Looking at Fang Shaoze's face, Luo Qinghe said tentatively: "Then do you know how many second young masters he is?" ”

Fang Shaojin shook his head: "I don't know the specifics, but I just glanced at them and didn't let me take a closer look." ”

Fang Shaoze only felt that the world was spinning at the moment, and he had nowhere to vent with a breath of turbidity in his heart, and returned to his bedroom without saying a word, with a lot of thoughts.

If he had left earlier, how could he have suffered this grievance of being pressed by his younger brother now? If it was me who took the test in the first place, would it be myself who was lucky enough to be questioned by the Holy One?

But now, what should he do?

Not long after Fang Shaojin came back, the great news of the day reached the ears of everyone in the Fang Mansion. Although there was no battle of gongs and drums, the whole Fang Mansion was happy to see it.

"Master, do we want to charter the best restaurant in Guangling and make a big show?"

Qin's face was full of joy, and he was excited to celebrate the banquet with Fang Jinglin and Zhang Luo, but saw Fang Jinglin and said calmly: "Don't worry, it's too late to Zhang Luo when the official list is officially announced." Now you go and say hello to the shopkeeper of the restaurant and ask him to stay in the place, and then you have to talk to the owner of the theater again, and then make this matter more lively. ”

"Okay!" The Qin clan hadn't spoken to Fang Jinglin so happily for a long time, and praised Fang Shaojun with him a few words, but the Qin clan seemed to remember something, and suddenly sobbed: "Master, our Jun'er has studied hard in the cold window for so many years, but it hasn't been in vain!" ”

"If you don't put in the effort, where will you gain!" Although Fang Jinglin's tone sounded modest, it was full of pride.

Qin's eyes were extremely fast, and he hurriedly flattered: "Thanks to your dedication to your education over the years, Master!" ”

Fang Jinglin nodded and smiled contentedly.

My son was able to get into more than 200 exams with thousands of people, which is indeed very good. Although he himself studied when he was young, in all fairness, the hard work he paid was far less than that of Fang Shaojun.

The reason why Fang Jinglin's road to officialdom was smooth was first of all because of his father, Mr. Fang himself was a high-ranking official in South Vietnam, and he recommended Fang Jinglin when he resigned and returned to his hometown in his later years, and Fang Jinglin's wife Zhai also had some connections in Guangling at that time, so he came to Guangling with a letter of introduction and became an official.

Later, when the change of dynasties led to the decline of the Zhai family, the Zhai family died of a very "intimate" illness, Fang Jinglin hurriedly deceived the Qin family again, relying on their small but not small power in Guangling to protect themselves from turmoil, and smoothly transferred to the command of the new emperor.

Later, when Fang Jinglin thought that his promotion was coming to an end, Qin's cousin suddenly soared, and Fang Jinglin borrowed the light of Qin's mother's family again, and since the seventh grade has become the fine food official of the Ministry of Rites from the fifth grade.

This promotion also aroused Fang Jinglin's ambitions.

Although Fang Jinglin has always been flattering to Master Zhang and serving him carefully, he feels in his heart that this corrupt official with a fat head and big ears who knows how to drink and enjoy pleasure all day long is far inferior to himself! If he can replace Master Zhang one day, then Fang Jinglin can become a legitimate court official, and he can have the confidence and capital to speak in the court.

Fang Jinglin was thinking about the future, and subconsciously looked out the window, but when he saw that this was not grand enough, Fang Jinglin pursed his lips in disgust, and secretly scolded: This broken courtyard is really small and embarrassing! Seeing that he had to go to a restaurant to give his son a celebration banquet, it was really a loss!

But when he thought of the celebration banquet, a fine light flashed in Fang Jinglin's eyes. To be honest, Fang Shaojun's achievements are just a bit of face for Fang Fu, but the reason why Fang Jinglin wants to make the celebration banquet so big is mostly because he wants to send Fang Shaoze out when his colleagues in the DPRK and China are there, and he himself can step on his son's shoulder to realize his wish.

Thinking of this, Fang Jinglin suddenly felt that he was in the spirit, and hurriedly summoned the steward into the room and asked, "Did the eldest young master's new clothes be delivered?" ”

"Back to the master, the eldest young master's is almost ready, and it was Miss Luo who was sent just now..."The housekeeper said respectfully.

Fang Jinglin heard that it was not done yet, and said in a hurry: "Nothing else is important, you go and urge them now to send the eldest young master's over as soon as possible!" I'll have to take him out for a few days! ”

As soon as he heard this, Qin's face, who was still full of joy, suddenly changed: "Master, aren't you sick and confused?" It's Jun'er who should be beautiful this time! ”

Ignorant woman! Fang Jinglin disdained to explain to the Qin family, "Let's make two new ones for Jun'er!" But you still have to go and give the eldest young master Zhang Luo a set of good accessories, don't embarrass me! ”

Seeing that although Fang Jinglin brought Fang Shaojun's share, he still didn't forget to mention Fang Shaoze, the Qin family was even more angry, but at this time, there was still a maid who came over and said: "Madam, the third young lady said that she and the second young master invited Miss Luo and the eldest young master to go to the drunken sky tower for dinner."

This one is a thousand cuts! Qin only felt that his eyes were dark.

