Meal Sweet Home: Farm Lady

Chapter 15 Garlic Grilled Whole Fish

After staying in the camp for more than five days, seeing that Yu Lianxiang's beloved daughter Yu Ranyue was in good health and that the punishment for breaking into the camp was successfully resolved, Qi Yuhao and old man Zhao Yi were ready to leave.

On this day, General Yu Lianxiang, Major General Yu Jun, and youngest daughter Yu Ranyue sent Qi Yuhao and Zhao Yi away together.

In order to express his gratitude, Yu Lianxiang gave Zhao Yi a lot of property, but Zhao Yi insisted on returning it.Yu Lianxiang had no choice but to ask his daughter Yu Ranyue to kneel down to thank him for saving her life. Zhao Yi stepped forward to help him, nodding repeatedly, as thanks.

Just when Qi Yuhao and Zhao Yi were about to get on their horses and leave, Yu Ranyue trotted up to Qi Yuhao, and asked with a shy face, "Yuhao, didn't you promise to take me to Yangzhou City to play? Today is the It’s a good opportunity to go together, so you can take me back together.”

This Yu Ranyue is seven years younger than Qi Yuhao. It can be said that Qi Yuhao watched her grow up.But since childhood, Yu Ranyue has stubbornly called Qi Yuhao by his name.

Qi Yuhao stroked the reins, with a smile on his stern face, stroking Yu Ranyue's head with one hand, and coaxed, "Ranyue, you are injured and need to rest, and it is inconvenient for you to walk with me today. I will wait for you to recover in time. I will definitely bring you to Yangzhou City to play."

In Qi Yuhao's eyes, Yu Ranyue has always been an image of a little sister.Some are unruly, some willful, and some are unreasonable, but for a general girl who has no worries about food and clothing, and is quite pampered, this is really normal.

"No! I just want to go back to Yangzhou City with you now, so you just take me there, take me there..." Yu Ranyue pulled up Qi Yuhao's sleeve and acted coquettishly.

"Yue'er, don't be rude!" Yu Lianxiang stepped forward to stop him at the right time, "You are just recovering from a serious illness, and you need to rest. We will return home after the battle is over. Your mother is very anxious when she finds out that you have been poisoned by snakes , you have to report to your mother that you are safe when you go back. Yu Hao will definitely do what he promised you, so why rush at this moment. "

The general's father had already spoken, so Yu Ranyue naturally didn't dare to continue making trouble.One must know that Yu Lianxiang was genuinely annoyed at the barracks punishment scene yesterday.

Qi Yuhao nodded, once again bid farewell to everyone who was sending him off, and got on the horse with old man Zhao Yi and left.Yu Ranyue could only look at Qi Yuhao's tall and handsome back with red eyes, feeling sullen and depressed.

The journey back to Yangzhou City from the camp is not too far away, it takes only four hours.Qi Yuhao and Zhao Yi set off in the morning, so they can reach their destination in the evening.

Nan Yan stays at home these days, besides doing daily housework, recalling the whole process of being tricked by Wang's mother and son into Shugang Valley and almost being raped by bandits that day, she is so angry that her teeth itch. The mother and child were skinned alive, and thrown into the depths of Shugang to feed the wild wolves.

"Sister Yan, Sister Yan, this is the fish soup that my mother asked me to serve you. She said it is for your health." Xiangmei, the youngest daughter of Aunt Zhang's family next door, was holding a bowl of milky fish soup, and went to it carefully. Nan Yan came over here.

Nan Yan was still in a daze just now, when she heard Xiangmei's voice, she quickly recovered and went to pick it up.

"Sister Yan, this is the sea fish my father brought in. It tastes delicious." Xiangmei exaggeratedly wiped the halazi from her mouth, still reminiscing about the fish soup she just drank.

Nan Yan took the fish soup with a smile and called Xiangmei to sit down.

"Mei Er, thank you, and thank you mother and father, your family is really kind." Nan Yan gently blew on the cold fish soup and brought it to her mouth.

"My mother said that you must have suffered a lot when you were called away by the pair of dog mother and son a few days ago. Look at the wounds on your body, and Meier feels very distressed. Drink the fish soup quickly." Xiangmei persuaded obediently.

That day when Nan Yan returned home with many scars, she happened to be seen by Aunt Zhang, who came to ask her what happened.Nan Yan was still unwilling to speak out about what happened, she just said that she was fine.

She didn't want Aunt Zhang to tell Qi Yuhao after she knew the truth. If Qi Yuhao knew it, her father Zhao Yi would also know it.Besides, there were no serious consequences. In order not to worry Zhao Yi, Nan Yan didn't want to talk about it.

Aunt Zhang is not the kind of person who breaks the casserole and asks the bottom line. Nan Yan refused to tell, so she stopped asking.Just looking at the wound on her body, she knew something must have happened.

As for how Aunt Zhang's family learned about the nature of Wang's mother and son, it was naturally learned from the time when Wang brought Dai's parents and sons to beg for marriage a few days ago.That day, Mrs. Wang rolled around and exhausted all the means that a shrew should use. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that this old woman was not a good thing to mess with.

Xiangmei watched Nan Yan drink the fish soup bit by bit, her mouth was as bright as a flower.

In this West Lake Village, the woman Nanyan has contacted the most is this Xiangmei. Although there is a four-year age difference, they hit it off very well.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from far to near, and stopped outside the courtyard of Nan Yan's residence after a while.

