This year's beginning of summer weather is exceptionally good, only two days away, the clouds shrouded in the sky have gradually dissipated, the sun has reappeared, and between the white clouds, thousands of golden lights like water, pouring down from the sky.

The official competition of the King of Chefs takes place in the capital in June, but the official competition is preceded by a nationwide qualifier, which takes place on the first weekend after the beginning of summer.

Since April, from the capital to the following provinces and cities, the local chef association has been busy as early as half a month ago, confirming the list of registered participants, contacting venue rental, confirming exam questions, responsible for fire safety, etc., and a series of things have been finalized one by one, and the quadrennial domestic chef top event has also officially kicked off.

The No. 1 Gymnasium, which can accommodate 1,000 people, is the special venue for this year's Capital Chef Qualifiers.

From above down, the stove after the stove, winding like a long snake coiling into a labyrinth, each chef has his own stove, on the stove is placed a qiē tool that needs to be used in this assessment, when the chefs outside the venue enter the venue with the judges, they quickly find the stove with their own number plate, and at a glance they can see the boxy tofu placed on each stove with a length and width of half a meter.

The low voices of the chefs resounded at the scene.

Yi Baitang stood among the chefs.

For this kind of unforced qualifiers, in Yi Baitang's eyes, it is no different from going out to the supermarket, he didn't notice anyone, he came to the scene alone, stood in his position with an indifferent face, watched the judges divide into eight groups, and came to the competition area to prepare for the pre-game inspection...... Among them, there was a young man with a particularly tall figure and particularly fashionable clothes, and the back of a young man who was turning his head to talk to others attracted Yi Baitang's attention.

Yi Baitang was a little suspicious: this back seems to be a little familiar......

At this time, the man turned his head, his lips were slightly upturned, the corners of his eyes were raised, and he was full of romance with a slight smile, and it was Shang Huaiyan!

Shang Huaiyan winked at Yi Baitang from afar.

Previously, he had spent some effort to get the official qualification of a chef association, and then some effort to become a selected judge in the chef association, with only one purpose......

He paced slowly, all the way to the middle of the line of his own inspection, before staying in Yi Baitang's position, first picked up the entry card with the player's photo, rubbed his thumb over the cheek of the person in the photo, and compared the appearance in the photo with the appearance of the person in front of him, and then said slowly:

"I don't think there's a problem with this player surnamed Bai Tang......"

Yi Baitang glanced at Shang Huaiyan.

He pressed the shock of seeing Shang Huaiyan, and thought quietly: What does the little sapling want to do?

Shang Huaiyan came into contact with this brilliant eyewave. He put down the race card, suddenly raised his hand, and pinched Yi Baitang's collar.

Yi Baitang's neck tilted back unconsciously.

Shang Huaiyan is intimate and restrained. He helped Yi Baitang straighten his collar, and buttoned the top button well, before saying, "It's just one less button." ”

After speaking, he looked at Yi Baitang again, a smile flowed from the corners of his lips and eyes, and he asked silently like a fox: Are you still satisfied with this meeting?

Fifteen minutes later, the on-site inspection was completed and there were no accidents. The chief judge rang the bell and announced the preliminary assessment items: "The qualifiers for the King Chef Competition have officially begun!" The item assessed in this competition is "Tofu Carving", the time limit is one hour, and the competition starts now-"

The competition has begun, but Yi Baitang did not immediately stop his eyes on the large tofu on the plate.

He immediately set his eyes on Shang Huaiyan's body.

The little sapling seems to be in a good mood today.

You succeeded in molesting me, so you're in a good mood.

Accurate.

The little sapling was teasing me at the competition site, and I will tease me back at the competition site.

So how do you do that......

Yi Baitang stared at the tofu in front of him, and fell into deep thought in the simplest qualifier for the King of Chefs.

A huge timer hanging over the stadium silently flipped through the time.

After ten minutes, Yi Baitang decided what he wanted to carve this time.

It's a bit unpretentious and a bit common, but it's good to use.

He confidently picked up the kitchen knife and slashed the whole piece of tofu diagonally from the top right to the bottom left, and divided the remaining part into four areas from left to right, from small to large.

The tofu on the far left is carved first.

Yi Baitang didn't even change the knife, and with only three or two knives, he had already carved out the appearance of a sapling.

The sapling was no more than a finger high, and the canopy was connected, and from a distance, it seemed as if it had not yet been completely opened, and it seemed to be shrouded in clouds and mist, blurry and indistinct.

Yi Baitang came to the second piece of tofu.

This time, he carved a little more carefully.

The clumsy kitchen knife was as dexterous as a finger extension in his hand, and as the shape became more and more distinct, it gradually became like a butterfly flying and hovering in the canopy, swimming freely.

