wavenovel Chapter 27 Taraha
Chapter 27 Taraha
The follow-up examination yielded no results, leaving the handsome doctor in the forest area looking troubled.
The patient, Chen Tuo, however, looked relaxed and began to process the fish.
Hong Ye, who came for her artistic dreams, quietly looked at the poetry manuscript.
When Wu Laowai returned with a sack of chili peppers.
Chen Tuo also gave Sun Changkui two complete sets of cold-region cotton-padded coats under the pretext of exchanging them for new cotton-padded clothes.
"Uncle Wu, the crucian carp seeds look pretty clean. Shall we have some sashimi?"
While Wu Laowai was cleaning the fish, Chen Tuo also brought out his dishes.
"Freshwater fish shouldn't be eaten raw; they contain parasites! Fish in the river valleys eat bird droppings, which contain many parasite eggs that stomach acid can't kill!"
Before Wu Laowai could answer, Hu Yuling stopped Chen Tuo's risky actions.
Songling is under the jurisdiction of two provinces: one is Heilongjiang Province, and the other is Hulunbuir.
Therefore, the parasite control methods used on the grasslands were also brought to Songling.
"Da Lingzi, the Evenki people on the North Mountain still drink deer blood and eat raw meat, and they don't seem to attract insects..."
When Chen Tuo mentioned raw fish, Wu Laowai licked his lips, saying that it was too much of a match for alcohol!
"Also, I've eaten plenty of the Hezhe's 'killing fish,' also known as Taraha, and I've never seen any worms in it!"
Old Wu had been eyeing the pretty doctor in the forest area for many years, and he certainly wouldn't let the opportunity to bicker with her slip by.
Eating raw fish and raw meat is a common occurrence for Wu Laowai.
Drinking deer blood and roe deer blood is also one of his secret techniques for running in the mountains in winter.
He could be arrogant all day long after drinking a glass of liquor mixed with deer blood and roe deer blood.
Seeing that Hu Yuling was about to retort, Chen Tuo, who knew that Wu Laowai had ill intentions, changed the way he ate.
"Sister Lingzi, how about we eat some frozen raw fish? I heard that the Yakuts over there in Russia eat fish like this and they don't get any parasites."
As he spoke, Chen Tuo got up and went outside, pulling out the crucian carp meat he had prepared from the snow in the vegetable garden.
He picked up the obstacle-clearing knife and cut it in half directly onto the newly erected wooden stake table.
I tried a bite, and although the crucian carp meat wasn't as good as salmon, the texture was indeed quite good, with a slightly oily feel.
Moreover, the cool fish meat helped to suppress the burning sensation in my chest and the restlessness in my heart.
"Uncle Wu, it tastes good, would you like to try some?"
"Hmm! It's alright, just missing a sip of wine. Da Lingzi, you should try it, it's so fragrant and tender..."
"Old Sun, you try it first, but don't give it to the kids when you get home!"
Hu Yuling pretended not to hear or see Wu Laowai's teasing.
Chen Tuo's solution was quite good; the extreme cold of minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius could indeed kill most parasites, including their eggs.
Sun Changkui, who was being instructed by Hu Yuling, had been craving a bite of sashimi for a long time.
Chen Tuo didn't even need to lift a finger; he simply took out most of the half-bucket of loose liquor that he had left over from yesterday.
The forestry pioneers in Songling, Xinlin, Huzhong, and Tahe were all his comrades-in-arms.
The living environment in the Xingan Mountains is extremely harsh.
The winter lasts for seven months, with snow that doesn't melt for half a year, and extreme cold of minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius.
Although they came prepared, they still underestimated the harsh living conditions here.
Fortunately, the troops had experience in making cooking pots, and their cotton-padded coats, trousers, and shoes couldn't withstand the extreme cold of the Xingan Mountains.
They built their own distillery and managed to survive.
The oldest factory in the Songling area, which has more than 20,000 employees and their families, is the winery.
Without this distillery, they would probably end up like the Japanese settlers, coming and leaving every time they came.
When the forestry farm first started construction, Sun Changkui was the vanguard leader.
In my memory, the best food and drink was the "killing fish" dish, which the Evenki people learned from the Hezhe people.
"Master Wu, would you like to try some raw fish?"
