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Chapter 95 Results
In the big kitchen of the two, they were all wearing white chef uniforms and chef hats characteristic of this industry. They looked at each other and smiled lightly.
Two equally young chefs stood at the pinnacle of this industry, and then played their best on this huge stage.
The time given for the first dish is one day, how long you cook it, and how long the camera records. As for the final broadcast clip, that belongs to the TV station. Now, they are just participating in a cooking competition.
The first dish still has to accept the ingredients specified by the organizer. The ingredients are very ordinary, potatoes, which will not cause any trouble to the cooking, but because of this ordinary, it needs to be handled with special care.
When Shu Xia saw this ingredient, she didn't see any haze and hesitation on her face, she just picked up the basket and went to pick out what she wanted.
In the past, his cooking was extremely simple, and he could make excellent dishes with only two or three ingredients. Today, he chose one basket after another, and placed three baskets of various vegetables on the desk, and then started to cook. deal with.
Du Ran glanced at him sideways, and after a little thought, he also lowered his head to process his ingredients.
The picture is very quiet, but also very beautiful. The two chefs with outstanding looks are extraordinarily attractive when they calm down seriously. But somehow, the eyes of the photographers are always betting on their hands uncontrollably .
The ultimate knife skills, those ingredients that seem extremely difficult to handle in the hands of ordinary people, are as obedient as kittens in their hands.
The ingredients are piled up, put in various seasonings or marinated, or stir-fried, or boiled soup. The fragrant taste is like a hook. The cameraman himself has just had breakfast, and he feels that there is a piece of food in his stomach. roar.
Taking pictures of top chefs sometimes requires a little bit of testing.
Time passed by every minute and every second. It was said to be a day, but when it was approaching noon, Shu Xia took out the largest disc in the cabinet.
This plate is the size of a washbasin, and there are eight pots set up by Shu Xia. This huge kitchen can satisfy countless things for him, including the position of the stove.
One dish after another was placed on the huge plate, separated by ingredients in the middle, the color was beautiful and delicate, the soup seemed to flow slowly on the surface, but did not penetrate to the other side, each had its own characteristics, as if it could satisfy All human tastes are the same.
After the dishes were arranged, Shu Xia didn't rush to ring the bell, but took out a sticky note on one side, wrote a note and pasted it next to it [This is a dish. ]
The eight types are distinguished, and it looks like a combination of eight dishes. When the staff came up to serve the dishes, they looked at the note on it and felt a little unclear, but they still held it out steadily.
On the other side, Du Ran's dishes were also brought up by the staff.
Today I will only make one dish, and the contestants can be present when the judges taste it.
Shu Xia and Du Ran nodded and walked out.
A large round table, covered with a satin tablecloth, was said to be the judges' seat. It looked more like a dinner party, but the media and the host at the table pulled them back into the competition.
There were nine people sitting at the table, none other than the nine presidents of the National Chefs Association.
Professional dishes still need to be judged by professional people. It’s not that ordinary people can’t taste its deliciousness, but more professional people can appreciate the chef’s craftsmanship, and can tell when eating. One, two, three, four, five.
"Which one of you will introduce first?" said one of the chairmen.
Du Ran smiled lightly, walked forward first, and said, "I'll come first. My dish is called colorful gourd. The idea comes from a domestic animation. The protagonists have different personalities and abilities. Every gourd on this dish tastes different."
The long plate seems to be supported by a vine shelf in the middle, and seven gourds of different colors are hung on it. They are petite and cute, but they are unusually eye-catching. People can't bear to destroy this work of art when they look at it.
Du Ran really has the ultimate pursuit of aesthetics, Shu Xia secretly thought that even the first dish can be so pleasing to the eye.
After hearing what he said, the nine judges picked up chopsticks to taste one by one. Those gourds looked petite and cute, but that was a comparison. The real weight, one was sandwiched into nine parts, there was no problem at all.
After tasting his, several chairmen exchanged a few words, and did not immediately give a score, but looked at Shu Xia.
"Can you introduce this work?" A vice chairman smiled and pointed to Shu Xia's dish. Eight dishes were served to make up the number."
What he said was true, but Shu Xia didn't back down at all, but walked forward and said with a slight smile, "I call this dish Lin Lang, also called Bazhen Stew. It seems to be eight dishes, but every time I taste it There is no need to rinse your mouth between servings, and eating clockwise and counterclockwise has a different taste."
Several judges seemed to be stunned for a while, one of them stretched out his chopsticks, and the others also tasted it. According to the method Shu Xia said, their expressions seemed more entangled than before.
"Linlang, that's a good name," a chairman wiped his mouth and praised.
The nine people put down their chopsticks together, took the test board handed over by the staff and wrote the scores. The process of writing and the scores on it were also recorded. They could not show it to Shu Xia and the others, nor could they show it to them before the results were announced. The audience watched it, but played it as the final extras clip, making the game more transparent.
Waiting for the announcement of the scores is a long process. The two contestants and the nine judges need to remove the highest and lowest scores, and then calculate the average score.
In such an atmosphere, everyone was a little silent, and no one spoke until the score was calculated, and when the host came out with the card, everyone looked at her in unison.
The hostess didn't panic when she met the staring eyes, she cleared her throat, looked at Shu Xia and the others with a smile and read out the previous score "Remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, and get The average score is 1010."
Shu Xia and Du Ran looked at her with surprise at the same time, and at this time, a chairman cleared his throat and said, "I didn't expect that everyone gave ten marks together. Of course, this was not discussed in advance." Yes, I will use the honors I have won in my life as a guarantee to judge."
"There is nothing wrong with these two dishes, at least I can't find any problems," the chairman said slowly. Can make this level, but what is different, Du Ran's shape is very beautiful, very beautiful, very thoughtful, not everyone can have the ingenuity of being able to hang ingredients on it, and of course it is not enough to praise the shape The taste is not good, but Shu Xia's plate emphasizes the taste, which is very unique. It is the first time I have seen the clockwise and counterclockwise eating methods. This dish is matched with the name Lin Lang, of course it is The taste does not mean that the color is not exquisite enough, but the culinary art is exquisite if you want to taste it."
"Both dishes are perfect. I hesitated in my heart. I felt that they were both enough to get full marks. I expected that other judges could give you a high score. Unexpectedly, they had the same thoughts as me. This dish really makes me look forward to your future performance."
After he finished speaking, several judges echoed, "That's what it means."
"very perfect."
Seeing the teacher's gaze, Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief. Although the first round was tied, there was still a second round and a third round.
This is just the beginning.
Shu Xia and Du Ran looked at each other, and when they saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes, they smiled at each other.
The second course is on the second day, and the second course is required to show the chef's knife skills and plate arrangement skills, that is to say, the test is one of color.
This time, the place where they cook was directly moved outside, because there is almost no need to use hot dishes, and there is only one stove, and the rest is up to them.
Shu Xia wanted to know that there was such a link, but she didn't expect that she would move outside and show it in front of the judges.
Of course, he knew that there was such a link, and he had already made preparations and plans. Together with knife skills, it is for display. It cannot be based on movements, but on the finished product, which is beautiful and beautiful, so that others can be convinced.