"In fact, Zuixiaolou's specialty dish is river fresh, their steamed river crab and fresh vegetable crab roe are a must in Guangling, but the current river crab is not fat enough, not to mention, the price of these two dishes is frighteningly high, not worth it! So let's eat their baked river prawns today, this dish is also quite popular! Ah, speaking of this, I remembered, I confiscated the big river crab that the county official sent to my grandmother that day, and let him send it home, did you eat it? ”

Luo Qinghe and Fang Shaoze quietly changed their eyes, only thinking that this Third Miss Fang was really a strange person.

Although this Fang Shaojian's appearance is not outstanding, even... It can be said that it is below the standard, but her temperament is really interesting. Fang Shaojin didn't have the intrigues in the deep house in his eyes, but he was not the kind of innocent woman who had no heart at all... Luo Qinghe couldn't say what kind of character it was, but she felt that she had the pride of a child of the rivers and lakes, otherwise she wouldn't have led the three of them out to eat with enthusiasm as soon as they met.

However, at the moment, Shao Ze suspected that his sister wanted to take this opportunity to sneak out to have fun, after all, she had been talking with Luo Qinghe with great interest about what good places to go in Guangling at night, and happily agreed to go to the long street for a while.

Although Fang Shaoze was unhappy, Luo Qinghe became more and more fond of this Fang Shaojin.

In just half a pillar of incense, eight baked river shrimp were served in the lake blue square plate.

Fang Shaojin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly wiped his hands in the kumquat water, took it while it was hot, and said while peeling it: "I'll give you a sample!" The work of peeling shrimp is done by a subordinate, but I don't like to wait, I think it's interesting to peel it yourself, don't you mind? ”

Of course I don't mind!

Luo Qinghe chuckled and grabbed one in the same way as Fang Shaojin, but she habitually looked at it carefully.

This shrimp should be simmered with ginger wine and special spices before baking, and the heat does not bake all the moisture in the shrimp when baking, it seems that this craft is really good!

But why is the shrimp's back intact? Luo Qinghe was puzzled, and when he saw the faint black line on the back of the shrimp, he heard Fang Shaoze on the side suddenly take out a handkerchief and spit out the shrimp in his mouth.

"It's broken! Big brother, are you alright? I just forgot to mention that there is a shrimp line behind this prawn, so you have to pick it up and eat it, otherwise you will be sloppy! Fang Shaojin was a little embarrassed.

But Fang Shaoze was a little puzzled and said to Luo Qinghe: "No, why did you never stick your teeth when you made shrimp in the past?" ”

Luo Qinghe said helplessly: "That's naturally because I was careful and I picked out that thing!" ”

Scratching the back of the shrimp in his hand again, exposing the black line, Luo Qinghe said: "Oh, it's this one who has lost his teeth!" ”

"Wow! You are so amazing, I have eaten shrimp for so long and have always picked the shrimp line by myself, sometimes I can't pick it cleanly and make the shrimp meat black, disgusting, I can only waste this good river shrimp! Fang Shaojin leaned over and exclaimed.

Luo Qinghe put down the shrimp in his hand and said, "This shrimp line has to be picked before going into the pot, otherwise picking it when the shrimp is cooked will naturally stain the shrimp meat." With that, Luo Qinghe turned around and called out to Xiao Er, who was waiting outside: "Why are you so negligent in your restaurant?" Dare to bring up the shrimp line without picking? Hurry up and change it for me! ”

But when Xiao Er heard this, he was puzzled: "Girl, we have never heard of such a thing as picking shrimp lines in the opening of Drunken Xiaolou for so many years!" ”

Looking at Xiao Er's defensive attitude that you are afraid that you are not here to touch porcelain, Luo Qinghe is very unhappy in his heart: "You are less than me!" Where is the reason not to pick a shrimp line? What's the matter, do you have to fool me when I am a guest? ”

"You can't talk like that, girl! We're not fooling you! ”

"You still don't admit it?" Luo Qinghe rolled up his sleeves and was about to reason with this little two, but he was suddenly pulled behind him.

Fang Shaoze said coldly: "That's it, you are not in charge, it is not difficult for us to let the shopkeeper come over for you!" ”

When this little boy saw that he was a young man with a lot of bearing, he didn't dare to argue anymore, and went to call the shopkeeper with a frown and puzzled face.

Fang Shaojin remembered it at this time, and said with an anxious face: "Oh, you probably misunderstood!" I remember that no matter where I ate shrimp, I had to pick the shrimp line by myself, and there was never a time when the restaurant picked it well! ”

Never picky? Could it be that this is Guangling's habit? When Luo Qinghe heard this, he suddenly felt a little weak.

But this young master Fang said confidently: "Why, does not picking a shrimp line prove that Zuixiaolou is right?" We spent so much money to eat, and we came here for the sake of the teeth? ”

Isn't it! As soon as he heard this, Luo Qinghe came to his senses again: "We spend so much silver, why should we be struck by the sand!" ”

Seeing the two of them singing and harmonizing, Fang Shaojun quietly tugged on his sister's sleeve, the two glanced at each other, and closed their mouths knowingly.

