"Is it really you?" Wu Pingqiang saw that the girl in front of him turned around, although her eyebrows and eyes were much more beautiful than before, but it was indeed Lin Xiaozhu, and he couldn't help but be surprised and happy. I just looked at that side face from a distance, and it felt a bit like it. And with Lin Xiaozhu's cooking skills and temperament, he should come to participate in the competition. He approached and screamed, but he didn't think it was really her.

"Hi, Wu Pingqiang, I haven't seen you for a long time." Lin Xiaozhu smiled. Although some unpleasant things happened to her and Wu Pingqiang's brothers and sisters in the villa back then, they were some small contradictions that did not involve principles. After experiencing great sorrow and joy, life and death, such a small contradiction has a warm feeling in retrospect.

"How have you been doing these two years?" Wu Pingqiang looked at Lin Xiaozhu quietly and asked.

Lin Xiaozhu is here to cook today, not to attend a banquet, let alone to compare beauty, so how convenient and how to dress. And she knew that there were few women in the competition, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she deliberately wore a green cloth dress with narrow sleeves today, and her hair was wrapped in a handkerchief. It doesn't look much different from when he came out of the lodge two years ago. The difference is that the eyebrows and eyes have grown, the body has become slim, and the temperament has become more and more elegant.

"Fortunately, I didn't lose my craft." Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile. asked Wu Pingqiang again: "What about you?" ”

"Me?" The smile on Wu Pingqiang's face narrowed slightly, but he regained his composure for a moment, "I helped Gongzi do a few big things before I came out, and then I was sent to work as a cook in a restaurant in Beiyan. Now I'm in charge of the kitchen of that restaurant. ”

When Lin Xiaozhu saw the change in his expression, he knew that he might not have a good time when he first came out. Yuan Tianye, who naturally has nothing to say about people when they get better, but if he wants to look down on them, it doesn't matter if you live or die. At that time, Wu Pingqiang and Wu Caiyun, the brothers and sisters in the villa, had been targeting her, and Yuan Tianye naturally wouldn't let them have a good time. Wu Caiyun. Didn't you go to be King Duan's concubine? Although forced by the situation, there is also the meaning of punishing them.

"Wu Caiyun, how is it now?" Lin Xiaozhu asked again. Wu Caiyun's fate, Yuan Tianye once explained to her. However, she still wanted to know the situation from Wu Pingqiang's mouth.

"She's fine. has already redeemed himself, picked up his parents again, and opened a small restaurant together. Half a year ago, she became a parent, her husband was very good to her, and now she is pregnant with a child. Wu Ping said, "By the way, my parents also took it out." ”

"Ahh That's hello. Your parents must be very happy to see that you are promising. Lin Xiaozhu knew that Wu Pingqiang wanted to take his parents out and live a good life.

Wu Pingqiang was congratulated by her. A big smile appeared on his face, obviously very happy: "I now have a dividend at the end of the year in addition to ten taels of silver every month." Having bought a house and 20 acres of land, my parents were very happy. ”

After speaking. He seemed to feel a little embarrassed to keep saying that he was a little embarrassed, so he asked again: "What about you?" Which restaurant do you work in? Did you pick up your parents? ”

It's rare to meet old classmates, Wu Pingqiang has a very good attitude, and he doesn't have any worries about the past. He really cared about himself, so Lin Xiaozhu didn't want to perfunctory him anymore, and said: "My parents were gone when I was very young. I'm now co-opening a dim sum shop, and the business is okay. ”

It turned out that Lin Xiaozhu's dress was incomparable to his cousin who wore gold and silver. Wu Pingqiang knew that she was not doing well. Hearing this at this time, he glanced at her sympathetically, sighed and said, "At that time, you were still the best cook in our batch, why did you only open a dim sum shop?" It's still a partnership! Childe didn't arrange for you to be a cook in a restaurant? ”

"I'm redeemed."

"Redemption?" Wu Pingqiang frowned. looked at Lin Xiaozhu in surprise, "Why do you want to redeem yourself?" Childe treats us too well to say anything. Let's just say that it is Childe's person. Others don't dare to bully. Caiyun's small restaurant, there are people looking for trouble all day long, and she still wants to return to Gongzi's door, why do you want to redeem yourself? Isn't it more difficult for you to be a little girl, helpless? ”

If it was before, Lin Xiaozhu would definitely scoff at his statement, but having the experience of starting from scratch in Dongyue Kingdom, she can understand Wu Pingqiang's thoughts to some extent. She smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

"For some reason, I see Childe from time to time. Why don't I intercede with him for you?" Wu Ping said strongly.