However, everything was prepared perfectly, and there were no mistakes or omissions when checking the kitchen utensils, but when Shu Xia entered the arena from the very beginning, she felt inexplicably flustered.
"If there are no problems, then our game..." The host's voice was a little far away.
The sound of the phone vibrating in the pocket was very close, so close that it made the heart beat hard.
"Please wait a moment," Shu Xia interrupted her, seeing the stunned expressions of the people around her, she covered the phone in her pocket and said, "I'm sorry, I need to go to the bathroom."
"Okay, no problem," the host froze for a moment, motioned for the camera to be turned off, and stretched out his hand to ask Shu Xia to help herself.
After Shu Xia said thank you, she turned around and left, her pace was a little hasty, causing Du Ran and Xu Qianqian who were sitting beside her to look forward and slightly frowned.
The phone is still vibrating. Shu Xia didn't see who the contact person was before. He should have ignored all the calls that came at that time, but somehow, he just felt that if he didn't answer the call, he would regret it .
Taking out the mobile phone from her pocket, Shu Xia frowned as she looked at the unfamiliar number on it, it was a landline number.
"Hey, who are you, what's the matter?" Shu Xia's voice was a little cold, and he didn't need to be too gentle for strangers.
However, the soft voice from over there made Shu Xia change her attitude all of a sudden, "Brother, it's me."
"Chenchen?" Shu Xia was stunned for a moment, then changed his tone and said, "What's the matter? Why are you calling at this time."
"Brother, Tiantian has a fever, and her forehead is so hot," Xiao Shangchen's voice came over softly and clearly, but the news in the words made Shu Xia feel like a cold winter, "The doctors are here, brother, When are you coming back?"
"I," Shu Xia was inexplicably unable to say the word soon. Soon, he heard the news that his daughter was ill, and he wished that he could reach her now, but even the fastest plane, the time spent on the road , but also more than three hours.
Before his answer came out, Liu Zijun's voice came from over there, with a bit of reproach, "Son, didn't you say that you can't call Brother Shu Xia, he is participating in a competition now, if you disturb him, it will affect your grades .”
"But Tiantian is sick, it's very uncomfortable, and she has to take a lot of bitter medicine," Xiao Shangchen's voice was a little vague, but he obviously felt that Tiantian's illness was more important than the competition.
His thinking is not wrong, the child's world is always the most sincere, unlike him, when his daughter is sick, he is still thinking about it.
"Mom, how is Tiantian?" Shu Xia asked worriedly.
Liu Zijun answered his call and sighed softly, "The situation has stabilized, and I'm fine now. It was a sudden high fever in the middle of the night yesterday. I found it early at that time, and I called the doctor to bring down the fever. I wanted to wait for your game to end." I'll tell you later, I didn't expect that my son is so young, he knows how to call."
Hearing that the situation was stable, Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll hurry back now..."
"Your game should still be going on," Liu Zijun said without any emotion in his voice, "It's not a good thing to give up halfway, Xia Xia, I suggest you finish that game."
"Mom, but me." Shu Xia felt like something was torn in his heart. He couldn't calm down at all. In such a state, he couldn't participate in the competition. He just wanted to see how Tiantian was doing.
"The children watch your show every day, saying that Dad is very good and will come back holding No.1," Liu Zijun said with a smile, "Xia Xia, if you really feel guilty and miss your children, then hold that trophy." Come back and don't give yourself regrets and the chance to leave them again."
On the other side of the phone, she seemed to be walking towards her while talking, pushed open the door, stopped somewhere, and said softly to the person, "Tiantian, daddy's call, do you want to listen?"
"Listen~" There was a hoarseness in the soft and sweet voice.
"Well, but because Tiantian was sick, Dad said he would give up the game and come back to watch Tiantian," Liu Zijun's voice had never been so gentle.
A sweet voice came from the phone, as if he had got the phone, but the voice was lazy and lacking energy, "Dad, I can't admit defeat, I want to get No.1."
"But Tiantian doesn't want Dad to go back?" Shu Xia asked in a daze.
"I want daddy to come back, but daddy is so good on TV," Tiantian said with anticipation in her voice, "Daddy will be very happy when he comes back with No.1, and he will recover from his illness."
With her daughter being so sensible, Shu Xia really felt ironed in her heart, and felt more and more guilty. After working so hard for so long, if he could not win the national competition, then he would definitely participate in the next time to prove himself. , It's better to end this matter once, as Mother Liu said.
He no longer wants his children to only talk to him on the phone because of the so-called career and achievements. If childhood is lost, it will be something that cannot be compensated for in a lifetime.
When they needed him, if he wasn't there, maybe they would need him less in the future, Shu Xia didn't want to try that kind of consequence.
"Tiantian, take good care of your illness. Dad will definitely bring you the trophy back to show you," Shu Xia gently told. After Ms. Liu told Tiantian that she had fallen asleep, she hung up the phone and re-entered the arena. middle.
His expression was so solemn that even Du Ran looked at him several times in surprise. He wanted to go over and ask, but because there were so many people, he could only endure it for the time being.
"I'm ready, I can start," Shu Xia said while standing in her place, looking ahead.
The host announced the start. Shu Xia picked up the basket and began to choose her own ingredients. A knife can create many miracles. It is not only used to describe works of art, but also the knife skills of cooking.
Carved bit by bit, pieced together bit by bit, the current appearance looks a bit messy, but Shu Xia already has an idea of the final product.
The plates on the table are huge enough, stacked and pieced together, slowly showing the outline it should have.
Until the last small thing was put in, Shu Xia rang the bell.
In the jungle, there is the king of beasts, he climbed up and screamed, and the beasts wandered. Shu Xia originally wanted to create such a scene, but at the end, he looked at the king of beasts lying on the ground on the plate. And the little tigers climbing up and down on it smiled.
Several judges gathered around and took a closer look at the work. The pattern on the white tiger's body had the illusion of distinct roots under the light, and the little tigers either lifted their claws to grab its head, or used it as a climbing Or the hatchback is playing, and the majestic king of beasts, only caressing the back of a little tiger with his tail, is obviously full of patience that he has never had before.
Because the processing was too delicate, at first glance, the king of beasts seemed to be shaking his hair and standing up.
"Just looking at the knife skills, it's the pinnacle," a chairman said with a smile. He looked at Shu Xia and said, "As for the artistic conception, only those who have had children can understand it."
Tiger poison does not eat its offspring, even if it is the king of beasts who intimidates one side, there are such affectionate and warm moments, and the artistic conception is enough.
With such a tasting effort, Du Ran's over there is also ready.
In the moonlight of the lotus pond, there are koi playing, and the lotus leaves and lotus flowers seem to grow on it, and those are the least important. Carved carefully, it seems to show everyone a beautiful and magnificent view of the West Lake.
The two works are like two paintings, one is full of the atmosphere of the jungle, and the other is full of the small meaning of the water town. It is not so easy to say which is better.
Wrinkles appeared on the brows of several judges. This work is not good, and they dislike it. This work is too good, but it makes people worry, because all of them are perfect works, and they can't find any faults.
