After Gu Xiaoyou finished speaking, he retracted his hand into his cloak and walked quickly towards the paper shop.

"Yes, miss." Steward Zhang responded, turned his head to the eight cooks and said, "Come along." ”

"Yes." The cooks answered, followed behind Steward Zhang, and walked into the Youlian paper shop.

Gu Xiaoyou took them directly to the backyard, and the Zhou family also rushed over when they heard the news.

"Are they the new cooks?" Zhou Shi leaned over to Gu Xiaoyou's side and asked softly.

Gu Xiaoyou nodded and replied, "Yes, I have an interview now, if you have anything you want to ask, you can also ask." ”

"Okay." Zhou answered, his eyes couldn't stop looking at the eight cooks opposite.

"Tell us about yourself, your name, and what you're good at." Gu Xiaoyou put on the attitude of an interviewer and asked.

The eight cooks didn't twist, and said generously: "My name is Fang Zheng, and I'm good at making meat." ”

"The slave's name is Zhenniang, and she is good at making pasta."

"The little one is called Zheng Da, and it's okay to fry and fry."

"The slave's name is Li Ping, and he is good at making pastries."

"My name is ......" The eight people finished speaking in turn, Gu Xiaoyou nodded with satisfaction, everyone has their own strengths.

"Then I'll give each of you half an hour to make a dish of your own food, of course, if there are special circumstances, you can add time as appropriate, if there is no objection, start the timer now." Gu Xiaoyou took out a small hourglass from his pocket and said.

The eight cooks hurriedly walked towards the kitchen in the backyard, but fortunately, because of the large number of people in the store, the backyard of the paper shop has been set up into a large kitchen alone, and the eight cooks are more than enough to cook.

The eight cooks walked into the kitchen, and Gu Xiaoyou buttoned the hourglass and put it on the stone table in the courtyard.

Zhou glanced at the hourglass, and was curious about the cooks' skills: "I'll take a look." ”

"yes, okay." Gu Xiaoyou rubbed his hands and responded.

Zhou and Gu Xiaoyou said hello, then went to the kitchen door and looked carefully.

As soon as the Zhou family left, there were only two people left in the courtyard, Steward Zhang and Gu Xiaoyou.

Steward Zhang arched his hand and asked, "Does the young lady have any other instructions?" ”

"Really." Gu Xiaoyou said and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Steward Zhang: "You can help me buy all the things on the paper list, and some may need to be ordered." ”

"Yes." Steward Zhang took the paper slip with both hands: "Miss, where will the slave send it when the things are bought?" ”

"Well, let's take it to the second store across the street for the time being, and I'll give you the key and the silver ticket." Gu Xiaoyou admonished, took out the key to the store from his arms, and took out three silver tickets from his money bag.

"Be sure to pick the best quality to buy, here are three hundred taels to collect, not enough to come and ask me again." Gu Xiaoyou said that he took out a silver ingot from the money bag: "The errand money for you." ”

"Thank you, miss, the slave will do it." Steward Zhang put away all the things, and went to do errands after seeing the ceremony.

At this time, a gust of cold wind blew, Gu Xiaoyou shrunk his neck, and shivered: "It's really cold." ”

She rubbed her hands together, stamped her feet, and walked in the direction of the kitchen.

Walking into the kitchen, Gu Xiaoyou glanced inside, and saw that the cooks were all circling around the stove, and the expressions on everyone's faces were quite calm, and they couldn't see anything famous for a while.

"How are they doing?" Gu Xiaoyou asked Zhou, who had been observing for a long time.

"It's all good, they cook very organized, but the cooks are more careful, and they know how to steam the rice." Zhou replied.

"Looks like you've got someone in mind?" Gu Xiaoyou raised his eyebrows and asked.

"We'll have to see again." Zhou replied cautiously.

"Hmm." Gu Xiaoyou responded, looked at the kitchen again, and found that it was quite interesting to watch others cook.

Some cooks roll out the dough with a rolling pin, some take a kitchen knife to cut the meat slices and chop the cutting board with a clattering sound, and some cooks use the awakened dough to stretch the dough, and in a few clicks the thick noodle pillar is pulled into thin noodles...... Gu Xiaoyou watched them cook and found a feeling of watching TV and not knowing which station to watch, each of them was very exciting, and they didn't want to miss it.

In the end, I simply chose the most pleasing chef and looked at it, this cook Gu Xiaoyou remembered that she was good at making pastries, so she saw her slender fingers kneading the dough, kneading the dough into strips for a while, kneading the dough into blocks for a while, and skillfully pinching a few shapes out.

"It's so skillful, you can carry forward my cartoon steamed buns." Gu Xiaoyou said with a little appreciation.

"It's really good." Zhou glanced at it and said in agreement.

Gu Xiaoyou and Zhou watched them cook at the kitchen door, discussing softly from time to time.

Time passed slowly, the food came out of the pot one after another, and the cooks brought their creations to the table in the backyard and stood aside.

Gu Xiaoyou glanced at the hourglass, and some of them were not finished, and said with satisfaction: "Everyone's movements are very fast, and all of them can be completed within the specified time, congratulations on passing the first level test." ”

After speaking, Gu Xiaoyou took the lead in applauding, and the cooks clapped their hands together a few times in a daze.

After the applause, Gu Xiaoyou took two pairs of chopsticks, gave Zhou a pair of chopsticks, and said, "Now I'll try the dish, whoever tastes it will introduce the characteristics of this dish." ”

"Yes." The cooks nodded in response.

Gu Xiaoyou walked to the table, planning to start with the first course.

She lifted the cover, and the smell of meat and steaming heat suddenly hit her face, and the white smoke dissipated, revealing the true face of the dish.

Gu Xiaoyou saw that the first dish was a meat dish, and the leaves of the lettuce were filled with ruddy pork ribs, and the ribs were emitting hot white smoke.

"It's so fragrant, who made this?" Gu Xiaoyou sniffed and praised.

"It's small." An honest-looking cook raised his hand.

"Let's introduce you to this dish."

"The villain is stupid, so let's briefly tell me how to do it." The honest cook scratched his head: "The small one chose the freshest ribs, boiled the meat foam in cold water, and cleaned ...... clean."

"Well, that's pretty good, and it tastes good." Gu Xiaoyou couldn't help but eat a piece of pork ribs, and commented while listening.

After eating two ribs in a row, Gu Xiaoyou licked his lips: "It's so delicious, you ...... it"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Xiaoyou paused and asked Zhou, who had just put down his chopsticks beside him, "How about leaving him behind?" ”

"You can do it." Zhou said without any opinion.

"Well, congratulations on qualifying." Gu Xiaoyou announced directly.

"Thank you, boss." The honest cook said happily and bowed to Gu Xiaoyou and Zhou repeatedly.

"Don't worship, we don't do this here." Gu Xiaoyou waved his hand and walked directly to the second course.

She picked up the cover expectantly, and a fresh fragrance immediately burst out.