books44 Chapter 307 Lettuce Wraps with Meat
Chapter 307 Lettuce Wraps with Meat
At that moment, a faint smell of burning came from the barbecue grill.
"Sis, grilled fish! Grilled fish!"
The fish was about to succumb to the heat, so Lin Lanshan, the song-editing master, didn't have time to continue editing the song. She quickly picked up the grilled fish skewered on two iron skewers from the grill and smelled it.
Hmm, not bad, not burnt, smells nice and slightly caramelized, just right.
Lin Chunyi put down what she was holding. "Hmm, let's ignore them. The broth in the hot pot is almost gone. I'll go to the kitchen to ladle some broth to add to it, and then we can continue eating."
She stepped over the threshold, and before she had even left the main room, she heard her younger sister shout angrily:
"Hush, hush, hush! You're all eating from your own bowls, there's no fish for you! If you push your luck any further, I'll tie your mouths shut, then hang you up and watch us eat!"
"Quack...!"
However, she had no idea what the two goslings were cawing about in such a hurry.
Lin Chunyi went into the kitchen, brought out a pot of mutton bone soup that was warming on the wood-fired stove, and then came out of the kitchen.
The snow was still falling in the yard, swirling and dancing in the wind.
This snow is so beautiful.
She couldn't help but stop and look at the sky, silently wishing herself that this year would be even better!
"Sis, come quick! I've made you a giant lettuce wrap with meat!" Lin Lanshan ran out, holding something in her hand like a treasure.
Lin Chunyi looked down and her pupils trembled slightly.
What my sister is holding is a bundle of lettuce wrapped around meat, so full that it's almost bursting at the seams because it's been stuffed with too much grilled meat. It's cracked and stretched everywhere.
Looking at the "tattered" clump of lettuce, she felt for the first time that being born as lettuce was somewhat pitiful...
She pursed her lips and said, "If you don't want to eat lettuce, you don't have to. There's no need to make it so difficult for it."
It's not a balloon that can expand or shrink at will...
"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Grilled meat tastes best when it's wrapped in lettuce! This is a lovingly wrapped lettuce dish that I made especially for you, it's all made with love."
Don't be fooled by the fact that it's just a small piece of lettuce on the outside; I actually wrapped two skewers of grilled meat inside!
She couldn't get it to come together at first, so she had to squeeze it several times before she finally managed to make it into a ball, hehe!
So Lin Chunyi changed her approach and asked seriously, "Hmm~ So where do you think I should start biting to make it easier to win?"
Forget about heart-shaped ones, even if it were from Wang Wei's poem, she wouldn't have the ability to stuff a fist-sized lettuce wrap filled with meat directly into her mouth!
If there were a ranking system for lettuce wraps with meat, this would at least be a top-tier, almost superhuman, character...
"Hey, this is so easy! Come on, watch me!"
Lin Lanshan stretched her facial muscles, then opened her "abyssal maw," took a bite of half of the lettuce wrap with meat, and then took another bite, putting the whole thing into her mouth.
Her mouth was stuffed full of food, and her cheeks were bulging.
To put it nicely, it's like a hamster that's already stockpiled food in its mouth.
To put it bluntly, it's like a gourd ladle that's round and thin at the top and round and plump at the bottom...
And so it went, still slurring her words, she said with a proud look on her face, "How, how, I've learned it."
Speaking seems a bit difficult; let me chew for a bit first:
"Is it done? That's it, like this..."
No, it still seems a bit difficult. Chew a couple more times, then continue speaking incoherently:
"food!"
Lin Chunyi stood there, watching the live-streaming performance of this "extraordinary person eating like this" with wide eyes.
It looked like they were grimacing and their faces were contorted.
Heaven knows why she was there, watching her sister perform "Big Mouth King"!
She was in so much pain that her face was twitching, and her hands were gripping the edge of the bowl so tightly that the soup was shaking.
And for some reason, she suddenly felt a little full, and even felt a little nauseous...
Lin Chunyi tucked the soup bowl to her side, freeing one hand to cover her sister's face, and said, "You'd better not talk, finish chewing before you speak." Then she slipped into the house.
She was genuinely afraid of getting sprayed with meat if she stayed any longer (?_?)
Lin Lanshan chewed the meat in her mouth quickly and swallowed it in a few bites. "Oops, I accidentally finished it! Sis, wait for me, I'll wrap you a bigger one right away!"
"..." Honestly, isn't having one such abstract person in a family enough?
Lin Chunyi quickly poured the soup into the hot pot, then picked up a strawberry to eat. "No need, no need, you can eat it yourself. I don't really want to eat barbecue right now, it's a bit too greasy..."
Hmm, it's sweet and sour, which really soothes her upset stomach!
The two sisters ate their New Year's Eve dinner slowly for almost an hour before finishing.
After dinner,
The table was a mess, with plates scattered here and there and a pile of metal skewers everywhere. The oil droplets that had accidentally dripped while picking up food had already solidified and were scattered all over the table, the edges of the plates, and the unfinished dishes.
The mess on the table was a stark contrast to how neatly it had looked when we first started eating.
The broth in the hot pot had stopped boiling and a thick layer of red oil had begun to solidify on the surface.
The barbecue grill on the table had already been extinguished, and large patches of blackened food were stuck to the iron grill wire, making it look very difficult to scrub off.
The two people sat in chairs, both leaning back in the same position with their heads as pillows.
Judging from their appearance, they were full, tired, and sleepy...
Under the table, Peach, Reunion and Peace, and Silly Egg, having eaten and drunk their fill, were nodding off and starting to doze off.
There was indeed a lot of leftover food on the table; the two sisters ate less than half of it.
They've been busy from morning till night these past two days, preparing hot pot and barbecue together—even the biggest stomach couldn't finish it all.
But it's good if we can't finish it!
For New Year's Eve dinner, you need to prepare more dishes than usual, so you can't eat them all at once.
The tradition is that the more food left on the table, the more surplus you will have in the coming year. Especially with fish, it's essential to leave the head and tail, symbolizing abundance year after year, a complete and prosperous year! (The above represents customs in some regions only and is not absolute; please respect the different customs of each place!)
"But we have so much left, this, and this, it's way too much!" Lin Lanshan, without anyone noticing, found a small clean spot on the table and rested her elbow on it. She slumped over, pointing at the remaining food on the table.
"Isn't this good? It means we'll have plenty of food and money this year!" Lin Chunyi said, leaning back in her chair with her eyes closed.
"That makes sense, doesn't it?"
Looking at the pot full of red oil and the red oil splatters on the table, Lin Lanshan found it hard to imagine eating such food for several days in a row.
She felt that her anus probably, maybe, just might not be able to hold on much longer...
So, with trembling hands, he took a piece of lettuce and stuffed it into his mouth:
My apologies! My love for spicy food is not intentional, it's just my nature. I hope this piece of lettuce can help me get through this ordeal!