The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

All the disciples and grandchildren of Mr. Zou downstairs have finished their 10-minute quick fry, and are now reunited here, waiting for the final judgment of the master and uncle upstairs.

Among the waiting crowd, everyone has various expressions on their faces.

There are those who know that the dishes they fry are flawed, so they frown on the sidelines, those who feel that the dishes they fry are okay, and those who are anxiously looking forward to it, and those who are big-hearted know that they will never be selected by virtue of their craftsmanship, so they wait leisurely for the result of.

Among them, Chef Bao and the foreigner George are conspicuous, because they are too tall, they stand out from the crowd, and the expressions on their faces are indifferent, making it difficult to understand what they are thinking.

There is also Zou Huhu. Among his peers, he was the first group to enter and come out of the first group. However, this person's performance did not seem to be participating in Doucai at all. Instead, he seemed to be here for an outing. Within hours, he had already eaten three plates of refreshments brought by the waiter.

According to the regulations of Doucai, before the result comes out, the personnel participating in Doucai are not allowed to chat with other people at will.

Therefore, these disciples and grandchildren basically gathered on the first floor, drinking tea and chatting, and communicating with each other and discussing some cooking matters by the way.

However, it was different from Doucai's time. Now they had revealed all the number plates they had drawn and hung them on their waists.

After waiting for a few more minutes, Master Zou who went in to inquire about the result came out and said loudly: "I have read the number, whoever holds it, please go to the third floor."

Immediately, a series of numbers came out of his mouth one by one.

Sitting on the second floor, Zhou Quan nervously looked at the people who walked out of the crowd and went up to the second floor, including Zou Huli, Senior Brother, Junior Brother Dou, and a few people he didn't know. They should not be directly related to Chef Bao. Fellow.

Soon the foreign chef George, who was forced into by Aunt Chef Bao, was also called up to the third floor, and then Chef Bao walked out of the crowd and went up to the third floor calmly.

Looking at the stalwart figure, Zhou Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

That's great, Brother Baoyan successfully made it to the third floor. Although he knew that he would be fine as long as he didn't let the water go through with sincerity, but before the result was announced, he still had no idea.

That feeling is like knowing that you will get a good grade in the college entrance examination, but no one dares to say the result if the score does not come out.

Following Chef Bao, several more people went up to the third floor, Zhou Quan counted silently in his heart, and there were ten people in total who went up to the third floor.

There were ninety people downstairs, but only ten people went up to the third floor. The elimination rate was 90.00%. It is worthy of being a master who can train batch after batch of top chefs. The rules are really perverted.

Master Zou looked at the ten juniors on the stage with a very pleased expression. These people will be the mainstay of the master in the future. No matter whether they are in the Mingyue Tower or not, whether they contribute to the restaurant or not, Master Zou is happy for them.

After seeing these successful people, Master Zou turned his attention to the children who were still waiting downstairs, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart when he saw their panicked or disappointed faces.

In fact, some of these children are also very good, and the dishes they cook can be scored at least [-] points.

It's just a pity that there is only one Mingyue Tower, and there is only one ancient recipe that symbolizes the inheritance of Shimen, so we can only choose the best from the best.

Looking at the current situation, those people downstairs almost guessed what the result would be, so they were all a little downcast.

Master Zou cleared his throat, and said softly: "In the first round of Doucai, the ones upstairs stood out, and the masters and nephews downstairs, please don't be discouraged. You can show your style in the chef world."

After reassuring the juniors who were not selected, Master Zou said to the selected ones: "Today's Doucai has come to an end, tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, please come on time."

The curtain fell on the first round of fighting vegetables, and everyone came out of Mingyue Tower in a single file. Although it was night, it was not yet time to rest. Therefore, after leaving Mingyue Tower, many acquaintances, relatives and friends gathered together Meet for supper together.

However, Chef Bao and the others were not in such a mood. The senior brothers got together and said a few words, and then those who lost the election didn't want to bother, and left one after another. Originally, only eight senior brothers were left. four.

It has to be said that master Zou taught his apprentices really well. Among the ten promoted personnel, four came from his disciples.

Moreover, several of his senior apprentices, the boss, the second child, and the fourth child have all successfully qualified for tomorrow's competition, and the remaining one is Junior Brother Dou who has a somewhat detached personality.

Zou Huhu showed his congratulations to the other seniors, and then followed his mother back to the hotel ahead of schedule. Along with them was the foreign apprentice of Aunt Gu Li.

The rest of the people, including their family members, didn't want to take a car, so they all went back for a walk.

Chef Bao in the hotel at night continued to communicate with foreign companies on the computer, explaining some incomprehensible things on the new dishes for the chefs there, with a calm attitude, it was impossible to see that he was just breaking the siege. And tomorrow is very likely to meet the 'bad fight' people.

