Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 159 Night Talk

"Aunt Niu, you are busy with your business, don't worry about me."

Li An said, pulling up his sleeves and preparing to handle the pig's trotters.

"Second Young Master, just ask the old lady to come if you want to do anything. How can I let you do it?"

Aunt Niu saw that Li An was going to take action himself and quickly stopped him.

Their family sold themselves to the Li family. The Li family treated them well and they were very grateful.

Li An is a scholar, how can he do this?

"Aunt Niu, it's not that I won't let you do it, but you don't know how to do this." Li An said.

"Second Young Master, what you said is that there is no old woman who can't do this kitchen work. Just tell me how you want to do it."

Aunt Niu didn't have enough food and salt, so she just didn't agree to let Li An do it himself.

Li An tried his best, but Aunt Niu just didn't agree.

Just when the two were in a stalemate, Mr. Liu walked in.

"Aniu, what are you doing in the kitchen? Are you hungry?" Ms. Liu asked.

"Mom, you came just in time, I want to..."

Li An told his mother that he wanted to have a barbecue.

When he is preparing to barbecue, he will make roasted pig's trotters. This thing needs to be marinated first and then roasted.

The reason why I have to do it myself is because braised pig trotters involves the family's secret recipe, and even if Aunt Niu sells herself to his family, she cannot know it.

"Okay, you tell me how to do it, and I'll do it." Ms. Liu said, rolling up her sleeves.

The son is the head of the case, so he definitely cannot be allowed to do this kind of job.

But the secret recipe couldn't be revealed, so she planned to make it herself and let An Li direct it.

When Li An saw his mother saying this, he didn't insist and directed her to deal with the pig's trotters.

By the time Mr. Liu stewed the pig's trotters and marinated the mutton under his command, that time was enough.

While helping to thread the skewers, Mrs. Liu said, "You went to Bianjing to study, how come you still have time to learn this? It's so troublesome, and I don't know if it tastes good."

She thought the barbecue Li An was talking about was something he learned in Bianjing.

Seeing that he could not help, and being nagged by Mrs. Liu, Li An told Desheng to thread the skewers and remember to get the oven, so he ran away.

As soon as he entered the hospital, Taxue ran out of the house when he heard the noise.

Because my legs were too short, I tripped when I crossed the threshold.

Ta Xue got up from the ground and ran towards Li An, circling him and whining.

"Are you hungry?"

Li An didn't know if it was true, so he let it stay in the yard, then ran to the kitchen, found a bowl, made some leftover lunch, soaked it in water, and brought it to it to eat.

Such a big dog can only eat some rice soup and porridge.

There is no more porridge, so we can only make do with it.

Maybe it was really hungry. When Li An put the bowl on the ground, it wagged its little tail and started eating.

"I still need to make a nest for you."

Li An was thinking about asking a carpenter to build a cabin for it tomorrow, but he could only do this for today.

In the evening, Desheng came over and told him that the grill was back, cleaned and the skewers were ready.

Li An went back to the house and took out his secret sauce, gave it to Desheng, and said, "You can bake it later."

Looking at his mother's behavior, she probably wouldn't let him do it.

However, Desheng had grilled with him a few times, and his skills were passable, but a bit worse than him.

Well, in fact, it took him a few attempts to bake it properly.

After all, I never took the exam in my previous life.

"Yes." Desheng answered as he took the condiment.

The barbecue location was chosen in the courtyard of the middle courtyard.

When the two came to the middle courtyard, Desheng began to work.

Li Nan and his sister-in-law Zhang Qing heard from Mr. Liu early in the morning that Li An was planning to open a restaurant that was famous in Bianjing. After hearing the news, they came over to watch.

"Uncle, do you like grilled food in Bian Jingdu?" Zhang Qing asked curiously.

People are full of yearning for the outside world, but as a woman, when she gets married, she enters the courtyard of her parents' house and enters the courtyard of her husband's family.

The Li family is a common people, unlike those wealthy families that require their female relatives to stay at home, but Zhang Qing usually doesn't go out much.

The circle of life that I have lived in for so many years is still limited to Yangzhou, and I have never even been to the surrounding counties.

She had only heard a few words about Bianjing and was very curious.

But Li An was her brother-in-law, and as a sister-in-law, it was not easy for her to keep asking questions about her brother-in-law.

Now that she had the opportunity, she naturally wanted to ask more questions.

"No, Bianjing brings together specialties from all over the world. Barbecue has a unique taste, and it's good to eat it occasionally." Li An said. "Oh." Zhang Qingyan nodded with longing.

