In the month after the King Chef competition, the fifteenth day is the cut-off point.

In the first fifteen days, the King of Chef Contest was in full swing, and the two selected seed players except Yi Baitang paid more or less attention to the progress of the King of Chef Competition, even if they didn't care much about it, especially when various media followed up in time, and the TV network ratings were bumper harvest, and the attitude of the promising chef who became famous overnight and became a household name still made them quite envious, and they were a little skeptical that their choice was correct.

But the excitement of the first qiē is not as lively as the plate of stir-fried river shrimp on the fifteenth day.

After eating this plate of river shrimp, not only Yi Baitang had no appetite, but Jiang Xue had no appetite like the little fat man.

The difference is that a small part of the former is because of gambling, and more than half of the latter is because they have never eaten such delicious dishes.

When three days passed, Yi Baitang knew about the past and finally recovered from anorexia, and the other two also woke up suddenly in the face of the King Chef Awards Ceremony on TV, and remembered such a thing:

There is a play-off after the King of Chefs.

The big boss of the play-offs has already met in advance, and they are fortunate to know how far they are from each other ―――――――― distance.

So what should be done now?

Fool!

Of course, it was a special training before the game!!

The two of them were anxious about their previous casual regrets, and without delay, they immediately began their own unique cooking training.

Jiang Xue has always believed in scientific practice.

She still remembers the experience of stir-frying river prawns, and feels that this memory will follow her for the rest of her life. Therefore, she intends to analytically reconstruct and replicate this dish through guò chemical practice. For three days in a row, she rounded up the river shrimp from the stalls in the nearby vegetable market, carefully proportioned them, controlled the variables, and tried to make the taste in her memory.

The results are sad.

Her family ate shrimp and vomited, and Jiang Xue did not succeed in replicating the taste similar to that in her memory.

Jiang Xue was sure that she had done a full and complete realization, but the result was not satisfactory, and she couldn't even "get closer".

She pondered for a long time, thinking that it should be a matter of raw materials, and that the river shrimp in that area of water might taste different from the river shrimp in other places.

So he secretly went to the mountain reservoir and brought a bucket of river shrimp back.

But the results are still not satisfactory.

Jiang Xue, who was extremely bored, paused her practice, rested aimlessly on the Internet, chatted casually with the little fat man in the middle, and went around to the special training.

Jiang Xue said about her special training: "I've been making a real yàn recently, and I'm going to copy the stir-fried river shrimp that Mr. Dong made before, but the result is not satisfactory, there must be something I ignored......"

The little fat man also said of his special training: "Alas, I have recently tried metaphysics to change my life, and this amazing taste that my nose cannot divide is definitely not reconciled, but it exists and is discovered, just like the basic electricity of modern civilization, Einstein discovered it, not invented it." ”

They were relatively silent for a moment, discovering the difference between them.

The little fat man took the lead in firing: "What do you think of the famous real yàn that the weight of the human body is 21g less than before death in the moment after death?" ”

Jiang Xue looked at you stupidly: "Because of the evaporation of body fluids." ”

They were silent again, then blacklisted each other with a look of disgust, and in the next second, they quickly restarted their replication plan! No matter what, I want to recreate the taste I tasted that day!

It's not just because the honor of the King of Chef play-offs is just around the corner, and it's not just because you can be famous if you win this game.

It's all the more because of the taste...... It's really impossible for people to forget jì for the rest of their lives!

Yi Baitang did one of the most important things after returning from his mother's side: ordering a small sapling.

Then he began to do the second most important thing: to figure out how the Great Demon King actually put his feelings into the food and pass it on to every diner without distinction.

It's weird.

Yi Baitang thought.

What kind of principle is it based on that people who are not familiar with life can also have emotional resonance?

In order to solve this problem, Yi Baitang had to meet with diners more often, hoping to find some similarities among various different people.

The similarities have not yet been found, but the people around them have discovered the differences between their chefs now and in the past.

If the chef of the past was taking care of his own mind, and he didn't know what wonderful chemical reactions had happened recently, the current chef actually knows the customer before letting go of his mind......

It's a terrible change.

Because a week after Yi Baitang's change, there was a tree restaurant that was overcrowded, especially when it was time to eat, there were so many people that Yi Baitang was taken aback, frowned and asked, "Why are there so many people?" ”

Everyone: It's all up to you.

Yi Baitang: "Forget it, I won't make reservations in the future, let's limit the flow of people, and only make 200 tables a day." ”

All:...... excuseme？？

Shang Huaiyan was next to him, and couldn't help but complain: "According to normal logic, shouldn't you find a way to expand the scale at this time, strike while the iron is hot, and open a branch?" ”

Yi Baitang pushed away Shang Huaiyan, walked to the kitchen again, and said as he walked, worried: "Okay, don't make trouble, who cares about such a small thing now." ”

Everyone looked at Shang Huaiyan.

