After quitting sports, I became a chef

When Su Bai and his group returned to the Asian Games Village with an aftertaste of excitement, the official Weibo of the national track and field team had just posted the good news about the Asian Games 400m event on Weibo.

国家田径队：【#雅加达亚运田径时刻#在雅加达时间今晚9点结束的亚运男子400米半决赛中,我国选手张子义和邱文分别以各自半决赛小组第一和第二成绩斩获亚运会男子400米决赛的参赛资格！这是我国男子400米短跑项目历史上首次同时有两位选手闯入亚运决赛圈,同时也是首次有选手以半决赛小组第一的成绩闯入决赛圈！让我们真诚地祝贺这两位为我国400米项目创造历史的选手,同时也祝福他们，希望他们能够在决赛之中再创奇迹！】

This period of time is the peak period of the Asian Games topic. Compared with the news of winning gold medals in other sports, the good news of the men's 400-meter sprint seems to be "two runners entered the final at the same time", which seems to be no big deal. Most passers-by saw this news and just passed it by, but for those who really understand the track and field project, such a result is a remarkable progress!

The domestic track and field circles, especially some teams in the track and field competition, were all refreshed after seeing the results of the national team. Hang an exciting banner outside the track team's base.

【Do you see it?For the first time, two members of the national track and field team broke into the men's 400-meter sprint finals at the same time!One of the players is from our team! 】

【Do you see it?Bringing such good results to the national team's 400-meter event, and such an awesome coach are also from our team! 】

He Yishen, Zhao Heping, and Li Peisheng, the director of the provincial track and field team, and others were watching the live broadcast while showing a gratified old father's smile.

They all watched Qiu Wen transfer from the 100-meter and 200-meter part-time events, and watched him go from unsatisfactory performance before the transfer to the explosion all the way after the transfer. The gap between the changes is as if I witnessed the birth of a miracle with my own eyes.

On the Internet, after the official Weibo of the track and field national team pushed the news, this news had already been overwhelmed by other Asian Games-related news, but suddenly the reading volume of this news skyrocketed, and it also attracted many passers-by .

It turned out that the track and field fan who had been chatting with passers-by on Weibo earlier bought a fan headline for this news, and he didn’t know what to buy. Anyway, compared to before, the discussion on Weibo suddenly became hotter. Not a lot.

And click on the track and field fan Weibo page called "The Great Sage Runs Fast", and you can see that he himself has reposted a Weibo posted by the national team first.

The Great Sage ran fast: [Zhang Shuai is awesome! !Xiaoqiu is amazing! ! !Don't say anything, I went downstairs and ran a lap and just calmed down. This time the Asian Games 400-meter semi-final is the most enjoyable time I have seen our domestic athletes run in my life!I admit that the previous interview with Coach Su may not be exaggerating. Half of the goal given by Coach Su has been achieved now, and I am looking forward to the other half now!As long as the remaining half of the goal can be achieved... No, as long as our 4*400m relay team can break into the top four in this competition, the bets I owed back then will be fulfilled one by one!Today, let’s buy a wave of headlines and buzz for our national team. It’s nothing to say, Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu will cheer for the final tomorrow!Come on Chinese sprint! ! 】

As soon as this track and field fan's content was released, many passers-by also remembered the betting incident between passers-by and track and field fans that was somewhat popular on Weibo not long ago. After such a review, everyone knew-oh, the 400-meter sprint event of the Chinese team Both contestants have entered the finals, and this seems to be the first time in history!

Passers-by who had eaten a melon before all laughed under the Weibo of 'Dasheng', and as a famous iron fan in the track and field circle, after 'Dasheng' posted the blog, the track and field fans in the track and field circle Most of them also came to join in the fun, and wished him a smooth shooting of the video, and he threw a series of angry expressions of blowing his head with his backhand.

When I was discussing the results of this 400-meter event on the Internet or domestically, Su Bai and others were already sitting in the small restaurant of their building in the Asian Games Village. This time, it was not just the 400-meter track team. The contestants of the event, old acquaintances like Wang Shen, Cui Luoheng, Jiang Wentao, Pei Jin'an, and Wang Ting came back to this small restaurant because they came back by the same bus and didn't have enough chats on the way.

The staff of the national team went out to help collect a lot of ingredients as early as in the morning. At this moment, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Pei Jinan and the others, a dozen or so people were chatting in the restaurant, while Su Bai was in this small restaurant. The back kitchen was busy.

