Zheng Xiu listened to the coquettish voice of the eldest grandmother Liu Yucicada, her body shook with fright, and she hurriedly replied, "Grandma, this girl's name is Lin Miao, she just entered the mansion a few days ago, and she doesn't understand the rules." I'm going to put her back in her place. ”

Zheng Xiu turned around and said sharply to Xia Fangcun, "What are you still doing in a daze?" If you don't get into your own chef's seat, the competition has already started, everyone is already chopping vegetables, and if you don't take your seat, you will lose the first question. As soon as Xia Fangcun heard this, and then saw that Director Zheng and the eldest grandmother were presiding over justice, he no longer had scruples, and moved to Lin Miao's side, "Please let me go, I'm going to start the game." ”

Unexpectedly, Lin Miao not only refused to give up her position, but also said loudly to the eldest grandmother Liu Yuchan, "Grandma, the slave is brave, I want to ask: Is it necessary for people to be willing to gamble and lose and keep their promises?" ”

Liu Yucicada raised her eyebrows, this Lin Miao is her again! "What kind of occasion is today, I can't help you mess around here, come on, pull this girl down for me." The eldest grandmother didn't pay attention to Lin Miao's questioning, as the dignified housewife of Duke Chen's mansion, she couldn't answer a question with a slave.

"Grandma, Xia Fangcun is my subordinate in cooking, you let him compete now, I'm afraid it will go against the original intention of this competition." Lin Miao hurriedly said loudly.

"Huh?" The old general Chen Jinyue was attracted by her words, "Wait." ”

The family who was about to come forward to pull Lin Miao down, when he saw that the old man had spoken, he hurriedly stopped.

Chen Jinyue stood up from the Taishi chair in the middle and walked in front of Lin Miao with square steps, "You just said that Chef Xia is your subordinate?" Hehe, little girl, your tone is not small, what evidence do you have? ”

"Of course, there is evidence, two days ago, Xia Fangcun and I tried our cooking skills in the kitchen, and asked the guy who delivered the ingredients to Boss Qi in the eastern suburbs to judge, and I won him. He promised that if I won, he would give me the chance to compete today. Lin Miao looked at Chen Jinyue generously, and methodically told Chen Jinyue about the previous cooking competition.

"Oh? Is it? Chen Jinyue looked back at Xia Fangcun with a smile, on the surface, he seemed to be asking Lin Miao, but in fact he was asking Xia Fangcun.

Xia Fangcun hurriedly replied, "Back to the master, there is indeed something to do." After speaking, his face couldn't help but turn red, after all, losing to a little girl is not a glorious thing.

"Hahaha!" Chen Jinyue looked at Lin Miao appreciatively and nodded, "Yes, I don't want to be a chef's chores, it's not good to do chores." Lin Miao also smiled happily, this old general of Gong Chen's Mansion is quite interesting.

"Can I take his place in this tournament?" Lin Miao looked at Chen Jinyue expectantly. As soon as she heard this, Liu Yuchan immediately stood up from her seat, and before she could speak out against it, she heard Chen Jinyue say loudly, "Of course you can!" Since you have already spoken in your previous competition, you must keep your word. ”

When Liu Yucian heard this, she moved lightly and walked forward quickly, "Father-in-law." ”

"Huh?" Chen Jinyue looked back at Liu Yucian and motioned for her to have something to say.

Liu Yucian chuckled, and then glanced at Xia Fangcun, although it was a very ordinary glance, but Xia Fangcun knew the content at this glance, and he lowered his head busily.

"Father-in-law, in my opinion, it is better to let Chef Xia participate in this food competition. Chef Xia has been working in Chen Gongfu for many years, and his cooking skills are also well known. If only one cooking competition in the world won the qualification of Chef Xia, for Chen Gongfu, it would inevitably lose the opportunity to win the championship in the food competition next month. Besides, the cooking competition between Lin Miao and Chef Xia was only judged by the guy who delivered the ingredients, which was inevitably biased. Liu Yucicada said everything and said it was reasonable. Chen Jinyue nodded again and again after hearing this, and inevitably felt that what he just said was incomplete, but if he said it, it was not good to take it back immediately, and when he was in trouble, Liu Yucian had already understood his thoughts, and hurriedly said, "We might as well add one more stove eye, so that Lin Miao and Xia Fangcun can participate in this competition as chefs, what does my father-in-law think?" ”

"Haha! Okay, that's it. Chen Jinyue smiled, in this way, not only will he save face, but he will not let Xia Fangcun lose the opportunity to compete, and it will not affect the strength of Chen Gongfu's participation in the food competition next month. He turned his head and encouraged Lin Miao, "Take a good look, let's see how your cooking skills are." ”

"Hmm!" Lin Miao pursed her lips and nodded.

Liu Yucian glanced at Xia Fangcun again, Xia Fangcun and her looked at each other, hurriedly avoided it, quickly returned to their positions, spread out the cutting board, selected the kitchen knife, and prepared to start chopping vegetables.

Liu Yucian turned her head to look at Lin Miao, and her expression suddenly became arrogant and indifferent, "Zheng Xiu, you take her to the stove eye at the end, don't let her disturb other chefs." After speaking, he turned around and returned to the judges' bench.

"Yes." Zheng Xiu took the order, arranged Lin Miao at the end of a stove, and told her, "You little girl, remember not to talk to the grandmother like that in the future, if it weren't for the lord to protect you today, you would have been dragged down and punished." ”

Lin Miao nodded and stood still next to his stove. She looked up at the chefs and saw that everyone's turnip slices were almost cut. She hurriedly picked up a white radish on the table and looked at it carefully. This white radish is moist and fair-skinned, thick and round, and it is perfect for slicing. Lin Miao began to recall the tips for cutting vegetables that Fan Erye taught him a few days ago: radishes, a crisp and crisp vegetable, are suitable for cutting with a straight knife. When cutting straight, press the raw material with your left hand and operate with your right hand. When cutting, the knife hangs downward, neither pushes outward nor pulls inward, and cuts straight down one by one. The left and right hands should be rhythmically coordinated, and the knuckles of the left hand should move backwards against the blade, and the same distance should be maintained when moving, not fast and slow, wide and narrow, so that the shape of the cut raw materials is uniform and neat. The right hand uses wrist strength, and the knife should be vertical, not inside or outside.

Lin Miao took a deep breath, held down the white radish with his left hand, held the kitchen knife with his right hand, held it firmly with both hands, and first cut off the excess irregularities at the end of the white radish. Then, hold the radish firmly with your left hand, and cut it quickly and steadily with your right hand, with just the right force in your hand, just touching the cutting board, so that the radish slices will not stick and continue, and will not sink into the cutting board, and pick up the sawdust on the cutting board.

In a short time, Lin Miao's cutting board had been cut into a bunch of radish slices. Lin Miao picked up a piece casually, and in the sunlight, he saw that the outer circle of the radish slices was dizzy. The corners of Lin Miao's mouth hooked up a smile, he didn't expect that he would reach such a high level of chopping vegetables in such a short period of time.

At this moment, the gong sounded, announcing that the time had come to complete the first question.