"Culinary skills are very important to look at, but the most important thing is to be able to eat," Xu Qiangqian sighed, took the chopsticks from the side, and grabbed a piece of the king of beasts, before others violently condemned the sky. He put it in his mouth and tasted it, with a complicated expression, then turned around and went to Du Ran's place, picked up a shrimp, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and motioned for the others to taste it.
Although I have some regrets for ruining the perfect works, but they are competitions now, and they must be divided to compete. If they all score [-], those competitions do not need to be compared, and they can directly tie for the first place.
And as long as the chef is there, there will be countless opportunities to make such works again.
After tasting, they seemed to have thought about it in their hearts, and they wrote their scores on the question boards and sat back to their original seats.
After calculation, the host came over and announced the score, "Remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, the final score is 1099, Master Shu Xia is leading for the time being."
Du Ran was stunned for a moment, a chairman looked at a few people, and said, "The difference of 01 points, the player Du Ran should want to know, let me say that both works are perfect, perfect to the extreme, if Usually, I will definitely give you all full marks, but this is a competition, and we have to compete with each other. In cooking, knife skills and aesthetics are very important, but the most important thing is that no matter how beautiful the work is, the taste must be Makes people feel happy.”
"Shu Xia's works have been tasted in every place. They are mainly sweet, with the extra sweetness of vegetables, but also a little spicy. They are refreshing but not greasy. A plate of cold dishes, and Du Ran's, the carved gallery and painted columns are so beautiful, but the processing of the ingredients is a bit hard for the sake of aesthetics, do you think I'm right?"
Du Ran nodded, his brows watered, and he seemed a little ashamed, "The judge teacher is right, for the sake of the overall color, I overheated the ingredients, and I lost."
He is still gentle and admits his failure without hesitation.
After the second match, Shu Xia didn't even have time to pack the kitchen utensils, so she ran to the side to make a phone call.
"The sweet fever has subsided a bit, you don't have to worry," Liu Zijun smiled with some relief and apology, "It's the little guys who are greedy for cold at night, learned to turn on the air conditioner by themselves, and didn't cover the quilt properly, it's me When I said that about you before, I felt wronged for a few children, Xia Xia is not angry, right?"
"No, how could it be?" Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and said guiltily, "It's my fault. If I could pay more attention to them, such a thing would not have happened."
"This is stupid talk. Even if you are around, they will cause trouble. It is impossible for children to have three illnesses and two pains. Don't blame yourself too much," Liu Zijun sighed. "Young people's dreams are very important, maybe after that age , I don’t necessarily still have the hard work. My mother was also very hard when she was young. She always wanted to realize her ideals and realize her own life value. When I need to care about them, they have grown up to look like they don’t need my care, they are self-reliant and self-reliant. I regretted it at that time, and later I gave birth to Shang Hai, so I took it with me and watched him grow up talking and laughing. Shang Qiang and the others feel even more guilty."
"But, when I think about it now, if I put down all my careers to take care of the children at that time, it really didn't fit my personality, and I might lose myself," Liu Zijun said of her life experience, "Life, this is my life. It is impossible to have the best of both worlds. You may be able to take care of one end but not the other. You can only work hard to make it the best of both worlds. The balance between light and heavy needs to be handled by yourself. If you sacrifice for a few children Get rid of yourself, let alone the children, Shanglu will be the first to agree, although it is very hard, but come on.”
"Okay," Shu Xia subconsciously nodded.
"Well, I'll call you anytime about Tiantian's situation. My mother is watching and the doctor lives here. It's okay, ah," Liu Zijun said gently as if coaxing a child.
Shu Xia's heart felt warm and harmonious.
When he went back to clean up the kitchen utensils, his mood had returned to calm, but he was halfway through, when a figure stood in front of him, and Du Ran stood in front of him and asked, "Shu Xia, what's wrong with you? I just saw that your face was not good. , what happened?"
"Well, there is something at home, it doesn't matter now," Shu Xia raised her head and smiled, "Don't worry."
"Well, as long as you're fine," Du Ran also breathed a sigh of relief, "Tomorrow is the last show, please do your best."
"Don't worry, I will definitely not leave any behind," Shu Xia smiled brightly.
He has been preparing for that dish for a long time, and he is bound to win the national competition.
How long does it take to cook a dish, and how many steps do you have to go through to make it perfect.
I don't know anything else, but the last dish that Shu Xia will make requires 45 steps and takes a total of six hours and three ten minutes.
The lighting of the competition venue was as bright as ever, like a spotlight on its way to the top. Boil the water, put the fish lips... This dish requires a lot of ingredients, as well as a variety of wines, as well as old wine jars.
Dried fish, pork knuckle, hen, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, scallops, abalone... After being processed step by step, they are stacked in an urn, placed in a steamer, and finally filled with broth, and set on medium heat for three hours.
Such steps do not need to be read by a knowledgeable person, they all know what he is doing. Buddha jumps over the wall, also called Mantanxiang, and even more called Fushouquan.
The ingredients are not the most important thing, the most important thing is the old urn, which has been filled with Shaoxing wine for decades. If she hadn't found such an urn, Shu Xia wouldn't have made this dish at all.
For three hours, he sat by the side, watching the steam in a trance, the smoke curling up, and he couldn't smell the aroma of the food. He only had a long time to let the good ingredients in the pot ferment slowly and make a delicious pot.
Du Ran didn't look at him, and lowered his head to deal with the things in his hands. Shu Xia was confident, and he might not lose.
Du Ran's work is very fast. The wooden plate seems to have a black plate on it, and the translucent red meat is piled on it, but it seems to be trembling with the scalding below, and the fragrance is overflowing.
He has always been particular about the presentation of the plates. Even if the judges said that he lost his taste in pursuit of aesthetics in the last game, he did not give up his strengths because of this, but made up for his shortcomings as much as possible.
A dish of Dongpo pork, fat but not greasy, leaves a lingering fragrance on the cheeks after eating, and the aftertaste is endless.
"I can't find any problems with the taste," said a chairman with a smile, "Now I'm watching Shu Xia's work."
After waiting for more than three hours, Shu Xia rang the bell, and when a big wine urn was brought in front of the teachers, they seemed to be a little dazed.
"Is this Buddha jumping over the wall?" One knocked on the wine jar and said.
Buddha jumping over the wall is easy to make, but the most authentic ones are difficult, especially the wine urns that hold the ingredients at the end. The older the better, but such urns are not so easy to find.
"Yes," Shu Xia stepped forward and opened the lid.
A mellow smell that I don't know how to describe came out, making several judges subconsciously straighten their backs and look inside.
The neatly stacked ingredients are almost overflowing, and the intoxicating aura is like drinking old wine. Before you taste it, your teeth and cheeks will be filled with fluid. If you don't shut up, you might just let it flow down joke.
"This smell... it's the smell of a 60-year-old urn," a chairman swallowed, almost impatiently picked up a chopstick, blew on it, and put it in his mouth before it cooled down.
It is not uncommon for one person to close their eyes and enjoy a dish, but it is definitely not easy for nine people to have such an idea, especially if these nine people are still at the top of the chef world. Miracle.