After taking a big bite of frozen fish slices and a swig of strong liquor, Sun Changkui suddenly shuddered.
Frozen fish fillets are delicious, but they're too cold.
"Old Sun, what's wrong with you?"
Hu Yuling's face showed a hint of anger when her husband wanted to eat unhygienic raw fish.
"Da Lingzi, the Hezhe people are very particular about how they kill fish! The scales are neat, the bellies are clean, and the flesh is white. How could there be any parasites?"
Taking the wine bowl handed to him by Sun Changkui, Wu Laowai took a swig and also felt that the frozen raw fish was too cold.
Eating too much of this stuff can cause diarrhea, which is really unpleasant in the dead of winter.
Knowing that Hu Yuling was the head of the household, Wu Laowai quickly gave a demonstration on the spot.
They pulled out a crucian carp, about the size of two palms, still breathing, from the sack.
With a few quick swift movements of the knife in his hand, he removed the clean internal organs and cut out the white fish meat.
Fearing that the others might get sick from the food, Hu Yuling conducted an extra thorough inspection.
She thoroughly examined everything from the fish liver and intestines to the fish belly.
"Many parasites are invisible to the naked eye, and parasite eggs have an exceptionally long lifespan on a living organism, hmm..."
While Hu Yuling was still explaining about parasites, Wu Laowai's fish, which he was killing, had already begun to be sliced.
Sun Changkui picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into her mouth. The delicious taste of the fish exploded in her mouth, instantly silencing her parasite theory.
Seeing that the handsome doctor remained silent, Wu Laowai seized the opportunity and quickly threw six crucian carp, each about the size of a two-palm, into the campfire.
Roasted over a campfire, then deboned and sliced.
No need for pots and pans, the white, blood-red, blood-stained fish, Tarah, was laid out on the tree stump table.
"Xiao Hong, come try Hezhe's raw fish, it's so fresh and delicious!"
The chubby girl Hong Ye is also a foodie, and she even took the initiative to stuff raw fish slices into Hu Yuling's mouth.
Even the handsome doctor in the forest could only look on with anger and chew quickly.
"Master Wu, make a few more pieces of burnt chili..."
Seeing that the sashimi on the table was dwindling, Sun Changkui used the excuse of "stir-fried chili peppers" to get Wu Laowai to prepare another batch of taraha.
A sip of wine, a bite of raw fish, and a touch of smoky, fragrant chili peppers—no other seasonings are needed; the taste of raw fish taraha is simply divine.
As she ate, Hu Yuling, who was reluctant to eat, realized something was wrong.
Those present didn't eat the most, not the guests.
Instead, it was Chen Tuo holding a knife in one hand and a wine bowl in the other.
He squeezed a piece of raw fish into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth. In just a few bites, a piece of crucian carp meat the size of two palms was gone.
Besides killing the raw fish Taraha, Chen Tuo's knife was also busy. He would chew a few times and swallow a piece of frozen raw fish, about two fingers thick.
He ate about half of the dozen or so fresh crucian carp seeds.
There were plenty of leftover frozen fish scraps on the table.
Who could stand eating at least three or four pounds of pure meat?
"Xiao Chen, you've eaten too much, stop eating!"
"Sister Lingzi, I've only eaten half a meal. You can't let me go hungry at the educated youth settlement, can you?"
"Da Lingzi, Xiao Chen has a good appetite. He ate the most of that wolf meat last night, at least two thighs..."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Hu Yuling glared at Sun Changkui, who was about to explain, and then stood up and touched Chen Tuo's forehead.
The temperature is a bit high, but not high enough to be considered a fever.
Compared to the others who were sweating profusely from eating, Chen Tuo, who was drinking and eating spicy food, didn't have a single drop of sweat on his forehead.
Regarding the medicinal properties of ginseng, Hu Yuling and Wu Laowai were similar; Wu Laowai had heard legends, while Hu Yuling had consulted the pharmacopoeia.
She had never seen the descriptions in pharmacopoeias and medical books during her actual medical consultations.
Therefore, she could only leave the question to Wu Laowai.
"Old Wu, you ate a whole ginseng root, didn't you sweat?"
"Da Lingzi, I've never tried it before, I don't know! How about I give it a try?"
Wu Laowai bravely tried the drug, but Hu Yuling ignored him.
If it were really ginseng, this old man would probably say something completely different...