Chapter 947: The selfish and vain female supporting role (43)
“Why is this kiln divided into upper and lower floors?”
There was still some heat left to roast the whole lamb, so Xu Mingrui and his son simply squatted in rows and observed the roasting kiln.
The bottom is the stove, which can burn firewood or charcoal.
Above the stove is a kiln belly of about one cubic meter, with a retractable grill installed, and the top is the smoke exhaust port.
But after careful observation, we found that there were two small ovens built on both sides of the stove.
“The lower layer can also be baked? It’s just so small, what can it be baked on?”
Xu Yin glanced at her uncle, winked at Haohao, and said with a smile: "I can bake biscuits and bread. Today I'm baking egg tarts."
Haohao cheered: “It’s so easy to mess with!”
Xu Yin took out her phone and looked at the time. It was almost ready.
She put on heat-proof gloves, pinched the iron ring on the outside of the small oven, and pulled it out. The small drawer-style oven was pulled out, with twelve egg tarts neatly arranged inside.
There are also twelve on the other side.
Small oven with two sides, capable of baking twenty-four egg tarts at one time.
As soon as the egg tarts came out of the oven, the smell of milk made Haohao drool: "Sister, the egg tarts are so delicious!"
“I’ll put it on a small plate for you and let it cool down for you to eat.”
“I’ll get the dinner plate and tongs.”
Xu Mingrui strode back into the house, and soon came out with clips and a plate.
Others who came out together were Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Yanqun.
“I heard that Yinyin also baked egg tarts? No wonder I said they tasted so good!”
“Yo! This egg **** looks good! It looks delicious!”
At this time, a few little heads poked their heads in at the door of the courtyard. They were the left-behind children in the village.
Xu Yin waved to them: "Come in and play!"
When she was grafting fruit trees before, she dried the branches cut off from the head of the cherry tree and brought them home to use as firewood. The children helped her push the cart.
Xu Yin helped them wash their hands and gave each of them an egg tart.
"Our family roasted a kid today. You go home and tell the adults that you can come over and eat the lamb at noon."
The leading child shook his head: "You can't eat at Sister Yinyin's house."
The elders at home have taught them that they should go out to play but not stay at other people’s homes to eat.
“I’ll bring some meat skewers back later.”
Xu Yin also marinated some tendons, either mutton or beef. After the roasted whole lamb was cooked, she skewered it with bamboo skewers and put it on the grill. It used the remaining heat of the charcoal fire to grill it, and turned it over several times. Sprinkle with homemade seasonings and you'll have delicious grilled lamb and beef kebabs.
The children licked their sweet lips after finishing the egg tarts, smelled the overbearing fragrance in the air, and took a deep breath. It smelled really good!
Grandpa and grandma only said not to eat at other people's houses, but they didn't say not to bring meat skewers back. So it should be okay, right?
“Yin Yin, what are you baking at home? Why does it smell so good?”
Aunt Guo from next door couldn't help but walked in.
The houses at the foot of the mountain all have large yards, and the houses are quite far apart, at least forty or fifty meters apart. Even so, you can still smell the domineering aroma of roasted whole lamb.
Shortly after the neighbor to the east came, the neighbor to the west also came.
“That’s very cheap!” Jiang Yanqun said in surprise, “I remember there was a mutton restaurant in Nancheng. A roasted whole lamb cost one thousand three hundred or four hundred. I think it’s much smaller than this.”
“The mutton restaurant is highly profitable.”
"Yinyin, if you have this opportunity, you can open a mutton restaurant in the town. You will definitely make a lot of money."
Aunt Guo, you and I start talking one sentence at a time.
Xu Yin said with a smile: “When opening a store, there are many factors to consider, including store rent, employee wages, and reasonable profits.”
That’s right!
Opening a store is not that easy.
“But you have a roasting kiln at home. If you want to eat it, you can buy a sheep and roast it yourself. It’s much more cost-effective than buying it from outside.”
Three hundred and sixty-six young lambs may sound expensive, but they taste so delicious when roasted, and I wouldn’t be reluctant to eat them as a sacrifice once in a while.
"I bought a pheasant a few days ago, and it cost more than three hundred!" Mrs. Jiang felt that she had suffered a huge loss, and felt frustrated. "A chicken only weighs a few pounds, so it is better to buy a whole sheep."
"What kind of chicken is so expensive?" Aunt Guo asked in surprise, "Isn't it a medicinal chicken that grew up eating ginseng?"
"Where! It's just an ordinary hen, but it doesn't taste as good as the ones raised by the Yinyin family!"
Mrs. Jiang complained a lot.
"So you have to have a way to buy things. If you don't have a way, it's easy to get slaughtered." Xu Mingrui concluded, then turned to discuss with her niece, "Yin Yin, if you can still buy mutton, how about ordering one for my uncle years ago? During the Chinese New Year, I’ll treat you to a roast whole lamb meal.”
Xu Yin nodded: "Yes, yes, but I also ordered a suckling pig for the Chinese New Year. I will roast a suckling pig for you to try."
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Roast suckling pig! !
Xu Yin’s family’s baking kiln is famous!
At first I thought it was just like an outdoor stove, capable of simmering sweet potatoes, roasting chickens and ducks, etc. But I didn’t expect that it could also cook roasted whole lamb and roasted suckling pig.
There are still about ten days before the Chinese New Year, and they can't imagine the smell of roasted suckling pig, but the aroma of roasted whole lamb can be smelled by everyone living at the entrance of the village. The rich and domineering aroma of roasted lamb is so greedy.
The family was in good condition, so I couldn’t help but come to Xu’s house and ask him:
“Uncle Mingkang, if I buy a lamb, can you ask sister Yinyin to help me make a roasted whole lamb during the Chinese New Year? I can pay for the processing fee.”
"Mingkang, my son's workplace gave out a frozen leg of lamb and a box of steak for the Chinese New Year. The mutton skewers I tasted at your house that day were really good with wine, but I don't have a kiln at home and can't make the same flavor. If Yin Yin has time, , can you help us grill it? Half a box of steaks will be paid for the processing fee, and we will pay for the charcoal ourselves."
Xu's father did not agree on the spot, and only said to ask his daughter.
“Yinyin isn’t at home?”
“She followed her mother to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots.”
Qianjin Village is surrounded by mountains. Some belong to Qianjin Village, some belong to the neighboring village, and some are common to both villages.
At the mountain closest to the village, fruit trees were planted in the name of the village collective in the early 1980s, and were later contracted to individuals. There are still several mountains in the periphery that no one has contracted, and the vegetation on the mountains has always grown wild.
This month before and after New Year's Eve is considered the leisure season for fruit farmers. They have nothing to do, so they carry bamboo baskets, hoes, and sickles on their backs to dig bamboo shoots in some distant mountains.
A year ago, it was the peak season for winter bamboo shoots. I was lucky enough to find a bamboo shoot nest, and I was able to dig out several large bamboo shoots one after another, and I could fill the bamboo basket in a short time.
In addition to winter bamboo shoots, spring bamboo shoots can also be dug occasionally.
The spring bamboo shoots now are at their tenderest and freshest, and they are much more delicious than those harvested later in the year.
The price of spring bamboo shoots during the Chinese New Year period also remains high.
In the first month of the year, when entertaining guests, there is a dish made of spring bamboo shoots, which is definitely the highlight of the vegetable world.
(End of this chapter)