It seems that everything is moving in my favor. Jin Dasco and Qin Xiaotable have successively expressed their willingness to withdraw from the competition and do their best to help me fight for the candidacy of Yuanbaomen. But this kind of help can only be done in private, and he doesn't dare to let Donald know about it.

Jin Dasco gave me almost all the opportunities to be in charge, and carefully guided me on the side. And Qin Xiaotable also tacitly did not object to this, but was willing to give me a start. Thanks to this, my ghost cooking skills have improved a lot in a short period of time.

In order to verify my true level, Jin Dasco also did an experiment. Every time I cooked a dish, he personally served it to the regular customers, and asked their opinions by the way.

"Very good! We have all eaten Chef Kim's craftsmanship for so many years, it must be very good! Hehe! "The old customers gave Jin Dasco a lot of face, saying that they had a good meal and there was no problem.

Jin Dascoo is also very satisfied with this, and the old customers can't tell whether these dishes are from his hands, which means that the quality of the ghost food I fried is no less than his!

With only five days to go before the list was submitted, Mr. Kim finally said to me, "I can't teach you anything anymore." If you still want to improve, you have to ask my master to teach you! ”

I was flattered and asked him, "How dare I invite Master Zhao?" ”

"Please don't move, I'll please!"

The golden spoon really did what he said. The next day, he told me to go to Zhao Laodao's house to learn cooking. I went alone nervously, but found that Jin Dasco was not there, and only Zhao Laodao was waiting for me.

"Does your master agree that you will participate in the election on behalf of Yuanbaomen?" Zhao Laodao asked as soon as they met.

"He agreed."

"Did he let you go to Yin City to exercise?"

"Actually, it's the ...... I want to go to"

"Oh, that's right!" Zhao Laodao was quite interested in my answer, "There are very few young people who are willing to go to the underworld like you, don't you worry about not coming back?" ”

"If I can see it, I won't regret it." I said calmly, "However, I will try my best to save my life!" ”

"Haha!" Zhao Laodao smiled heartily. You can see that he also likes my straightforward style.

"Don't worry! It's chaos in the Yin City, but if you don't make two mistakes yourself, there is still security! ”

"Do you go there often?" I asked him.

"I've been in there for twenty years, what do you think?" He chuckled.

"Twenty years?" I was taken aback.

"Hmm. You don't know yet, do you? Before you can get the Teng family's selection quota and enter Yin City, you must sign a ten-year contract with them. In other words, in order to enter Yin City, you have to sell yourself to the Teng family for at least ten years! ”

This is the first time I've heard of this. However, since I have a request for others, can I still say no at this time?

"Then why did you stay for twenty years?"

"Because there are no decent talents in Yuanbaomen to replace me, I stayed for another ten years!" Zhao Laodao smiled bitterly.

"Wouldn't I be the same, not sure if I would be able to leave in ten years?" I was even more surprised.

"You can rest assured of this, I was willing to stay at the beginning. Besides, you are not a disciple of Yuanbaomen, if you want to leave, we can't keep you! ”

"Do you think my cooking skills are better than those of other sects?"

"Well, it's promising!" Zhao Laodao bowed his head and said, "The big spoon said that your skills are already at the same level as him." If that's the case, there's a good chance you'll be elected. Especially since you are still so young, the Teng family likes to use young people! ”

"Why?"

"Because it can be used for a few more years! Hahaha! ”

I felt helpless about Zhao Laodao's ridicule. Still, his words gave me some confidence. After the small talk, he really started teaching me some ghost meal techniques.

Because I also studied with my master for a few months, some details were not the same, so I pointed it out and discussed it with Zhao Laodao. Zhao Laodao didn't care, and was willing to compare with me and choose the method that was more suitable for me.

Speaking of which, Zhao Laodao's name is really not messy!

His knife skills are particularly good. I'd seen him kill fish before, and this time he showed me it without reservation, and I couldn't help but be amazed.

Zhao Laodao asked me to show him my knife work. I came from a professional class, and I still practiced the basic skills well, which he was very satisfied with. So, Zhao Laodao then taught me three special dishes: sliced tofu, complete internal organs, and cooked beef.

All three dishes are made with special knife skills. Slice tofu is more difficult than shredding tofu because the slices need to be thin, and at the same time, they cannot be broken or broken, and they can continue to maintain the thickness of paper after being simmered in broth.

The five organs are actually steamed sparrows. The meaning is obviously from the idiom: "Although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs"!

The difficulty of this dish lies in the fact that the sparrows are small, but all the internal organs must be completely peeled out without any damage, and there must be a trace of sinew connected to the body. After that, steaming is not too difficult.

