Later things, Ning Xi listened to it as if he was listening to the drama, the Seven Jue Sect was in chaos, and it was wiped out, the second prince fell, and a large number of officials such as the concubine Niangniang and his maiden family who were implicated in the palace fell, and the eldest prince was officially named the crown prince, and the fifth prince was named King Yu.

When the diners of the restaurant were talking about these things every day, Ning Xi was just silently cooking in the back kitchen, as if this qiē had nothing to do with her, and in fact it really had nothing to do with it.

"Shuangshuang, didn't you say you wanted to go back to your hometown to have a look? Do you still want to go now? One day, Ning Xi suddenly asked Meng Shuangshuang.

Meng Shuangshuang said strangely: "Why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”

"I just think it's too boring to be in the capital all the time, and I want to go out for a walk, if you want to go back, I'll accompany you back."

Meng Shuangshuang shook his head: "To be honest, I really don't want to go back, my parents are gone, and I don't have a home of my own, so it's not interesting to go back." ”

"Didn't you say you wanted to ask what that negative man meant?"

"But now I can't even remember what he looks like, and I don't want to know anything about him at all, and now that I think about it, I was really stupid to fall in love with such a person." Meng Shuangshuang pouted and said, "But it's Ningxi, if you want to go back, I can also accompany you to go back." ”

Ning Xi also smiled: "I'm like you, I have nothing to be nostalgic for at all, so what should I do, I don't have a chance to find an excuse to go out and play?" ”

"Who says there's no chance?" Rong Daquan took in a piece of paper, "Look at this." ”

"Hey, another cooking competition?" Meng Shuangshuang looked at the words on the paper curiously, "Guangzhou? What kind of place is that? ”

"It's in the south, isn't it a wild place?" Ning Xi asked, she didn't know if the Guangzhou here was the same thing as the Guangzhou she knew in her previous life.

"It's in the south, but it's not a wild place, it's a prosperous place of commerce and trade, and many novelties in our capital, especially some Western gadgets, are all from there." Rong Daquan explained.

"Wow, that must be fun!" Meng Shuangshuang said.

"It's not, and the people there still dare to eat, when we banned eating meat in the Central Plains, there were still many people who ate meat secretly, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground, there was nothing they couldn't eat, I think this cooking competition was held there, but it couldn't be more suitable." Rongda Quandao.

"That's great, Ningxi, let's go too!" Meng Shuangshuang said excitedly.

"Okay!" Ning Xi nodded, no matter what era he was in, food was fatally tempting for a chef.

Rong Daquan looked forward to it: "Then can I go too?" ”

"What do you say?" Meng Shuangshuang asked rhetorically.

Rong Daquan lowered his head in disappointment: "I can't leave." ”

Ning Xi said: "Why, Brother Rong has taken the apprentices for so long, and there is no one who can take charge on his own?" ”

Rong Daquan looked up in surprise: "You mean that as long as someone can stay and preside over the overall situation, I can go?" ”

Ning Xi nodded: "Of course, going to a place where all kinds of novel and fresh ingredients gather, watching cooking masters from all over the world compete and fight, how many times can a chef encounter this kind of grand occasion in his life?" If you have the opportunity to go, you will naturally go! "After the last Qijue Sect incident, Ning Xi's heart for making money is much lighter now, it's not easy for people to live, it's good to have enough money, try to do what you like to do.

"That's great, I'll go and call Wang Dongping over." Rong Daquan happily went to find his apprentice.

As soon as Wang Dongping heard about this, he immediately said, "Master, I will go too." ”

was glared at by Rong Daquan: "Where are we going, what should we do if we all leave Shuangxi Tower?" But don't forget that we all have shares, Master is a lot older, if you don't go this time, I don't know if there will be a chance to go again in the future, you are still young, so let's do it, if there is such an opportunity next time, I will let you go? ”

Wang Dongping can say no, although he slandered you in his heart that you are only in your early thirties, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a lot older, but the master's orders can only be aggrieved.

"Master has learned some new dishes this time, and he will definitely teach you the first one." Rong Daquan comforted him.

Then Rong Daquan went to find a dart team to go to the south, gave some money to follow the family, and began this journey.

"Brother Rong, how long do you think it will take us to go to Guangzhou this time?" On the bumpy carriage, Meng Shuangshuang asked.

"It's going to take more than two months!" Rong Daquan replied with a sigh, in fact, he had never been that far away.

"Then whether the cooking contest you said is true or not, we looked at the paper you picked up, and we didn't inquire again."

"It can't be fake, it's all stamped with the big seal of the official office!" Rong Daquan said and took out the yellow paper that was about to be turned over by them, and the three of them gathered their heads and looked at the words of the cooking competition held in Guangzhou Mansion in mid-August, and they all laughed.