"I have to say, this dish has surpassed my cooking skills, I can't make something like this," sighed a chairman, "I only tasted this taste at my teacher's place, and I made it myself , I always feel a little bit off, but it's a pity that the full score is only [-], it's perfect, I have nothing to say."
The other judges did not speak, but wrote their scores on the question board one by one after tasting.
When the results are announced, it is the most nervous, but everyone present seems to know the final result, a dish that makes the judges sigh, can only be very good.
"The final result is 1010, with a total score of 30299. Congratulations to Shu Xia, who won the championship."
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations."
Applause rang out, several judges, host, staff, and Du Ran were all applauding him.
"Congratulations, Shu Xia." Du Ran hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and let go, "I don't feel so disadvantaged until I lose to you, and you have fulfilled what you promised to that chef."
"What?" Shu Xia didn't understand.
Du Ran smiled and said, "It's about making him lose to the champion, you did it."
Shu Xia was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Yes."
Under the spotlight, trophies and certificates were presented, and Du Chengwei took the trophy from the side and handed it to him, "Congratulations, you deserve it. At the same time, you have been appointed as the honorary chairman of the National Kitchen Association."
"Thank you," Shu Xia bowed to him.
Although Du Ran lost to Shu Xia, he was still the runner-up, but the trophy was silver. Xu Xiangqian presented him with the award, and encouraged him with a smile, "Come on next time."
"Yes, Senior Xu," there was no trace of gloom in his smile.
After the award presentation, the whole session was completely over. The nine chairmen left first. Shu Xia and Du Ran finished recording and took their kitchen utensils and left. However, just as they went out, they ran into Xu Xiangqian who seemed to be waiting there specially at the door.
"Teacher?" Shu Xia stood still and said hello.
Xu Xiangqian smiled and asked, "What happened before? Seeing that you were restless, I wanted to ask at that time, but I am one of the judges. If I interfere, it will be bad for you."
"That's right, Tiantian has a fever," Shu Xia was in front of him, a junior at this time, "I was a little anxious at that time, so."
"Little girl has a fever?" Xu Xiangqian asked with concern with a slightly weaker smile, "How is it now?"
"Mom said it's almost time to retire, you don't have to worry," Shu Xia said with a smile.
"Oh, that's good," Xu Xiangqian patted him on the shoulder, and sighed, "I originally wanted to hold a celebration banquet for you, but you probably want to go back now, so let's change it to another time."
"Okay, thank you teacher," Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you married?!" Du Ran on the side suddenly said, Shu Xia looked at him, and when he saw his face being struck by lightning and the messy expression in the wind, he said silently, "Well, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's good to be married," Du Ran's embarrassed Shu Xia could sense his embarrassment and the feeling of wanting to step back 300 meters away from him.
Shu Xia didn't understand why Du Ran couldn't accept his marriage.
"That's right, then I'll go first..." In the middle of speaking, the phone rang again, Shu Xia looked over helplessly, but found that it was the video call from Mother Liu.
He pressed the answer button full of anticipation, and smiled when he saw Tiantian, "Tiantian, how are you recovering from illness? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's not uncomfortable anymore," the soft and glutinous voice still had a slight nasal sound, but it was obvious that he had regained his spirits. "Did Dad get No.1?"
"I got it," Shu Xia said with a smile, "Dad will go back to see Tiantian right away, okay? I'll be back soon."
"Great, Dad is back," she cheered, and the heads of one, two, three, four little tigers squeezed in front of the screen in an instant, and the ears of the other two could be seen. "Daddy ~ go home."
"I want to see too."
"Come back soon, I miss Dad~"
They spoke childishly, but their feelings were straight to the heart. Du Ran, who wanted to be 800 meters away from him, held his heart and sighed, "It's so cute ~ where did you steal the talking tiger?"
"This is my son," Shu Xia looked at him speechlessly. The first time he saw Du Ran, he knew he was an orc. Why couldn't he tell the difference between a tiger cub and an orc.
"So many lives at once," Du Ran obviously couldn't believe it.
Shu Xia narrowed her eyes, "What's your opinion on me having so many births at once?"
However, when his words fell, he harvested a Du Ran who was petrified in the wind, and his face turned pale, "You gave birth?!"
Shu Xia nodded, then looked at the back of Du Ran who was almost running away, and stretched out Erkang's hand. Is he so scary?
Xu Xiangqian patted him on the shoulder, and walked out with him with a smile, "Haha, he doesn't dislike you, this apprentice of Lao Du is just a little afraid of marriage, it seems that there is some non-marriageism, I can't figure it out .”
Xu Xiangqian explained, but Shu Xia understood. Du Ran is 25 years old this year. He is beautiful, but he has a relatively quiet personality. He likes to be alone, be it cooking or art. I am a man, and I want to marry a woman in the future.
Then I awakened the orc with a swipe. Because the animal is too cute and the pregnancy rate is high, plus I have a little cleanliness, I am more withdrawn and don't like to contact with strangers alone, and I am afraid of marriage.
For men to have children, they are even more in a state of fear.
Shu Xia "..."
Feels like an older problem child.
But one person has one's own habits, Shu Xia can definitely understand his panic.
That feeling of suddenly realizing that you are not human, that new world where you can have children, really makes people look at the gate of the new world and want to turn around and run away.
Everyone around me is used to it.
It feels... a little bitter.
Shu Xia can't control that, what troubles him now is how to stand up under the oppression of a nest of tiger cubs.
He had just entered the door, and before he could sigh that his brothers and sons were squatting neatly in a row at the door, he was rushed up by a swarm of bees.
Now that they have grown up in all sizes, their weight has soared in a straight line, and Xiao Shangchen is the first to bear the brunt. The posture of rushing forward made Shu Xia feel like he couldn't get up.
Then several of them rushed up, hugging their legs, hugging their arms, Xiao Shangchen kindly gave up the position of his waist, and called his little niece to come over, "Hold here for you."
Tiantian ran over and lay on Shu Xia's body directly, and he couldn't get up perfectly.
Shu Xia "..."
Seeing such a tragic situation, the nanny on the side couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, and Liu Zijun even drank tea and didn't even have the intention of coming to help.
"Help me," Shu Xia gave a wry smile, and the nannies took them away one by one.
"Look at them kissing you, well, I took care of them for half a month anyway," Liu Zijun sighed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, take it away, take it away, I won't keep you here tonight live here."
"Ah?" Just as Shu Xia entered the door, she was faced with the situation of being driven out. By the way, she also brought a few little tigers and Tian Tian who hugged his neck and snuggled up in her arms.
However, he put a few children into the car and fixed them, only to find that a red sports car drove out of the garage and stopped beside him. He smiled and said, "Mom will feel relieved when you come back, bye~"
The sports car left only a few wisps of smoke, and disappeared from Shu Xia's sight.
Shu Xia was silent for a moment, looked at the children in the car who were blinking at him, shrugged his shoulders, and drove away.
The night wind was heavy, but a message was sent from a mobile phone to various media platforms. With the broadcast of the national culinary competition finals, it was like countless deep-water torpedoes were dropped on the Internet in an instant.
