Mother Ye had been waiting at the door of the house, and when she saw a group of grandchildren rushing towards her, yelling at her to blow up sandworms, she immediately opened her mouth and cursed back.
"Fried what to fry, don't need oil, each one is a bit big, but you can eat it, and you know you have to fry it, isn't it itchy?"
"Hey, it was the third uncle who said it! He said he was going to blow up a basin for us." After Ye Chenghai finished speaking, he immediately shouted behind him, "Third uncle, you just said that you were going to blow up a basin of sandworms for us. count?"
Ye Yaodong slowly pushed the cart over, and said with a smile: "If I said I lied to you, what would you do?"
"Ahhh? I don't trust you anymore, thanks to our hard work just now!"
"That's right, I'm so mad..."
"Father, your words don't count, you are too much..."
"Ahhh, we won't help you any more..."
A group of children were very angry and glared at him.
Ye Yaodong knew that he had aroused public outrage, so he didn't dare to fool them, "I didn't say no to bombing, didn't I just ask it like that, just to tease you? "Fried, definitely fried, it's a washbasin, let you eat enough !"
"Hmph, that's about the same!"
"Humph?" Ye's mother gave Ye Chenghai a chestnut, and then glared at Ye Yaodong, "What are you frying, and you have to fry a basin, don't need oil, is money too hot?"
"Hey, how much oil can be used, let them fry it. They picked up these sandworms, and those in the sacks. They were very active today and worked hard. I should reward them."
"You just get used to it, tomorrow I will let you blow up the stars and the moon, and you will blow them up too."
"Hey, you should be able to get the stars and the moon."
Mother Ye glared at Ye Chenghai, "You're the only one who will lose his head, you must be the one who said you want to blow it up!"
Ye Yaodong touched his nose and remained silent!
"I'm wronged! It's clearly what the third uncle said!" Ye Chenghai felt that he was more wronged than Dou E, and it was fine if he was cheated by the third uncle every day, but now he has to help him take the blame!
Ye Yaodong continued to remain silent, and silently removed all the sacks from the cart.
"Your uncle and nephew are the same, you just want to eat it, and fry it, I really think..."
Mother Ye went to help move after muttering a few words. Seeing the small half bag of wriggling sandworms, her face was full of joy.
"There are still these bags of shells, which need to be cleaned up and sorted."
"All of you come over and help pick, so that you can eat when you work." Mother Ye ordered the children politely.
"Then you have to blow it up for us!"
"I will bargain..."
After she said something, she went into the room to get chopsticks.
If I don’t fry them up for them today, it seems that I can’t let it go.
For fresh sandworms, use chopsticks to poke them quickly to remove the sand in the internal organs, otherwise the sand will sink into the meat.
It tastes better after being washed in sea water and put into the pot.
Or put the washed sandworms in the pot, and serve them immediately after boiling. At this time, the sandworms are the most tender and delicious.
Ye Yaodong dumped all the bags of shellfish on the ground for a group of children to sort, and then picked up chopsticks to help clean up the sandworms.
"Ye Chenghu, go and ask your two aunts to come and help."
"oh."
Mother Lin heard the movement outside the house, came out to take a look, and was also surprised, "Oh, why are there so many shells? There are also sandworms? Where did they come from?"
Mother Ye explained with a smile: "Those shelled ones were pried off from the bottom of Dongzi's boat, and the sandworms were caught by accident. I didn't expect there were so many sandworms on the beach today."
"Grandma, we also picked up a lot of small seafood, including crabs, stranded fish and shrimp, conch, and clams..."
Mother Lin said enviously: "It's better for you to go to the beach. You can pick up any seafood when you go out, so you don't have to worry about eating and drinking."
"It doesn't happen every day, and sand worms are rarely seen at ordinary times, but when the tide goes to the beach, there are some things to pick up."
"very nice."
Mother Lin knew how to clean up sandworms, but she was not very skilled. She took the initiative to help the children sort them.
"There are quite a lot of shells under this boat, no wonder you have so many dry goods."
"Bring some fresh ones back later, the weather is not hot yet, so you can store them for two or three days without washing them, and they won't go bad."
"You keep it for yourselves to eat, if you can't finish it, use it to dry. We still have a gift from Adong last year at home..."
"Dried ones are different from fresh ones. Don't be shy, they are all from our own people. These are not worth much. We have a lot of them at the seaside."
Mother Lin smiled, "Hey, well..."
Mother Ye cleaned up a small half of the basin and came out, rinsed it with water, then put some salt to marinate it for a while, and while there was still a faint red light in the stove, she directly lit a fire and poured oil.
Dip the marinated sand worms with a little sweet potato starch liquid, pour 70% of the hot oil into them, and fry them slowly over low heat. While frying, observe the color of the sand worms. After a few minutes, the sand worms turn golden yellow and you can take them out.
Several children smelled the aroma outside the house, and they couldn't sit still anymore. They all ran into the house and stopped working. They gathered around the stove, stretched their necks and waited for the pot to come out.