"August is a golden autumn, that is a good time to enjoy chrysanthemums and eat crabs!" Ningxi Road.

After the dart team sent them to Guangzhou Mansion, they had to continue to travel south, the three of them entered the city, only felt that a qiē was very novel, the city is very different from the capital, different from the magnificent atmosphere of the capital, a qiē here all seem exquisite and graceful, the pedestrians on the road are relatively small, dark complexion, cheekbones are slightly convex, but most of the eyes are very large, water and smart, giving people a sense of enthusiasm and liveliness.

From time to time, you can also see blonde and blue-eyed Westerners swaggering through the market, it seems that Rong Daquan is right, at this time Guangzhou, is already an extremely prosperous treaty port.

"Oh no, Ning Xi, I found that I didn't understand what they were saying at all!" Meng Shuangshuang said anxiously, along the way, although the accents are different in various places, they are not far from the official dialect, and she can still hear it carefully, but she can't understand what the people here say.

Ningxi had also lived in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places for a lot of time in her previous life, and although she couldn't speak Cantonese, she could still understand it, but she didn't plan to tell them about it, otherwise she would have to explain it a little more.

"Why don't you try it and see if they can understand the official language?" Ningxi built yì Meng Shuangshuang.

At this time, they took a fancy to a rather clean and spacious Fuyun Inn, and were about to go in to stay, Meng Shuangshuang said: "It's okay, I'll ask." ”

The guy at the inn spoke a half-literate official dialect, coupled with gesticulating, and was able to communicate with Meng Shuangshuangshun, and the innkeeper told them that because there was going to be a cooking competition soon, there were more and more guests coming recently, and there were only the last two rooms left in the upper room, and if they were two days late, I am afraid there would not be one left.

They booked the last two rooms, and because they planned to stay for a longer time, they paid for half a month's room in advance.

As soon as the three of them put their luggage away, Meng Shuangshuang said that they would go out for a walk and find something to eat by the way, and the other two unanimously agreed.

The financial power of this journey is in the hands of Meng Shuangshuang, Ning Xi is a hands-off shopkeeper, Rong Daquan usually earns all the money is handed over to his lady to take care of, the cash in his hand has never exceeded a hundred yuan, when he sees a relatively large amount of silver, he will be flustered and short of breath, so Meng Shuangshuang, who has always been worried, has to take on this responsibility.

Before going out, Meng Shuangshuang specially carried all the silver tickets he brought, and the scattered silver was also carried in another lotus bag: "It's good to carry valuables with you, it's not safe to put them in the inn." ”

Rong Daquan praised her for being thoughtful.

Not long after walking out of the inn, Meng Shuangshuang was hit several times in succession, and couldn't help complaining: "It's really some wild boys, it's too unruly." ”

Ning Xi persuaded her: "Forget it, don't worry so much about children, let's go, let's go eat something delicious." ”

Meng Shuangshuang said: "We have worked so hard to come here, and we must eat something good for the first meal." ”

"Okay, so what do you want to eat?"

"Of course, it's to find the best restaurant and eat the most expensive." Meng Shuangshuang said with certainty.

Ning Xi only felt funny: "Who told you that the most expensive is the most delicious?" "In fact, the real authentic food is usually hidden in some alleys, and it is not easy to find it if it is not a local gourmet, but these Ning Xi plans to find it slowly after staying, now let's go with her wishes and treat yourself to a big meal!

"Let's go there!" Meng Shuangshuang pointed to a very luxuriously decorated restaurant in front of him, "This restaurant is very expensive at first glance, but there are so many people to eat, it means that it must be worth the money, Ningxi, am I right?" ”

"Well, that makes sense." Ning Xi looked at the three big words "Tongxing Building" in front of him, and the restaurant was full of people, it seems that the production here should be good, "Let's go, let's eat here today." ”

"Can you order anything?" Meng Shuangshuang asked excitedly.

"Then I'm going to ask you if we have enough money with us, treasurer!"

"Three of you, please!" Seeing their dress, they looked like they were from other places, and the junior second in the restaurant automatically greeted them in official language, "What do the three guest officers want to eat?" ”

"What are your signature dishes here?" Ning Xi asked.

"Our restaurant is full of signboards, it depends on what you like to eat." Xiao Er's tone was very loud.

Ning Xi said with a smile: "Then I'll order it casually, crispy pigeon, white-cut Wenchang chicken, potholed duck paw, hemp skin suckling pig, boiled shrimp, eight-treasure winter melon cup, and then a stir-fried lettuce with garlic, that's all, are they all?" ”

Xiao Er's face was embarrassed: "Guest officer, you are really joking, aren't you embarrassed?" I have never heard of these dishes you ordered, except for stir-fried lettuce with garlic, so where can you make them? ”