Grilled beef skewers~

Xia Minmin tugged at Li Chunmei's clothes, "Mom, let's buy a skewer of beef."

Li Chunmei couldn't bring herself to be cruel to her pitiful daughter. Several hours had passed, and her breakfast should have been digested by now. She led her daughter in the direction from which the sound came.

I saw quite a few people carrying large meat skewers on the street; they were probably buying beef skewers.

Li Chunmei didn't expect the meat skewers business to be so good; there were still twenty or thirty people ahead of them in line.

The further we went, the stronger the aroma became. The smoky fragrance of barbecue and the smell of unknown seasonings wafted over, whetting everyone's appetite.

It looks like a shop, but it's actually a courtyard house. The rooms facing the street have windows, and right below those windows is a long charcoal grill with more than twenty skewers of beef being grilled on it. There's also a large freezer inside the house, from which the owner takes the beef skewers.

Li Chunmei bought three beef skewers, each skewer estimated to contain half a pound of beef, and cost ten yuan per skewer.

Customers who had ordered beef skewers waited for them to be cooked, chatting with the vendor.

"Boss, why are your beef skewers so expensive?"

The owner held up a skewer of raw meat and said, "We use freshly slaughtered yellow beef. This skewer weighs half a pound, and that's not an exaggeration, it's a real half pound of meat. The sauce we use is a secret recipe that's very expensive. Even Empress Dowager Cixi liked to eat our skewers back in the day."

"Boss, you're kidding, right? How could that be possible?"

"My ancestors were imperial chefs, and this recipe has been passed down from my family. Whether it's delicious or not, you'll know once you try it. I never brag."

After the owner finished speaking, he brushed on another layer of sauce, grilled it for one minute, and then sent the meat skewers to the customer who paid.

After Xia Minmin got the meat skewers, she couldn't wait to take a bite. Just as the owner had said, they were delicious. They were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Each bite of the beef was bursting with juice. The sauce was very fragrant, but it didn't affect the original flavor of the beef. It was just right.