Chapter 538 Breakfast Pot Porridge (1/2)

The sky was just getting brighter.

Li Duoyu woke up and looked at Zhou Xiaoying who was still sleeping, and Xiao Tutu who had her calves on his belly.

He frowned slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. He had agreed to serve the leader last night.

But Li Duoyu never expected that he would fall asleep first when he coaxed Xiao Tutu to sleep.

Until now, Li Duoyu didn't know whether he coaxed him to sleep or Xiaoying did it.

"Damn, it's really unreliable."

Li Duoyu touched Xiaoying's head. She frowned in her sleep and changed her direction to continue sleeping.

Although he could do some morning exercises to make up for it, he saw that she was sleeping so deeply, so he gave up.

Li Duoyu got out of bed lightly.

Seeing the neatly arranged stack of invitations on the table, he couldn't help but feel distressed. He must have written them until very late last night.

After Li Duoyu woke up, he looked at the time. It was only half past five.

It was a bit early.

But he was not sleepy at all.

Since he had to get up so early, he would make breakfast today.

Their family was relatively wealthy, but breakfast was still relatively simple. Most of the time, they had porridge with dried fish, pickled mustard and pickles. Occasionally, they would make some seafood porridge and cook one or two eggs for little Tutu.

What to eat for breakfast?

Li Duoyu thought about it. It was indeed a bit boring to have the same breakfast all the time. Let's change the taste for them.

I remember that Zhou Xiaoying liked to eat pot-side porridge in her previous life. Li Duoyu planned to cook a high-end seafood pot-side porridge for her.

The most important raw material for making pot-side porridge is flour. After searching in the kitchen for a while, he finally found a whole can of flour in the basket hanging in the air.

Pot-side porridge tastes best when made with homemade rice slurry, but it takes too much time to make. Without a whole morning of preparation, it is impossible to grind rice slurry.

After finding the flour, Li Duoyu went directly to the pier. The morning sun had just emerged from the sea, and the entire sea surface turned orange-red.

Li Duoyu and the villagers on the island are no longer surprised by such beautiful scenery. At most, they would say: It seems that today is another good day.

At dawn, many fishermen have already set up stalls at the pier, and many of the things they sell are not wanted by fishmongers.

It is also helpless to say that after the fishermen catch good things, they will be bought by fishmongers as soon as possible. Only those that are not wanted by fishmongers will be sold at the pier in Hong Kong.

But it does not mean that the seafood that fishmongers do not want is particularly bad. Some of them are just a little worse in appearance, such as the broken legs and feet of swimming crabs, the fish scales are falling off, the skin of gun barrel squid is seriously damaged, and some are not large-scale and scattered, so fishmongers do not like to buy them.

"Director Li, it's so early, are you here to buy fish?" A fisherman named Zhifeng said, "I have a lot of miscellaneous fish here, do you want to take a look?"

Li Duoyu took a look and thought it was average. The seafood he sold, mullet, pomfret, and hairtail, all had a strong fishy smell and were not suitable for making pot-side paste.

He turned and walked to the stall of the Zhao brothers. The two brothers saw Li Duoyu with a smile on their faces, and Zhao Dahai even wanted to give Li Duoyu the small folding stool on his buttocks.

After taking a few glances, Li Duoyu thought the seafood of the two brothers was good. There were two small blue dragons and some swimming crabs with broken legs.

If I remember correctly, May is also the season for swimming crabs to be plump. Each swimming crab on the stall of the two brothers looked fat, but they were broken and not very good.

When city people buy, they may ask for better appearance, but when Li Duoyu was in Rongcheng, every time he went to the vegetable market, he would buy those with broken hands and feet. The taste is exactly the same, but it can save a lot of money.

Li Duoyu said: "I will buy all three lobsters, and give me a fatter swimming crab, a squid, and a few triangular clams."

Zhao Dahai grinned and said: "Brother Yu, you usually take care of us so much, let alone a few, I can give you all of these."

Li Duoyu frowned and said: "That won't work, one thing is one thing, I am a person who pays for things without paying."

Zhao Dahai frowned and then said: "Then I will sell it to you at the purchase price."

Without waiting for Li Duoyu's consent, Zhao Dahai weighed it casually and quoted directly: "Brother Yu, the total is six yuan."

Li Duoyu frowned slightly. Now a catty of small blue dragon costs five yuan, although the small blue dragon they caught is not big, only about four or five taels.

Three crabs together cost almost six yuan, which means that the swimming crabs, squids and those triangle clams are free.