Lin Xiaozhu was stunned, she didn't expect Wu Pingqiang to be so enthusiastic, you must know that when she was in the villa, Wu Pingqiang was quite annoyed with her because she couldn't win the first place. However, it is also possible that Wu Pingqiang didn't trample her under his feet when he was in the villa, and now that he sees that she is not as good as him, he feels comfortable, so he wants to help her. But no matter what, it's always good that he has this heart.

She smiled and said, "Thank you, Wu Pingqiang." ”

"No thanks. I'm the chef in that Guangfu Building in the east of the city, if you have anything to do, just go to me. Wu Ping said strongly. Then he asked, "Where is your dim sum shop?" What is the font size? ”

Lin Xiaozhu was a little embarrassed. Yu Zhai is a business of the aristocratic class, and it is too famous in Yanjing City. If you say this, I don't know what Wu Pingqiang feels like in his heart? He was kind because she didn't mix as well as him. You have to know that she is opening a jade food restaurant, and I don't know if she will be annoyed and angry again? It's rare that he's so enthusiastic, and she still doesn't hit him, right?

At this time, it happened that someone on the high platform above shouted: "Be quiet, everyone be quiet...... this shouting is probably a person with internal skills, and the effect of shouting is the same as shouting with a loudspeaker, extremely loud.

Lin Xiaozhu smiled apologetically at Wu Pingqiang and closed his mouth.

As soon as the above was shouted, the results of the first round of the game came out. Where can Wu Pingqiang still care about the name of Lin Xiaozhu's shop? I had already pricked up my ears and listened attentively.

"Okay, everyone, I'm announcing the list of chefs who have entered the second round of the competition." Seeing that everyone was quiet, the man didn't talk nonsense, and read directly, "Lin Xiaozhu, Huang Dagang, Li Yugui, Zhou Lin, Wu Pingqiang......"

Lin Xiaozhu didn't expect that the first one was his own name, followed by Wu Pingqiang's name. After a moment's pause, he became happy. Although she knows that with her own level, she will have no problem reaching the finals. But I'm glad I did.

She turned her head to look at Wu Pingqiang, and was about to have fun with him, but she didn't expect to see an extremely complicated expression. There seems to be some joy, but more than that, there is unwillingness, disappointment, and frustration. She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?" ”

But as soon as she didn't want her voice to come out, she became angry, and the people around her turned their faces to glare at her, and some even "shhh She quickly covered her mouth, not daring to say anything more.

Wu Pingqiang looked at her with that extremely complicated gaze. The Adam's apple moved up and down, and the mouth was slightly open. But he didn't say anything.

Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyebrows and sighed. Well, needless to say, she knows why Wu Pingqiang has such an expression. The list I read just now is ranked according to the grades, and the one with the best grades is read first. The first one to say was her name. It means that she just won the first place. Wu Pingqiang was behind her again, and he naturally felt uncomfortable.

This man. It's still so competitive! Lin Xiaozhu shook his head, no longer looking at Wu Pingqiang, but facing the high platform, listening carefully to the list, wondering if there were any other classmates who studied art together in the villa. But what disappointed her was that she listened to the thirty lists, except for her and Wu Pingqiang. And there was no one else.

"Ten days later, the above-mentioned chef who read his name is invited to come here and participate in the second round of the competition with a total of 60 contestants selected from the east, west and south regions." The man on the high platform said again. "We'll put up the list at the city gate, I didn't hear it clearly. You can go there and see it. Okay, it's okay, everyone can go back. ”

"Alright, let's go." With so many people, Lin Xiaozhu was worried that he would be crowded and stepped on for a while, so he was anxious to retreat before everyone could react. Seeing that Wu Pingqiang was still in a daze, he pulled his sleeve and squeezed out. Wu Pingqiang still had a lot to say to Lin Xiaozhu, and when he saw her squeezing out, he had to follow behind and squeeze out.

