Xiao Nianzhi didn't know their identities, but most of those who appeared nearby were children of powerful people.
She curiously asked Aunt Yu: "Who are those two..."
The reason why I ask this is because I want to know the identity of the other party in advance.
If the other party comes in later, when I salute, I will not know anything and my face will not look good.
Aunt Yu glanced at them from a distance, and then smiled: "They look like the little princess and the eighth prince from Prince Kang's palace. They are a bit far away, so I'm not sure."
While they were talking, the two figures had already passed through the farmland in front of them very quickly and rushed in the direction of Prince Kang's Mansion.
However, because the red figure in front was too fast, he fell down a slope while running.
Xiao Nianzhi said "ouch" subconsciously.
Aunt Yu was also startled and subconsciously took a step forward.
Immediately afterwards, the green figure chasing behind him also fell.
Xiao Nianzhi: 6!
Aunt Yu was so shocked that she took a breath of cold air. After taking a few steps forward uneasily, she stopped again, shook her head and said, "Forget it, the little princess is thin-skinned. If so many people see her, she will probably be angry." If I cry, I won’t go and watch.”
The maid has now returned from the front, carrying a basket in her hand.
Seeing Aunt Yu and Xiao Nianzhi, he bowed first, then pointed to the basket and explained: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei heard that Aunt Yu was here, so he sent someone to send something over, saying that he had recently obtained two jars of good honey. , a sheep was killed in the yard in the afternoon, so I sent the lamb legs over."
The hind legs of the lamb were quite big, but the basket was a bit small and almost couldn't fit it in. A small part of the leg bone was still exposed.
Hearing that there was honey, Aunt Yu's eyes widened with a smile: "Well, keep the honey in the house, and the mutton..."
Mutton has a strong taste, and Aunt Yu doesn't like it very much.
She usually doesn't touch much of the food in the academy.
However, Xiao Nianzhi is a little girl who is growing up, so it is good to eat more meat.
Thinking of this, Aunt Yu turned around and asked, "Think about it, how do you want to eat mutton?"
There are so many ways to eat lamb!
In just one moment, countless thoughts went through Xiao Nianzhi's mind. Finally, he looked at the setting sun that was slowly setting to the west but the temperature did not change. He asked tentatively: "Barbecue?"
barbecue?
Aunt Yu didn't quite understand, but it didn't delay her understanding: "Are you going to bake it?"
After asking, he nodded: "Okay."
Seeing that her aunt agreed, Xiao Nianzhi immediately smiled obediently: "Auntie, let me handle it!"
The little girl was in a good mood and was not affected by yesterday's incident. Aunt Yu was relieved, so she nodded: "Go ahead and let Sister-in-law Guo help you."
Sister-in-law Guo is the little cook.
Xiao Nianzhi quickly went to the kitchen with Sister-in-law Guo to deal with it.
The kitchen at Zhuangzi is not big, and there are not many tools. Aunt Yu is usually away, so most of the time it is used to cook for the servants and workers here.
You have to figure out the barbecue grill and all that by yourself.
This didn't bother Xiao Nianzhi. Seeing that it was still early, Xiao Nianzhi and Sister-in-law Guo first went to get some yellow mud, then found some stones, and built a simple barbecue platform.
While waiting for the barbecue table to dry up, Xiao Nianzhi went to process the lamb hind legs.
Mutton cannot be cut along the texture of the meat. It is very easy to get teeth jammed when eating like this.
This hind leg is not small, Xiao Nianzhi thought, she ate it with Aunt Yu, the servants just rubbed it a little, and there were a lot of things that could be skewered, so she didn't cut too much.
After weighing about four kilograms, Xiao Nianzhi cut it into pieces and marinated it.
There are many things to pay attention to when it comes to cured meat, but everyone has different ways of eating it.
Everyone felt that their pickling method was authentic. I didn't know what Aunt Yu preferred, so Xiao Nianzhi followed his own preferences.
Xiao Nianzhi doesn't like to put salt in the marinated meat first, because the salt can easily remove the moisture from the mutton, which will make the roasted mutton not tender enough and easy to dry out.
Of course, if you control the quantity well, it can actually be tender and delicious.
Barbecuing is not only a marinating process, but also the subsequent heat and the timing of seasoning.
However, pepper must be added, and Xiao Nianzhi put white pepper.
When the pepper was sprinkled in, Xiao Nianzhi thought, the seasoning should be done without delay!
She had to find a way to get all the seasonings, otherwise she wouldn't be able to explain to the outside world what happened to these seasonings!
After marinating the meat, Xiao Nianzhi went to look at other ingredients.
It is now the end of June, and many vegetables have come out one after another.
Xiao Nianzhi bumped into Sister-in-law Guo, and then went to the garden to pick something out.
I picked three eggplants that were not too big, picked a few cucumbers, and then went back again.
There were other leftover ingredients today, so Xiao Nianzhi picked some.
After finishing all this, Xiao Nianzhi took Sister-in-law Guo to grind the cumin seeds into powder so that it could be sprinkled on the skewers later.
Grind it into powder and sprinkle it on, it will be easier to taste.
I just ground some bacon, but the quantity was not enough.
Then roast the white sesame seeds slowly over low heat to get the fragrance, and then grind the dogwood into powder.
While grinding dogwood, Xiao Nianzhi couldn't help but think, since corn and potatoes are already available, peppers and tomatoes should be ready soon, right?
Without tomatoes, it always feels like a lot of soul is missing.
For her, the soul of sweet and sour pork is ketchup, but...
There are no tomatoes yet.
You can also use sugar and vinegar to make the sauce, but without the natural fruity aroma of tomatoes, it's a bit inferior.
The two of them worked in the kitchen for most of the day, and when dusk fell, they finally finished their work.
Barbecuing, if you don’t grill it at night, it feels a little less interesting.
Sister-in-law Guo actually didn’t quite understand why she had to eat by candlelight.
However, she cooperated with Xiao Nianzhi throughout the whole process, and mosquitoes have begun to appear now, especially on the village side, where there are many vegetation and mosquitoes are more abundant.
Therefore, in order to make it easier for the masters to eat, Sister-in-law Guo specially ordered a circle of mugwort to drive away the mosquitoes.
Aunt Yu waited for a long time without seeing the meal, so she came over to take a look out of curiosity.
Seeing that the battle in the kitchen was quite big, she couldn't help but laugh: "What is this doing?"
Thinking about what Xiao Nianzhi said before, Aunt Yu raised her eyebrows and asked, "Barbecue?"
Xiao Nianzhi responded generously: "Yes, Auntie, sit down for a while, I'm going to start baking!"
While Xiao Nianzhi was talking, he had already gone to the clay stove with a set of supplies.
The temporary clay oven has been dried. Although the time is short and the drying is not complete, it will not be a problem for temporary use.
When she returned to the academy with Aunt Yu, this thing would definitely be dismantled.
Looking at the busy figure of the little girl, and then looking at the rising smoke over the clay stove, Aunt Yu felt that the cold world in her eyes before seemed to have slowly become tainted with the real smoke and smoke of the world of mortals, becoming more and more lively. Get noisy.
She didn't hate this feeling, but she had some secret expectations.
