Chapter 32: Rice

On the way back, Li Xun seemed to be still sulking at Lin Yuan, and he ignored Lin Yuan all the time, but got into Li Qingqian's carriage, which made Gonggong Yang a little embarrassed.

"You go with the carriage in front of you, and I have a place here." Lin Yuan sent the guards to Li Qingqian's carriage. I am also a little helpless, this officer is really willful, but she is only five years old, and she can't say it.

"Bad uncle." Li Xun was still muttering quietly, Li Qingqian wanted to laugh when she heard it, squatted down and whispered: "Okay, I'll make you something to eat when I go back later." ”

Li Xun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his face instantly brightened. This sister is so good to me, thinking about Li Qingqian's goodness, she opened her little arms with a smile and let Li Qingqian carry herself into the carriage. Li Qingqian nodded towards Lin Yuan, signaling to reassure him.

Lin Yuan got into the carriage at this time, and Gonggong Yang on the side had no choice but to follow Li Qingqian's carriage step by step, but fortunately, the road was not far, and he arrived at Luoxian Tower after a while.

"Mr. Kang has worked hard." When Lin Yuan entered the house, Kang Tong and the others had already arrived. Seeing Lin Yuan come in, Kang Tong and Wu Tian hurriedly got up and saluted. "I've seen my grandfather."

"No need to be polite, there is no grandfather today, only friends, sit down." Then he arched his hand towards Zhang Gu, the Marquis of Huaiyin, "This time, I am tired of the Marquis of Huaiyin, and I will invite you to help again." ”

"Haha, the more things in the future, the better, who in Beijing doesn't know that I'm delicious." Huaiyin Hou said with a smile, he is indeed delicious, if you say who eats the most in this Beijing, I am afraid that there is no other, Huaiyin Hou Mansion has a lot of industry, but he only attaches importance to the restaurant.

"Some of them will be busy in the future." Lin Yuan said with a smile, and when the people present heard Lin Yuan say this, their eyes lit up, and Kang Tong looked at Lin Yuan: "Grandpa means to do this more than once?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded: "There is this plan, but the system needs to be improved, and the scope can be expanded at the appropriate time, so as not to be confined to the Gyeonggi area." ”

Kang Tongyi's face was excited, the chef was not looked down upon, unless it came to his point, but now this opportunity could make the chef's status much better. got up and saluted Lin Yuan: "I have thanked the Duke of Yasukuni here." ”

"What is this doing, sit down quickly." Lin Yuan hurriedly said, he understood what Kang Tong meant, although there was no clear chain of discrimination in Da Zhou, the status of craftsmen was still a little low. But Lin Yuan is not as noble as Kang Tong thinks, his original intention is to make money.

Several people talked about today's competition in detail, and Kang Tong and Wu Tian were very happy, because in addition to some of the more famous chefs today, they also found a lot of good seedlings, especially Zhao Ting, who cultivated them well, and they might not be worse than them.

After that, he discussed what the shortcomings of this competition were, and Lin Yuan hoped that through this competition, the system would be improved so as to lay the foundation for future competitions. There is a specialization in the art industry, and the loopholes of the competition still need to be discovered by these professional cooks. Several people discussed for a long time before deciding on the specific details.

After the banquet ended, Lin Yuan walked towards the backyard, and as soon as he entered the courtyard door, he saw Li Xun and Li Qingqian chatting happily, looking at Li Qingqian's smiling face from a distance, Lin Yuan couldn't bear to disturb him.

As if sensing that someone was looking at him, Li Qingqian looked over, but saw Lin Yuan standing not far away looking here, and immediately laughed, his face was slightly red. Lin Yuan coughed dryly a few times and beckoned to Li Xun.

As if forgetting that he was still angry with his uncle, Li Xun happily ran towards Lin Yuan. patting Li Xun's little head, Lin Yuan looked at Li Qingqian who came over: "Thank you, Miss Li." ”

"It's okay, Her Royal Highness the princess is very well-behaved." Li Qingqian said in a low voice.

"It's getting late, so I'll take my leave." Lin Yuan arched his hand, pulled Li Xun and turned away, he really felt that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing. Who knew that Li Xun's words embarrassed Lin Yuan.

"Uncle is so scary, Sister Qingqian is so beautiful and loves to laugh, when I see you, I don't dare to speak loudly." Hearing this, Li Qingqian looked at Lin Yuan's back and fled, covered his mouth and smiled.

On the second day, the outside of the stadium was full of people early, and when the first day of the game came out, many people were more interested in the second game. The remaining six people stood in the middle of the field with full fighting spirit, looking at the inscription board in the field.

"Today's topic is~" Li Xiandao raised everyone's hearts with a dragging voice, "Rice! ”

"How do you make this rice?" Wang Tao was puzzled, and Hao Yi and Zhang Yao on the side were also confused. There's something weird about this question.

The six members of the race also did not act, thinking about how to make this meal. Wu Tian looked at Kang Tong: "Master Kong, do you think any of them will do it first." ”

"Xie Yao of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall." Kang Tong said lightly.

"Why?" Wu Tian was a little curious.

