Chapter 430: A Small Award
"Yang Daoyou, what's wrong with you?"
The weirdness of the little monster fish and Yang Zhenling's strong reaction all made Gu Zheng feel that something was wrong, could it be some taboo or custom of touching Fog Wind Island?
"This fish, this fish can't be touched, and it can't be killed!"
Looking at the little monster fish that had died in Meowmeow's hands, Yang Zhenling looked very helpless. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"I can't kill anything, I've already touched it, I've already killed it, I'm still fine?" Meowth said disdainfully.
"Say less. β
Gu Zheng glared: "Yang Daoyou, why can't this little monster fish be touched and killed? What kind of fish is this?"
"This little monster fish is called 'resentment', it is very, very rare, according to the old people, there will be unlucky things to happen when you touch it, and there will be a catastrophe when you kill it, let's stop fishing, let's go ashore first!"
Yang Zhenling looked very frightened and observed the water from time to time.
"Okay!"
Gu Zheng originally wanted to comfort Yang Zhenling with a few words, but things like taboos or customs are deep-rooted, and it is not a few words that can make him untie the knot, so he didn't say anything more, anyway, today's harvest is not small, go back!
Because they went back early, it was not dark yet, and the bonfire on the beach had not yet begun.
As soon as I landed, someone came to ask if I had caught any strange fish.
Because of the 'resentment', Yang Zhenling's mood was very bad, which also made him have a good temper, and he didn't have a good face for the people who came to interrogate.
After going ashore, Yang Zhenling told Gu Zheng that he was going to tell the head of the sect about inadvertently killing the 'resentment', hoping that the elders in the door could resolve the resentment of the 'resentment'.
"Sir, why didn't you find out yesterday, why is he making such a fuss!" Yang Zhenling said unhappily after Yang Zhenling left.
"You, you have touched other people's taboos, and you blame others for making a big fuss? What's more, people said it openly, and they didn't make a small report. What if it were you, what would you do if someone touched your taboo?"
Gu Zheng smiled and reached out to flick Meow Meow's head, causing her to cry out in pain.
"If someone touches my taboo, I will definitely not let him go!"
As if someone had really touched a taboo, Meow Meow clenched her little fists in a matter.
Gu Zheng was amused by Meow's appearance, he smiled and asked, "Tell me, what is your taboo?"
"Sir is my taboo! If anyone dares to offend you and dare to do something unfavorable to you, I will not agree to it!"
Meow Meow stared at her big watery eyes, and her expression was very serious.
Gu Zheng was stunned, although he could feel that Meow Meow did regard him as a taboo, but when these words came out of Meow Meow's mouth, his heart was still touched a lot.
"Meow, you don't recognize me as the master, and the so-called master is only a verbal relationship. In the past, when you hadn't transformed yet, we didn't spend much time together, I'm really curious, why do you have such special feelings for me?" Gu Zheng touched Meow's hair and said in a soft tone.
"Are you ashamed, what are you doing? Yesterday hugged, today touched!"
The slightly angry voice of the machine spirit sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"What's wrong with me just treating her as a child, holding her in a circle, and touching her hair? Besides, you don't know, I don't have any distractions in my heart, and I just asked this question, it's just a normal question!" Gu Zhengxin said.
"Hmph. The machine spirit snorted coldly.
"What's the matter? Envy? It's a pity that you can't come out, if you come out, I'll hug you and touch your hair!"
"You,"
Gu Zheng was stunned, originally his words were a bit of a bickering victory, but the ingredients of Dese were in it, and he blurted out without thinking too much. But as soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong, how could this have a bit of a scar in it? Sure enough, the machine spirit who only said one word looked very aggrieved in his voice.
"Mr. is the first human being I got close to, I regard Emei as my home, and I also regard Mr. as a relative, which has nothing to do with the length of time, the gathering and separation, and the transformation and ignorance. β
Meow Meow smiled and playfully stuck out her tongue at Gu Zheng, who was stunned again.
Gu Zheng was stunned, he never thought that Meow Meow, who still needs to be honed in terms of human sophistication, would be able to say such a thing.
"One by one, all of them are not ashamed, don't you feel disgusted when you say such things? disgusting, disgusting, disgusting, ......."
