A slaughtered sheep weighs about forty-three or four catties, stuffed in a big sack, ties the mouth tightly, and carries it on the shoulder, it is not a big problem, "Xu Yunjian, how are you?" ”

"I didn't say it, isn't this the road, I can carry it."

The three of them waved goodbye to Aunt Slip's family, tied the sack to the luggage rack outside the long-distance bus, and found a place to sit down, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, when I come back, I feel that there is something new, that is, what kind of gang." What a child, you say, don't you? ”

Lu Li replied a few times, turned to Zhao Xiaodong and said, "Brother Zhao, tell you something?" ”

"What?"

"Thank you so much this time."

"What's the matter, help my friends, besides, it's been more than a year since I went back, and I also want to come and see everyone, no, follow you back once, and talk to Aunt Slip and their family, it's pretty good."

"Brother Zhao, this time I came to buy sheep, and after I go back, if I don't do well, we don't have to say anything; If it's really good, I want to ask you, do you plan to come out of the factory? ”

"Come out, what's out, where is coming out?"

"Come to me, help me. You can rest assured, how much money you make in the factory, I will double. You don't have to worry about anything else, just help me run here, how about it? ”

"You mean, run over here, or help you serve the lamb?"

"Yes."

Zhao Xiaodong hesitated and shook his head, "That's it...... I'm afraid I can't do it, that ...... Xiao Lu, I know you're not a bad person, but if you want to just come out of the factory, I'm still ...... Can't. ”

"Brother Zhao, you are also running sales in the unit, running from south to north, if you come to me. To be honest, you can't run a few times a year, and you think about it, the lamb you buy once may last a long time, right? When the time comes. You can take care of your family and earn a lot of money, that is, the name is not so good, self-employed! Other than that, it's really better than the salary you get now more than forty dollars a month. ”

"I ...... I think again, okay? ”

"Okay, why not?"

Talking all the way, to Kailu (county), and then change to the bus line. From Kailu to Tongliao, to Tian (Tianjin). In the middle of winter, the mutton was frozen hard, and although the temperature was warm on the train, Luli put the mutton at the junction of the carriages, where the door was not strict, and the cold wind poured in, and it would not spoil. A few days later, the train stopped at Tian (Tianjin) Station.

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian had one sack per person as usual. Squeezed onto the overcrowded No. 24 bus, they have been in the abalone for a long time, and they can't distinguish the peculiar smell, but when they smell it to others, the feeling is very different, "What a big smell!" This is...... This is who got on the bus with lamb? ”

"It's really. The smell of mutton, good guy, the taste is really rushing! ”

Luli pretended not to know, but fortunately, the journey was not long, before the passengers in the same car could find the source of the odor. They arrived at the station, "Xiaoxiao, where do you put all this mutton?" ”

"Let me go, let's take a bath in a while, go to taste, and then call Cao Xun and them all to eat mutton shabu at my house tonight!" Brother Zhao, call your future sister-in-law as well, Xu Yunjian, you will inform you later. ”

"Okay. What about that thing? ”

"I'll let my aunt buy things, and you can just bring your mouth."

Xu Yunjian and Zhao Xiaodong laughed, helped him put the sack into the house, and turned his head.

Lu Li opened the sack, pulled out the mutton, cut off a piece of meat with a kitchen knife, put it on the board, cut it into slices of meat as thin as possible with a knife, and then cut it into shredded meat, and put it in his hand to look at and smell it, the thickness was about the same, and there was a strong smell of mutton; "Oh, what's this smell? Xiaoxiao, what are you doing here? ”

Yu Fang led Zhao Yunsheng into the courtyard and looked at the two sacks on the ground, "This ...... Tiny, what is this? ”

"Mutton, aunt, you are back, cut more in a while, and then cut some cabbage, vermicelli or something, let's make mutton tonight."

"Where did it come from?"

"I bought it back. Wait a while for you to taste, good guys, the real Northeast Mouth Outer Lamb is definitely delicious! ”

Yu Fang gave him a laugh. "Lack of virtue, why don't you pick up idle children all day long? It's a cold day, are you tossing around? As she spoke, she kept herself busy.

At dusk, Liang Wei, Zhang Qing, Cao Xun, Xu Yunjian, and Zhao Xiaodong all arrived, and Lu Li, Yu Fang, and Zhaodi's family sat on the ground in a reunion, with a red charcoal hot pot in the middle, boiling in the sink, cabbage, mutton, vermicelli, frozen tofu, and fresh tofu tumbling up and down, bringing out a piece of steaming.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm waiting for you, why don't you come over quickly?"

"That's it...... All right. Lu Li took an iron skewer made of a car strip, and was putting on the mutton shreds little by little, the first time he did this kind of thing, it was inevitable that his hands would be clumsy, either he would leak or tie his hands, and it took him a few minutes to put on less than three or five heels, "You eat first, don't wait for me." ”

"What is this called, you found the big guys, and now you can't get on the table?"

"Here it is."

