"Don't we have a night market here? Let's grill meat and vegetables over the fire. Come on, let's go back to the hotel. There should be some ingredients. Let's make some barbecue for a midnight snack."
Yang Xiao drove them back to the state-owned hotel, which was closed at night.
However, Xia Wanshu had the key. Uncle Zhang lived next to the state-owned hotel, so Yang Xiao went to call him over.
Zhang Qiu didn't sleep either. He just happened to feel hungry while watching TV. He was full at night but digested the food quickly.
When he heard that Xiangnan was going to have a late-night barbecue, he agreed without hesitation.
There was also meat in the kitchen, including beef, mutton, pork, and a few small crucian carp, but Xiangnan didn't like any of them. She instead took a fancy to the two big chicken legs frozen in the freezer.
Xiangnan started to prepare the seasoning and asked Yang Xiao and Uncle Zhang to process the chicken legs, cut the meat, and kill the small crucian carp.
The key to barbecue is the seasoning. The state-owned restaurant had charcoal but no barbecue grill, so Xiangnan asked them to dig a long earth pit in the backyard of the state-owned restaurant.
Place a small iron stick on the pit, put charcoal in the pit and burn it red, and you have a homemade barbecue grill.
Xia Wanshu thought it was hilarious: "You can even grill food outside like this! Sister Xiangnan, I'll follow you from now on. It's so much fun to follow you."
"As long as you have money, there are so many things to do. Are you willing to squander the dowry you saved?"
"I'm willing to give it up! I won't marry you without a dowry!" Xia Wanshu said indifferently.
Uncle Zhang slapped her on the shoulder and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Girls don't want to get married, and you want to be a nun. You like Xiangnan so much, you should learn from her and marry girls early."
Xiangnan chuckled: "I have no choice but to get married. I just caught up with the trend. Otherwise, I wouldn't get married. It's so much more comfortable to be alone!"
Now that I'm married, I have to worry about him if I don't go home at night, and I have to report everything, which is quite troublesome."
Yang Xiao's eyes flickered: "Then you can leave."
Xiangnan said as she prepared the sauce, "If it were someone else, I would probably have divorced him within six months, but my husband is so outstanding, I can't bear to leave him.
There are also advantages to being married. For example, if I am bullied, my husband's family will protect me. When I do business, they will also help me, and my family will feel more at ease.
But if you don't get married, you have to handle it all on your own, but you're also free, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages."
"Then it's better to get married. What will people think of a good girl if she doesn't get married?" Zhang Qiu glared at Xia Wanshu and said, "You'd better give up on not getting married as soon as possible. If your parents find out, you'll be in big trouble."
Xia Wanshu made a face at him and said, "That's what I'm saying. How am I going to get married if my dowry is all gone? I can only wait until I save up more dowry."
"Keep your dowry. Don't worry, I won't make you poor if I eat you." Xiangnan said with a smile, "Come, bring over the big chicken legs you prepared."
Xiangnan poured the two large chicken legs into the prepared seasoning, coated them all over, then cut them in several places with a knife and took them out.
State-owned restaurants are great. They have all kinds of seasonings, including cumin.
"You guys put the other meats in the seasoning and soak them completely. I'll grill the chicken thighs first."
Xiangnan used a brush to apply a layer of oil on the iron frame, which made Zhang Qiu feel painful: "This...what a waste of oil!"
"Yes, it's very oily, but it's delicious. This meal cost quite a lot. Brother Yang paid for it."
Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll treat you to this meal."
Zhang Qiu chuckled: "It's not about the money, it's just such a waste!"
Xiangnan ignored him. People of this era would definitely think this was a waste, and she didn't argue.
After brushing, she brushed the chicken legs with oil and put them on the charcoal to grill until they made a sizzling sound.
She sprinkled chili powder and cumin powder on the chicken legs, roasted them for a while and then turned them over. Gradually, the aroma of the roasted chicken legs came out, so fragrant that Xia Wanshu almost drooled.
Xiangnan was already hungry, and now he was even hungrier. He hadn't eaten barbecue for a long time, so it smelled even better.
"Sister Xiangnan, is it ready? Can we eat it now? The chicken legs are already roasted golden brown."
"It's not cooked inside yet. You have to wait a little longer. Turn the chicken leg over from time to time. Brother Yang, bring the rest of the food over and roast it together. I'm starving."
Yang Xiao brought over a large basin of soaked meat, cucumbers, beans, and eggplants.
Xiangnan set up an iron rack and made a barbecue net with iron sticks. It has a large area and can hold a lot of ingredients at once.
The beef was cut into large slices, which made a sizzling sound when put on the plate. It was flipped over twice and then taken out and put on the plate.
"This piece is ready to eat. Don't overcook the beef. Medium rare is delicious."
Xia Wanshu was almost dying of greed. She smiled and said, "Brother Yang, Uncle Zhang, let me help you taste it first. How about I test the poison!"
Zhang Qiu glared at her: "Why do you look like a starving ghost?"
"I'm hungry too." Xiangnan didn't care, he grilled a piece of beef, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
"Wow wow wow..." Xia Wanshu exclaimed as he chewed, "It's so... so delicious! This is the first time I've known you can eat beef like this. It smells so good!"
Xiangnan pointed at the ingredients on the wire mesh and said, "It's almost done. Hurry up and eat. Wanshu, you're so busy eating that you don't want to burn the chicken legs!"
Xia Wanshu flipped the two chicken legs neatly, then came over and picked up a piece of beef: "Don't worry, Sister Xiangnan, I'm watching over you all the time."
Zhang Qiu ate two pieces and sighed, "It's a waste, sure. It's delicious, but it's so expensive."
Zhang Qiu thought it was delicious, but he felt bad that he couldn't afford it. It would be good enough to have one meal like this, and it would be impossible to eat it every day, which would be a pity.
"Xiangnan, can I bring some back to my parents later so they can have some delicious food too?"
"Sure. We can't finish such a big pot anyway. Since you're treating me, you can take as much as you want." Xiangnan said with a smile.
"Sister Xiangnan, are you some kind of God of Cookery? How come you can make so many delicious foods?"
"It's not that I can make delicious food, it's that I'm willing to waste it. No one else would dare to waste it like this, Uncle Zhang, don't you think?"
Zhang Qiu smiled helplessly and said, "It's so delicious, it's okay to waste it occasionally. The main thing is that you can make money."
Only those who know how to make money dare to eat like this. How could someone who doesn’t know how to make money dare to do that? One meal would cost him a month’s salary.
This beef, this mutton, these big chicken legs, the ingredients alone are very expensive, not to mention there are so many seasonings and so much oil!
"So we have to make more money! If you make money, you can eat delicious food, have the most fun, and go to big cities to see the world! Let's work hard together!" Xiangnan said encouragingly.
"Okay, I'll follow Sister Xiangnan and make a lot of money!"
"Then I will work hard to make our county a prosperous one, so that at least everyone in the county can have barbecue!"
"I just try to sell the barbecue and make a lot of money."
"Okay, we all have positive goals. Let's eat and drink our fill today. I'll go get a few beers. Barbecue and beer are the real life!"
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