Yunding Ranch

Chapter 72
After Lu Li failed to communicate with Brandon, he decided to give up. If Brandon killed a few more, he would eat more tonight, and if he killed less, he would eat less.Turning around, Lu Li saw the big hole in front of him, and Cole was still tirelessly throwing dirt out, "Kele, Cole, stop..."

Cole didn't stop, he shoveled another pinch of soil, threw it outside, and then raised his head with a puzzled expression on his face, "What's going on?"

Lu Li looked at the big hole that looked like a swimming pool, and couldn't laugh or cry, "Who are you planning to bury alive? You dug such a big hole."

Cole had an innocent expression on his face, "Didn't it be a little deeper?"

Lu Li was speechless for a while, "Jump down and have a look." He raised his leg and gave Cole a kick. Cole dodged and jumped into the pit.

Cole didn't think there was anything at first. The depth of the big pit was naturally not comparable to that of a human being. But then he found something was wrong. The soil in the center was still sinking, so he dug all the soil loose , the depth of the entire big pit has exceeded the ankle, reaching the position of one-third of the calf.

This... this is really too deep.Imagine if you set up a bonfire on this, you want to remove the bonfire, and then get the food in the soil, this is simply an impossible task.

"Hey." Cole turned to look at Lu Li, scratching his head innocently, "Then...then what should I do now? Shall I fill it up again?"

It was also Lu Li's first time cooking beggar chicken. He had no experience in lighting a bonfire before, so he thought about it and said, "Go ahead and dig a little deeper."

Cole's eyes widened, and he thought Lu Li was speaking angrily, "Fourteen, I was wrong, sorry, I didn't pay attention just now, so I dug too deep. Really."

Lu Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'm serious. You dig a little deeper, just a small hole in the middle. And then, do you still have charcoal at home?" After getting an affirmative answer from Cole, "Take the charcoal Put it down, light it, put a barbed wire on it, and then we throw corn and potatoes down in the center, set up a bonfire on it, and bury beggar chickens around the pit.”

Cole stayed where he was, and reacted for a while before realizing, "Is this okay?"

Lu Li shrugged, "I don't know, let's try it. If it fails, at most the potatoes and corn can't be eaten. Let's eat burnt popcorn. The dirt is the icing."

Cole also laughed at the appearance of throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper, "I see, I'll adjust it here. Don't put too much charcoal, to avoid too high heat, and burn everything."

Lu Li was actually thinking that it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and he hadn't prepared anything yet, so there must be insufficient time.Beggar's chicken is one of the staple foods tonight, so it's not a bad thing to put some charcoal fire under it to speed up a little. "I will entrust you with such an important job. Let's see how well you dig the pit. In the middle, just dig the size of a squatting pit."

squatting pit.

Cole has black lines all over his head, can he refuse to dig a squat pit?Putting squat pits and food together doesn't go together at all!
Lu Li ignored it, and turned back to the dining table to continue working.Lu Li borrowed the method of the McCartney's party last time, moved out three square tables, joined together to form a long table, and placed all kinds of items on it, just like a buffet, which is convenient for guests to choose, so as to avoid After everyone entered the room in a swarm, the space couldn't be opened at all.

Lu Li crushed all the star anise, cloves and a few dried chilies, and then added a little bit of cumin powder - these were all found in Chinese supermarkets. When Lu Li saw the cumin, he almost burst into tears. .The last time he ate roasted whole lamb at a bonfire party, he thought that it would be great if there was cumin powder. Unexpectedly, he found it in a Chinese supermarket in Austin.

After crushing, Lu Li started to bring over all the chickens that Brandon had handled, touching the paint one by one.In fact, the authentic beggar's chicken does not need seasoning, because it is wrapped in lotus leaves, the aroma of fresh lotus leaves will permeate into the muscles, it is tender and delicious, but...they don't have lotus leaves here, so Lu Li can only retreat Secondly, wrap it in tin foil, which requires the assistance of seasoning.

"Why do you need to add red wine?" Brandon's voice rang out suddenly, startling Lu Li, the red wine bottle in his hand shook and poured down a lot.

Turning his head, he saw that Brandon was holding three chickens in each hand. It seemed that he killed ten chickens in the end.Lu Li looked at the water-like condiments in the basin, and wanted to cry, "If there is rice wine, I'll use rice wine." The chili powder is really suffocating, "The penetration of alcohol can make the chicken not so greasy. After thinking about it, Lu Li simply threw a few chickens into the basin, and then roughly smeared all the sauce on it, so that it would be good to soak them in this way.

"Are you planning to come over to give the chicken a massage? Or are you planning to process the mutton?" Lu Li looked back at Brandon and said bluntly.

Brandon hesitated, "Chicken massage? How?"