This price is not the purchase price, but the lowest price. Since the other party has already quoted the price, Li Duoyu is too lazy to continue "bargaining". After all, making pot-side paste is quite time-consuming. He directly gave the other party six yuan and planned to go back to make breakfast.

But just as he was leaving, Zhao Dahai asked: "Brother Yu, I forgot when our commendation meeting will start."

When he asked this, Li Duoyu was stunned for a while: "If I'm right, it should be three days later. At that time, the village committee will organize everyone to go."

"I understand, thank you Brother Yu."

After buying seafood, Li Duoyu suddenly asked: "By the way, Dahai, have you spit out the sand in this triangle clams?"

"It has been spit out, and there is no sand."

"That's good."

Li Duoyu hurried home from the dock and looked at the time on his watch. It was already six o'clock.

He quickly processed the seafood. Crayfish was simpler, so he just cut it in half and cleaned the gills.

The swimming crab was also cut in half. Due to the season, it was full of red paste. The shrimp and triangular clams were cleaned.

When Li Duoyu cleaned the seafood and returned to the kitchen, he found that Zhou Xiaoying had woken up. She was still wearing pajamas, her hair was messy, and she looked listless.

She was squatting at the rice jar and scooping rice, and the fire in the stove was already dancing with red flames.

Seeing Li Duoyu coming in with a basin of seafood, Zhou Xiaoying was puzzled: "Are there any guests at noon? Why did you get so much seafood so early in the morning?"

"No."

Li Duoyu laughed and said, "I'm making this for you. Don't wash the rice. Just have a good rest this morning. I'll make breakfast."

"How can I know it's so good so early in the morning." Zhou Xiaoying said so, but after seeing the lobsters and swimming crabs, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. They were all her favorites.

"Then you make breakfast. I'll go wash my hair. It was too hot last night. My hair is sticky and uncomfortable."

Li Duoyu frowned and said, "Don't wash your hair in the morning, you know? It's easy to get a headache."

Zhou Xiaoying frowned and said, "I know. Why are you becoming more and more like my mother now? You always like to control me. I have to wash my hair. I'm itchy."

"You can wash it, but don't wash it with cold water."

Zhou Xiaoying scratched her head: "I know, I'll wash it."

Next, Li Duoyu used flour to make slurry. If you want the pot-side paste to taste good, the rice slurry must be adjusted well.

When the ratio of flour to water is 1:1, the pot-side paste tastes best.

After making the slurry, he went to the vegetable garden to pull two celery stalks. After washing them, Xiaoying happened to boil some water in a large iron pot to cook porridge.

Li Duoyu directly put the washed seafood in and blanched them, and then took them all out again.

Then, he scooped a spoonful of lard to moisten the pot. If the pot edge paste is not to be burnt, the step of greasing is absolutely necessary, otherwise it will turn into rice crust in minutes.

After greasing, Li Duoyu scooped some water into the big iron pot again, and then put in the most soulful seasoning of the pot edge paste. That is the dried fish of the barramundi.

For Li Duoyu, if he didn't put this thing in, he would feel that the pot edge paste didn't taste right no matter how many seafoods he put in.

The most authentic pot edge paste also has scallops, but unfortunately they are not suitable for breeding this kind of scallops that will run away.

After boiling water and dried fish for a while, Li Duoyu directly put the blanched seafood in and cook them together.

Then, use a large iron spoon to scoop up the rice paste and slowly pour it along the edge of the oiled pot.

This action must be fast, and the rice paste must be attached to the edge of the pot while it is not noticed. It only takes a dozen seconds to shovel the pot edge into the seafood soup along the pouring direction.

When pouring rice paste for the second time,

you still need to brush a layer of oil.

When Li Duoyu was halfway through the pot, there was a noise in the bedroom. After getting up, little Tutu found that there was no one in the bedroom, and cried with a slightly crying voice: "Mom, where are you?"

Li Duoyu shouted to him: "Tutu, don't lie in bed, get up quickly, I'll make you something delicious."

After a while.

A sleepy kid came to the kitchen barefoot. After seeing Li Duoyu, he asked: "Where is your mother?"

"Your mother is washing her hair outside. I wake up all day and just look for her. And put on my shoes quickly, don't run around barefoot, or you will be pricked by shells."

Little Tutu snorted: "Bad dad, you said you would coax me to sleep and tell me stories last night, but you fell asleep first."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly. I don't know what happened recently, this kid is getting better and better at talking.

