In the afternoon of the same day, a large shed was erected in the courtyard of the Ling family.

The Ling family's courtyard was already very wide, and there was a lot of open space around the shed, but there were already a lot of people standing at this time.

This is not because of the publicity of the competition between Song Zixuan and Zong Tianyu, the main Ling family has a lot of chefs up and down.

The Ling family's chef class, the chefs of its restaurants, plus Du Bo, Li Cheng and many students who came to study, add up to dozens of people.

Moreover, this kind of competition is not uncommon in the Ling family, and there are also many challenges between their chefs and chef students.

It's just that there is no heavyweight like this.

On one side is the signature chef of Dumen City, while on the other side is the disciple of Ling Zhen, the god of the North Kitchen.

It's really a strong matchup.

The width of the shed is close to 10 meters, which is also to allow the chef to have enough space so that the cooking skills will not be affected due to space constraints.

There was still a vacant space in front of the shed, and a chair was placed in the center, which was obviously for Ling Zhen, the only judge of this competition.

At two o'clock, Zong Tianyu had already arrived at his position, and Li Cheng obviously played the role of a layman and followed him into the shed.

For advanced chefs, it is important to prepare before cooking.

At this time, Zong Tianyu and Li Cheng were busy brushing pots and spoons, wiping down all the kitchen utensils, and then placing them neatly.

This process alone took half an hour.

But half an hour has passed, and they are still in the shed, as for Song Zixuan...... Didn't come at all.

The game time is set at three o'clock, and it is normal to prepare an hour in advance, but now there is still half an hour before the start, and Song Zixuan has not yet come, which makes Zong Tianyu immediately feel looked down upon.

"Senior brother, is the goods still here......? I don't understand the rules, so let's put it in our eyes?" Li Cheng said as he rubbed a sharpened knife out of the mirror.

Zong Tianyu looked at the villa where Song Zixuan lived, and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"It doesn't matter, it's ...... today anyway I'll make him regret staying in the Ling family!"

In the room, Fang Rui looked out of the window.

"Second master, there are so many people, why are there so many people in this Ling family. ”

Song Zixuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said with a smile: "That's for sure, the subordinates and disciples in the family, plus those students who came to study, add up to dozens of numbers." ”

Fang Rui nodded: "That's true, Zong Tianyu also went, they seem to have just finished preparing, Second Master, do you want to go over in advance?" ”

"Hehe, no, this is someone's territory, people have their own various kitchen utensils, we didn't bring anything here, what are you going to prepare?"

Fang Rui smiled: "Hehe, that's right." ”

"Okay Ruizi, you be quiet for a while, start calling me in ten minutes, and I'll squint for a while. ”

"Okay, second master. ”

Song Zixuan closed his eyes slightly and leaned to the side, this was not because he was confident, and he would definitely be able to defeat Zong Tianyu.

It's because Zong Tianyu can prepare all kinds of operating utensils, but for him, it is more important to repeat and think carefully about the steps of Ling Lao's cooking last night.

Cooking dishes other than the recipes of the Qing Palace is his shortcoming, and it is imperative to make up for this aspect in the shortest possible time.

At this time, Ling Zhen also went to the courtyard, because it was already the end of March, although it was majestic, it was not cold.

Sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle of the crowd, Ling Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip, waiting quietly.

Although Ling Zhen was stable, Song Zixuan's delay in coming made the onlookers start whispering.

"I'll go, the chef from the ferry hasn't come yet? ”

"Haha, I think he's scared, right? Everyone knows Grandmaster's cooking skills, and among Ling Lao's disciples, he is the strongest. ”

"I think so, I heard that they bet ruthlessly, and in order to clean him up, the sect master brother said that he would quit the sect directly if he lost. ”

"I've heard about it, it's just last night, it seems that he really provoked our grandmaster. ”

"But...... This Song Zixuan is not simple, don't you know? He is the chef of the Emperor Fried Rice in Dumen City. ”

"I don't believe that a fried rice can taste good, it's just hype. ”

"I agree, our Ling Lao is a master of Lu cuisine, how many classic Lu dishes have Grandmaster learned from him?

Listening to the words in the crowd, Ling Zhen smiled slightly.

Immediately, Ling Zhen looked at Zong Tianyu and saw that he was ready to start cooking at any time, so he nodded.

After all, he is his own disciple, and Ling Zhen himself said that this competition between Zong Tianyu and Song Zixuan can actually make him understand Zong Tianyu better.

Compared with Du Bo and Li Cheng's generation, Zong Tianyu is the highest talent after all, if one day Ling Zhen really plans to pass on his skills, Zong Tianyu should be the best choice.

The time for the start of the competition is getting closer and closer, and Song Zixuan's delay in appearing has also made people talk endlessly.

Inside the greenhouse, Zong Tianyu and the others were a little irritable, although the competition had not yet started, Song Zixuan had not come, which made the anger in his heart stronger and stronger.

"Look down on me Zong Tianyu, hum, I will make you regret it. ”

Finally, when there were still five minutes before the competition began, Song Zixuan slowly walked into the crowd.