"Just smear the seasoning on it, and then massage the chicken with your fingers so that the seasoning can be eaten, and that's it." Lu Li's explanation did not make Brandon understand, he still had a blank expression on his face, there is no such complicated process , Lu Li had to explain again, "It's like marinated beef."

"It's like smearing barbecue sauce." Brandon responded.

Lu Li nodded, expressing his affirmation, "Then, I'll leave this job to you." Picking up the rag beside him and wiping his hands, he went to the side to look at Cole's work, and then he felt relieved, "Okay, No problem this time." Then he remembered again, "Cole, do you know where there is red mud around here?"

"Red mud?" Cole thought about it carefully.

Lu Li shook his hand, "Forget it if you don't have one." Originally, he thought that the red mud is more viscous and seems to have a better heat conduction effect, so it's okay if it doesn't.

"There is a piece of red mud in McCartney's ranch." Brandon said calmly from behind.

Cole clapped his hands immediately, "Yes! Yes! There's a piece there, do you need Lily and the others to bring some red mud?" Cole looked expectant, and even Brandon's eyes fluctuated slightly—this Group of foodies!
"You give Lily a call and see when she'll come. If it's within 10 minutes, then bring a bag, but if it's more than 10 minutes, we won't have time." It's almost a minute or so, and they are still in a hurry.

But before Lu Li finished speaking, Cole made an "OK" gesture, took out his phone and called Lily, very positive.

Lu Li returned to the main room. The freshly butchered mutton was placed on the chopping board. He walked forward quickly and began to process it.

In fact, the first thing that came to Lu Li's mind was roasted whole lamb, but he had already tasted it at McCartney's last time, so he decided to make finger lamb today.The same is mutton, this way of eating is far from the United States, not to mention, mutton soup can also be directly used as soup tonight, killing two birds with one stone.

Originally, Lu Li wanted to use the bonfire to stew the mutton to make full use of the power of the bonfire, but the mutton would have to be stewed for at least two to three hours, and now that the bonfire was gone, they obviously didn't have time to wait, so Lu Li was going to start. Stew it in a big pot in the kitchen, and after the campfire is lit, take it to the campfire outside to continue stewing.

In the past when he was a child in the countryside, Lu Li had eaten big pot meals, the real big pot meals, the kind of big pot that a child could take a bath in if he fell into it. Meals made with firewood have a more smoky smell than electrical appliances, and are extraordinarily sweet.

However, it is obviously inconvenient to pile up a stove here; it is much simpler to borrow firewood from the campfire to cook.

After processing the mutton pieces, boil the water in the cauldron, and then throw the mutton pieces into it all at once. The preliminary preparations are considered to be over.That's why Lu Li chose to grab the mutton with his hands - it's convenient, simple, and doesn't require much effort, all he needs is time to cook it.

Suddenly, Lu Li felt a furry sensation coming from his ankle. When he looked down, he couldn't help being stunned. He thought it was Teddy, but he didn't expect it to be Bucky. "Why aren't you sleeping?" Lu Li looked disgusted. expression, asked.

"Meow." Bucky shook his head, tried to put on the cutest expression, and blinked at Lu Li.

He usually looks very lazy, but why did he suddenly change his mind today? Lu Li squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "You don't want Xiaoyu, do you?"

He bought a batch of dried whitebait a few days ago, and Bucky kept walking around him, wanting to eat it.However, Lu Li remembered Cole's advice, pets will form habits, try not to eat human food, this is better for them, otherwise stomach problems will easily occur.Therefore, he did not give it as a matter of course.

At this time, in order to prepare dinner, the package of dried fish was taken out again, and the fishy smell wafted out, and Bucky appeared.If there was no contact, Lu Li wouldn't believe it, "Little guy, who usually sleeps late, came here when there was something delicious to eat. To be honest, you followed me because you wanted to get a meal ticket, right?"

Bucky touched his nose with his front paws, with an impatient look on his face, as if to say, "It's really long-winded, why don't you just beg for some small fish." With that haughty gesture, he turned around slowly, The expression of "my uncle doesn't take care of you" completely despised Lu Li.

Lu Li curled his lips, took out two small dried fish from the bag, shook them in the air twice, then Bucky stopped, looked at Lu Li blankly, seemed to be struggling and hesitating for a while, and finally Still walking to Lu Li's feet, he yelled "Meow Meow".

Lu Li lowered his head and patted Bucky's head, "Good boy. This is decent." Then he stood up straight again, and put the dried fish back into the bag, "But forget what the dried fish said."

Bucky's front paws stopped rigidly in mid-air, and the psychological shadow area could not be calculated at this time.Lifting his head, he glanced at Lu Li again, making sure that his little fish was gone, Bucky trotted away annoyed.

After a while, Teddy roared.

(End of this chapter)