"Ningxi, Ningxi, wake up, why did you sleep on the ground?" Over there, Ning Xi was dreaming of the end of the wedding, and the two flew directly to Bali for their honeymoon in the shadow of the coconut grove, looking at the heart-shaped bed sprinkled with rose petals in the honeymoon hotel, and the liver was "fluttering" and jumping, and they were suddenly woken up by someone who shook them vigorously.

Who is so annoying, Ning Xi shook off the hand that shook her, turned over and continued to sleep, the show is about to start, who wants to wake her up, who is in a hurry.

But the man didn't let her go, and when he saw that she didn't wake up, he actually pinched her hard, Ning Xi screamed and woke up in pain.

Only then did he find that his whole body was cold, and his body was also hard, he was actually lying on the floor, and sat up hard, Ning Xi couldn't help but grinning: "Alas, it hurts to death." "After sleeping all night on the cold, hard ground, the bones in my whole body hurt.

"Ningxi, what's wrong with you? You okay? Han Xiangfei looked at her worriedly.

"It's okay, Brother Han, why are you here?"

"I haven't seen you come out for breakfast, so I can't rest assured, so I came in to have a look, but I didn't expect to see you lying on the ground as soon as I came in." Only then did Han Xiangfei notice the cauldron in front of Ning Xi and the stove that had already been extinguished, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Ah, I almost forgot." Ning Xi hurriedly jumped up and lifted the lid of the pot to see that the water inside had just been boiled dry, and the bottom of the pot was covered with a layer of light brown powder, and the cloth towel she threw inside was also slowly stained.

Ning Xi picked up the cloth towel and shook it gently, shook off the powder that could be seen on it, and then carefully wrapped it and put it in his arms, and the remaining powder in the pot was wrapped in a clean cloth and handed it to Han Xiangfei: "Brother Han, if this thing is added to the diet, it can cause people to go crazy and self-harm, but I don't know the specific dosage, if you hide it, maybe it can come in handy." ”

Han Xiangfei was shocked in his heart: "It's better for you to bring it yourself!" ”

Ning Xi shook his head: "The place I'm going to is heavily guarded, this thing will definitely not be brought in, and I don't know what will happen in the future, always be careful." ”

Han Xiangfei had no choice but to take it and hide it carefully on his body: "Okay, you should be more careful." Hurry up and go out for breakfast, I'm afraid it's too late. ”

"Let's go! By the way, Brother Han, don't tell Sister You about this. "Somehow, Ning Xi is always not at ease with her, maybe it's because she's too ambitious!

"I know, don't worry."

You Zhenniang was obviously not very happy when she saw the two of them coming out of the room together, but she didn't say anything, and said lightly: "Let's go!" "Just go ahead of the curve.

Not long after breakfast, someone came to inform them, asking Ning Xi and You Zhenniang to pack up their things and go with them, this time they didn't say that the island would see Ning Xi, and they didn't sit in a sedan chair blindfolded like last time, but took the two of them to walk zigzag for a long time, and finally came to a tall wall-like wall, there was only a small door open on the wall, and there was a room next to the door, and the two were asked to search the house, and the things they brought with them were also checked.

The pile of boiled cloth towels that Ning Xi was carrying didn't look like anything wrong on the outside, so she was asked to bring them over.

The two of them passed through this small door, and the person behind the door immediately closed the door, and in front of them was a higher wall, and the two of them stood on the cold passage between the two walls, giving people an eerie feeling.

These two tall walls separate two completely different worlds.

The place where they were before was like a village in the countryside, and even the market market was at most like a small market town in the countryside, but on this side of the wall, it was like suddenly coming to the mansion of a certain prince and noble, pavilions, carved dragons and phoenixes, all the house decorations were all exquisite and extravagant, and even the bluestone under the feet was wider and smoother than elsewhere.

You Zhenniang couldn't help but exclaim, Ning Xiya secretly exclaimed in her heart, is this still on the same island?

The steward who brought them over said to them, half-proudly, half-warningly: "The most important thing here is not to listen to what you shouldn't listen to, not to see what you shouldn't see, just do your job well, and don't do too much when you shouldn't be in charge." ”

"Yes, thank you for the reminder." You Zhenniang said.

Ning Xi didn't speak, only secretly remembered the path under her feet, even if she was a road idiot, now she could only rely on herself, and she originally planned to find an opportunity to exchange news with Han Xiangfei, but after passing through those two huge walls, she dispelled this idea.

The steward arranged a place for the two of them, each with a separate small courtyard, three and a half rooms of blue brick and tiled houses, much better than the original one, with a separate well and a small kitchen in the courtyard, all kinds of furniture in the house, and even some decorative ornaments on the shelves, which is nothing more than the ordinary people in the capital.

The two were taken to the kitchen as soon as they put their things down.

The head of the kitchen is surnamed Wu, and the head of Wu told them that they are called guest chefs, and they are only responsible for serving the food and drink of the guests, as a first-class chef, they only need to order the various ingredients and condiments to be used, and someone will naturally prepare them for them, and they only need to cook.

