Chapter 111 Kebabs
The four soldiers who left also returned one after another, and brought back a bundle of bamboo sticks, a wooden rack, a charcoal basin, charcoal and several small bamboo tubes with holes.
Chen Xu checked it and felt that it was still barely used together, so he put the salt, mustard powder and pepper powder into several small bamboo tubes, stuffed it with cork and tried to shake it a few times, and found that it was similar to the seasoning bottles used for later barbecue. Then he ordered a few to do it together and put the marinated mutton on the bamboo sticks. Three pieces of one to three pieces, and thirty kilograms of mutton into nearly three hundred skewers. He was basically busy for another hour, and after a little rest, he took everything to the south of the city.
The owner of the foot shop family looked at each other in surprise.
"Dad, what are they going to do?" The girl looked at the backs of several people curiously.
"How do I know?" The owner shook his head depressedly.
"Erlang, they haven't paid for this meat yet! They have also taken away several large pottery basins from our house." The woman couldn't help but remind.
"What are you worried about? What do you think of this?" The owner took out an exquisite jade pendant from his arms.
"Wow, what a beautiful jade pendant, Dad, where did you get it?" the girl couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed.
"Hehe, this is what the little Lord Lidian bet on me just now. If they don't come to pay back the money tomorrow, the jade pendant will belong to us!" the store owner said proudly.
"I think you are confused. This jade pendant is worth at least a few thousand yuan. If you want to lose a few kilograms of mutton, you will take it to me and keep it with you. If it is broken by your thick hands and feet, we may not be able to afford it for a year!" The woman quickly wiped her hands on her apron and said.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you for safekeeping!" The owner smiled and handed the jade pendant to his wife.
"Dad, I want to go and have a look!" The girl couldn't see it as she was almost gone, but she couldn't help but say curiously.
"Okay, go, San'er will go with you, and see what this little Lidian wants to do. Remember not to be discovered by them!" The owner was also very happy to get the jade pendant at this time.
"Hey~" the girl agreed, happily pulled a boy and ran out quickly.
It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. Although the sun was still strong, the streets were still bustling with people.
Under the leadership of several soldiers, Chen Xu and others carried tiles and wooden racks and charcoal basins and headed straight to the south of the city. They passed through several streets and soon arrived at an empty site. They were surrounded by one or two wooden buildings, and there was also a platform with earth and stone structures in the center, with wooden railings and wooden racks on them. There were more people leading cows and sheep around, and groups of people gathered together, with all kinds of noises, making noises seem like a big market, and from time to time, there were three or five soldiers wearing cloth armor and swords walking by in line.
"Sir Lidian, this is the south market in the city. Free trade is allowed here. There will be dogs fighting cocks and even wrestling every day. Sometimes there will be beasts playing, which is very lively!" The soldiers leading the way introduced excitedly.
"Those who gather together are playing games?" Chen Xu pointed to the crowd and asked.
"That's right! But it's still too hot now, and it's probably even more lively here in half an hour!" A soldier nodded quickly and said.
Chen Xu looked around and finally pointed to a piece of open space more than ten meters away from the wooden platform and said, "Let's go, let's put the things there!"
Although the four soldiers still didn't know what Chen Xu had to do with a bunch of bamboo sticks and mutton, according to the charcoal basins and charcoal they prepared, they probably got them for food.
But it was just a fun time, but I had to get thirty kilograms of mutton. I saw that I couldn’t finish it tomorrow morning!
Under Chen Xu's command, several soldiers placed everything, put the dressed mutton in two large pottery pots, and placed the charcoal pot on the wooden rack.
"Light up the charcoal fire quickly and prepare to start work!" Chen Xu couldn't wait. He had to turn these mutton skewers into money as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to get the money tomorrow, and the jade pendant worth several thousand yuan would not be back.
However, although Chen Xu seemed confident, he was actually quite nervous. He didn't know whether the people in Nanyang County liked to eat mutton skewers. If ancient people didn't like to eat skewers... that would be a big deal!
The ground was covered with discarded hay chips. Several soldiers casually got a bunch of them back and quickly lit the charcoal basin, then poured down some charcoal. One soldier fanned his sleeves hard, as the smoke rolled up. After the grass chips burned, the charcoal inside the charcoal basin was also ignited.
Chen Xu took a deep breath to calm down his mood, then picked up a handful of lamb skewers and spread them onto the charcoal basin. Under the roasting of charcoal fire, a strange meat aroma mixed with onions, ginger, garlic and mustard soon emanated.
Because these mutton are half fat and half thin, they are sufficient fat. After a few minutes, as Chen Xu kept turning and roasting, a layer of golden red oil emerged from the surface of the skewers, which continued to drip into the charcoal pot.
"Puff~" The moment the oil fell on the charcoal fire, a stronger fragrance emanated and spread around in the wind.
In fact, since Chen Xu and his friends arrived, people had already seen a bunch of strange things, but no one cared about it. There were too many miscellaneous things in this market, and various trading activities were emerging one after another. They just thought Chen Xu and others were just doing some tricks, and there were four soldiers wearing cloth armor next to them, so they didn't dare to come over to ask.
But at this time, as the lamb skewers gradually grilled, the strong fragrance suddenly made some people unable to withstand the temptation.
And the most important thing is that people in this era only eat two meals a day. It is not yet time, and it is more than an hour before Shenshi. They eat early in the morning. At this time, almost everyone is already hungry. Some people may eat some snacks and dry food to satisfy their hunger, but most people are still hungry.
And smelling the strong smell of barbecue floating in the air, everyone suddenly felt so hungry that they were weak and unable to walk.
"It's really fragrant. Sir... can I... eat a bunch first!"
The four soldiers were already so excited by the smell that they were so excited that they were staring at the barbecue with blue smoke like cow eyes, and swallowing their mouths in large mouths.
"Want to eat?" Chen Xu smiled.
"Yeah!" The four soldiers nodded desperately while wiping their saliva.
"Okay, how do you try my skills first?" Chen Xu put five of the strings separately and asked, "Do you want them to be spicy?"
"I want~"
"No~"
Chapter completed!