Two equally young chefs stood at the pinnacle of this industry, and then played their best on this huge stage.
The time given for the first dish is one day, how long you cook it, and how long the camera records. As for the final broadcast clip, that belongs to the TV station. Now, they are just participating in a cooking competition.
The first dish still has to accept the ingredients specified by the organizer. The ingredients are very ordinary, potatoes, which will not cause any trouble to the cooking, but because of this ordinary, it needs to be handled with special care.
When Shu Xia saw this ingredient, she didn't see any haze and hesitation on her face, she just picked up the basket and went to pick out what she wanted.
In the past, his cooking was extremely simple, and he could make excellent dishes with only two or three ingredients. Today, he chose one basket after another, and placed three baskets of various vegetables on the desk, and then started to cook. deal with.
Du Ran glanced at him sideways, and after a little thought, he also lowered his head to process his ingredients.
The picture is very quiet, but also very beautiful. The two chefs with outstanding looks are extraordinarily attractive when they calm down seriously. But somehow, the eyes of the photographers are always betting on their hands uncontrollably .
The ultimate knife skills, those ingredients that seem extremely difficult to handle in the hands of ordinary people, are as obedient as kittens in their hands.
The ingredients are piled up, put in various seasonings or marinated, or stir-fried, or boiled soup. The fragrant taste is like a hook. The cameraman himself has just had breakfast, and he feels that there is a piece of food in his stomach. roar.
Taking pictures of top chefs sometimes requires a little bit of testing.
Time passed by every minute and every second. It was said to be a day, but when it was approaching noon, Shu Xia took out the largest disc in the cabinet.
This plate is the size of a washbasin, and there are eight pots set up by Shu Xia. This huge kitchen can satisfy countless things for him, including the position of the stove.
One dish after another was placed on the huge plate, separated by ingredients in the middle, the color was beautiful and delicate, the soup seemed to flow slowly on the surface, but did not penetrate to the other side, each had its own characteristics, as if it could satisfy All human tastes are the same.
After the dishes were arranged, Shu Xia didn't rush to ring the bell, but took out a sticky note on one side, wrote a note and pasted it next to it [This is a dish. ]
The eight types are distinguished, and it looks like a combination of eight dishes. When the staff came up to serve the dishes, they looked at the note on it and felt a little unclear, but they still held it out steadily.
On the other side, Du Ran's dishes were also brought up by the staff.
Today I will only make one dish, and the contestants can be present when the judges taste it.
Shu Xia and Du Ran nodded and walked out.
A large round table, covered with a satin tablecloth, was said to be the judges' seat. It looked more like a dinner party, but the media and the host at the table pulled them back into the competition.
There were nine people sitting at the table, none other than the nine presidents of the National Chefs Association.
Professional dishes still need to be judged by professional people. It’s not that ordinary people can’t taste its deliciousness, but more professional people can appreciate the chef’s craftsmanship, and can tell when eating. One, two, three, four, five.
"Which one of you will introduce first?" said one of the chairmen.
Du Ran smiled lightly, walked forward first, and said, "I'll come first. My dish is called colorful gourd. The idea comes from a domestic animation. The protagonists have different personalities and abilities. Every gourd on this dish tastes different."
The long plate seems to be supported by a vine shelf in the middle, and seven gourds of different colors are hung on it. They are petite and cute, but they are unusually eye-catching. People can't bear to destroy this work of art when they look at it.
Du Ran really has the ultimate pursuit of aesthetics, Shu Xia secretly thought that even the first dish can be so pleasing to the eye.
After hearing what he said, the nine judges picked up chopsticks to taste one by one. Those gourds looked petite and cute, but that was a comparison. The real weight, one was sandwiched into nine parts, there was no problem at all.
After tasting his, several chairmen exchanged a few words, and did not immediately give a score, but looked at Shu Xia.
"Can you introduce this work?" A vice chairman smiled and pointed to Shu Xia's dish. Eight dishes were served to make up the number."
What he said was true, but Shu Xia didn't back down at all, but walked forward and said with a slight smile, "I call this dish Lin Lang, also called Bazhen Stew. It seems to be eight dishes, but every time I taste it There is no need to rinse your mouth between servings, and eating clockwise and counterclockwise has a different taste."
Several judges seemed to be stunned for a while, one of them stretched out his chopsticks, and the others also tasted it. According to the method Shu Xia said, their expressions seemed more entangled than before.
"Linlang, that's a good name," a chairman wiped his mouth and praised.
The nine people put down their chopsticks together, took the test board handed over by the staff and wrote the scores. The process of writing and the scores on it were also recorded. They could not show it to Shu Xia and the others, nor could they show it to them before the results were announced. The audience watched it, but played it as the final extras clip, making the game more transparent.
Waiting for the announcement of the scores is a long process. The two contestants and the nine judges need to remove the highest and lowest scores, and then calculate the average score.
In such an atmosphere, everyone was a little silent, and no one spoke until the score was calculated, and when the host came out with the card, everyone looked at her in unison.
The hostess didn't panic when she met the staring eyes, she cleared her throat, looked at Shu Xia and the others with a smile and read out the previous score "Remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, and get The average score is 1010."
Shu Xia and Du Ran looked at her with surprise at the same time, and at this time, a chairman cleared his throat and said, "I didn't expect that everyone gave ten marks together. Of course, this was not discussed in advance." Yes, I will use the honors I have won in my life as a guarantee to judge."
"There is nothing wrong with these two dishes, at least I can't find any problems," the chairman said slowly. Can make this level, but what is different, Du Ran's shape is very beautiful, very beautiful, very thoughtful, not everyone can have the ingenuity of being able to hang ingredients on it, and of course it is not enough to praise the shape The taste is not good, but Shu Xia's plate emphasizes the taste, which is very unique. It is the first time I have seen the clockwise and counterclockwise eating methods. This dish is matched with the name Lin Lang, of course it is The taste does not mean that the color is not exquisite enough, but the culinary art is exquisite if you want to taste it."
"Both dishes are perfect. I hesitated in my heart. I felt that they were both enough to get full marks. I expected that other judges could give you a high score. Unexpectedly, they had the same thoughts as me. This dish really makes me look forward to your future performance."
After he finished speaking, several judges echoed, "That's what it means."
"very perfect."
Seeing the teacher's gaze, Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief. Although the first round was tied, there was still a second round and a third round.
This is just the beginning.
Shu Xia and Du Ran looked at each other, and when they saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes, they smiled at each other.
The second course is on the second day, and the second course is required to show the chef's knife skills and plate arrangement skills, that is to say, the test is one of color.
This time, the place where they cook was directly moved outside, because there is almost no need to use hot dishes, and there is only one stove, and the rest is up to them.
Shu Xia wanted to know that there was such a link, but she didn't expect that she would move outside and show it in front of the judges.
Of course, he knew that there was such a link, and he had already made preparations and plans. Together with knife skills, it is for display. It cannot be based on movements, but on the finished product, which is beautiful and beautiful, so that others can be convinced.
