“Okay, sister-in-law.”

Qiao Yu and Xiao Zhao moved the things back and forth three times and freed up the empty plastic buckets before she paid the remaining money.

Qiao Yu walked with Xiao Zhao with a smile, “Comrade Xiao Zhao, I’ll invite you to have a simple meal when our old Zhou comes back. I’m busy at home now and I really can’t spare any time.”

“Yes, yes, sister-in-law, I understand.”

The main reason is that there is no man at the military wife’s home, and it is not convenient for him, a single soldier, to go to her home, as it would be embarrassing if it got out.

Qiao Yu returned home and started packing his things.

She put a lot of sea fish into the space. Because it was placed in the master bedroom with the door closed, Xiao Zhao didn’t know how she freed the plastic bucket, so she felt at ease to put the space away.

The fish died as soon as they entered the space, so they had to be cleaned out in time.

The water tanks and large wooden basins at home were filled with fresh hairy crabs and live shrimps, so she could only put the dead sea fish in the pot.

The fish is gutted, the gills removed and the tendons, also known as the fishy line, are pulled out. The fish mouth is smeared with salt, and strung with dry straw twisted into a twist on the spot, and then hung in the yard where clothes are dried.

She was cleaning up slowly and the salt was almost gone, and the children just came back.

Qiao Yu washed his hands and paid a few dollars, “Zhou Jun! Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some salt! Buy as much as you can!”

Zhou Jun: “Hey, Auntie.”

After finishing the work, Qiao Yu turned around and looked at the remaining children, “Leave one of you to look after Xiaoyong, and the other two will help Auntie to prepare the fish.”

Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu accompanied Qiao Yu in processing the fish.

The two children only know how to scrape the scales off a fish. If they are asked to remove the gills or pull out the tendons, they don’t know how to do it at all.

When Zhou Jun came back, the kid understood immediately. He quickly found the position of the fish tendon and removed the blush cleanly.

Qiao Yu…

The hairy crabs were put aside and the three children were asked to process the fish in the bucket, applying salt and drying them.

No matter whether the salted fish processed by the children is delicious or not, they think it is not tasty anyway, and they will adjust and correct it themselves in the future.

She planned to make crab oil and crab meat for dinner.

Of course, she had to add enough crab oil, and she poured the remaining half can of soybean oil into the bottom of the pot.

Qiao Yu: “Zhou Jun, keep an eye on the pot. I’ll go to your Aunt Wang’s house to borrow some ginger.”

Qiao Yu didn’t borrow it for free, but exchanged it for some fruit candies.

Back in the kitchen, when the oil temperature has risen, put the crab roe in and simmer it slowly.

Seeing Qiao Yu buying so many crabs, Zhou Wu muttered quietly: “This stuff smells fishy…”

When he saw Qiao Yu drink half a can of soybean oil, the voice stopped abruptly.

No matter how fishy it is, it must be delicious with so much oil poured into it!

Simmer the crab roe on low heat until it bubbles, then put it in an empty can. Steam the crab meat, cook and mash the potatoes and sweet potatoes, add the crab meat, and put half a spoonful of crab roe in each bowl.

Everyone: It’s another delicious meal.

After taking a shower and drinking malted milk, Qiao Yu was about to talk to Zhou Jun.

Zhou Jun: “I know, aunt. Take Xiaoyong with you.”

Qiao Yu smiled like a loving elder, “We still need you, Zhou Jun, at home, otherwise auntie really can’t take care of us.”

As for what to do tomorrow morning?

Those shrimps need to be dealt with.

Half of it was used for pickling, and the other half was cooked on the same day. And the oil at home was used up, so I had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there was any soybean oil for sale.

Qiao Yu: “Tomorrow, Auntie will go to the supply and marketing cooperative on the island. If there is no soybean oil, you will have to leave the island and go to the mall. Auntie will give you the money first. If Auntie doesn’t come back, you can go to the cafeteria to eat.

You need to take good care of Xiaoyong. I’ll put some milk powder and malted milk in the kitchen. If it’s not enough, you can also steam potatoes and sweet potatoes and mash them into a paste. Xiaoyong can eat them too.”

“Yes, Auntie, I understand.”

The next day, without Wang Zhaodi’s company, Qiao Yu first exchanged sugar for half of the shrimps to get enough ingredients for marinating them. Even so, the ingredients for the raw marinade were not enough, but it was still edible.

She put the remaining half of the shrimps into the space, fearing that the shrimps would have been dead for a long time and would not be fresh when she returned.

She went to the supply and marketing cooperative, but there was no soybean oil for sale, so she had to go to the mall with an empty backpack.

School Zhou Jun saw that Xiaoyong was very well behaved. He lowered his head and played with his fingers, or bit his sleeves, quietly, without saying a word. When the teacher came, Xiaoyong looked up and then lowered his head and continued to play by himself.

He then began to listen to the class attentively.

After class, I took my stumbling brother Xiaoyong by the hand and saw another dispute at the school gate. It was Yang Longbiao and his brothers who were looking for trouble with Dawei.

Coincidentally, the twins Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu came out.

Zhou Jun pushed Xiao Yong to Zhou Wen, “Look at me!”

After that, he took off his bag and threw it to the ground, then rushed over: “Yang Longbiao! How dare you bully my brother!!”

Zhou Wu: “Brother! I’ll go help you, big brother!”

He threw the bag to the ground and rushed over.

Zhou Wen: “…” He silently slung the two bags over his shoulders, held Xiaoyong’s hand, and moved away from the battlefield to avoid harming innocent people.

Slug came to Zhou Wen’s side to watch the fun and gossiped with Zhou Wen: “Zhou Wen, I heard that your stepmother made delicious food for you again yesterday?”

“…” Zhou Wen said nothing.

Slug: “My mom can smell it, so she must have gotten a lot of oil in her. Your stepmother’s fingers are really big, how can she live like this in the future?”

Zhou Wen then tilted his head and glanced at the slug.

The two snots flowed down the nostrils into the mouth…

The slug tasted it twice.

Zhou Wen got goosebumps all over his body and pulled Xiaoyong back half a step.

Slug was confused: “Why are you hiding?”

Seeing the other party approaching again, Zhou Wen took two steps back.

“Hmph! Hmph!”

While humming, the snot and saliva sprayed over…

Zhou Wen dodged and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I dodged quickly.

Zhou Wu came back from the fight, took his bag, and put his arm on Slug’s shoulder, “What are you talking about?!”

“Brother Wu, your brother hates me!”

Zhou Wu chuckled, “This isn’t normal.”

“By the way, what delicious food did your stepmother make for you yesterday?”

“My aunt…she made crab oil and poured half a can of soybean oil into it. Slurp—” Zhou Wu slurped his saliva.

Zhou Wen retreated even faster. Seeing his eldest brother coming over, he quickly pulled his eldest brother and his younger brother away from the two sloppy kings.