Chapter 500 Barbecue by the River
"Plop~"
Chen Xu was like a big rock hitting the water surface among a group of children, and huge waves splashed, and the group of children floating on the water and playing suddenly screamed and swam around.
"Wow hahahahaha~" Half a minute later, Chen Xu crawled out of the water more than ten meters away, holding a crab with its teeth and claws in his hand, wiping the water on his face and laughing happily.
"Wow, what a big crab, brother, give it to me!" Xing'er swam over excitedly.
"Be careful, don't hold your hands together! Take it, brother, and you'll go down and catch a few more!" Chen Xu handed the crab to Xing'er, and then he pierced it into the water again, and soon came out not far away. Sure enough, another crab was added in his hand.
"Brother Xiaoxu, Yu Ji also wants big crabs!"
Yu Ji was slashing fast in the water, but it was obviously the only swimming skill that the kids in Xiaohe Village knew. However, the little girl danced quickly with her hands and feet. She bounced all the way and swam quickly to Chen Xu. Chen Xu handed the crab in her hand to the little girl. The little girl skillfully used her thumb and index finger to pinch the crab's back shell and abdomen from behind. In this way, the crab could only waving her two big pliers with her teeth and claws, and she couldn't hold anything.
Crabs are everywhere in the ditch, and the crabs in ordinary ditches are all river crabs. They are small in size, hard shells and no meat, and almost no one has ever eaten them. Therefore, they feel like they are flooding. Anyone in the river is thorning down, and there are two big pliers crawling everywhere in the cracks of the stones and water plants when they open their eyes.
There are many varieties of crabs in China, and the most famous ones are naturally hairy crabs, and there are hairy crabs, blue crabs, swift crabs, etc. Chen Xu has eaten a lot of crabs. Almost all of them have eaten these varieties, but the more they are still the small river crabs in front of me. They have been caught in the river since they were young, peeled and washed, and then wrapped some salt, pepper noodles, pepper noodles, and chopped green onion batter in the oil pan and fry them into a golden brown...
"Hiss~" I can't think about it. When Chen Xu thought about it, he felt that he was completely discomfortable. He was covered in saliva and felt as if he had been hungry for several years.
So Chen Xu plunged into the water again, quickly caught two more crabs, swam to the shore, and called several little maids to tell them how to remove shells and clean them.
There are so many crabs in this river that cannot be described. Since I encountered them accidentally today, I must have a good meal to satisfy my cravings.
Although the maids were very scared when they looked at these crabs with claws, they heard that the Marquis said that the cooked food was very delicious, so they were no longer afraid. They rushed to help, and did not dare to grab them with their hands, so they knocked them to death with stones or wooden sticks, and then peeled off the hard shell.
After seeing several maids learning how to deal with it, Chen Xu plunged into the river again and began to catch crabs.
Seeing Chen Xu grab one crab after another in the water, the two little girls were excitedly returning and back and forth like porters, swimming around and sending the crabs Chen Xu caught to the shore.
The group of kids were so happy to catch crabs, and they all excitedly began to catch crabs together. After they caught them, they threw them directly on the shore. With the addition of these new forces, the crabs were soon thrown on the grass in the river like rain, and the ground was everywhere. Several little maids were too busy, and a group of guards also came to help, knocking one to death with the scabbard in their hands, and soon they made a lot of them.
When Chen Xu saw that this was not good, he went ashore and called a guard over and said, "Hurry up and go to Qinghe Hotel, get the oil pan and barbecue rack, and all the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and flour. By the way, bring a few puffy straw mats and get a few boxes of wine..."
Several guards quickly rode away. Chen Xu jumped into the river again and started a competition with a group of bare-ass kids to catch crabs, fish and shrimps. Suddenly, the whole river was filled with laughter and noise, and the noise came several miles away, attracting the eyes of many people who were resting and playing under the shade of trees by the river.
Seeing Chen Xu and the two little girls having fun in the water, Shui Qingrou had a pair of beautiful eyes full of tenderness, she said to Chen Jiang, who was sitting next to her: "Mom, Chen Lang seems to have not been so happy for a long time!"
Chen Jiang's face also had a loving smile, and he held Shui Qingrou's hand and said, "Gentle Rou, Princess Qingning has caused you to be wronged!"
"Don't say that, but Chen Lang is even happier when he does this. Chen Lang is a unique and amazing man in the world. I will support everything he does!"
"It's good that you can think of this. Mom is just afraid that you will be unhappy if you suffer grievances. However, Princess Qingning doesn't have the blessing to enjoy the happiness with Xu'er. It's very happy that you can be harmonious with Mu Niang. You'd better have a grandson for me earlier, so as not to be so bored every day, otherwise I might as well go back to Xiaohe Village, where I live more comfortably than Xianyang..."
Shui Qingrou's face was so blushed that she didn't dare to look up, and she hummed softly and said, "Mom, Chen Lang and I have worked very hard, but Chen Lang said... I'm too young, and having a baby so early is not good for my health..."
