Chapter 154 You've Been Putting Your Trust in Me for a Long Time

It was mentioned before that it was going to be an oven, but the structure Su Heng remembered was actually a bread oven.

In my past life, rural life was very popular on the Internet for a while, and many bloggers filmed videos of doing this.

Su Heng’s favorite is still the cat ear design that became popular first, and she carefully looked at the structure.

So the next day, she drew the general structure and gave it to Lu Mingchuan.

This thing is mainly used to keep warm, and the temperature must be raised before it can be baked.

Lu Mingchuan studied it and had a rough idea in his mind before he started to prepare the materials.

Su Heng lay on the chair and supervised the work.

He also asked, "How long will it take to cook? I think our ducks have lost some weight after the winter, so we need to kill them before they lose all their meat."

"I'll do it as soon as possible."

Lu Mingchuan said as he laid bricks, "My wife wants to eat roast duck, so I must satisfy her."

The ducks playing in the river have no idea that their good days are about to end.

Seeing Lu Mingchuan coming to the river to collect mud and sand, he was still quacking leisurely.

After two days of hard work, a strangely shaped kiln appeared against the west wall of the yard.

The kiln roof is arc-shaped with two cat ears, and the kiln body is made of yellow mud.

The brick-supported platform must first be padded with stone slabs, and then a small fence must be built on top, filled with pebbles and beer bottles in turn, and then the surface must be smoothed with bricks.

But Su Heng's family didn't have any beer bottles, so they thought any glass bottle would be fine, so they went to the village and collected some beer bottles of similar shape.

Glass is still not cheap nowadays, so the two of them paid to recycle it.

It takes time for the kiln body to dry. If it is not dried before firing, it will crack.

So their duck lived for two more days.

Su Heng waited patiently for the kiln to dry.

It happened that the laboratory was on holiday that day, so Chen Xiang and Luo Yan came to play with her.

The two of them went to the market and came back. Su Heng was not going to join in the fun because of her big belly and it was inconvenient for her.

They brought her some fried dough twists. Knowing Su Heng's taste, they specially bought the kind coated with sugar and sesame seeds.

Su Heng took it with a smile and took a bite: "Not bad, not bad, still as delicious as before."

Chen Xiang: "Of course, it was cut by that stinky-faced salesperson from before."

Su Heng was amused by her, while Lu Mingchuan was a little confused.

Then Chen Xiang told him vividly what happened when they went to the market for the first time.

"You didn't hear him say that. Your husband is quite greedy. I still remember it hahaha..."

Su Heng and Luo Yan were also amused by her naughty look.

Of course, Lu Mingchuan was not so jealous. He just leaned over to Su Heng's ear and said as he turned to go into the house to pour some water:

"I didn't expect you to care about me so early. It's a pity that I didn't hear you call me husband at that time."

Su Heng was speechless: "Can you please have some shame? I said that on purpose to exaggerate things."

But Lu Mingchuan chose to ignore it and only listened to what he wanted to hear.

I knew from the look on her face that my wife had noticed my expression a long time ago and went into the house to pour water for a few people.

Su Heng was too lazy to pay attention to him. Luo Yan happened to see the kiln by the wall and asked curiously what it was.

She smiled mysteriously and said, "You came at the right time. We will use this to make a feast later."

The two of them looked puzzled as they walked forward to take a look. They found that there was a stove but no place to put the pot. They couldn't imagine how a big meal could be cooked with this thing.

"Lu Mingchuan, grab your weapons and kill the duck!"

After raising the ducks for so long, they are finally ready to eat.

Lu Mingchuan went to the backyard as he was told. With a burst of frightened duck calls, a fat duck was brought out.

"Let's have roast duck today." Su Heng said with satisfaction as he looked at the duck.

"Are you going to use this to roast? Then where should I put the fire?" Chen Xiang looked at it curiously.

Luo Yan also asked: "Should we put it under this table to burn?"

Su Heng shook her head: "Put it in this kiln and burn it. Put the duck in after it's done."

Both of them looked puzzled, wondering how it could be cooked like this.

"You'll know when we do it."

Since it was a day off, Su Heng went over and called Song Wan and the others over.

There are many people and it is lively.

However, one roast duck is definitely not enough for so many people, so we have to make some other dishes.

But Su Heng was not feeling well, so Chen Xiang and the others didn't let her into the kitchen.

I just listened to her instructions about what dishes to prepare and then went into the kitchen to get busy.

Anyway, there are many cooks in their group, so Su Heng won’t be tired from preparing for the dinner.

Cheng Yi, with a curious look on his face, was preheating the kiln with Lu Mingchuan.

He had seen a Peking duck oven where charcoal was put in and roasted as the duck cooked, but he had never seen one where the duck was put in after the fire was burned out.

Su Heng loves baked pancakes. After killing the duck, Lu Mingchuan went out of his way to knead the dough and make some pickled vegetable and meat pancakes, intending to wait until the roast duck was out of the oven before baking them.

The meat in the kitchen had already been consumed after the winter, and now that the temperature was rising, the meat couldn't be kept any longer.

Lu Mingchuan would bring some back when he went to work, put it in a bucket and hang it in the well, and it could be kept for a day or two.

However, Su Heng went to the river to catch some fish every now and then, and there were still a few fish in the bucket.

Chen Xiang killed the fish skillfully and asked Su Heng whether she wanted it braised or stewed with soy sauce.

Su Heng had never eaten braised fish in soy sauce before, and thought it was a local specialty, so she said she wanted to try it.

Chen Xiang nodded and went back into the house to work.

Everyone was busy, Su Heng was lying leisurely in the yard, and saw Lu Mingchuan bringing out a plate of kimchi and calling him.

"Give me some first. This pickled radish is really delicious."

Lu Mingchuan brought her a pair of chopsticks and said, "Eat less. You haven't eaten yet. If you eat too much, your stomach might feel uncomfortable."

Su Heng nodded perfunctorily.

This pickled radish is sour and spicy, and tastes particularly crispy.

After eating a little, Lu Mingchuan took the plate away, and Su Heng could only smack her lips regretfully.

"The roast duck should be almost ready. Do you want to go check it out?"

Hearing this, she became interested again. After all, this was their first time baking, and they didn't know if they could succeed.

"Let's go and take a look."

The people busy in the kitchen heard the noise and stretched their necks curiously.

Lu Mingchuan removed the baffle at the kiln entrance, and an enticing aroma immediately emanated from inside.

Regardless of whether it is cooked or not, looking at the color of the skin, it looks good anyway.

He brought out the iron plate with a rag on it.

"It looks like it was successful."

The duck was fattened during the winter and roasted until it was juicy and greasy. The skin was brushed with honey and roasted to a caramel color.

Lu Mingchuan also thought it should be cooked, so he took it to the kitchen. Cheng Yi, a native Beijinger, followed him over to guide him in slicing the roast duck.

Su Heng looked at the removed duck bones, which still had some meat on them, and decided to fry them and sprinkle some chili powder on them. They would be delicious even when dipped in shoe soles.

Of course, I didn’t forget to give some rewards before the explosion.

There was a large table full of delicious food at noon, so a few people simply moved the table out and sat in the yard to eat.

The spring breeze is gentle, and time flies by as a few good friends gather together, chatting, laughing and joking.