Liuxiang

Chapter 114 The feeling of first love.

In the month after the King Chef Competition, No. 15 days are used as the cut-off point.

Fifteen days ago, the competition for the king of chefs was in full swing. The two selected seed contestants other than Yi Baitang paid more or less attention to the progress of the battle for the king of chefs, even if they didn’t pay much attention to it. The media followed up in time, TV and network ratings had a double harvest, and they were quite envious of the attitude of the promising chef who became famous overnight and became a household name, and they somewhat doubted whether their choice was correct.

But all the liveliness ahead is not as good as the plate of stir-fried river prawns on No. 15.

After eating this plate of river prawns, not only Yi Baitang lost his appetite, but Jiang Xue lost his appetite just like the little fat man.

The difference is that a small part of the former is due to anger, and most of the latter is because he has never eaten such a delicious dish.

Three days later, Yi Baitang found out what happened in the past, and finally recovered from his anorexia. The other two also woke up suddenly in front of the Chef King Awards Ceremony on TV, remembering such a thing : There will be a play-off after the King of Chefs.

They had already met the big boss of the play-offs, and they were lucky enough to know how far apart there was between them.

So what should be done now?

fool!

Of course it's special training before the game! ! !

The two regretted their previous sloppiness, and immediately started their own unique culinary training without delay.

Jiang Xue has always believed in the scientific experiment method.

She still remembers the experience of fried river prawns, and feels that this memory will definitely follow her for a lifetime.So she plans to analyze, reconstruct and replicate this dish through chemical experiments.For three days in a row, she rounded up the river prawns from the stalls in the nearby vegetable market, carefully proportioned, controlled variables, and tried to make the taste in memory.

The result is sad.

Her family members vomited after eating shrimp, and Jiang Xue failed to replicate the taste similar to what she remembered.

Jiang Xue was sure that she had done a sufficient and complete experiment, but the result was not satisfactory, and she couldn't even "get close".

She pondered for a long time, thinking that this should be a problem of raw materials, the river prawns in that water area might just taste different from the river prawns in other places.

So he secretly went to the mountain reservoir and brought back a bucket of river shrimp.

But the results are still not satisfactory.

Jiang Xue, who was extremely bored, suspended the experiment, went online aimlessly to rest, chatted casually with the little fat man in the middle, and went around to the special training.

Jiang Xue talked about her special training: "I'm doing an experiment recently, and I'm going to copy the stir-fried river prawns that Mr. Dong made before, but the result is not satisfactory. There must be something I overlooked..."

The little fat man also talked about his special training: "Well, I've been trying metaphysics to change my life recently. This amazing taste that my nose can't distinguish is definitely not blended, but it exists and is discovered by itself. Like electricity, the basis of all modern civilization, Einstein discovered it, not invented it."

They were relatively silent for a moment, and found the difference between each other.

The fat man was the first to fire: "What do you think of the famous experiment that the human body weighs 21g less immediately after death than before?"

Jiang Xue looked like you were an idiot: "Because of the evaporation of bodily fluids."

They were silent again, and then added each other to the blacklist with a look of disgust, and quickly restarted their copying and reproduction plan in the next second!No matter what, I have to reproduce the taste I tasted that day!

It's not just because the honor of the Chef King play-off round is close at hand, and it's not just because winning this game will make him famous and reborn.

It's because of that taste... It's really something that people can't forget for a lifetime!

After Yi Baitang came back from his mother, he did one of the most important things: order the saplings.

Then he started to do the second most important thing: to find out how the big devil put his emotions into the food, and passed it on to every diner indiscriminately.

really weird.

Yi Baitang thought.

What kind of principle is it based on, so that people who have lived a plain life can also resonate emotionally?

In order to solve this problem, Yi Baitang had to meet more diners, hoping to find some similarities among different people.

As a result, no similar places have been found yet, but people around have discovered the difference between the current chef and the past.

If the chefs in the past were self-centered and let their hearts fly, they don’t know what wonderful chemical reactions have happened recently, but now the chefs will let their hearts fly on the basis of first understanding the guests...

This is a terrible change.

Because a week after Yi Baitang made such a change, the Youkeshu restaurant was overcrowded, especially during meal times. Yi Baitang was surprised when there were so many people. He frowned and asked, "Why are there so many people?"

Everyone: It's all up to you.

Yi Baitang: "Forget it, no appointments will be made in the future, let's limit the flow of people, only [-] tables a day."

Everyone: ...excuse me? ?

Shang Huaiyan was next to him, and couldn't help complaining: "According to normal logic, shouldn't it be time to find a way to expand the scale, strike while the iron is hot, and open a branch?"