After a cup of tea, the shopkeeper hurriedly followed Xiao Er: "A few guest officers, if the shop is lazy, it's really embarrassing!" But I just heard Xiao Er say that you are angry because we didn't pick the shrimp line? But with all due respect, we have never had a rule for picking shrimp lines, not just you! ”

The shopkeeper said, and asked Xiao Er to bring a plate, peeled off all eight shrimps, and said, "Look, we really didn't pick this shrimp line, but you really wronged us in this matter!" You can listen to it all over Guangling, except for the rules of the palace, I don't know, all the shrimp in other places will never have a shrimp line! ”

The shopkeeper's natural attitude made Luo Qinghe very unhappy, they knew that this shrimp line was awkward, why did they make excuses like this?

Fang Shaoze sneered: "Shopkeeper, I don't know the situation elsewhere, but the master has never heard of this river shrimp since he was a child, and he has never been picked, why do you have to suffer this stuffy loss when you come here?" ”

Looking at Fang Shaoze's calm and majestic bearing, the shopkeeper suddenly felt bottomless: Could it be that he provoked a ruthless character today?

Seeing what he was thinking, Fang Shaoze stretched his sleeves and said, "Don't panic, the young master is not from the palace, but from a remote rural place. ”

Listening to Fang Shaoze's meaningful words, Fang Shaojun suddenly panicked, but Fang Shaoze stopped at the point, and said to the shopkeeper with a sneer: "Since you have been able to be prosperous in Guangling for so long, it is not easy to think about it. But today, when I came, I let you be so lazy, and when you go out in the future, you will definitely pass on two gossips about your drunken sky. ”

Fang Shaoze said, and threw the plate of shrimp that came up at the beginning on the lacquer plate held by Xiao Er: "You can keep this thing and eat it yourself!" ”

Luo Qinghe didn't expect Fang Shaoze to be able to show such a scoundrel today, when he threw the plate of shrimp back with a disgusted face, Luo Qinghe was so moved that he cried: It's so handsome! It's so relieving!

Seeing that the shopkeeper who was still coaxing Fang Cai was full of embarrassment at this time, Luo Qinghe only felt refreshed physically and mentally, and he couldn't wait to cheer for Fang Shaoze.

With a coquettish smile on his face, Luo Qinghe deliberately pretended to be that arrogant and soft trouble, twisted his waist and snuggled up to Fang Shaoze's side and whispered: "That's it!" The food in this restaurant is really not on the table, I don't want to eat here! Master, let's go! ”

Luo Qinghe covered his face again as he spoke, and said, "People's teeth hurt, I have to tell those little sisters in the future, don't come to this drunken tower, lest you get hurt and be slandered!" ”

Although he knew that Luo Qinghe was pretending, Fang Shaoze still had goosebumps, swallowed his saliva and reluctantly cooperated: "Let's go, change the big brother of the restaurant to invite you to eat again!" ”

Seeing that Fang Shaoze didn't plan to settle the account for the shopkeeper, Fang Shaojin didn't know the bottom of his heart, and quietly said to Fang Shaojun: "Second brother, what are you going to do with the eldest brother?" ”

Is it a family, Fang Shaojun maintained: "They all treated us like this, and gave him silver?" Listen to the big brother, don't make a sound. ”

But the shopkeeper disagreed: "Childe! Why can't you settle the bill for this reason? To be honest, looking at the restaurants in the entire Guangling County, our baked river shrimp craftsmanship is also one of the best, I don't believe anyone else can surpass us! If Childe doesn't make things clear, our restaurant won't admit this account! ”

Fang Shaoze saw that this person was stalking, and he was also a little impatient and said: "Shopkeeper, you are unreasonable!" When you brought this shrimp to us, we tasted it and scratched our teeth, and we didn't eat it at all, didn't you see it yourself? ”

The shopkeeper was still unwilling: "It's true that you didn't move, but we did serve you food!" Do you say that if it doesn't taste good, it doesn't taste good? In this way, if you have really eaten river shrimp that is better than our restaurant and does not make you feel embarrassed, you can just say it, and we will definitely admit it! ”

As soon as he heard the shopkeeper hand over his words, Luo Qinghe wittily seized the opportunity: "Hey, there really is!" Although I am not a celebrity chef, I understand the truth of picking shrimp lines to make shrimp more than you in this restaurant! ”

"Done!" The shopkeeper didn't take Luo Qinghe in his eyes from the beginning, and at this time he only thought that his agitation method had succeeded, and said proudly: "Since you are so confident, girl, then please prove it, otherwise I will sue you to the government in the name of gathering people to make trouble!" ”

Is this so big? Luo Qinghe was a little surprised when he heard this.

But before she could speak, Fang Shaoze preemptively said with a contemptuous face: "Do you say that proof has to be proven, why?" Could it be that he realized that this was wrong but didn't know how to solve it, and wanted to take this opportunity to come up with Miss Luo's method of making shrimp? ”

Seeing that Fang Shaoze didn't let him say a word, the shopkeeper's face was full of embarrassment, and he held back for a long time before he reluctantly said: "That... What is Childe going to do? ”

"You started the matter, why did you ask me?" Fang Shaoze seemed to be angry with him on purpose, and said with a smile in his eyes: "If you want to learn something and ask for advice, what else do you want to do?" It's not that simple to ask Miss Luo to make a move! ”

The shopkeeper was really irritated by Fang Shaoze's attitude, and immediately slapped the table and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Then let's turn this into a formal discussion! If the girl's craftsmanship is really better than ours, then I will burn the plaque in this drunken Xiaolou and never make this baked river shrimp again! But if you lose..."