"I don't know if this thing tastes good or not, but it's really troublesome. I've been working on it all afternoon."

Mrs. Liu glanced at Desheng who was placing the mutton skewers on the grill and said.

"Mom, you'll know in a minute."

Li An asked: "By the way, brother hasn't come back yet?"

"It should be getting dark soon," said Liu.

Desheng turned the meat skewers over and saw that the moisture on the outside had been dried. He held the bowl and a brush and started to apply oil.

Brush the skewers with oil and grill them over charcoal fire, and the aroma will spread.

"It smells so good. This Bianjing deserves to be at the feet of the emperor. The food tastes so delicious." Li Nan sniffed and swallowed.

Li An smiled and said nothing. Why is barbecue so popular in later generations?

To say it tastes delicious is not necessarily true.

But I can’t help but it’s really fragrant when grilled.

When Desheng sprinkled the spices on it, the taste became even more fragrant.

Mrs. Liu and the others have stopped talking, for fear that saliva will flow down when they open their mouths.

"Master and Madam, these are baked and ready to eat."

After Desheng added seasonings, he grilled them for a while, picked up all the skewers, put them on a plate, brought them over and put them on the table, and then went back to grill them.

Seeing his parents staring at the kebabs on the table, Li An smiled and said, "Mom, dad, sister-in-law, you guys have a try."

"Tieniu hasn't come back yet, let's wait until he comes back to eat."

Ms. Liu struggled to look away from the skewers.

"Yes, yes, wait for Tieniu to come back. It's true that Tieniu doesn't come back at such a late hour." Li Nan complained.

"Mom and dad, you have to eat this while it's hot. It won't taste good when it's cold. Let's eat it first," Li An said.

"In that case, let's eat first."

Mrs. Liu picked up two skewers of mutton and handed one to Zhang Qing.

"Thank you, mother."

Zhang Qing took it but didn't eat it. After Li Nan picked up a skewer and started eating, he brought the skewers to his mouth.

She smelled an alluring aroma and the unique mutton smell from the skewers, and took a bite.

"Dad, how are you?" Li An asked.

"Hmm~ It's delicious." Li Nan praised.

"It's really delicious." Zhang Qing also praised it, but his tone was somewhat disappointing.

It’s not that it’s not delicious, it’s just that the aroma just now was too fragrant, and it was a bit different from what I expected.

In fact, this is the charm of barbecue. The aroma emitted when grilling is very overbearing, but when you actually eat it, it doesn't feel as delicious as you imagined.

“I don’t know who makes the food that tastes so good, it’s even spread to my house.”

At this moment, Li Ping's muttering came from the outer courtyard. After a while, Li Ping came in and saw the people sitting around the table in the courtyard. He asked doubtfully: "Mom and dad, you are sitting in the courtyard. what?"

At this moment, the breeze carried the aroma of barbecue. Li Ping sniffed it gently and looked at Desheng who was grilling barbecue.

"Tieniu is back, come here and try it. Your brother made some barbecue. It's very delicious."

Mrs. Liu picked up a skewer of mutton and handed it over.

"I smelled a scent as soon as I entered the door. I thought it came from someone else's house. It took me a long time to get it, but it came from our house."

Li Ping said, stepping forward to take the skewers and take a bite.

"It's delicious." Li Ping said.

"Hey, I feel like I need to drink some wine to eat this. You guys wait while I get the wine. Let's have a few drinks together."

Mrs. Liu usually kept him in check and wouldn't let him drink too much. Today, seeing her son there, she rolled her eyes at him but didn't say anything.

Li Nan went back to the house and took out a jar of wine that Li An had brought. As soon as he opened the wine, he put it to his nose and smelled it, and praised: "Good wine."

"Dad, if you like it, come with me to Bianjing when I return. Then you can drink it every day." Li An said with a smile.

"This wine doesn't look cheap at first glance. It costs nothing to drink it every day." Ms. Liu said angrily.

"Hey." Li Nan didn't answer and poured the wine.

Be careful when pouring wine, for fear of spilling it.

"Brother, I've been back for so long and I haven't asked you yet, what are your plans for the future?" Li An asked.

Li Pingneng knew about opening a branch, and he was obviously unsatisfied with the status quo. Li An was also curious about whether his elder brother had any plans for the future.

Li Ping scratched his head and said: "Aniu, I really like doing business, but I have also met some businessmen over the years, and I have learned some things from chatting with them. Doing business is not that easy, like our family is in Yangzhou, because of your teacher's reputation Here, no one is making trouble. But if you leave Yangzhou, even if you go to a nearby county, you will encounter difficulties."

(End of this chapter)