Chapter 106 – Grilled Fish

Chu Lan, Lu Yuhong and Jue Xie were on the opposite boat, while Xie Ying was on this side of the boat, the four of them each took up a position, took their fishing rods, each picked out their own bait, and started fishing.

What Wei Ruo needed came a little later, but it didn’t matter because the four who were fishing hadn’t harvested so quickly.

After a while, Chu Lan’s fishing rod was the first to move.

After some tugging and pulling, a blackfish was caught, about two pounds or so, not as tasty as the Mandarin fish, but it was still a very nice fish with good meat quality, very suitable for grilled fish.

Chu Lan asked his men to take the fish to the boat where Wei Ruo was.

After getting the fish, in order not to let the fishy odor of handling the fish affect the excitement of a few people, Xiu Mei took the fish to the stern of the boat and then handled it very sharply.

Remove scales, cut open the belly, remove gills, the action of the clouds and flowing, in a while a just alive and jumping fish, became white and clean.

Then cut flowery knives into the belly of the fish and sprinkle with coarse salt to marinate.

While Xiu Mei was handling the fish, the Xie family’s subordinates also drove a small boat to deliver the purchases to Wei Ruo.

Garlic, scallions, lettuce, bean sprouts, and bean skins are topping ingredients that are available today.

And a small iron pot.

To speed up the pace, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei split the workload, with Xiu Mei handling the ingredients and Wei Ruo taking charge of the kitchen.

Wei Ruo already rarely cooks her own food, and usually has enough time to let Xiu Mei come.

Wei Ruo moved the two stoves and racks used to boil water on the ship to the bow, built a fire, and put on the iron racks.

While Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei were doing their preparations, Jue Xie also had a catch, a grass carp of over four pounds.

Seeing that both brothers had gained, Lu Yuhong was a bit anxious, although the other two had no intention of competing, Lu Yuhong had a desire to win in his heart.

The same some anxious and Xie Ying, she swore that she would catch a big fish for Wei Ruo grilled, the result is that up to now there is no movement, so angry oh!

Xie Ying subconsciously glanced at Lu Yuhong on the opposite side of the room, thinking that she couldn’t be the last one in any case, and that she had to catch the big fish faster than Mr. Lu.

But the sky is not as it should be, Xie Ying’s fishing rod hasn’t moved yet, Lu Yuhong’s has harvested first.

He pulled up the rod with great anticipation, only to find a pitifully small carp.

Carp, though flavorful, is not suitable for grilling due to its many spines and small size.

Lu Yuhong was a little disappointed, and this time, Xie Ying’s voice filled with surprise came from the opposite ship.

“Wakey-wakey, I’ve got a fish on the hook, so help me pull it! It’s so strong!” Xie Ying sounded excited and thrilled.

Wei Ruo hurriedly came forward to help Xie Ying hold the fishing rod in case it was pulled away by the fish.

“What should I do Ruo Ruo, I can’t pull it up!” Xie Ying was a little anxious.

“Don’t you worry, let’s loosen up for a while and tighten up for a while, walk it for a while, and when it doesn’t have much strength left, then we’ll pull it up.” Wei Ruo said calmly.

“Okay, I hear you.”

Wei Ruo and Xie Ying cooperated, not rushing to pull the fish up first, but using the method Wei Ruo said of one loose and one tight, pulling back and forth.

The three people on the opposite boat had wanted to send someone over to help, but they found the two girls organized and unhurried.

Xie Jue’s hanging heart fell, if this fish ran away, with his sister’s character, it was estimated that it would be difficult for the first half of the month.

Lu Yuhong’s heart was still hanging in the air, he was curious as to what kind of fish Miss Xie had caught.

Chu Lan watched with interest as the two pulled the fishing rod, he was slightly impressed by the words Wei Ruo said just now and her calm reaction to the situation.

After tossing and turning for an incense stick of time, the fish in the water had less strength, Wei Ruo said to Xie Ying, “Let’s pull it up hard now.”

Xie Ying nodded, “Good!”

Together, the two of them tugged hard on the rods and finally yanked the fish out of the water.

The moment the fish came out of the water, Xie Ying exclaimed in shock.

“Ruoruo you quickly see what kind of fish this is, it’s so big!” Xie Ying’s voice was incomparably excited.

“This is bighead carp, also called chub carp and fathead carp. The head is big and the meat is fresh.” Wei Ruo said after recognizing it.

Bighead carp is easy to grow a large species of fish, Xie Ying caught this estimated seven or eight pounds, but is not the limit of this kind of fish, there must be even bigger than this in this East Lake.

“Ruo Ruo you roast with this one of mine, it roasts fragrantly!” Xie Ying said cheerfully.

“This fish is too big, it may not be too easy to cook the whole roast, I will cut the head off later and save it for fish head soup later, the belly part of the fish is used for roasting, and the tail of the fish is turned back to make a sauté.” Wei Ruo said.

“Fine, fine, listen to you, whatever you say.” Xie Ying nodded her head repeatedly, things like how to make food were better left to Ruo Ruo, she continued fishing!

Lu Yuhong on the opposite boat looked at Xie Ying’s fathead fish and then looked at the small carp he caught, and was suddenly depressed.

No, no, no, how can he, Lu Yuhong, lose to a girl?

Lu Yuhong asked his subordinate for an extra fishing rod to come, and he planned to set up a few more, left and right!

After Wei Ruo helped Xie Ying catch the fish, he started working on grilling the fish.

The coals were burning just right, and the blackfish that was first caught was marinating just about as well as it should have.

Wei Ruo brushed a layer of vegetable oil on the fish, then placed it on the fire and roasted it.

While grilling the fish, Wei Ruo used another stove and a bought wok to start frying the spices, putting in the soy sauce, salt, five-spice powder (sand nuts, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise ground into powder and then mixed according to the ratio), cooking wine, green onions and ginger that he brought with him.

It hadn’t been stir-fried for a while, and the aroma wafted out and filled the lake.

As the old gourmand glutton Lu Yuhong’s eyes lit up when he smelled this flavor, stood up and looked over towards Wei Ruo’s side.

Once the sauce is sauteed, set it aside for a while and wait for the fish to grill next to it.

After the blackfish was roasted to a golden brown on both sides, Wei Ruo transferred the roasted fish to the pot. The bottom of the pot was already covered with chopped side dishes.

Place the fish on top of the side dishes, add the water that has been boiled, and begin to cook.

Wei Ruo took out another jar from his backpack and guided black beans out of it, laying them on top of the fish.

When the water boiled, a tantalizing smell wafted out, the aroma of all the seasonings forced out and the flavor permeated the fish.

The smell made Lu Yuhong, who had just sworn to catch a big fish to salvage his dignity, lose his fishing mood, and he glanced in Wei Ruo’s direction every now and then for fear of missing something.

Xie Ying also had some cravings, she was eager to try the flavor of this grilled fish made by Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo saw that the cooking was almost done, so she had someone fetch a soup bowl, and she divided out half of the fish and side dishes into the large bowl, then instructed Xie’s subordinates to send the rest of the fish, along with the pot, to the boat across the street.

The subordinates took the iron pot from Wei Ruo’s hands and rowed the small boat towards Chu Lan and their boat.