Yunding Ranch

Chapter 490 Authentic BBQ
"Fourteen!" Randy's impatient voice echoed around the main house, "Everything is ready! It's waiting for you now, things can't turn around without you, what are you doing now ?”

Randy excitedly rushed to the porch, and then saw Brandon, Adam, Tony and others standing in a semi-arc, surrounding Lu Li in the center.

This wall of people blocked Randy's sight, and he couldn't see what Lu Li was looking at. Instead, Tony turned his head and made a "shh" gesture, which made Randy stunned. The words were stuck in his throat like this, but the excitement would not come down easily, and he still couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

This time, the three of them turned their heads at the same time, "Shh", "Shut up" and "Quiet", everyone's words were different, but the meaning they conveyed was the same. The powerful momentum made Randy freeze in place and blinked. Eyes, only felt that the heart was trembling desperately, and then he made an exaggerated movement, raised his hands, and made a gesture of surrender.

"You don't need to shut up, this is not a delicate job..." Lu Li said with a smile, the end sound dragged on for a long time, and he finished the work in hand, "This is just a little bit of random groping, the simplest manual work. I think , maybe at the level of fifth grade." Lu Li lifted up the tool he had just finished, turned it over and over, "Hmm...maybe fourth grade."

Lu Li had to admit that he was the type to hold a pen, not the type to make tools by hand.When receiving education in China, book knowledge is the most important thing; but when receiving education in Western countries, hands-on ability is always one of the most important education.So, after seeing his finished product, Lu Li immediately made up his mind: in the future, this type of work should be handed over to Brandon, who is better at it. He has no confidence in himself.

"This..." Brandon looked at the tool in Lu Li's hand, "What is this?"

"Is it really that bad?" Lu Li's eyes widened, and he looked up innocently, "This is a barbecue grill, a simple homemade barbecue grill. You know, I wish I could have bamboo skewers that can be skewered with raw meat or vegetables , set it on the fire; in addition, it needs a shelf that can be turned over..."

What Lu Li made was the kind of grilling net, with two pieces of barbed wire on the top and bottom, you can sandwich things in the middle, and then put them on the fire to roast.Because the barbecue on the ranch is relatively rough, it is not a simple charcoal grill, but directly on the fire, and it becomes extremely difficult to adjust the temperature. He needs more and different tools. On the premise of avoiding injuries, he also avoids grilling the food burnt.

Such a tool requires a special purchase, a temporary search, and is simply not found in New Braunfels.That's why Lu Li thought of making it himself.It's a very simple thing to think of, isn't it just two pieces of barbed wire, linked together, that's all.But it's not that easy to actually implement it.

The size of the barbed wire is irregular, and the force is not uniform. It may be baked, and the food in the middle will fall; the connection point of the barbed wire is not firm, and it will be broken if you are not careful; If it is too accurate, the entire barbecue net will be unstable, wobbly, and it looks like it will fall apart at any time.

Looking at everyone's eyes, Lu Li became more and more unconfident. Before he could finish his words, Brandon silently picked up the work that was placed on the ground and sat down cross-legged.There are no words, but the actions are clear enough.

Lu Li shrugged, "Okay, then leave these tasks to Brandon."

"You should be in charge of cooking, cooking! You are an excellent cook." Tony quickly affirmed and said positively. This sentence successfully got Cole and Randy to echo him repeatedly.

However, this did not make Lu Li feel comforted, instead he felt more and more embarrassed, "Brandon, is this really unusable?" Lu Li raised the tool and said urgently.He thought that after coming to the ranch for so long, he had already become a little expert in life.But the reality is cruel, which makes Lu Li a little frustrated.

Brandon raised his head, looked at Lu Li seriously, paused for a few seconds, and then simply said, "No."

Lu Li tilted his head in embarrassment, and said discouragedly, "It's fine if you can't use it. Then don't use it at all. Everyone don't eat it. If you eat barbecue, just drink the northwest wind." Visible anger and dissatisfaction, and depressed self-abandonment.

The series of complaints stunned the four people in front of them, and their muscles stiffened for a moment - they seemed to have never seen Lu Li get angry, and they never even got angry.Today's sudden vent, the four of them didn't know what to do, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Both Randy and Tony looked at Brandon complaining, as if to say: This is all right, the chef is annoyed, there is no more big meal, what should we do now?
Brandon was also confused and at a loss. Should he apologize?Did he just speak too directly?But I used to talk like this, is it a matter of tone?Is the contemptuous tone too strong?Or eyes?action?expression?What went wrong?So what is he going to do now?
"A group of honest guys." Lu Li burst out laughing, and triumphantly waved the crooked barbecue tool in his hand, as if he were waving a rattle.

