In the past, neighbors were already cooking at home, eating, watching the stars and the moon.

Tonight, the neighbors who had a business relationship with Bai Lu with sugar-fried chestnuts, or who had a good conversation on weekdays, walked to the riverside together, and greeted her when they saw her from afar.

She still holds melon seeds in her hand, freshly fried pumpkin seeds, salted peanuts and other snacks at home, and eats them with her.

Bai Lu thanked several other neighbors for their kindness, and took a small handful of salt-fried pumpkin seeds from Zhang's sister-in-law.

She had never eaten such a small snack, and smelled the salty burnt aroma, and suddenly had an appetite and wanted to taste it.

As soon as the clinker was peeled off, the hands of one large and one small next to her stared intently, as if they wanted to taste it too.

"Sister-in-law, you said that there are good things to share as a family." Xiao Wei wanted to eat sincerely.

Bai Lu was stunned, and sighed lightly and gave a small half to the little guy: "Why didn't Sister-in-law Zhang give it to you just now?"

"I want it from my sister-in-law." Confidently.

"My sister-in-law is my family."

Bai Lu was giving the other half of the pumpkin seeds to Xiao Cheng, and after a slight pause, the wide palm in front of her gradually became clear, and she could see the thin cocoon grinded out of the tiger's mouth due to holding the gun, which was the most complete interpretation of strength and safety not long ago, she let go, and the pumpkin seeds fell into his palm one by one.

When inadvertently touched, the scorching temperature penetrates through the palm of the hand, hitting the soul directly, focusing the divergent thinking.

Bai Lu subconsciously raised her head.

Xiao Cheng didn't look at her, his eyes stayed on the palm of his hand, and he withdrew his hand as if nothing happened.

Peel the pumpkin seeds slowly.

Sister-in-law Zhang, who heard Xiao Wei's words on the side, said with a smile: "Yes, yes, your sister-in-law is your family, you didn't like to talk or go out before, like a little stuffy gourd, if you weren't interested in the old hen hatching chicks, I'm afraid I won't be able to say a word to you in my life."

"Bai Lu is here, you have changed back to what a child should be, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are good at home, you know that there is a family behind you, and you are fearless in what you do......"

Xiao Wei agreed with a serious face: "The eldest brother protects the sister-in-law, the sister-in-law protects me, and I protect the old hen!"

The words fell and realized that he had forgotten something, so he quickly added: "There are still little chicks."

Sister-in-law Zhang said "yo": "How long has it been hatching?" How many chicks are there now? ”

Xiao Wei: "It's been more than two months......"

Bai Lu listened to Xiao Wei and Sister-in-law Zhang's chatting all the way, eating the pumpkin seeds peeled by Xiao Cheng, and the depression that had been deposited in her heart for days broke a hole silently.

In the scorching summer, it is always so hot during the day that people don't want to go out, and it is slightly better at night, occasionally a gust of wind blows, cool and breeze, step by step, extra comfortable.

The night sky is also beautiful, with stars falling down on the river, like a Milky Way for thousands of miles, until the firelight suddenly rises.

"It's on fire!"

"It's on fire, put out the fire!"

There was a rush of soldiers by the river, and when Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng arrived, the fire had already been extinguished.

There were no casualties, no major property damage, the fastest fire extinguishing speed in history, and the river was extinguished with a handful of water.

Cause of fire – barbecue grill.

The scenery is pleasant, the moonlight is bright, and the oil lamps are held up high by bamboo poles inserted into the ground, illuminating the riverside grass, and a group of old men are blaming around the barbecue grill.

"It's not baked yet, but it's just brushed with a layer of oil, and it's weird that the barbed wire fence is on fire."

"I'm afraid it's not a fake!"

"I said I wanted to buy the barbecue grill of the supper stall owner, you have to listen, now it's okay, build your own barbecue grill with bricks, and it's strange that the barbed wire doesn't burn."

"How do you have a long brain, can blame the barbed wire fence on the barbecue grill, this is obviously two reasons, the boss's barbecue grill has so little charcoal, and it is not cooked for half a day to grill a string of things, so that the sister-in-law is hungry and waiting? Obviously, this kind of large barbecue grill made of bricks is the most practical, and you can bake it quickly if you put more charcoal! ”

"Okay, okay, you're amazing, you're right, why did the barbed wire catch fire?"