Shang Huaiyan said lazily: "What are you looking at me for?" This restaurant is what you can say. He can do whatever he wants, and I'm just a part-time ......."

Suddenly another sentence came out of the kitchen: "Okay, it's okay, you can go to the company, and we'll talk about it when we sleep together at night." ”

The eyes of everyone looking at Shang Huaiyan were wrong.

Shang Huaiyan: "......"

He slipped away decisively.

On this afternoon, Yi Baitang received an old man.

The old man was not light, and the hair on his head began to turn white from the roots, but his hair was neatly combed, neatly dressed, and he had a cane in his hand, and at first glance he looked like an old gentleman.

Yi Baitang asked according to the habit of the past few days: "What do you want to eat?" ”

The old gentleman thought for a moment: "Let's have a bowl of egg custard." ”

Yi Baitang let out a "hmm" and prepared in front of the old gentleman.

These days, he's been thinking about what the Great Demon King looks like when he cooks.

Is the Great Demon King serious when he cooks? No.

Does the Great Demon King work hard when cooking? No.

The Great Demon King is ...... Casually, easily, and happily cooking, watching the big demon king cook can make people feel good.

Then the dish was ready, and everyone who ate it said it was delicious.

So...... Yi Baitang pondered.

Should I also be like the Great Demon King, cooking very happily and conveying the emotions in my heart to each ingredient?

Yi Baitang stared at the ingredients.

Try to pass on your emotions one by one through your eyes......

But immediately, Yi Baitang saw from the smooth surface of the spoon that he was pulling one side of his mouth, and his face was distorted like a toothache.

He immediately regained his expressionless face.

It's really silly to smile while cooking.

Occasionally think of the little sapling and smile it, after all, that's ...... My family's tree.

Yi Baitang was a little proud.

Only a little bit ~

The person preparing the dish had deliberately slowed down his movements, but in just two or three minutes, the ingredients for the egg custard had been prepared, and as soon as he put the bowl into the steamer, there was a long sigh from the old gentleman behind him: "Little chef, can I talk to you?" He didn't wait for Yi Baitang to answer, and spoke to himself, "My family has a large population, and there are several sons and daughters, so let's not talk about the other sons and daughters for the time being, let's talk about the boss first." The boss is not very good, he can watch a pancake stand, but there is no way to make a pancake stand into two pancake stands. But behind him is the kingdom of the pancake world, so he is also a grass in the pancake world, and he is quite popular with women...... So I have two half-grandchildren. The eldest grandson is very powerful, if I hand over the pancake stall to the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson can develop into a dragon kingdom of pancake fritters and soy milk, although the younger grandson is not as good as the eldest grandson, but as long as there is a little luck, and after some setbacks, there is no big problem in developing the pancake stall into a pancake kingdom. ”

Yi Baitang thought about the Great Demon King and the cuisine: "Oh. ”

Old gentleman: "So I'm a little hesitant, the best heir is obviously the eldest grandson, but the eldest grandson is a little out of place with the whole family, if everyone else is a hunting dog guarding the house, then the eldest grandson is a kite flying in mid-air, which always makes me feel that one day, the string of the kite will break." ”

Yi Baitang continued to think about the Great Demon King and the cuisine: "Oh. ”

Old gentleman: "And the eldest grandson has done something that worries me a little lately. He picked one that didn't particularly fit our family. If he takes over the family business in the future, how will he handle his relationship with his father and younger brother? What is he going to do with his subject's position in the extended family? Although it may be a bit embarrassing to say that...... But for me, apart from him before he was my grandson, he was also my son and grandson, and his father and stepmother were certainly a little sorry for him, but the son born to his father and stepmother was also my grandson. ”

The custard is steamed.

Yi Baitang was just about to bring the dish to the person, and suddenly glanced at the old gentleman, an authentic capital person, the taste should be sweet, so he added a little sweet osmanthus to it, and then brought the finished dish to the old gentleman.

Yi Baitang: "Your dish." ”

The old gentleman thanked him with a smile, picked up the spoon and took a bite, but instead of busy eating, he continued to ask, "Little chef, tell me what you think, what should I do with my eldest grandson?" ”

Yi Baitang generally doesn't evaluate the guests, but the guest mentioned it again and again, and he was anxious to realize the taste of the guests as much as possible, so he said: "Salty and don't worry about eating radish, you don't think about your eldest grandson at all, you just want to turn him into the person you imagined." ”

The old gentleman was stunned.

Yi Baitang was careless again: "But it's not surprising, nine of the ten guests who came to me were worried that their children couldn't become imaginary people, and the remaining one hadn't married and had children." ”

The old gentleman was stunned again.

