According to official statistics, a total of 2,563 people participated in the audition, and only 150 people entered the main competition.

Among these one hundred and eight people, there are many powerful and famous star chefs, who will start this year's competition for the king of chefs under the witness of the national audience.

"The first round of the competition system is out," Shen Jinchu opened the small envelope sent by the organizer, and read word by word: "The first round adopts a group scoring system, and one hundred and fifty players will be divided into ten groups, each group will be ranked according to the score from high to low, and only five people in each group can advance......"

"You have to eliminate a hundred players at once, it's a cruel competition system," Shi Zuo glanced at the specific rules and muttered: "In an hour, you can only show one dish...... Miss Shen, are you confident? ”

"Yes!" Shen Jinchu clenched his small fists, his eyes shining, "I will definitely be able to advance!" ”

"Well, what's the point of a chef's competition?" Old Man Zheng shook his fan and walked to Shen Jinchu's side leisurely, "Look at you, how hard it is to run out every day, isn't it good to have this time to drink tea and play chess?" ”

"That's it," Old Man Zhao also followed, "What do you want to eat, can't I find someone to help you make it?" Why do you have to go to any competition? ”

As soon as the two old men went home for a day, they learned what cooking competition Shen Jinchu had participated in, so they quickly packed up their things and moved to Jiang's house, trying to persuade her to give up the game and come back to play chess every day.

Shen Jinchu didn't talk back, but asked with a smile: "The weather is so hot, do you want to eat some heat-relieving soup?" ”

Old Man Zheng shook his fan and said curiously: "Soup to relieve the heat?" Is it mung bean soup? ”

Shen Jinchu hooked his lips and smiled, his expression was a little playful: "Wait until you know!" ”

She ran to the kitchen, put the soaked mung beans, red beans and barley in the pot, added rock sugar and boiled slowly, and brought some mint leaves on the other side, and put them on the pot with a small partition, so that the mint leaves slowly emitted a cool aroma under the steaming, and finally covered the lid, opened it after a few minutes, removed the mint leaves, and then walked out of the kitchen with the soup.

"Can such a hot soup relieve the heat?" Old Man Zheng looked at the soup cup in front of him that was still exuding a faint heat, and said a little suspiciously: "And this color is so dark, it doesn't look like you have any appetite." ”

"It's all my own family, and I don't pay so much attention to it, just make do with the color, it tastes good," Shen Jinchu gave Jiang Yu and Shi Zuo a bowl each, "It's still a little hot now, you can drink it after it cools down a little." ”

The two old men looked at the slightly turbid soup in front of them, and when they were still a little hesitant to take a bite, Jiang Yu and Shi Zuo couldn't wait to pick up the spoon, and couldn't wait for the soup to cool down completely, so they hurriedly scooped up a spoonful and put it in their mouths.

The moment the heat relief soup was entered, the bodies of the two of them relaxed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The sweet and refreshing mung beans, soft red beans, and boiled barley are mixed together, combined with the gentle but not greasy sweetness of rock sugar, which unconsciously calms the dryness in my heart.

Looking at the expressions of Jiang Yu and the two of them that instantly became extremely comfortable, Old Man Zheng couldn't help but feel a little moved, he took a tentative sip and slowly tasted the taste of the soup.