msmithbooks Chapter 145 The flavor of fish lies in its head
Chapter 145 The flavor of fish lies in its head
Chapter 145 The flavor of fish lies in its head
"What are you thanking me for?" Yu Huan shook her head and said, "Finish what you're doing first before we talk. You've already thrown away most of it."
"Oh."
Yu Songnian responded, took off one of his work gloves, and pulled out two cigarettes from his pocket.
The two immediately followed the old man's steps.
Yu Songnian hurriedly offered a cigarette to the old man.
The old man turned around, took the cigarette as he walked, and then bowed slightly so that Yu Songnian could light it for him.
After a short while, Yu Huan walked up to her second uncle and quickly called out, "Second Uncle."
"Huanhuan, when did you get back?" Second Uncle stopped what he was doing, stuck the shovel into the ground, opened his mouth slightly, and took the cigarette that Yu Songnian had handed him.
Yu Huan laughed and said, "Yesterday at noon."
My second uncle simply nodded; he was never one to say much.
Yu Songnian was unusually attentive at this moment, and hurriedly lit a cigarette for his second uncle.
As a shrewd old fox, with Yu Huan as his guarantor, the old man tacitly approved of Yu Songnian singing ghost stories in front of him and no longer objected to Yu Songnian's relationship.
"Second brother, what are you planning to raise next year?"
Upon hearing his father's question, the second uncle answered without hesitation:
"It's still best to raise silver carp, bighead carp, and grass carp together."
Silver carp and bighead carp refer to the two species, silver carp and bighead carp. Silver carp feed on phytoplankton, while bighead carp feed on zooplankton.
Grass carp eat grass and have a large appetite, producing a lot of feces that provide food for silver carp and bighead carp.
Raising three types of fish together can reduce breeding costs, increase the survival rate of fry, and their interaction makes the fish stronger and taste better.
The flavor of fish lies in its head.
Bighead carp has a large head and a small body, and its meat is incredibly delicious, making it the preferred raw material for chopped chili fish head.
Curiosity gleamed in Yu Huan's eyes as he asked his second uncle a question he had never considered before: "Second Uncle, how many kilograms of fish will your fishpond produce after you stock it with fry?"
"I use extensive fish farming, occasionally adding some feed. Based on my experience of draining the pond this year, I mainly raise grass carp, and the yield per mu is less than 500 jin." Second Uncle gently lifted his straw hat, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and slowly exhaled: "If we use an aerator for intensive farming, the yield should increase tenfold."
The aquaculture industry is a high-risk industry that requires a large investment of capital, human and material resources, while also dealing with the dual risks of the natural environment and the market.
You might get rich this time with everything going smoothly, but it's easy for things to go wrong inexplicably afterwards, and you'll start to go into debt.
Besides raising fish, my second uncle also works part-time as a bricklayer, so his income doesn't entirely come from the fishpond.
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan's lips moved. He had originally intended to suggest that his second uncle focus on raising bighead carp next year, and not just raising them, but raising them intensively! Raising them on a large scale!
In two years, when the fish are bigger, my nephew will come and eliminate the middleman's profit margin, and we'll consume them directly internally.
However, I don't have any stock right now, and it feels like saying something without a solid basis would lack impact. Besides, expanding the business too much also carries greater risks.
After finishing their cigarettes and taking a short rest, Second Uncle and Yu Songnian immediately began spreading lime with shovels.
The grandfather and grandson quickly stood apart to avoid getting quicklime on their faces in the strong wind.
Watching their busy figures, Yu Huan sighed, "Working people have it tough!"
That impressive little villa was built bit by bit by my second uncle, who raised fish and worked as a bricklayer. He built most of the walls himself, saving a lot of money.
"So you should be glad you went to university and got a decent job in a public institution." The old man patted him on the shoulder.
A short while later, Second Uncle and Yu Songnian finished spreading quicklime.
Yu Songnian took off his work gloves, dusted himself off, and walked over to Yu Huan, tossing his head at him: "Come on, let's go have some fun!"
Yu Huan looked at him with some confusion: "Haven't you watered it yet?"
Yu Songnian smiled and said, "Just turn on the water pump, and my dad can do it all by himself."
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan gave him a light kick on the butt: "You do things without a beginning or an end. Come on, I'll go with you to pump water."
"Okay." Yu Songnian shrugged helplessly and wiped the sweat from his cheeks onto his shoulders.
Grandpa Yu, who was standing to the side, looked at Yu Huan and said with concern, "Your foot injury hasn't healed yet, so you need to be careful."
“I know,” Yu Huan nodded.
Yu Songnian laughed and said, "I can handle it all by myself. Huan-ge just needs to stand by and cheer me on."
The two brothers turned and slowly walked towards one end of the fishpond.
We got onto the dam.
Yu Songnian unloaded the diesel water pump from the tricycle, while Yu Huan, carrying a bundle of irrigation hoses, casually tossed them to the other side of the ditch.
Quicklime needs to come into contact with water to slake, generating heat and alkali, which disinfects and cleans the pond. Even though the water level only needs to be about ten centimeters, pumping water out of a twenty-acre fishpond takes quite a while.
Yu Huan strode across the ditch, untied the hose, and threw one end into the ditch.
After the two brothers worked hard, Yu Songnian started the water pump, and the "da da da" sound filled the air as water sprayed generously into the pond.