Yi Baitang pushed Shang Huaiyan away, walked into the kitchen again, and said worriedly while walking: "Okay, don't make trouble, who cares about such small things now."

Everyone looked at Shang Huaiyan.

Shang Huaiyan lazily said: "What are you looking at me for? You, Yichu, have the final say in this restaurant. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm just a part-time worker..."

Suddenly another sentence was thrown from the kitchen: "Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the company. If there is something to do, we will talk about it when we sleep together at night."

Everyone looked at Shang Huaiyan with strange eyes.

Shang Huaiyan: "..."

He decisively slipped away.

This afternoon, Yi Baitang received an old grandfather.

The old man is very young, the hair on his head is turning white from the roots, but his hair is well combed, his clothes are neatly dressed, and he still has a cane in his hand. At first glance, he looks like an old gentleman .

Yi Baitang asked according to his habit these days: "What do you want to eat?"

The old gentleman thought for a while: "Let's have a bowl of custard."

Yi Baitang gave a "hmm" and got ready in front of the old gentleman.

These days, he has been thinking about the appearance of the big devil when he is cooking.

Is the big devil serious when cooking?No.

Does the Great Demon King work hard when cooking?No.

The Great Demon King is... Casual, relaxed, and happy to cook, watching the Great Demon King cook can make people feel good.

Then the dish was ready, and everyone who ate it said it was delicious.

So... Yi Baitang pondered.

Should I also be like the big devil, cooking very happily, expressing the emotions in my heart with every ingredient?

Yi Baitang stared at the ingredients.

Try to convey your emotions one by one through your eyes...

But soon Yi Baitang saw from the smooth surface of the spoon that he was pulling one side of his mouth and distorting his face like a toothache.

He immediately returned to his expressionless face.

It's really silly to smile while cooking.

Occasionally think of the little sapling and just smile, after all, it is... my tree.

Yi Baitang was a little proud.

only a little~

The person who prepared the dishes had deliberately slowed down, but within two to three minutes, the ingredients for the custard were ready. He had just put the bowl into the steamer, and the old gentleman's long sigh was heard behind his back: "Little chef, I Can I talk to you?" He didn't wait for Yi Baitang to answer, and said, "My family has a large population, with several sons and daughters. I won't talk about the other sons and daughters for the time being. Let me talk about the boss first. The boss's ability Not too big, he can hold a pancake stand, but there is no way to make a pancake stand into two pancake stands. But behind him is the pancake world kingdom, so he is also a grass in the pancake world, and he is quite attractive to women ...So I have two grandsons with half mothers. The elder grandson is very powerful. If I hand over the pancake stand to the elder grandson, the elder grandson can develop into a one-stop kingdom of pancakes, fried dough sticks, soybean milk, although the younger grandson is not as good as the older grandson Grandson, but as long as you have a bit of luck and some setbacks, you can develop the pancake stand into a pancake kingdom without much problem."

Yi Baitang thought about the Great Demon King and Cuisine: "Oh."

The old gentleman: "So I am a little hesitant. The best heir is obviously the eldest grandson, but the eldest grandson is a bit out of tune with the whole family. If everyone else is a hunting dog, then the eldest grandson is a kite flying in mid-air. It always makes me feel that one day, the string of the kite will break."

Yi Baitang continued to think about the Great Demon King and Cuisine: "Oh."

The old gentleman: "And the eldest grandson has done some things that worry me a bit recently. He picked someone who is not particularly suitable for our family. If he takes over the family business in the future, how will he deal with the relationship with his father and younger brother? How will he deal with his partner's position in the big family? Although it may be a bit embarrassing to say this... But for me, apart from him before being my grandson, the others are also my son and grandson, his father and stepmother Although I feel sorry for him, the son born to his father and stepmother is also my grandson."

The custard is steamed.

Just as Yi Baitang was about to serve the dish in front of the person, he suddenly glanced at the old gentleman, an authentic native of the capital, his taste should be on the sweet side, so he added a little sweet osmanthus, and then served the finished dish to the In front of the old gentleman.

Yi Baitang: "Your food."

The old gentleman thanked him with a smile, picked up the spoon and took a sip, but he was not in a hurry to eat, but continued to ask: "Little chef, tell me what you think, what should I do with the eldest grandson?"

Yi Baitang usually doesn't comment on the guests' affairs, but this guest mentioned it again and again, and he was eager to test the guest's taste as much as possible, so he said: "Eat salty carrots Don't worry, you don't think about your grandson at all, you just want to turn him into the person you imagined."

The old gentleman was taken aback.

Yi Baitang was casual again: "But it's not surprising, nine of the ten guests who came to my place were worried that their children would not become the person they imagined, and the remaining one was not married and had children."

