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The aroma of roasted mutton drifted far away. During this period, several neighbors and children were attracted. Tongdao Xu’s speed of roasting mutton in a small tandoor simply couldn’t keep up with the speed of these people.

He can only roast a dozen skewers at a time. Holding the bamboo skewers of the mutton skewers in both hands, he hangs them above the fire and keeps roasting them. When seasoning is needed, all the bamboo skewers can only be handed over to one. In one hand, the other hand is going to grab the seasoning powder.

In the process of roasting these skewers, he also summed up a little experience.

Like before, I realized that the mutton smell is too heavy, and the pickling problem of the mutton.

He felt that when pickling, the salt could not be placed in one place at a time, only half of it at most. This half of the salt should be enough to make the mutton taste good.

The other half of the salt, he plans to do the experiment next time, sprinkle it directly on the surface of the skewer during the roasting process.

He thinks that adding the salt twice in this way can make the grilled skewers more juicy and juicy, and the point is juicy!

The principle is not complicated, it is very simple: when the mutton is pickled, the more salt you put in it, the more juice will flow out of the mutton.

If the juice is lost too much, the grilled meat skewers will naturally appear tighter and less juicy and tender.

But if you don't put any salt at all when pickling, the meat will probably not have any salty taste after the skewer is grilled.

And salt... is the king of all flavors. The so-called salty, tasteless, and tasteless. If there is no salty taste in the meat skewers, the taste of the meat skewers will not be much better.

More than a pound of mutton, without roasting.

Before long, the bridge was not seen, and all the mutton prepared by Xu Tongdao were all roasted.

Gone? Alas! It's gone...

If only I had more, I haven't had enough of it yet!

Mom, I want sheep again...

Xiaodao, can you give me two more strings in your hand? You see my daughter is about to cry...

...

Tongdao Xu was surrounded by the sound of regret and the noise of the children.

As for his mutton, the last six or seven skewers left in his hand were just roasted.

He was good at talking, got up and smiled and divided the few strings of mutton in his hand, leaving only the last string.

I won't give you the last bunch. I kept it for myself. I've been busy for so long, so I just tried a bunch!

He distributed the last few strings of mutton to the children just now. The children's emotions have been soothed. These little things are no longer noisy, and other people are naturally easy to talk about. Although they are still unfinished, no one has the nerve to let Xu Tongdao hold hands. Give them the last string too.

Everyone laughed, said thanks, and took the children away in twos and threes.

Soon, only Xu Tongdao's family was left beside the small mud stove, and Xu Tonglin, who was at the end, was also preparing to go home.

Lin Zi! Wait a minute!

Xu Tongdao stopped Xu Tonglin.

Huh? Is there anything else? Xu Tonglin stopped and asked suspiciously.

Ge Xiaozhu, Xu Tonglu, and Ge Yuzhu also looked at Xu Tongdao curiously.

Tongdao Xu smiled and said to his mother and the others, Help me clean up these things. Lin Zi and I have something to do, and we'll be back in a while!

Oh, good! Then you go! Although Ge Xiaozhu was puzzled, he nodded in agreement.

Ge Yuzhu also smiled and said, Brother, go! We will clean up here.

Xu Tonglu didn't speak, but he had already bent down to pick up the bamboo sticks on the ground.

Tongdao Xu held the last string of mutton, beckoned to Xu Tonglin, walked into the main room, walked towards the gate, and whispered to Xu Tonglin as he walked, Let's go to Changsheng, I have something I want to discuss with you two!

Is there something you want to discuss with us? With me, with Changsheng? What's the matter? Why don't you tell me first!

Xu Tonglin was aroused curiosity.

Don't worry! Let's go find Changsheng first.

Save me saying one thing twice.

...

Xu Changsheng's house is at the westernmost end of the village, and his house is built on the hillside.

When Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin found Xu Changsheng's door, they were slightly out of breath.

There are not many families in this area, not Xu Changsheng's house, or the house of Xu Changsheng's two uncles and two cousins.

As soon as Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin came here, they saw Xu Changsheng washing clothes in a large bathtub with dim light outside the kitchen door.

In the window of the main house next to him, the lights are still on, and the colors of the lights are colorful and constantly changing.

Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin are not unfamiliar with this kind of changing colored lights. Obviously, there is a TV in the room, and the color light of the TV screen is reflected on the window glass, which is the light and shadow effect.

Also, the sound of TV commercials came out of the house.

There are also the sounds of men, women, boys and girls laughing and laughing together.

Seeing this scene, Xu Tonglin didn't feel anything yet, but Xu Tongdao smiled helplessly and shook his head speechlessly.

Xu Changsheng's status in the family was as low as he had imagined.

The whole family was watching TV in the house, laughing and laughing. Xu Changsheng, who was on duty at the polder for an unknown number of days, was only allowed to go home to rest today by the captain... On the first night he just came back, he was rewarded with a large basin of clothes to change to. He washes.

Simply silent tears.

Is this the treatment of stepmothers?

Hey! Changsheng, what about the laundry at night? Are you so diligent?

Xu Tonglin strode over, and he even joked with Xu Changsheng in a carefree manner.

Xu Tongdao was speechless.

Xu Changsheng heard the sound and looked up. He was squatting under the light at the door of the kitchen, looking at Tongdao Xu and their side in the darkness, and he couldn't see who the two were coming.

But he heard Xu Tonglin's voice and laughed, I've been diligent for a day or two, you know?

When Xu Tonglin and Xu Tongdao approached him, he recognized Xu Tongdao.

Huh? Xiaodao? Why are you here too? Oh, I remembered, you asked your Yuzhu to call me to find you, I still have clothes to wash! I'm about to finish washing up to find you, right, What do you have to do with me? Talk to me if you have anything!

While speaking, he stood up with a smile and wiped the water stains from his hands on the apron around his waist.

Xiaodao said that he has something to discuss with you and me, but no, he called me all together.

Xu Tonglin habitually responded quickly.

Tongdao Xu smiled and handed the skewer of roast mutton he brought to Xu Changsheng, Eat it! Try it! I just baked it, and I called you over to try it, but unfortunately you didn't go, But there are too many people going, so there are only a bunch of them left, let's eat!

Xu Changsheng stretched out his hand to take it in doubt, What? You roasted rat meat? Such a good Yaxing?

In the past two years, some people in their village have installed electric cats. As long as the mice touch the wires of the electric cat, they will die.

Country mice are fat, and these electrocuted mice are not poisonous, so some people who are greedy will roast the electrocuted mice, or cook them in red, or even stew them.

Obviously, Xu Changsheng thought that what Xu Tongdao handed him was a roasted mouse.

At the same time, it also proves that the child has never eaten kebab before, otherwise he should have smelled the aroma of kebabs long ago.