Chapter 298

Three days later, on the outskirts of prest, the old street.

Many shops have been under repair. These buildings have gone through decades of wind and rain, and time has left mottled traces on the walls. However, scaffolding has been erected on the periphery of most of the buildings. It can be seen that the external wall painting work has begun. For some new walls, it is basically painting once, while for some old and crumbling buildings The walls were almost rebuilt.

The owners of the shops are naturally very happy. Who doesn't like the chance to repair the shops for free? Anyway, the business on this side of the old street is not very good. Most of the shops are operating out of a habit. Taking advantage of this gap, they can also get a few rare holidays.

In the evening, these old street people sitting on the benches and enjoying the cool under the trees noticed that one of the shops had just begun to open.

This is a shop opposite Antoine's Alchemy workshop. It was originally a tailor's shop. It had not been operated a few years ago and had been abandoned.

But now, Antoine's Alchemy workshop has been rebuilt and become a grand workshop. The shop opposite his home has naturally become a hot spot.

People gather to see what's going on here.

Because most of the shops are open during the day, unless it is a big city like Toledo, the flow of people at night is not enough to support the consumption of opening shops at night, and even restaurants that provide dinner will do business during the day and will not open until the evening.

A few children are unrestrained and courageous. They run to the door of the shop and only see two iron shelves.

Under the iron shelf is a slender support, and above it is a long iron box. When you look over your head, you can see the opening on the top of the iron box, in which there is a red charcoal fire. Now the weather is not too cold. It doesn't look like a stove for heating. I don't know what it is used for.

Then, people saw two people coming out of the shop. They remembered that they were young people in the old street. They had been doing some manual work in the city of prest before, and they barely made a living.

"Langdon, what are you doing?"

Someone asked.

"This is Mr. Ian Gray's shop. He thinks we work hard in the city of prest, so he leaves it to the two of us."

The young man, known as Langton, has curly hair. His skin is dark because of his long-term exposure to the sun. He is tall, thin and capable. He wears a short shirt and an apron. Obviously, it seems that he is going to cook here.

"It's going to be, er, a barbecue here."

Next to Langton, his partner Holland said that Holland was shorter and fatter, with strong muscles under his short sleeves.

Holland pointed to the sign on the top of the shop, which had the words "crescent barbecue" written in proper common language.

"Barbecue?"

Some people show a puzzled expression. They all know that barbecue, a cooking method originated from desert countries, is popular among young people. But in front of these two iron shelves, they can't imagine how to do it.

What's more, according to people's general cognition, cooking should be done in the kitchen. Now, what should we do in the open air?

Langton shrugged. At first, he didn't know how to do it, but Lena carefully taught him all kinds of precautions. In addition, he and Holland had good savvy, and soon learned how to barbecue. He took mutton from the freezer in the shop, which had been strung with bamboo sticks, and put it on the barbecue rack.

As you can see, the bamboo stick just can be placed on the iron shelf horizontally, and the meat is placed on the charcoal fire. This simple but exquisite design is amazing. The charcoal fire is very strong, and soon makes the mutton curl up slightly. The white grease gradually deepens the color. In addition, Langton uses the brush to brush the oil from time to time, and the barbecue makes a Zizi sound, which is particularly attractive.

Langton saw that the heat was almost the same. He turned the bamboo stick directly and turned over the meat. He roasted more than ten bunches at a time. His movements were clean and neat. Obviously, he practiced many times.

At the end of the baking, he picked up the brush in the jar on the table. The jar was filled with spices including cumin. When Langton brushed it on, a smell that irritated his nose immediately burst out.

"Mutton kebabs! Brush oil and cumin and bake until it's burnt. The children next door are crying! "

Holland said what Lena told him, scratching the hearts of the crowd.

The children who were watching couldn't help swallowing their saliva and looking at their parents eagerly. Their parents were helpless. After all, they were greedy and went forward.

"Langdon, how do you sell this kebab?"

"Three strings of two copper coins, ten strings of six copper coins."

Holland pointed to the sign at the door of the shop with the price list on it.

As you can see, most of the barbecue kebabs are between one copper coin and three copper coins, which are cheap and quite close to the people.

"Then we'll have three strings."

Said the parents. They took out the copper coin and gave it to Holland. They took three strings of hot mutton kebabs.When my father bit it off, the mutton with scorched, fat and thin appearance, tender and juicy inside burst in his mouth. Cumin and pepper, which are exotic spices, effectively remove the mutton smell. Because of the fire roasting, the gravy can be locked in the kebab, which is extremely delicious.

"It's delicious!"

The three of them sighed with one voice. Hearing their sighs, the people next to them could no longer restrain their appetite and paid for mutton kebabs one after another.

In addition to mutton kebabs, the barbecue shop also provides affordable iced coke and ale. There are more than mutton kebabs, including roast sausage, roast chicken leg, roast fish, roast mushroom, roast eggplant and baked potato chips. For a time, this barbecue shop, which has just opened in the evening, has become the center of the old street.

The tables and chairs are laid out outside the shop. People who used to work at sunrise and rest at sunset enjoy this moment of leisure. They sit together eating barbecue, drinking iced ale and talking about their family's advantages and disadvantages.

The night breeze is cool, the flickering lights are shining on the noisy stalls, and the strong cumin fragrance is spreading in the whole street. For a moment, people in the old street seem to see the days when the old street was still prosperous many years ago, busy and crowded, everything is very busy and full.

In the distance, looking at all this, Lena and Claire did not participate in the noisy feast. Claire tilted her head. Although she acknowledged the charm of kebabs, she did not understand why this kind of open-air simple barbecue attracted people to sit together.

"I've heard a sentence before, but if I change it now, I can apply it here."

Seeing Claire's confusion, Lena patted her on the head and said.

"For most people, the best barbecue is always the one downstairs. It has nothing to do with the taste, but a kind of familiar and cordial feeling."

Claire nodded as if she understood something, and as if she didn't understand anything.

However, Claire knew that when Lena looked at the people enjoying the barbecue, there was a kind of deja vu in his eyes.

Claire did not know that this kind of feeling is called homesickness.

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