110, barbecue stall
110, barbecue stall
The Beginning of Summer has just passed and Grain Full has not yet arrived. The weather in Kyoto Prefecture is neither too cold nor too hot, which is the most pleasant time of the year.
At the end of the Shen time (before 5 p.m.), most of the daytime vendors in the city have already packed up and gone home. However, at this time, the vendors who do business at night start to push their carts out to the street and find a place to set up their stalls.
On this day, when others were leaving the city, Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si came in with their son in a cart. Following the advice of their third brother, they found a place on South Street near a restaurant and parked the cart, setting up their barbecue stall there.
They laid two wooden tables underneath and placed four small ovens on top of them.
Now they didn't have money to buy a wire mesh, so they followed their nephew's suggestion and made a few small stoves, and then laid a tile on the stove to grill things. With this tile on top, it was more convenient and easier to grill than having to hold the skewers all the time.
There was a table nearby, with ingredients for the barbecue, both meat and vegetables. There were only four meat dishes: pork, lamb, chicken, and a whole fish; the vegetarian dishes were more varied, mostly grown in their garden.
There are two tables and small stools at the back for people to sit on.
After setting up the stall, Lu Laosi saw that no one was interested in their stall, so he said somewhat unconfidently: "Second brother, it seems that no one is looking at us. Will anyone buy things from us?" In order to set up this stall, he even pawned all his wife's dowry bracelets.
The second branch also contributed some money, and the two brothers started a business together.
Otherwise, just buying these things would cost a fortune. Not to mention the meat they needed for the barbecue. Aside from the fish, which they caught themselves in the river, the rest of the pork, mutton, and chicken were all purchased. If they couldn't make any money, all their initial investment would be lost.
"Don't worry, we just got here. Once we get the charcoal fire going and the meat grilled, people will come and buy from us." If Lu Lao Er hadn't tasted his nephew's barbecue that day, he wouldn't have believed it could be so delicious. But after they had tasted it, they knew that the smell alone would make one's mouth water.
If you taste it, you will dream about it every day for the next few days, because that's how it is for you.
"Well, you do make sense." Lu Laosi's nervous mood finally relaxed a little, and he came over to help his second brother light the fire and charcoal, "Let's move quickly, light the fire, and grill the skewers."
Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang were packing up their belongings. It was the first time for the two brothers to go into the city with their parents at this time. They were doing business in the evening and planned to do business all night long. They would leave the city early the next morning and go home. This way, they would not need to find a place to stay in the city at night.
By the time they set up the stall, lit the charcoal fire and started grilling the meat, half an hour had passed.
There weren't many people walking on the road at this time, but there were still a few people walking on the road.
There were carriages and sedan chairs passing by on the road. Many of the carriages stopped at the door of the restaurant in front. The guests who got off the carriages entered the restaurant under the guidance of the waiter.
The meat skewers on the tiles were roasted until slightly browned, and then sprinkled with a little of their specially prepared barbecue sauce. The aroma of meat mixed with the aroma of the sauce filled the whole street.
Suddenly, everyone walking on the street and in the restaurant smelled this domineering smell.
"Where does this smell come from? Why is it so fragrant?"
"This smell seems to be coming from the front?"
“Smells so good!”
“…”
For a moment, everyone who smelled the fragrance started looking for the source of the fragrance. The smell was so fragrant that it was hard to ignore.
The first person to find the barbecue stall was a plump, white man. He pointed at the skewers of meat being grilled on the stove, clapped his hands, and said happily, "Yes, this is the taste!"
"How much do you sell this kebab?" the man asked.
"Meat is two cents a skewer, buy ten and get one free. Vegetarian is one cent a skewer, buy ten and get one free." Lu Lao Er, who was grilling meat, handed over a skewer and said, "Sir, please try one. If you like it, you can buy more from us."
The man took the skewer without hesitation and took a bite. The meat had a slightly burnt aroma and a strong aroma of sauce. "Mm, delicious, so delicious!"
"Give me ten... no, twenty skewers of this meat!" the man said proudly.
"Sir, the meat is here. You can come over and choose." Lu Laosi handed over a small basket of vegetables and said to the first customer who came to their place, "These meats are all freshly skewered today. We have pork, lamb and chicken, all two cents a skewer. The fish is whole and a little more expensive, ten cents a piece."
"You can mix and match these skewers. You can get two free skewers from twenty skewers."
"Give me some, a few at a time." The fat man was a person who loved and knew how to eat. When he saw the meat skewers on the table, he knew the meat was fresh and good just by looking at the quality.