"Then let's burn the plaque and never make this shrimp again!" Fang Shaoze said as a matter of course.

It can be seen that he is a scoundrel, but Luo Qinghe is very speechless: Although this condition seems fair, but first, where did they get the plaque if they are not a restaurant? Second, she didn't make this shrimp to make money in the first place, and even if she didn't do it from now on, she wouldn't lose as much as Zuixiaolou!

Not only Luo Qinghe is so fragrant, but the Fang Fu brothers and sisters on the side also admire their eldest brother's cheekiness, seeing that Fang Shaoze actually showed this unprecedented aggressiveness, Fang Shaojun only had three words left in his heart: protect the calf.

After listening to Fang Shaoze's words, the shopkeeper was even more dizzy, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Son, don't regulate people like this!" I don't think it's as good as this, if you win, then I will personally kowtow to you in front of the guests and apologize, and leave Guangling from now on! But if Zuixiaolou wins, then you will do the same, how about it? ”

For the sake of this shopkeeper, I am really anxious! Listening to his vicious words, Luo Qinghe sighed in his heart.

However, Fang Shaojun felt that although this departure from Guangling was actually in line with Fang Shaoze's wishes, a good man knelt down to his parents, if Fang Shaoze really kowtowed to this shopkeeper, I was afraid that it would break the dignity of the entire Fang family! Therefore, Fang Shaojun thought that his eldest brother would bargain.

But he never expected that Fang Shaoze didn't even think about it, and nodded briskly: "No problem!" ”

As he spoke, Fang Shaoze turned back to Luo Qinghe and said, "Play normally, I believe in you!" ”

I don't believe in myself yet! Luo Qinghe was caught off guard and carried the face of the entire Fang family, and suddenly felt a lot of pressure, but Fang Shaoze had already made a bet with the shopkeeper so firmly in order to protect himself, so he couldn't bow his head at this time and smear Fang Shaoze's face!

Nodding solemnly, Luo Qinghe took two steps forward and continued Fang Shaoze's words: "But the shopkeeper, since we want to gamble, then the various rules should be set in detail, and the most important thing in the gambling game is to have someone to judge, but the guys in your restaurant are facing you, and the people in our house are naturally facing us, so this voter still needs to discuss." ”

"How's the diners downstairs?" The shopkeeper's reaction was also fast, and he gave an idea: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, the guests in the hall are opened before we make a bet, and no one will do anything, so how about we let them vote?" ”

"Good!" Luo Qinghe and Fang Shaoze changed their eyes, and responded loudly.

Fang Shaoze thought about it, but he was not at ease, and turned around and instructed the brothers and sisters of the other party's house: "You go home first!" ”

Fang Shaojun knew in his heart that his eldest brother wanted to protect the two of them, and he was afraid that if he lost later, he would even affect them and kowtow to others, so he just wanted to agree, but he heard his own sister excitedly say: "No!" I've got to watch! ”

Looking at Fang Shaojun's hesitant look, Fang Shaojin unceremoniously added: "If the second brother doesn't dare to stay, go home first!" It's okay! ”

Although this Miss Fang San is usually very arrogant, but at this moment, she hit the nail on the head, and she didn't dare to leave Fang Shaojun.

Master, I'm also out of the way! Fang Shaojun's only remaining shame was also crushed by his sister, and he gritted his teeth and stood behind Fang Shaoze, and said secretly in his heart: If you are a brother, you have to advance and retreat together, what am I afraid of!

Seeing that the second brother was firmly guarding behind the eldest brother, Fang Shaojin was very pleased to slap Fang Shaojun on the back: "Okay!" It's really my own brother! ”

It's just that poor Fang Xiaoye just straightened his back with pride, and was slapped by Fang Shaojian's heavy palm so hard that he couldn't hold back his cough and didn't lose face in front of the "enemy".

Seeing that Fang Shaojin was about to raise his hand to pat himself, Fang Shaoze hurriedly dodged and made an excuse: "I remembered something, you wait for me for a while!" ”

The shopkeeper's hands and feet were also sharp, and as soon as he saw that the gambling game was about to start, he ordered someone to turn all the equipment used for shrimp into the main hall of the drunken Xiao Tower.

When Fang Shaoze came back, he saw Luo Qinghe looking boredly at the guys in the restaurant busy with preparations, so he stepped forward and whispered, "What, are you sure?" ”

Why don't you ask me if I'm sure when you're gambling with someone?! Seeing that Fang Shaoze only remembered to ask now, Luo Qinghe replied angrily: "The matter has come to this, am I sure that this matter is still important?" ”

But Fang Shaoze ignored her grievances at all, and said cheekily to himself: "It's good to have it, you can plan here yourself!" ”

Giving him a blank look, Luo Qinghe got up and took the toothpick box.

"What are you doing with your stuff?" Fang Shaojin was very puzzled when he saw this.

But Luo Qinghe didn't explain, but said mysteriously: "I'm useful, you'll know in a while!" ”

"That's fine!" This third lady Fang is also easy to deal with, seeing that Luo Qinghe didn't say anything and didn't ask any more, she said excitedly: "Sister Luo, I'll help you in a while!" ”

You just want to join in the fun! Fang Shaoze was a little uneasy about his sister's arrogant character: "You go back to the box to hide, so as not to burden you!" ”

But Miss Fang San didn't budge: "I don't!" I'm here to cheer you up! ”

As soon as these words came out, Miss Fang San's two brothers were very helpless.

