Chapter 136: Roast Sheep
Lu Yu originally planned to move the goats home to be washed, peeled and cooked, but Yan Xiding said that it was inconvenient for Lan Shaofang to go to the village, and asked Lu Yu if he could cook mutton in the valley. Lu Yu thought about it and thought that this proposal was good, so he went out of the valley and went home to move things.
Lu Yu and Yan Jibai returned to Anding Valley together, and brought pots and pans, kitchen knives, chopsticks, and oil and salt. Later, I went back and pulled some radish and cabbage in, and took a large jar of liquor.
Several people discussed it and decided to eat the barbecue, and if there was a surplus, cook some more.
The weather was fine, there was only a slight wind in the valley, neither hot nor cold. The trees are green, the grass is green, and the streams are green. A few people set up a pot by the stream, Yan Xi'an washed the vegetables, and Lu Yu peeled the sheep. And Yan Xiding, who should have been the most jubilant, has been following Lan Shaofang.
The valley stream is semi-closed, the source is on the mountain wall, and the end is also on the mountain wall, so Lu Yu can't throw the dirty things in the goat's belly into the stream, but dig a pit and bury it, otherwise it will damage the clear water of this stream.
The goat has not yet grown up, and it has been skinned and blooded, and four hooves have been removed, and it has gone into the water, and the rest is estimated to weigh twenty or thirty pounds. Lu Yu planned to put the whole goat on the rack and roast it, wash the haggis and throw it into the pot to cook soup with cabbage and radish.
The bonfire was lit, and Lu Yu used two thick branches with a stick to stick them into the ground, made a wooden frame, and then used a wet wooden stick to pass through the goat and lay it across the wooden frame. Before that, Mrs. Yan carefully sprinkled the goat with salt and a thin layer of chili paste.
The soup is boiled in a pot and the sheep is roasted on a hanger.
Mrs. Yan first helped Lan Shaofang shave off the newly grown fluff on her body, and Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an cleaned a cave and spread dry straw in it. Lu Yu's family no longer had any extra bedding, and he was thinking about when he would go to Jinhua City to buy a few beds and come back.
Yan Xi'an was cooking soup with a long-handled spoon, and the polite Yan Jibai was struggling to turn the goats on the fire rack. Although the goats are small, they are very fat, and the fat from the roast drips on the fire, sizzling.
Gradually, the whole stable valley was filled with the smell of barbecued meat.
After cleaning the cave, Yan Xiding happily ran around Anding Valley, like a wild dog on the loose, and every once in a while, he went to the door of the cave where Lan Shaofang was.
After Mrs. Yan helped Lan Shaofang clean up, she took her out of the cave. Yan Xiding immediately ran over and told Lan Shaofang with a smile that there was mutton to eat at night.
Lan Shaofang will still be cramped and nervous, but it is much better than when she first entered the valley, and Yan Xiding, who originally disturbed her the most, is not so annoying, so even if she stands in the crowd now, she will not be eager to escape.
Lu Yu roasted mutton for the first time, and it was still a whole sheep, and the technique was not very skilled, and some of the outermost meat was slightly charred by the roast, but the meat inside was not fully cooked. Lu Yu called everyone else over, cut the mutton that had been roasted with a kitchen knife, put it in a dish, and let them eat it first.
The haggis and cabbage and radish soup in the cauldron had already been cooked, Yan Xi'an served a bowl for each person, and asked Lu Yu to eat it first, and she continued to roast it. Lu Yu didn't agree, it was not difficult to barbecue, but it was not easy to cut meat with a kitchen knife, and he was worried that it would burn Yan Xi'an.
Although the mutton is slightly burnt, the taste is still good, if you sprinkle some salt and green onions on it, it will have more flavor, and several people have eaten it deliciously, especially Lan Shaofang, who has never eaten such a delicious barbecue before.
And the haggis soup is even more loved by Lan Shaofang, the soup in the bowl was a little colder, so she gulped and drank it, and after drinking a bowl, Yan Xiding helped her fill another bowl.
There were no stools in the valley, and there were no extra stones to use as stools, so a few people sat on the ground and ate meat and drank soup. Lu Yu and the others had almost roasted the meat of the whole sheep, made the bonfire cover weaker, and sat down to eat together.
Mutton boiled hot pot is a taste, roasted and eaten is another taste, the meat skin is crispy, take a bite, the tender meat inside splashes the juice, splashing the mouth full of fragrant.
The haggis soup is very hot, there is no other seasoning except salt, and the condiments are only two kinds of cabbage and radish, but the advantage is that the haggis is fresh, the vegetables are also fresh, and the new soup boiled over high heat is also very delicious. Lu Yu took a sip while it was hot, and the hot soup was rolled with mutton, flowing from the mouth through the throat and into the abdomen, and then the whole person was hot and comfortable.
After eating for a while, Lu Yu remembered that there was still wine, took two empty bowls, and poured a bowl for himself and Yan Jibai.
Drink wine, eat meat, and sit on the floor. The trees are green, the grass is green, and the blue stream is like jade. Outside the valley is late autumn and slightly cold, but inside the valley is full of spring. A few people slowly ate roast mutton and drank haggis soup, while talking about this gossip, it was very pleasant.
Seeing his father and Lu Yu eating meat and drinking at the same time, Yan Xiding suddenly asked Lan Shaofang: "Shaofang, do you want to drink some wine?" That stuff was terrible. ”
"Since it's hard to drink, why do you still ask her if she wants to drink it?"
"I just want her to taste it." Yan Xiding asked again, but Lan Shaofang didn't understand, and stared at him in a daze with a pair of black and bright acting skills.
