Chapter 4 The Simple Barbeque Old Que
Before Li Long took off the copy net, he heard a "pounce" sound, and an old bird not far from the edge of the copy net was frightened and flew out.
What a pity.
Li Long glanced at the direction in which Lao Que flew away, then carefully took down the net, then quickly reached in and caught Lao Que.
The old man stretched out his mouth and pecked Li Long. Li Long tightened his grip on the little guy's hand slightly, and then felt a wetness on his fingers, and the guy pulled.
"Qiangqiang, here you go, grab it." Li Long handed Lao Que over, "Don't let go, or Lao Que won't be able to eat it later."
"Uncle, I understand. "Li Qiang nodded solemnly, and then carefully took Lao Que over.
Li Juan looked at Li Long with bright eyes.
Li Long smiled, took the flashlight and continued to shine.
It is difficult for the old bird to stay overnight in winter, so there must be more than just these two in the haystack.
Sure enough, soon he found another old bird and successfully caught it.
Li Juan also has one in her hand.
In this pile of grass, Li Long caught a total of four old finches, two of them escaped, and then they disappeared.
"Uncle, there are piles of grass in the front yard of He's house!" Li Qiang, who had an old bird in his hand, sniffed and said proactively.
“In the yard or outside the yard?”
"In the yard."
"That won't work." Li Long shook his head. It's against the rules to enter someone's yard for a few old birds, and it's so late.
"Then..." Li Juan thought for a while and said, "The third house in the backyard, Uncle, do you still remember? There are piles of grass on the side room of Gao's yard. The piles face outward and can be seen from outside the yard. Come."
"Okay, let's go take a look." Li Long also felt that the four old birds were a bit small, not enough for his two nephews and nieces.
Outside the courtyard is close to the wilderness, and it is not easy to wade through dozens of centimeters of snow. Li Long walked in front and made footprints, while Li Juan and Li Qiang followed behind and walked forward according to the footprints.
Even so, by the time they arrived at the Gao family's haystack, the three people's shoes were already full of snow.
But no one said it was cold, including Li Long, who looked expectantly at the big stack that was one-third larger than his own haystack.
A dog barked in the yard, and then someone vaguely heard yelling.
Li Long turned on his flashlight and shined it into the haystack.
In less than ten seconds, he found a target.
But this time Li Long was smart. He did not use a net to catch them immediately. Instead, after looking at the entire haystack, he counted nine old birds, and then started to pounce on them one by one starting from the lower left corner.
Successfully caught six.
There was no way to let go of these old birds, so Li Long caught the old birds and broke their necks directly, and threw them on the snow. After catching them all, they took them back together.
"Uncle, further down the road, there is a haystack in the Qin family..." Li Juan said with unfinished meaning.
"I won't catch you anymore. My shoes are all wet now. It's time for your mother to tell you when we get back. Let's go back!"
"Then... let's go back." The two younger ones were still a little dissatisfied.
No matter how young the old bird is, it is still meat.
The three of them returned to the yard. Liang Yuemei heard the noise and walked out quickly. In the light of Li Long's flashlight, she saw snow on the trouser legs of the two children and shouted:
"Where did you run? Why is it all snow? Is it freezing? Go inside quickly and change your shoes!"
"No, I want to eat the old bird!" Li Qiang stubbornly raised the old bird in his hand. "I want to eat meat!"
"Okay, okay," Li Long said with a smile without waiting for his sister-in-law to speak, "You go change your shoes first. Even if you want to eat the old bird, you have to let me pluck out the old bird's hair and take out the contents of the belly first. "
"Okay..." Li Qiang felt it was reasonable, and he and Li Juan handed the old bird to Li Long and went into the house to change shoes.
"Just spoil them..." Liang Yuemei complained to Li Long, "Hurry up and change your shoes, they're all wet!" "Yes." Li Long responded with a smile, turned around and entered. house.
After changing into cloth shoes with thousand layers of soles - these were made for him by his sister-in-law, Li Long put the cotton rubber shoes on the fire wall to bake, and then began to deal with Lao Que.
With his previous life experience, it was easy for Lao Que to deal with it. There is no need to pull out the hair, just twist the head off, pull the skin on the neck and pull it down, and even the fur on the belt will fall off.
It may sound cruel, but for children who have been deprived of meat all year round, what is cruelty? Not having enough to eat is cruel!
He plucked all ten old birds, then pulled out the contents of their stomachs and put them aside. Li Long took the kang broom and swept the iron cover on the stove, and then took the old birds away. Placed them one by one.
Before going out, he put down the fire with coal foam. At this time, the iron cover was quite hot, but not red yet, just right.
The stove is made of adobe bricks, with four iron rods serving as the hearth plate in the middle. The iron sheet on top is cut from the iron sheet of a diesel barrel. At this stage, few in the team can afford a standard iron stove. Although the thermal conductivity of earthen stoves is not very good, they are cheap and convenient.
He put Lao Que in position and as soon as he stood up, Li Juan and Li Qiang barged in.
Looking at the old bird placed on the stove lid, Li Qiang's saliva almost started to flow.
"Uncle, when can we eat it?" he asked Li Long, raising his head.
"Wait a minute, I'll get the salt and spicy noodles." Li Long said, "Be patient."
"Okay." Unexpectedly, Li Qiang agreed.
Li Long went to the west room and saw Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei talking, and said:
"Sister-in-law, let me get some salt and spicy noodles."
"Okay, I will get them for you."< br>
Knowing that this ingredient was for her children to roast the old bird, Liang Yuemei said with a smile:
"Xiaolong, you are so good at it, this old bird has caught a lot."< br>
"Hehe." Li Long smiled. He would never have done this in his previous life, but now it can make his nieces and nephews suffer less, so what does that mean?
After taking two bowls of condiments and two enamel plates for serving dishes at home, Li Long returned to the east room, closed the door, and told Li Juan and Li Qiang not to worry. He placed the bowl on the edge of the earthen stove, then pinched the chili powder and salt and sprinkled them evenly on the old bird.
The spicy noodles are produced in my own vegetable garden, and the salt is bought, so no waste is allowed. These days, waste is really shameful, but it's not like the later generations who sprinkled the seasonings as if they were free of charge during the barbecue.
Sprinkle it carefully on one side, then turn it over and sprinkle it again.
Soon, the smell of meat mixed with spicy smell filled the room. Li Long felt a little regretful, it would have been better to have cumin.
This time, even Li Juan couldn't help but swallow her saliva and stared at the old bird on the stove lid without blinking.
After turning it over three times, Li Long took two old birds and put them on an enamel plate, and said to them:
"It's done. Take it and give it to your parents. It's up to them. Eat first!"
Li Qiang was a little puzzled, but Li Juan was sensible. She took the plate carefully and opened the door with one hand and carried the plate to the west room.
Li Qiang was still a little confused, Li Long asked him:
"There is no meat at home, so your parents can't eat it?"
"Yes."
"They have the hardest time, right?"
"Yes! ”
“Should they eat first?”
"Should!"
Hearing this voice, Li Long nodded with satisfaction, picked up an old bird, and handed it to Li Qiang after it cooled down a bit.
(End of this chapter)