Another tree has taken shape.

This tree was about one-third taller than the first, growing to about half the height of a palm, and the canopy that joined it was also separated, and the leaves were clustered and scattered, as if a gust of wind would make a rustling sound.

The crown, roots, leaves, and even the rough skin and holes on the tree are all revealed under the jumping tip of the knife, and a small tree has come to life so far, but Yi Baitang did not stop the movements in his hand, he took a step back, quickly inspected the small tree, and quickly handed the kitchen knife to his left hand, and used his left hand to carve the position of the nodule on the left back side of the trunk.

In the blink of an eye, the nodule turned into an insect lying on the trunk.

The upper body of the insect is hidden in the leaves, and only two wings stick out of the trunk, which is vaguely translucent to the light in the gymnasium.

There are only two uncarved pieces of tofu left.

Yi Baitang carved the third tree into a taller, thinner, scattered leaves, and the trunk was eaten by insects piece by piece......

Yi Baitang looked at the tofu block.

Others looked at Yi Baitang.

On the judges' bench, all the judges were condescending and had a full view of the situation.

On the surface, the qualifiers test the basic knife skills of the chefs, and secretly test the ability of the chefs present, but even with such an implication, there is nothing particularly difficult in the middle. As is customary, as long as the chef is able to carve the tofu in the fine part and the presentation part can have ideas such as "ants on the tree", it is enough to pass the qualifiers.

The judges saw that about three-quarters of the people began to carve flowers from tofu, while the remaining quarter carved other things out of tofu: birthday cakes, pavilions, and dragon and phoenix animals.

"This year's players are generally not bad."

"No. 78 seems to be carving a garden, and in an hour's time, it is rare for a player to dare to choose such a complicated appearance."

"It's not just that, carving a pavilion with tofu needs to be carefully considered."

"Don't just pay attention to this contestant, contestant No. 23 is carving a dragon, and he has already begun to carve the scales on the dragon's body!"

"Speaking of tofu carving dragons, I think of an interesting kitchen story." One of the judges on the rostrum suddenly laughed, "It is easy to carve dragons and bones and scales, but it is difficult to point the eyes and claws and mustaches, it is said that tofu carves dragons, dragon body and dragon scales are easy, but tofu is soft, it is not easy to carve the claws of the dragon and tiger, and it is not easy to bring out the thin whiskers of the dragon." Especially the beard, there are not many chefs in the world who can really carve it, don't you say? ”

The judges politely asked themselves about it. The judge on the right laughed and nodded in agreement. But Shang Huaiyan, who was sitting on the left, was not so cooperative, he didn't care about carving pavilions and pavilions, nor did he care about carving dragons and phoenixes, he focused on Yi Baitang throughout the whole process, and found that Yi Baitang carved a tree at the competition site from small to large.

Odd......

Why does Begonia like saplings so much?

Shang Huaiyan was suspicious.

The name of the restaurant is a tree, and the growth process of a sapling is carved all the way under the different tables in the restaurant, from the smallest seedling to the leafy tree...... Hmph, don't think he doesn't know about this.

If it's just work, I don't know when, what sapling work sticker, what sapling insulation pad, what a complete set of sapling-like bone china tableware...... What is especially annoying is that one morning, Bai Tang actually asked him if he wanted to plant a tree together.

One! Tree! Tree!

Why is this tree so strong that it appears in front of his eyes all the time?

Shang Huaiyan thought sourly.

He didn't think about it in the past, but now it seems that he can't think about it.

He began to think seriously about when the tree had become arrogant......

There are only fifteen minutes left in the hour.

Some chefs who specialize in tofu carving have already placed the tofu flowers on their plates, put down their kitchen knives, and raised their hands to signal the judges to finish their work.

Half of the judges began to step out of the judges' seats and enter the venue, registering the chef's finished product and letting the finished chef leave the venue, while the other half continued to sit in place, watching the progress of the rest of the contestants.

Yi Baitang's four trees have been carved.

But the final step is missing.

Unhurriedly, he lowered the initially cut pieces of tofu into the water, and with a quick swing of his knife in the water, he cut the whole piece of tofu into thin slices.

Now there are only the last two minutes left.

Yi Baitang finally put down the kitchen knife and asked out loud:

"Do you have a hair dryer?"

"Do you have a hair dryer?"

Two voices rang out at the same time, asking the same question.

Yi Baitang turned his head and took a photo with another person who was talking.

Across the hallway, two young men standing in the front and back rows glanced at each other and looked at each other's work. Immediately, Yi Baitang turned his gaze back indifferently, and the other person raised his eyebrows and spoke again: "Is there a hair dryer?" To Philips Negative Ion! ”

The request from the chef has reached the judges' bench.