"Okay, hurry up and get in the carriage and go, otherwise you won't be able to leave for a while." Lin Xiaozhu saw his carriage at the intersection, waved his hand to Wu Pingqiang, climbed into the carriage, didn't care to answer Yun Shan's question, and said to the coachman: "Hurry up." ”

The carriage slowly moved forward. Lin Xiaozhu saw that Wu Pingqiang outside the car was still stunned, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, pulled the curtain and shouted outside: "Why don't you leave?" After a while, this place will be blocked by carriages, and it will not be able to move for half a day. ”

"Yes...... But I didn't come in a carriage. Wu Pingqiang's face flushed. He did come in a car, but the hired mule cart would not be waiting for him to leave here. I wanted to walk back slowly after the game, but I didn't want Lin Xiaozhu to be a little embarrassed.

"Ugh." Lin Xiaozhu was slightly stunned, and patted his head. Like Wu Pingqiang, even if he gets ten taels of silver a month, it is not easy to feed a large family. The worst carriage costs at least three or four hundred taels of silver, and it is another expense to maintain a coachman and maintain the carriage and horses. So most people can't afford to buy a car.

"Come up quickly." She shouted out of the car.

Wu Pingqiang was annoyed by what he said just now, he felt that he should have asked Lin Xiaozhu to go first, pretending to be looking for a carriage and supporting the façade, but he didn't expect to blurt out the situation just now. When he was about to excuse himself and say that he was walking, he heard the sound of "buzzing" behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that the cooks who had left the scene were rushing towards him like locusts. Some of the carriages that were parked close had already gotten into their carriages and were heading towards the junction, and it seemed that there would be a jam here. He didn't dare to excuse himself anymore, so he quickly said "thank you" and sat down on the wheel. The coachman whipped his whip, and the carriage sped outside.

Lin Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief and said to the coachman: "Uncle Zheng, send Chef Wu to Guangfu Building in the east of the city." ”

"No, no, no, I'm not going to the restaurant." Wu Pingqiang said, "I live in Guanyun Lane, just drop me down where you can stop." ”

"Guanyun Lane?" Lin Xiaozhu, Yun Shan, and Uncle Zheng all had strange faces. This is really a coincidence, Lin Xiaozhu lives in Guanyun Lane, and she and Wu Pingqiang are still neighbors.

"Lin Xiaozhu, this carriage is yours?" Wu Ping endured it, and finally couldn't hold it back, and asked.

"yes." Lin Xiaozhu said. If you tell a lie, you have to cover it up with a hundred lies, Lin Xiaozhu doesn't want to lie for the sake of Wu Pingqiang's self-esteem. This carriage was sold to her by Yuan Tianye and the house.

"You...... Are you married? Wu Pingqiang asked. Although Lin Xiaozhu was still combing the girl's hair, he felt that apart from this reason, he really couldn't find any other reason to explain why Lin Xiaozhu could afford to buy a carriage. Lin Xiaozhu is beautiful, and it is possible to find a rich family.

"Nope." Lin Xiaozhu was a little depressed. She was also very capable in the villa, okay? Why does Wu Pingqiang always think that she eats soft rice? She now has more than a dozen restaurants, more than a dozen dim sum shops and pickle shops, as well as jade food restaurants and hot pot restaurants. adds up to a net worth of tens of thousands of silver, all of which she earned in just one year's hard work. Why can't she buy a carriage herself?

Lin Xiaozhu was depressed, and Wu Pingqiang was even more depressed. He thought that he was doing extremely well, and he was the best among those apprentices, but he didn't want to compare with Lin Xiaozhu, it was still far behind!

But thinking about Lin Xiaozhu saying that she only opened a dim sum shop, she still partnered with others, and his spirits were lifted again. Maybe this carriage has another origin? For example, someone else gave it to her. Well, quite possibly.

Although Lin Xiaozhu took a step ahead. But the wagons still caught up with the "bones". However, Uncle Zheng drove steadily and quickly, and quickly left them behind. After walking a little on the main road, I turned a few corners. After passing through a few alleys, I entered Guanyun Lane.

"Wu Pingqiang, where do you live?" Lin Xiaozhu asked.

"At the end of the alley."

"Uncle Zheng, let's send Chef Wu to the end of the alley first." Lin Xiaozhu's house was not far from the entrance of the alley. When the carriage walked to the end of the alley, it was sure to pass by her door. But she wasn't in a hurry to go back. Not in a hurry.