Yan Xiding scratched his head, and said to Lu Yu again: "Uncle, quickly pour her a bowl and let her taste it." ”
Lu Yu was speechless, this kid actually instructed himself to get up, and before he could speak, he was angry and shouted: "It's not big or small, why don't you know any politeness at all?" ”
"Hehe, can't I go by myself?" Yan Xiding poured a bowl of liquor and sent it to Lan Shaofang.
Lan Shaofang didn't answer, her nose sniffed hard, she didn't seem to like the strong fragrance, and retracted her head.
"You taste it, it's delicious." Yan Xiding just said that it was hard to drink, and he bullied people and couldn't understand people's words.
Surprisingly, Lan Shaofang seemed to be very obedient to Yan Xiding's words, and stretched her mouth into the wine bowl and took a sip.
"......" The liquor was spicy, and after only one sip, Lan Shaofang grinned. When Lu Yu saw it, he couldn't help but laugh.
Yan Xiding was very apologetic and said to Lan Shaofang: "I'm sorry, isn't this thing hard to drink, I shouldn't give it to you." ”
Lu Yu couldn't help but think: "Even if Brother Yan is indifferent, I'm afraid that Yan Xiding's attitude towards the savage girl is too abnormal, but why is he indifferent?" I don't say a few words. ”
Yan Xiding took the bowl of wine that Lan Shaofang drank a sip of, turned around, and asked loudly, "Who wants to drink this wine?" Who wants to drink? ”
"If you don't drink it, what do you ask?" Yan Jibai glared at his son, and beckoned Lu Yu to drink.
Lu Yu also said: "Xiding, if you don't drink it, pour it, we still have wine." Lu Yu pondered again whether he should make some more wine in the past few days and keep it for the New Year. This year, every household in Yangshan Village is not short of food, and Lu Yu is not the only one who makes wine.
"Okay then, let's spoil it." Yan Xi was about to pour the liquor in the bowl into the stream, but he heard Lan Shaofang "uh-uh" twice.
"Hey, Shaofang, do you want me not to fall? Do you want to drink it? ”
This time, Lan Shaofang should have understood and nodded.
Yan Xi was happy, handed the wine bowl to Lan Shaofang, Lan Shaofang was stunned for a moment, then brought the wine bowl to his mouth, and raised his head again, and drank a bowl of white wine in a few sips.
Lu Yu and Yan Jibai were both dumbfounded, and they both thought, "This savage girl can drink a lot." ”
Lan Shaofang's amount of wine was indeed amazing, Lu Yu poured her another bowl, and she still drank it in one gulp without the slightest pause. Everyone was stunned, this savage girl drank more wine than ordinary people, how much alcohol should have been.
Lu Yu quipped: "Xi Dingna, we will make more wine in the future." ”
Yan Xi thought about it, and shook his head and said, "Forget it, drinking too much wine is not good for your health." ”
"Hey, usually our dad drinks, why didn't he hear you say that drinking is bad?"
"Dad is a man, what are men afraid of when they drink some wine." Yan Xiding smiled again and asked Lu Yu to pour wine for Lan Shaofang.
Lu Yu quietly looked at Yan Jibai again, he still looked indifferent, and didn't seem to want to say anything.
At this time, Mrs. Yan spoke: "Xiding, don't make trouble, a girl, what kind of wine do you always want to pour her?" In case she gets drunk, who takes care of her? ”
Yan Xiding muttered quietly: "I can take care of her, we are good friends." ”
Mrs. Yan reprimanded: "Nonsense, aren't you a child of what age, don't you know the difference between men and women?" You're a boy, Miss Lan is a girl, you can't get too close, you know? ”
Yan Xiding looked unconvinced: "Then why don't Uncle Da Yu and my sister 'distinguish between men and women'?" They are always tired of being together, and they don't even take me to play. ”
The air suddenly fell silent, and no one spoke again, only Lan Shaofang looked around blankly.
"Your sister is different...... Mrs. Yan glanced at her husband and said, "She is an adult, and your Uncle Da Yu is also an adult, but you are still a child." ”
Lu Yu didn't understand the meaning of Mrs. Yan's words, he was surprised and happy, ashamed and ashamed, and even more embarrassed, and he couldn't sit down. Naturally, Yan Xi's embarrassment was even better than Lu Yu's, and he was also happy and shy in his heart.
Yan Jibai and his wife already knew about Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an's private relationship, but they pretended not to know in front of Lu Yu, and today they were finally forced to say it by Yan Xiding unintentionally, how could Lu Yu not be embarrassed and embarrassed.
Also embarrassed was Yan Jibai, he coughed dryly twice, and deliberately said: "Okay, it's not too early, let's clean up and go back." ”
"Dad, isn't it still early? Let's go back when it's dark, you see there's still a lot of meat to eat. Yan Xiding was very reluctant to separate from Lan Shaofang immediately, even temporarily.
"Let's sit down again, it's lukewarm here, it's good." Mrs. Yan also advised her husband.
Yan Jibai didn't really want to go back, but the atmosphere just now was too embarrassing, and he had to ease it, so he nodded and said, "Then sit down again, you eat more." ”
Yan Xiding said: "Eh, should we build a few houses in the valley in the future?" Then we can move in here. We all like to be here anyway, right? ”
Lu Yu said with a smile: "It's okay to build a house here, but you don't have to move in for a long time." He looked at Lan Shaofang and said, "But when the time is ripe, we can take the savage girl out." ”
"Uncle Da Yu, she's not a 'savage girl', she has a name." Yan Xiding was very reluctant for others to call Lan Shaofang a "savage", so he emphasized it very hard, and then asked: "Then when is the time ripe?" ”
"Wait until she can say something. Besides, we don't have enough rooms outside, so I think we have to build a few rooms outside. Lu Yu remembered that he had proposed this a long time ago, but he never took action.