Soon, Yang Ruoqing spread the prepared sauce evenly on the lamb, inside and out, without sparing every corner.

Then apply a layer of oil to the outer skin.

The charcoal underneath is made from fruit wood. During the burning process, there is a faint scent of fruit wood.

Using such charcoal as barbecue fuel can help add flavor to the meat.

"Qing'er, do you have to stay here for the whole roasted lamb?" Liu asked Yang Ruoqing, pointing to the sizzling lamb roasting on the charcoal fire.

Yang Ruoqing said: "There must be someone on the side to add charcoal fire at any time, and after a while, you have to turn the sides and bake at another angle. After an hour, you have to apply seasoning again and continue baking."

"Ah? How long will it take to wait until this roasted whole lamb is ready to eat?" Ms. Liu asked again.

Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment, "Just two hours will be enough."

Two hours is four hours. It takes such a long time to bake it with fire to be cooked thoroughly and the seasoning can really taste.

"Two hours?" Ms. Liu counted the time with her fingers.

Yang Ruoqing knew that she was trying to figure out whether she could eat roasted whole lamb at noon.

Yang Ruoqing said: "No need to calculate, we start early today, and we should be able to eat roasted whole lamb at noon."

Converted to Beijing time, it is now a few minutes after 8 a.m.

It will be early twelve o'clock in four hours.

"At worst, we can postpone lunch a little longer, that's fine." Yang Ruoqing continued.

It's half past twelve, almost one o'clock, and we have lunch, which is about the same.

And if you delay it a little bit, you will feel more hungry and eat it more vigorously.

Mrs. Liu looked up at the sky, flexed her fingers again, and finally her eyes lingered on the sizzling roasted lamb in front of her, and she swallowed hard.

"Okay, I'll wait. Don't say it's noon, I'll wait even if it's at night. It's worth it for the delicious food!"

Mrs. Liu was willing to wait, so Yang Ruoqing would not let her idle.

"Fourth Aunt, come over and help me cook another delicious dish."

"What delicious food?"

"You'll know it when you see it."

"Oh, you still make it so mysterious, okay, okay, okay, my fourth aunt will help you, and you can learn from your teacher."

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In the village in winter, almost all the work in the fields is done. Usually the men have to sleep in in the morning, and the work at home is left to women.

Laundry, cooking, cleaning the yard, feeding chickens and pigs, taking care of children, preparing medicine for old men and women who are sick in bed, getting face wash, etc. are basically all done by women.

If some men are more diligent, they will get up and go to the pond at the entrance of the village to pick up two loads of water and pour it back into the water tank, or go to the backyard well to fetch water.

If you meet some lazy men or chauvinistic men, you will probably sleep until midnight.

After three or five days, I reluctantly went around the fields to take a look.

There is basically nothing to see in the fields. The rapeseed and wheat have not yet emerged, and little bits of green dot the vast expanse of black soil.

So after wandering around the fields, I would come home, or continue to lie in bed.

Or make a bowl of tea and find a leeward corner to bask in the sun.

Then when you meet like-minded people, just shout out and invite them to come over and show off together and brag about their awesomeness.

After bragging, drinking strong tea, spitting, basking in the sun, and talking, I get hungry easily.

When I'm hungry, I urge my mother-in-law to cook lunch so that after lunch I can take advantage of the warmth and lie down in bed and have a good sleep.

This is called Wo Dong!

Therefore, in winter, because we are in bed and farm work is not busy, every household eats early.

It's almost noon now, and smoke is rising from the chimneys of every house.

And the same goes for the Luo family.

Not only is smoke coming out of the chimney of the Luo family, but the cooking in the kitchen is also fragrant and sizzling.

While Yang Ruoqing was busy cooking in the kitchen, she took time to roast whole lamb in the yard. She was very busy on both sides.

Blacksmith Luo and Yang Huazhong were also sitting in the yard basking in the sun, helping to take care of the roasted whole lamb on the iron rack in front of them.

It was so fragrant that the wild cats nearby sniffed the scent and squatted on the wall to take a look.

There were sounds of dogs fighting under the wall outside, and cats were also on the wall, ready to move.

So Yang Huazhong and Blacksmith Luo had to watch from below, otherwise if they turned around later, the roasted whole lamb might be missing arms and legs.

"Qing'er, look, the cats and dogs from far and near are sniffing the scent, showing how delicious your roasted whole lamb is!"

When Yang Ruoqing came out again to brush the roasted whole lamb with oil and sprinkle cumin powder and chili noodles, Xiaojie's father pointed at the twinkling eyes of the cats on the wall and told Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing had actually noticed it a long time ago, and now she couldn't help but smile when she saw the cats squatting on the wall paying attention.

"Their noses are really sensitive, but this also proves that this roasted whole lamb should be very successful," she said.

In the kitchen, Ms. Liu shouted, "Qing'er, are you finished? Come and take a look at this. The meatballs are floating in the pot. Are they cooked?"

Yang Ruoqing put down the oil brush and quickly returned to the kitchen.

In the small pot, the ruby-white soup was boiling, and objects as big as a child's fist were rolling up and down inside.

Yang Ruoqing picked up the bamboo scoop and scooped up five or six round things, which were steaming.

She pierced one of them with her chopsticks, and immediately, a fragrant soup overflowed from it.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "It's almost done, ready to serve!"

"Okay, then I'll ask them to set the table for dinner!"

Mrs. Liu was so excited that she threw away the fire stick in her hand and rushed out of the kitchen.

God knows that throughout the whole morning, she was so hungry that she was scratching the wall after smelling the aroma of meat all day long.

Soon, Blacksmith Luo entered the kitchen and came over to ask Yang Ruoqing for confirmation.

What can I say, Mrs. Liu's speech is not completely trustworthy, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, she does everything possible.

So Tiejiang Luo and Yang Huazhong were worried that she was falsely conveying the imperial edict because she was hungry?

So Blacksmith Luo came to the kitchen to ask in person.

Yang Ruoqing nodded and told Blacksmith Luo firmly: "Uncle, the food is almost ready. You can sit down everyone and then count the number of people. I can set the dishes here."

Eating roasted whole lamb is a rare thing for relatives and friends in the family.

Although people usually bring beef and mutton for extra meals during holidays, it is very rare to get a whole lamb roasted like this.

So today the Luo family is having roasted whole lamb, and the people invited to the house must be the parents of the natal family, and then Lao Yangtou, the Tan family, and the entire Sun family.

The fourth aunt forced herself to stay here. These are the people who will eat in the canteen later.
Chapter completed!