Judging from how the diners are eating, it must taste pretty good.
Lin Zhou is a bit busy right now.
One by one, the roasted beggar's chickens were taken out of the oven, and then the ones that hadn't been roasted yet were put in, and the work was done alternately.
The only constant is the fire in the stove; it must be kept burning.
So you have to add firewood from time to time.
Then his skin visibly darkened even more from the smoke.
This made the diners in front of his stall look at him with exceptional pity.
After holding back for a while, Lin Zhou couldn't help but defend himself.
"Actually, it's not hard work, it's just the smoke from the fire."
In the dead of winter, they were lighting a fire outside. I don't know if it was difficult to light or what, but there was a lot of black smoke.
It's normal for him to get blackened from fumes as he walked around the oven.
But the diners felt that the owner was just being stubborn and concerned about saving face.
Knowing that the boss had a strong sense of pride, they nodded in agreement in front of him and said nothing more.
But judging from their expressions, they clearly didn't believe it.
Lin Zhou sighed and punched the mud ball.
It was like venting.
The dried mud crumbled into pieces and fell onto the cutting board.
Lin Zhou took out a takeout box, put on gloves to remove the pig's caul fat, wrapped the chicken in the inner lotus leaf, put it in the box, and then closed the lid.
A serving of beggar's chicken is now packaged.
"Wow, boss, you're pretty strong."
Although this is soil, dried soil is quite hard, and it must still be quite hot when it's just taken out of the oven.
He smashed the outer layer of mud with a single punch; he's a ruthless guy!
"good."
This amount of strength is really nothing to Lin Zhou.
After handing the beggar's chicken to the customer, he looked at the people queuing behind him.
"Hello, how many would you like?"
The diners behind witnessed once again the aroma that wafted out the moment the beggar's chicken was opened.
He was just passing by when he was drawn in by the aroma and ran straight over to join the queue.
Hopefully, he made the right choice.
At 198 yuan each, the price was reasonable, but with his limited budget, he could only afford to buy one to try.
"One."
Lin Zhou nodded, turned around with an aloof air, and walked to the oven to get the beggar's chicken.
To the diners, it was just that the owner was taciturn.
Lin Zhou's business unexpectedly improved because of his appearance.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Xiang Shan was also preparing to return to Harbin alone.
After a week of braised pork knuckle rice, it's time for everyone to go home.
This time, no matter what Xiang Shan said, his roommates stopped following his lead.
Even though he still thought Boss Lin would set up a stall in Harbin, his roommate didn't believe it.
"Do you believe I am Qin Shi Huang, or do you believe that Boss Lin is going to Harbin to set up a stall this week?"
"That's what you said last week. What, you went to Harbin, landed, and came right back? Now you want to come again?"
"Xiang Shan, what's wrong with you? You want to take us with you when you go home? Do you not need us or what?"
"I wasted a week, and my mom is urging me to come home."
Xiang Shan listened to her roommates' words and sighed helplessly.
"I had a premonition that Boss Lin would definitely set up a stall in Harbin, which is why I brought you all back with me. Now that you don't believe me, I'll have to enjoy this good fortune myself."
My roommate rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"I just think you're trying to drag people down with you,"
"Fine, since none of you believe me, I'll just go back by myself. Don't come crying to me when you can't get any!"
Even though her roommates didn't agree with Xiang Shan's guess, Xiang Shan still firmly believed in her own thoughts.
"Go back to your own homes, go back to your own mothers!"
Xiang Shan doesn't necessarily need her roommate to accompany her back to Harbin.
Instead, faced with the suspicion that no one believed him, he wanted to find some companions to accompany him back to Harbin to witness this speculation together.
His roommates initially believed him, but after what happened last week, they stopped believing him.
This made Xiang Shan extremely upset.
He became increasingly eager to prove his prediction was correct.
So Xiang Shan had to embark on her journey home alone.
...
When Xiao Xian arrived at the gathering place carrying two beggar's chickens.
Friends brought their own drinks and dishes.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw him carrying two mud balls.
Today is the day for the brothers to get together.
The location was chosen to be one of their homes.
According to the tradition of gatherings, everyone brings gifts when they visit, including food and drinks.
Friends at the party venue don't need to prepare anything; they just need to provide the venue.
Oh right, we still need to clean up.
Xiao Xian waited for a long time for beggar's chicken, and was the last one to arrive.
Everyone is waiting for him.
I thought they were making something delicious because they arrived so late.
In the end, they brought nothing but two mud balls.
"What are you doing? You've been gone for ages, and all you bring are two mud lumps?"
"It would have been better if you had come earlier to help clean up."
"Come and eat, we've been waiting for you."
There were already five people sitting at the round table, so with Xiao Xian, there would be six.
The space was quite large, but there was a case of beer placed between each person's seats, which looked terrifying.
"Wait, is there no food today or what? Why are you serving so much beer? Trying to get a beer belly?"
Before Xiao Xian could even speak as he approached his seat, he spotted a case of beer next to him, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Never mind that for now. What is this mud ball? Why are you putting it on the table?"
As Xiao Xian placed the mud balls on the table, the people next to her quickly pushed the dishes onto the turntable to prevent them from getting dirty.
Xiao Xian's lips twitched, and she decided not to bother arguing with these ignorant people.
"A bunch of mutts, never heard of beggar's chicken?"
"It's like wrapping a chicken in mud and roasting it, you know what I mean!"
Other friends: ...
What the hell? I got yelled at for it!
"Do you have a hammer to break this layer of mud?"
The homeowner shook his head, "Why would I have a hammer in my house?"
"Then what do we do?"
Everyone looked at the two mud balls in front of Xiao Xian and fell silent for a moment.
"We've already bought them, so we can't not eat them, they cost two hundred yuan each."
This was the first time they had ever encountered beggar's chicken sold with the soil still on it.
Even if I had eaten it before, it was in a restaurant, and it was the kind of beggar's chicken that had already been prepared.
Where have I ever seen food served with the soil still on it?
"There are two of them. If you want, try smashing them against each other and see if you can break them apart."
Xiao Xian thought it made sense, so he put one beggar's chicken on the ground, picked up the other beggar's chicken with his hands, and smashed them together.
Perhaps due to insufficient strength, only a slight crack was created in the soil.
"That's not right. I saw the boss smash the outer layer of mud with one punch. If I wasn't afraid of hurting my hand, I would have smashed it with my bare hand."
Looking at the mud that he had painstakingly managed to create a small crack, Xiao Xian fell into deep self-doubt.
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