Chapter 193: Homesickness
"Hahaha, summer solstice girl, I heard that you are going to give us a special New Year, how about it, are you ready, these soldiers of mine have been waiting here for a long time, I don't know if you are ready!" As soon as Xia Zhi came out of the kitchen, he heard an earth-shattering roar, it turned out that Lin Yunqing couldn't wait to know what Xia Zhi had prepared in Xiao Nian, and was about to come over to take a look, when he ran into Xia Zhi who had just come out of the kitchen. Isn't this a 'kind' greeting.
"Uncle Yunqing, just wait with your soldiers, I promise you to eat and drink well, and you are full of praise!"
Because the Wu Dynasty is not rich in products, most of the people are very economical even with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and most of the dishes are cooked, and only a few people have slightly better conditions at home, so they will be willing to spend more materials to fry a dish out to eat, but even then, without some materials such as chili peppers, many meals are not so delicious.
At first, Xia Solstice wanted to learn from the modern era, the process of roasting whole sheep, and roasting the prey together to eat and starve. Then it was a very pleasant thing to let the soldiers drink and eat meat at the same time, but unfortunately there was no cumin here, and it was impossible to make a taste that would be full of admiration. However, Xia Zhi was not discouraged, since there was a lack of materials, he had to think of another way.
In order to prevent those animals from being copied without my taste, Xia Zhi first asked people to simply pickle them, in fact, it was salted, that is, it was soaked in salt water a little, and in the environment of lack of materials, there was no way to do it.
Then I made some simple seasonings with limited things such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and eggs, and planned to brush them when the meat was almost roasted. Because roasted meat generally takes a particularly long time to cook. In order to be able to let the soldiers eat early. The summer solstice had people cook those meats half-cooked first.
It took almost one day of the summer solstice to complete. After all, this time Lin Yuntian brought a lot of prey back, a few thousand catties, if it weren't for the large number of people in the barracks, plus there were a lot of kitchens, where could he cook these meats in such a short time, as well as a bunch of trivial things such as cleaning and pickling, the time was very urgent.
But the effect is also very, very obvious. Since last night, there has been a smell of meat in the sky above the barracks, and the greedy soldiers have not slept well all night, just thinking about the meat in the summer solstice pot, which is not good to endure until the evening, Lin Yunqing was really greedy, and ran outside the kitchen alone. However, he himself knew that this was a bit unproductive, and it was not good to go in directly, for fear of losing face, and second, for fear that he would not be able to stop the worms after entering. He walked around the kitchen several times, provoking the people standing outside the kitchen to laugh at him.
He scolded the calf. When I was just about to leave, I ran into the summer solstice, so I cheekily stepped forward and asked. Xia Zhi actually had a good impression of this loud uncle, so he didn't rush to get busy, and stood there talking to him.
Lin Yunqing got the assurance of the summer solstice, and left happily, ready to share it with Lin Yuntian, as for what to start, since it was dark this day, he didn't need to wait long, anyway, he had been waiting for a day, and he didn't care about this moment.
Sent Lin Yunqing away, Xia Zhi went to find Ding Yi Ding Er, the two of them couldn't help in the kitchen, so Xia Zhi asked them to make a grill, there is naturally no way to compare it with modern times, saying that it is a grill, but in fact, it is a rack built of wood.
The Wu Dynasty has little anything, but there is a lot of wood, on the Yudai Mountain in the military camp, the trees are squeezed one by one, and the summer solstice asked Ding Yi and Ding Er to bring some people to cut more wood back, on the one hand, to make a barbecue, on the other hand, to prepare materials for the barbecue at night.
Because there were few attacks on Dawu in the dog Rong this year, there were not many people in the barracks, and before they came on the summer solstice, Lin Yuntian gave a group of veterans who had not returned home for many years on annual leave, and let them go home to visit their relatives.
Most of the soldiers in the Northland were born in the Northland, so even if some people went back on foot, it would take a lot of days, and tens of thousands of people would walk away, and the rest of the people in the barracks would be at most eighty or ninety thousand.
This number is still acceptable for Xia Zhi, although she has not managed the food of so many people, but she can't bear to have men in the barracks, don't they often do these things.
They are also happy that the summer solstice will give the soldiers a new year, and they are not comfortable when they look at these young people who protect their families and defend the country every day, and they are not well fed and clothed. At this moment of reunion of thousands of families, the soldiers can only stay here, and they want to do something for the soldiers who defend their homes and the country.
For Xia Solstice's proposal, they agreed with a hundred hands, and were very enthusiastic to help Xia Solstice complete the work, and even some things that Xia Solstice did not consider, they took it into account, such as if they were just eating meat and drinking wine, they were afraid that the soldiers would be hungry in the middle of the night or something.
Xia Zhi thought about it and felt very right, drinking wine and eating meat soon filled in the stomach, but it was not hungry, not to say three watches in the middle of the night, many people woke up because of hunger, if it was left in normal times, it would be okay, but they couldn't let them have a small year, and they were woken up by hunger, then this is too unheartening and uncomfortable.