"It smells so good~"
"Ok?"
"How long will it take to fry?"
"Let me see, let me see, I can't even see..."
"Go, go, go and wait outside for me, don't get in the way here, or no one will eat it."
One by one, they sucked their saliva and looked back eagerly.
"Okay, call us!"
Ye Yaodong also shouted at them outside, "Hurry up and work, I can't do without you, I'll definitely have enough to eat in a while."
Not long after, Father Ye and Father Lin came back from a stroll around meal time, and joined in the ranks of helping.
The doorway was full of workers, and when Mother Ye came out with the fried sandworms, she was immediately surrounded. Fortunately, the end of her washbasin was so high that only Ye Chenghai and Lin Guangyuan could reach it.
"Hurry up and wash your hands, and eat after washing. Your hands are so dirty, how can you eat them?"
"It's not clean, you won't get sick after eating it!" Ye Chenghai ate another one before running to wash his hands.
Ye Yaodong wiped his hands and ate one, "It's really delicious, it's still delicious when fried."
Sandworms are already delicious. Except for a little salt, no other seasoning is needed. They are crispy and have the salty taste of seafood.
"Isn't it delicious? Pour half a pot of oil into it."
Mother Lin also said with a smile: "As long as it is fried in oil, it will taste good, not to mention that the sandworm is very fresh."
"I'll cook a few for Ah Qing to breastfeed, and dry the rest in the sun. Save them and eat them slowly. I don't know if there will be more tomorrow?"
"Third Uncle, let's go to the beach tomorrow when the tide goes out."
"Tomorrow is Monday, are you going to take a day off to catch sandworms?"
Ye Chenghai froze instantly.
Lin Guangyuan ate happily and said, "We can go to the beach with a flashlight to take pictures at night. I heard that there are many nights..."
Mother Lin interrupted him, "Who is with you at night? You're not going back yet, are you?"
"You can stay for a few more days and play here. Anyway, he didn't go to junior high school, so he doesn't need to go to school." Ye Yaodong smiled and helped to speak.
Lin Guangyuan nodded desperately, "Yes, yes, just let me play here for two days, and help my two cousins by the way."
"Yeah, he hasn't been to the new home, it's rare to come, let him stay for a few more days."
"I just stayed to help with work and watch the children..."
"Yes, I happened to stay with Chenghu and Yangyang as company..."
Everyone helped to speak, Lin's mother had no choice but to let him stay here for a few more days.
"Be obedient, don't be naughty, and don't take your two cousins around, keep an eye on them, you know?"
Lin Guangyuan nodded excitedly, "Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, I will be obedient and help with work."
After successfully staying, the children were all happy, and they discussed going to the beach to take pictures of seafood at night.
"You are not allowed to go without an adult. The beach at night is very dangerous. What if you are swept away by the waves?" Mother Lin frowned and said worriedly.
"Little uncle will accompany us!"
"Just now you promised to be obedient and obedient, but now you are going to encourage them to be naughty? If you do anything wrong, you will come home with me."
Lin Guangyuan didn't dare to say a word.
Ye Yaodong smiled and winked at him, and he was instantly happy again. He felt that he had understood what little uncle meant!
Better little uncle!
The sandworms in a washbasin are especially popular with adults and children. Mother Ye waits for half of them to eat, so she won't give them to eat.
"Save it for later with the rice, or you won't be able to eat it later."
Everyone licked the oil on their hands eagerly, and looked at it eagerly, not eating enough.
"Let's eat now? Otherwise it won't taste good if it's soft, it's so crispy now!"
"I don't have enough to eat, hurry up and help with work first."
Mother Ye brought them into the house after cursing, and then cooked two more dishes, cooked a pot of fresh mussels, and oyster omelette, before calling everyone to eat.
After a full meal, Father Lin and Mother Lin helped to open all the oysters before leaving.
Before leaving, Mother Ye took two small buckets, filled them with sandworms and sea oysters, and filled half a bag of barnacles and mussels for them to take back.
The old people are used to thrift, Ye Yaodong was afraid that they would walk back again, so he sent them to the entrance of the village to wait for the bus.
Although they are a small village here, they are right on the side of the road, and passing cars from the town often pass by. If you wait a little longer, you can still wait for the passing cars that drop by.
He waited for the two of them to get into the car, and then paid the fare before heading back.
Lin Guangyuan was also at the side, and after sending the person away, he said excitedly: "Little uncle, shall we go to the beach to catch crabs, snails, fishes and shrimps at night?"
"Catch the blind? You answered so nicely just now, and you will be obedient if you say so."
"Didn't you just wink at me?"
"when?"
"Just now? You can't take your word for it!"
"I didn't speak? I just blinked..."
"Yes, just blink, I understand what you mean."
"You know what a ghost!" Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, raised his long legs, and strode forward.
Lin Guangyuan trotted behind to catch up, "Hey... little uncle, you can't let it go... it's a deal..."