The vegetarian options for the barbecue were still potatoes, long beans, eggplant, dried tofu rolls with scallions and cilantro, and this time fresh mushrooms were added.
The two carried baskets and called to Granny Liu that they would be there soon. Granny Liu was washing clothes and said she would be right there. Then the two headed towards the Pei family's house.
This was the first time the group had met. They had only learned about each other from Pei Yuezhi before, so Liu Yuanyuan was unusually nervous.
"Yueyue, I feel like I'm meeting your parents, and I'm kind of nervous."
Pei Yuezhi laughed and said to her, "Why are you so nervous? I'm here with you."
Liu Yuanyuan was still nervous: "Well, I have no experience, and you don't have any parents. This is our first time too."
“What you say is indeed true. I never expected that after transmigrating, I would have a father,” Pei Yuezhi said with emotion.
The two houses were not far apart, and we arrived in no time.
Standing at the door, Pei Yuezhi comforted Liu Yuanyuan at length.
"You really don't need to worry. I wasn't this nervous when I met your mother-in-law."
“Yours was a chance encounter, but mine was different. Besides, I’m just a nervous person.”
Liu Yuanyuan stood at the door, still a little embarrassed to go in. She was genuinely worried, after all, the other party was an ancient person and a scholar, who would surely pay great attention to all sorts of etiquette and rules.
Just as the two were lingering at the door, Pei Yunzhi returned from the shop after tidying up the room.
"Sister, Lady Liu, why aren't you going in?"
Pei Yunzhi looked at the two of them with some doubt, pacing back and forth at the door, but not going in.
"It's not her yet. It's her first time meeting Dad, so she's a little nervous," Pei Yuezhi explained.
“I see. Madam Liu, there’s no need to worry. My father is a very gentle man, and he often hears my sister mention you. She often says she wants to thank you in person.” Pei Yunzhi also comforted her.
After hearing this, Liu Yuanyuan felt a little more at ease and was no longer so flustered.
"Okay, let's go in then."
The three of them went into the house together. Pei's father was drinking tea. When he saw the young woman with Pei Yuezhi, he knew that she must be Liu Yuanyuan, whom she had been talking about.
She quickly put on a gentle smile: "You must be Yuanyuan, Yuezhi's good friend. Good girl, thank you for taking care of Yuezhi."
Liu Yuanyuan smiled shyly: "Uncle Pei, you're too kind. Yuezhi and I are like close friends. Besides, she takes good care of me. Please don't be so polite."
Seeing that Pei's father was indeed very easygoing, Liu Yuanyuan gradually relaxed. Once she was no longer nervous, she started talking more and was very good at creating a lively atmosphere. The group chatted happily for a while.
Pei Yuezhi quickly interrupted, "We're planning to have a barbecue tonight, so we need to set up a grill. Yuanyuan has done it before and knows how to do it. Why don't you take Zhenzhen and help set it up?"
“Okay, no problem.” Liu Yuanyuan answered readily.
He took Liang Zhenzhen and went out to find bricks.
"Barbecuing requires skewers to skewer the food. Dad, Yunzhi, I'll tell you two how to cut the skewers."
Pei Yuezhi led the two of them to the courtyard and found the necessary items from the warehouse.
I carved one myself as a demonstration. It was very easy to operate, and they learned how to do it after watching it for a while.
Pei Yuezhi herself went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients.
I made a lot of barbecue seasoning last time, so I don't need to make any more this time.
All you need to do is cut the meat and prepare the vegetables.
First, cut all the meat into evenly sized pieces, wash all the vegetables, slice the potatoes, cut the long beans into sections, and slice the eggplant.
Without a baking plate, it's not convenient to make garlic eggplant, so I just baked eggplant slices directly.
Tear the mushrooms into pieces, cut the dried tofu skin into cubes, and we'll roll them with scallions and cilantro later.
Not long after, Grandma Liu arrived. They were both older and more outgoing, so no one needed to introduce them; Pei's father and she had already greeted each other.
They also joined in the work of cutting skewers at this time.
The vegetables here are almost all prepared, and the shrimp have been cleaned.
They've already prepared the skewers outside, so we can start skewering them here.
I demonstrated to them how to skewer each ingredient, and then we started the skewering process.
After assigning the task to them, Pei Yuezhi went to light the charcoal. The most important thing in order to grill the skewers well is to light the charcoal properly.
Pei Yuezhi is so good at grilling because she's greedy and loves doing things herself.
In their past life, what the two of them most wanted to do was camping in the rain. Unfortunately, they passed away before this wish could be fulfilled.
"If only we could camp in ancient times."
I wish I could live another life and accomplish what I couldn't do in modern times here.
At this moment, Fan Chao and Li Nian'an also returned home from school.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Pei Yuezhi burning charcoal.
"Aunt Pei, are we going to have a barbecue?" Li Nian'an ran over excitedly, looking at the charcoal in front of her.
When Pei Yuezhi saw them return, she smiled and said to them, "Yes, we're having barbecue today."
"That's great! Nian'an loves barbecue the most. I had it last time and I still can't forget it."
Fan Chao smiled and said, "Chao'er is also looking forward to barbecue. By the way, Mom, will Grandpa and Uncle be coming?"
I kept talking about barbecue and almost forgot to tell him about the arrival of Pei's father and Pei Yunzhi.
"They're all here, skewering meat in the kitchen. You two wash your hands and go help them."
"good."
"I'll go right away."
The two answered together without hesitation.
Once they went to the kitchen and met Pei's father, there was no need for me to introduce them.
That day, everyone was introduced back and forth, as if they were meeting each other for the first time and that's how each person introduced themselves.
Once all the preparations were complete, everyone started preparing for the barbecue.
To avoid having to bake all the time, Pei Yuezhi specially invited Pei Yunzhi, Liu Yuanyuan, and Liang Zhenzhen to come and learn together, so they could take turns baking and avoid having one person doing all the work by themselves.
Liu Yuanyuan had already learned how to bake last time, and after watching for a while this time to reinforce her skills, she also learned it.
Liang Zhenzhen is also very talented. She can easily learn to cook and barbecue without much difficulty.
The more difficult one is Pei Yunzhi. He doesn't usually cook at home, but he does chop food and handle other food matters quite well.
Fortunately, he was a diligent learner and watched the instructions several times, eventually remembering how to do them.
Seeing that all three apprentices had completed their training, Pei Yuezhi grilled for a while and then went to eat happily.
The meat in this system's store is of good quality; it's already very fragrant with just a little seasoning.
And these river shrimp, although they are not very big, are really delicious.
The food in the barbecue and fried skewers was all excellent, especially the roasted potato slices. I don't think anyone could dislike them, but Pei Yuezhi couldn't stop eating them.
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