Pursued by the Heavenly Dao, first level up in the courtyard.

Liu Jianming said, "Uncle, it smells so good, I can't help but swallow my saliva."

Liu Jianming and Liu Jianhua are both sons of Liu Xiaoqian's brother, Liu Daqiang.

Qi Bing laughed and said, "Dinner is ready."

With everyone working together, the food was quickly served.

"This garlic crayfish isn't spicy, but this spicy crayfish is both numbing and spicy."

Qi Bing introduced two flavors of crayfish and personally demonstrated how to eat them.

Liu Yongfeng laughed and said, "Xiao Qi, have a couple of drinks with us."

Knowing that Liu Xiaoqian could drive and had a driver's license, Qi Bing accompanied his father-in-law and brother-in-law, raising their glasses in toasts.

In the Xia Kingdom, a world originally dominated by courtyard houses, drunk driving was largely ignored. However, after Qi Bing's suggestion, drunk driving was banned.

Liu Jianming kept eating: "Uncle, the garlic crayfish is so delicious!"

Liu Jianhua said, "Mom, I want to eat crayfish."

The crayfish in the two large enamel basins were decreasing at a visible rate.

Qi Bing's spicy crayfish is a version with less numbing and spiciness.

After eating and drinking their fill and chatting for about ten minutes, Qi Bing and Liu Xiaoqian left.

The next morning, Yan Bugui, Yan Jiecheng, He Yuzhu, He Daqing, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangtian and others went to the river to fish for crayfish.

Can't buy chicken giblets? Catch frogs by the river, peel and gut them, and they can be used as bait.

He Yuzhu laughed triumphantly: "Hahaha, I caught it!"

Xu Damao said, "Shazhu, I've caught two."

Yan Bugui hurriedly asked, "Da Mao, how did you manage to fish it up? I fished it up in mid-air and it fell down."

Xu Damao said, "Uncle, when fishing for crayfish, you can't lift the rod too fast or too slow. After the crayfish comes out of the water, lift it up in one go with the force."

"ah......"

The boy was pinched by a crayfish, and he screamed in pain.

"Bang Geng, what's wrong?"

"Dad, I got pinched by a crayfish."

Upon closer inspection, Jia Dongxu broke off the crayfish's claws.

Banggeng's tender fingers were pinched by the crayfish's claws, causing blood to flow continuously.

Jia Dongxu found a spider web and used it to stop the bleeding from Banggeng's finger.

As the pain gradually subsided, Banggeng, who had stopped crying, watched the others fishing for crayfish.

Around noon, Jia Dongxu, Yan Bugui, Yan Jiecheng, He Yuzhu, and others returned to the courtyard house, chatting and laughing.

Xu Damao looked at Sha Zhu provocatively and said, "See? The crayfish in my bucket are all quite big. The biggest one is probably two ounces. My crayfish are not only big, but there are also more of them than Sha Zhu's."

He Yuzhu retorted defiantly, "Xu Damao, don't be so smug. What's the use of catching so many fish? Your cooking skills aren't even good enough to shine my shoes."

Xu Damao disagreed: "Crayfish are shrimp too. The cooking methods are simply boiling and steaming, which are not difficult at all."

Everyone went home and began cooking the crayfish.

Yan Bugui, Yang Ruihua, and Yan Jiecheng cleaned the crayfish and then boiled them directly in water.

The Yan family was stingy and calculating. They had never eaten crayfish before, let alone cooked it. They were reluctant to add seasonings or oil.

The Yan family's boiled crayfish only had a little salt added.

The crayfish prepared by Liu Haizhong's family had its internal organs removed and the vein deveined.

After becoming the deputy director of the workshop, Liu Haizhong went out to eat more often, which broadened his horizons considerably.

Knowing that shrimp veins and internal organs need to be removed before eating them, he asked his wife Chen Rong to remove the internal organs and veins of the crayfish when she cooked them. Then, he used oil, salt, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and chili peppers to fry the crayfish until cooked.

Liu Haizhong is the deputy director of the forging workshop in the steel rolling mill and also an eighth-level forging worker in the factory. With many apprentices and grand-apprentices, he receives a considerable amount of money every month, so the Liu family is not short of oil.

Liu Guangtian ate a crayfish and said with shining eyes, "Dad, Mom, this crayfish is so delicious!"

"Guangtian, let's go catch more crayfish this afternoon, they're delicious."

