Gu Lili picked up two lamb hind legs and began to make decorative cuts on them with a kitchen knife.
Yu Shanhai, who was watching Gu Lili's smooth and skillful actions intently, heard Gu Lili call his name.
"Uncle Shan Hai, do you have any wine?" Gu Lili asked.
Yu Shanhai couldn't help but sigh, "The county princess is truly a heroine among women."
Cooking a meal and having a few drinks, how wonderful!
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go pour it for you right away!" Yu Shanhai nodded repeatedly.
Before long, Yu Shanhai came running over, carrying a bottle of wine and an exquisite blue-and-white porcelain wine cup.
This wine was originally a treasured possession of his, and he had always been reluctant to drink it.
Now that he can be filial to Gu Lili, it's a good use of his talents!
"Please, Your Highness, have some food!" Yu Shanhai said respectfully.
The wine was handed to Gu Lili, and a refreshing aroma wafted over.
However, Gu Lili doesn't drink this wine.
It's used to marinate lamb legs.
Gu Lili couldn't help but chuckle; she didn't look like a drunkard who was addicted to alcohol at all.
Gu Lili didn't explain. She took the wine glass and poured the wine directly onto the mutton.
Yu Shanhai looked embarrassed; it turned out that Gu Lili wanted wine to cook.
After the lamb legs were cured, Chang'an also picked lotus leaves.
Chang'an didn't even need Gu Lili to say anything; he had already washed the lotus leaves and handed them to her.
Gu Lili smiled and took the lamb legs, quickly wrapping them in lotus leaves.
Li Ershu had finished mixing the yellow clay, and Gu Lili handed the lamb leg wrapped in lotus leaves to Li Ershu.
"Second Uncle, wrap them up in yellow mud!"
Li Ershu nodded and quickly wrapped all the lotus leaves with the prepared mud.
Under Gu Lili's direction, it was placed in the stove for cooking.
Fortunately, the cooking in Yushan Haijiazhuangzi was done on a large stove, specifically for cooking for the farmhands.
It's perfect for making mutton soup while roasting lamb legs.
After doing all that, Gu Lili walked towards the ridge beside the field.
Just now, when Gu Lili was passing by, she found a lot of shallots on the edge of the field, which would be perfect for stir-frying with mutton!
While the others weren't paying attention, Gu Lili bought another piece of ginger from the mall.
Gu Lili even grabbed a handful of dirt and smeared it on the ginger, afraid of arousing their suspicion.
Sure enough, when Gu Lili took it inside, Yu Shanhai stared curiously at the wooden-like object in her hand.
"May I ask, Your Highness, what is this?" Yu Shanhai asked curiously.
He recognized the onion; the cook at home often used it to stir-fry eggs for him.
Gu Lili explained with a smile, "This is ginger, which can remove the gamey smell. I happened to see it when I was picking wild onions, so I picked it."
Yu Shanhai understood, but he had never seen this thing grow in his own fields before.
However, Yu Shanhai believed it to be true.
For a long time, despite searching for ginger in the fields of Yushanhai, no trace of it could be found.
This made Yu Shanhai extremely frustrated!
The ingredients were all collected, and Gu Lili washed and chopped them, ready to be stir-fried.
The fire in the large stove was indeed powerful. After about half an hour, Gu Lili lifted the lid of the pot, and the mutton soup had already turned milky white.
When Gu Lili was dividing the mutton, she asked Yu Shanhai's farmhand to wash some easy-to-clean offal and cook it in the pot as well.
It contains sheep liver and sheep heart.
As for the sheep intestines and tripe, Gu Lili found it too troublesome and didn't want them.
Just now, when no one was paying attention, Gu Lili secretly threw a few pieces of angelica root into the pot.
Lifting the lid, Yu Shanhai was somewhat puzzled; the smell was actually quite pleasant.
However, Yu Shanhai thought that he was probably just too hungry.
Gu Lili scooped all the mutton and offal out of the pot, let it cool for a while, then chopped it into smaller pieces and put it back into the pot.
The meat on the lamb bones was so tender it fell off the bone; it could be easily torn off and eaten in just a few bites.
Gu Lili put the bones in a large basin and then evenly sprinkled the cumin barbecue seasoning she had brought from the car onto the bones.
It's most satisfying to hold it and gnaw on it like this.
Seeing the soup in the pot boil, Gu Lili sprinkled pepper powder on it, added chopped green onions, and then put it in a large bowl.
The rest were then portioned out and placed on the table by the servants.
After the pot was cooked, Gu Lili asked the cook to turn up the heat, add oil when the pot was hot, and then stir-fry the mutton in the pot over high heat when the oil was smoking.
Once it's almost done stir-frying, add the scallions, ginger, and dried chili peppers, and a delicious stir-fried lamb with scallions is ready to serve.
"Second Uncle, go and get the lamb leg from the stove!"
Gu Lili clapped her hands and said to Li Ershu, who was swallowing his saliva.
As soon as Gu Lili finished speaking, the cook pulled out the lamb leg from the stove.
Li Ershu and Chang'an found something handy and quickly smashed the hardened clay block.
Upon opening it, one could see that the originally emerald green lotus leaves had turned yellowish-green.
As the two tore open the lotus leaf, the aroma of lamb leg mixed with the fragrance of the lotus leaf instantly filled the entire kitchen.
"It smells so good!"
"Yeah! My mouth is watering!"
Everyone praised it.
The lamb leg was brought out. Gu Lili kept one for her table, and then had the farmhands from Yu Shanhai's family divide the rest among themselves.
After washing her hands, Gu Lili sat down at the table with everyone else.
It was almost late afternoon, and everyone was already starving.
"Princess, please!" Yu Shanhai said politely.
Gu Lili nodded, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat heartily.
Because she knew that if she didn't start eating, the old man Yu Shanhai definitely wouldn't dare to eat.
I kept seeing him swallowing his saliva; needless to say, he was starving.
However, even though Gu Lili started eating, Yu Shanhai ate very cautiously.
Seeing this, Li Ershu picked up a bone from the basin and put it into Yu Shanhai's bowl.
Yu Shanhai was indeed hungry, but he found the mutton hard to swallow.
The village had slaughtered sheep several times, but he only ate them once and never wanted to eat them again.
It smells incredibly strong and pungent.
Seeing Gu Lili and the other two eating so happily, Yu Shanhai, though tempted, really didn't want to try it again so easily.
I was just thinking of having some scallions and rice to fill my stomach.
Who knew Li Ershu would be so enthusiastic, putting such a large bone with flesh still attached in his bowl.
For a moment, Yu Shanhai found himself in a difficult situation.
If he eats it, he will definitely not be able to stand the smell of mutton; if he doesn't eat it, it seems like he's offending Gu Lili.
This meal took Gu Lili almost an hour to prepare!
"Uncle Shan Hai, eat up! It smells so good! This is my first time eating mutton!" Li Ershu mumbled as he put mutton into his mouth.
Yu Shanhai had no choice but to give Li Ershu a dry laugh.
He put the meat into his mouth with his eyes closed.
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