63. Barbecue
The two discussed, and Zhan Lu went to the kitchen. Qing Xuan looked at the shadow and swaggered to follow her, and sighed in his heart.
Is it really Ming Yijun back?
The charcoal basin that burned the paper just now was still here, he wiped the area around the charcoal basin, put a grate on it, and sat aside to wait for Zhan Lu.
Zhan Lu came back quickly, and she held two plates in her hand, a plate of beef and a plate of pork belly, both cut into extremely thin slices. In addition, she also took a lot of spices such as onions, garlic and chilies.
It was very cold, and it seemed quite warm for them to sit around the charcoal basin like this. Zhan Lu picked up the chopsticks and picked up a slice of beef.
The beef was fine, the white fat on the bright red meat was evenly distributed, Zhan Lu put the meat slices on the grate, and suddenly there was a pleasant sound. The beef is heated and beats gently on the grate, and the white smoke evaporates out, giving off an extremely charming aroma of meat.
Qingxuan is a Taoist priest, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't have eaten beef. But when he smelled the fragrance, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously.
Zhan Lu put a few more slices of beef on it, and then grabbed a handful of chopped onions and garlic and sprinkled them on top, which suddenly added the aroma of onions and garlic to the aroma of the meat, which made people salivate.
It was so cold that the doors and windows were not opened, and the smoke from the barbecue should have been scattered all over the house. However, they all gathered together as if they had come to life, vaguely taking on the shape of a human being. When Zhan Lu saw it, he was extremely excited and said with a smile:
"Lang Jun, if you are tangible at this time, I will definitely bring you these barbecue meats to eat. It's a pity that you're just a cloud of smoke now, and you can't eat barbecue, so I have to let you enjoy some fireworks, and I have to eat these good things myself. β
As she said this, she picked up the freshly grilled meat slices and put them in the bowl, there were already a lot of sesame seeds in the bowl, as well as salt, chili powder and other condiments, she dipped the seasoning and sent the beef to her mouth, such a delicious taste, Zhan Lu narrowed her eyes, and only felt that the happiest thing in the world was probably nothing more than that.
At this time, Daoist Qingxuan also sandwiched a slice of pork and roasted it on the fire. This pork belly is fatter than beef, the fat is as white as jade, and the lean part is more delicate than beef, which is really a rare delicacy.
Daoist Qingxuan casually turned the pork belly slices on the fire a few times, and before it was fully cooked, he took it off and ate it, he was originally a fox and was used to eating raw meat. Although I have lived with the Taoist priests of Taibai Mountain for so many years, my original habits have not been completely changed, and I am still willing to eat some half-baked food from time to time. The pork was very fresh and delicate, and after eating a slice, Daoist Qingxuan only felt that his teeth and cheeks were fragrant.
Zhan Lu also roasted a few slices of pork, she didn't like to eat raw meat like Qingxuan Daoist, in her opinion, pork was so fatty, it still had to be roasted for a longer time to be delicious, so she just waited patiently. I saw that as soon as the white fat of the pork belly was roasted by the fire, the oil dripped down, and the lard dripped into the charcoal basin, and the flames burst out, and a burst of green smoke came out.
Zhan Lu turned over the pork belly slices, only to see that the white fat on the roasted side had been roasted to an extremely attractive golden brown, and the fat kept falling down, making a clattering sound, making people sit still. Zhan Lu waited until the pork belly was grilled to the Cheng dΓΉ she wanted to eat, and she couldn't wait to pick it up and send it to her mouth to chew slowly, the slightly charred pork was full of charred aroma and even more delicious.
This Zhan Lu and Qing Xuan ate happily, and the spirit of Ming Yijun over there absorbed the smoke of the barbecue, and gradually merged into a blurred figure. The smoke gathered slowly, and the figure was only in the shape of a person, and the details were still indiscerning.
The smoke was not enough, but the meat was almost finished. Zhan Lu turned around and went to the kitchen, and immediately brought out a large plate. Qingxuan Daoist touched his stomach, well, he was almost full, if he brought meat again, he would be a little unbearable.
Zhan Lu approached with a plate, and Daoist Qingxuan looked up and realized that this plate was not filled with meat, but a plate of three or four kinds of mushrooms. Zhan Lu also put the mushrooms on the stove grate and roasted them, feeling very greasy. Although Daoist Qingxuan doesn't like to be a vegetarian, he also accompanied her to eat a few bites.
There was more and more smoke, and in that white smoke, Ming Yijun's eyebrows and eyes could gradually be seen. Zhan Lu let out a soft "ah" and reached out to touch him, but her hand passed through his body.
"Don't worry, don't worry!" Qing Xuan exclaimed inarticulate as he chewed the meat vigorously, "This thing can be slow! It takes two or three quarters of an hour for an ordinary soul to have a form and be able to speak, and if he is really the soul of Ming Yijun, it will take at least two or three hours." Don't touch it, let it grow on its own. β
Zhan Lu had no choice but to retract her hand with some disappointment and continue to eat her mushrooms.
When it's all done, what will Ming Yijun look like?
She pondered as she ate, staring intently at the figure in front of her.
The smoke moved slowly, but it was still visible that it was becoming more and more human. The first thing to do is the fingertips and toes, and gradually you can see the shape of the fingers, and then the limbs gradually show their shape.
They had been waiting for more than three hours, and the sky outside was already faintly starting to shine. The two of them didn't sleep all night, but they didn't feel sleepy at all, they just kept watching Ming Yijun's body gradually finish.
When the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into the wine shop, Ming Yijun's new body was finally completed.
His appearance was not as white as Zhan Lu had imagined, made entirely of smoke. In fact, the color on his body is normal, just faint and somewhat transparent.
He opened his eyes.
Zhan Lu trembled and reached out to him, this time her hand still passed through his body, but the feeling was ...... It seems kind of weird, like ...... She put her hand in the water.
And then...... She heard him speak:
"Don't play like that," he said, "and that's enough cigarette for me to be." β
This time it's real, it's not a dream. She listened to him, took her hand out of his body, and gently ran the back of her hand across his cheek:
"Is it really you?"
He lowered his head, smiled softly, and reached out to hold her waist weakly.
Qingxuan Dao Chang, who was standing silently behind the two of them, looked at the two of them as if there was no one next to me, and his face was blue and red.
When that person was just a shadow before, he couldn't judge clearly, but at this time, he felt the breath on that person's body and felt that he was indeed Ming Yijun.
Now that Ming Yijun has returned, he will stay here again...... It doesn't seem to make much sense anymore.
Qing Xuan shrugged his shoulders and turned to leave the place.