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the land of fish and rice, and rice is mostly tribute, if you have a deep understanding of Jiangnan ingredients, there are few people present who can compete than him." Kang Tong once met Xie Yao when he became famous in Jiangnan, and it was this person who was famous in Jiangnan for his cooking skills. It's hard to ignore this group of people.

But seeing that Xie Yao was really as Kang Tong expected, he took the lead in selecting the ingredients, and seemed to have a draft. The audience was curious to see Xie Yao selecting live chickens in front of the chicken coop.

"Using chicken with rice, I'm afraid it's off topic." Seeing this, Wu Tian thought in his heart. Seeing Xie Yao make a move, the rest of the people also started to act.

Covering Li Xun's eyes with his hand, Li Qingyao was afraid that the scene of killing chickens would frighten the child. I saw that Xie Yao moved very quickly, and the chicken did not struggle indiscriminately, and it became silent for a while. After the chicken is cleaned and the fat is removed, the whole chicken is simmered in a casserole, and then the raw rice is stir-fried in chicken fat.

"What's this method?" Wu Tian was a little puzzled, and Kang Tong was also a little curious, looking at Xie Yao's position. After the chicken soup was stewed, Xie Yao tasted it first, and then poured the chicken soup into the rice that had just been fried and steamed it in the pot. The chicken is then removed and placed in the cold inlet water. Tighten its epidermis. After the rice was steamed and the chicken dipping sauce was ready, Xie Yao took the lead in finishing the dish.

Looking at the meal in front of him, Huaiyin Hou moved the chopsticks first, the chicken entrance was smooth, and the dipping sauce had a unique flavor, and the rice also contained the taste of chicken, and nodded with satisfaction. The three of them glanced at each other, Kang Tong put down his chopsticks and looked at Xie Yao: "Master Xie, you created this dish yourself?" ”

But saw Xie Yao shook his head: "No, it's just that I saved a family when I traveled, and the old woman killed the old hen in the family to make this dish out of gratitude, and I just improved it slightly." ”

"What's the name of this dish?" Wu Tian asked.

"The locals don't have a name for what they do when they feast." Xie Yao said.

"What's the name of this place?" Zhang Gu looked at Xie Yao.

"This place is called Wenchang County, and the local chickens taste very good, and the chickens I chose for this dish are still a lot worse." Xie Yao was a little regretful.

"Then let's call it Wenchang Chicken Rice." Zhang Gu proposed. When his subordinates passed the name of the dish set by the Marquis of Huaiyin, Lin Yuan squirted out the tea in one gulp, and everyone on the side was puzzled. But Lin Yuan kept telling himself that this was a coincidence.

Zhao Ting is still the slowest one, she took off the cage drawer layer by layer and began to do the last process. Wang Tao looked over and said curiously: "She didn't finish it?" ”

I saw Zhao Ting take out the ingredients that were placed in the bottom layer when she started steaming the rice one by one, and divide them according to the amount. Then beat the egg yolks into the slightly cooled rice and stir gently to make sure that each grain of rice sticks to the egg mixture. In a pan over high heat, stir-fry the garnish first, then pour in the rice, which is not too long because of the egg mixture.

Zhao Ting's timing is very good, the fried rice is golden after it comes out of the pot, and the combination with the side dishes is also very good. Putting the rice in his mouth, Wu Tian nodded and said, "The heat is very good, and there is no burnt taste." Because of the steaming, the rice has a lot of side dishes, and although there are many types, the taste is not messy because of the good combination. ”

Kang Tong nodded in agreement. Of the six people who participated in the competition, only Zhao Ting was a woman, and her background was not as good as the others, she just ran her own tavern in a small county, but her cooking skills should not be underestimated.

At the end of the game, Xie Yao won the first place in the game, Zhao Ting ranked third, and the second place was won by Lan Sheng, the chef of the West Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, with a famous Yangzhou fried rice from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Looking at the triumphant Zhang Yao, Hao Yi said with bad intentions: "President Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know about the shortage of cooks in Yasukuni." ”

Zhang Yao's smile stopped abruptly, and then he remembered that this competition was organized by Lin Yuanxuan's chef. I can't help but feel a little sad: "I shouldn't be able to choose." Hao Yi looked funny, but didn't say anything.

Lin Yuan instructed Li Xiandao on the side: "Find a chance to talk to Zhao Ting, just say that Luoxian Lou is willing to let her come to Luoxian Lou at a price of two hundred taels a month." ”

The people around were shocked when they heard that Lin Yuan had offered such a high price, and Yang Gonggong thought to himself: "Even if Manager Kang has a monthly salary of only one hundred taels of silver in the palace, how can this Zhao Ting take so much." ”

"Isn't it a bit too high?" Li Xiandao made an opinion.

"It's not high, in my planning, Luoxian Lou is not such a small fight now, and besides, ordinary people don't need Zhao Ting to cook, they have their own ordinary chefs to do it. As for Miss Qingqian, she won't make a move easily. ”

Li Xiandao looked at Li Qingqian, saw that he didn't squeak, and thought that the Duke of Yasukuni should have his own arrangements, so he had to nod and respond: "I know, I'll talk to her personally after the final." ”