Nan Yan and Xiangmei stood up when they heard the sound, and walked out of the yard holding hands.Qi Yuhao and old man Zhao Yi both got off their horses and tied the reins to a thick post next to them.

"Father, Daddy, why are you here?" Nan Yan saw Zhao Yi at first glance, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, completely forgetting about Qi Yuhao beside him.

"Brother Yuhao, are you back?" Xiangmei jumped up and down happily seeing her savior Qi Yuhao back.

Qi Yuhao patted Xiangmei's head, and walked back to the courtyard with her.

Nan Yan helped Zhao Yi to sit on the stone bench in the yard, and the other stone bench was naturally given to Qi Yuhao.

"Father, Yan'er is very worried about where you have been these days." Nan Yan squatted down and beat Zhao Yi's leg for Zhao Yi who had returned from the dust.

"I asked old man Zhao Yi to follow me to the camp on the outskirts of the city to help treat a wounded person who had been poisoned by snakes." Qi Yuhao explained simply.Then he turned to Zhao Yi and cupped his hands in thanks, "Uncle Zhao, thank you for following me to the camp to treat poisonous wounds, Yuhao is very grateful."

Zhao Yi quickly waved his hands, "Such a trivial matter, what's the point? Treating snake venom is my job, so I don't need to thank you."

The smart Xiangmei got into the kitchen at some point, brought two bowls of white water and handed them to Qi Yuhao and Zhao Yi.

While the four of them were chatting and laughing, Zhao Yi noticed the large and small wounds on Nan Yan's neck and wrists, and couldn't help asking each other with distress: "Yan'er, how did you get the wounds on your body?"

Qi Yuhao noticed the wound on Nan Yan's body the first time he saw her when he called back, but seeing that Nan Yan was always covering up, he probably didn't want Zhao Yi to see it, so he didn't ask.I wanted to wait for old man Zhao Yi to leave before asking, but Zhao Yi still found out.

Nan Yan lowered her head to inquire about the purple wound on her arm, then covered the scab on her neck, and replied hesitantly: "No, it's okay. This wound is... yes... I helped Xiangmei catch it. Her disobedient big rooster hurt her."

Nan Yan rolled her eyes, and immediately came up with such a pretense.

"Ah?" Xiangmei, who was standing aside, didn't react for a while.

"Ah what! Why are you pretending to be confused. Didn't I catch that big black rooster for you the day before yesterday? I chased it all the way to the head of the village, causing me to trip over stones several times and hurt me all over." Nan Yan Chong Xiangmei winked secretly, signaling her to cooperate.

"Ah... yes! Our big black-feathered rooster is too worrying. It ran around like crazy that day. If sister Yan didn't help catch it, I'm afraid this big rooster would run to the post. Li has become the king of pheasants." Xiangmei laughed and tried to smooth things over.

Although Zhao Yi was dubious, he also knew that Nanyan would never let him worry since he was a child, so he kept everything in his heart.

Fortunately, these wounds were just ordinary scratches, and it was said that they were caused by tripping after chasing a big rooster, but it seemed like that, so I simply didn't ask any more questions.

Qi Yuhao just rolled his eyes, buried his head in drinking water and didn't speak.

It's now Youshi, and it's time to prepare dinner.Qi Yuhao and Nan Yan insisted on staying with Zhao Yi for dinner before leaving, but Zhao Yi repeatedly refused and agreed.

It's just that Nan Yan is at home alone these days, and eating is very simple.Qi Yuhao and Zhao Yi came back suddenly without saying a word, making Nan Yan unprepared.

Xiangmei happily suggested that the two families have dinner together in the evening, which is a good idea, since it is lively and there are many cooks, it is easy to prepare a table of dishes in a short while.

After Aunt Zhang heard the proposal, she was so happy from ear to ear, she hurriedly started cooking on the stove.It just so happened that Xiangmei's father and three older brothers were at home that day, so everyone was counted.

Aunt Zhang brought two sea fish and said they were cooking, but Nan Yan stopped her.She asked Aunt Zhang to fry some simple side dishes, and she will handle the two sea fish.

Nan Yan carried two sea fish, and brought Xiangmei to an open space in the yard, set up a circle of firewood, and lit it.He also found two clean thin sticks, and strung two sea fishes on them respectively.

The belly of the sea fish had already been broken, Nan Yan stuffed the minced garlic mixed with rapeseed oil that she had just chopped in the kitchen into the fish belly, crushed the salt and applied it finely on the whole body of the sea fish and inside the belly.

"Sister Yan, do you want to grill fish?" Xiangmei, who was squatting beside her curiously and focused, asked.

"That's right, I'm going to make roasted whole fish with mashed garlic." Nan Yan happily responded.

"Okay, okay, I'll have grilled fish for a while, and I'll have grilled fish for a while!" The innocent Xiangmei danced and swallowed her saliva.

Nan Yan thought, due to the limited ingredients, the taste of this grilled fish must not be as good as the grilling techniques of the 21st century, but it is still made from local materials, and the garlic is mixed into the fish body and grilled together. It's about to spread the taste, that taste, how can it be called "cool".

The meat of the fish is naturally delicate, and it will be cooked in a short while. The aroma of the fish meat is wrapped in the fragrance of garlic, which makes everyone in the yard stretch their necks to look at it.

Nan Yan brought a large plate, put two grilled fish in it, and sprinkled some chopped green onion on the surface of the grilled fish, it was really delicious.

Xiangmei took the plate from Nan Yan's hand and impatiently brought it to everyone.

(End of this chapter)