Liuxiang

I don't know since when, every day has become the same.

When he opened his eyes on the bed again, Manager Zhou looked at the gray ceiling and thought of it unexpectedly.

Her eyes rolled slightly, from the ceiling, to the curtains covering the windows, to the empty big bed.

Everything is very familiar.

Everything is not so familiar.

She closed her eyes again.

Tiredness came in waves like tides, washing the body, and setting off turbulent waves in the mind.

Perhaps there is such a journey in human life.

Tired to death but unable to sleep.

Every day you want to discover something new, but in the end you've seen everything new.

Thinking ability drops sharply and I don't know what I'm doing.

I would rather be a plant, as long as I bask in the sun and drink water, I can survive...

Manager Zhou cheered up.

She got up from the bed, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and ate breakfast step by step, and covered her thick dark circles and puffy cheeks with thick foundation.

Then she was about to drive to work, but accidentally found an unsigned letter under the door.

The letter was not sealed, so Manager Zhou opened it and took a look, then tore it up and threw it away as if nothing had happened.

She already knew about this kind of thing.

Yi Baitang kept his word.

Early the next morning, he ignored Shang Huaiyan who was hesitant to speak the whole time, packed his things, and started his work of going out to collect materials.

Painters go out to collect materials from life, photographs go out to collect materials from travel, chefs go out to collect materials, of course, they go to restaurants and restaurants in the streets and alleys to taste the skills of new chefs and the signature dishes of each family.

Yi Baitang had already planned the scope and route of this trip to collect materials.

He first went to a city near the capital.

A new restaurant opened in this city, which is Kaiseki cuisine from Japan.

Yi Baitang came to this restaurant to taste the delicious food.

In the center of the rough black plate, crystal rice grains are distinct and crystal clear, covered with a layer of salmon meat, as if marble-like white patterns surround the fish meat, and the last bit of milky white, like the white tail of a red fox, gently drags on the plate.

There is also a small paper fan inserted on the sushi.

The paper fan is black with finely divided cherry blossom patterns on it.

Next to the paper fan are three small plates.

Wasabi, soy sauce, and ginger juice specially made by the chef during the cherry blossom season are placed on the plate.

Outside the two Japanese-style sliding doors, there is a small courtyard with luxuriant flowers and trees and gurgling water. An old cat is lying on the stone lamp of the Liujiao Pavilion, staring at the people in the house with mandarin duck eyes, and flicking its tail from time to time to drive away. The bugs around me.

Yi Baitang picked up the sushi on the plate.

He dips the sushi into his mouth and tastes it.

The taste of the dipping sauce immediately stimulates the taste buds, followed by the tenderness of the fish and the fullness of the rice.

The taste of the dipping material is like the core, while the sweet and slightly sour food itself wraps it gently like a film, making the two perfectly integrated.

Yi Baitang pondered for a moment after finishing the food, raised his eyes and asked:

"Is the rice soaked in milk after washing?"

It was the evening of the day, the light divided a small room into two halves, one half of Yi Baitang was illuminated by the light, and the other half was hidden in the shadows, until now Yi Baitang spoke, The half of the shadow moved slightly, exposing the upper body of a man.

He knelt down at the table and bowed deeply before saying:

"Hi, yes!"

"It tastes good." Yi Baitang also leaned forward.

"Hi! It's a great honor to be praised by Yi Jun." The man said, "I look forward to meeting Yi Jun again in the Chef King Competition soon."

"Besides, about the side event of the Chef King Contest," the man pondered suddenly, "Yi Jun should have already heard about it from TV..."

"That's right." Yi Baitang said, "This time there will be a play-off in the Chef King Contest. As long as you participate, you can get the secret book of the Chef King's Heart."

"Cheats of the Heart—" The Japanese chef's eyes shone a little, but he restrained himself well, "No matter what, I look forward to seeing Yi Jun again!"

"I'm looking forward to it too." Yi Baitang responded.

Then he left the hotel and took the high-speed train back to Beijing.

The trees on both sides of the track receded quickly in sight, blurring into a flash of green lightning.

Sitting by the window, Yi Baitang rested his chin and looked at the fields passing by outside the car window. He deliberately flipped through the news about the playoffs of "King of the Chef".

The Big Devil is the final challenge object of the Chef King play-offs.The last time the big devil said "walk in front of him", there was no doubt that he wanted him to participate in the King of Chef Competition and make it to the end.

