Meet the principal

Three days later, Old Street, suburb of Prest City.

Many shops are already under renovation. These buildings have experienced decades of wind and rain, and time has already left mottled traces on the walls. However, most of the buildings have scaffolding erected around them. You can see that the outer walls The painting work has already begun. For some new walls, it is basically painted over, while for some old, crumbling walls, it is almost rebuilt.

The owners of the shops are naturally very happy. Who doesn't like the opportunity to repair the shop for free? The business on the old street is not very good anyway. Most of the shops are operating out of habit. Taking advantage of this gap, they can also Get a few rare days off.

In the evening, the people sitting on the benches and enjoying the shade under the big trees noticed that one of the shops had just started to open.

This is a shop located opposite Antoine's alchemy workshop. It was originally a tailor shop. It was no longer operated a few years ago and has been in a state of neglect.

But now, Antoine's alchemy workshop has been rebuilt into a large and magnificent workshop. The shop located opposite his home has naturally become a hot prime location.

People gathered to see what was going on here.

Because most shops are open during the day, unless it is a big city like Toronto, the flow of people at night is not enough to support the consumption of opening a shop at night, and even restaurants that serve dinner will do business during the day. We won’t wait until evening to open.

A few children were carefree and courageous. They ran to the door of the store and saw only two iron shelves at the door.

The bottom of this iron shelf is a slender bracket, and the top is a long iron box. If you look over your head, you can see that the top of the iron box is open, and there is a red-hot charcoal fire inside. The weather is not too cold now. , it doesn’t look like a stove for heating, I don’t know what it is used for.

Then, people saw two people coming out of the store. They remembered that they were young people from the old street. They had been doing some manual labor in Prest City. They didn't make much money and were barely living.

"Langton, what are you doing?"

someone asked.

"This is a shop opened by Mr. Ian Gray. He saw that we had a hard time working in Prest City, so he gave it to the two of us to take care of."

The young man known as Langton has slightly curly hair, and his skin is tanned by physical labor that has been exposed to the sun for many years. He is tall, thin and lean. He wears a short-sleeved shirt.

Wearing an apron, it was obvious that we were going to cook here.

"This is going to be, uh, a barbecue restaurant."

Next to Langton, his partner Holland said. Holland is shorter and slightly fatter, with strong muscles visible under his short sleeves.

Holland pointed to the sign on the top of the store, which read "Crescent BBQ" in correct Common Chinese font.

"barbecue?"

Some people showed doubtful expressions. They all knew about barbecue. This cooking method originating from desert countries is very popular among young people, but they really couldn't imagine how to cook the two iron racks in front of them.

Moreover, according to people's general understanding, cooking should be done in the kitchen. How to do it in the open air now?

Langton shrugged. He didn't know how to do it at first, but Reiner carefully taught him various precautions. In addition, he and Holander were also very savvy, and they quickly learned the barbecue techniques. Take out the mutton that has been skewered with bamboo skewers from the freezer inside and put it on the grill.

It can be seen that the bamboo skewers can be placed horizontally on the iron frame, and the skewered meat is placed on the charcoal fire. This simple but exquisite design is amazing. The charcoal fire is very strong, and the mutton will soon curl up slightly, and the white fat will appear. As the color gradually deepens, and Langton uses a brush to apply oil from time to time, the barbecue makes a sizzling sound, which is particularly attractive.

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Langton turned the bamboo skewer and turned the meat over. He grilled more than a dozen skewers at a time, with clean and neat movements, obviously having practiced many times.

At the end of the roasting, he picked up the brush from the jar on the table nearby. The jar contained a mixture of various spices including cumin. Langton brushed it on, and a scent that irritated his nose immediately burst out. .

"The mutton skewers are ready! Brush with oil and cumin and grill until they are caramelized. The kids next door are crying with envy!"

Holland spoke the slogan that Reiner told him, tickling the hearts of the onlookers.

The children who were watching couldn't help but swallowed and looked at their parents helplessly. The parents were helpless. After all, they themselves were also greedy when they saw it. They gritted their teeth and stepped forward.

“Langton, how do you sell these mutton skewers?”

"Two copper coins have three strings, six copper coins have ten strings."

Holland pointed to the sign hanging at the door of the store with a price list on it.

As you can see, most barbecue skewers cost between one copper coin and three copper coins. They are cheap and quite affordable.

"Then we want three skewers."

The parents said, then took out the copper coins, handed them to Holander, and took three skewers of hot mutton skewers.

When my father took a bite, he saw that the exterior was burnt, the meat was juicy and tender, and the tender and juicy lamb exploded in his mouth. The exotic spices like cumin and pepper effectively removed the mutton's smell. The gravy is locked in the meat skewers, making it extremely delicious.

"too delicious!"

The three people sighed in unison. Hearing their sighs, the people next to them could no longer restrain their appetites and spent money to buy mutton skewers.

In addition to mutton skewers, the barbecue restaurant also provides affordable iced Coke and ale. The skewers are not just mutton skewers. They include grilled sausages, grilled chicken legs, grilled fish, grilled mushrooms, grilled eggplants, and grilled potato slices. With vegetables like this, this barbecue restaurant that just opened in the evening became the center of the old street.

Tables and chairs were set up outside the shop. People who used to sit at sunrise and rest at sunset were enjoying this moment of leisure. They sat together eating barbecue, drinking ice-cold ale, and chatting about their family and family affairs.

The night breeze was slightly cool, the swaying lights illuminated the noisy stalls, and the strong scent of cumin spread throughout the street. For a moment, the people in the old street seemed to have seen the days when the old street was still prosperous and lively many years ago. And it’s crowded, everything is busy, and everything is fulfilling.

In the distance, Reiner and Claire, who were watching all this, did not participate in the noisy feast. Claire tilted her head. Although she acknowledged the charm of kebabs, she couldn't understand why this simple outdoor barbecue attracted people. Sitting together.

"I have heard a saying before. Now if I change it, it can probably be applied here."

Reiner saw Claire's confusion, he patted her head gently, and then said.

"For most people, the best barbecue is always the one downstairs from my house. This has nothing to do with taste, but a sense of familiarity and intimacy."

Claire nodded in understanding. She seemed to understand something, but also seemed not to understand anything.

However, Claire knew that when Reiner looked at the people enjoying the barbecue, there was some kind of familiar feeling in his eyes.

Claire doesn’t know that this feeling is called nostalgia.

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