And these soldiers don't often eat meat, but only a few pieces of meat are eaten in half a month, and the broth can be drunk every day, and they are afraid that they can't stand it if they eat too much at once.
So Xia Zhi thought of another way, that is, let people make egg fried rice, speaking of which is fried rice in modern times, but it is rare in ancient times, in order to make the soldiers eat fragrant, Xia Solstice makes people have enough materials, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are not saved. I think the soldiers can eat several bowls. However, today's portion is only half of the usual one, and the soldiers who want to come after eating meat and drinking wine can have a bowl of egg fried rice and have a good night's sleep.
"Uncle Ding, how are you doing, can you start?" Xia Zhi walked to the place where Ding Yi and they were preparing the grill, and saw that thousands of people were busy making grills, and the grills on the ground next to them were estimated to be more than thousand.
"It's almost, let's start when we wait for last night on hand!" Xia Solstice had already told Ding Yi and Ding Er why they made grills. Now when I hear the summer solstice say the beginning, I am still a little excited.
After a while, Ding Yi and Ding Eryi gave an order, and a lot of people came to help build a grill on the wasteland behind the barracks, and Xia Zhi arranged for the kitchen to send over all kinds of boiled animals, Xia Zhi watched the rows of wooden racks being set up, and the men put the cooked meat on the racks, and the soldiers lit the fire, for these soldiers who often live in the wild, igniting the fire is a piece of cake. The real barbecue conference also kicked off from this moment, and it was officially started.
The air was filled with the smell of meat, and many soldiers gathered around them looking for fragrant kisses, and saw dozens of rows of barbecued meat, and a long dining table and bench were placed between each two rows, and the table was full of some vegetables and soups they usually ate, but today there were more fresh vegetables in it, which made their eyes widen.
The tables and chairs are available in the barracks itself, and as for the dishes on them, they were prepared in advance by the kitchen for fear that Xiao Nian would not be able to be busy, and the summer solstice filled in some soup; Fresh vegetables are made up by Lin Yunlei.
Such a surplus of Chinese New Year's Eve has never been seen by them who have been in the army for many years, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of some rich and noble families is just like this.
The soldiers came one after another, and Xia Solstice arranged to sit in his seat. There are more and more people, and the whole person is busy on the summer solstice, while letting people organize everyone to sit down, while taking care of the barbecue, seeing that the time is almost up, let people brush the seasoning on the meat and bake.
As soon as the seasoning was brushed up, the fragrance in the air became stronger, and the oil and water that had been copied out of the meat bubbled out. At this time, Lin Yuntian and his group also came over, smelling the fragrance in the air, Lin Yuntian looked at the greed of his soldiers, and laughed,
"The summer solstice girl's New Year's meal is so fragrant, I can't sit still in the camp tent, and these soldiers of mine are also all gluttonous. If this is used to deal with the enemy during the war, they will not be greedy and unable to move their feet, so they will directly disarm and surrender! ”
The soldier listened to Lin Yuntian's remarks, burst into laughter, and then heard Lin Yuntian laugh and said, "Chef Tian, you hooked out our gluttonous worms and didn't give us food, doesn't this make us suffer!" ”
The summer solstice is simply a black line, which is too open, and the summer solstice stepped forward and said,
"It's not waiting for the general, since the general is here, let's start!" Hearing Xia Zhi say this, Lin Yuntian nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, today's New Year's dinner has officially begun, except for the night watchmen and the defenders, everyone else must not get drunk tonight!" ”
"This is the rule, to prevent the enemy from attacking, and every year during the Chinese New Year, people take turns to keep vigil. And the army on guard, will not participate in such an annual feast! Fortunately, there are many people in the barracks, and this kind of thing is also once every many years! You've been busy for so long, and you're tired, so let's go eat with us! Lin Yunlei frowned when he saw Xia Zhi listening to Lin Yuntian's words, so he quietly walked to her side and explained.
Hey, there is no way to do it, and the summer solstice didn't bother much, Hetian Lidong followed Lin Yunlei and sat directly in the position to eat.
As soon as Lin Yuntian gave an order, the soldiers who had been hungry for a long time became angry. They got up and began to cut meat with knives to eat, and some of them were not in a hurry, and even endured the heat, and tore them up directly, and they were full of praise while eating. Some people see the sauce brushed on the meat, directly put the torn meat in the sauce basin and wrap it around, and then put it back on the fire for the test, and it tastes very good in the mouth.
The soldiers eat meat and drink wine, and you come and go. In the sky above the barracks, the sound of laughter and lively sounds did not stop for a long time, and I am afraid that their voices could be heard within a radius of hundreds of miles.
Compared with such liveliness, Xia Zhi was a little wilted, and she found that she felt a little homesick when she saw the happy smiling faces of the soldiers. (To be continued......)