Looking at the kitchenware that Ling Zhen prepared for him on the side of the stove, Song Zixuan said, "Ruizi, go and brush the pots and pans." ”

"Yes, Second Master. ”

Then, Song Zixuan walked in front of Ling Zhen: "Elder Ling, I'm a little late." ”

"Hehe, there are still a few minutes, it's not too late, Zixuan, go and prepare, I'll announce today's ingredients when the time is up." ”

Song Zixuan nodded: "Okay, Elder Ling." ”

Walking to the stove, Song Zixuan had nothing to prepare, so he sat down directly, waiting for Ling Lao to say the topic of today's competition.

The same is true for the normal Chef Competition, where the theme of today's cooking is not announced before the competition, but only after the competition starts.

In this way, the chef's ability can be tested, and the cooking skills can be regarded as truly refined when making exquisite dishes without preparation.

Looking at Song Zixuan's indifferent expression, Zong Tianyu glared at him: "Song Zixuan, do you think you won me today?"

Song Zixuan turned his head and glanced at him, ignoring it.

"Hehe, I'll let you get out of the Ling family today. ”

Song Zixuan smiled slightly: "I hope you can." ”

At this time, Ling Zhen got up and walked forward: "Okay, the time has come, I want to announce today's competition topic now." ”

After speaking, Ling Zhen waved his hand towards Du Bo on the side.

I saw Du Bo come over with two baskets, the baskets were covered with lids, and the ingredients inside were the ingredients to be used in today's competition between the two.

"Sea cucumber, fresh bamboo shoots, beef are the main ingredients, and the rest of the ingredients are a few, you can choose to cook a few or all of them, the time is half an hour, start now. ”

Hearing these ingredients, Song Zixuan and Zong Tianyu were not in a hurry to start, but first thought about how to choose the ingredients.

According to the rules of the competition, they can choose a few of the ingredients, or use all of them, so as for which ones to choose, they naturally need to think carefully.

Ling Zhen sat back in his seat, then picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and handed over the rest of the time to the two of them, he just had to watch.

Song Zixuan looked at the ingredients in the basket and thought to himself, in fact, these ingredients are more commonly used in Lu cuisine.

For example, sea cucumber, braised sea cucumber with green onion is a typical Shandong dish, and the same is true for beef, and the number of meat dishes in Lu cuisine is much higher than that of all other cuisines.

And according to the habits of Lu cuisine, Zong Tianyu will choose to stir-fry, because this is the most commonly used cooking method of Lu cuisine, and it is also in line with the taste of more people.

But just thinking about it, Song Zixuan suddenly smiled, these ingredients ...... In fact, the local cuisine of Dumen is also useful.

It's just that the cooking method used is not stir-frying, but burning, which is stewed to put it bluntly.

In comparison, the taste of stewed vegetables is not as strong as that of stir-frying, but the aroma is contained in it, and the taste is also softer, and if it is catalyzed by internal force, it can also increase the tenderness and chewiness of the meat......

Song Zixuan nodded slowly, that's it!

In fact, for Song Zixuan, these ingredients are more familiar with the golden scale five soups, which shredded sea cucumbers, shredded beef and fresh bamboo shoots, and it is no problem to make a low-profile version.

However, that dish had already been made for Ling Zhen once, and he didn't want to make it again, and he compared it to Zong Tianyu...... He didn't want to take out the dishes in the Qing palace recipe.

Then, he began to shredd: "Ruizi, I will shred sea cucumbers, fresh bamboo shoots and beef, and after I cut them, you can soak the sea cucumbers and fresh bamboo shoots in cold water to keep them fresh and moist." ”

"Understood!"

Ruizi took the silk cut by Song Zixuan, put in the cold water, and looked at Zong Tianyu at the same time.

And he found that the steps on Zong Tianyu's side were actually similar to his side, and he also began to shredd, and at this time Li Cheng was soaking the sea cucumber shreds in cold water.

"Second master, they are just like us. ”

Song Zixuan glanced at it, smiled, and didn't say anything.

At this time, Ling Zhen also noticed this, he frowned slightly, and thought, could it be that these two people want to go together?

However, seeing Song Zixuan's next step, he shook his head and smiled, no, Song Zixuan...... There is no practice of choosing Lu cuisine.

It seems that he is not going to use the method that the old man taught him yesterday.

Subsequently, after Zong Tianyu turned on the hot oil and boiled the green onion and ginger in the pot, he did not rush to pour all the ingredients into the pot, but stir-fried the beef first.

Ling Zhen nodded slowly and smiled slightly, good boy, this is going to stir-fry three ingredients, first and last, to ensure that each ingredient has different degrees of freshness, not bad.

The onlookers on the side also watched carefully, and one said: "Hehe, it's still the grandmaster, it's already about to be fried." ”

"Yes, haha, look over there, this horse doesn't burn oil, how can it be changed to boiling water?"

"Hahaha, who knows, looking at his weird approach, that dish must be no show. ”

But at this moment, I saw Zong Tianyu's eyebrows furrowed, and his wrist shook the wok, and he saw that the flames under the pot suddenly ignited, and a flame rushed towards Song Zixuan.

Song Zixuan was caught off guard at all, only to hear a sound, his hand was suddenly withdrawn, and the wok he was holding in his hand was brought to the ground at the same time.

Everyone gasped, they didn't expect such an accident to happen in this competition.

However, only Ling Zhen's eyebrows were furrowed, revealing a hint of anger.

Tianyu he actually ...... Hurting?