The ingredients here in the back kitchen are purchased directly from the logistics-related working group of the Asian Games by the staff of the national team who received the procurement demand at noon. There is no need to worry about the safety of the ingredients. After purchasing some of them according to the list listed by Su Bai , which also contains some local specialty ingredients such as coconuts.

At this hour, it is already past 10 o'clock in the night, and the coaches like Pei Jinan don't care. Considering the condition of the athletes the next day, Su Bai only intends to make some simple, time-consuming, digestible, and non-irritating food to give everyone a cushion Stomach, by the way, add a little energy.

In the restaurant, Pei Jin'an and the others were chatting, and they talked about Su Bai who was still in the back kitchen.

"Oh, we brought coach Xiaobai here, but we didn't expect to bring a team chef?" Jiang Wentao turned his head and glanced at Su Bai who was busy in the back kitchen, with a smile on his face.

Hearing Jiang Wentao's words, Zhang Ziyi also smiled beside him, and he added: "Probably not only a chef accompanying the team, but also a state banquet chef accompanying the team."

"Hey! Chef of the state banquet?" Jiang Wentao frowned: "Look at this, you guys think highly of Coach Su's culinary skills!"

Hearing this topic, Qiu Wen, who was originally a bit listless, immediately raised his head and raised his chest: "Our little white cook is awesome!"

As soon as Qiu Wen said this, the surrounding 400-meter runners also nodded one after another—it was because of Su Bai's cooking skills that they couldn't completely classify him as an angel or a devil during the training period. .

Let’s call him an angel. After Su Bai airborne to the national team, the first move he played really made them unforgettable. Call him a devil. Every night, the supper can’t be stopped, and the smell is really hard to bear. stop.

Pei Jin'an also smiled at the side: "Don't tell me, Wu Shengping went to the track and field team of Province S for a few days to communicate, and when he came back, he praised us, saying that the track and field team of Province S is really amazing, isn't it? It’s his culinary skills, and even his vision for watching 400-meter runners.”

Needless to say, the person Wu Shengping was talking about was naturally Su Bai.

"Haha, then we have to look forward to Coach Xiaosu's skills!" Jiang Wentao also laughed when he heard this.

While talking and joking, more than ten minutes passed, and gradually, a faint fragrance began to come from the direction of the back kitchen of the small restaurant, which seemed to have the sweetness of coconut and other fresh fragrances.

From the moment the smell of food from the back kitchen came out, everyone in the restaurant became a little distracted chatting, and Qiu Wen, who was originally a bit listless, also seemed to be gradually awakened by the food, and regained his energy.

Zhang Ziyi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qiu Wen cheer up again.

In tonight's game, Qiu Wen not only won the promotion spot in the final, but also opened the 46-second mark. The two good things of promotion and personal pb refresh collided at the same time, but Qiu Wen has been a little listless. Zhang Ziyi originally thought that Qiu Wen was depressed that he failed to win the first place in the group, but Qiu Wen's entanglement did not lie in this.

[Well, this is my first year of practicing the 400-meter event. I should have been very happy to have such a result. I just regret it. I thought too much before the competition...Xiaobai told me before, don Think too much, just concentrate on the game. Just now in the semifinals, after I didn’t think about other things in my mind, I felt much better when I ran...]

【Oh, I just regret it, if I didn't think so much in the beginning...】

This is saying...

Zhang Ziyi originally thought that Qiu Wen was disappointed because of his grades or ranking, so maybe he could comfort him, but now Qiu Wen's loss was purely due to competition with himself, so it was difficult for him to interrupt.

Fortunately, Qiu Wen seems to have recovered now.

On the side, Wang Shen, a pure fan party who had nothing to do with the Su Bai project, saw Zhang Ziyi's worry about Qiu Wen, so he approached Zhang Ziyi with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said to him with a smile: "Don't worry about Qiu Wen, he is a dog. If there is something unhappy, eat a meal made by Xiaobai and you will be fine. If there is any problem that cannot be solved with a meal, it will be fine if you have another meal." .”

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Although Zhang Ziyi felt that Wang Shen's words were a little outrageous, but seeing Qiu Wen staring at the direction of the back kitchen of the restaurant, he deeply felt that Wang Shen's words were really true.

While thinking wildly, Zhang Ziyi saw Cui Luoheng from the corner of his eye - the guy who followed all the way to the cafeteria also said nothing on the way.

But, right now... Seeing his serious face, but the corner of his eye also looked at the back kitchen, Zhang Ziyi, an ordinary human being, suddenly felt that there might be more than one dog in the track and field team.

……

Wait, these two dogs are brought by Su Bai from the track and field team of province S, so maybe this is the characteristic of the track and field team of province S?

