Fifteen hours later, in a hotel in Lyon, France, Su Ruotong took a tired shower and walked out of the bathroom.

Even if she is as physically strong as her, she has been on the plane for so long, and with jet lag, she is about to be unable to bear it.

The competition actually started nearly two weeks later, but at the suggestion of Tao Xian, who has a lot of travel experience, the team set off early. At first, Su Changqing was very reluctant, after all, there were many of them, and the money spent on food, clothing, housing and transportation abroad every day was nothing, but it was inconvenient, what if something happened to someone in a foreign country?

But now, presumably Su Changqing can feel why he needs to come in advance, more than half of them are old people who rarely move their nests, and they suddenly came to a place that is so different from Chinese culture, and if they don't give an adaptation period, they will be thrown into the game all at once, and their level will be discounted a few times.

Before the simultaneous interpreter they invited arrived, Charlie temporarily took on the role of translator, and when everyone was ready, he took everyone downstairs for dinner.

Su Ruotong changed her clothes and went out, but the people downstairs hadn't come yet. There are so many Chinese faces in the hotel suddenly, which is quite eye-catching.

Su Changqing held the excited Chu Yuhu, one of them was wearing a suit and leather shoes, and the other was wearing a light cyan dress, looking like going to a drinking party, Su Ruotong blinked, not knowing what they wanted to do, walking on the street like this was too ostentatious.

After a while, Bao Ruwen and the others came down one after another, dressed up one by one, and how formal they could be, Li Hongxing was okay, wearing a well-cut suit, it didn't look like anything, but Bao Ruwen himself had a very philistine temperament, and he had a big belly like a pregnant woman, with a short neck, short legs and short chin, wearing a suit, shrunken hands and feet, the collar was also messy, and the trouser legs were pulled to the ground, which was miserable.

After the people arrived, they almost became two distinct groups, one group was Su Ruotong, Charlie, Li Weining led by the three people dressed in casual ordinary style, and on the other side, Chu Yuhu, Su Changqing, Bao Ruwen, and Li Hongxing were dressed like they were going to attend a municipal meeting.

As soon as Bao Ruwen saw Su Ruotong and Li Weining's dress, he was angry, he had already said that he would not wear a suit, but the boss and his wife and children at home were like crazy, not to mention that to participate in such an important competition, he must wear formal clothes, and the clothes he brought were all formal suits, and he had more than a dozen ties alone, so he could wear them instead.

Why can I lift it up when I am in the store, and the trouser leg is just right, when he wears it himself, his stomach can't be tightened, and the trouser leg is pulled to the ground!

He really misses his old man's sweatshirt and big pants and sandals.

With a stomach full of resentment, Bao Ruwen walked out with everyone, sloppy and sloppy, you can't run naked, who knows how many steps you walked, only to hear a click, and then Bao Ruwen's roar with a thick Haikou accent sounded: "I'm into your mother!" It was his pants that were split......

Don't go forward this time, it's not good to ask Bao Ruwen to go shopping.

There happened to be a clothing store in front of it, and everyone moved in together.

This is a global chain of fast-selling style stores, in fact, for young people, the clothing style inside is relatively young, now in France, the weather is not particularly hot, but most of the people on the street wear short sleeves, and the store sells summer clothes.

Bao Ruwen didn't want to enter, but his pants were torn, what could he do? After entering the store, his eyes lit up, and he ran to a row of shelves.

With a belly full of resentment, Bao Ruwen didn't even look at the price, and bought more than a dozen oversized baggy sleeveless T-shirts and printed beach pants, as well as several pairs of slippers.

Money is not a problem, he Bao Ruwen is not short of money, the key is to be comfortable, if he wears those spicy chicken suits again these days, he will have the surname of the girls in his family!

After changing his clothes in the store, Bao Ruwen continued on the road triumphantly. In his own eyes, these clothes are no different from the old man's vest and breeches he is used to wearing in China, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are different.

The vest is the most plain color in the store, snow-white and snow-white, but the style is very new, the beach pants are printed, and the designer is also made with painstaking efforts, and there is a style of slippers in the store, plus Bao Ruwen's perennial shaved big bald head, plus Bao Ruwen's big grinning momentum of the world's first, it looks like this old man is still weird, walking on the road, the return rate is quite high.

Finally arrived at the restaurant, and under Charlie's recommendation, a group of people ordered local specialties deuil, shrimp peas, rose sausages, and cheese......