The two old men who had sent away their disciples, disciples, grandchildren, relatives and friends in Mingyue Tower were frowning, discussing with each other how to continue tomorrow's Doucai.

"Brother, I thought that after the end of Doucai this time, there would be no more than five people left behind, but now there are ten apprentices and grandchildren who have stayed with their strength. If this is the case, the main course we prepared for Doucai The raw materials are not enough, what can we do?"

Mr. Zou was also scratching his head when he heard the words. It would be difficult for him if this younger generation is not outstanding, and it would be difficult for him if he is too outstanding.

But just like the younger brother said, there are only so many main ingredients prepared for the last part of Doucai, and it is too late to find them now, and the children cannot be divided into two groups to cook different dishes. How can this reflect fairness?

After thinking about it, Mr. Zou finally had no choice but to say: "Otherwise there will be an extra match?"

"But Doucai has always only had two rounds, and there has never been an extra round."

"However, the number of people participating in the second round has never exceeded 6 people. Our raw materials are really not ready, and half of the people can't watch more than the other half."

"Otherwise, you're going to try another round of quick frying?"

"It's useless. Isn't our scoring standard high enough in the first round? Didn't these guys make it through, and it's the same if they try again. Anyone who can pass the quick fire once has the ability to pass the second time."

"What can we do then?"

After thinking about it for a while, Mr. Zou waved his hand and called his junior brother over and said, "Since it's not a regular fight, it's not suitable for us to come up with the questions for the extra competition. Call Lao Xiao over and let him come up with the questions as the judges. Surely no one will have anything to say." .”

So the next day, when Chef Bao and his other senior brothers stood in the middle of the lobby of Mingyue Building again in neat chef uniforms, they were surprised to find that there were more an old man.

The old man was no stranger to everyone, so it was unavoidable that he was a little surprised.

Looking at the surprised or confused eyes of the people on the first and second floors, Mr. Xiao smiled and asked: "Why, I didn't expect me to come? Don't think that some of you can avoid me by taking the exam elsewhere. fall back into my hand."

This Mr. Xiao is the teaching director of Mr. Zou's culinary school and also a director of the chef association.

In terms of cooking skills, he can only be regarded as first-class, not top-notch, but he has a particularly picky tongue, so he is a well-known gourmet in the industry.

Mr. Zou has very strict requirements on his apprentices and grandchildren. Chef Bao and his brothers have basically learned basic skills in the culinary school of their ancestors, and Lao Xiao is their main examiner.

Because of his keen sense of taste, this person had very high requirements when he was taking the college entrance examination. As long as they thought of the weird requirements of this teacher at that time, everyone felt the back of the spine.

"Haha, looking at your expressions, why do you feel like you have seen a ghost? You can rest assured that I am still me, and my temper will not change. This time I was invited to come here to trouble you."

Zhou Quan, who was sitting in the same position on the second floor, was stunned when he heard this. It was the first time he met such a guy who said that he came here to trouble you.

Unlike Zhou Quan, Chef Bao and his fellow apprentices have long been aware of this teacher's temper, and there is nothing they can do but smile wryly.

Looking at the old-fashioned watch on his wrist, the pointer of the time has gradually pointed to eight o'clock, Xiao Lao put away his joking expression and said seriously: "Let's gossip, if you want to enter the next round of Doucai, you must let I am satisfied. It is well known that I am a mouthy person, but this is not my wish. The taste is so keen that I can taste even a little bit of peculiar smell in the ingredients. For this reason, I don’t like meat, let alone I love to eat everything in the water, because many things that are fresh to others are smelly to me, even if I use heavy seasoning to cover them up, as long as I have them, I can eat them. But if you want to leave today Going up to the third floor, you have to make a dish that I can eat without losing its original taste, this is the title of your competition."

No one knew about this topic beforehand, and even Mr. Zou and Mr. Qi couldn't help but look at each other after hearing about it.

This old Xiao has a keen sense of taste that is not like ordinary people. Once when they were eating out, he ordered a dish of vinegared potato shreds. After eating, he insisted that the other party added sea prawns to it. When cooking, I accidentally dropped a piece of dried shrimp.

But it was a cook who picked it up immediately after he found it, but even so, he still ate the little bit of freshness under the cover of the sour taste of vinegar potato shreds. Not only did he eat it, he also accurately He said what it was, so he got a nickname called 'Old Pea Xiao'.

With such a mouth, it is really impolite to ask someone to cook river seafood for him. If he wants to keep the original taste but not taste the peculiar smell.

You must know that it is river fish, the kind with the strongest earthy smell among all aquatic products. This person really came here to make trouble for Chef Bao and the others just as he said just now.