Waiting for the short young man to leave, Ling Lin asked curiously, "Wei Ran, do you know this person?" ”

"I've met once, don't bother." Wei Ran said lightly.

"Oh." Ling Lin replied thoughtfully, who was that person just now?

Wei Ran's face was as if there was nothing to do, but his heart had already turned over the river and the sea, this guy should not give up, it doesn't matter to himself, but he must not involve Sister Ling Lin! However, in this public, presumably he didn't dare to make any big moves, so let's find a way to let Sister Ling Lin go back first! He shouldn't have known that Ling Lin knew him.

"Sister Ling Lin, when the preliminary trial begins, you will wait for me here, right?" Wei Ran turned his head to look at Ling Lin and smiled slightly.

"Uh, don't you need my help?" Ling Lin was stunned.

"It's okay, I can handle it alone." Wei Ran touched his nose.

"Okay, I'll wait for you here." Ling Lin nodded.

Wei Ran relaxed a little, as long as Ling Lin waited here, he would lead that guy away later.

"The preliminary trial begins, and a group of people will come with me."

The preliminary examination of the dumpling contest begins.

The preliminary review time of each group is about half an hour, and there are 20 people in a group, and only two or three people finally advance to the competition, and the elimination rate is quite high.

It was the turn of the 7th group, Wei Ran said hello to Ling Lin, and followed the crowd towards the kitchen.

When he came to the kitchen, Wei Ran glanced around, and there was no short young man in the huge kitchen, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

"Looking for me?" The short young man smiled.

This guy is elusive, Wei Ran was stunned, and then said lightly: "No, what am I looking for you?" ”

"I'm looking forward to your performance, come on!" The short young man said something inexplicably, patted Wei Ran on the shoulder, and then walked out of the kitchen. In the eyes of outsiders, they will think that the two are close friends.

Wei Ran frowned, cleaned up his emotions, and said that he had passed the preliminary trial first.

The kitchen was full of ingredients, and after Wei Ran selected the required ingredients, he began to make Phoenix Jade Dumplings in an orderly manner.

Twenty minutes later, Wei Ran took out the cooked dumplings, took out a large plate, and arranged the dumplings one by one into a pattern of a phoenix spreading its wings, outlining the flame shape with red oil and chili dipping sauce, and burning under the phoenix.

Phoenix Jade Dumplings, done!

In the judging stage, starting from the 1st, the No. 1 contestant had a confident smile on his face, and he seemed to have seen the shocked look on the judges' faces when they ate their works.

However, things didn't go the way he thought they would, and he didn't qualify!

"Judge, you haven't tried my dumplings yet, why did you judge that I was unqualified?" Number 1 had a face full of disbelief.

The three red-faced judges looked at each other and smiled, and the one sitting in the middle said lightly: "Your work is too bad to make us have a little appetite." ”

"How can you evaluate the work by appearance, it's so unreasonable!" Number 1 said indignantly.

"The main characteristics of Chinese cuisine are color, fragrance, taste, meaning, and shape, that is, the five products of national cuisine, although the shape is ranked last, but it is also particularly important, sorry, your work is not qualified, come back next year!" The judges were merciless.

Seeing No. 1 walk out with a gloomy expression, Wei Ran glanced at his work, indeed, the appearance is too bad, just like those quick-frozen dumplings sold in the mall, and it is completely impossible to see that this is handmade.

It didn't take long for No. 6's work to be brushed down, and no one in the 7 groups had advanced so far, Wei Ran touched his nose, came to the judges' table with a plate, gently put down the plate, and said lightly: "Phoenix jade dumplings." With that, lift the lid.

"Phoenix jade dumplings?"

The three judges wondered in unison, and as the lid opened, a faint fragrance wafted out, even though several judges were authoritative figures in the food industry, they inevitably twitched their noses and greedily breathed in this intoxicating breath.

When the three of them came back to their senses and saw the true face of the phoenix jade dumplings, they suddenly realized, no wonder, this crystal clear emerald green dumpling is the most appropriate to compare it to jadeite, and then put it into a phoenix rebirth pattern, isn't it the phoenix jade dumplings?

Tired of seeing countless entries of uneven levels, Wei Ran's meticulously crafted work undoubtedly made the judges' eyes shine.

"Let's eat!"

The three judges have always tasted the works superficially, otherwise after so many people's works, even their iron stomachs would burst.

However, when they dipped the dumplings in the dipping sauce and put them in their mouths, their chopsticks never stopped.

The person in charge of the competition next to him couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the three judges feasting, please, you are the judges, and you are not starving ghosts, besides, there are so many people watching at the bottom, can't you pay attention to the image?

The last phoenix jade dumpling was eaten, and the three judges put down their chopsticks unsatisfied, Wei Ran saw all the changes in the judges' expressions, and couldn't help laughing.

"Great, the fragrance of the dumplings, coupled with the slight spiciness, is a match made in heaven!" The judge sitting in the middle was the first to speak: "Let me ask you, is this dumpling wrapper added with spinach?" ”

"That's right!" Wei Ran smiled faintly.

"Spinach itself has a substance of oxalic acid, which will have an astringent feeling in the mouth, even if it is mixed into the dumpling skin, it will still be like this, but your dumplings don't give me this feeling, how did you do it?" The judge on the left was also puzzled.

"Quite simply, I blanched the spinach in boiling water before I crumbled it into spinach juice." Ling Lin had asked this question before, and Wei Ran answered it easily.

"I remember, whether spinach is fried or cold, scalding it can not only remove the astringency, but also effectively reduce some oxalic acid, I didn't expect that you actually took this subtlety into account, it's really rare!" The judge on the right exclaimed.

The three judges glanced at each other and said, "Congratulations on your promotion, I believe you have a very good chance of winning the championship this time." ”

"Thank you, judges."

This was an expected result, Wei Ran was not too happy, he still had an important matter to deal with now.

After receiving the competition invitation from the judges, Wei Ran walked out of the kitchen and was greeted by the short young man and his two companions.

"Yo, yes, I heard the judges' comments, now, let's have a good talk." The short young man said coldly.

"What do you want?" Wei Ran took a step back slightly, frowned, and said.

"Come with us!" The short young man said undoubtedly, and then, approaching Wei Ran, he took out a switchblade from his pocket and pressed it against his waist.