"Okay, sir, you can sit in the back for a while. Do you want to eat here? Or do you want us to pack it up and take it away?" asked Lu Laosi.
"Let's go to the restaurant across the street and wait. You can have someone bring it over after it's grilled." The man looked at the low table here and didn't want to sit and wait on the side of the road, so he pointed to the restaurant across the street and said.
"Okay, we'll send someone over there to you later." Lu Laosi responded.
After the man placed his order and paid, he walked towards the restaurant in front.
After the man left, customers came one after another and quickly bought all the grilled meat. Some people even placed orders and were waiting here.
Seeing that his second brother was too busy to handle the job alone, Lu Laosi lit two other stoves to barbecue together and asked the two children to be responsible for receiving guests and collecting money.
***
Lu Mingfei smelled a familiar barbecue smell on the way to Prince Ding's Mansion in a carriage that night. When he passed by, he pulled open the curtain and looked out, and saw his second uncle and fourth uncle standing on the roadside barbecuing. Only then did he realize that his second uncle and fourth uncle had come to the city to set up a stall.
Since it is his family's business, it would be inappropriate for him not to patronize it.
Thinking that Zhao Lang might like barbecue, he asked the guard to stop the carriage on the side of the road, took out money and asked the guard to go over there to buy some barbecue.
He sat in the carriage and waited for a while before the guard came back with barbecue.
"Thank you, Brother Ma. Brother Ma, you can have two skewers too." When taking the barbecue, Lu Mingfei took out a few skewers from the oil paper and handed them to Brother Ma who was driving the cart outside.
Smelling the delicious aroma of the barbecue, Guard Ma didn't bother to be polite with Mr. Lu. He took the skewers, thanked him, sat on the shaft of the carriage, and continued driving away.
Lu Mingfei was sitting in the carriage, the skewers were placed next to him but he didn't eat them first.
In the past, every time he went to Prince Ding's Mansion, Zhao Lang would come to pick him up personally. However, recently he often went to Prince Ding's Mansion to practice archery and horse riding. Sometimes Zhao Lang was busy with his own things, so he didn't want Zhao Lang to make time to pick him up. He asked Zhao Lang not to pick him up every time and just send a guard to pick him up.
Anyway, he was familiar with the way to Prince Ding's Mansion.
If he wasn't afraid that his father and mother would find out that he often went to other people's houses in the middle of the night, he would have ridden the donkey at home out by himself.
They had lived in Kyoto for so many years, and the security here was pretty good. Aside from the time he encountered human traffickers and was nearly abducted the first year he arrived, he hadn't encountered any danger since then.
Their family set up a stall on South Street to do business. Although they occasionally encounter some hooligans who come to eat and eat without paying, generally speaking, there are more customers who eat normally and pay normally. There are only a few who eat and drink for free and cause trouble.
When he thought of their stall, he remembered what his father had mentioned to him the day before yesterday.
"Mr. Lu, we're here." The carriage entered Prince Ding's Mansion from the side door. After it stopped, the guard outside said to the young master sitting in the carriage.
Hearing this, Lu Mingfei lifted the carriage curtain, bent down, and got out of the carriage. However, he did not forget to turn around and take out the barbecue today.
"Young Master Lu." The housekeeper in the palace smiled when he saw the young master who had been visiting their palace frequently recently. He did not look down on him just because he was from a common family.
The housekeeper was the same one from back then, so he knew that his own prince had been abducted by human traffickers together with this young Master Lu when he was young. He had actually recognized this young Master the first time he saw him as a guest at their palace.
Later, they saw that this young master often came to their house at night to practice horseback riding and archery. Their prince seemed happier when this young master came, and the housekeeper naturally welcomed this young master Lu to visit their home. Moreover, this young master Lu's personality was not something that people would dislike or dislike.
"Uncle housekeeper, I just bought some barbecue on the road. Would you like to try some?" Lu Mingfei took out two pieces of barbecue from the oil paper and handed them to the housekeeper.
"Thank you, young master. I am old and cannot eat meat at night. You should bring it to our young master." The butler waved his hand and politely declined the kindness of young master Lu. He knew very well that the things that young master Lu brought were for their young master.
If their prince knew that they were allowed to eat food that he hadn't even had a chance to eat yet, I'm afraid he would be unhappy.
The guard Ma who came to pick the people up obviously did not have the same high level of understanding as their butler.
"Oh, okay, then I'll bring you something else to eat next time." Lu Mingfei put the barbecue skewers back into the oil paper with a bit of regret.
The housekeeper smiled and nodded, and personally led the young master to find their family's eldest son. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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