When the people in the garden heard the sound of the drums, they gathered again in front of the stage in the atrium.

On the stage, the first to come to everyone is the teenage girls who have just rehearsed, under the accompaniment of soothing music, the girls dance, the music is melodious and beautiful, the girls dance neatly in the moonlight, and the dancing in kimono is a long-sleeved fluttering style, this dance expresses the girl's beautiful vision of love and the woman's euphemistic feelings. The dance won warm applause and applause from everyone.

After the dance, Akira Aimoto walked in front of everyone, "Nature has brought us abundant food, our ancestors created exquisite cooking, and today's young people must inherit the wealth of their ancestors, so that our nation can have hope." Tonight, nine virtuous women have brought delicious food, and I wish them all happy days to come. This time, five people, Akiko Harada, Akikawa Kato, Nakaichiro Minami, Saka Kubo, and I, served as judges. You can trust that our selection will be fair, because apart from me being an alcoholic, they are all recognized foodies, haha. ”

Several of the judges who were introduced stood up to salute everyone, they were all familiar and respected elders of the nearby residents, and the audience responded with warm applause. Because the relatives of the contestants could not serve as judges, Masami and Chiyo Fujikuta's mothers were not on stage.

I saw that on the bamboo mat in the corridor, the five judges sat in a row, and a wide black lacquer low table was placed in front of them, on the low table, each judge had a pair of tableware, hot towels, a cup of water, a cup of green tea and a bamboo chess jar with a Go piece.

Nine women came behind the judges, each holding a food box.

Two waiters first walked up to one of the women, took the food out of the food box and placed it on a large tray and brought it to the coffee table in front of the judges, while the other waiter put the name tag on the woman's food box in a white porcelain bowl and placed it on another table in front of the judges. With this arrangement, the judges will not know which contestant made the food served by the waiter.

Japanese cuisine is a delicacy that can be tasted with the eyes, focusing on shape, color, and meaning, with exquisite selection of materials, fine processing, chic arrangement, and the pursuit of artistic taste. Because it was an evaluation, the waiters put out all the plates, plates, and bowls in no particular order. The judges first did not move the utensils and carefully watched the dishes served by the waiters on the coffee table.

This dish begins with several sushi dishes neatly arranged on a log cutting board, including hand-rolled sushi, Maxim's sushi, Dowa sushi, crab roe sushi, and eel sushi, as well as bear-shaped bear sushi. Then there are the bright red salmon sashimi and peony shrimp sashimi on a white porcelain plate, the shrimp head and tail are still in a vivid shape, the middle shrimp body is shelled to reveal the pink shrimp meat, and the four sides of the plate are cut out of green vegetable leaves to form a fence shape, and the center is decorated with broccoli and pink lilies. Next to the sashimi dish is deep-fried tempura served on a bamboo sieve, with several deep-fried prawns stacked upwards in a tower-shaped shape, slices of fried egg whites, purple eggplants and fried chicken wings side by side, and soy sauce seasoning and wasabi in two small round dishes. In addition, it comes with several kinds of pot grilles and side dishes. It can be seen that whether it is the selection of ingredients, color matching or arrangement, the cooks are very careful and careful.

Akira Aimoto picked up the teacup in front of him and signaled to everyone, so the judges first drank a little water to clean their mouths to moisten their throats and remove the taste, and then picked up the chopsticks and began to taste. The judges gently put the food in their mouths, chewed it slowly, swallowed it slowly, closed their eyes slightly, and savored it, and in order to show fairness, the judges did not share their opinions on the food with each other, so as not to affect the judgment of others.

When everyone stopped chopsticks, the waiter came and took down the dish. The judges drank some weak tea again and cleared their mouths. At this time, another waiter placed an empty Go box in the middle of the coffee table, and the judges took out a few chess pieces from the Go jar in front of them and put them in the empty box. It turned out that this was the way for the judges to score and evaluate a dish just now, with ten chess pieces as a full score, and the judges gave a few chess pieces to represent a few points. After all five judges have given the chess pieces, the waiter pours the chess pieces from the box into the white porcelain bowl where the name tag was just placed. After all the contestants have finished grading, you can count the number of pieces in each bowl to know how much each player scores.

Then, a waiter replaced the judges with new cutlery and tea, and then served another dish from the competition. This dish has a distinctly Kansai style and is divided into five dishes and two soups. The sashimi is made of tuna and sea urchin, and the sushi is even more exquisitely made, such as crab sushi, flying fish roe sushi, eel box sushi, etc., and one dish is made to look like a cute giant panda. Whether it is the precision of the knife work, the elegant and picturesque shape or the tender and silky taste, it has a unique artistic conception. The judges also gave a score for the chess pieces after enjoying the delicious food.

