This knife belonging to the champion has repeated diamond-shaped fish scale lines on the handle, which can effectively prevent sweating and slippery hands after cutting vegetables for a long time, and the dark golden light floats in the concave place, which is both beautiful and practical. The flowing dark gold on the handle of the knife is still specially used to burn the formed glass shell and melt it on the surface of the handle, and then pour the golden gelatinous liquid into the gap between the glass shell and the handle of the knife, and then take advantage of the residual temperature, the glass softens, and the master carves out the lines one by one.

The golden liquid inside the handle of the knife will never dry up, and when the knife is swung to cut vegetables, it will flow with the movement of the person, and it will look like it is alive.

Of course, those who can enter the finals are not idle, so Yipinxiang also customized four kitchen knives with the same process, but after all, he had to take care of the title of leader, so the kitchen knives of the other four were all with dark silver handles, as a distinction from the champion.

After awarding the award to Li Binghai, Ruan Mianmian awarded the prizes of the other four one by one, and then announced that the top three in this chef competition were selected for Yipinxiang, naturally there were Li Binghai and Qin Feng, and the other was a Northeast man who was good friends with Qin Feng, he had one more vote than the other two, and he could be selected, at this moment Le's mouth couldn't close, one smiled vigorously, pulled Qin Feng's arm and stood with him, one was slender and tall, with a white face like jade, and the other was rough and rough, hearty and bold, forming a strong contrast.

Ruan Mianmian has always had a gentle and polite smile on his face, and said a few nice words, and then announced the successful conclusion of the first session of the Yipinxiang Chef Competition, and brought the three selected chefs to salute everyone, which can be regarded as officially meeting as a Yipinxiang person, and then Mu Ruqing, Liu Xin'er and Jiang Xinyue, who rushed back, saw off the guests at the door together, Ruan Bai ran before and after cleaning up the tables, chairs and benches, and the other small servants cleaned the melon seeds and peels on the ground, and the cups, plates and dishes on the guests' tables had to be cleaned and put away one by one.

After Nguyen Mian Mian stepped down, he took the three new chefs to their residence. Although there are several houses in the backyard, they are all full of people at this time, and Ruan Mianmian is not allowed to move in the empty room of Fang Cannon, and the furnishings inside still retain the appearance of Fang Dacang when he was there, Ruan Mianmian went in every few days to clean it, and it was spotless. Therefore, the new chef's residence is arranged in the outer courtyard of the Jingshu County Lord's Mansion next door, and there is only a wall between the backyard of Yipinxiang, which is much more than the place of Yipinxiang, and there are more than a dozen rooms in the wing rooms alone, which shows that the emperor and the queen mother attach great importance to Jiang Xinyue.

Last time, after Jiang Xinyue proposed to repair the county lord's mansion, she immediately sent someone to do it, at this time all the renovation was completed, and a round arch was opened to connect the backyard of Yipinxiang, and it was convenient for people to walk back and forth, and Ruan Mianmian was already the emperor's Ruliang county lord, even if she didn't pay attention to any courtesy, but she couldn't live with a group of men anymore, but the Ruliang county lord's mansion given to her by the emperor was being built, so she also had to move into the Jingshu County Lord's Mansion with Liu Xin'er in the past two days, but she lived in the inner courtyard, and there were a few doors separated from the outer courtyard, and it won't collide anymore.

After going back and forth around two or three corridors and courtyard gates, I saw a delicate small courtyard, simple and elegant, with a few locust trees planted on the edge of the house, which was reserved for Li Binghai and the courtyard where they lived.

"Chef Li, this is the accommodation for the three of you, there are six rooms here, you can choose your favorite place to live, one room for each person." Ruan Mianmian introduced to them.

"Big sister, I want to live next to Qin Feng, what do you think?" The big man scratched his head and smiled.

Qin Feng glanced at him with some amusement, and said with a smile: "Long Dafu, don't live next door with me, your snoring sound can be heard across the ten walls, and those who don't know think the sky is falling!" ”

Then, the two had a fight, but it was still settled, Li Binghai lived alone in one room in the east, and Qin Feng and Long Dafu lived in two adjacent rooms in the west, and they were going to live in it with their own baggage.

"County Lord, is County Lord here?" A little girl wearing a pink shoulder timidly stuck her head out of the courtyard door, and when she saw Ruan Mianmian standing in the middle of the courtyard, she jumped over with some joy: "But let me find you, I am in a hurry to die if I don't find you." ”

"Where are you on an errand, what are you looking for me?" Ruan Mianmian smiled softly, reached out and touched the little girl's hair, slippery, I don't know if it was natural beauty or good maintenance.

"The slave maid is Xiaoxin, the new maid of the Jingshu County Lord's Mansion, and she has just cleaned up the dishes in Yipinxiang, and a guest from the upstairs wing room has sent a message to say that she wants to see you, so the slave and maid come to find it, you can go with me." Xiao Xin looks very clever, with a round face and deer-like moist and clear eyes, and if you don't look carefully, she looks a little ruan Mianmian.

"The guests in the wing, can you see who it is?"

"It was the little maid who came downstairs to pass it, and the slave didn't see anyone." Xiaoxin replied truthfully.

