Chapter 158: National Cooking Competition

Lei Xiangren passed by the door of the old house. He had already gone far and couldn't help but look back at the locked door.

Zhao understood his thoughts, sighed, and gritted his teeth and said: "The owner, we were the fifth child. If he hadn't used a hundred taels of silver to coax us, how could we decide to separate the family? If not, Splitting up, now we are already in the capital for fragrant and spicy food."

Lei Xiangren thought the same as she said, but when she was complained by her mother-in-law, she felt very shameless, and she had to refute, "The fifth official is still just a petty official. What kind of oil and water can he get?"

Pearl stood behind them, carrying two heavy hoes, peeking at the cocoons worn out on her hands, and sighed silently.

"It's better than staying in Shanyao!" Zhao Wo curled his lips. "Our family's money is almost running out. What can we do in the future."

"What? Running out so soon?" Lei glared at her, couldn't believe it.

Zhao's hands on his hips, his eyes widened, "Can I still lie to you? The fifth one gave it to—"

Lei Xiangren interrupted her hurriedly, "Go back and talk about it! Don't see where this is."

The two walked home quickly.

"Pearl, plug in the door!"

"Hey."

Lei Xiangren turned around to look at Pearl, his eyes fell on her straight butt, and he swallowed.

Without realizing it, Zhao took out the key and opened the door of the hall.

"Master, go and wash my face with a basin of water. I'll get the cash box."

"Call it yourself." Lei Xiangren regained his senses, remembered the business, ran into the room, took out a wooden box from the bottom of the suitcase, took off the key hanging on his neck, and opened it. When I saw there were only two in the box With a piece of broken silver and two dozen copper plates, he narrowed his eyes and yelled outside: "Sick lady, what are you talking about! Why don't you come in soon?"

"Come, here." Zhao Shi wiped the water on his face with a facial towel, dissatisfied, "What reminder?"

"Where did you hide your money? I don't believe that the money is left in the house." Lei Xiangren stared at her suspiciously.

Zhao cried for a moment, and then he was so wronged that he slapped his thigh straight, and said, "You kill a thousand knives! When did I hide the money? You don't know how many times you took it? Oh, you can't live this day. It's..."

"Enough!" Lei Xiangren got a headache because of her quarrel, and shook his fingers to calculate the account. He and Zhao were always lazy. Before the separation, they seldom got change work and didn't save a bit of money. At most, they only took advantage of the opportunity to deduct money when Du gave the money to the family or buy vegetables. Next some. The money that was deducted was not saved either. They bought snacks and ate them after a few days. After the separation, Lei Xiangzhi gave one hundred taels plus the 40 taels he got from selling charcoal recipes, and the total was one hundred and forty taels. After building a new house, buying furniture, digging wells, buying jewelry for Zhao, He bought long life locks for Dabao and Erbao, he added a piece of jade pendant himself, Dabao and Erbao studied, and the family made clothes...

Lei Xiangren became more and more frightened, his body froze and his eyes widened. Counting this down, they only have two taels of silver at most! This is no less than a bolt from the blue for him and Zhao, who has developed the bad habit of spending money.

Zhao still had a illusion. Maybe it was the one who killed Qiandao who hid some of the money but beat him back. Seeing that his expression didn't look like a pretense, his heart was tense and he asked anxiously, "How about us? Is the family really out of money?"

Lei Xiangren's face was gloomy, and he said solemnly, "All that is left in the money box..."

Zhao panicked, "You, you didn't hide the money? Then, what should we do in the future?" When she thought that she would be as frugal as a long time ago, those vulgar village women would still look at her with contempt. The whole body was as uncomfortable as if it had thorns.

Lei Xiangren was speechless.

Zhao cried and cried and said: "Why did I follow you such a useless thing? I had known this before, and we shouldn't sell the charcoal-burning recipe, or we should sell it secretly..."

Lei Xiangren's brain flashed brightly, and he smiled yinly, "Ha ha ha..."

Zhao cocked Lanhua to wipe his tears with a handkerchief, and said bitterly, "You can still laugh?"

Lei Xiangren picked up the teapot on the side table and poured himself a cup of tea slowly. There was a sly dim light in his inverted triangle eyes, "The charcoal-burning recipe had been sold out at first-if we Are you afraid that you won't make money if you sell it to a farther place?"

The Zhao family was overjoyed at first, and then he was worried, "Can it work? I remember that the fifth person asked you to stamp your handprint on that document, saying that it was sold to the only family and could not be sold to others."

"As timid as a mouse, it won't make a big thing." Lei gave Renheng a glance at her, disapprovingly, "We sell to a farther place. As long as you say, I don't say, who will know? What's more, our fifth brother and My brother-in-law is now an official, and even the county magistrate personally came to them to congratulate them. If they are discovered, what are they afraid of?"

Zhao's head was dazzled by the money he was about to get, and he nodded repeatedly with joy, "Yes, yes, I think Xianggong is thoughtful!"

No matter how Lei Xiangren and Zhao died.

After Qin Mian was busy with the pastry shop, he began to prepare for the culinary competition.

Strictly speaking, Qin Mian can't compare with other chefs of "professional" background in terms of cooking alone. However, he has several obvious advantages over other cooks: 1. His cooking is more novel than others; 2. His seasoning is better than others; 3. He has spiritual spring water; 4. The ingredients for his competition He will choose the products produced in the space; 5. Since he started practicing, his sense of smell and the passing of fart have been sharper, and the use of seasoning will be more refined than others. Therefore, he has confidence in ManMan in this competition.

However, what should be prepared is to prepare. He wants to make all the contestants and judges amazed by his dishes.

He spent five days observing the four chefs in Shuangshilou to make sure that he at least left some impression of a "cook".

