It was dark at night. In this era when candlelight was the main lighting tool, the frugal mountain villagers were afraid of wasting candles and turned off the lights early to rest. The whole village was dark and quiet.
At the foot of the mountain far away from the village, the usually silent courtyard was filled with commotion, and the blazing fire illuminated young smiling faces.
Although everyone has grilled game on weekdays, they have never tried this method of grilling meat on small skewers with bamboo skewers. Every one of them is novel and tight.
What's more, Su Xiao's seasoning is also very special. As soon as it is sprinkled on the meat, a strange aroma bursts out. They can't help but swallow their saliva and want to stuff it into their mouths immediately and devour it!
"Okay, it's almost ready to eat!" Su Xiao finished baking the handful in his hand and handed it to Song Zeyi, while he stood aside and acted as a technical guide for the young man.
Following her shout, the young men couldn't wait to take the roasted meat skewers off the fire and taste them happily.
“Oh my god, it’s so delicious!”
"Miss Su is so awesome. This mutton is fragrant and tender. It's much more delicious than the one we got in the suburbs last time!"
"Bah, you still have the nerve to say that you roasted the meat, and it turned out to be dark and old and hard. If I hadn't been too hungry, I wouldn't have touched a bite!"
Several young men were eating hard while teasing one of them mercilessly.
"Okay, I can't stop your mouth even if I eat it!" The young man who was laughed at turned red in the face and stared at the laughing people around him depressedly.
Su Xiao walked back and forth while watching them play, and a kind aunt's smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
These young people reminded her of her time in the special forces. Although the training was tiring and hard, every time she took a break, a group of people like this would gather around and laugh.
Now, seeing these young men who were obviously very close to each other, she suddenly thought of her friends who had fought side by side in the past, and she felt a sense of confusion and melancholy in her heart.
I don’t know, will I have the chance to meet them again in this life and get drunk like crazy?
"Miss Su, the soup has been simmering for a long time. Do you want to roll the noodles now?" Zhuying held a handful of meat skewers he grabbed from someone and asked vaguely while chewing.
"Oh, let me go and see how many noodles have been rolled out?" Su Xiao suddenly broke away from the sad mood and was stunned for a moment before responding.
"There are quite a few, but hey, their craftsmanship is not very good, some are thick and some are thin, so they can only make do with it."
While talking, Su Xiao walked to the kitchen, leaned down and looked at the thick soup that had turned into a milky white color in the pot.
She scooped up some soup with the spoon next to her, tasted it, and nodded in admiration.
Sure enough, the best thing about this meat is that it’s so fresh that even without adding anything in the soup, your eyebrows are about to fall off!
While sipping the delicious aftertaste in her mouth, she took out a packet of pepper from her sleeve and poured the full paper packet into it.
Since this lamb has no muttony smell at all, there is no need to add other spices. Just add some pepper and cumin to enhance the fragrance.
Originally, when you drink mutton soup, you want to drink the most mellow and delicious flavor. Adding too many ingredients will cover up the brightness of the soup itself.
Su Xiao's heart, liver, lungs and intestines were put aside without disposal, so she picked up the kitchen knife, chopped them all into small pieces quickly, and poured them into the soup.
There were also some leftover pieces of meat from the barbecue. She didn't waste them at all. She just threw them into the pot and stewed them in a spoonful.
When the water was almost cooked, Su Xiao grabbed a handful of noodles and put them into the pot. While cooking, he picked them lightly with chopsticks to avoid burning the pot.
"Let them get their own bowls to serve, and hurry up, otherwise the noodles will be lumpy in a while!"
The steaming heat from the cauldron soon made Su Xiao sweat all over her forehead. She wiped the sweat with a handkerchief and said to Zhuying.
Zhuying didn't bother to call one by one. He just shouted at the door of the kitchen, and the young men who had not eaten quickly ran over and even formed a long queue consciously.
Because there were so many people here today, there weren’t that many bowls and chopsticks in the cabin. Bamboo Shadow was still clever and asked people to cut down a lot of bamboo and use the thick old knots to make a big bowl.
At this time, Su Xiao was a little surprised to see the young man in the first row, using bamboo chopsticks to scoop out a lot of noodles into the bamboo bowl. It took a long time to scoop out the noodles, but it was still not full.
This isn't a bowl, it's clearly a bottomless black hole!
Su Xiao looked at the bamboo bowl, then at the noodles next to it, shook her head and sighed.
According to this situation, these noodles can't feed these scary young people with huge appetites. Doesn't she have to go up the mountain in person and get a wild boar or something to come back?
Fortunately, at this time, Bamboo Shadow who was standing by slapped the young man in the face and took away his chopsticks.
"If you fish it out like this, will others eat it?" As he said this, he took the bamboo bowl from the man's hand and gave some of the noodles to another person.
"Listen to me later, each person is only allowed to take five chopsticks. If anyone dares to take more, see if I don't deal with that bastard!"
Zhuying glared at the young man angrily and raised his voice to the remaining people.
Su Xiao looked at the aggrieved expression on the face of the young man in the first row, held back a smile, took a spoonful of soup, and poured it on his face.
"Go and eat first. If you don't have enough, come back and fill it up." She moved her lips slightly and added quietly, and then the young man relaxed his brows and went to eat the noodles happily.
After everyone had filled up the noodles and left the kitchen, Su Xiao took the time to enter the mall and directly exchanged a full twenty kilograms of noodles!
It's not easy to treat a guest once, let alone eat well. You can't even make people eat well, right?
She added some water to the soup pot, then took out the noodles and threw them in bundles!
At this time, the young man who was first in line came back, holding a bowl that had been empty for a long time, standing at the door and peering inside.
"Come on, another pot has just been cooked!" Su Xiao was still very impressed by this thin but extremely edible young man, and greeted him with a smile.
The young man was so happy that he ran in quickly and watched Su Xiao scooping up the noodles with chopsticks. This time, he stopped after the bowl was full!
"Thank you, Miss Su!" The young man grinned at Su Xiao and walked out with the bowl in his arms with satisfaction.
After that, many people came one after another to add food. Su Xiao’s hands were sore from cooking noodles. Only then did she realize how difficult it was for the aunts in the cafeteria.
In the end, not only were all the noodles removed, but even the mutton soup was scraped clean by these hungry wolves, and the bones used to cook the soup were snatched away and gnawed carefully!
Su Xiao took a long breath, sat down in the courtyard, and used a handkerchief as a fan to fan herself.
She now feels that even if one day she fails in the medicinal materials business and becomes a pig-feeding girl for Uncle Zhao, she will definitely be able to support herself!