But during this period, Xiao Tutu was particularly attached to Zhou Xiaoying. Several times when she was going to school, Xiao Tutu would hug her thighs tightly and cry miserably.

Xiaoying, who had never been late before, was late because of her own son. It is said that she took Xiao Tutu to class that day.

According to the words of the previous life, most children of this age who sleep with their parents will have separation anxiety.

"Then I will go to find my mother."

Xiao Tutu was about to find Zhou Xiaoying, but he smelled the fragrance in the big iron pot. His eyes widened, swallowed his saliva, and then dragged the small bamboo chair over and stood on it.

"Are you ready? I want to eat."

"It will be ready soon. Go to the yard and ask your mother to come and eat together."

Xiao Tutu jumped off the bamboo chair and ran directly to the yard. Li Duoyu wanted to remind him to put on his shoes first.

But when he turned around.

He could not see the figure.

Li Duoyu felt that this kid would definitely not be a good person when he grew up.

After washing her hair, Zhou Xiaoying tilted her head and rubbed her hair with a towel. In this era when hair dryers were rare, people could only wipe their hair dry or wait for it to dry naturally after washing it.

Li Duoyu said, "How long will it take to dry it? I'll buy you a hair dryer when the power is on."

"That thing can't be used. If you use it, everyone will have a power outage."

If I remember correctly, hair dryers were introduced into China in the 1990s, but for those smugglers along the coast, they had this thing when the reform and opening up began.

It's just that the voltage was very unstable at that time, and the wattage of the hair dryer was very high.

I remember that Lao Lu's family had an electric hair dryer. As a result, when he used the electric hair dryer, the lights of the entire street nearby immediately became dim.

After being messed up by Lao Lu several times, Wang Jinjun's TV could not be turned on. It cost several hundred yuan to repair it.

They had a big fight over this matter and almost got into a fight. Since then, Lao Lu has never used that thing again.

Zhou Xiaoying was quite surprised to see the things in the big iron pot. She naturally knew what Li Duoyu was cooking.

When she was in school in Rongcheng, she was particularly greedy for this thing, but the chef at the school at that time never made this thing for them to save trouble.

And it was the first time she saw such a luxurious pot-side paste, which actually used lobster, swimming crab, and squid rings.

When Li Duoyu came out of the pot, sprinkled the chopped celery in it, and simmered it for a while, and the delicious pot-side paste was ready.

Zhou Xiaoying was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you could make this."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "How is it, your husband is amazing."

Zhou Xiaoying said sincerely: "Awesome, really super awesome."

To be honest, there is really no one else in Shangfeng Town who is as good at making money and cooking as him.

After Li Duoyu brought the pot edge, Zhou Xiaoying took a sip of the soup first. Unexpectedly, it was many times more delicious than the pot edge paste she had eaten in Rongcheng.

The soup was fresh and fragrant.

The pot edge was thin and tender.

After eating a few bites, Zhou Xiaoying's eyes widened: "It's delicious, how did you make it?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "It's delicious, just eat more, eat all the lobster."

"You don't want to eat it?"

Li Duoyu replied: "I don't like lobsters and crabs very much."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying was silent for a while, and then sighed: "You are getting better and better now, making me seem useless."

"Who dares to say you are useless? You are a primary school teacher, and you speak English much better than college students. You also teach students so well. In addition, you are so beautiful, you care about your family and love your husband. This year's Advanced Teacher Award must be you."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Seeing Li Duoyu constantly praising himself, Zhou Xiaoying was embarrassed and blushed a little, while Xiao Tutu next to him secretly drank a mouthful of soup, which scalded him and made him scream.

"Mom, my mouth is so hot."

"Don't hold it in your mouth, spit it out."

As little Tutu spit out the soup, Zhou Xiaoying felt distressed and angry: "Eat slowly, try it first to see if it's hot before eating. No one is fighting with you, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I know, mother."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu suddenly remembered when he was a child, there were more children in the family, and once there was something delicious.

The brothers and sisters really scrambled for food. At that time, the second brother was more greedy and always ate in advance. Sister Shuihua took Duoyu, Xiaoying and Xiaorong to scramble for food with him.

Because of the fight for food, the two sides fought several times, and the second brother's face was scratched by Sister Shuihua several times.

In the end, both of them were beaten by their father with a stick, while Duoyu, Xiaoying and Xiaorong were not beaten because they were younger, but were punished to stand.

Li Duoyu still remembers that they had to stand for two hours when they were punished, and their legs were really broken. (End of this chapter)