The aroma in the back kitchen is not particularly strong and greasy, perhaps because coconut is used in today's ingredients, so the air in the whole restaurant is covered with a layer of faint coconut fragrance, occasionally mixed with a trace of coconut The slight acidity of lemon brings a different kind of stimulation to this sweet fragrance.

When Su Bai started the fire in the back kitchen, he chose simple and easy-to-cook meals, and when all the food came out of the pan, it was not too late.

When the late-night snack prepared by him was delivered to the table in the restaurant, everyone present couldn't wait for it, and immediately started eating with their own portion of the late-night snack.

There are 3 dishes in this simple supper, which are sweet and sour lemon prawns, coconut milk egg custard and a bowl of seafood noodles. Open, pour a layer of special sweet and sour sauce, it looks bright in color, and there is also a sea salt dipping sauce next to the plate.

These prawns are fresh and tender, and the prawns are chewy when bitten down. There is also a hint of lemon fragrance in them, which is very refreshing and appetizing with the sweet and sour sauce.

Egg custard is also a food that Su Bai often makes. Simple nutrition does not burden the stomach. The faint scent of coconut milk and the taste of eggs are well blended. It not only has the sweetness of coconut milk, but also dilutes the subtle fishy smell in the eggs, making it more palatable to eat.

Among the 3 meals, the only one with a large portion is the last seafood noodle. This seafood noodle is filled with squid silk, fresh shrimp, clams, and green vegetables. The seafood noodle pursues freshness and refreshing The soup base is paired with freshly boiled fresh ingredients, just take a sip of the hot soup, and the umami taste of the soup will pour into your mouth at the same time.

There is also a hint of white pepper in the soup. When you drink the soup with the slight peppery taste, it feels like the season of early summer. After a brisk exercise, a thin layer of sweat evaporates from the whole body, which is a joy.

Take a sip of the hot and delicious seafood clear soup, and then take a bite of the springy round noodles. Just bite into the same springy squid tendrils in the soup bowl. The tender and smooth taste is simply irresistible.

A bowl of seafood noodles, a serving of sweet and sour lemon shrimp, and finally a coconut milk egg custard. There are obviously few ingredients, but the taste of eating is indeed progressive and different.

Among the people here, some people like to eat noodles, and occasionally have sweet and sour lemon shrimp, hot for a while, refreshing for a while, and finally have a mouthful of stuffed coconut milk egg custard, and some people like to pick up a plate of dishes and eat until the end Change to another and continue to eat.

But no matter which way they eat, they all eat very happily, and there is always a feeling of unfinished business at the end.

When Jiang Wentao listened to the discussions of the track and field team at the beginning, he thought they were exaggerating, but after eating Su Bai's meal, he finally understood—how could this be exaggeration?It is true that only after eating a meal in person can you feel the charm of these foods.

Jiang Wentao didn't put down the spoon until he finished scraping the last spoonful of coconut milk egg custard in the coconut shell, and looked at Su Bai with emotion.

"Coach Xiao Su, you have nothing to say about this midnight snack, bull!"

Pei Jin'an and Wang Ting, who were sitting next to him, had just finished eating. After Wang Ting finished eating, he immediately thought of something and turned to look at his lover Zhang Ziyi.

"...Ziyi." Wang Ting looked at him: "Just now, you mean that Coach Xiao Su prepares these suppers for you every night?"

After Zhang Ziyi drank the last sip of soup in his soup bowl, he was stunned for a moment when he heard Wang Ting's question, and then nodded.

Wang Ting silently continued to look at his beloved disciple, with a subtle envious look on his face.

Even Wang Shen turned his head to look at Su Bai with a smile after he finished eating: "Xiao Bai, why don't you see if I have any talent for sprinting? Why don't you accept me as your apprentice too?"

Wang Shen was obviously joking, and just as he said this, Jiang Wentao who was next to him told him to 'play nonsense'.

After Qiu Wen finished eating the food in front of him, he still looked at Su Bai eagerly: "Xiaobai... I'm mentally traumatized today, I think I need two midnight snacks to heal my traumatized heart!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a 2 word comparison.

Seeing Qiu Wen's pitiful performance, Zhou Xu next to him couldn't stand it any longer, and complained dumbfoundingly: "Xiao Qiu, you feel traumatized even if you advance to the second place in the semi-final group, and the one who was overtaken by you How is that McKnight going to live?"

In today's competition, McKnight's performance in the first half was already very good. His final semi-final time was 46 seconds. It can be said that if it wasn't for Qiu Wen's catch-up and Qiu Wen's performance that exceeded his expectations, So as long as he keeps his original form, McKnight can definitely open the 03-second mark of the season in tonight's game.

