bookbashuk Chapter 167: Barbecue makes the birds cry
Chapter 167: Barbecue makes the birds cry
Li Yang put the marinated meat on the grill one by one and arranged them neatly.
After a while, the charcoal fire was lit, and the dancing flames gently licked the lamb skewers, making an enticing sizzling sound.
The meat skewers gradually turned an attractive brown color, and the fat dripped down the meat strips, making crackling sounds on the charcoal fire, mixed with the spicy aroma of cumin, teasing everyone's taste buds.
In order to ensure even cooking, Li Yang turned the skewers from time to time to get it just right.
As the barbecue progresses, the aroma of the meat becomes more and more intense, making people salivate and their appetite grow.
Since Li Yang was grilling right at the kitchen door, the rich aroma quickly drifted to every corner of the courtyard like an invisible thread.
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Inside Liu's house, Liu Haizhong's three sons were still sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, the aroma of barbecue penetrated their nostrils, tickling their olfactory nerves.
The eldest son Liu Guangqi woke up from his dream first, and kept muttering: "It smells so good... meat... barbecued meat..." He rubbed his sleepy eyes in a daze, and for a moment he could not tell whether he was dreaming or reality.
At the same time, in another room, the second son Liu Guangtian and the third son Liu Guangfu were also awakened by the fragrance.
At first, they thought they were having a sweet dream.
But gradually, they realized that something seemed wrong. The smell of barbecue in the air was so real.
The stomachs of the three Liu brothers all made rumbling sounds at the same time, and their gluttony seemed to wake up all of a sudden.
"This is strange. Where does the barbecue smell come from in the middle of the night?" The third brother Liu Guangfu was the first to react and suddenly sat up from the bed.
The second brother, Liu Guangtian, also sniffed hard, his eyes widened, and he looked incredulous: "This smell... is there really someone barbecuing? Let's go and take a look!"
The three brothers got out of bed quietly, fearing to wake up their father who was sleeping soundly in the room.
After all, if you’re not careful you’ll get beaten by Seven Wolves.
They pushed the door open carefully and looked out into the yard.
When they took a closer look, they were all shocked by the scene before them - Li Yang was standing at the door of his kitchen, concentrating on grilling the skewers in his hands.
The skewers of meat dripping with oil sizzle and bubble under the charcoal fire, exuding an irresistible temptation.
At this moment, Liu Haizhong, who was already sleeping uneasily, was also awakened by the smell of meat.
He followed the scent and involuntarily came to the yard, wanting to find out what was going on.
As a result, when he saw that it was Li Yang who was barbecuing, jealousy and anger instantly rushed to his head, and his whole face turned blue with anger.
"Damn it, this kid is so restless in the middle of the night that he's actually grilling here. It's obvious that he's doing it on purpose to piss me off!" Liu Haizhong cursed angrily, wishing he could rush up and overturn Li Yang's barbecue grill. "This is outrageous. Is this even reasonable?"
In that era of extreme material scarcity, even having a decent meal of meat was a luxury, let alone having an open-air barbecue in the middle of the night.
What Li Yang did was undoubtedly a naked show-off, which severely irritated the nerves of other people in the courtyard.
Soon, there were not only the three Liu brothers, but several more faces peeking out of the yard, their eyes fixed on the sizzling skewers of meat, their tongues seemingly about to fall out.
Seeing his sons eager to try, they wanted to rush over to grab a few skewers to taste, Liu Haizhong quickly dragged them back to the room and scolded them in a low voice: "Go back to bed, don't be greedy here! It's better to stay out of trouble with this kid, be careful not to get into trouble!"
The sons reluctantly returned to the house. Before leaving, they looked back at the sizzling barbecue grill with reluctance. They could only watch helplessly as they swallowed their saliva.
Liu Hai was muttering in his heart: How come that group of people are so inefficient? I personally sent a letter of complaint this morning, but there has been no response so far! What kind of magic did Li Yang use to get away with it until now?
In fact, Liu Haizhong had no idea that Li Yang had been accompanying Secretary Zhang, Director Yang, and the senior leaders who came to inspect from above on a tour from morning to night today.
With the factory boss protecting him, the people below would not dare to act rashly, let alone investigate Li Yang's lifestyle.
As a result, the report letter that Liu Haizhong had carefully prepared was suppressed and failed to take effect immediately.
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On the other side of the central courtyard, Bang Geng was already very angry because he didn't get to eat fish last night.
I was very hungry today and couldn't sleep well no matter how hard I tried.
Just as he tossed and turned, a strong aroma of barbecue came unexpectedly and penetrated his nostrils.
The pig's sensitive nose twitched quickly, and he sniffed hard, taking a deep breath in the direction of the scent. Immediately, his eyes lit up with greed, and his saliva started to flow.
Jia Zhang also gradually woke up under the influence of the fragrance.
She turned over in a daze, opened her mouth, and bit the pillow under her like a greedy cat.
If I hadn't woken her up in time, I'm afraid she would have chewed the pillow until it was peeled off.
"Grandma, wake up! Can you smell it? This barbecue smell is exactly the same as the one we smelled when we passed by the restaurant during the day!" Banggeng kept pushing Jia Zhang and stamping his feet in anxiety.
Only then did Jia Zhang slowly wake up, rub her sleepy eyes, and sniff deeply, as if she wanted to take in all the tempting fragrance.
"It's true! In the middle of the night, who is so blind as to act so brazenly? Let me go out and take a look. I will make sure he pays for it!" Jia Zhang suddenly sat up, her face full of dissatisfaction.
In fact, it was not just the Liu family and Jia Zhangshi. Almost everyone in the entire courtyard was seduced by the smell of meat and lost all sleepiness.
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Jia Zhang and Banggen followed the tempting smell of barbecue and tiptoed to the backyard.
With the help of the dim light, they could see clearly that the person in front of the barbecue grill was Li Yang, and they were immediately furious.
"Damn it, it's this guy again! We had fish yesterday and he's grilling meat here today. Does he really think he's a rich man?" Jia Zhang was so angry that her teeth were itching.
Banggeng was also full of resentment, cursing, "That's right, he got all the good days, are the rest of us dead? Such delicious barbecue, but he didn't even think of sharing some with everyone else, what an ignorant person!"
In fact, Jia Zhang and Banggen's stomachs had already been growling with greed from the delicious smell.
They looked at the sizzling meat skewers and couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They wanted to rush over and grab a few skewers to satisfy their cravings.
But when she thought of her relationship with Li Yang, she could only suppress her hunger and hide in the dark, staring blankly.
"Grandma, where do you think Li Yang got all this meat? He couldn't have stolen it?" Bang Geng whispered in Jia Zhang's ear.
"That's right. How can a poor worker like him have so much money to buy meat? There must be something fishy going on!" Jia Zhang gritted her teeth in hatred. "I must investigate him thoroughly tomorrow to see how long he can continue to be so arrogant!"
The grandmother and grandson were thinking about how to punish Li Yang when they suddenly saw him turn off the fire and walk into the house.
"He's come into the house! Grandma, let's hurry over now and steal a few skewers to try!" Banggen's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled Jia Zhang towards the barbecue grill.
Although Jia Zhang was a little hesitant, her mind was already filled with greed, so she had no choice but to follow the stick and sneak towards the barbecue grill.
When I walked closer and took a closer look, I saw that there were still a dozen skewers of meat left on the grill, which had not yet been put on a plate, dripping with tempting drops of oil.