Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 209 The Peacock Opens the Screen

The restaurant was also busy, and the few of them planned to go back after finishing their meal.

But an old fish seller came outside the door, holding two baskets of fish in his hand, and selling them to the guys in their restaurant.

Zhao Dongzhi pouted, "This old man came to sell fish yesterday, and it is more expensive than others."

After hearing this, Du Xiaoyu glanced at the old man. He was thin and skinny, with dark skin. Although his body was small, his limbs were very long, making him look like a big monkey.

The fish basket has been shaking slightly, the fish inside should be very fresh.

"What kind of fish are they?" Du Xiaoyu asked, "Didn't you ask Chef Zhao to come and see?"

"What do you want him to see?" Zhao Dongzhi wondered, "I and Mr. Xiang are in charge of the daily purchases of this restaurant. Chef Zhao never asks. They are all the things in the market."

Du Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows, walked to the old man's side, and looked into the fish basket. They were all blue-black or blue-gray fish, big and small, breathing with their mouths open.

Seeing someone coming out of the restaurant, the old man thought he wanted to buy it, but unexpectedly it was a girl, so he was not very enthusiastic, turned around and was about to go to other places.

"Old man, what kind of fish are you selling?" Du Xiaoyu called out to him, "It doesn't look like the fish in our river."

The old man turned his head and replied, "Miss, do you want to buy?"

Du Xiaoyu smiled and said, "You have to tell me where your fish is? Otherwise, why would I buy it? I heard that the fish sold in the market are much cheaper than yours."

"Can their fish compare to mine?" The old man said disdainfully, "Let me tell you, the meat of this fish is not so tender. You can buy two and go back and eat."

"Since it's so good, why don't you sell it in the market?"

"My family still has fields to look at. I don't have time to wait. Either a restaurant has agreed to collect them at a certain time, which is convenient..." The old man looked at Du Xiaoyu as he spoke, and wondered what he was doing with a girl like her. It's time to find another restaurant and see if we can negotiate.

He originally wanted to sell it to a big restaurant, but it turns out that the people in charge of buying fish in that restaurant are not good people. They all have a fixed place to buy fish, and they probably made money from it. The price of his fish was extremely low, and he didn't want to sell it in a fit of anger, so he went to a few small restaurants to try.

It turned out that it was too expensive, and it was not sold yesterday.

Seeing that he was going to leave, Du Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "Why don't you tell me to go to the restaurant, old man?" Since he is so confident in his fish, there must be a reason.

"Are you from the restaurant?"

"That's right, if the price is right, and this fish is good, then we will definitely take it." Du Xiaoyu laughed, "Don't worry, old man, may I ask which village old man is from?"

"It's from Sanli Village." The old man said in a low voice, "Then let me agree, don't try to fool me, thirty yuan a catty is indispensable."

It is more expensive than pork, but it is not very expensive. In later generations, some fish will be expensive, and the price will be tens of thousands of catties, and most of them are on the verge of extinction.

Du Xiaoyu would not agree easily, and said with a smile, "You have to taste it, but the first fish will be at the price you said, and I will ask the chef to cook it for a taste."

Seeing her sincere attitude, the old man followed her.

Seeing that she brought the old man here, Zhao Dongzhi was a little surprised, but she also thought that there must be some idea, so she asked the clerk to serve tea to the old man, and Du Xiaoyu ordered two dishes and a bowl of rice to satisfy the old man's hunger. .

After noon, the number of guests gradually decreased, so I took the time to call Zhao Song over.

The old man brought out a fish that looked like a bream but was very different in color, a blue-gray back with silver sides and a white belly.

Zhao Song also saw this kind of fish for the first time, and wondered, "Where did you catch this?"

The old man kept secret, but Du Xiaoyu wondered if he found a water source in the mountains, and there happened to be these strange fish in it?
Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhao Song didn't continue to ask, and went to the back yard with his hand, and asked the hired handyman to kill and clean it.

Over there, Du Xian chatted with the old man. He had been to Sanli Village in the early years. Compared with Beidong Village, there are more mountains and more water, and there is a big forest. I heard that there are many beasts in it. Usually no one dares to go.

Seeing that someone had been to Sanli Village, the old man relaxed, talked with a smile, and mentioned that there were two sons and one daughter at home.

Du Xiaoyu ran to the kitchen and saw that Zhao Song was about to cook, so he asked him what dish he was going to cook.

"This fish is really good, and the raw ones are very fresh and sweet." Zhao Song was very pleasantly surprised. They are cooks, and they are always excited when they see good ingredients. Just now, they ate a piece of fish raw while it was fresh.

Du Xiaoyu couldn't help clicking his tongue, Yusheng!It turns out that this fish can be eaten raw, but it is rare. Generally, it has a more or less fishy smell and is difficult to eat.

Seeing her expression, Zhao Song thought she was surprised to eat raw fish, and explained with a smile, "Some fish can be eaten raw, like carp, but it is not as delicious as this kind of fish. Just make a fish stick and eat it..."

I'm afraid that some people will be very uncomfortable with this. In fact, even Du Xiaoyu is not used to eating raw fish. She was about to stop it, but Zhao Song sighed again, "It's a pity that my knife skills are not good enough. The fish needs to be cut. Very thin, very thin!"

Du Xiaoyu felt relieved, "Since the fish meat is fresh and sweet, we still want to eat its original taste, so let's make it steamed."

Zhao Song nodded, "That's right, I thought so too." Then he started to cut a few slits on the fish so that it would be more delicious when steamed.

But Du Xiaoyu stretched out his hand, "Wait a minute, this steamed dish also has to be beautiful." It's really nothing new just to put it in such a whole place.

"Looks good?" Zhao Song scratched his head, how can this steamed fish look good?Wouldn't it be okay to sprinkle some petals on the side?There are also some chefs who are good at carving and can make some decorations. Zhao Song is a little nervous when he thinks about it. He doesn't know how to do this. He only knows how to make delicious food. If Du Xiaoyu asks him to make these things, it will be ugly up.

The dishes she has seen before are so gorgeous that people can't bear to put down their chopsticks. Although she doesn't have such skills herself, she still knows how to draw a ladle from a gourd. Du Xiaoyu gestured to the fish, "So Cut it off piece by piece and put the head alone in the middle."

Zhao Song was relieved that he didn't ask him to fiddle with it, but he didn't know what she was going to do, so he just followed her orders.

The fish was huge, enough to fit a large plate, and the seasonings were prepared, including chili, rice wine, ginger and shallots. The fish was marinated a little, and then Du Xiaoyu put it in a shape.

Zhao Song finally understood, this is the peacock spreading its tail!
There are two thousand and one chapters tonight~~
(End of this chapter)