Yi Baitang concluded: "But you always forget, everyone is an independent individual, it is impossible and will not completely become another person's imagination, don't be delusional, let him do whatever he wants, anyway, the kite didn't fly away directly, doesn't it prove that the kite is still its home, and it will always go home when it's tired." As for how to shop, don't worry about it, do you have to care about what kind of clothes it wears when you look back? ”

The old gentleman was silent for a long time.

In fact, he was a little trembling, and he couldn't tell whether it was angry or what, in short, a sentence echoed and reverberated in his mind:

This...... Can't he say something nice about this bear child?! Does he know who I am?!

The old gentleman hatefully raised the spoon and tasted the custard.

In the past few days, he has been so preoccupied that he doesn't know the taste of food, and he didn't come here to eat the elaborate dishes of some famous chefs, but to try to solve some doubts in his heart...... Until now, a mouthful of tender warm custard has dropped the stomach, those

Even if he still slandered Yi Baitang in his heart at this moment, the old gentleman's gaze still lit up uncontrollably, and he stared at Yi Baitang!

I don't know if it's his own delusion, his nose and mouth are not as sensitive as when he was young, and then he tasted the scallops and clams hidden in the egg custard, they are also tender and soft, but they retain a trace of flexibility very well, which not only takes care of the old man's teeth, but also takes care of the old man's preference for chewiness.

What a sweet boy!

I don't know how, such a thought, which is 108,000 miles away from the previous anger, suddenly appeared in the old gentleman's mind.

His mood became flying and happy, like the fluttering of cherry blossoms falling in spring, and like the joy of his favorite girl smiling under the tree!

Five minutes later, he put the spoon in the bowl he had eaten, coughed, and said:

"You have a point......

At this point, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and the corner of his eye suddenly jumped, picked up the hat with the same color as his shirt on the table, covered his head, and pressed the brim low until he covered half of his face: "Okay, thank you for the hospitality, I'll go first-"

Can't you lose sight of the road if your hat is pressed so low?

Yi Baitang was puzzled at first, and then dissatisfied: "I filled in my investigation list first." ”

The old gentleman hurriedly took a pen to fill it in, scribbled the emotional reaction to what had been eaten, and immediately left quickly, and tripped over the chair at his feet because he turned around too quickly, but fortunately, he supported the ground with a cane at the last moment.

Yi Baitang: "......"

The crutch of affection is for this purpose.

In the next second, Shang Huaiyan's voice came from the side: "...... Okay, I've already contacted the cafeteria you asked me to contact. There are still seven days before the competition, I contacted you with six different canteens, including elementary school canteens, university canteens, workers' canteens, office workers' canteens, etc., and said that everyone who comes to eat in the canteen will fill out your list. ”

As he spoke, Shang Huaiyan took the list in Yi Baitang's hand and said with a smile: "Let them carefully write down what emotional reaction they have after eating the dishes you cooked, huh?" ”

He glanced at the paper in his hand again, and saw that the words on the paper, although scribbled, were quite familiar.

He squinted slightly, and then thought that he vaguely saw the figure just now, and he already had a bottom in his heart.

Shang Huaiyan took the paper and pretended to ask casually, "What did you just make so fragrant?" ”

Yi Baitang glanced at Shang Huaiyan strangely: "Egg custard, do you want to eat it?" ”

"I really want to," Shang Huaiyan said a word, and asked casually, "The guest who came just now ordered an egg custard?" What did you talk about? ”

Yi Baitang was careless: "I forgot." ”

Shang Huaiyan: "......"

Yi Baitang tried to recall: "It seems that it is not possible to say that the son and grandson are not harmonious." ”

Shang Huaiyan was curious: "Then how did you answer him?" ”

Yi Baitang didn't have to think about it this time: "Salty and don't worry about eating radish, I have nothing to do all day long." ”

Shang Huaiyan: "Poof." ”

Shang Huaiyan was really happy this time, he almost couldn't breathe with laughter, and it took a while before handing the piece of paper in his hand to Yi Baitang in Yi Baitang's inexplicable and wonderful gaze: "The emotional reaction on his list is a little strange, look at it...... But don't pay too much attention to him, just a nosy old man. ”

Yi Baitang took a look at it and found that the emotional reaction on the list was really a bit strange as Shang Huaiyan said.

Because what it says is:

"The feeling of first love."

I made an emotional dish for seven days, and the first time someone tasted the dish gave such a clear emotional response.

Although the answer is indeed a bit strange......

Yi Baitang didn't think much about it, folded the list and put it in his pocket, turned around and left with Shang Huaiyan, preparing for the final attempt before the game.