Bao Ruwen was dressed comfortably, and he was happy to eat, although these dishes were not very to his taste, but he still finished eating, wiped his mouth, Bao Ruwen leaned on the back of the chair, and said to Charlie with a big grin: "It's not very good, I haven't checked the deliciousness you made." ”

This restaurant is very famous in the whole Lyon area, and the chef is also a local celebrity chef, and it is counted best in the whole French region, and in the early years, Charlie didn't dare to think that he still had to compare with this person, and suddenly received such a compliment, and he was embarrassed, and said humbly: "Where! The chef here is my role model when I was studying in the culinary school." Each region has its own flavors, and if you taste it slowly, you can eat the difference. ”

"Well, anyway, I think it's still our Huaxia food to appetite. Now I want to have a bowl of boiled soft ramen, topped with braised beef marinade, and blanched two lettuce and thrown in, comfortable!" Bao Ruwen said.

The dumplings on the bus got off the noodles, and the few Chinese stomachs on the table that he said were all missed.

Originally, the amount of foreign food was not too large, and they ate such two bites, but half of them were not full.

"Forget it, let's order some more food and fill our stomachs first. Even if you go to a Chinese restaurant in this place, you can't eat authentic noodles. Su Changqing said with a haha.

Since he was not full, of course he had to add food, and the waiter was immediately called up again.

Before the dishes could be ordered, the back kitchen door opened and a chef in a top hat walked out.

He heard that a group of Chinese people had come to dinner, so he came out to meet, which was also the request of their boss. In recent years, Chinese people have become more and more common overseas, and the shadow of Chinese tourists can be seen everywhere, as long as they are entertained well, and then the word of mouth is good, they will soon be able to attract a large number of Chinese tourists, and their opponents are because they pay attention to Chinese tourists, and business has become much better than them.

"Hello, how can I help you. The chef personally prepared the menu and stepped forward to talk to a few people.

At this moment, Charlie's eyes flashed with joy, and he stood up: "You're Jill? Oh my God! You're really Jill? I'm Charlie, let me do the math, how many years we haven't seen each other." ”

The chef looked at Charlie as well, and his mouth opened wide in surprise.

The two of them were classmates when they were studying in the kitchen school, and since Charlie came to work in Huaxia, they have basically not been in touch, but back then, the two of them were really good brothers, and because of the same outstanding talent, they always competed for the first place, and they were still a pair of good opponents.

"Charlie, I heard that you have gone to Huaxia!" Jill looked at the rest of the Huaxia people waiting at the table, and said with a smile: "Oh! Look at what I said, of course you have gone to Huaxia, you have been okay all these years." ”

"It's okay! I'm here to participate in the Global Culinary Competition, which happened to be held here this year, and these are my colleagues and my boss. Charlie introduced.

Charlie's words made Jill awe-inspired: "You actually received an invitation to the competition, it seems that your cooking skills have improved very well over the years." Our restaurant has a history of more than 200 years, and there are less than 10 chefs in total, so I am not eligible to participate. ”

"I was just lucky to have met a very good teacher in Huaxia. Charlie smiled and said: "By the way, Jill, I have a reluctant request, our Huaxia colleagues are not used to eating French food, can you borrow the kitchen, let us make a little Huaxia food in the back, don't worry, we will pay double." ”

Jill laughed: "Of course, as for the money, don't mention it again, I have worked in this store for twelve years, I got the shares of the store two years ago, and I am already one of the shareholders." I think I'm entertaining you, a friend I haven't seen for many years, but I also have a reluctant request, since you are here to participate in the competition, you must be very good at cooking, and I can also taste the food you make. ”

Jill's words seem to bring Charlie back to when he was in cooking school, he and Jill have always been in competition, but it is a very good competitive relationship, as long as the other person makes something that everyone praises, the other person must taste it, and then make a copy - or even make a more perfect one.

He understood that Jill's desire to win had been mobilized. Thinking about it, many years later, the old rival had received an invitation to the Global Cooking Competition, but he didn't receive it, and he wanted to figure out the gap between the two people no matter what.

"No problem. Only this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to replicate a perfect meal like you did at school. Charlie said. He is still full of confidence in his colleagues.

Charlie and Jill muttered French for a long time, and everyone was confused, even Su Ruotong, who had the best French in it, didn't understand what they meant, because after the two of them met, they spoke too fast, and they didn't speak at the same speed as they usually heard French.

Finally, Charlie looked at everyone and proudly announced: "This is my old friend Jill, he is a shareholder of this restaurant, and he is willing to let us borrow the back kitchen to make beef noodles to eat, but the precondition is that we will also keep a copy for him." ”

"What's so difficult about this, cook more!" Bao Ruwen stood up, today's new clothes made him feel very good, this foreign old man's undershirt, it was comfortable to wear, it was not good at first, and he felt it after wearing it for a while, this fabric was good, he had to buy a few more pieces before he went back: "I'll do it, you wait, half an hour, it's all right." ”

"I'll eat with you in fifteen minutes. Su Ruotong stood up and said.