However, everything was prepared perfectly, and there were no mistakes or omissions when checking the kitchen utensils, but when Shu Xia entered the arena from the very beginning, she felt inexplicably flustered.
"If there are no problems, then our game..." The host's voice was a little far away.
The sound of the phone vibrating in the pocket was very close, so close that it made the heart beat hard.
"Please wait a moment," Shu Xia interrupted her, seeing the stunned expressions of the people around her, she covered the phone in her pocket and said, "I'm sorry, I need to go to the bathroom."
"Okay, no problem," the host froze for a moment, motioned for the camera to be turned off, and stretched out his hand to ask Shu Xia to help herself.
After Shu Xia said thank you, she turned around and left, her pace was a little hasty, causing Du Ran and Xu Qianqian who were sitting beside her to look forward and slightly frowned.
The phone is still vibrating. Shu Xia didn't see who the contact person was before. He should have ignored all the calls that came at that time, but somehow, he just felt that if he didn't answer the call, he would regret it .
Taking out the mobile phone from her pocket, Shu Xia frowned as she looked at the unfamiliar number on it, it was a landline number.
"Hey, who are you, what's the matter?" Shu Xia's voice was a little cold, and he didn't need to be too gentle for strangers.
However, the soft voice from over there made Shu Xia change her attitude all of a sudden, "Brother, it's me."
"Chenchen?" Shu Xia was stunned for a moment, then changed his tone and said, "What's the matter? Why are you calling at this time."
"Brother, Tiantian has a fever, and her forehead is so hot," Xiao Shangchen's voice came over softly and clearly, but the news in the words made Shu Xia feel like a cold winter, "The doctors are here, brother, When are you coming back?"
"I," Shu Xia was inexplicably unable to say the word soon. Soon, he heard the news that his daughter was ill, and he wished that he could reach her now, but even the fastest plane, the time spent on the road , but also more than three hours.
Before his answer came out, Liu Zijun's voice came from over there, with a bit of reproach, "Son, didn't you say that you can't call Brother Shu Xia, he is participating in a competition now, if you disturb him, it will affect your grades .”
"But Tiantian is sick, it's very uncomfortable, and she has to take a lot of bitter medicine," Xiao Shangchen's voice was a little vague, but he obviously felt that Tiantian's illness was more important than the competition.
His thinking is not wrong, the child's world is always the most sincere, unlike him, when his daughter is sick, he is still thinking about it.
"Mom, how is Tiantian?" Shu Xia asked worriedly.
Liu Zijun answered his call and sighed softly, "The situation has stabilized, and I'm fine now. It was a sudden high fever in the middle of the night yesterday. I found it early at that time, and I called the doctor to bring down the fever. I wanted to wait for your game to end." I'll tell you later, I didn't expect that my son is so young, he knows how to call."
Hearing that the situation was stable, Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll hurry back now..."
"Your game should still be going on," Liu Zijun said without any emotion in his voice, "It's not a good thing to give up halfway, Xia Xia, I suggest you finish that game."
"Mom, but me." Shu Xia felt like something was torn in his heart. He couldn't calm down at all. In such a state, he couldn't participate in the competition. He just wanted to see how Tiantian was doing.
"The children watch your show every day, saying that Dad is very good and will come back holding No.1," Liu Zijun said with a smile, "Xia Xia, if you really feel guilty and miss your children, then hold that trophy." Come back and don't give yourself regrets and the chance to leave them again."
On the other side of the phone, she seemed to be walking towards her while talking, pushed open the door, stopped somewhere, and said softly to the person, "Tiantian, daddy's call, do you want to listen?"
"Listen~" There was a hoarseness in the soft and sweet voice.
"Well, but because Tiantian was sick, Dad said he would give up the game and come back to watch Tiantian," Liu Zijun's voice had never been so gentle.
A sweet voice came from the phone, as if he had got the phone, but the voice was lazy and lacking energy, "Dad, I can't admit defeat, I want to get No.1."
"But Tiantian doesn't want Dad to go back?" Shu Xia asked in a daze.
"I want daddy to come back, but daddy is so good on TV," Tiantian said with anticipation in her voice, "Daddy will be very happy when he comes back with No.1, and he will recover from his illness."
With her daughter being so sensible, Shu Xia really felt ironed in her heart, and felt more and more guilty. After working so hard for so long, if he could not win the national competition, then he would definitely participate in the next time to prove himself. , It's better to end this matter once, as Mother Liu said.
He no longer wants his children to only talk to him on the phone because of the so-called career and achievements. If childhood is lost, it will be something that cannot be compensated for in a lifetime.
When they needed him, if he wasn't there, maybe they would need him less in the future, Shu Xia didn't want to try that kind of consequence.
"Tiantian, take good care of your illness. Dad will definitely bring you the trophy back to show you," Shu Xia gently told. After Ms. Liu told Tiantian that she had fallen asleep, she hung up the phone and re-entered the arena. middle.
His expression was so solemn that even Du Ran looked at him several times in surprise. He wanted to go over and ask, but because there were so many people, he could only endure it for the time being.
"I'm ready, I can start," Shu Xia said while standing in her place, looking ahead.
The host announced the start. Shu Xia picked up the basket and began to choose her own ingredients. A knife can create many miracles. It is not only used to describe works of art, but also the knife skills of cooking.
Carved bit by bit, pieced together bit by bit, the current appearance looks a bit messy, but Shu Xia already has an idea of the final product.
The plates on the table are huge enough, stacked and pieced together, slowly showing the outline it should have.
Until the last small thing was put in, Shu Xia rang the bell.
In the jungle, there is the king of beasts, he climbed up and screamed, and the beasts wandered. Shu Xia originally wanted to create such a scene, but at the end, he looked at the king of beasts lying on the ground on the plate. And the little tigers climbing up and down on it smiled.
Several judges gathered around and took a closer look at the work. The pattern on the white tiger's body had the illusion of distinct roots under the light, and the little tigers either lifted their claws to grab its head, or used it as a climbing Or the hatchback is playing, and the majestic king of beasts, only caressing the back of a little tiger with his tail, is obviously full of patience that he has never had before.
Because the processing was too delicate, at first glance, the king of beasts seemed to be shaking his hair and standing up.
"Just looking at the knife skills, it's the pinnacle," a chairman said with a smile. He looked at Shu Xia and said, "As for the artistic conception, only those who have had children can understand it."
Tiger poison does not eat its offspring, even if it is the king of beasts who intimidates one side, there are such affectionate and warm moments, and the artistic conception is enough.
With such a tasting effort, Du Ran's over there is also ready.
In the moonlight of the lotus pond, there are koi playing, and the lotus leaves and lotus flowers seem to grow on it, and those are the least important. Carved carefully, it seems to show everyone a beautiful and magnificent view of the West Lake.
The two works are like two paintings, one is full of the atmosphere of the jungle, and the other is full of the small meaning of the water town. It is not so easy to say which is better.
Wrinkles appeared on the brows of several judges. This work is not good, and they dislike it. This work is too good, but it makes people worry, because all of them are perfect works, and they can't find any faults.
