Xia Jinxuan ate fish cakes for the first time when she was seven years old, at that time she had already begun to officially do an apprenticeship in the Lotus Building, the first thing she learned was the tea girl steaming in the Lotus Building, the tea girl steaming is not difficult to see just the method, but no matter how she practiced, the tea girl steaming made was always lacking in heat, just an entry-level dish, but she practiced for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Her father was very strict with her, and even though she was a girl, since she had chosen this profession, her treatment was no different from that of an ordinary apprentice. Because she never did well, her father was very annoyed with her clumsiness and scolded her almost every day.

That time was when she felt the pressure the most, and it was also the time when she was most painful.

Sharon recalled that time because of a kamabo, the sooner they became an apprentice in their profession, the better, because the younger the age, the longer the time to follow the master, and when they were able to take charge on their own, the younger the child, the more promising they were. However, the young apprentice also has a disadvantage, even if the ambitious child has a yearning for his future, but the child's playfulness is difficult to control, and the apprenticeship is the most boring job, and most children can't stick to it. But at that time, Xia Jinxuan, Xia Lang knew for the first time that girls could also have such shocking and frightening perseverance. At that time, she was just a child, but she could work hard in the small kitchen for a tea girl steam. For two whole months, she didn't take a step out of her small kitchen, and the tea girl steamed was almost piled up. It was also at that time that Xia Lang, as an adopted son, had his first close contact with the eldest lady of his adoptive father's family, and he accompanied her to make the signature tea girl steaming of Lotus Building.

It was also from that time that Xia Lang began to notice Xia Jinxuan, a talented but premature, very self-esteem-conscious little girl who was just a child but always treated herself as an adult. That attention is nine years.

Xia Jinxuan recalled the joy of making a tea girl steamed for the first time, she thought she had forgotten, it turned out that this joy was engraved in the deepest part of her memory, and although many years have passed, it has not dissipated. This kind of joy is not the joy of success or the joy of victory, but the joy that arises at the moment when the reward is finally reaped after a long period of hard work and bitter suffering. Not all hard work can be reaped through the washing of time, and not all bitterness will turn into sweetness after the baptism of time, so this hard-won joy can make people's hearts more exciting.

On that day, her father, who had been harshly reprimanding her, finally smiled at her, she still remembered that it was after the Lotus Building closed, it was late at night, the cooks and boys all went back, and there were only two people left in the empty Lotus Building, father made fish cakes for her with his own hands in order to reward her.

Fish cake is the signature dish of Lotus Building, and it is also a famous dish in the local area, which Xia Jinxuan has never eaten before.

That night, my father made the signature fish cake of Lotus House, with fish cake as the main ingredient, plus pork liver, kidney flower, pork belly, daylily, fungus, bamboo shoot slices as ingredients, braised into a dish, called "family carnival".

Time has been long, Xia Jinxuan doesn't remember much about those past events, but the moment Su Miao's pot fell to the ground and made a noise just now, she suddenly remembered the "family carnival" that her father only made for her that night. Eat fish but don't see fish, fish contains meat flavor, meat has fish fragrance, fresh soft and tender, melts in the mouth, bright color, endless aftertaste.

His father was delighted that night, and although he regretted that he had not been able to learn the family trade, he was delighted that the eldest daughter's talent had been revealed, and that he had succeeded in passing on the family skills from him. It was supposed to be open the next day, but my father drank a lot of alcohol that night. With a blushing complexion, he looked lovingly at his daughter happily eating fish cakes, and he was in a very happy mood.

Xia Jinxuan can still remember the strong smell of alcohol on his father's body that day, he laughed, patted her head with his big rough hand, and slapped her two small braids tied with red hair ropes, and he said to her loudly with drunkenness:

"Xuan'er, you remember, the Lotus Tower is the ancestral business of our Xia family, you are the daughter of the Xia family, you must protect the Lotus Tower, you know?"

"Yes!" Xia Jinxuan nodded vigorously, and her two braids like goat's horns shook with the force of her nod. At that time, she was still a child's voice, crisp and loud. She remembered that she agreed to this at that time, and at that time she thought very simply, guarding the Lotus Tower was to learn all the skills of her father, and to pass on the Lotus Tower, which contains the family heirloom crafts, smoothly.

But the reality is not so simple.

