Border Cook

Xia Mingyue looked at the two people eating like chewing wax, stretching their necks and eating as hard as ducks, and put down the teacup in her hand, "The way you roast meat is naturally not going to taste good."

"Aunt Xia, do you have any way to make this barbecue more delicious?" The two brothers' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Of course." Xia Mingyue waved to the two people.

The two men hurriedly swallowed all the tough meat slices left in their mouths, came to Xia Mingyue, and squatted beside her, one on the left and one on the right.

Xia Mingyue whispered something, then smiled and said, "Do you want to give it a try?"

The two brothers looked at each other and nodded at the same time, "Yes!"

"Then go and prepare." Xia Mingyue said.

"Then..." Zhao Erhu hesitated, "What if it still doesn't work?"

"What's the big deal? We can just eat together." Zhao Dahu didn't care. "New Year's Eve is all about eating and drinking. It doesn't matter what you eat. Eat this and save that!"

Said...

Makes sense!
It won’t be wasted anyway.

After Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu figured this out, they no longer had any scruples and went into the kitchen together and started tinkering.

First, take some bamboo sticks available at home and soak them in salt water.

Then cut a piece of fat and lean meat from the half sheep that was prepared for stewing mutton soup, cut it into pieces slightly larger than the belly of the thumb, and marinate it in a pot with salt, pepper, sugar, green onion, etc.

When the sun set and the western sky turned red, the two brothers began to skewer the meat.

Use lean meat on both the upper and lower sides, and skewer the meat alternately with fat and lean meat in the middle. When skewering, make sure the bamboo skewer is in the center of the meat to prevent the meat from sagging.

After all the meat was skewered, the two men excitedly lit a new charcoal brazier and started grilling in the yard.

Keep turning the skewers over to ensure even heating, and keep a bucket of cold water on hand to put out any flames caused by the fat from the mutton dripping onto the charcoal fire to prevent the kebabs from getting burnt.

During the roasting process, sprinkle some seasoning on it continuously.

Because the meat has been marinated for half a day, you don't need to add too much salt at this time. Just sprinkle some cumin powder for flavor in small amounts and several times, and then choose whether to sprinkle some chili powder according to your taste preference.

You also need to keep holding several skewers of lamb together and rubbing them back and forth. This will allow the sprinkled seasonings to be thoroughly and evenly spread, and also allow the fat exuding from the lamb to evenly moisten every piece of meat.

In this way, the fat meat is not greasy and the lean meat is not dry...

The two brothers did as Xia Mingyue instructed. They were a little hesitant at first, but they soon got the hang of it and even became skilled.

The only thing missing from that look is a small hat on his head.

"You know what, these two kids learn really fast." Xia Mingyue couldn't help but smile and praise them.

"You just have a lot of fun fooling around." Mrs. Lu disagreed and even curled her lips.

As a mother, doesn't he know what kind of person his child is?

At this time, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu had already grilled several skewers of lamb. After trying one skewer each, their eyes suddenly lit up and they ran towards Lu and Xia Mingyue as if offering a treasure, "Mom, Aunt Xia, Aunt Jiang, come and try our grilled lamb skewers!"

"Okay." Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo took it, blew off the hot air on it, and put it into their mouths. The lamb skewers were roasted over a high heat, so the skin was a little burnt, but it didn't taste bitter when eaten, but rather had a burnt aroma. The meat was tender and not greasy, and the cumin powder was sprinkled just right, making the lamb even more delicious.

All in all, very good.

"Not bad." Xia Mingyue nodded repeatedly.

To be honest, she really didn't expect that just by telling her the method, the brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were able to grill the mutton skewers properly on their first try.

Seeing Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo eating with gusto, Lu, who was originally a little resistant to the mutton skewers, also took a tentative bite.

Ok?
This mutton kebab seems really good?
Although it was not amazing, it was still delicious. If she wasn't told that it was baked by Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, she would think it was definitely made by someone with many years of cooking experience.

"Did you two really roast this?" Mrs. Lu still couldn't believe it.

She believed that these two naughty kids in her family would go to the street to sell candied haws and other things, but when they entered the kitchen, they just helped to light the fire and had never shown any talent for cooking.

In the past, making candied haws required so many weird things, but now people can roast skewers of meat like this?

"We didn't roast it." Zhao Dahu shook his head, "It was roasted by Wu Jin."

Lu: "..."

Wu Jin: "..."

"No, this skewer..." Lu was still looking at the skewer in his hand while eating. After a while, he nodded affirmatively, "It's really good."

"Is that so?" Xia Mingyue smiled knowingly, "It looks like I will soon have two extremely talented apprentices."

Suddenly I felt full of confidence.

Mrs. Lu smiled so much that the corners of her mouth almost reached her ears.

If the brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu can learn something from Xia Mingyue, can she just lie back and enjoy her life in the future?
What about buying a bigger house in the future, or making it easy for the two sons to get married? It’s not a problem!

As a person, you always have to fight for your own share!

The smile on Mrs. Lu's face did not fade until she went to bed at night, and even on the second day of the next day, it became even stronger.

Because Zhao Youcai is back.

Xia Mingyue felt a little disappointed when she saw that Zhao Youcai was the only one who came back and Lu Qiyan was nowhere to be seen. However, Zhao Youcai smiled and handed a small square bag to Xia Mingyue.

"The work at Xiaohe Village is almost finished. Everyone is a little distracted during the New Year holidays. Qi Yan didn't dare to leave casually for fear that something might go wrong, so he asked me to come back and take a look. This is what Qi Yan asked me to bring back for you."

Xia Mingyue could understand why Lu Qiyan was so busy and couldn't get away. Seeing that he was still thinking of bringing her something, she felt warm in her heart and took the small bag. "Thank you, Brother Zhao."

"We are family, you are too polite." Zhao Youcai pulled Mrs. Lu to his yard, "Hurry up and cook some food. I have been riding a horse for half a day and my stomach is empty!"

"Then I'll cook some dumplings for you first, quickly." Mrs. Lu responded hastily, "and stew some mutton for you to eat to satisfy your craving."

"It takes too long to stew mutton. I'll just have to eat whatever we have at home during the New Year. I have to leave after I finish eating." Zhao Youcai sat down on a stool in the main room and saw some fried hemp leaves on the table, so he stuffed them into his mouth. (End of this chapter)