Although in the previous years of war and chaos, the folk customs of Guangling are far from being as strict as they once were, but in the end it is also the capital of a country, and there is still some proportion in the family. But their sister doesn't know why, she has been the same as the same family lady since she was a child, she doesn't have the reserved and quiet of a woman at all, but she is very smug all day long, and she likes to join in the fun.

The reason why the Qin family was dizzy when they saw Fang Shaojin was also because of this girl's wildness.

At this time, the juniors in the drunken Xiaolou had already begun to come in: "The guest officers who have passed by, come and take a look!" We have an event in the drunken sky! Just now, a girl thought that our baked river shrimp in the drunken Xiaolou was not delicious, so she wanted to compete with our chef in charge, so we wanted to ask you to vote for this competition! The shrimp in today's competition are all free to taste, and the shopkeeper also instructed that every guest who comes to the venue will give two more baked river shrimp! Please vote fairly! ”

This drunken man is really thoughtful! Listening to Xiao Er's words, the people passing by and the diners in the hall were all interested: "Zuixiaolou is one of the best restaurants in Guangling, who is so bold and dares to compete with Zuixiaolou?" ”

Xiao Er became even more proud when he heard this, and said more and more pretendedly: "Oh, guest officer, you can't say that!" Girls from other towns want to learn from us and promote us, you can have a good time when you come, and be happy in our restaurant! ”

Yo! Pretending to be my aunt and grandmother put up with it, you still insinuate that you are addicted? I'm a bully when my aunt and grandmother! Seeing that this little brother was becoming more and more arrogant, Luo Qinghe finally couldn't bear it anymore, and stepped forward and said loudly: "This little brother, you didn't say that!" Today's competition is blocked by your reputation, how can it be said that it is a lively view? ”

Luo Qinghe said, blessed the onlookers, and explained: "Everyone, I just heard this little brother say that he didn't get to the point for a long time, so the little girl still wants to explain a thing or two to you." The reason why I want to discuss with Zuixiaolou today is that I just ordered a baked river shrimp here, but just a bite was struck by the sand in the shrimp, peeled it off and found that they did not clean up the shrimp line, but when I put forward my opinion with the shopkeeper, I was framed and said that it was to blackmail the silver, and the shopkeeper also said that if I was not convinced, I would prove that I could be better than what they did! Just now, we have already agreed that no matter which side loses, we have to swear never to make this dish again, and we will kowtow to the other party to apologize and never step into Guangling County again in this life! ”

The onlookers were shocked when they heard Luo Qinghe's words, it was just a dish, how could it be so serious?

When the shopkeeper saw that Luo Qinghe had told Fang Cai's gambling contract, his face suddenly turned blue. The reason why he didn't let Xiao Er tell him about this was actually to leave a way back for himself, in case they lost in the drunken sky, there would be room to return. But since Luo Qinghe had already spoken, the shopkeeper simply stopped avoiding it, and said to Luo Qinghe: "That's right, if this girl loses, she will kowtow to us and apologize!" ”

"If she loses, I will be the one who will prostrate and apologize!" Fang Shaoze suddenly stepped forward at this time: "Shopkeeper, it is clear that I am so agreed with you, you don't want to implicate others!" ”

Looking at Fang Shaoze, who was speaking for herself, Luo Qinghe's heart warmed, but before she could think about how to repay her in the future, she heard Fang Shaoze gritting his teeth in her ear and saying, "If you don't win, I will lock you in the firewood room for the rest of my life!" ”

Isn't it my life that he's gambling on! Luo Qinghe gasped.

At this time, the chef of Zuixiao Lou led a group of apprentices to the hall, this person looked to be in his early thirties, quite a famous chef.

But the attention of the onlookers was still on Fang Shaoze: "Why have I never heard that there is such a handsome boy in Guangling?" ”

Handsomeness? Luo Qinghe snorted coldly in his heart: Then you don't know how black this person is!

Before the official competition on both sides, the inside and outside of the drunken building were full of people on the third floor and the outer three floors.

Fang Cai had already gone out to publicize the matter, and the people who had not seen such a lively scene for a long time rushed over.

This drunken Xiaolou is one of the best time-honored brands in Guangling County, but now he wants to gamble on his reputation with a little girl.

Tao Yu, the shopkeeper who spoke ruthlessly, regretted a little after seeing this battle: how could he be so impulsive? If Zuixiaolou accidentally loses, the reputation that the restaurant has accumulated for decades will be ruined!

Tao Yu was sweating in a hurry, but suddenly heard someone behind him say in a deep voice: "Don't panic." ”

"Boss Xu? Boss Xu is actually here too! The old customer in the restaurant saw this person and said in surprise: "Could it be that Boss Xu is going to compete in person today?" ”

Xu Xianliang is the real owner of Zuixiao Tower. This drunken Xiaolou is the family business laid by Xu Xianliang's father when he was young, and the famous dishes such as steamed river crab mentioned by Fang Shaojin are the results of the painstaking research of the father and son of the Xu family for many years.

Seeing the big boss coming, Tao Yucai breathed a sigh of relief: "I've seen Boss Xu!" ”

"Hmm." Xu Xianliang nodded, and then looked at Luo Qinghe.

