Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 174 You are so capable
The next morning, before her brothers went to work, Xia Chan took her brothers to the stream, lifted up the lobster nets, and poured the contents into the barrel. Unexpectedly, there were already crayfish at this time. .

Crayfish can be eaten in June.

Xia Chan said to Xia Bin, "Brother, it hasn't rained so far this year. I suspect that we won't be able to catch crayfish and eels in the summer. Why don't we put down the cages in advance!"

Xia Bin nodded, "Just leave this matter to us, and you don't have to worry about it."

You may not be able to catch anything this summer, so you have to catch some in advance, otherwise you won’t be able to eat such delicious food this year.

"Then thank you, brothers." Xia Chan's face was full of smiles.

It's great to have a brother who supports me unconditionally.

She just needs to say something and she can eat whatever she wants.

After dinner in the evening, when Xia Bin went to find a place with water to put down the cage, Xia Chan followed Xia Bin with a flashlight and a bucket. She wanted to know the situation in person so that she could be prepared. .

The water levels in the places I visited last year have indeed dropped a lot. If it doesn’t rain in another half month, they will all be dried out. After all, the sun in June and July is already very hot.

When her brother was setting the lobster net at the water's edge, Xia Chan was shining with a flashlight and catching whatever she saw. Even the big field snails were not spared. If she didn't catch them now, she wouldn't have the chance to taste them this year. Taste it.

There was a long cut on the mud at the bottom of the clear water. Xia Chan curiously picked it up with tongs, and unexpectedly it turned out to be a big clam shell. Because she had never seen this thing before, she really didn't realize that there was such a thing in the country waters.

Xia Bin nodded, "Okay, I'll catch some for you next time I come out at night. Do you want big or small ones?"

In the 21st century, when Xia Chan went to the ancient town for a visit, she spent money to open pearl oysters, but she didn't get any good pearls. She also ate the clam meat in the restaurant, which was very chewy and delicious.

"Yes, I want both." The big ones will be opened for pearls, and the small ones will be kept in the swamp. This way, there should be an endless supply of pearls in the future. Pearls of good quality are still quite valuable, and even those of poor quality should be able to be ground into pearl powder.

She held the clam shell in front of Xia Bin and said with a smile, "Brother, I want this."

She doesn't understand these things, but she can sell them when the time comes. Anyway, there will be people doing business in the future, and as long as they have goods, they can make money.

Thinking of the taste of spicy clam meat, Xia Chan couldn't help but drool.

Starting from the second night, the brothers took turns to catch small dragon fish, eels and clams every night.

When Xia Chan doesn't have to go to class, she processes these things at home. She removes the shrimp thread from crayfish and leaves only the tail. She only processes the big eels, dries one third of them, and stores two thirds in a space to be eaten fresh.

The big clams and snails were kept in wooden basins to spit out mud and sand, and the small clams were put in the swamp. Because the water was about to dry up, these things would all hide in the mud and be difficult to catch, so every night the three brothers went out together, and only one brother was left at home to watch the house with the summer cicada.

After seven days, a lot of large clam shells had accumulated. Xia Chan brought the clam shells to the stream through space, scrubbed them clean one by one with a brush, and then took out a knife to open the clam shells.

Clam shells are very difficult to open. She first inserted the knife into the shell and then chopped it on the stone. It took her several chops to finally open the shell. Then she pulled out the meat inside. She reached out and pinched it, but there was no pearl.

Opening clam shells was too tiring, so Xia Chan stopped after opening one and took the cleaned clam shells home directly, planning to let her brothers open them when they were free. She would then make delicious stir-fried clam meat for them to repay them.

The four brothers worked together for several hours to crack all the big clams and take out the meat. They also washed the shells several times by the stream. Then the brothers went to work.

They got up very early to process the clam meat!
Xia Chan had never handled clam meat herself, so she didn't know to what extent the clam meat should be washed to be considered clean. She specially ordered a bag of chilled clam meat from the "Crossing Mall", and then washed her own clam meat exactly the same as the one she ordered, so that she could feel at ease.

The cleaned clam shell meat filled the entire wooden basin, weighing several dozen kilograms, and it was impossible to finish it in one pot.

Xia Chan first blanched the clam meat in batches, then washed it several times again and put it on plates, then cut the onion, ginger, garlic and chili for later use, and then used the pressure cooker in the hotel suite kitchen to press the clam meat in batches.

Wash it again, then heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add onion, ginger and garlic to stir-fry. Then pour in the clam meat, stir-fry evenly, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and appropriate amount of water, then cover the pot and start cooking.

After a portion of clam shells was ready, Xia Chan picked up a piece and tasted it. He found it was quite fresh and tender, not as hard to bite as others said. Then Xia Chan started to make the second and third pots...

Continue until all the clam meat is cooked.

After coming out of the space, Xia Chan hurriedly prepared lunch. She asked her brothers to call Xiao Fengfeng, Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing to come over to eat clam meat when they got off work.

They couldn't let others think that they had endless rice at home, so Xia Chan didn't cook rice at noon today. Instead, he poured the braised clam meat into the pot, then put some cornmeal pancakes on the edge of the pot and cooked a big pot of taro soup.

Then I fried a few vegetarian dishes, some of which were home-grown and some were wild vegetables.

This is in line with their country people's personality. If your family eats better than the city people every day, isn't this giving them a handle for nothing? It's fine for your family to eat quietly, but you can't be too high-profile.

At lunch, everyone tasted the braised clam meat with a skeptical attitude, but when they really put the meat in their mouths, everyone's eyes lit up. It's hard to describe the feeling, but it was just delicious, spicy and fragrant, and went well with rice.

"Xia Chan, what are river clams? Why are they so delicious?" Xiao Tiantian asked in confusion while eating.

"I don't know how to explain this thing. Anyway, it is a kind of shell that grows on the bottom of freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, etc., half buried in mud and sand. Anyway, it is an edible aquatic product. There is also a kind of pearl oyster that can raise pearls, and the meat is also edible." There are many different sayings about river clams, and Xia Chan doesn't know much about them, so she can't give Xiao Tiantian the best explanation.

"Xia Chan, you are so capable." Xiao Tiantian's eyes were sparkling, full of earnest admiration.