Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 767 Crispy Fish
In front of her son-in-law, Ye Zhijuan pretended nothing had happened, but she didn't eat the leek box. Instead, she chatted with Tang Zhitong about serious matters: "I heard from the comrades from the Science and Technology Commission that they helped you contact the Institute of Chemical Metallurgy of the Academy of Sciences?"

"Yes, I've been there and have discussed it with them. I'll be there the day after tomorrow to process the parts." Tang Zhitong did not deny it, but he did not expect Ye Zhijuan to be so well-informed.

"Seize the opportunity and be humble. The director of the Metallurgical Institute is a top overseas Chinese who returned from studying abroad, and he is also a member of the academic department." Ye Zhijuan suggested.

"Is the position so high?" Tang Zhitong was very surprised. Academician is the current title, and it will be changed to "Academician" in the future. This is not a teacher or professor, but an academician who can make the scientific community tremble with just a stomp of his feet!
The strength of those who were elected as academicians at this time was unquestionable, because the "Three Qians" in the science and technology community were the first batch of academicians of New China.

Although Tang Zhitong did not know what level an academician belonged to, he knew how powerful an academician was. If an ordinary university in the future could have an academician, the president would wake up laughing in his dreams.

"Are you surprised? I was surprised too. I didn't expect the Science and Technology Commission to attach so much importance to you." Seeing her son-in-law's eyes wide open, Ye Zhijuan smiled.

Ye Zhijuan's rank was much higher than her son-in-law's, and she knew some things that he didn't know. After liberation, she was only evaluated as a member of the academic department twice, once in 55 and once in 57. The number of people evaluated both times was not large, less than 300 at most.

Although they do not have a specific administrative level, they at least enjoy the treatment of their own level!
"Very unexpected." Tang Zhitong admitted that Zeng Xinghuai left a good impression on him, but from his words and actions, he did not put on airs at all and did not look like an academic big shot at all.

This level is not something Ding Hui can coordinate, and no one knows how many people are involved behind the scenes. Tang Zhitong does not intend to inquire. He just wants to do his job well.

"Work hard and make sure to achieve results this time." Ye Zhijuan gave her son-in-law a goal.

"Well, we must achieve results, otherwise we will not deserve this treatment." Tang Zhitong smiled and became more determined to make the switch the day after tomorrow.

"Xiao Miao has coordinated with the unit to make the cat rack according to the drawings you gave me. They have sent a set over for inspection. No one at the Women's Federation has experience, so this task has to fall on you. When you go back, you can take it back from the Women's Federation and give us your opinions." Ye Zhijuan stopped there and turned the topic to other inventions.

"Okay!" Tang Zhitong nodded in agreement. The equipment that he gave to Beibei for free finally arrived. Although he didn't spend any money, it was full of his own intelligence and talent.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, let's go fishing!" Xiao Wang was tired of playing, and Jingmin escaped from the clutches of his elder sister. He rubbed his butt while limping towards Tang Zhitong.

"Fishing, fishing, all you know is fishing. Have you finished your homework?" Wang's face looked a little better. Ultimately, although it was her brother who was talkative, she and her husband did get carried away and did not pay enough attention to the details.

"I've finished writing it!" Jingmin replied confidently, without any hesitation.

"Really?" Xiao Wang didn't believe what his brother said and turned to look at Jingying.

"Yeah, I finished it this morning." Jingying didn't dare to look her elder sister in the eye. Her eyes opened quickly and she lowered her head to look at the textbook on the table, as if there was a very attractive little story in it.

"Can I go now?" Jingmin asked proudly.

"But we have to eat first." Xiao Wang was similar to Jingying. He felt guilty and only dared to be mean to his brother. He didn't dare to look at Director Ye.

"Let's eat first." Ye Zhijuan was in control of the situation at home, and with just one sentence she calmed the children down.

The chive dumplings were fried in the morning. In order to catch up with the meal time, Xiao Wang and Tang Zhitong did not have lunch at home.

The lunch was relatively quiet. Jingmin, who had been beaten, concentrated on eating. Ye Zhijuan had no intention of mentioning "strawberry", so the couple naturally pretended nothing had happened.

After dinner, Tang Zhitong fled out of the house with his brother-in-law, leaving Director Ye and his daughter and three children at home.

Tang Zhitong took his brother-in-law to borrow a fishing rod from Gao Dashan and took him to Shichahai again.

"Brother-in-law, can we not stew the fish tonight? Can we try a different way of eating it?" Wang Jingmin sat on the back of a bicycle, carrying a fishing rod, and made a request to the driver in front.

"Hey, you're thinking too far ahead. You're thinking about eating the fish before you even catch it?" Tang Zhitong joked with his brother-in-law in front.

"With my brother-in-law here, I believe I can definitely fish it up!" After several previous fishing trips, Wang Jingmin now has a mysterious confidence in Tang Zhitong. It's like the third brother who caught the PL-15 with his face. Another way of saying the plane was shot down is that the plane successfully intercepted the missile, with an interception rate of 100%, reaching the world's advanced level!
Xiao Wu jumped up and down to celebrate with a "da da da" sound.