This woman has a beautiful face, slender hands, and although her dress is plain, the fabric and workmanship are all of the highest quality, and such a woman is not a person who works in front of the stove all year round, but why does she have such confidence to dare to compete with the chef of the restaurant?

In the end, he has seen the world, Xu Xian's conscience asserts that this woman is not simple!

You Ya You walked to the middle of the two newly built stoves, and the chef who had just appeared, that is, Xu Xianliang's proud protégé, saw this and hurriedly handed over the two aprons, and honestly gave up the position of the chef.

Greeting Luo Qinghe, Xu Xianliang said politely: "Dare to ask the girl's name?" ”

"I am..."

Before Luo Qinghe could finish speaking, Fang Shaoze preemptively said: "The name is not important, we are not here to change the reputation of the gym!" Presumably Boss Xu also heard it, we just came to eat as diners, but I didn't expect to be slandered by this shopkeeper to slander you! Therefore, we have this bet, and it is just in front of everyone to prove that we do have the ability to pick the shrimp line. ”

This is said to be leaky! Fang Shaojun was very convinced when he heard this, although his eldest brother was often despised because he was born in a remote place, but his words made things clear in a few words, letting Boss Xu know that it was not them who stirred up trouble today.

Sure enough, when Xu Xianliang heard him say this, he said kindly: "So it's my shopkeeper's overreaction!" This is not a big deal, there is no need to gamble so much, otherwise let's play and communicate today, so that everyone can watch the fun! ”

But some people were not happy: "Didn't you agree a long time ago, so is Boss Xu's change of hexagram at this time because of cowardice?" ”

Listening to the undisguised targeting in this person's words, Xu Xianliang chuckled and said: "It's just a protagonist born from a misunderstanding, I also want not to let the guests kowtow to us to apologize, but if you are not satisfied, then come as you agreed!" ”

Although this boss Xu didn't explain too much, his sentence "come as agreed" dispelled everyone's doubts about whether Zuixiaolou would default on the debt.

Saying that, Xu Xianliang discussed with Luo Qinghe again: "Girl, let's make thirty river shrimp for the people to taste, and then vote after they taste them, how about we decide the winner with the final vote?" ”

Seeing his calm and relaxed bearing, Luo Qinghe was also a little bottomless in his heart.

"Take it easy, don't care too much about winning or losing!" Fang Shaoze whispered comforting in Luo Qinghe's ear.

I just said that if I lose, I will be locked up in the firewood room, but now why do you say that you don't care if you win or lose? Isn't the important thing in this gamble is to win or lose! Besides, if you hadn't threatened me, I wouldn't have been so nervous! Hearing this, Luo Qinghe complained about Fang Shaoze with hatred in his heart.

"That...... Boss Xu, I still need scissors. At this time, the atmosphere on the field was already a little solemn, but as soon as Luo Qinghe's words came out, the people watching below immediately talked about it.

The diners standing in the front row laughed slightly mockingly: "Girl, this is cooking and not being a female celebrity, what kind of scissors do you want?" ”

"yes, I haven't seen shears for stir-frying in all my years! Isn't this nonsense? ”

Luo Qinghe was already nervous, but when he saw that the onlookers were talking about him, his heart beat faster and he was frightened.

But at this time, he saw Fang Shaojin rushing up with his eyebrows raised and blocking in front of Luo Qinghe and said, "It's so beautiful to see the excitement!" Where is so much nonsense! We can't even take care of the scythe! Sister Luo, don't listen to their talk, you come according to your plan! ”

Sure enough, Miss Fang San's arrogant posture made those who were still full of ridicule instantly shut up.

Xu Xianliang was also a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything, and generously asked Xiao Er to find a new scissor and hand it to Luo Qinghe.

After detoxifying the brass scissors with fire, Luo Qinghe took a few deep breaths and said, "Boss Xu, I'm ready." ”

"Please." As soon as he heard this, Xu Xianliang nodded and tightened the apron strap.

Seeing this, his proud protégé hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to make a move, but when he saw Xu Xianliang shaking his head gently, this proud protégé suddenly understood, lowered his head and stepped aside.

Xu Xianliang picked up a green onion from a pile of ingredients, and took a section of the junction between the white onion and the green onion leaves.

With such a sharp knife skill, he deserves to be the big boss of the drunken sky! Although the onlookers on the side said that they just saw the chopped green onions, some knowledgeable people sighed in their hearts: A celebrity chef is a famous chef, and this knife skill must have at least ten years of hard practice to be so exquisite!

After watching Chef Xu Xianliang's superb knife skills, the onlookers looked at Luo Qinghe with mockery.

I saw Luo Qinghe holding the scissors and staring blankly at the lively river shrimp in the wooden basin, not knowing how to do it. After a while, Luo Qinghe seemed to have made up her mind and trembled and stretched out her hand to hold one, but as soon as the river shrimp struggled, she was so frightened that she let go of her hand in surprise.

There was another burst of ridicule below, Fang Shaoze was shocked when he saw it, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Luo Qinghe: "He doesn't use helpers, and I can't use them either!" Just get me some spirits. ”

Liquor? Xu Xianliang on the side also had some doubts in his heart when he heard this, could it be that this girl still needs to drink some wine to strengthen her courage?

Seeing Luo Qinghe's unfamiliar craftsmanship, Tao Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, only feeling that his heart was a little funny, so he generously asked Xiao Er to get it, but Xiao Er saw that his shopkeeper was helping his opponent, and he hesitated.

