Kong Xiuming, as a senior old chef, should have been the most deserving of this judge. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But because of the incident with his little apprentice Ling Wu some time ago, Kong Xiuming felt hit and ashamed.

So not long after Tao was imprisoned, he asked Zhu Nian for a month off and wanted to go home to recuperate.

The three cooks came down from the second floor, walked to Zhu Nian, and bowed slightly to her respectfully: "Miss!"

"Hmm. Zhu Nian nodded indifferently, "The twenty cooks have all finished carving, and the three of you will follow me to select excellent works in the next time." ”

"Yes, we will definitely evaluate it carefully. The three cooks said in unison.

The little guy took out the carvings of the twenty chef contestants with the number plates and lined them up neatly on the table in front of Zhu Nian.

Zhu Nianming prepared three more chairs and placed them on his left side.

The three chef judges sat straight in their seats, and then carefully picked up the works of the contestants and looked at them one by one.

They looked at the work, sometimes nodding appreciatively, sometimes shaking their heads and sighing helplessly.

After half an hour of selection, Zhu Nian put the 20 works into three chassis, but this time the arrangement was in a certain order.

The first chassis contains some of the finest carved works, and the second plate contains mediocre but fair works from the past.

And the last plate is the work of the contestants to be eliminated this time.

"Bang!" the little guy raised the gong in his hand and struck it hard.

"The results of this competition have come out, please listen carefully to the announcement!"

The scene was silent, and it seemed that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard clearly.

Not just the twenty cooks, but all the people held their breath together, nervously listening to Zhu Nian announce the final result.

Zhu Nian stood up, slowly walked to the table, and picked up a bird-like carving on the last plate.

"We put everyone's work on three separate plates, divided into three grades: best, medium, and poor, and the worst grades will be eliminated by our competition. ”

Zhu Nian put down the carving in his hand, glanced back at Uncle Meng, who was struggling to write, and asked, "Shopkeeper Meng, have you copied the list?"

Uncle Meng finished the last stroke, put the brush on the inkstone on the side, and said with a smile: "Okay!"

He handed a long piece of paper with a red background to Zhu Nian, "Miss, this is everyone's achievement." ”

"Good. Zhu Nian took the list and nodded slightly.

"Now I'm going to announce the final results-" Zhu Nian cleared his throat and said, "Let's announce the mid-level works first." ”

"One, three, eight, ten, thirteen, twenty. ”

"Whew!" the six cooks who heard their numbers breathed a sigh of relief. Although their carvings are not the best, they are already very satisfied with the pass.

"Congratulations to these six chefs, you have safely advanced to the next competition. Zhu Nian smiled and looked at everyone.

The hall applauded.

"Below, I want to announce the best work. Zhu Nian scanned the audience solemnly, "That is to say, the players who have not been read the number, your game will stop there." ”

"The contestants who were judged to be excellent are—"

"Five, sixth, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth, nineteen!" Zhu Nian announced in a loud voice.

"Oh!" the audience applauded excitedly and cheered for the six contestants.

These six players were also very excited, and some even jumped up and shouted happily.

However, some people are happy and some are worried, and the remaining eight cooks are very disappointed at this time, and they feel that the boiling of the audience is a great irony for themselves.

"That is to say, the second, fourth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, fourteenth, sixteenth, and eighteenth players, unfortunately, you have not met the requirements of our Tianxiang Pavilion, and you can't compete in the next competition. ”

"Why, why are our works worse than theirs!"

The ninth player stood up excitedly and shouted to Zhu Nian.

He came all the way from other places to compete here, but he didn't expect to be eliminated after the first game, and he was not reconciled.

"Are you, number nine?" Zhu Nian said, looking at the number on his desk.

"We need an explanation, even if it's elimination, we need to understand!" Nine nodded, and said again.

"Okay, then I'll give you a review. Zhu Nian said with a smile.

She turned around, picked up the bird-like carving she had just put down, and raised it above her head: "This is your work, right?"

"yes...... What's wrong?" Nine glanced at the carving in Zhu Nian's hand and nodded suspiciously.

"What are you carving? Why haven't I ever seen such an ugly bird?" said Zhu Nian without tactfulness.

"Hahaha!" Everyone also saw the carving in Zhu Nian's hand clearly, and was amused by Zhu Nian's words, and there was inevitably a trace of mockery in his tone.

"You, you, I'......" Nine turned to look at the people who were laughing, and then looked at Zhu Nian with a red face.

"I'm not carving birds!" said Nine, making his final death throes.

"And what are you carving?" asked Zhu Nian, tilting his head.

"I ......" No. 9 was a little weak when he was forced to ask by Zhu Nian, lowered his head and said, "What I carved is... Phoenix!"

"Aha!" the people laughed as well as some of the cooks who had made the cut.

"Okay, okay, it's all quiet!" Zhu Nian looked at the "Phoenix" in his hand for a long time.

"Not to mention how your carving is, in terms of your on-the-spot adaptability, you can't meet the requirements of our Tianxiang Pavilion. Zhu Nian explained.

"Our competition is originally only a stick of incense, but you want to carve such a complex phoenix, how can you carve it well!" Zhu Nian glanced at the carving in his hand again, with a look of disgust.

"I understand that you want to be a blockbuster, but what you need to care more about is the occasion and your own strength!"

"......" Nine lowered his head in shame and had nothing to say.

"I won't take out the other works of the eliminated cooks, you know what kind of strength you have. Zhu Nian paused for a moment, and then said: "In order to convince everyone, I will pick out an excellent carved work, and then everyone will make a judgment." ”

"Bang Bang!" Zhu Nian clapped his palms, and the little guy brought the first chassis to Zhu Nian's side.

"Wow!" "Wow!" The moment the plate appeared, the audience who were looking forward to it was already deeply attracted by the work and let out an exclamation of amazement.

Zhu Nian picked the carving of No. 6 and raised it above his head again: "Let's enjoy it together!"

Everyone's eyes were wide open and scrutinized.

No. 6 is very vivid, and it is easy to see that he is carving a blooming peony.

The material used for No. 6 is fresh and moist white radish, with layers of petals, and each petal will be hollowed out in the center to carve the outline of peony petals.

With the crystal clarity of white radish, a white and ethereal peony blooms in front of people's eyes.

Seeing No. 6's work, the other eliminated players who had ideas were silent, and they also understood how big a gap there was between their strength and others.

"Take this peony and let everyone take a good look at it. Zhu Nian instructed the little guy behind him.

"Yes. ”

The little guy nodded and took the white peony to the player's seat for circulation.

The people also gathered around and rushed to see the "beauty"

After a closer look, everyone found that the carving of No. 6 not only conveys the image of the gods, but also the knife skills are excellent.

Every edge of the peony is very flat and smooth, and there is no tooth mark to be seen.

No. 6 was embarrassed by everyone's praise, and humbly bowed his head, not speaking, and not asking for credit.

Zhu Nian saw the young man's reaction and nodded with satisfaction.