"That's it, then I'll go now, you don't have to accompany me over, it is estimated that Brother Mu and Sister Xinyue are still seeing off guests at the gate, you can relay Fang Cai's words word for word," Ruan Mianmian touched the small purse hanging on his waist, took out two maltose and stuffed them into Xiao Xin's hand, "You take this candy, if you are attentive, I still have good things for you." ”

Xiaoxin took the candy, as if she was about to grow wings and fly, and trotted out of the yard with her skirt to find Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue, Ruan Mianmian looked at the back of the child, the two pigtails were also bouncing, lively and cute, and the fatigue of the busy day on her body was less, so she glanced at the three chefs who were opening the door to pack her luggage, and walked towards the courtyard of Yipinxiang.

There were only five boxes on the second floor, and at this time the emperor and the two of the marquis of Yizhong were already empty, and Ruan Mianmian almost guessed who was looking for him. If you can tell yourself something at this juncture after the end, it is naturally the family of the Duke of Wei who committed the incident with his grandson, and the Wei Xunyi of his family is about to be interrogated in the court.

For this family, although Ruan Mianmian has never met, he has no good feelings, and even looks down on this Wei Mansion from the bottom of his heart. It's not that their family doesn't have an official position or power, but their little son, Wei Xunyi, is really misbehaving.

Which of the sons and ladies of the family either attaches importance to poetry, books, etiquette and music, or those upstarts who have made a fortune once know how to teach children etiquette, but the children educated by the Wei State Mansion that has been inherited for a hundred years are full of calculations, and they believe in such nonsense gossip, and they also use the next means of competing for favor with their daughters in the backyard to secretly harm people, which is the most despicable.

Thinking like this in his heart, Ruan Mianmian recalled the words that came this morning as he walked, it seemed that there were a few people from the Wei State Mansion, there were men and women, but I don't know which ones. Although Yipinxiang and Wei Xunyi were very unhappy, but in the end, they opened the store, and they couldn't drive out the customers who came to the door, so they had to wait carefully.

Ruan Mianmian kicked upstairs with the hem of her skirt, and saw that the door of a wing room was hidden, and there were two small servants and two maids waiting outside the door, and the rest of the side rooms were empty, only the maids who came in and out were cleaning, presumably this was the wing room set by the Duke of Wei.

After settling down slightly, Ruan Mianmian tidied up her clothes and made sure that there were no mistakes and omissions, and then she stood at the door of the wing room, and when the maid saw that it was her, she pushed the door open, and did not speak but stretched out her hand to signal her to enter.

Ruan Mianmian glanced back at the stairs, Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue hadn't come over yet, thinking that they were sending guests down and couldn't leave for a while, and now they had to go in first and delay, a Wei Xunyi was so difficult, and I don't know if the other people in the Wei Mansion would be a little more restrained.

As soon as she entered, the maid outside had already closed the door again, Ruan Mianmian put on a smiling face, and quietly glanced at the situation in the room, secretly thinking about it.

The room was not small, but the four chairs at the table in front of him were already full, and everyone was accompanied by maids behind them, and seven or eight people seemed a little cramped, coupled with the invisible pressure, Ruan Mianmian felt a little stuffy, and his heart was not very relaxed.

Facing Ruan Mianmian's position, sitting was an old lady, with gray hair, wearing a loose robe, and her face was wrinkled, but it was vaguely obvious that she should be a fierce beauty when she was young, and on her left and right were two beautiful and dignified women, one with a goose egg face and slender eyebrows, which looked gentle, and a Danfeng with thin eyes and a thin figure, which was a little imposing.

The other is a young man, wearing a crown of topaz hair, with a handsome face, but he looks similar to Wei Xunyi in terms of facial features, but he is older than Wei Xunyi, and his face is also generous, a little more stable.

Ruan Mianmian only glanced at it, then took two steps forward, and bowed his head slightly to greet the old lady on the main seat: "Mianmian has seen the old lady, I don't know why I summoned the sleeping place?" ”

The old woman's gray eyebrows twitched, and the golden silk crutch in her hand shook with it, and said, "You are Ruan Mianmian, the lord of Ruliang County, a famous eater with a good fragrance?" ”

Ruan Mianmian just wanted to be modest, but heard the old lady say next: "Sure enough, it is a demon and a disaster, and the people come from the wild road, even if they have a little bit of beauty, they will only pretend to be innocent and pitiful to win the sympathy of the saints, and they can't even salute when they see the elders, what do they look like!" ”

Ruan Mianmian pursed her lips, then changed to a gentler smile, and did not argue, just stood quietly and looked at the old lady, without any intention of saluting.

It is estimated that this is Wei Xunyi's grandmother, the Duchess of Wei Guo, she is still so unsightly at such an age, and I don't know how they have been mixed in the aristocratic circle for so many years, maybe these words are to give herself a dismount, force herself to salute, and save her face, but she doesn't look at who Ruan Mianmian is.

Growing up in an orphanage, no matter how hungry and cold she was, she didn't have the slightest idea of succumbing to fate, let alone this enemy who already had a grudge in front of her.

"This lady, I don't know where you are, you dare to stand side by side with the Queen Mother and call yourself the elder of the Lord of Ruliang?"