Fishing

Jing Chen hesitated for a moment, as he could just wait here to see if the white wolf could find the ginseng, so he said: "Thank you very much, Elder. Xu."

Elder. Xu said,:"Stop calling me Elder Xu. If you don't mind, just call me Grandpa Xu." Jing Chen nodded.

The secret guard next to him looked at his master in surprise. The master had been indifferent since he was a child. Apart from being kind to his grandmother, even his father acted very coldly. In this way, Jing Chen took his secret guards and settled down.

Early the next morning, Wang specially stewed a chicken for Jing Chen to replenish his body, and greeted him with warmth, and beside him, Qibao looked a little jealous, with a depressed face. Jing Chen noticed Qibao's expression and the corner of his mouth rose slightly.

Su Chenyu had just gotten up at this time, and Wang had already left his breakfast in the pot. After everyone had eaten breakfast, Su Chenyu said. 

"Qibao, I wonder how you have considered the business of opening a barbecue restaurant we talked about yesterday?"

Qibao replied: "It's possible, but the size of the restaurant can't be too small, and I want to open a self-service style barbecue restaurant."

Su Chenyu was puzzled: "What does it mean by self-service, Qibao?"

Qibao said: "The guests order the dishes and then cook it themselves. What do you think?"

Su Chenyu said: "This is also a good idea. You can cook how you want. It's really interesting and comfortable to invite two or three friends to grill and chat at the same time!"

Qibao said: "But we still need to build an iron plate, light a charcoal stove underneath, and make some iron tongs for holding vegetables. But we need to find a shop first."

Su Chenyu said: "Okay, then the three of us will open a store together. How about just 33% or 40% of the shares? My cousin and I will get 30%, and how about you get 40%?"

Qibao wholeheartedly agreed: "No problem!" Su Chenyu immediately sent a secret guard behind him to go to the town to look for a larger store. If he found one, he would report it immediately.

At this time, in the study room of Yipinxian in the town, a dark-faced shopkeeper was pacing back and forth. He felt that someone must have tricked Yipinxian. Not only was his money stolen, but the stack of secret letters was also missing. Cold sweat breaks out on his back, once this letter spreads, his life will be over.

"Agui, come in!" the shopkeeper shouted in a deep voice.

A big man came in from the door and saluted with clasped fists. The shopkeeper said: "Have you found out what happened? Who drugged the restaurant? And is there any trace of the money I lost?"

The big man named Agui said: "Shopkeeper, not yet. This man must be very skilled, otherwise he wouldn't have secretly drugged without a trace and stolen the shopkeeper's money! We must have offended someone."

The shopkeeper's face became angry and said: "Nonsense, otherwise who would be against me, Yipinxian, for no reason! But as to who I have offended recently, I'm afraid it's only Zuixianlou."

Agui said: "The shopkeeper is talking about what happened last time? But I didn't reveal my true identity when I was looking for someone to do that. Shouldn't they know that it was us?"

The shopkeeper said: "Idiot, sometimes it doesn't need evidence, other people determine that it's you then it's you. Think about the people in Huamen Town who can oppose him in Zuixianlou. They must have guessed that it's me, Yipinxian, but they don't have evidence, so they can only resort to such evil tactics."

Agui asked: "Then what should we do now?"

The shopkeeper said: "Get out first and continue investigating this matter."

After Agui went out, the shopkeeper thought more and more that something was wrong. If it was Zuixianlou who did it, wouldn't the letter also fall into Zuixianlou's hands? If Zuixianlou sends this letter to the government, then he has come to an end. He even has the idea of ​​​​running away, but he is not willing to leave behind the Yipinxian that has made him rich for more than ten years.

Suddenly the shopkeeper gritted his teeth, since he did this in Zuixianlou, then I, Yipinxian, will follow suit. When the time comes, he will find someone to sneak into Zuixianlou... I will drag you with me even to the death...

Qibao didn't know that Yipinxian had come up with a new strategy. She was telling Xiaoling to add more cumin and dried chili peppers in the space.

Qibao suddenly wanted to eat pickled fish, thinking that she hadn't eaten fish for a long time, immediately became interested, made a homemade fishing rod, made an embroidery needle into the shape of a fishhook, and went to dig up some earthworms, carrying a bamboo building on her back, she went to the river.

Su Chenyu, who was talking to his cousin in the room, saw Qibao preparing to go out with her things, and asked: "Qibao, where are you going?"

Qibao replied: "I want to go catch some fish to eat. Mr. Su, if you are interested, we can go together."

Su Chenyu said yes and was about to go back to get his cousin when he saw Jing Chen had already stood up and came to Qibao's side. His intention was very clear, he wanted to go too! So Qibao made two more similar fishing rods, and several people walked to the river together.

They chose a position to prepare. Qibao also brought some rice and sprinkled it in the river to make a nest. What she brought was spiritual rice, which was very tempting to animals.

A few people were chatting while fishing, and suddenly Jingchen's fishing rod sank, Qibao said: "The fish is hooked, hurry up and retrieve it!" Jing Chen lifted the fishing rod up, and with the movement, the fish finally appeared. It was a crucian carp, not too small. Jingchen lifted the fish to the shore, took the fish off the hook and put it into the basket on his back.

Su Chenyu said: "Okay, cousin, I thought I would be the first one to catch it! But it doesn't matter, I will be the next one." As soon as he finished speaking, a fish was also hooked on Qibao's fishing rod. Su Chenyu's face froze and he said: "Okay, pretend I didn't say that."

Qibao laughed loudly while reeling in the thread: "Mr. Su, don't talk too confidently about something you're not sure about!" Seeing Qibao smiling happily, Su Chenyu also laughed and said: "This slap in the face comes too fast, so I'd better slap myself in the face."

Everyone laughed even more happily when they heard this, even Jing Chen curled his lips and smiled lightly.

What Qibao caught was a grass carp weighing nearly two kilograms. Considering that there were many people at home, it was not enough, and grass carp was perfect for making pickled cabbage.

Everyone fished until almost lunch time, and the harvest was quite impressive, enough for the whole family to have a nice meal.

After returning home, Qibao pestered Wang to cook fish for lunch, Wang had no choice but to oblige and instructed Zhang to kill the fish, Qibao also asked her grandmother to take the pickles out, she wanted to cook herself.

Qibao stir-fry cabbage with shredded ginger and chili until fragrant, then add water and bring to a boil. After boiling, take it out, pour the sliced ​​fish fillets into the pickled cabbage soup, blanch it for two minutes, and put all the hairtail fish in the soup into the pickled cabbage basin. Pour oil into the pot again, take out the chili, red oil, Sichuan peppercorns, etc. and sauté them all until fragrant, then pour them on the fish fillets, and she's done.

Mrs. Wang and her daughter-in-law watched Qibao's operation. She silently made a note of it in her mind. After smelling the smell, Mrs. Li said: "The smell of pickled fish is so spicy that it stings my nose. It's spicy enough. I just like it."

Mrs. Lin said: "I also like it. I feel warm after eating it."

Wang said: "Since you like to eat, you will eat more when it is served. Let's bring all the bowls and chopsticks over."

At the dining table, Su Chenyu asked: " Qibao, this is the fish we caught in the morning, right? It turns out that fish can still be done this way, I'm going to have a good taste." The crowd clamped a piece of fish fillet into their mouths, the first sensation in the mouth was tender, and only secondly did they feel that the flavor was numb and spicy, but the flavor really can't be beat.