Tao Yu was a little impatient and said, "Elm head! Can she win against our boss with this method? You might as well be generous and earn a good reputation! ”

"Yes, yes, the little one understands." As soon as Xiao Er heard this, he suddenly realized, and gave Luo Qinghe the strongest wine from Drunken Xiaolou.

The onlookers thought that Luo Qinghe would drink the wine, but they didn't expect the girl to directly hold the wine jar and pour the wine into the wooden basin containing the river shrimp.

I saw that the river shrimp in the basin struggled violently, and the wine splashed everywhere, and the diners at the front couldn't help but cover their faces with their sleeves and retreat again and again. But when everyone came back to their senses, they saw that the river shrimp that were still alive had already lost their vitality and were allowed to be slaughtered by Luo Qinghe.

When Miss Fang San saw this, she was puzzled: "Why did this shrimp become half dead so quickly?" ”

Luo Qinghe chuckled and said, "Whoever chokes on this liquor will be half dead!" ”

Just taking advantage of Luo Qinghe's drunken shrimp efforts, Xu Xianliang has already prepared all the condiments for baked river shrimp. Looking at Luo Qinghe's leisurely appearance, Xu Xianliang sighed in his heart: Where did this girl get the confidence to compete with me?

But Luo Qinghe didn't care what others thought at all, he cleaned the drunken reddish river shrimp by himself, and used scissors to clean out the dirty things in the two rows of small feet, whiskers and river shrimp heads, and then turned around and drew the bamboo stick from Fang Shaojian's hand.

Then, Luo Qinghe gently poked the tip of the shrimp tail with the bamboo skewer, and after poking the shrimp line, he used the bamboo skewer to pick out the black line at the junction of the shrimp head and the shrimp tail. Luo Qinghe squinted his eyes again, pinched the black thread with his fingertips, and successfully pulled it out with a skill.

"Look, everybody! She really pulled the shrimp line out! Seeing this situation, Fang Shaojin cooperated and shouted for Luo Qinghe.

But Xu Xianliang said without showing weakness on the side: "It's just a shrimp line, why make such a big move?" It's not difficult to draw a shrimp line, and it doesn't mean that the shrimp she makes is delicious! ”

"Then what do you mean, do you mean that you are actually able to draw shrimp lines? But why did you not pull out when you saw the diners scratch their teeth? Fang Shaoze instantly grasped the loophole in Xu Xianliang's words and sneered.

There were many old customers of the drunken Xiaolou among the onlookers, and they subconsciously maintained at this time: "Not every one of them will have teeth, where is the reason why this shrimp line has to be picked out?" ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, he chuckled and said, "If the chickens, ducks and fish don't have their internal organs, can you eat them too?" ”

Those who heard this couldn't help but make up the scene in their heads, and they retched.

Miss Fang San also helped Luo Qinghe add fuel and vinegar and said, "That's it!" If the river shrimp does not draw the shrimp line, it is no different from the chicken, duck and fish that do not clean the internal organs, you are just eating its! ”

It's not coarse! In the past, those diners who had eaten the baked river shrimp in Zuixiaolou were made a little sick to their stomachs by Fang Shaojian's words, and then looked at the shrimp on Xu Xianliang's case, and suddenly turned their heads away with some disgust.

Seeing the diners describe it like this, Xu Xianliang's apprentices couldn't stay any longer, and stepped forward to smoke the shrimp line like Luo Qinghe, but suddenly paused: No, although the diners may be disgusted to eat the shrimp without the shrimp line after the girl finished speaking, but if they smoke it themselves, wouldn't it also slap the drunken Xiaolou's face?

Looking at the hesitant appearance of his junior brother, Xu Xianliang's proud protégé, the head chef of Zuixiaolou reprimanded: "Can river shrimp be compared with those things?" We didn't draw shrimp lines in the past, and it didn't affect the taste of this dish! ”

"It's Senior Brother, I understand."

But listening to the conversation behind him, Xu Xianliang also beat the drum in his heart: he has been a cook for so many years, and naturally he knows that if he doesn't draw the shrimp line, he will be embarrassed, but they haven't thought for many years that they can only give up if they want to pull out the shrimp line completely and quickly without destroying the whole shrimp. But how did this girl do it?

Luo Qinghe still didn't care about what was going on here, but after lowering his head and pulling out all the shrimp lines, he raised his head and said to Xu Xianliang: "Mr. Xu, are we baking river shrimp today?" ”

At this time, why did this girl ask such a question? Xu Xianliang was a little puzzled, and still said, "Exactly." ”

Seeing him nodding, Luo Qinghe calmed down, used a kitchen knife to cut the back of the river shrimp, and used a toothpick to string the bowed shrimp straight and put it on the porcelain plate for later use.

The diners who didn't understand laughed and said, "What kind of toothpick are you sticking into the river shrimp, do you want to stab us to death?"

Xu Xianliang also looked over here in the space of packing up the ingredients, but saw that Luo Qinghe, who was still a little nervous, suddenly straightened his waist and looked confident.

Luo Qinghe chopped the garlic into foam, and then returned to heat the oil in the pot, when the oil was slightly bubbling, threw the minced garlic into it and fried until golden brown, and then put in Chaotian pepper, oyster sauce, soy sauce and a small spoon of white vinegar and stir-fried a few times, and then served out.