The old gentleman was taken aback again.

Yi Baitang concluded: "But you always forget that everyone is an independent individual, and it is impossible and will not completely become what another person imagined. Don't be delusional, let him do whatever he wants Well, anyway, the kite didn't fly away directly. Doesn't it prove that the kite is still there as its home, and it will always go home for a walk when it's tired. Do you care what kind of clothes you wear?"

The old gentleman remained silent for a long time.

In fact, his liver trembled a little, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or something. In short, a sentence echoed in his mind again and again: This... This brat, can't he say something nice? !Does he know who I am? !

The old gentleman raised his spoon resentfully and took a sip of the custard.

In the past few days, he has been preoccupied, and he doesn't know what to eat. He didn't come here to eat the elaborate cuisine of a well-known chef, but to try to solve some doubts in his heart... Until now, under a mouthful of tender and warm custard After eating his stomach, the sense of taste that disappeared with the growth of youth gradually awakened, and he felt the deliciousness of food and the vigorous spirit after a long absence!

Even though he was still slandering Yi Baitang in his heart at this moment, the old gentleman's eyes suddenly lit up uncontrollably, and he stared at Yi Baitang!

I don’t know if it’s his own illusion. His sensitive nose and mouth are not full of egg custard, and then he tasted the scallops and clams hidden in the egg custard. They are also tender, And it becomes soft and rotten under the infiltration of egg juice, but it retains the original flexibility, which not only takes care of the old man's teeth, but also takes care of the old man's preference for chewing.

What a caring and good boy!

For some reason, such a thought, which was completely different from the previous anger, suddenly appeared in the old gentleman's mind.

His mood became flying and joyful, like the flying of cherry blossoms in spring, and the joy of a girl he likes smiling sweetly under the tree!

Five minutes later, he put the spoon in the clean bowl, coughed, and said, "You are right..."

At this point, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and the corner of his eye twitched. He picked up the hat on the table that was the same color as his shirt, put it on his head, and lowered the brim of the hat until it covered his face. Half face: "Okay, thank you for the hospitality, I'll go first—"

Wouldn't it be impossible to see the road with the hat pressed down so low?

Yi Baitang was puzzled at first, but then dissatisfied: "Fill out my investigation form first."

The old gentleman hurriedly took a pen to fill it out, scribbled on it the emotional reaction after eating, and left immediately, and tripped over the chair at his feet because he turned around too quickly. live on the ground.

Yi Baitang: "..."

The crutch of emotion is for this purpose.

In the next second, Shang Huaiyan's voice came from the side: "...Okay, I have already contacted the cafeteria you asked me to contact before. There are still seven days before the competition, and I have contacted six different cafeterias for you. There are primary school canteens, university canteens, worker canteens, office worker canteens, etc., and it is agreed that everyone who comes to eat in the canteen will fill in your list."

As he said that, Shang Huaiyan took the list from Yi Baitang's hand, and said with a smile: "Let them carefully write down their emotional reactions after eating your dishes, huh?"

He glanced at the paper in his hand again, and found that although the words on the paper were scribbled, they were quite familiar.

He squinted his eyes slightly, and when he thought about the figure he saw just now, he already had a bottom line in his heart.

Shang Huaiyan took the paper and pretended to ask casually, "What did you make so delicious just now?"

Yi Baitang glanced at Shang Huaiyan strangely: "Egg soup, do you want to eat it?"

"I really think about it," Shang Huaiyan said, and asked along the way, "The guest who came just now ordered an egg custard? What did you talk about?"

Yi Baitang said casually, "Forgot."

Shang Huaiyan: "..."

Yi Baitang tried to recall: "It seems that if the son and grandson are not in harmony, it is still useless."

Shang Huaiyan was curious: "Then how did you answer him?"

Yi Baitang didn't have to think about it this time: "Eat salty radishes and don't worry about it, and look for trouble all day long."

Shang Huaiyan: "Pfft."

Shang Huaiyan was really happy this time, he almost couldn't breathe from laughing, and after a while, he handed the paper in his hand to Yi Baitang under Yi Baitang's inexplicable gaze: "What's on his list The emotional response is a bit weird, you see...but don't pay too much attention to him, a meddling old man."

Yi Baitang finally looked at it and found that the emotional reaction on the list was really a bit strange as Shang Huaiyan said.

Because it says:

"The feeling of first love."

After cooking emotional dishes for seven days, it was the first time someone gave such a clear emotional response after tasting the dishes.

Although the answer is indeed a bit strange...

Yi Baitang didn't think much about it, folded the list and put it in his pocket, turned around and left with Shang Huaiyan, preparing for the final attempt before the competition.