The voice of the machine spirit sounded openly, and the sound of the final spit was even more long, so that the person who had just walked to Gu Zheng's side looked left and right inexplicably.
"Sister, what I said is true. β
Meow Meow lowered her head, her voice full of grievances.
"Alright, watch out for the impact!"
Gu Zheng was very helpless, and he looked at the current appearance of the machine spirit.
Feeling Gu Zheng looking at him, the machine spirit immediately turned around, and after snorting slightly aggrieved, he squatted on the ground and didn't know what he was drawing.
Gu Zheng originally felt that his head was big, but he couldn't help laughing for a moment, what the machine spirit was doing now was really like a child. Squatting on the ground and drawing circles? Is this a curse?
Before I knew it, it was getting dark, and Gu Zheng, who had long since returned to the treehouse, was looking at the bonfire lit on the beach from the window.
"Bang bang bang. β
There was a knock on the door, followed by Yang Zhenling's voice: "Gu Daoyou, are you going to the bonfire party?"
"Of course, if I hadn't waited for you, Meowth and I would have passed long ago. Gu Zheng opened the door.
"My husband is still waiting for you to eat the fish, otherwise, we would have eaten it a long time ago!"
Meow Meow poked her head out behind Gu Zheng and smiled at Yang Zhenling, Gu Zheng was not useless in her teachings on human feelings.
Yang Zhenling also knows that Meow Meow is a little unhappy when he reports the matter of 'resentment'! In his heart, when he sees Meow Meow at night, it is very good that Meow Meow can not stare at him, as for smiling at each other, this is something he can't think about!
"I'm really sorry for the two of you, I could have come over earlier, but I was held back by something else, and I haven't been able to get out until now. Yang Zhenling hurriedly apologized.
"Let's go, let's talk as we go!"
Gu Zheng patted Yang Zhenling's shoulder.
"Yang Daoyou, what does Master Yang say about 'resentment'?" asked Gu Zheng.
"The head asked me to tell Gu Daoyou that since the incident has happened, I don't have to blame myself too much. However, for the sake of the friendship of the ancient road and the good of the residents of the island, during the golden scale tide, the ancient road friends should not go to sea again!" Yang Zhenling smiled bitterly.
"It's okay, if you don't go to sea, you won't go to sea, anyway, going to sea is just for fun. β
Although there are some regrets, since it is a taboo for others, it is not easy to insist on Gu Zheng. It's just that what makes him depressed is that when he went to the island, he received the disciples to talk about the taboos and worldliness of Fog Wind Island, and he didn't mention this rare 'grudge', otherwise he wouldn't have had this kind of thing.
"Thank you Gu Daoyou for your understanding! The head of my family also said that it is a pity that Gu Daoyou cannot be allowed to go out to sea to fish, and after the golden scale tide is over, he will give Gu Daoyou five silverhorn fish as compensation. β
Silver horn fish ranks third among the five kinds of strange fish, and its value is naturally very expensive, in order to compensate for the regret that Gu Zheng can't go out to sea to fish, Yang Zhang's decision can be regarded as a special preferential treatment.
"No, we're offending the taboo anyway. β
It has been determined that the enthusiasm of Head Yang is not pure, and Gu Zheng will naturally not accept such preferential treatment from him.
In the face of Gu Zheng's refusal, Yang Zhenling did not insist, but only told Gu Zheng that tomorrow morning, Yang Zongmen would come to visit him in person.
As a guest on other people's land, the host also visited in person, such a high-standard treatment made Gu Zheng feel that maybe the purpose of Master Yang's enthusiasm would be known tomorrow!
The general bonfire party is to build a large bonfire, and a group of people eat and drink, talk, laugh, sing and dance around the bonfire.
The bonfire party on Foggy Wind Island also has a large number of bonfires, and there is also a group of people singing and dancing around the bonfire, but most of these people are residents of the island, and only a small number of outsiders who feel fresh and curious will participate in it.
In addition to the large bonfires, there are many small bonfires lit by outsiders throughout the beach. The outsiders who surround these small bonfires almost all go to sea today, and what they do around the bonfires is basically based on barbecuing today's harvest.