As a result, because of Qiu Wen's rapid progress in the middle of the game, McKnight's state was unbalanced. Although the final score could enter the final, he still failed to break the 46-second mark of this season. It can be said to be quite a pity.

Qiu Wen's brain circuit is very clear at this time, he dumped the pot seriously: "My heart was hurt because I was not in a good state at the beginning of the game, and it has nothing to do with others, so McKnight's problem shouldn't be dumped on me. superior!"

Zhang Chang also laughed when he heard this: "Huh? Xiaoqiu, that's not right. Why did I see that after the semi-finals, there was a person on the field who kept staring at Roger?"

Qiu Wen was still full of justice when he heard this: "Roger is the opponent I will definitely defeat in the future! I can only identify him and defeat him after I remember what he looks like!"

In the restaurant, because of tonight's semi-final 400-meter event victory, the atmosphere among everyone seemed very relaxed and harmonious. When Su Bai turned his head inadvertently, he saw Cui Luoheng's calm face listening to Qiu Wenna. When he said the words of throwing the pot away, his eyes seemed to move slightly, as if he was thinking about the meaning of this sentence, but it seemed that in just a blink of an eye, the look in Cui Luoheng's eyes became firmer again.

That night, after eating supper, everyone returned to their own dormitories, ready to take a good rest.

The staff of the Asian Games Village helped clean up the food waste in the back kitchen. Su Bai didn't need to bother too much, and walked to the floor of the coach dormitory with Wang Ting, Pei Jin'an and others who were also coaches.

On the way back to the dormitory, Pei Jinan still had anticipation in his eyes: "Coach Xiao Su, tomorrow night is the 400-meter final. What do you think, we have both Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen in the final this time? Tomorrow's competition , do we have any hope of hitting the medal?"

The Asian Games medal in the 400-meter sprint event was something that Pei Jinan did not dare to think about in the past, but Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wenshuang both ran in 46 seconds in the semi-finals, especially Zhang Ziyi refreshed his personal pb and ran 45 seconds. After the good result of 52 seconds, even Pei Jin'an couldn't help but began to want to see if he could touch the three long-awaited medals in this event.

When Su Bai heard this question, he also fell into a brief silence.

Of course he knows that the 400-meter sprint event has been longing for a first-tier Asian medal in the Asian Games for a long time, but one of the charms of competitive sports lies in its infinite possibilities.

After the 3 semi-finals in the evening, the list of the finals has been officially determined. According to the ranking order of the semi-finals, they are: Annans (Indonesia, 45 seconds), Roger (Qatar, 28 seconds), Zhang Ziyi (China , 45 seconds 31), Lakasa (Bahrain, 45 seconds 52), Qiu Wen (China, 45 seconds 52), Reginald (Indonesia, 45 seconds 90), Mike Knight (Bahrain, 45 seconds 96), Yota Aso (Japan, 46 seconds).

Judging from this ranking, Zhang Ziyi seems to have the qualifications to compete for medals, but in fact, only Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen have pb on the back of the results in this list, that is to say, other players have no They have run their best performances, and their best performances are likely to far exceed Zhang Ziyi's pb, just like McKnight whose rhythm was out of balance because of Qiu Wen in tonight's game.

After reviewing the list of finals again, Su Bai finally frowned and said, "Stability, the finals tomorrow night will mainly depend on how stable each player's performance will be."

"It is foreseeable that two players from our team will enter the finals. This unprecedented situation will definitely arouse the vigilance of other players, and may even stimulate their enthusiasm because of their overestimation of our strength. Competitive state, running better results than we expected."

Hearing Su Bai's words, Pei Jin'an's face also turned serious——Athletes, the stimulation and promotion of the competitive state are relative. Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wenhui are excited because they came to the Asian Games, and they ran out of good results that they did not have in the past. Others Players will also be wary of Chinese players because of their performance.

Pei Jin'an and Jiang Wentao, who were originally excited about the results of tonight's semi-finals, also frowned now, and went downstairs again with their hearts floating.

Jiang Wentao made the final decision: "Our 400-meter individual task this time can be said to have been overfulfilled. In this case, don't put too much pressure on the players tomorrow. Just do your best and reflect our sportsmanship. Out of state, out of demeanor, that is good!"

With such a mood, and an unavoidable sliver of anticipation in my heart, the night of this day passed quietly, and when the sun rose the next day, the men's 400-meter final of the Jakarta Asian Games will also start in the evening of this day!