"Culinary skills are very important to look at, but the most important thing is to be able to eat," Xu Qiangqian sighed, took the chopsticks from the side, and grabbed a piece of the king of beasts, before others violently condemned the sky. He put it in his mouth and tasted it, with a complicated expression, then turned around and went to Du Ran's place, picked up a shrimp, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and motioned for the others to taste it.
Although I have some regrets for ruining the perfect works, but they are competitions now, and they must be divided to compete. If they all score [-], those competitions do not need to be compared, and they can directly tie for the first place.
And as long as the chef is there, there will be countless opportunities to make such works again.
After tasting, they seemed to have thought about it in their hearts, and they wrote their scores on the question boards and sat back to their original seats.
After calculation, the host came over and announced the score, "Remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, the final score is 1099, Master Shu Xia is leading for the time being."
Du Ran was stunned for a moment, a chairman looked at a few people, and said, "The difference of 01 points, the player Du Ran should want to know, let me say that both works are perfect, perfect to the extreme, if Usually, I will definitely give you all full marks, but this is a competition, and we have to compete with each other. In cooking, knife skills and aesthetics are very important, but the most important thing is that no matter how beautiful the work is, the taste must be Makes people feel happy.”
"Shu Xia's works have been tasted in every place. They are mainly sweet, with the extra sweetness of vegetables, but also a little spicy. They are refreshing but not greasy. A plate of cold dishes, and Du Ran's, the carved gallery and painted columns are so beautiful, but the processing of the ingredients is a bit hard for the sake of aesthetics, do you think I'm right?"
Du Ran nodded, his brows watered, and he seemed a little ashamed, "The judge teacher is right, for the sake of the overall color, I overheated the ingredients, and I lost."
He is still gentle and admits his failure without hesitation.
After the second match, Shu Xia didn't even have time to pack the kitchen utensils, so she ran to the side to make a phone call.
"The sweet fever has subsided a bit, you don't have to worry," Liu Zijun smiled with some relief and apology, "It's the little guys who are greedy for cold at night, learned to turn on the air conditioner by themselves, and didn't cover the quilt properly, it's me When I said that about you before, I felt wronged for a few children, Xia Xia is not angry, right?"
"No, how could it be?" Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and said guiltily, "It's my fault. If I could pay more attention to them, such a thing would not have happened."
"This is stupid talk. Even if you are around, they will cause trouble. It is impossible for children to have three illnesses and two pains. Don't blame yourself too much," Liu Zijun sighed. "Young people's dreams are very important, maybe after that age , I don’t necessarily still have the hard work. My mother was also very hard when she was young. She always wanted to realize her ideals and realize her own life value. When I need to care about them, they have grown up to look like they don’t need my care, they are self-reliant and self-reliant. I regretted it at that time, and later I gave birth to Shang Hai, so I took it with me and watched him grow up talking and laughing. Shang Qiang and the others feel even more guilty."
"But, when I think about it now, if I put down all my careers to take care of the children at that time, it really didn't fit my personality, and I might lose myself," Liu Zijun said of her life experience, "Life, this is my life. It is impossible to have the best of both worlds. You may be able to take care of one end but not the other. You can only work hard to make it the best of both worlds. The balance between light and heavy needs to be handled by yourself. If you sacrifice for a few children Get rid of yourself, let alone the children, Shanglu will be the first to agree, although it is very hard, but come on.”
"Okay," Shu Xia subconsciously nodded.
"Well, I'll call you anytime about Tiantian's situation. My mother is watching and the doctor lives here. It's okay, ah," Liu Zijun said gently as if coaxing a child.
Shu Xia's heart felt warm and harmonious.
When he went back to clean up the kitchen utensils, his mood had returned to calm, but he was halfway through, when a figure stood in front of him, and Du Ran stood in front of him and asked, "Shu Xia, what's wrong with you? I just saw that your face was not good. , what happened?"
"Well, there is something at home, it doesn't matter now," Shu Xia raised her head and smiled, "Don't worry."
"Well, as long as you're fine," Du Ran also breathed a sigh of relief, "Tomorrow is the last show, please do your best."
"Don't worry, I will definitely not leave any behind," Shu Xia smiled brightly.
He has been preparing for that dish for a long time, and he is bound to win the national competition.
How long does it take to cook a dish, and how many steps do you have to go through to make it perfect.
I don't know anything else, but the last dish that Shu Xia will make requires 45 steps and takes a total of six hours and three ten minutes.
The lighting of the competition venue was as bright as ever, like a spotlight on its way to the top. Boil the water, put the fish lips... This dish requires a lot of ingredients, as well as a variety of wines, as well as old wine jars.
Dried fish, pork knuckle, hen, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, scallops, abalone... After being processed step by step, they are stacked in an urn, placed in a steamer, and finally filled with broth, and set on medium heat for three hours.
Such steps do not need to be read by a knowledgeable person, they all know what he is doing. Buddha jumps over the wall, also called Mantanxiang, and even more called Fushouquan.
The ingredients are not the most important thing, the most important thing is the old urn, which has been filled with Shaoxing wine for decades. If she hadn't found such an urn, Shu Xia wouldn't have made this dish at all.
For three hours, he sat by the side, watching the steam in a trance, the smoke curling up, and he couldn't smell the aroma of the food. He only had a long time to let the good ingredients in the pot ferment slowly and make a delicious pot.
Du Ran didn't look at him, and lowered his head to deal with the things in his hands. Shu Xia was confident, and he might not lose.
Du Ran's work is very fast. The wooden plate seems to have a black plate on it, and the translucent red meat is piled on it, but it seems to be trembling with the scalding below, and the fragrance is overflowing.
He has always been particular about the presentation of the plates. Even if the judges said that he lost his taste in pursuit of aesthetics in the last game, he did not give up his strengths because of this, but made up for his shortcomings as much as possible.
A dish of Dongpo pork, fat but not greasy, leaves a lingering fragrance on the cheeks after eating, and the aftertaste is endless.
"I can't find any problems with the taste," said a chairman with a smile, "Now I'm watching Shu Xia's work."
After waiting for more than three hours, Shu Xia rang the bell, and when a big wine urn was brought in front of the teachers, they seemed to be a little dazed.
"Is this Buddha jumping over the wall?" One knocked on the wine jar and said.
Buddha jumping over the wall is easy to make, but the most authentic ones are difficult, especially the wine urns that hold the ingredients at the end. The older the better, but such urns are not so easy to find.
"Yes," Shu Xia stepped forward and opened the lid.
A mellow smell that I don't know how to describe came out, making several judges subconsciously straighten their backs and look inside.
The neatly stacked ingredients are almost overflowing, and the intoxicating aura is like drinking old wine. Before you taste it, your teeth and cheeks will be filled with fluid. If you don't shut up, you might just let it flow down joke.
"This smell... it's the smell of a 60-year-old urn," a chairman swallowed, almost impatiently picked up a chopstick, blew on it, and put it in his mouth before it cooled down.
It is not uncommon for one person to close their eyes and enjoy a dish, but it is definitely not easy for nine people to have such an idea, especially if these nine people are still at the top of the chef world. Miracle.