Although the golden scales harvested during the day belong to Foggy Wind Island, the Tianxin faction will also distribute some golden scales to each bonfire for free for barbecue in order to make the bonfire dinner lively at night, and even send the disciples of the Tianxin faction to help outsiders barbecue the golden scales.
In addition, at the bonfire party every year, the Tianxin faction will also give out a bottle of 'coconut milk wine', a specialty of Kiri-Kaze Island, to each person around the bonfire, which is sweet and refreshing, but full of stamina, and is deeply loved by outsiders. However, it is only available at annual bonfires and fish festivals, and is free to taste and is not available for sale.
Laughter and laughter echoed in the night sky, and the aroma of roasted gold scales was particularly strong.
Yang Zhenling is in charge of lighting the bonfire, Meow Meow is in charge of handling the golden scales and strange fish, and Gu Zheng is preparing to cook by hand.
"Gu Daoyou, in fact, at the bonfire party, there is a small award. Yang Zhenling said.
"Oh, what awards?" asked Gu Zheng.
"This award is a common practice, every year at the bonfire party, all outsiders who grill fish by themselves, whoever grills the fish with the best taste, will get a gift bag issued by our Tianxin faction, which contains the specialties of the foggy wind island! Although this gift bag is not worth much, it can also be regarded as a part of our Tianxin faction. Yang Zhenling said.
"Although the gift is light, it can also enliven the atmosphere, which is very good!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Sir, aren't you going to participate?" Meowth asked.
"If I don't participate, it's not interesting for me to participate. Gu Zheng said lightly.
"Yes, let them compete! If you participate, you won't have to run for this award. Meow meow smiled.
"In fact, this award is passive participation, no matter whether you participate in the ancient road or not, you must have won today's award, after all, I am the only judge of this award. Yang Zhenling said with a smile.
"This won't be the glorious mission he gave you when you went to report to Master Yang, right?" Gu Zheng shook his head.
Yang Zhenling naturally understood what Gu Zheng meant by shaking his head, and he smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, even if the head of the family doesn't give me this mission, I don't have to run for this award, with the cooking skills of the head of the Gu family, when you start grilling fish, if the aroma of the grilled fish can't attract the judges, it will be really weird." β
Gu Zheng only makes fish today, and he has to make three kinds of fish respectively.
Yang Zhenling gave a few golden scales for barbecue, the caught silver horn fish for stew, bone fish for frying, and star eels for braising them. As for the most precious dragon's beard fish, it has been put into the pond of the desolate space by Gu Zheng.
"Is this set of kitchenware the same set of immortal kitchenware that Gu Daoyou won in Kunlun Mountain?"
Looking at the pot that was heating above the flames, Yang Zhenling's eyes widened.
"Yes!" Gu Zheng nodded.
With this set of immortal utensils and kitchenware, Yang Zhenling has not eaten the food cooked by Gu Zheng more than once, but this set of immortal utensils and kitchenware is indeed the first time he has seen Gu Zheng use it.
"The fairy utensils are good, and this pot doesn't need to be propped up. β
In Yang Zhenling's emotion, Gu Zheng had already poured oil into the hot pot.
To cook silverhorn fish, the ancient method used is to fry the fish first, and then add water to stew the soup.
After the oil was hot, the processed silver horn fish was poured into the pot by Gu Zheng, and it suddenly made a frying sound.
"It smells so good!"
After all, the silver horn fish is a strange fish, and as soon as it is put into the pot, it immediately has a different fragrance wafting out, causing the meow to shake Qiong's nose.
"Silver horn fish contains a special flavor substance, which will be completely spread during stewing, and then through the action of my internal force, the fish soup will be very delicious. Gu Zheng said.
"Sir, don't say it, I'll drool if you say it again, this fragrance is definitely not comparable to yesterday's cod!"
Of all the meats, Meow Meow has always had a special preference for fish.
"Then get ready to drool! After all, there are four types of fish I'm going to cook today!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly, in the pot with the dual effects of fire control and water control, there was immediately a thick water vapor rising, and the fragrance of the fish soup became more and more intense.