After all the dishes of the girls were tasted and scored by the judges, the waiter reported the number of Go games in the bowls corresponding to the girls' name brands. In the end, it was Chiyo Fujichi who received the highest score and became the best chef of the year. The crowd burst into applauding applause.

Akira Aimoto stood up and presented a beautifully packaged prize to Chiyo. Chiyo's face was filled with happy smiles, and the sisters also gathered around to congratulate her and take a group photo.

The drummers beat the drums again, and the fireworks were lit again in the garden, and in the garden illuminated by the brilliant fireworks, people began to bless and say goodbye to each other, and left the mansion of the Miyaai family one after another, and tonight's Tanabata festival ended.

Masami Miyai was still standing at the bottom of the gatehouse, warmly saying goodbye to the guests. When all the guests were gone, Masami Miyai returned to the atrium tiredly, and Masami's mother was in the garden directing the attendants to clean up their utensils. Zheng Yuanji and the others sat at the stone table outside the pavilion and drank tea.

Fang Ming walked over and handed Yami a cup of hot tea, Yami took the teacup, looked at Fang Ming, and said, "Thank you, Fang Mingjun." I'm really tired from the day today, so sit with me for a while. ”

The two sat side by side on the steps, Fang Ming looked up at a beautiful crescent moon hanging from the treetops, a few wisps of cloud silk gently slid across the moon, Yami leaned her head on Fang Ming's shoulder, and also looked up at the bright moon.

Yamei snuggled up to Fang Ming and asked softly, "Fang Mingjun, my mother was a little excited before, don't you think it's funny?"

"How so? Mother's love is great, she is a hardworking and kind mother, and she loves you very much! ”

"Well, my mother loves me very much, and I really scared her out last time I was in danger, and said that I would never let me go out alone again in the future, and I wouldn't have told her if I knew about it."

"Really? I don't believe you can honestly stay at home and be a big lady. ”

"Hee-hee, of course not! I'm willing to spend time with my mom, but I don't want to be stuck in this home, like being in a cage. Although my family background is very good, I am not happy at all, except for spending time with my mother, everything else makes me feel depressed. ”

"How so?"

"I don't have the warmth and harmony of other people's families at all. Not only is my dad busy with the company, but he is also running for the Senate this year, and he often socializes with politicians he hates, and I don't like politics, I think those politicians are hypocritical. My eldest brother is very good to me, but he has to help my father take care of the company, I rarely see him, he is still the leader of the gang, and his subordinates often get into trouble and fight for territory, and I am always worried that something will happen to him. The second brother has a bad relationship with everyone in the family, in fact, he is very pitiful, his father and eldest brother don't like the second brother, they quarrel when they meet, so the second brother doesn't like to live at home, he usually lives in an apartment in the city, and he doesn't pay much attention to me. ”

"Didn't you say grandpa liked you very much?"

"Yes, my grandfather loves me as much as my mother, he has a strange temper and doesn't like to interact with his family, but he is good to his second brother, but he doesn't like his father and eldest brother, and he can even say that he hates them. Grandpa moved out of the house a few years ago and lives on Dorje Island. Dad and eldest brother felt that grandpa was not at home and much more worry-free, so they almost didn't go to visit grandpa, only my second brother and I went to the island to accompany grandpa for a few days every month, and the day after tomorrow we went to the island together. ”

"We have a saying in China that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, don't be depressed, just think about something happy."

"Mom is also unhappy, Dad seems to be getting colder and colder to Mom, I know Mom is very lonely, so Mom wants me to stay with her."

"Your father has to be in business and politics, and it's understandable that he can't take care of the family."

"Mom wasn't upset because Dad was busy with work, but because ......, well, I shouldn't have gossiped about my father. I just think that a virtuous woman like my mother, and my father is very unfair to my mother. ”

Fang Ming put Yami's hand in the palm of his hand, "Does he have other women?" ”

Masami replied softly, "Alas, he is not only outside, but even among the people we are familiar with, which is really unbearable. ”

"Don't worry too much, you're a child, and you can't do anything about it. I think maybe it's just that your father is under a lot of pressure at work and needs to vent, after all, you are his family, and he must still love you in his heart. ”

"Thank you for comforting me. In fact, my mother already knew, although she was wronged, she never quarreled with her father because of this, but I knew that my mother was very sad when she was alone, and she said that she could only rely on me when she was old. Fang Mingjun, I'm just a little depressed, I want to find someone to talk to me about, I usually keep these words in my heart, there is really no one to tell, I told you, you just don't hear it, okay? ”

Fang Ming patted Yami's hand and said, "Yami, I see that you are very tired, rest early." You're really great today! You're in third place in terms of score! ”

With a tired smile, Masami said, "Thank you, I'll make something for you to eat tomorrow." I really want to sleep, so I'm not going to send you back to my room. After speaking, Fang Ming kissed him on the cheek, got up and went back to the room.