"I have to say, this dish has surpassed my cooking skills, I can't make something like this," sighed a chairman, "I only tasted this taste at my teacher's place, and I made it myself , I always feel a little bit off, but it's a pity that the full score is only [-], it's perfect, I have nothing to say."
The other judges did not speak, but wrote their scores on the question board one by one after tasting.
When the results are announced, it is the most nervous, but everyone present seems to know the final result, a dish that makes the judges sigh, can only be very good.
"The final result is 1010, with a total score of 30299. Congratulations to Shu Xia, who won the championship."
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations."
Applause rang out, several judges, host, staff, and Du Ran were all applauding him.
"Congratulations, Shu Xia." Du Ran hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and let go, "I don't feel so disadvantaged until I lose to you, and you have fulfilled what you promised to that chef."
"What?" Shu Xia didn't understand.
Du Ran smiled and said, "It's about making him lose to the champion, you did it."
Shu Xia was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Yes."
Under the spotlight, trophies and certificates were presented, and Du Chengwei took the trophy from the side and handed it to him, "Congratulations, you deserve it. At the same time, you have been appointed as the honorary chairman of the National Kitchen Association."
"Thank you," Shu Xia bowed to him.
Although Du Ran lost to Shu Xia, he was still the runner-up, but the trophy was silver. Xu Xiangqian presented him with the award, and encouraged him with a smile, "Come on next time."
"Yes, Senior Xu," there was no trace of gloom in his smile.
After the award presentation, the whole session was completely over. The nine chairmen left first. Shu Xia and Du Ran finished recording and took their kitchen utensils and left. However, just as they went out, they ran into Xu Xiangqian who seemed to be waiting there specially at the door.
"Teacher?" Shu Xia stood still and said hello.
Xu Xiangqian smiled and asked, "What happened before? Seeing that you were restless, I wanted to ask at that time, but I am one of the judges. If I interfere, it will be bad for you."
"That's right, Tiantian has a fever," Shu Xia was in front of him, a junior at this time, "I was a little anxious at that time, so."
"Little girl has a fever?" Xu Xiangqian asked with concern with a slightly weaker smile, "How is it now?"
"Mom said it's almost time to retire, you don't have to worry," Shu Xia said with a smile.
"Oh, that's good," Xu Xiangqian patted him on the shoulder, and sighed, "I originally wanted to hold a celebration banquet for you, but you probably want to go back now, so let's change it to another time."
"Okay, thank you teacher," Shu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you married?!" Du Ran on the side suddenly said, Shu Xia looked at him, and when he saw his face being struck by lightning and the messy expression in the wind, he said silently, "Well, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's good to be married," Du Ran's embarrassed Shu Xia could sense his embarrassment and the feeling of wanting to step back 300 meters away from him.
Shu Xia didn't understand why Du Ran couldn't accept his marriage.
"That's right, then I'll go first..." In the middle of speaking, the phone rang again, Shu Xia looked over helplessly, but found that it was the video call from Mother Liu.
He pressed the answer button full of anticipation, and smiled when he saw Tiantian, "Tiantian, how are you recovering from illness? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's not uncomfortable anymore," the soft and glutinous voice still had a slight nasal sound, but it was obvious that he had regained his spirits. "Did Dad get No.1?"
"I got it," Shu Xia said with a smile, "Dad will go back to see Tiantian right away, okay? I'll be back soon."
"Great, Dad is back," she cheered, and the heads of one, two, three, four little tigers squeezed in front of the screen in an instant, and the ears of the other two could be seen. "Daddy ~ go home."
"I want to see too."
"Come back soon, I miss Dad~"
They spoke childishly, but their feelings were straight to the heart. Du Ran, who wanted to be 800 meters away from him, held his heart and sighed, "It's so cute ~ where did you steal the talking tiger?"
"This is my son," Shu Xia looked at him speechlessly. The first time he saw Du Ran, he knew he was an orc. Why couldn't he tell the difference between a tiger cub and an orc.
"So many lives at once," Du Ran obviously couldn't believe it.
Shu Xia narrowed her eyes, "What's your opinion on me having so many births at once?"
However, when his words fell, he harvested a Du Ran who was petrified in the wind, and his face turned pale, "You gave birth?!"
Shu Xia nodded, then looked at the back of Du Ran who was almost running away, and stretched out Erkang's hand. Is he so scary?
Xu Xiangqian patted him on the shoulder, and walked out with him with a smile, "Haha, he doesn't dislike you, this apprentice of Lao Du is just a little afraid of marriage, it seems that there is some non-marriageism, I can't figure it out .”
Xu Xiangqian explained, but Shu Xia understood. Du Ran is 25 years old this year. He is beautiful, but he has a relatively quiet personality. He likes to be alone, be it cooking or art. I am a man, and I want to marry a woman in the future.
Then I awakened the orc with a swipe. Because the animal is too cute and the pregnancy rate is high, plus I have a little cleanliness, I am more withdrawn and don't like to contact with strangers alone, and I am afraid of marriage.
For men to have children, they are even more in a state of fear.
Shu Xia "..."
Feels like an older problem child.
But one person has one's own habits, Shu Xia can definitely understand his panic.
That feeling of suddenly realizing that you are not human, that new world where you can have children, really makes people look at the gate of the new world and want to turn around and run away.
Everyone around me is used to it.
It feels... a little bitter.
Shu Xia can't control that, what troubles him now is how to stand up under the oppression of a nest of tiger cubs.
He had just entered the door, and before he could sigh that his brothers and sons were squatting neatly in a row at the door, he was rushed up by a swarm of bees.
Now that they have grown up in all sizes, their weight has soared in a straight line, and Xiao Shangchen is the first to bear the brunt. The posture of rushing forward made Shu Xia feel like he couldn't get up.
Then several of them rushed up, hugging their legs, hugging their arms, Xiao Shangchen kindly gave up the position of his waist, and called his little niece to come over, "Hold here for you."
Tiantian ran over and lay on Shu Xia's body directly, and he couldn't get up perfectly.
Shu Xia "..."
Seeing such a tragic situation, the nanny on the side couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, and Liu Zijun even drank tea and didn't even have the intention of coming to help.
"Help me," Shu Xia gave a wry smile, and the nannies took them away one by one.
"Look at them kissing you, well, I took care of them for half a month anyway," Liu Zijun sighed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, take it away, take it away, I won't keep you here tonight live here."
"Ah?" Just as Shu Xia entered the door, she was faced with the situation of being driven out. By the way, she also brought a few little tigers and Tian Tian who hugged his neck and snuggled up in her arms.
However, he put a few children into the car and fixed them, only to find that a red sports car drove out of the garage and stopped beside him. He smiled and said, "Mom will feel relieved when you come back, bye~"
The sports car left only a few wisps of smoke, and disappeared from Shu Xia's sight.
Shu Xia was silent for a moment, looked at the children in the car who were blinking at him, shrugged his shoulders, and drove away.
The night wind was heavy, but a message was sent from a mobile phone to various media platforms. With the broadcast of the national culinary competition finals, it was like countless deep-water torpedoes were dropped on the Internet in an instant.
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