"You're good at talking. If you can catch a fish, I'll make you fried fish." There are many ways to eat fish, but if you want it to taste good, it must be deep-fried.

Since most fish are low in fat, you may feel full when you eat them, but you will feel hungry faster after the meal.

Fishermen on the coast call dishes made from this low-fat seafood "scraped rapeseed", so even in years of great famine, even if they are very hungry, they seldom eat seafood such as fish, shrimp, clams, etc. Most of them just catch them and take them to the market or exchange them for food through some channels.

At present, people in inland areas are not so particular. Firstly, the output of farmed fish is not enough for large-scale supply, and secondly, the fish in rivers, lakes and reservoirs are not inexhaustible.

Catching fish improves your life, why do you need a bicycle?

Tang Zhitong drove Wang Jingmin to Yinding Bridge. Looking around, the lakeside was full of fishing rods, with the density almost reaching that of a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.

"Let's go find a place with fewer people." No matter how hungry the fish was, Tang Zhitong would not compete with them for the spot. After all, he had the hook on him, and the fish in it were enough for his brother-in-law to fish ten more times.

Wang Jingmin didn't know how to choose a spot for fishing, so naturally he just followed whatever Tang Zhitong said.

Tang Zhitong rode his bicycle south from Yinding Bridge to the south bank of Shichahai and found an unwanted corner.

"Brother-in-law, can we catch fish here?" After arriving at the place, Wang Jingmin saw that there was no one around, and he began to wonder in his heart.

"Hey, you said you believed me when we were on the road. It's only been a short while now. What's wrong? Are you going to go back on your word?" Tang Zhitong looked around, planning to find two stone bricks to use as a seat.

"That's not possible. I just wonder why others don't choose such a good place." Wang Jingmin hurriedly tried to explain.

"Maybe others haven't noticed. Stop talking nonsense and get ready to go fishing." Tang Zhitong still couldn't find a brick, so he could only choose two relatively regular stone slabs from the shore to use.

"Okay!" Wang Jingmin had planned for a long time to take Tang Zhitong fishing this time. He had prepared the bait early and got some bones from somewhere. As he spoke, he lowered his head to look for a stone, trying to knock the bones open.

"Give it to me, I'll do it. Where did you get this bone?" As soon as Tang Zhitong took his hand, he was surprised by the crunchy smell.

"Last time when we were eating roast duck, I hid two duck leg bones, but I forgot about them when I went fishing last time." Jingmin straightened his chest, looking as if asking for praise.

"You are really good at hiding. You are not afraid of attracting rats." Tang Zhitong shook his head. The smell of duck bones that have been stored for a long time is really not good. I don't know if it can attract fish to bite the hook. Tang Zhitong broke the duck bones into pieces, selected a small piece for his brother-in-law to hang on the fishhook, and hit the rest with a stone, then mixed some mud and rolled it into balls, which would be convenient for hanging bait later.

It doesn’t matter whether it tastes good or not, since humans are not eating it anyway. Maybe the fish in Shichahai like it.

Jingmin swung the club and quickly got into the state.

After Tang Zhitong finished rubbing the bait, he looked at his brother-in-law and wondered if his way of choosing a fishing spot would lead him astray. When he grows up and masters the trick of choosing a fishing spot through practice and practice in fishing, will he have any questions then?
After dinner, Ye Zhijuan pulled Xiao Wang into the bedroom and explained in detail: "You are such a grown-up, why are you so careless? There should be a limit. It would be bad if others saw it."

"Mom, I just didn't pay attention for a moment." Although there was no one else around, Xiao Wang still blushed. But it was precisely because there was no one else around that it was convenient for her to lean on Director Ye and twist her body to act coquettishly.

"There must not be a next time. The children at home are all grown up, and as an elder sister, you have to set a good example for them." Although Ye Zhijuan works in the Women's Federation, the current atmosphere is not very friendly to women. Even in the unit, there are divorces. On the surface, the relationship has broken down, but in fact the man has used this as an excuse to have three, four, five or six new lovers, and all of them were remarried after divorce, which is very legal.

"I got it, Mom. I promise I won't do it again next time!" Xiao Wang raised his hand and swore, only talking about himself and never mentioning Tang Zhitong.

"You..." The "strawberry" on her daughter's neck was definitely not sucked by herself. Since her daughter didn't mention her son-in-law, Ye Zhijuan didn't feel comfortable saying it. She knew her daughter's little thoughts very well, but she didn't say it out loud.

"There's some progress on your song, but we still have to wait a while. They can't compose music that quickly, so we have to try it bit by bit." Her daughter is older and has her own ideas. Ye Zhijuan once again stopped talking and started chatting with Xiao Wang about the progress of "March of the Athletes."

Tang Zhitong was concentrating on "feeding" fish to his brother-in-law so that there would be fishing spots. There was a reason why no one came to this location. Not to mention fish, there were not even many shrimps.

Maybe we have to wait until the weather gets warm and the lake water is heated up, then fish and shrimp will gather in such shady places.

Wang Jingmin was concentrating on fishing, and as he caught fish one after another, his confidence continued to grow. He felt that if he could come here to fish every few days, he would be able to solve the meat problem for his family.