The chief judge was silent, and he noticed that the one who spoke out was the dragon carving chef they had just discussed, and the other set of four trees, although not as brilliant as the dragon and phoenix, but there was no problem in the qualifiers.

Shang Huaiyan saw the stitches and said: "Anyway, how can these two people pass the qualifiers, and there is no difference between high and low grades in the qualifiers, so it's nothing to give them a hair dryer, right?" ”

The judges made the decision: "Give it to them." ”

Shang Huaiyan happily asked, took the initiative to take the electric wind and walked to the field, and sent the two electric blows to Yi Baitang and the people next door respectively, and then stood beside Yi Baitang openly.

At this time, the time for the competition has come, and except for these two people, the rest of the chefs have already registered their works by the judges and are out of the house. When I went out, I couldn't help but pay more or less attention to Yi Baitang and another person.

The chef standing in front of the tofu carved dragon took the airplane, first poured the ice water with many ice cubes along the carved dragon's body to make sure that every inch of the dragon's body was soaked in ice water, and then suddenly shook his hand and poured the golden sticky sugar juice that had been boiled in another iron basin!

The golden juice spilled down from mid-air, condensing in the parts that came into contact with the tofu, and splashing the plates on the plates if it didn't. He turned on the hair dryer at the same time, and put one finger between the hair dryers, making the cold wind stronger and stronger, blowing the dragon scales that had been cut and poured with sugar juice to blow apart.

In an instant, the sugar juice poured into the dragon's body, the scales stretched in the wind, and the two thin dragon whiskers were initially condensed by the drops of sugar juice, and then blown into the air by the cold wind, and finally solidified.

At this point, the glass dragon with his head held high and his beard and hair stretched appeared in front of everyone!

On the judges' bench, the chief judge applauded: "Good! ”

The chef, who had not yet left, also exclaimed.

There were no people on the scene who were affected by this situation, except for the chefs who had gone away, there were only Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan who were standing next door.

Yi Baitang unhurriedly picked up the chopped tofu from the water and held it all the way to the last tree.

This tree is different from the previous three, although the trunk, rhizome, and even the branches are vivid, but there is no indispensable leaf of a tree, until this time, Yi Baitang crushed the tofu in his hand little by little, gently placed under the branches and trunks, and the rest of the people who paid attention suddenly suddenly:

It turns out that the tree is blooming!

The crumbs of tofu have been spread all over the branches and roots, forming a small round umbrella on the branches, and the roots are not inferior, and the soil bags are bulging like flower mounds.

At this time, Yi Baitang turned on the electric wind on the side again, turned it to the lowest gear, and blew the last big tree across the length of half an arm's length.

A slice of white jade-like tofu flew up.

The five petals are gathered into one, and the flowers are as thin as cicada wings.

One, two, innumerable.

The tofu slices piled up on the last tree slowly flew up and swirled in the air.

Under the warm sun, the first snow melts.

One night of spring breeze, plants and trees sprout, and ten thousand trees bloom.

The people who had just been taken away from the attention of the divine dragon were shocked by this exquisite scene, and they held their breath again.

At some point, the chief judge had already come to the venue from the judges' seat.

He looked at the previous Divine Dragon, then at the tree on the right, and muttered in a low voice:

"There are really a few young people who are amazing this time......"

And for a while, Yu Liang!

I knew that my white begonia was beautiful and powerful.

Shang Huaiyan, who was standing next to Yi Baitang, was not surprised by the current result, he held his arms with both hands, admired and admired everyone on the one hand, and stuffed the saplings alone on the other...... Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.

He realized the most crucial point.

When he was on good terms with Yi Baitang, the little sapling arrogantly occupied his sight; And when he and Yi Baitang were not good, the little sapling disappeared.

What does this mean?

Shang Huaiyan hurriedly bit his tongue, lest he be too arrogant and laugh out loud in a second!

The preliminary round of the preliminary round ended, and among the two people concerned by the conservative judges, Yi Baitang stayed and waited for Shang Huaiyan to go home together, and the other person hummed a song after pouring the sugar juice, carried a small luggage, searched the city map with his mobile phone all the way, and wandered to a restaurant called Ted Lou that was closest to the preliminary competition.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he ignored the hospitality of the restaurant to greet the guests, and went directly to the kitchen of Ted Building, and threw away his luggage: "Let your chef come out, the challenger is here!" Also, does anyone know where Yi Baitang is? ”

Deathly silence.

Even the sound of the pot head frying oven and the sound of the high-power exhaust fan disappeared at this moment.

Long.

Finally.

Hu Jianming, who was standing in the kitchen, spoke in a dry tone, facing the name like a magic star in his life:

"Are you here to challenge, or are you here to find easy...... Chef Yi's? ”