"Dad, I'll go crayfish fishing after I eat."

"When you go out to fish for crayfish, be careful and don't go into the river."

"Dad, there's not much water left in the river."

"Guangtian, I'll go with you later."

Intermediate Court, He Family.

He Yuzhu brought back crayfish, half of which were boiled and half steamed.

He Yuzhu's crayfish, without any spices to mask the fishy smell, had a very strong fishy odor whether boiled or steamed.

Nowadays, there isn't enough food to eat, so even if crayfish are poorly prepared, there's still some shrimp meat in them.

Even if the crayfish were cooked terribly, He Daqing, He Yuzhu, Liu Yuhua, and He Yushui couldn't bear to throw them away.

With that thought in mind, He Daqing went to get some dipping sauce.

Peel the crayfish tail, dip it in a little sauce, and take a bite. It's numbing, spicy, fragrant, and sweet, with almost no fishy taste left.

"Dad, brother, sister-in-law, these crayfish are so delicious with the dipping sauce."

"Rainwater, if it tastes good, eat more."

The Intermediate People's Court, the Jia family.

Zhang Cuihua, Qin Huairu, and Jia Dongxu ate the boiled crayfish with unseasoned ingredients, their brows furrowed as they ate.

Banggeng ate a few crayfish, but found them too fishy, ​​so he didn't eat much more.

Bang Geng couldn't help but complain, "It tastes awful. If Sha Zhu had made it, it would have been delicious."

Jia Dongxu said irritably, "If you don't like it, then don't eat it. Nobody's forcing you to eat it."

The Intermediate People's Court, the Yi family.

Tan Guilan frowned and said, "Honey, Jia Dongxu got so many crayfish, and you're his mentor. You give the Jia family so much money and food every month, but they haven't sent us any crayfish."

Yi Zhonghai was also somewhat angry, but he pretended to be calm and said, "Maybe their crayfish wasn't good, so they didn't give us any."

Yang Ruihua sighed, "If He Daqing hadn't come back, and Sha Zhu hadn't fallen out with us, we would have been able to eat Sha Zhu's crayfish."

Yi Zhonghai looked dejected: "I didn't expect He Daqing to suddenly come back, sigh!"

The front yard, the Yan family's house.

Boiled crayfish have a strong fishy smell, but Yan Bugui, Yang Ruihua, Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi all ate them with relish. After all, crayfish have meat too!

It's extremely difficult for the Yan family to have a meal with meat. Even when they do occasionally have meat, each person only gets two or three slices.

The backyard, the Xu family's residence.

Xu Damao, who has plenty of oil at home, stir-fries crayfish directly in oil.

With plenty of seasonings added, the aroma of the stir-fried crayfish spread in all directions.

Yu Li couldn't help but praise, "Da Mao, I didn't expect you to be such a good cook. This crayfish is so delicious!"

Xu Damao said smugly, "Lily, my cooking skills are not much worse than Sha Zhu's."

Several families in the courtyard cooked crayfish, but the best crayfish didn't come from the He family, but from the Xu and Liu families.

Although He Daqing and He Yuzhu of the He family are both chefs, they cook crayfish by steaming and boiling.

He Yuzhu's crayfish didn't taste good because he had never cooked crayfish before.

Fortunately, He Daqing made some dipping sauce. Boiled and steamed crayfish tasted pretty good when dipped in the sauce.

The Liu family's "pan-fried" crayfish and the Xu family's "deep-fried" crayfish are somewhat like a haphazard attack that defeats the master.

Smelling the unique aroma of crayfish, the deaf old lady living in the backyard waited and waited, but the delicious food she longed for never arrived.

After lunch, many neighbors went to the river to fish for crayfish again.

Jia Dongxu asked, "Shazhu, how did you prepare the crayfish for lunch?"

He Yuzhu replied, "Some were boiled, and some were steamed."

Liu Haizhong said, "The crayfish tastes good, very delicious."

Yan Bugui asked, "Old Liu, the crayfish smells very fishy. How do you cook them?"

Liu Haizhong bluntly stated, "Our crayfish are gutted and deveined before being pan-fried with seasonings."

Xu Damao said, "Second Uncle, the crayfish in my house are deep-fried."

Yan Bugui said enviously, "Da Mao, your family uses so much oil for deep frying?"

Xu Damao explained, "Third Uncle, I didn't use much oil, just a little more than when frying."