Taking out the saucepan, Luo Qinghe spread the half-cooked carrot and potato cubes on the bottom of the casserole, and arranged the skewered river shrimp into a flower shape in the casserole, and finally poured the fried sauce on the back of the cut shrimp.

In fact, when she was stir-frying the sauce just now, many people had already smelled a somewhat unfamiliar but very attractive fresh fragrance, and at this time, seeing Luo Qinghe operating like this, she suddenly changed her contempt and became a little curious.

Touching the fire charm on his arm, Luo Qinghe stared intently at the carbon fire in the stove, until the charcoal inside burned to a reddish color, just enough not to burn the ingredients at the bottom of the casserole, Luo Qinghe put the lid on the casserole and gently placed it on the carbon.

Look at Xu Xianliang at this end again, I saw that he put the river shrimp into the oil pan and fried it until crispy, and then started another pot, after heating the oil, put in celery, green onions, ginger and garlic, bean paste, rice wine can be condiments to fry the red oil, and then put the fried shrimp into the pot, and then add the hot water that has not crossed the river shrimp, stew until the juice is collected, and then carefully pick out the river shrimp with bamboo chopsticks, and stack them in the lake blue rectangular porcelain plate.

As soon as the old customers of Zuixiaolou saw this dish, they nodded and exclaimed: "Yes, here is the baked river shrimp of Zuixiaolou's famous Guangling, I have eaten it for so many years, it is such a flavor!" ”

Although Xu Xianliang has made this dish unbeatable, he heard the customer's appreciation, but there was also an irrepressible pride in his heart, and he looked at Luo Qinghe a little provocatively.

I saw that Luo Qinghe didn't do anything at this time, just squatting on the stove and concentrating, staring at the carbon fire without distraction, her fair little face was slightly red by the fire, and beads of sweat were already oozing from the tip of her petite nose, but she didn't care at all, just stared at the carbon fire in the stove wholeheartedly.

Although the lid of the casserole is tightly closed, a strange and refreshing aroma still spreads through the exhaust holes on the lid of the pot to every corner of the drunken sky.

The diners who were still staring at the baked river shrimp in Xu Xianliang's hand were attracted by the aroma at this time, swallowing their saliva unconsciously, and looking at the girl in front of the stove who seemed to be thinking quietly.

But Luo Qinghe's current state of mind, where is "thinking quietly"! In order to control the heat of the baked shrimp, she didn't dare to negligently control the temperature of the charcoal for a second, and finally when everyone wiped their saliva and looked into the casserole, Luo Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief and took the casserole away from the charcoal that suddenly rose on the fire.

But the next second she let go, Luo Qinghe only felt a palpitation, but she couldn't hold on to the table so that she didn't fall, and said in a panic: It's over, I must have exhausted my physical strength!

After barely settling down, Luo Qinghe had the strength to chop the green onion leaves, then lifted the lid of the casserole and sprinkled it in.

I saw that the ingredients in the pot were completely cooked, and the river shrimp that would curl up when heated were still straight with the sauce poured by Luo Qinghe at the moment, and the aroma of the baked river shrimp was even more full of everyone's nasal cavity under the stimulation of the chives when Luo Qinghe lifted the lid.

Even Xu Xianliang, who has always been confident, moved his Adam's apple slightly, and his eyes flickered: "Since it is all done, it is still necessary to bother thirty customers to come to vote." ”

"Boss Xu, it's better to change it to twenty-nine! Otherwise, if it is fifteen votes per person, wouldn't it be meaningless to bet on the contract? If you want to participate, please raise your hand and apply! ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd that was still quietly watching the battle suddenly exploded, and hundreds of diners looked at the casserole with anticipation, just wanting to taste the fragrant baked river shrimp.

Xiao Er, who was drunk in Xiaolou, was stunned when he saw this situation, and he didn't know what to do for a while. He didn't expect the onlookers to be so enthusiastic, and he would offend that person if he chose this person, what should he do now!

In the end, Fang Shaoze couldn't help but break the deadlock: "Don't worry, everyone! There are too many people signing up now, but the dishes are limited after all, so why don't we let our two teams call one at random to come and taste it? We don't have any acquaintances in Guangling, so you don't have to worry about us doing tricks, right? ”

This person looked at Zhou Zheng, but why was he so black-bellied? When Tao Yu heard this, he immediately gritted his teeth in anger. Fang Shaoze said in front of everyone that he couldn't pick people he knew, didn't he force them to not pick people who wanted to come to him?

Can... I'm still full of confidence, why did I start worrying about things like not cheating again? Thinking of this, Tao Yu was startled, and his heart began to beat again.

And Luo Qinghe was also at the same time as Tao Yu, why didn't he taste it before he came out of the pot?

"Please come and have a taste!" Fang Shaoze didn't care about the thoughts of the people on the stage, and picked the frequent customers of Zuixiao Lou with a finger, and he was also a famous gourmand in Guangling.

I saw that the man stepped forward in surprise, picked up the river shrimp in the casserole, tasted the sauce, and then stuffed the remaining half of the shrimp into his mouth with his eyes lit up, and said inarticulately: "Not bad!" The umami of the river prawns and the aroma of cooked garlic are a perfect match! It's so delicious! ”

As he spoke, the man stood still behind Luo Qinghe.