After the fifteenth year, the new year officially begins, and everyone must gather their minds and focus on the livelihood of the year. The farming of the fields, the buying and selling, the errands of the errands, each performing its own duties, Chang'an restored calm overnight.

There are a lot of things happening during the Spring Festival, and there are a lot of topics that the people talk about, the opening of the delicious Youdao branch yesterday, and the story of the Nangong girl of the Qinbei Poetry Society asking for guilt is just one of the many topics that the people talk about.

Just yesterday, in addition to delicious and Taoist things, there were many things that happened, and the most talked about and the most concerned by the people was the last round of the imperial banquet.

Xia Shang was also very concerned, and before he had time to go to the West Market to see the business of the new store in the early morning, he followed the flow of people to the gate of the palace.

It's still an old place, and the emperor list has been posted, and above is the list of chefs selected for the third round of the Great Dynasty Banquet.

This time, Xia Shang came early, and the news had not yet come out, and there were many people around the emperor's list.

After some tossing, I finally saw the big names on the list, and only two people were selected, one was the last champion Qi Yuanqi, this time he seemed to have won the first place, and the second was the merry chef Guzi.

There is no discussion among the people, they are laymen after all, and they take it for granted who wins the first place in this kind of cooking competition and what the ranking is. But this result greatly exceeded Xia Shang's expectations, not to mention anything else, that Cao Fu alone is very powerful, and so is the wind chef, Xia Shang feels that these two people are the two with the highest cooking skills in this competition.

Even if the cooking skills of the contestants are not much different, and the performance of the competition is good or bad, there should not be Gu Zi among the selected people.

Xu Yuan said that Gu Zi's cooking skills are not much different from her, and it can be seen that Gu Zi's cooking skills have not yet been able to enter the First Army, but he can pass the tests at all levels.

"Little Master."

A familiar voice suddenly appeared behind him, and it was Xu Yuan who took Xiao Xu Hui to the periphery of the crowd.

"Little Master."

Xiao Xu Hui took Xu Yuan's hand and showed a bright smile to Xia Shang.

Xia Shang grinned, rubbed Xiao Xu Hui's head, and looked at Xu Yuan: "How are you doing?" ”

Xu Yuan: "Fortunately, I haven't seen my mother for a long time, and this time I saw less of the previous needle-to-wheat mang." ”

"That's good."

"By the way, do you see?"

Xia Shang looked back at the crowd: "See, one is Old Man Qi, and the other is Guzi." ”

"Old Man Qi and Gu Zi?" Xu Yuan also showed a look of surprise, obviously she also had a puzzled attitude towards the result, "Old Man Qi won't talk about it, after all, I haven't seen it much, but Guzi communicates with me frequently, and I know very well his cooking skills, it is true that he can enter the third round, but he must stand out in the third round...... That's a bit weird. ”

Before Xia Shang could answer, a man's voice came from behind him: "Lady, the selection of the Great Dynasty Banquet is not just about cooking skills. ”

Looking back, Xu Yuan's expression became embarrassed: "Master Gu." ”

The person who came was Gu Zi, dressed in casual clothes, and gave his hand to the two of them casually: "don't have to care, in terms of cooking skills, Gu is indeed not a top-notch person, but the selection of the court banquet is not something that can be entered by cooking skills alone." Many people were at a loss, judging from the fact that didn't get any news in the first and second rounds, Gu thought of the ending at that time. Some people don't want to perform too well in the big court banquet, so no matter how hard they try, it's in vain. ”

Xu Yuan frowned, the failure of the Great Dynasty Banquet has always been a problem for her: "Master Gu seems to know a lot?" ”

"Xu Niangzi thinks too much, if Gu really knows something, Xu Niangzi wants to hear everything from herself, but what she said before is all based on guesswork. Gu knew that only in the last round, the' dishes were not presented to the saint. ”

"What do you say? The second round of dishes was not presented to the Holy One? It's not ......" Xu Yuan was a little excited, but was quickly controlled by herself. Xu Yuan sighed and returned to his normal state of mind, "That's it, it's useless to talk about it so far." ”

", judging from the recent actions of the Ouyang family, Gu thinks that they are the biggest suspects, and should be careful. If the can agree to Gu's proposal, the will never be in the slightest danger in the future. ”

"Master Gu, Xu Yuan has made it very clear, don't mention this matter again."

Gu Zi was rejected, somewhat embarrassed, and turned to Xu Hui with a smile: "Who is this little girl?" ”

"Nothing, my little niece. Little Master, let's go. ”

Xu Yuan didn't want to say more to the other party, so she pulled Xu Hui to walk in front.

Xiao Xu Hui followed reluctantly, twisting her cute little face and looking at Xia Shang reluctantly: "Little Master, Little Master!" What about the dish! What about the dishes promised to Xu Hui? ”

Xia Shang also followed, leaving Gu Zi to look at Xia Shang's back and be silent in thought.

"Little Master? Little Master? It's obviously the deputy of the, what's going on with this kind of title today? ”

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"President, the second lady of the Mei family donated 5,000 taels of silver to the poetry club in her own name, and with this money, the president will not have to worry about the poetry club in the spring garden. I heard that Qujiangchi Furong Garden has built a new annex, we can use this place urgently, and the price has also been inquired, and the cost of renting it for a month is five hundred taels. The rest of the money can be used to prepare gifts, and the color head ......"

"Don't say it, send the silver back intact, and then tell Mei Wan'er not to come recently, I'm busy with the garden poetry party, so don't come."

"Huh? President, this is a godsend! There are fewer and fewer people who are willing to support the Qinbei Poetry Society, and if this continues, our funds will not be enough to cope with the Garden Poetry Society. ”

"Not enough money? Then reduce the standards, rent a cheap venue, and keep the decorations, gifts, and drinks simple, I don't believe that the poetry society can't do it, and recently everyone has stopped their work and visited the major families, hoping to pull a little support from them. ”

"President, this ...... I'm afraid that's a bit ......."

"It's another thing to do what you say, but it's another thing to succeed. I have something else to do! ”

"Yes."

After a brief conversation, Nangong Hanjiang left the capital club of the Qinbei Poetry Society, and went to the street in a trance.

Half an hour later, Nangong Hanjiang arrived in Xishi, entered the delicious and authentic store, found the place where he was sitting yesterday, ordered a french fries, and looked out the window unconsciously lost his mind.

Today's delicious business is not bad, the ground floor is full, and the second and third floors are sitting. Nangong Hanjiang saw Mei Ruheng, Changsun Wen and others, but he didn't see Xia Shang who he wanted to see the most, he felt a little lost, and mechanically held the fries in front of him, taking a bite from time to time, and gradually forgetting the passage of time.

At noon, there were more and more guests in the hall, Nangong Hanjiang's eyes suddenly lit up, she saw that Xia Shang was downstairs, and hurriedly got up and went to the staircase.