It doesn't matter, anyway, his original plan was to participate in the King of Chu's hegemony, and to defeat the Great Demon King with dignity in the final play-offs.

Yi Baitang pondered secretly in his heart.

So in fact, all the problems now are still this——

His eyes fell on the two mandatory conditions for participation in the play-offs.

[-]. Achieve the top three results in the hegemony competition.

[-]. Possess the certified chef qualification of a restaurant recognized by the industry.

It's April.

There are only two months left until June of Chef Competition.

He should also almost be ready to make a tree a certified restaurant recognized by the industry.

And this only needs three super gourmets in the industry to evaluate together~ Yi Baitang has already begun to think about which super gourmets can help his restaurant upgrade.

However, the high-speed rail slowly stopped on the platform. Yi Baitang had just got off the car, and before he could put his thoughts into practice, he was caught by Assistant Huang who was guarding the exit of the high-speed rail, and he was caught at the station closest to the exit. of a coffee shop.

The cafe was full, and there were people rushing in and out dragging their luggage. The waiters held the plates higher than their heads, and quickly delivered the food to the guests' tables in a manner almost acrobatic.

Yi Baitang glanced at the instant coffee powder with disgust, and first said to Assistant Huang: "How about my order?"

Assistant Huang calmed down: "Everything is in the plan. Although the unit price offered by the other party is a bit higher than that of Yichu, I have persuaded Sister Zhou to carefully consider who should allocate the ingredients through long-term cooperation."

Yi Baitang nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he turned his eyes to Shang Huaiyan who was sitting next to him: "Why are you here?"

Shang Huaiyan looked innocent: "Baby, you don't want me to go with you to collect materials, I can only come to the station to pick you up!"

Yi Baitang said casually, "Aren't you going on a business trip?"

Shang Huaiyan: I... you... why are your ears so pointed? !

He said embarrassingly: "There was a temporary problem at the other end, and the business trip was postponed for two days. In fact, I can also send someone else to go on a business trip."

Yi Baitang, who just went out for a trip and ate delicious food, was shining brightly, and corrected: "No, the business trip is good, just to try something new."

Shang Huaiyan: "..."

It's over, why do I always feel that every sentence of Baitang has something to say in these two days, and there is no point.

Assistant Huang couldn't help interrupting them: "You...let me intervene, and listen to me to talk about something serious."

Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan turned their attention to Assistant Huang.

Assistant Huang said heavily: "It's still Sister Zhou's business. Mr. Shang, the method you told me before is useless...According to my recent observations, although Sister Zhou is still holding on, she is more tired every day than the day before. .”

Shang Huaiyan calmly said, "Oh."

Assistant Huang: "..." He couldn't believe it, "You don't have anything else to say?"

Shang Huaiyan groaned silently: "Why should I have other words..."

Assistant Huang turned to Yi Baitang for help.

Yi Baitang cruelly broke the opponent's delusion: "I am a chef."

Assistant Huang's trump card: "Chu Yi, half-ninety people who travel hundreds of miles, you don't want to try to cure Sister Zhou well, and I can't persuade Sister Zhou to implement all the ingredients you asked for on the list!"

They keep threatening me with this.

Yi Baitang became unhappy when he saw Assistant Huang's eyes.

Assistant Huang trembled unknowingly, and quickly added: "And what's wrong with the chef? What a great chef! How noble the chef is! People are like iron, rice and steel. If you don't eat a meal, you'll be so hungry! Don't you always say that you just need to eat a good meal when you're broken in love? Is it cured? Yichu, you can make a good meal, so that sister Zhou can rekindle her pursuit of beautiful things!"

Yi Baitang: "..."

Shang Huaiyan: "..."

The two watched Assistant Huang for a long time.

Assistant Huang: "Well, I just gave an example; maybe we can follow up with the adulterer, take pictures of the evidence, and deliver the anonymous letter to Sister Zhou again. It may not be intuitive enough that it didn't work last time, but it's intuitive this time. Yes, Sister Zhou may have realized it..."

Shang Huaiyan felt that the latter was more realistic and had some reference value.

But before he could speak, Yi Baitang raised his hand again, pressed his lips, thoughtfully: "What you said seems to make sense."

"Create a dish that ... gives people the courage to face reality and accept change?"