Hua Manxi returned to the house, took about 20 eggs from the basket, put them in a pot and cooked them, took two boiled eggs and ate them, and then began to start marinating kelp.

She bought a slice of pork belly yesterday, and the meat was used to make the wonton filling, and there was still pork skin left, just enough to marinate kelp.

Wash the pork skin, cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, dried chili, ginger, garlic, Sichuan pepper, and rock sugar.

Slice the ginger and garlic, wash the kelp and tie it into knots.

Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put all the ingredients into the water, then add cooking wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and bring to a boil.

After the water boils, add kelp, knot with green onions, turn to low heat and simmer after boiling, and then turn off the heat and boil to taste. After taking it out and letting it cool, it can be eaten in a pot.

The brine can't be wasted, Hua Manxi put twenty eggs into the brine, the eggs have been boiled, peeled and shelled, painted with a flower knife, and put it directly into the brine.

Hua Manxi marinated a large pot of kelp, thinking that his family would not be able to eat it all, so he filled a pot and planned to take it to Uncle Li's house, after all, people gave a basket of eggs, and they also had to exchange gifts.

When I came to Uncle Li's house, Li Qiuqiu was looking forward to it at the door, and I didn't know if it was her.

"Manxi, are you here? The sheep have been killed. Li Qiuqiu came over familiarly and took Hua Manxi's hand.

"Here's some food I made myself, you can try it." Hua Manxi took the basket of eggs that Li Qiuqiu had just contained.

"What is this? How come I haven't seen it? It smells pretty good. Li Qiuqiu sniffed vigorously, looking at the dark green kelp in the basket, a little puzzled.

"This is kelp, which can be said to be a dish that grows in the sea, and I marinated it, which is a little spicy." Hua Manxi introduced.

Li Qiuqiu reached out and took a piece of kelp, put it in his mouth and chewed it: "Crunchy, soft, slippery, spicy and delicious, very delicious, good with wine." ”

"It's for Uncle Li to drink." Hua Manxi stuffed the basket into her hand and rolled up her sleeves directly, "Where is the kitchen, I'll go and prepare." ”

"This way, this way." Li Qiuqiu hurriedly brought Hua Manxi in, "I also invited Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu, I heard that you and Uncle Liu recognized their relatives?" ”

"Yes, now it's my godfather and godmother." Hua Manxi was blunt, and there was nothing to hide.

"The sheep have been killed, the ingredients in the stove room are neat, if you need any help, you can call me and my mother." Li Qiuqiu pointed to Aunt Li in the kitchen.

Aunt Li thought of the past when she and Li Qiuqiu teamed up to embarrass Hua Manxi, her face was a little ugly, and she was a little ashamed, and she lowered her head and said, "It's Manxi who is here, Lao Li's hand is injured, and I'm tired of you." ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome, they're all villagers." Hua Manxi looked at this sheep, it was really fat, and it was a tender sheep, which was the most suitable for roasting the whole sheep.

To roast whole sheep, you need to use an adobe stove, Hua Manxi and Li Qiuqiu roughly talked about the shape of this stove, and asked her to build the stove first, and then burn the fire to preheat.

Here, she washed the slaughtered sheep again, removed the internal organs, cut off the four hooves, and began to prepare the marinade.

Roast the whole sheep with heavy ingredients, cooking wine, pepper, pepper, salt, cumin, green onions, ginger and garlic, cumin, etc.

After marinating for an hour, the whole body is brushed with the sauce made with honey and soy sauce, then brushed with sesame oil, and then the whole lamb is hung in a hot earthen stove with the belly facing up.

The bottom of the sheep should be roasted with an iron box, the entrance should be sealed with an iron pot, and then covered with yellow mud, roasted for about three hours, the roasted sheep, the color is yellow and red and oily, the skin is crispy and the meat is tender, the fat is not greasy, crispy and delicious, and has a unique flavor.

Because of eating whole sheep, Hua Manxi made some simple vegetarian dishes to match, in addition to braised kelp, there are cucumbers, steamed eggplant, mushroom rape, and fried peanuts.

When the whole sheep was roasted, Li Qiuqiu also invited all the guests.

In addition to the four of Xu Gongzi, there are also village chief Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu, and Uncle Li's younger brother Li Laosan's family.

Hua Manxi brought up the steaming whole sheep, cut it with a knife, stacked it in a dish one by one, and finally poured a little hot oil from the iron box, and the heavy fragrance really floated all over the house.

"Young Master Xu, what do you think of my sister Manxi's craftsmanship? This table of dishes, with meat and vegetables, is full of color and flavor. Li Qiuqiu was the first to speak, "I don't know if this kind of skill is enough to be a cook in the Prince's Mansion?" ”

Hua Manxi's mutton action paused, and he raised his eyes to look at Xu Jinfei.

I didn't want him to raise his eyes and look over, his eyes were smiling, and his voice was soft: "If Miss Manxi is willing to deign to be a cook in my house, Xu will naturally welcome it." ”

Light breeze and light clouds have already started to move chopsticks under Uncle Li's beckoning, this roasted whole sheep, the skin is crispy and tender, and the aroma is overflowing, since they left the frontier, they have never eaten such an authentic roasted whole sheep, they really miss it.