As the name suggests, the whole cow is disassembled, cut into different parts, and then fried separately. At first glance, it seems to be a manual job, but in fact, it is definitely a technical job! Because the cow I want to solve is not a real cow, but a heavenly cow!

The longhorn beetle is an arthropod insect with six legs, long tentacles, and its body is generally only five centimeters long, and its body size is about the size of a human thumb. This is definitely no less difficult than having all kinds of organs!

Among them, the whole heavenly cow only has intestines, and there is no bitter smell when the intestines are removed. But there are other areas that need special attention. For example, the hard wings on the back need to be cut separately and made into a plate and fried in the pan for three minutes to be crispy and delicious; The abdomen is slightly soft, and it will be out of the pan after one minute of frying; The tentacles and joints are too thin and can be grouped together, and they can be slightly overoiled when frying.

The most difficult thing is the compound eyes of the longhorn beetle, which are said to be the most nutritious places, to be plucked out of the head alone. Because the compound eye is too small and fragile, it can't be fried in the pan at all, so it can only be put on a plate and poured with hot oil.

The final product of Ku Ding Jie Beef is served in several small plates, except for a small amount of salt, pepper and cumin, other seasonings do not need to be added, and the "original flavor" is retained to the greatest extent!

In those five days, I went to Zhao Laodao's house every day to learn knife work, and I fried ghost meals at night, and only went to work in Yuanbaolou on the night of the ghost market.

After practicing for three days, I asked Zhao Laodao: "Do I practice these three dishes?" ”

He nodded and said, "Well, just practice these three!" Because the head of Tang wants to see! ”

Sure enough, as Zhao Laodao said, Donald really wanted to come to see me cook a ghost meal in person, and invited a few familiar old guests to try it!

The night before I reported the list, I was called to Zhao Laodao's house again, and I only went there in the middle of the night. When I got there, I found that there were already a lot of people and ghosts waiting for me.

Tang Lao Pot, Zhao Lao Dao, Jin Da Spoon, Hou Da Basin, these important figures of Yuanbaomen have arrived. In addition, there are three old customers that I often see, who are frequent visitors to the Yuanbao Building.

As soon as I arrived, Zhao Laodao motioned for me to prepare. I saw that Donald's face was not very good, and it seemed that he still had a grudge against me. Even if I take the initiative to say hello to him at this time, I'm afraid I will only hit the nail.

I followed the practice of Zhao Laodao a few days ago, starting with slicing tofu, and then from easy to difficult, until I did it.

When I was free, I also secretly observed Donald's reaction. He didn't seem to pay much attention to my movements, and kept playing with the wrench in his hand. On the other hand, I found that Jin Dascoop's performance was very abnormal, touching his head for a while, wiping his sweat, twisting the corners of his clothes for a while, and twisting his fingers, which was not at all like his usual steadiness and unfazed.

It seems that he is even more nervous than me, because if I fail at this time, he will be forced to go to Liangshan!

However, I have been practicing these three dishes for five days in a row, and as long as my mind is not disordered, I will not make mistakes easily. In the end, I made these three dishes smoothly and served them separately for the three regular customers to taste.

Donald waited patiently for the three old customers to finish before asking, "What do the three think?" ”

The first person was very satisfied, gave a thumbs up and said, "The knife work is excellent!" Didn't say it! ”

The second also nodded and said, "You can also grasp the heat, not bad!" ”

The third said, "Everything else is fine, but this seasoning needs to be improved......

As soon as these words came out, I didn't feel anything, and the golden spoon that was sitting firmly almost fainted backwards!

Fortunately, there is Zhao Laodao to save the situation!

Tang Laoguo turned his head to look at Zhao Laodao and asked him, "Senior brother, what do you say?" ”

Zhao Laodao smiled lightly and said, "He, a young man in his twenties, can fry such a ghost meal, it's already rare!" No worse than a scoop! ”

"Do you have faith in him?"

"Have faith!" Zhao Laodao nodded at me and said, "Actually, the Teng family wants young people to run for election, and they value the potential more. Let Xiao Zhai go, it's more certain than letting the big spoon go! ”

"But these dishes ......"

"Don't worry, these dishes are for practice. To participate in the selection competition, you have to find special ingredients in order to prepare a dish that you can get your hands on! ”

Donald pondered for a long time before finally making that crucial decision.

"Then this matter will be handed over to you as a senior brother! The cost of buying ingredients, you will find Xu Dawan to withdraw from the account of Yuanbaolou! ”

Although Donald didn't specify who was chosen to participate in the competition, as soon as he said this, Jin Dasco immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

No objection means consent. I can represent Yuanbaomen to participate in the Teng family's cooking competition!