Then, he spent a day setting the menu for the competition, practicing repeatedly to ensure that his cooking movements and steps are proficient and smooth...

Time flew like an arrow, and it was mid-June in a blink of an eye.

There are more and more out-of-towners in Liushui Town, and they all heard that Shuangshilou is about to host a national cooking competition to watch the excitement. The small inns in Liushui Town are full, and even the houses are rented out. The owners of the shops in the town are almost crazy. Some sluggish small shops were already satisfied that they could earn a few tens of cents a day, but now their daily net profit will exceed 200 cents at least, which is more than five or six times the original.

Celebrity chefs from restaurants all over the country rushed to Shuangfanlou.

From June 17th, Shuangshilou will no longer be open to the public, and will only accept people who come to compete.

Registration is closed on June 19th.

Shopkeeper Sun looked at the registration list and slapped the stone. A total of 79 restaurants came to participate in the competition, including those from Xishan Prefecture, Dongshan Prefecture, Beihe Prefecture, Nanhu Prefecture... and even those from Beijing. And know how sensational this cooking competition is.

Qin Mian knows very well that the main purpose of most restaurants willing to participate is the recipe. However, it does not matter why these people come to the competition. What is important is that they come, and they will spare no effort in the game to spice up the recipe, which is enough.

On the morning of June 20th, the leaders of the restaurants sat together to discuss the rules of the game.

Qin Mian directly handed the game rules written by Lei Tie in advance and copied a hundred copies to shopkeeper Sun and asked him to send a copy to each person in charge.

The people in charge looked at the blue-clothed youth who was calm and relaxed, and felt a little uneasy in their hearts, and took a closer look at the rules of the game.

One person read out, "All contestants must come up with enough chips. If they can't win the top five places, the chips belong to the top five restaurants. For example, the chips in Shuangfanlou are Shisanxiang and Shibaxian. The secret recipe, if Shuangshoulou fails to win the top five, the top five restaurants can get the secret recipes of thirteen incense and eighteen fresh. If gold and silver are used as a bargaining chip, each restaurant's bargaining chip is 600 taels... The content of the competition consists of three items. 1. Identify what seasonings are in a certain dish; 2. Make a dish; 3. Make a meat dish... In order to prevent others from using their hands and feet, the ingredients and kitchen utensils should be prepared by themselves... The evaluation of the dishes passed anonymous selection In order to be fair and notarized...

After reading the two pages, everyone could not help but want to wipe a sweat. So detailed rules, there are almost no loopholes to drill! Inexplicably, they all thought that these rules were made by Qin Mian, the little boss of Shuangshoulou. Although the cold-faced man looked scary, he didn't seem to have such a delicate mind.

Qin Mian smiled faintly: "If you have any requirements, you can add to it, and you can also raise any comments."

Zheng Xiangui said: "If gold and silver are used as a bargaining chip, how will the top five be distributed? Evenly?"

"Of course not." Qin Mian said, "Divide all the gold and silver into 15 equal parts. The first place gets five parts, the second place gets four parts, the third place gets three parts, the fourth place gets two parts, and the fourth place gets two parts. Five places get one. Of course, if you feel that if I lose, the top five can get a complete recipe of thirteen incense and eighteen fresh recipes. It's not fair. You can modify the recipe, and the first place will be complete. The recipe, the second place earns a few less——"

Before he finished speaking, someone waved his hand to stop it.

"No, no, follow the original rules. If your restaurant unfortunately falls outside the top five, all the top five can get a complete recipe."

The others agreed. They don't take the newly-developed double restaurant in their eyes, but there are no shortage of time-honored restaurants in other participating restaurants, and no one dares to say that they must take first place, or it is better to share with five people.

Another person raised objections, "Cooking skills include not only the level of cooking, but also the requirements for knife skills. Should knife skills be added to the competition?"

Many people echoed this statement.

Qin Mian shook his head, "Even if the dishes are cut nicely and the taste is wrong, they will still be unpalatable. Therefore, I don't think it is necessary. If you insist on adding this item, I can only abstain regretfully."

Everyone's mouth twitched. Does this mean that it is impossible to increase knife skills?

Everyone can't but compromise on this point.

Jin Changan from the Beijing restaurant stood up, "Regarding the judgment of the competition, Jin wants to introduce three people to you first."

Everyone had already noticed the three old men who were sitting behind him.

Jin Changan handed over to one of the elders in his 50s, "This is Lao Liu who has been an imperial cook for more than ten years. His name is Yunwei. I must have heard of it."

When the voice fell, many people showed surprise and joy on their faces. Almost no one in the restaurant business has never heard of Liu Lao's name. No one suspects that someone is impersonating. After all, you need to be convincing when commenting.

Everyone stood up and saluted.

Old Liu chuckled, kind and affectionate, and raised his hand: "You don't need to be polite. The old man happened to be in the capital when he heard the news, so he and Boss Jin came to join in the fun. If you can trust the old man, the old man will look at him. ) Make a judgment."

Everyone said they could believe it, and they all looked at Qin Mian, for fear that he would be "being stubborn" again.

Qin Mian arched his hands and said: "It is my fortune to have Liu Lao sitting in town. Please Liu Lao must give the kid a chance to entertain you."

"Easy to say, easy to say." Liu Yun said with a smile.

Jin Changan introduced two other elders, one is Gu Lao and the other is Wen Lao, both of whom are friends of Liu Lao. Both were once famous chefs of a generation, but have now retired.

After everyone discussed some details, the final rule was finalized, a copy of it was copied, and it was posted on the wall.

The afternoon of the 20th and the 21st are reserved for participants to familiarize themselves with the competition venue and order ingredients.