"That is, how do you bake it when it's on fire?"

"After putting out the fire, you can't roast it."

"Okay, you're right, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are here, see what you baked?"

As soon as Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng walked to the barbecue grill, Luo Sixteen took out a string of burnt things from the big cardboard box on the ground and presented it to Bai Lu: "Sister-in-law eats a crab."

"This thing...... Is it a crab? Bai Lu looked carefully at the black charcoal in front of him, and he really had eight legs.

Luo Sixteen thought that Bai Lu didn't believe it, and immediately explained: "I just rescued it from the fire, and the pearls are not so really roasted crabs!"

"All of them were burned out by the fire, as far as my skills are concerned, I successfully roasted them in time and rescued them smoothly, although Brother Cheng's skewers were not rescued."

The roasting time has already been set, and it is planned that Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu will be able to eat the first delicious skewers when they come over.

Outcome......

Xiao Cheng glanced at the eight black legs that were scorched and broken in front of him, and directly rejected this "poisonous crab" for Bai Lu.

"Eat what you bake yourself."

After the words fell, he had already crossed Luo Sixteen with Bai Lu, and Wang Hao and Xiao Dazhuang, who showed sympathetic expressions while watching the play, sat down on the green bamboo bench made in front of the barbecue grill.

Take your hands dirty and pick up a string of chicken wings and a bunch of shrimp from the big bamboo basket on the side table of the barbecue.

Open and bake.

Xiao Wei followed and took a bunch of shrimp, a bunch that looked like pork, it should be lean pork meat, sat next to Bai Lu, rolled up his sleeves and began to learn barbecue with his eldest brother.

Luo Sixteen bit the roasted crab with a sad face, vomited directly in the next second, and quickly ran to the river to rinse his mouth.

Bai Lu sympathized with him for three seconds, and was a little shocked when he saw the barbecue grill that was 100 meters long all the way down the riverside: "What day is today, why does everyone come to the riverside barbecue?"

Xiao Cheng said while flipping the shrimp skewers, "Good day."

Bai Lu hadn't been shocked by Xiao Cheng's short and honest answer for a long time, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Such a long barbecue grill, are they all built bricks by Luo Sixteen Wang Hao?" … I think I heard the neighbors mention it just now.

Xiao Cheng held a knife in his hand and slashed the chicken wings, and nodded lightly: "They piled it up with some of their neighbors."

Bai Lu suddenly understood.

The neighbors who came to the barbecue all brought their own charcoal and ingredients, everyone was barbecing for the first time, and if they didn't know how to learn from Xiao Cheng, they would continue to learn if they were scrapped.

In the barbecue team, there are also young couples who sit together and are polite, and they learn barbecue seriously.

and Luo Sixteen's grandfather, Xiao Dazhuang's mother, all came to barbecue, Wang Hao's mother has to take care of Wang Hao's father on the sickbed, there is no time to come, Wang Hao will bake something later and bring it back for them to taste.

Young people talk about life and ideals while baking things, and the elders talk about their parents' shortcomings, each in their own faction, and the atmosphere is harmonious and happy.

Obviously, the unexpected small fire just now not only did not burn everyone's enthusiasm away, but burned even higher.

Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng sat in the middle of the 100-meter barbecue grill, Xiao Wei on the right, and neighbors who knew each other well.

On the left, except for Luo Sixteen, Wang Hao and Xiao Dazhuang, a large number of positions were vacant, and there was no one.

"Anyone hasn't arrived?" Bai Lu intuitively felt that the vacant barbecue on the left was waiting for someone.

Sure enough, Xiao Cheng replied with one word: "Hmm."

Bai Lu was a little curious, but not much, and was instantly diverted by the grilled shrimp skewers handed by Xiao Cheng.

"Taste it."

Bai Lu took the red shrimp skewers in front of him: "It seems that there is no seasoning yet."

Xiao Cheng: "Didn't you put it when it was baked?"

(End of chapter)