Wu Pingqiang couldn't help but ask again: "Lin Xiaozhu, where do you live?" ”

"Ugh. That's where I live. At this time, Lin Xiaozhu had already seen two carriages parked at the door of his house, one of which was Yuan Tianye's. And the one in the back, a person who was getting out of the car, was Li Zhenyu.

Why did Li Zhenyu come? And Yuan Tianye also joined him and brought him to his house?

Lin Xiaozhu was puzzled, but heard Wu Pingqiang shouting repeatedly: "Stop, stop." She was stunned. When I lifted the curtain, Yuan Tianye was standing on the side of the road, looking this way with Li Zhenyu.

"Stop." She had to scream.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Wu Pingqiang jumped off the wheel and ran towards Yuan Tianye. He exclaimed excitedly, "Childe, why are you here?" ”

"Wu Pingqiang. What were the results? Yuan Tianye didn't have much surprise when he saw Wu Pingqiang. His mouth asked him, but his eyes looked in the direction of the carriage.

"I didn't play well and I finished fifth." Wu Pingqiang said with some shame.

And Lin Xiaozhu here slowly got out of the car and smiled at Li Zhenyu: "Third Master Li, why are you here?" ”

"Heh, come and have a look." Li Zhenyu said, "Miss Lin went to the competition today?" The result? ”

"Luckily made it to the second round."

Wu Pingqiang saw that Yuan Tianye's eyes kept looking at Lin Xiaozhu; And when Lin Xiaozhu saw Childe, he didn't seem to see it, he just cared about talking to another man, and Childe was not angry. He couldn't help but feel like he wasn't running out of his brain - what was this situation?

"With your cooking skills, are you still lucky? Miss Lin, it's not good to be too modest. The reputation of our Baiwei Building, but we want to make a name for ourselves through Miss Lin, the girl is so modest, where do we borrow strength? Li Zhenyu said with a smile.

Chefs participate in competitions, and basically they are named in the name of the restaurant. If you get the ranking, people will say that it is "so-and-so of so-and-so restaurant", which means to make a name for the restaurant. So Lin Xiaozhu went to the competition this time, naturally in the name of Baiweilou. If you really want to win the first place in the finals, as long as people hear that the "No. 1 chef in the world" is the chef of Baiweilou, it is difficult for Baiweilou's business to be popular.

Because this competition is a preliminary round, there are too many participants, and the person who reads the list does not read the name of the restaurant. At this time, knowing that Lin Xiaozhu was going to participate on behalf of Baiweilou, Wu Pingqiang was taken aback again. The Guangfu Building where he is located is very famous in Yanjing, but soon after the opening of Baiwei Building, it became famous and has become the first rival of Guangfu Building.

Could it be that the boy in the dark purple robe is the boss of Baiwei Building?

Wu Pingqiang glanced at Li Zhenyu and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lin Xiaozhu, are you the cook of Baiwei Building?" ”

Lin Xiaozhu saw Yuan Tianye look at her with a smile, and quickly shook his head: "I'm not." ”

Wu Pingqiang was even more curious: "Then how did you represent Baiweilou in the competition?" ”

Li Zhenyu saw Lin Xiaozhu smiling and didn't answer, so he said on the side: "Because she is the boss of Baiwei Building." ”

Since he knew that Lin Xiaozhu was Yuan Tianye's fiancée, he dispelled the thoughts in his heart, and only regarded Lin Xiaozhu as a partner. In the few days that Yuan Tianye stayed in Dongyue, he did not avoid Yuan Tianye because of his pursuit of Lin Xiaozhu, but tried his best to make up for the relationship with Yuan Tianye and Lin Xiaozhu. His attitude won the favor of Yuan Tianye and Lin Xiaozhu, and the relationship between the two sides began to be harmonious. So it didn't seem presumptuous to help Lin Xiaozhu speak at this time.

"Boss?" Wu Pingqiang was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you say that you opened a dim sum shop?" ”

"Yes, Jade Food Zhai is indeed a dim sum shop!" Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile. At this time, everyone had already entered the front hall, and she ordered Yun Shan to serve tea and snacks, and sat down with Yuan Tianye on the main seat.

Wu Pingqiang looked at Lin Xiaozhu and then at Yuan Tianye, and saw them sitting on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table on the left and right, and he couldn't help but have an idea in his heart that he thought was very ridiculous. (To be continued)