Lu Ao worried that Song Zhou might be bored waiting, so he turned to look at him—only to meet his gaze.
Song Zhou's eyes curved in a smile.
Lu Ao had not expected to see his smiling face. His ears heated up, and he turned his head back with a blank expression.
Chapter 78
After touring the fish rafts, Old Tian took them back to the courtyard and said he would cook pufferfish for them.
The pufferfish had just been hauled up from the fish rafts. Startled, each one puffed up like a big balloon, looking rather adorable.
Old Tian carried the pufferfish in a basket to the tap, snipped them open directly with scissors, then casually peeled off each whole skin, revealing slightly grayish flesh inside.
Of the pufferfish organs, only the livers were kept; everything else was discarded.
After cleaning ten pufferfish, they filled a large basket.
Old Tian looked up at Qi Yan. "How about four in clear soup and six braised?"
Pufferfish was expensive. All the fish used for the meal had been bought by Qi Yan for thirty yuan each, so Old Tian asked for his opinion.
Qi Yan nodded. "Sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble at all. I'll use the most authentic methods we have here to make two dishes for you. I guarantee you'll want more after one bite."
As Old Tian spoke, he sliced the pufferfish livers into thin pieces.
Seeing this, Qi Yan could not help asking, "Isn't pufferfish liver highly poisonous? Can this liver be used in cooking too?"
"It can. The pufferfish we farm have basically been detoxified. Even if there's a tiny bit left, it won't have much effect on the human body."
Old Tian eagerly explained, "When we cook pufferfish, there's a saying that it only tastes