"Don't listen to his nonsense. Mom gave birth to him at the age of sixteen. Seeing that he was lively and roaring, I didn't feel anything bad. It's bad if you give birth late. Someone is talking, don't worry, Mom makes soup for you every day in the future to nourish your body. A few days ago, an old god gave me a recipe for stewed beef bone soup, saying that if you drink one or two bowls a day, your body will be as strong as a calf and you won't be tired all night..."
Shui Qingrou's cheeks were red and bleeding, and she buried her face in her chest and didn't dare to look up.
Chen Xu naturally didn't know about the topic between women and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. At this time, he had already played in the water and completely forgot everything. He was like a fish arching around in the water, dogs diving for a while, and playing with a group of children was in the dark.
"Hey, isn't that the carriage from the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion?"
An old man with wide sleeves and a group of young students were sitting in the shade of the trees at the bridge of the Wei River. Although it was more than a hundred meters away, looking at the group of children fluttering in the river and the carriage by the river, a sharp-eyed student couldn't help but say.
"It seems...it seems...it's just that, it's a distance, and I can't see clearly!" Another student stood up and looked at him and shook his head, but because he happened to see in the sunlight, he didn't see clearly.
"Is it Qinghehou the one who plays in the river?" The group of people looked at a group of children playing in confusion and were surprised.
"Let's go, since it's Qinghe Marquis, let's go and visit it! Teacher, you are a great sage in the world. If you go with us, Qinghe Marquis will definitely not drive us away!" Several other students couldn't help but stand up and bow to the old man in a verbal manner.
The old man waved his hand helplessly and said, "You go, I heard that the Qinghe Marquis Lixian and the wise men are driving you away, go and go back quickly. You have also heard about the Qinghe Marquis Mansion. Don't talk nonsense about Princess Qingning, otherwise you will be criticized for being embarrassed, beaten and scolded. Don't blame your master for not reminding you!"
"Don't worry, teacher, we will definitely not talk nonsense!" Several young students excitedly sorted out their clothes and hair, then put away the books and walked towards Chen Xu together.
The two guards quickly returned, followed by two carriages, carrying barbecue grills, charcoal, pots and pans, and even several pots of marinated skewers, including lamb, pork ribs, fat intestines, waist flowers, chicken wings, lotus root slices, etc.
These are the varieties sold in Qinghe Park at the entrance of Qinghe Theater. The price is quite appropriate. They are much cheaper than what was sold in Wancheng at the beginning. There are three cents of meat per skewers and vegetables per skewers, and the taste is much better. Therefore, the barbecue in Qinghe Park is the most popular food, and you don’t have to buy it in person when watching the show. You just need to tell the maid. In a while, someone will bring the grilled skewers on a plate and eat the skewers while watching the show. It is a completely indescribable and comfortable feeling.
Therefore, although Qinghe Garden does not make money by barbecue, it can make thousands of dollars a day, which solves the employment of more than a dozen people, which is a very meaningful investment. Moreover, this new style of barbecue has been spread. The earliest thing I learned was Liuxiang Garden opposite. Therefore, every afternoon, the strong aroma of barbecue is floating everywhere on the street, and people coming and going can't help but drool.
A group of guards moved the barbecue grill and stove oil pan out of the car and placed it under the shade of the tree, lit the charcoal fire, and laid the mats of the cattails. Several young maids cleaned the crabs caught by the kids and put them in several large basins to the shade of the tree.
"Wow, go up quickly, or the crabs will be eaten up!" Xing'er shouted and swam to the shore.
"Sister Xing'er, wait for me!" Yu Ji also followed behind her and her arms were slamming quickly. The two little girls swam to the shore, then ran up the river with a scream.
"I want to eat chicken wings!" Seeing several large pots of skewers full of skewers, Yu Ji threw the crabs into the sky and pointed at the pot of chicken wings and shouted.
The two little maids quickly put a few skewers of chicken wings on the grill, and with the hissing sound, a strong barbecue smell soon emanated.
Chen Xu looked at the situation on the shore and felt that he was already enjoying his life, so he climbed up the shore, picked up his clothes and wiped the water on his body, put on his coat and walked over.
"Do you see what I do? You can roast whatever you like, and eat wine for each person..."
"Yeho~" Before Chen Xu finished speaking, a group of guards jumped up excitedly and quickly occupied two barbecue grills, scrambling to put a large number of grills on the grills. Some fanned the wind, some brushed oil, and some shook the seasonings. As the grease dripped onto the charcoal fire, the blue smoke spread out in the wind, and the rich fragrance quickly blew several miles away on the river bank with the wind.
"Hiss, I'm so hungry..."
"I'm hungry, too, I can't walk anymore!"
"Who is tempting me by the barbecue by the river? It's really unforgivable!"
"Can you be blind? That's the carriage of the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion!"
"The person who played with children just now was Qinghe Hou?"
"Well, so even if you starve to death, you can only smell it..."
"You said if we go and ask the Queen of Qinghe, will we have something to eat with us?"
"I want to come...ah, it's definitely impossible!"
It is early summer, and the weather is a little hot at noon, but three or five friends are sitting under the shade of trees by the river, blowing the cool river breeze, playing the piano and singing, reading books and newspapers. The rich can also bring one or two maids and children to serve. Life doesn't need to be too leisurely.
Chapter completed!