The old man and his second uncle each carried a shovel on their shoulders, steadily walking up the gentle slope to the bank and reaching the tricycle. The second uncle waved to them, saying, "You two go ahead, I'll wait until the water is filled before going back."
Yu Songnian took the two shovels, placed them on the truck bed, patted his backside, and left with the old man and Yu Huan.
The three grandfathers and grandsons were about the same height and walked in step on the cement road.
"Are the tangerines in your yard ripe yet?" Yu Huan suddenly turned to ask Yu Songnian.
This type of citrus fruit only ripens in the south during winter. Yu Songnian's family has three old tangerine trees in their vegetable garden. The tangerines are big, sweet, and melt in your mouth, even better than those bought in regular fruit shops.
"We've been eating this for a month or so!" Yu Songnian asked with a smile, "So, Huan-ge, do you want some?"
Yu Huan said without any hesitation, "I want to get some to give to my mother-in-law."
"So filial to your mother-in-law?" Yu Songnian raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
Hearing his two grandsons' conversation, the old man, having been through it all, turned to Yu Songnian and offered him a series of earnest words of advice:
“Learn more from Brother Huan. There’s an old saying that when choosing a wife, you should look at the mother-in-law. Whether you’re happy after marriage depends a lot on the mother-in-law. For example, if the couple argues, the mother-in-law will fan the flames and make trouble behind the scenes. There’s no way to stop her.”
"Then I'll get some to give to my mother-in-law too." Yu Songnian scratched his forehead.
The old man raised his foot and nimbly kicked his butt: "Don't call anyone out when the time comes. Your brother Huan is already engaged. You're just boyfriend and girlfriend. It's not even close to being official yet!"
"Of course I know!" Yu Songnian covered his backside, looking at Yu Huan with a face full of surprise: "Really engaged?"
The latter replied calmly, "The parents from both sides have met."
"I rely on!"
"Songnian, you still need to work harder." Yu Huan coughed, her voice lacking confidence.
After all, Yu Songnian, that beast, is already living with Xu Qian, while the pure love warriors only reluctantly share a bed with him when there is a bloody disaster.
Of course, Yu Songnian and Xu Qian are childhood sweethearts who have known each other since they were young. They are practically intimate, so it's normal that their relationship progressed quickly.
The three grandfathers and grandsons chatted as they walked, and soon strolled up the gentle slope.
Yu Songnian noticed a BMW parked at the door. He had never seen the car before based on the license plate, and he figured that a wealthy guest must have come to visit.
With a sudden change of heart, he turned to Yu Huan and teased with a grin, "Brother Huan, we're still getting too distant. You drove a BMW without even telling me!"
"This is your sister-in-law's car."
"What?" Yu Songnian, who was just joking, was stunned. He tilted his head and opened his mouth wide: "Holy crap!"
"what happened?"
Yu Songnian exclaimed, "She funded the opening of that restaurant. Huan-ge, you're going to skip ten years of hard work!"
Yu Huan simply smiled upon hearing this.
Auntie and Teacher Wu were sitting by the gate, basking in the sun, chatting and laughing. When they saw this group of people, Auntie immediately got up to go inside and pour tea.
However, seeing that Yu Songnian was covered in dust, he immediately said, "Songnian, you should take a shower first."
“I know.” Yu Songnian nodded and strode into the room to follow his second aunt.
Yu Huan and the old man paused at the door.
Not long after.
After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Yu Songnian, his hair still wet, came out and gestured with his chin to Yu Huan, who was sitting calmly in the sun: "Brother Huan, let's go get some tangerines!"
Seeing this, Yu Huan stopped talking to the old man, downed the tea in the disposable plastic cup in one gulp, and then stood up.
Sitting next to Teacher Wu, his second aunt took a sip of tea from her mug, then turned to the two of them and said, "There are a few pairs of scissors in the first cabinet on the top shelf. You two brothers, don't try to pull them out!"
“I know!” Yu Songnian replied.
Auntie turned to Teacher Wu and said, "When is Huanhuan going to the city? Why don't you eat here tonight?"
The old man chimed in, "His mother-in-law is calling him to dinner."
“Yes,” Teacher Wu said with a smile, “yesterday the grandfather and grandson went fishing and caught a carp weighing more than six pounds and a crucian carp weighing more than ten pounds. There are still some fish offal in the refrigerator that haven’t been cooked yet, and they will go bad if we don’t eat them soon.”
Second Aunt nodded: "Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony."
Behind the small villa, there are three lush tangerine trees in the vegetable garden, scattered in three corners of the garden.
Yu Songnian brought over a two-meter-high ladder. He reached out and gently parted the branches and leaves that were blocking the top of the tangerines, managing to pick the tangerines from the canopy.
Yu Huan stood below, holding a large bamboo basket, looking up at Yu Songnian's actions, and exclaimed, "This tangerine tree must be about ten years old, right?"
As far as the eye can see, the tree canopy is lush and green, the trunk is thick and strong, and the branches are bent by the weight of the yellow tangerines.
This is clearly an old tree that has stood for many years.
"I don't know the specifics, but I remember eating them when I first started junior high school." Yu Songnian picked some tangerines and suddenly asked him, "Are you free this afternoon? Want to go to the internet cafe in town for a while?"
Yu Huan raised the basket high, then caught the tangerines that Yu Songnian gently tossed down: "No, my mother-in-law is calling me for dinner."
"Oh~"
(End of this chapter)