Mr. Wu brought a menu and asked the two of them to make all the dishes on the menu within two hours, and the owner would taste it himself to see if the two were qualified to take the place of the original first-class chef.

Ning Xi originally wanted to ask curiously, what about the original first-class chef? But thinking of what the steward said before, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, I endured it and didn't ask, but looked at the menu seriously.

There are a total of 12 dishes on the menu, namely Longjing Bamboo Sun Soup, Ginger Fish Fillet, Sweet and Sour Lotus Root, Shredded Chicken White Fungus, Jade Bamboo Shoot Bracken, Braised Straw Mushroom in Oil, Three Loofah Rolls, Hibiscus Tofu, Luohan Prawns, Red Grilled Sheep's Trotters, Braised Chicken Nuggets, Eggplant Box with Sauce, and Two Dim Sum, Five-Colour Sponge Cake and Bazhen Cake.

For Ning Xi, they are all ordinary dishes, nothing at all, coupled with her many years of experience as a chef, she soon knew what to expect, looking at the row of people waiting in front of her, she arranged it as soon as she opened her mouth, what ingredients to take, and how to cook various ingredients in the early stage, and the instructions were orderly.

You Zhenniang was in a cold sweat, and while Manager Wu was not paying attention, she quietly said to Ningxi: "There are many dishes here I don't know how to cook, what should I do?" ”

Although Ning Xi didn't like her very much, after all, they came together, so it was not good not to help her, so he said: "It's okay, these dishes are for us to cook together, you can follow me." As he spoke, he pointed out a few dishes on the menu, "It's up to you to make these dishes!" ”

You Zhenniang was shocked in her heart, the few dishes that Ning Xi casually pointed out were just what she could do, and her eyes couldn't help but be a little more complicated when she looked at her.

This round of dishes is done, which is better and which is inferior, it is clear at a glance, Manager Wu saw it in his eyes, but he didn't make a sound, just led people to send the dishes to the owner of the island one after another.

The owner of the island, Xie Xuanwei, was tasting the food, and the eldest lady Xie Sinan was accompanied by the new man, and the eldest lady asked the new man to call him "Jun Gongzi".

Xie Xuanwei raised his hand and said to Jun Qianyu: "Taste, how is the skill of our new chef?" ”

There were three attendants standing beside them waiting for them to eat, these attendants were extremely well-trained, and with a single glance, they could quickly, timely, and accurately sandwich the dishes that the master wanted to eat into the small plate in front of him, and the whole set of movements was as skillful as a cloud, without the slightest sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding.

Jun Qianyu only glanced at the soup cup, and a bowl of steaming Longjing Zhusun soup was placed in front of him, and he was not polite, he took it and drank a mouthful of soup, as soon as the soup was in his mouth, he was stunned, this is - her taste?

My heart suddenly stirred, while glad that she was still fine, but I was worried that I didn't know how she was now, according to her temperament, I was afraid that she would not be willing to be controlled, and I just hoped that before he came up with a way, she wouldn't do anything to cause death for herself. Seeing that he was distracted, Xie Sinan asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Isn't it tasty? ”

"Oh no, it's delicious." Jun Qianyu said busily.

Xie Sinan also said: "I also think that it is better than what the previous chefs cooked." ”

Xie Xuanwei laughed: "This time I have found a treasure." Raising his eyes and making a look at Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu understood, nodded and retreated.

Ning Xi was chatting with a young man named Ding Ping in the kitchen at the moment, Ding Ping told her that he used to be an apprentice in a big restaurant, because he was always bullied by his brothers and sisters, he couldn't stay anymore, and he just saw someone recruiting chefs with high salaries, so he went to sign up, and then he was brought here, and after several rounds of exams, he was assigned to this kitchen, but because his skills were not good enough, he couldn't be a chef who could go to the stove, so he could only do some hands-on work, but even so, he still felt that the life here, It's much better than when you're being bullied outside. It's a pity that it's too boring, there's nowhere to hang out, and there's nowhere to spend the money after saving.

Ning Xi saw that no one noticed the two of them, so he quietly asked him some incomprehensible points, the so-called gossip where there are people, although it is strictly controlled here, but it can't control people's gossip, Ning Xi seems to be amiable, this Ding Ping told her everything he knew without any vigilance.

Their kitchen is usually relatively quiet, but every three months they will greet guests, and when the guests come, they are the busiest and most nervous, and they can't get out of the water at all, as long as they do a little wrong, they will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

Originally, there was a chef in the kitchen, this chef was usually high-spirited and liked to be commanding, and no one else in the kitchen liked him, and the chef also brought an apprentice, and when entertaining guests, the main dishes were completed by this chef with his apprentice.

But a few days ago, this chef and his apprentice suddenly never appeared again for some reason, and it seems that there are still two days before the day of entertaining guests, and the kitchen has been preparing for half a month, preparing all kinds of fresh ingredients, but there is no chef, everyone has been talking about it for the past few days, whether this guest still needs to be received?

Unexpectedly, Manager Wu brought Ning Xi and the two of them over today, and asked them to try to make the original chef's specialty dishes.

Ding Ping finally came to a conclusion: "It seems that Mr. Wu wants you to take the place of the original chef and his apprentice this time." ”