"Miss Manxi, if you go to the house to be a cook, Danyun and I will give you some extra allowances and silver." Qingfeng slurred as he ate the mutton.

Xu Jinfei's gaze intentionally or unintentionally paused on Hua Manxi's mutton's hand, his eyes darkened, he suddenly stood up, approached Hua Manxi, and said in a low voice: "I once lived in the frontier, this piece of mutton is very skilled, does the Manxi girl need help?" ”

He was close, and the breath of speaking was sprinkled on her neck, Hua Manxi only felt a tremble, her ears couldn't help but be a little red, she took a step away, widened the distance from him, and said: "Xu Gongzi is willing to help, Manxi can't ask for it, I've been busy for a long time, and my stomach is already rumbling with hunger." ”

"Haha, girl, godfather keeps it for you, hurry up." Uncle Liu was having a drink with Uncle Li, and when he heard this, he quickly patted the position next to Aunt Liu and motioned for Hua Manxi to come and sit.

"It's still my godfather who loves me." Hua Manxi was very uncomfortable by Xu Jinfei, so he hurriedly slipped away and sat between Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu.

"Come, this mutton you made, but this is delicious, I have lived for so many years, and it is the first time I have eaten this roasted whole lamb." Uncle Liu hurriedly pushed the bowl to Hua Manxi, and there was already a lot of mutton in the bowl.

The heat of this mutton roast is just right, when she just took it out, Hua Manxi smelled the fragrance, she picked up the chopsticks and took a piece to taste, it was really the mutton roasted out of the earthen oven was more delicious, and it was more fragrant than the modern oven roasted.

The skin is crispy and the meat is fragrant, and the aftertaste is spicy.

"Brother Qingfeng, Brother Danyun, you have eaten roasted whole sheep from the Northland, do you think my sheep is authentic?" Hua Manxi suddenly looked up at the light breeze and light clouds, and asked out loud.

"Manxi girl's roasted whole sheep, slightly spicy and sweet, crispy and tender, compared with the roast sheep in the north, it is more tender and slightly sweeter, but it is more in line with the taste of your southerners, the roasted whole sheep in the north tastes fishy, the material is not heavy, and the food is a strong mutton flavor." The light clouds replied.

"It goes well with the strongest wine, and it has a flavor." Breeze added.

"Wine, I have a treasured burning knife in this house, Qiuqiu, take wine to entertain a few little brothers." Uncle Li was very upright and hurriedly said.

Hua Manxi raised his head, glanced at Xu Jinfei intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that he was really slicing the mutton seriously, he did not use her previous knife, but took out a dagger, this dagger seemed to be a little familiar, like the dagger she borrowed to kill fish that day in the mountains-

This Xu Gongzi looks like a pampered son, but the movements of the mutton are very skillful, slender and well-proportioned, and the knobly knuckled fingers hold the dagger and move quickly, and the mutton slices come out, and the slices are all uniform in thickness, even with the belt meat, neat or one.

"Look at the proficiency of your son-in-law's mutton, if you eat not a thousand, there are also 800 sheep." Hua Manxi suddenly exclaimed.

"Then you guessed it, our son-in-law, on the grassland, is the best eater." Uncle Zhao smiled slightly, meaning something, "Not only can I eat meat, but I can also drink, and he told us last night that if you eat spicy conch, you should be stuffed with sweet osmanthus." ”

Hua Manxi held the chopsticks in her hand, her expression was slightly embarrassed, she immediately stood up, stretched out the chopsticks to the kelp basin in the middle, and greeted familiarly: "Everyone try it, this is the braised kelp I made, taste what it tastes like." ”

"Miss Manxi's craftsmanship is really superb, anything can make a good taste in your hands, but I don't know which Langjun will be blessed to marry you in the future." Uncle Zhao continued to add firewood to the fire, meaning something.

Of course, except for Xu Jinfei and Hua Manxi, the others didn't understand.

"That's right, my goddaughter, I must marry a good man to be worthy." Uncle Liu and Yourongyan suddenly said to Hua Manxi, "Manxi, hasn't your uncle and aunt come back yet?" ”

"Probably not yet, they said they wanted to stop by to see my cousin." Hua Manxi said truthfully.

"Manxi, your cousin seems to be two years older than you, did you say kiss?" Aunt Li also interjected and asked.

"Not yet, Aunt Li." Hua Manxi bowed his head and replied.

"Where is the need to say kiss, isn't this a ready-made daughter-in-law? The two husbands and wives love Manxi, the whole village is famous, where are they willing to marry Manxi, they used to set a baby kiss, but now the family has retired, isn't it just with Dayang? Li Laosan's mother-in-law laughed and teased.

"That's right, this nephew's daughter has become a daughter-in-law, so it's kissing and kissing." Li Laosan said.

"Hua Lao's family must have this idea, otherwise Manxi will withdraw from his family, why don't you give her a kiss?" Aunt Li also said with certainty.

After hearing this, Xu Dashizi, who had slice two pots of mutton, suddenly stopped what he was doing, took out the handkerchief from his arms, and slowly wiped the oil stains on the dagger, but his eyes stared straight at Hua Manxi.