Yu Fang suddenly put the chopsticks down and scolded sharply, "Xiaoxiao, you put that thing for me!" Do you hear that? ”

"Oh, oh." Aunt was angry, Lu Li didn't dare to delay, held a few meat sticks in his hand, and moved over, "Auntie, don't be so angry, isn't it just a little late?" ”

"Lack of morality, so many people are waiting for you? There are also people Xiao Zhao and Xiao Zou, they are coming for the first time, why do you deliberately not plan to let people eat? Look at it, the meat is old! ”

Lu Li smiled and picked up the chopsticks, "Auntie, don't be angry, the meat is old, give me to eat, you eat the new ones." This mutton is tender, just shake it and get it. Come on, let's move the chopsticks. ”

Everyone picked up the chopsticks, each picked up a piece of mutton and put it in the hot pot, as he said, this is called 'shabu' mutton, the meat is cooked when it is hot, fished out and put into the seasoning bowl, and the leek flower and sesame sauce, chili oil fragrance, the mutton's unique mutton flavor is neutralized, rich and full of fragrance, making people appetite. "Oh, Xiaoxiao, this time it's so comfortable! This thing is so delicious, it seems to be more fragrant than the mutton that we can buy in the market? ”

Lu Li didn't eat a bite, took a skewer, roasted it on the tuyere of the charcoal hot pot for a while, saw that the meat had changed color, immediately moved the position, and then turned around while everyone was not paying attention, "Oops! ”

Cao Xun was startled, and hurriedly walked out of the house, only to see that he was holding a few skewers in his hands, and half of the mutton on one of them was missing, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong?" ”

"You wait." Luli grabbed the powder of salt, cumin, and paprika, went back to the room, roasted the skewers on the fire, and when they were almost cooked, sprinkled the powder, "What are you doing?" It's all sprinkled in the soup! ”

Lu Li turned a deaf ear, took one and handed it to Yu Fang, "Auntie, can you taste it?" ”

"What is this?"

"My new lamb skewers, how do you taste them?" Come, one for each person, taste them all? Hey, rinse your mouth beforehand. ”

I tasted them one by one, smacking my lips, "It's not a big deal, what's wrong?" ”

"You really don't know the goods, this is because you just ate mutton shabu, and your mouth is already filled with mutton flavor, so you don't feel anything, if you eat this before eating, I guarantee you can't stop eating."

"What, I'll listen to you if it's okay." Brother Zhao took a bite of his younger brother and sat down again, "Mom, brother and sister, Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zou, let's eat ours, don't pay attention to him, there are moths all day long." ”

Lu Li didn't care, so he didn't even eat the mutton shabu, went out to sit on the bench, and began to wear sticks.

"Hey, Tiny. Is this skewer okay? "I don't know when, Cao Xun also walked out, "I really can't get the matter of bamboo sticks, I asked my sister-in-law, and she said that thirty-five is also acceptable, so I told my third uncle." ”

"Well, it's okay, it's just a little too expensive. Bamboo skewers...... Don't people do it? ”

"The price is about the same as this, it's five yuan cheaper, and then I thought, I'm afraid that the bamboo can't be used, if the price is not much different, it's not as good as using an iron skewer."

"Thirty pieces for a thousand bamboos?"

"Yes, people say, it's not more than what you want, then you can still consider it, I asked them, 10,000 pieces and 100 yuan."

Lu Li turned his mind and said: "In the future, I will make bamboo and make 10,000 bamboos." ”

"Ten thousand...... Do you really want so much? ”

"I probably won't need that much now, but I think it will be about the same in the future."

"Okay, then I'll contact them in a few days." Cao Xun suddenly hit him with his knee, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, I'll tell you something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"My sister-in-law introduced me to someone."

Luli was surprised, "Really? ”

"But isn't it, it's her classmate, named Huang Yu." Cao Xun said with a smile: "I have met her twice, this girl is very good, and I also went to our Binjiang Road to see it, she left without speaking, and then there was no news from my sister-in-law." Xiaoxiao, you brain, tell me, is it no fun? ”

"How do I know that? She's in the house, you can ask yourself. ”

"I don't dare, what if she says that Xiaohuang doesn't want to, then what should I do?"

Lu Li smiled, turned his head sideways and looked at his old friend, "You, go back and ask Xiaowei, where does this Huang Yu live, carry something to the door to see, and you should be a relative - you are a man, you have to be bolder, besides, I really like other girls, and I am not ashamed to do this kind of thing." ”

"Cheng, listen to you."

"Zhang Qing? Have you finished eating? and Xu Yunjian, all of them came out. Calling the two people out, Lu Li began to instruct, "Tomorrow Zhang Qing and Cao Xun will go to Qinghe Street, find a black-and-white iron player, and make an iron frame, and ...... like this."

"Got it, is there anything else?"

"There's also carbon, go to the local product to buy, that thing doesn't need a ticket, buy a sack back, and then find a way to get two pairs of gloves. Finally, it was Xu Yunjian who helped me with the sticks. ”

Xu Yunjian didn't know the depth, but felt that this was an extremely easy job, and laughed happily, "No problem, how much to wear?" ”

"I've worn the thousand." (To be continued......)