If you just drink the soup, the fish soup will need to be stewed for a longer time, and if you still want to eat the fish inside, the stew time will be reduced, otherwise the fish with a more tender texture will be stewed and lose its taste.
Under the effect of the immortal power of Gu Zheng, the stewing time of silver horn fish is shorter.
The moment the milky white fish soup and fish meat were poured into the soup basin and the lid was closed, Yang Zhenling and Meow Meow let out a sigh at the same time. Although you can eat it after a while, you can wait for a moment in the face of the delicious food that is close at hand.
After stewing the silver horn fish, the next thing Gu Zheng has to do is to braise the star eel, the star eel that has been cut into sections, first enter the water to copy it, and then with the special product of KiriskΕ Island's 'purple skin one-headed garlic', the smell is called a fragrant.
After the braised conger eel is ready, the next thing Gu Zheng has to do is to fry the bone fish.
The processed bone fish has already been cut into sections and salted, and the fish segments are cooled in the hot pan, so that it slowly rises in the oil pan until the color becomes golden and the unique burnt fragrance makes several people can't help but stand up and look at this side frequently by the campfire in the distance.
In fact, the few bonfires closest to Gu Zheng and them were not the first time that someone was attracted by the fragrance here, but they had just looked at them before, and they didn't stand up like this time.
"Gu Daoyou, not only me and Miss Meow Meow want to eat, but even they want to eat too!" Yang Zhenling swallowed.
"They can only think about it if they want to eat, and they can eat it as fast as you want, and now all they have left is roasted golden scales. β
As he spoke, the golden scales that Gu Zheng had already put on were placed on top of the fire, and roasting six golden scales at the same time was a piece of cake for him.
A pinch of fine salt, not even the oil needs to be brushed, and the fragrance of the ancient roasted golden scales makes Yang Zhenling smile very flatteringly.
"Gu Daoyou, after the golden scales are baked, you have to give me one, I will take it to the biggest bonfire, and then announce the ownership of tonight's award. β
"Okay, but I'm not going to go by myself, you can help me get the prize, right?" asked Gu Zheng.
"Yes, of course. Yang Zhenling said.
The largest bonfire, in fact, is quite far away from Gu Zheng, plus this is the seaside, and the sea breeze is quite strong at night, what is said over there, even with Gu Zheng's hearing, he can't hear it clearly.
After the golden scales were baked, Gu Zheng gave Yang Zhenling one, and Yang Zhenling excitedly took it and ran towards the largest bonfire.
"Looking at the way he looks, I really don't know if the roasted golden scales can still hold on to the biggest bonfire. Meow Meow chewed on the delicacy in her mouth and said something indistinct.
"Look at yourself, you just gave Yang Daoyou one, and you haven't said anything to let you eat it, you've already eaten it here, it's really a little gluttonous cat!" Gu Zheng scolded with a smile.
Meow Meow wrinkled his cute nose at Gu Zheng: "Who made the fish grilled by Mr. so delicious, Meow Meow loves to eat it very much!"
"Since you like to eat, then I'll bake a few more, anyway, I have to wait for him to come, and I'm idle. β
Gu Zheng started cooking the grilled fish again, and hurriedly finished eating a grilled fish, and hurriedly helped to help.
"Huh?"
Gu Zheng, who was grilling fish, made a curious sound, and there seemed to be something unpleasant happening around the largest bonfire, which seemed to be a little noisy.
Indeed, next to the biggest bonfire, there is something unpleasant that happens! And this incident is related to Yang Zhenling's announcement of the winner.
Yang Zhenling decided that the roasted golden scales made by Gu Zheng deserved to be the best tonight, so as soon as he arrived at the big bonfire, he immediately made an announcement.
Outsiders hardly care who the winner of the prize is, so this announcement is not a thing worth mentioning in previous years. But this year is different, Yang Zhenling, who thought he was just going through the motions, ran into trouble.
Some people say that Yang Zhenling has not been to his campfire to watch, let alone taste the grilled fish he cooks, so why should he give the prize to others?
Originally, it was just a formality, but someone protested, which made some outsiders who were originally around the bonfire suddenly coaxed, anyway, it was not a big deal to watch the excitement.