The cow was finally eaten by Lin Yulan's family of more than 20 people when they came to visit during the Chinese New Year.
Lin Yulan and Ma Dexiang's family doesn't have much now, but they have many sons-in-law. The eight sons-in-law came to help pull back the cows that were frozen in other people's cold storage the morning before, and then threw them in the Lin family's garage to thaw for a whole day.
To ensure they could eat before dinner, Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing got up at four or five in the morning to work. Several of the Ma family's sons-in-law also came to help on time.
This time, the sheep weighed dozens of kilograms, so it was impossible to manually rotate the grill. Lin Guoqing specially bought an electric grill. Together with his son, son-in-law, and several nephews and sons-in-law, they split the cow, put steel pipes on it, and screwed all four legs to the steel frame.
Finally, they all carried it to the brick stove that Lin Guoqing had built several days in advance. It took a long time just to light the charcoal in the huge stove.
When Liang Shengdi got up to eat breakfast, the cow had already started turning on the fire. She held a bowl of vegetable and pork rice cake and ate while asking,
"Chunhua, when can we eat this?"
"Grandma, when can we eat?"
"Grandma, when can we eat?"
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It was not until the afternoon that all the members of the Ma family, young and old, gathered in the Lin family's yard. There were more than a dozen children in the yard, crying and sobbing, almost making a scene.
The children who were originally playing together were attracted by the aroma of roast beef and stopped playing. The adults who didn't have to prepare dinner also sat under the eaves, watching the cows and chatting.
There was a fire in the oven and it was very warm. The younger children squatted beside the oven and watched the cow turning in circles, dripping oil as it turned.
"Aunt, when can we eat beef?"
Chen Chunhua brushed the sauce on the top and said with a smile, "It's almost done! We can have dinner!"
It took almost 10 hours to bake, and they were able to eat it at dinner time, which meant they got up early enough and prepared it quickly enough!
It is impossible to carry such a big head of cattle to the table like a roasted whole lamb. Chen Chunhua directly took a large plate and a large knife and cut the meat from the rack.
The surface of the entire cow near the fire is already burnt and fragrant, and the knife makes a crisp sound when it is cut into it. Once the meat is cut, the even richer aroma spreads in all directions along with the juice.
The nearby villagers couldn't help but come over to the Lin family to take a look. What are they doing? It smells so good!
"Hey! Jingui! Have you eaten? Would you like some roast beef?" Chen Chunhua saw her old sister Wang Jingui, who was holding a little kid in her arms. He was her youngest grandson.
Wang Jingui's family had no guests today and had finished dinner long ago. Her little grandson had pulled her out to buy toys, and when they passed by the Lin family, they were attracted by the smell and came in to see what they were doing.
At this moment, Chen Chunhua handed the plate to her, but she didn't take it.
"No, no, you guys eat yourselves! We just had dinner and are full!" Wang Jingui smiled and waved her hands. "The aroma of your food has already drifted all the way to the village entrance. I thought someone was preparing a full banquet! But this turns out to be even more extravagant than a full banquet! You guys are living such a life that you even need to eat a whole cow!"
Lin Guoqing laughed out loud, "I just came back from playing outside and thought it was delicious, so I learned how to make it at home!"
He got a small bowl, filled it with some beef, and stuffed it directly into Wang Jingui's grandson's arms, "Come on, Xingxing! Eat more beef, and you will grow taller than your father in the future!"
Xingxing looked at Xiaowan, then at Lin Guoqing, and whispered, "Tomorrow I will be taller than Dad..."
The whole yard immediately burst into laughter. "Yes, yes, yes, when you sleep at night you will be taller than your dad!"
Wang Jingui patted his grandson's butt and urged, "Grandpa is giving you meat! What do you want to say?"
"Thank you, Grandpa..." The three-year-old child's voice was very soft, but his pronunciation was very clear. Lin Guoqing touched his little head with his clean hands and said gently,
"You're welcome~"
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The children in the house rushed to eat the first plate of roast beef served on the table. Zhao Lili from Erni's family is the oldest child of this generation. But she can't be called a child anymore, because she is already married, so she is just of a younger generation.
She asked her husband to help manage the children and keep the place in order. She first put the largest piece of beef leg into her great-grandmother's bowl.
"Madam, beef shank! Please try it first... Would you like something to drink?"
"Yes! Coke!" Mrs. Liang smiled so hard that her eyes disappeared when she saw the big piece of beef in her bowl, but she didn't forget her own preference. "I want ice cold! Help me get a can from the refrigerator!"
Zhao Lili's husband paused, looked at the old lady and asked hesitantly, "Ice? Madam, it's winter now, isn't it a bit too cold?"
He really didn't dare give iced cola to a 90-year-old woman. What if something happened...
"I'm not afraid of the cold!" Liang Shengdi mumbled while biting into a piece of beef. "Coke doesn't taste good unless it's ice cold! Besides, the food is hot and the Coke is ice cold. Don't the cold and the hot complement each other perfectly?"
Zhao Lili and her husband: ...It's precisely because of the contrast between hot and cold that I don't dare give it to you! Aren't you afraid of diarrhea?!
Lin Yulan had just brought a dish over and placed it on the table. She heard the conversation between the two sides and said to her grandson-in-law with a smile, "Just go get it for her! Your wife's is made with intestinal iron! It's better than you young people!"
Little did people know that in the summer, Mrs. Liang could eat instant noodles with ice cream, spicy hot pot with watermelon. In short, she could enjoy eating combinations that others would poop in the toilet, and nothing would happen to her.
"Yes, yes! I won't have diarrhea! Hurry up and get me a can!" Liang Shengdi nodded frantically. The beef skin was so crispy and chewy. She really needed a can of Coke to soothe her throat!
Plate after plate of roast beef was brought into the house, and the fire in the stove outside was still burning. Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing worked together to roast the beef. In the end, the group of children gave up their chopsticks and started to grab the beef with their hands, eating the meat until they were full.
Lin Yulan, Ma Dexiang and others kept calling Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing to come in and eat first. The older ones took a few bites and said they wanted to take their place, but they were rejected every time.
Lin Yulan: "Come in and eat something first! The meat will get cold soon! It won't taste good if it's cold!"
"You guys eat! You guys eat! Eat more meat! We both like to eat vegetables recently..." The meat is right in front of them. If they really want to eat it, they can just cut it from the cow, but they really can't finish it at the moment.
Liang Shengdi: "They said they're tired of eating meat out and have been eating vegetables for almost half a month. Just heat up the vegetables for them later, and don't worry about the meat. They're constipated!"
Lin Yulan: ...
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