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Tongdao Xu was the county seat to which he went by boat.

Sitting in the cabin of the awning wooden boat, watching the wooden boat chop through the waves on the river, watching the green vegetation and crops on both sides of the river, he seemed to return to his childhood.

Because it was afternoon, there were not many passengers on board, and the speed of the boat was very fast, and it took less than half an hour to arrive at the dock in the county seat.

After landing, Xu Tongdao followed the route he remembered and came to a vegetable market near the pier.

On this trip, he came to the county town to buy some mutton and all kinds of condiments needed for kebabs.

The reason why he came to the county town instead of going to the vegetable market in their township was because he estimated that the vegetable market in the town did not sell mutton in the afternoon.

The mutton is not cheap. Even if there are some in the township market, it is estimated that it will be sold for one morning. He even suspects that there is no mutton for sale in the town's vegetable market in the morning.

So he simply came directly to the county seat.

There must be mutton sellers in the county seat in the afternoon, and the variety of seasonings is also very complete.

Facts also proved that his judgment was correct. There were indeed three mutton sellers in the vegetable market he came to in the afternoon. Tongdao Xu asked the price, and it turned out to be much more expensive than pork. A pound of mutton cost eight yuan.

He was not willing to buy too much, mainly for experiments, and there was no need to buy too much at one time.

He only needs more than a pound.

He wants sheep meat.

There is no fat on the goat, and there is too much lean meat. After roasting, the meat is easy to be old and chewy. In contrast, the slightly fat sheep meat turns into suet when it is grilled. Moisturizing lean meat, roasted fat and thin, the meat will be a lot tender, and it will have a soft, juicy and delicious taste.

After buying the mutton, he went to a dry goods store, bought all the seasonings he wanted, and bought two bamboo sticks, and then went to a place that sold coal stoves and bought a basket of charcoal. The smokeless one.

By the time he returned to Xujia Village by boat, it was already dusk with smoke from cooking.

The younger brother and younger sister are not at home, but the shrimp sticks and other items are already at home, they should be going to the town to sell river shrimp.

Tongdao Xu smiled, took the things he bought, and went into the kitchen to start preparing.

First, the mutton was peeled, then cut into small pieces, and then some onions and ginger slices were cut. Onions and ginger were available in his kitchen.

After these things are cut, they are pickled.

Use a plastic pot to mix the diced lamb with the chopped onion and ginger slices, add salt and rice wine, stir well, and put it there to marinate slowly.

After doing this, he turned around to find the small mud stove from his home, brought the charcoal he just bought, and went to the open space outside the kitchen to make a fire.

He was only experimenting with skewers for the first time today, so he didn't pay too much attention to the tools. He used a professional barbecue grill for the first time.

There are many small mud stoves in his family in Xujia Village.

All made by themselves.

The bottom of his tandoor is a broken enamel basin with rust spots. He picked it up by the river. After picking up the broken enamel basin, he went to the river to get some silt back, and then mixed some The rice husks go in, and after stirring vigorously, it is used as concrete, and the broken enamel pot is tapped with both hands to shape a small tandoor.

This thing is very durable, if one day it cracks a little and gets some mud to make it sticky, it will be another good tandoor.

It takes a bit of work to live with a stove. Tongdao Xu squatted outside the kitchen and worked for half an hour before successfully lighting the charcoal in the tandoor.

The charcoal that had just been lit, the smoke was a bit thick, and a breeze was blowing in front of him, and he happened to be squatting downwind, so he was smoked to tears.

There were footsteps in the main room. Tongdao Xu thought it was his younger brother and sister coming back, so he didn't get up to look. As a result, a moment later, the voice of his mother Ge Xiaozhu came from the back door of the main room.

Huh? Xiaodao,

What are you doing with the stove? You... where did you get this charcoal from? what are you doing?

(Eh: sound ai)

Tongdao Xu turned around in amazement, Mom? I haven't replaced you yet, why are you back?

Shouldn't she be on the polder to prevent floods at this time?

Ge Xiaozhu smiled, brushed the hair on his ear, and put it behind his ear, It hasn't rained much in the past two days, the water level in the river has dropped by more than one meter, it's not that dangerous anymore, the captain will let us take turns to come back to wash. Take a bath, rest, today is my turn, I don't have to go tonight, and you don't have to go tonight, hehe.

It can be seen that the task of flood control has eased, and her mood is much more relaxed.

Tongdao Xu nodded, Oh, this is a good thing!

He also had a smile on his face.

Ge Xiaozhu: By the way, I asked what you were doing just now, but you haven't said it yet? What are you doing with the stove?

When she asked this, she frowned again.

Before he finished speaking, Xu Tongdao had no time to answer, there was another footstep in the main room, and the voice of his sister Ge Yuzhu, Huh? Mom! Why did you come back so early? Big brother went to change so early today. Are you? I haven't cooked yet! Did my brother go on an empty stomach?

Mom! This was Xu Tonglu's voice. The child spoke few words, and when he saw his mother, he called out such a word.

Ge Xiaozhu turned his head and smiled and said, The water level has dropped a lot. From today, as long as the water level doesn't rise, our family can go to one person on the day shift every day, and we don't need to go any more at night.

After explaining, he paused and said again: Your elder brother is setting up the stove here! I don't know what he is doing, there is nothing at home that needs to be stewed on the stove...

Ah? Big brother is starting the stove? Let me see!

Ge Yuzhu's voice was surprised, and she quickly ran to the back door. When she saw the elder brother Xu Tongdao was really starting the stove, her eyes were even more surprised.

Brother, what are you doing?

Do a little test!

Tongdao Xu replied with a smile, That's right, Mom! Is Changsheng coming back tonight?

Changsheng? He... what are you asking him for? Well, yes! He's back too. This child is also a miserable one. He's been living and living in the polders recently, and no one in his family has sent him back to take a bath. What, it's all sour...

Ge Xiaozhu babbled, Xu Tongdao thought for a while, and said to his sister Ge Yuzhu: That's it, Yuzhu! You help me run a trip to inform Lin Zi and Changsheng, and tell them to come back to our house in an hour, just say me There's something good for them to taste! Make sure they come over.

Ge Yuzhu looked puzzled, confused, opened her mouth, wanted to ask something, thought about it, and nodded with a smile, Okay! I'll go now!

With that, she turned around and trotted away.

She has been very obedient since she was a child.

Xiaodao, what are you doing? What kind of experiment did you just say? Ge Xiaozhu couldn't help but ask.

Well, grill some lamb kebabs.

Tongdao Xu said, smiled, got up and clapped the charcoal ash on his hands, turned around and strode into the kitchen.

Ge Xiaozhu and Xu Tonglu were both aroused and quickly followed.