The two brothers fished for more than an hour, and raindrops began to fall from the sky.

"It's raining, let's go back." Although the rain was not heavy, Tang Zhitong did not bring any rain gear this time. He was afraid that if it rained heavily, his brother-in-law would get soaked, so he thought of packing up and going home.

"Brother-in-law, the rain is not heavy, let's fish for a while longer, please." Wang Jingmin was in high spirits and begged Tang Zhitong, unwilling to leave.

Tang Zhitong was amused. It turned out that Wang Jingmin was going further and further down the path of a fisherman. If he had been married and had children by now, he would not have tried to stop him even if he fished until he was exhausted. But it was not possible now. He was just a child, and catching a cold was no joke.

"Catch one more and leave. If you get caught, you'll have a fever and a cold, and we won't be able to catch another one." The brother-in-law finally begged him, and Tang Zhitong finally softened his heart, but he didn't plan to delay. He directly took out a small crucian carp with melon seeds and hung it on his hook, urging him, "Hurry up and raise the rod, the ginseng has floated."

After picking up the rod, Wang Jingmin still felt a little unsatisfied, but seeing that Tang Zhitong was determined to leave, he could only reluctantly put away the rod and walk back.

After arriving home, the rain stopped. Wang Jingmin regained his energy: "Brother-in-law, the rain has stopped. Let's go back?"

"No, I'll go home and make fried fish." Tang Zhitong rejected the "little fisherman's" wish without hesitation.

"Okay then. I'm going to eat two big bowls of rice tonight!" Thinking of the crispy fish, Wang Jingmin suppressed his restless heart. He went through so much trouble to fish for half a day, wasn't it just for this bite of food?

During the Chinese New Year, Wang Jingmin ate the crispy fish made by his brother-in-law and thought it was the ultimate delicacy. Even without fish meat, he could eat two bowls of it as long as he poured a little thick soup on it and mixed it with rice.

"Be careful not to bite your tongue." Tang Zhitong smiled and scratched his brother-in-law's nose, but his brother-in-law didn't react at all.

Regarding Xiao Wang's magic switch, Tang Zhitong was very curious whether it varied from person to person, but he could only practice on his brother-in-law and didn't even dare to think about his sister-in-law.

"Are you not wet?" As soon as the two brothers entered the house, classmate Xiao Wang came up and asked with concern.

"It's okay. The rain isn't heavy. I ran back as soon as I saw it was raining. I was worried about heavy rain." Tang Zhitong put the fishing rod and other things behind the door, planning to return them to Gao Dashan later and give him two fried fish at the same time.

"My mom said that the Agricultural Machinery College is verifying artificial rainfall. It's not raining heavily here, but it may rain heavily somewhere else. My mom said that once it passes the verification, it will be promoted nationwide." Student Xiao Wang showed her dimples and looked at her husband with admiration, her eyes almost tearing.

She just talked a lot with Director Ye, not only about songs, but also about the various inventions made by her husband.

Most inventions can be converted into foreign exchange. Although a small number of them cannot be converted into foreign exchange, they have also played a significant role in improving people's living standards. The idea of ​​artificial rainfall is one of them.

"That's great. Once it's promoted, maybe the farmers can harvest an extra three or five bushels of rice and have a good New Year." It was the first time Tang Zhitong heard of this, but it didn't stop him from being happy.

We artificially made rain a few days ago, and today we fired a few more cannons, which was obviously for the purpose of making it rain, but it is not a waste. With this verification, we can launch a comprehensive promotion later.

After chatting with Xiao Wang for a while, Tang Zhitong started to make crispy fish.

This time the crispy fish is different from the last time. Last time we used sea fish, but today we use authentic Sijiucheng crucian carp and carp.

Remove the gills and internal organs of river fish, scrape the black membrane in the abdominal cavity, rinse it under the faucet and set aside without removing the scales.

The authentic way to make crispy fish in Sijiucheng is to put the fish in a pot, add seasoning and cook it, but Tang Zhitong plans to make a different crispy fish today, and fry it in oil first.

Tang Zhitong drove a few greedy people who were watching the fish out of the kitchen on the grounds that he didn't want the smell to spread. He quickly cleaned the moisture on the surface of the fish, and then put the fish into the oil pan for a high-temperature bath.

The oil was what was left over from Director Ye's last time refining lard. Tang Zhitong secretly added some of the stock to avoid affecting the Wang family's quality of life in the future.

After the fish has been bathed, take it out and put it into a pressure cooker. Add onion, ginger and star aniseed, pour in boiling water, cover the pot, and press for half an hour before eating.

In fact, it would be better to slow-cook it in a large iron pot for three or four hours, but Tang Zhitong didn't have that time.

During this period, Tang Zhitong was worried that the neighbor's children would cry out of greed, so he thoughtfully used a hook to trap the fragrance, making sure not a single drop of it leaked out.

While stewing the fish, Tang Zhitong steamed the rice in a steamer, intending to eat it directly after pressing it, focusing on the synergy between fish and rice.

(End of this chapter)