She has never made this dish since her father passed away, to be precise, since her father passed away, she has hardly entered the kitchen of the Lotus Building. Unconsciously, her identity changed from the cook of the Lotus House to the person in charge of the Lotus Building, all kinds of account books replaced the stove and smoke, the cow ghost and snake god replaced the partner who used to fight side by side against the peak of the meal, and the partner who used to fight against the peak of the meal with her turned into her enemy, they were hostile to her, saying that she was a ghost cold-blooded and ruthless without a heart. The harmonious atmosphere in the past can no longer be found, obviously the atmosphere of the Lotus House was very harmonious when her father was alive, and it was clear that she had a very good relationship with the people of the Lotus House when she was still a cook, but after her father passed away, she took charge of the Xia family against public opinion, and everything became different.

Xia Jinxuan also comforted herself, these are necessary sacrifices, she has come to this day decisively, her life cannot be the same as before, what she has to do now is just to protect the Lotus Tower, as long as the Lotus Tower continues to operate smoothly, so it will be fine.

Unfortunately, not only did the stiff atmosphere degrade the quality of the Lotus Building, but at the same time, she found that she could no longer make what she could have taken for granted. All the dishes, all the dishes she had ever made, she could feel it herself, the taste had all changed, and that feeling was gone, even if she tried to get it back, but in vain. She couldn't do anything, and because of this, she went into the kitchen less and less, and in the end she refused to go again. The uncomfortable feeling of rejection and slight fear has continued since then, and although she tries to ignore it, the uneasiness still occasionally pops up.

As much as she didn't want to admit it, she thought sometimes that she was probably finished.

After her father passed away, she didn't dare to do it again, but today, the ghost made her worse, she tried to make a family carnival again, and the most fragrant and mellow taste in her memory was the taste of happiness.

Soft and delicate, the aroma is rich, and the tempting fresh fragrance is directly pounced, hooking people's mouthwater.

At the last moment of the end of the game, the family carnival was finally completed, and beads of sweat oozed from Xia Jinxuan's forehead, but she didn't make a relieved expression, she stood behind the cooking table, her back was stiff, her hands were on her shoulders, her head was half hung down, she didn't say a word, and the corners of her lips were tightly tensed.

Xia Lang, who was sitting in the audience, looked at her intently, his heart swelled with a sourness, he felt sorry for her, because of his distress, whether to follow her emotions and indulge her tyranny and let her continue to destroy herself, or to ignore her feelings and pull her back to the right path while she could still be reversed, he was in a dilemma, contradicting himself, and often didn't know what to do.

"Fish cake from Lotus Building!" Master Jingming picked up a piece of tender fish cake and said with emotion, "Since the death of the shopkeeper Xia, many signature dishes in the Lotus Building have not been made, and I didn't eat this fish cake when I went to the Lotus Building last time, but I didn't expect to eat it here!" As he spoke, he took a bite, closed his eyes, and savored it.

"Wow! Soft! Delicious! Before Master Jingming could comment, a person beside him had already praised loudly in an exclamatory tone.

Halfway through the tasting, Master Jingming was forced to open his eyes and looked at Su Miao standing beside him in amazement, holding the fish cake on the plate with chopsticks:

"You, what's wrong with you coming down?"

"This dish looks delicious, I want to try it too!" Su Miao said while eating.

No one expected that Su Miao would actually step down in the blink of an eye, Xia Jinxuan frowned, ran out from behind the cooking table in three steps and two steps, and walked to the front of the stage facing Su Miao, looking at her condescendingly. Xia Jinxuan wanted to speak, but the voice hit her lips, she didn't know what to say, she stared at Su Miao deadly, her eyes were a little frightened.

Su Miao raised her head, glanced at her, and said with a smile:

"The look on your face when you first cooked was super horrible, it made me want to eat it while watching you make it. What is this, a specialty of the Lotus Building? ”

"The dish with fish cake as the main ingredient is called 'Family Carnival', the signature dish of Lotus House." Xia Jinxuan stiffened her voice and replied firmly.

Su Miao raised her eyebrows, put the fish cake in her mouth, chewed it slowly, chewed it for a while, tilted her head and said to her:

"The first time you eat it, it's something you make." She added an accent to the word "yes", which was a bit meaningful, more like a trick, and after a pause, she shook her head, "It's a pity that the taste is a little green and not soft enough, you haven't done it for a long time, right?" Do you seem to be lonely, do you feel lonely? She asked, with a pure expression.

"Huh?" Xia Jinxuan still felt annoyed when she heard the first half of the sentence, but the last half of the sentence made her heart skip a beat, she had forgotten to be angry, and frowned with a smile.

