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00:04Shrimp cake is an indispensable traditional snack during the Chinese New Year.
00:08It is also a hometown flavor that many people can't get rid of deep in their hearts.
00:11In Bantai Fishing Village between Pilishizhaoyuan and Taiping,
00:14there is a shrimp cake restaurant.
00:17Although there is no signboard, it is a popular snack in the local area.
00:21Not only is it delicious in the daily life of the locals,
00:24it is also a must-buy treat for foreigners.
00:26What is so special about the ordinary shrimp cake?
00:30Let's go to Bantai Fishing Village with reporter Zhang Ciyin, Ye Jiale and Shen Jiayin.
00:38The fishing boat passed through the calm sea.
00:41Bantai Fishing Village in Pilishizhaoyuan was born from the sea.
00:44The fisherman brought fresh shrimps and crabs back.
00:47Motorbikes pass through the alley.
00:5024-year-old Xu Zongyuan is the second oldest in the family.
00:53A few years ago, he started to take over his parents' shrimp cake business.
00:56Like this, getting fresh shrimps from the fishing boat has long become his daily routine.
01:00Boss, how many kilograms are there today?
01:02Today's shrimp should be 20-30 kilograms.
01:0420-30 kilograms, ok.
01:09Today's shrimp is quite beautiful.
01:11It's just come back.
01:12Yes.
01:13This is quite beautiful.
01:14How many kilograms are there?
01:15Now it's more than 7 kilograms.
01:177.9 kilograms, ok.
01:18When we make shrimp cake, we use the Hokkien word called chia pei.
01:22The chia pei makes the shrimp cake more fragrant and delicious.
01:27This is the red side of the shrimp cake.
01:29The red side is the shrimp cake.
01:30This has become our speciality.
01:32When they come to Bantai, they always look for the red side of the shrimp cake.
01:40In addition to the red edges, it is their obvious mark.
01:42It is also their unique characteristic to be sold at home.
01:46Because their parents insist on using fresh ingredients to make shrimp cake,
01:49the biggest difficulty for them is to rely on God to eat.
01:53Sometimes the weather is unpredictable,
01:55and the fishermen can't go out to sea to catch fish.
01:57Sometimes, the shrimp cake will be scorched in one second,
01:59and the next second, it will be clouded.
02:01Not only does it affect the production of shrimp cake,
02:03but it also takes more time and effort to make it.
02:07From freshly caught shrimp to pot,
02:11stir,
02:12steam,
02:13freeze,
02:14dry,
02:16fry.
02:18It takes at least two days to complete.
02:24The most difficult thing is to dry it on a rainy day.
02:26Because sometimes, when the weather is good, we move out to dry it.
02:30Later, when it rains again, we have to move in again.
02:33Sometimes, moving in and out four or five times a day is very tiring.
02:38This is freshly cut and dried.
02:40This is a little warm.
02:41After drying, it will become like this.
02:43It's a little harder.
02:44When it's half-dried, it will be a little more chewy.
02:46When it's dry, it will be complete.
02:51In fact, after Xu's parents got married,
02:53they didn't start with shrimp cake.
02:55I didn't go to school, so I went to work.
02:58I worked for more than ten years.
03:00I made shrimp cakes when I was young.
03:03The shrimp cakes were good.
03:04I made shrimp cakes in Australia.
03:06We made shrimp cakes by hand,
03:08and I made them by hand.
03:10Every Chinese New Year, they simply made shrimp cakes for their children.
03:13Later, they started with a small bag of shrimp cakes
03:15and slowly made them to this day.
03:17Back in the early days of making shrimp cakes,
03:19they all made them by hand.
03:21Even the legs and the shrimp cake dough
03:23had to be cut by hand, one by one.
03:25It was more difficult and tiring to make shrimp cakes.
03:28Because we had to use our hands to make them.
03:31At first, we cut them by hand.
03:34We cut them piece by piece with our hands.
03:36It was very difficult.
03:37In the early days of making shrimp cakes,
03:38we had to cut them piece by piece with our hands.
03:40We had to break them into pieces.
03:42We didn't know how to cut them
03:44because they were so big.
03:46So we had to use a machine to cut them.
03:49After cutting them, they were very big.
03:51In addition to making shrimp cakes,
03:52they also created their own shrimp cakes
03:54and sweet potato cakes
03:56to cater to the public's taste.
03:58Every Chinese New Year,
03:59it was their best-selling season.
04:01Sometimes, there were a lot of orders.
04:02When Xu's parents were busy,
04:04they could work from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
04:07The hard work of the parents
04:08was seen by the children.
04:10It also made the Chinese people more confident
04:11to accept the shrimp cake business at home.
04:14When my parents got older,
04:15there were regular customers.
04:16So we came back to help.
04:18Many people wanted to make red-sided shrimp cakes like us.
04:20So we insisted on doing it
04:22and didn't let them down.
04:23Most of the time, we made them with small stools.
04:26After making them, we had to carry them on our backs.
04:28When I was young,
04:29I used to make them by hand.
04:31After making them for an hour,
04:32they disappeared within half an hour.
04:34When I was young, I was naughty
04:36and loved to play.
04:38The naughty and playful children grew up.
04:41Although the parents wanted their children
04:42to go out and make a living,
04:44they were still very happy
04:45that their second child
04:46was willing to stay at the stall
04:47and take over the business.
04:49Now, they have also retired
04:51from making shrimp cakes at home
04:53and become the children's helpers,
04:54silently giving their children their full support.
04:57I hope that my children
04:59don't have to go to work
05:01and have to work hard
05:03until they grow up.
05:04When they grow up,
05:06they will be able to buy
05:07the shrimp cakes they want
05:08and send them to China.
05:10When I was sick,
05:11I couldn't go to school.
05:13When I was sick,
05:14I heard that I had to pay the rent.
05:17I said,
05:18if you want to work,
05:19you have to pay the rent.
05:21If we have money,
05:23we can work.
05:24If we don't have money,
05:25we have to work.
05:26If we don't have money,
05:27we can pay the rent.
05:28If we don't have money,
05:29we can't pay the rent.
05:30The shrimp cake business
05:32requires a lot of people to work.
05:34We need a change.
05:36If we don't change,
05:37our business will be bad.
05:38If we have children,
05:39we will continue to work.
05:40We have to trust people.
05:41If we have children,
05:42we will continue to work.
05:43If we don't have children,
05:44we won't hire people.
05:45If we don't hire people,
05:46our business will be bad.
05:47My children are very good at making shrimp cakes.
05:50They have the ability to research.
05:52They will tell me
05:53what to do and how to do it.
05:54It's better.
05:55It doesn't matter if they are greedy.
05:56I will be happy if they are good.
05:57Behind every piece of crispy shrimp cake
05:59is the hard work of the Xu family.
06:02From watching their father work,
06:04to now watching their children work.
06:07The roles have changed,
06:08but the feelings have not changed.
06:09Also because of the support and company of the family,
06:11this traditional taste
06:13has added a layer of warmth and love.
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