Seeing Lu Li's bright expression, Tony was the first to realize that they were obviously fooled, and it's been a long time since Lu Li's prank.

Thinking about it carefully, and looking at Lu Li again, Tony grabbed his hair speechlessly, let out a depressed sigh, "Oh!" Then he glanced at Lu Li again, couldn't help but start beating his chest, and after thinking about it, he laughed speechlessly. Get up, "You really should become an actor, next year's Oscar is waiting for you."

Hearing Tony's exclamation, Brandon raised his head, not knowing why; then he saw Cole and Randy who were smiling all over their faces, confused, "Is everything just Fourteen's performance?" Brandon reacted slowly It took half a beat, but I still asked for confirmation.

Both Cole and Randy nodded in affirmation, and both of them couldn't help laughing, especially Randy, who shook his head and hilariously, it was so lively; while Tony gritted his teeth and kept yelling that he wanted to fight Lu Li. After a fight, Brandon finally looked back at Lu Li, "It's fine." After speaking, he lowered his head again and started to get busy.

Such a boring performance immediately made the sense of achievement of the prank disappear, but Lu Li also knew that Brandon's personality was like this, and his blank expression just now was extremely rare.So, Lu Li didn't mind, and patted Brandon on the shoulder, "Then I'll leave the rest of the work to you. Let's go over to have a barbecue now."

Standing up, Lu Li looked at Tony, who was staring angrily, and said calmly, "Didn't you say you're going to have a barbecue? Or, tonight's party is cancelled?"

Tony's eyeballs were about to fall off, and then Randy jumped over, hooked his arms around Tony's neck, clamped Tony tightly, and let the passage open, "BBQ! Of course it's BBQ!"

Lu Li pretended to be very satisfied and nodded, "Well, you can eat more later."

"Thank you, Mr. Fourteen!" Randy also cooperated very much, and said loudly, causing Tony to curse, "Flaty! Flatterer! You really have no bottom line at all."

As a result, Cole said unhurriedly, "So you mean, you don't want to eat?"

Tony choked immediately, paused, and said louder, "Of course, not only eat, but I want to eat more!" shouted, then Tony grabbed Randy's arm, and the two of them There was a scuffle in the narrow space of the porch, and finally Brandon couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted, "If you are too free, help me brush the horse tomorrow!"

Immediately, Randy and Tony let go of their hands, pretending that nothing happened: they didn't want to repeat Li Yitong's mistakes.

The world is finally quiet.

Lu Li turned his head, looked at the group of people who had calmed down, and said loudly, "You can either help Brandon, or come over and help with barbecue, hurry up, dinner won't come out directly." Hulala, Randy He and Tony rushed out scrambling, leaving only Cole and Brandon.

Cole said with a smile, "It seems that the two of us must speed up, otherwise we will miss dinner." Then Cole also sat down beside him and started to work.

It's not that easy to make a BBQ grill, but it's not that difficult either.It took Cole and Brandon two people 10 minutes to complete the production of four barbecue nets. They took the barbecue nets and came to the side of the campfire. The red flames reflected the surrounding beech forest, moonlight and night The ever-changing shadows are edited under the treetops, and the bitter and violent night wind actually interprets a little grandeur and poetry.

Adam and Finley are in charge of skewers; Scarlett and Justin are placing the skewers on the idle grill next to them, and Jessica is trotting all the way, holding seasonings in her hand, Seeing the figures of Cole and Brandon, he immediately shouted happily, "The tool is finished? Welcome, welcome!"

Jessica ran straight towards Lu Li, and at Lu Li's gesture, she placed it on the small table next to her, "What's next? What's next?"

"It's up to me." Lu Li's words made Jessica look away, and Cole and Brandon who came over couldn't help but stand by the campfire, watching the movements of Lu Li's hands——

He picked up the grill with his left hand, and the other fulcrum of the grill rested on the fire, and then took this as the center of a circle, and moved the entire rack away from the fire, with a row of food neatly placed on it; Skillfully smear a layer of olive oil on the food, then grab the spices next to it and sprinkle it on the food. Various powders fall down and reflect on the transparent flames, amidst the surging heat waves Fluttering, as if dancing.

One seasoning, another, and another.

There is a charming aroma in the air, some strange, some stimulating, and some alluring.After finishing this series of actions, Lu Li turned his left hand again, and placed the food on the fire again, the shiny luster made saliva secrete involuntarily.

(End of this chapter)