'Where is the green?' Where do you get your food from? Master Jingming couldn't help but ask, this girl's love of nonsense has been committed again, he glanced at Xia Jinxuan, and said with a smile, "Miss Xia's craftsmanship is very like that of her father, although you are still young and not skilled enough in some places, but the taste of the shopkeeper Xia has been made." The family carnival of the Lotus Building, the old man missed it for a long time, and thought that this signature dish had disappeared in the Lotus Building! ”

Xia Jinxuan was slightly stunned, and Master Jingming's praise made her facial expression slightly relaxed.

"Looking at the appearance of this dish, I thought it was a very heroic kind of dish, but I didn't expect Miss Xia's craftsmanship to be delicate and delicate!" Su Miao used chopsticks to clip twice in mid-air, making a crisp "click" sound.

"Miss Su, pay attention to your manners." Master Jingming coughed dryly, and couldn't help but whisper a warning.

Xia Jinxuan's face changed slightly because of Su Miao's words, even if she had put in all her efforts, the taste of this family carnival was still very different from the taste made by her father in her memory.

"This is the first time I've felt Miss Xia's style so clearly." Su Miao hooked the corners of her lips, looked at her directly, and said with a smile, "Miss Xia, your expression when you just cooked was really funny!" ”

She said her expression again, Xia Jinxuan pursed her lips, looked at her intently, and didn't say a word.

Su Miao looked at her with a smile.

"What did you choose?" Master Jiang couldn't help it anymore and had to speak, he looked at Su Miao's works from the back of the guys with a smile and a smile.

Copper pots, lamb slices, and a variety of fresh vegetables are put together in a bamboo basket, and the fresh broth in the copper pot is bubbling hot, exuding an enticing fragrance. Although all the dishes Su Miao made for the first time were wasted, and there was not much time left later, she could have chosen another main dish with a slightly simpler process, but she chose ......

"Hot pot is the most fragrant dish in my heart, fragrant and convenient, it is the wisdom accumulated by working people for thousands of years, don't you understand?" Su Miao said eloquently.

But in the eyes of the judges, she was obviously impatient because her enthusiasm was extinguished, the hot pot is indeed delicious, but she is simply messing around with this kind of unskilled dishes on the King Chef Competition!

Master Jiang was about to be angry with her, and Master Jingming had a speechless expression on his face.

"I made the soup stock with great care!" Su Miao said seriously.

Her interest was very high, standing in front of the judges' seat, following the judges to a piece of shabu-shabu, at first the judges were not very used to it, after eating for a while, the two sides actually got hot, talking and laughing.

Master Jingming stroked his forehead, the current picture was too bizarre, and he didn't want to watch it anymore.

Su Miao was so happy to eat that Master Jiang had to snatch the chopsticks in her hand and drive her away like a monkey:

"You're still eating! Come up and get a rating! ”

Su Miao's chopsticks were taken away, she pursed her lips, turned around, and stomped back to the stage.

The hot pot is delicious, but unfortunately there is not too much technicality, eighteen out of twenty judges think she is messing around, the ending can be imagined, eighteen votes against two, Su Miao failed miserably!

Su Miao pursed her lips and spread her hands again, judging from her expression, she didn't care too much.

The current match is tied 1-1 and the switch for the third round is turned on.

The final round of the game will be held tomorrow afternoon, the theme of the game was announced in advance at the end of the game, after Lord Jiang knocked the gong and calmed the audience, the guy in the big red vest stepped forward and lifted the big red cover covering the theme board, so that the whole audience can see the huge theme board, the ink-colored compilation of the dragon and the phoenix dance, that is a big "drunk" word!

Su Miao raised her eyebrows, looked at the big ink characters on the question board with a smile, paused, and looked at Xia Jinxuan beside her.

Xia Jinxuan turned her head at the same time, the eyes of the two sides collided, she watched Su Miao suddenly move her lips, smiled with a smile, and said a few words to her silently.

Xia Jinxuan's eyes were gloomy, she saw clearly, she saw clearly what Su Miao said to her, the words were very simple, only four words, her arrogant smile was shining, and she said to her domineeringly:

"You're going to lose!"

"I originally thought Xia Jinxuan was a proud and conceited little girl, but I didn't expect her to be very interesting!" When he stepped down, Su Miao said to Cheng Tie with a grin.

Cheng Tie was staring at Zhao Ping, the culprit who caused today's game failure. (To be continued.) )