"Those who don't know are not guilty, and you don't have to blame yourself." She stretched out her hand, helped Wu Pingqiang weakly, and said with a smile, "Next, we will still be competitors in the competition, you just treat me as Lin Xiaozhu." Otherwise, if you lose to me, you will be unconvinced again, saying that you dare not win me. You know, I don't accept this love. ”

When she said this, everyone laughed. The solemn atmosphere just now has eased a lot.

"Don't mention her identity to others." Yuan Tianye glanced at Wu Pingqiang, "She only participated in the competition in the name of the chef of Baiweilou, and she was not given special attention. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Wu Pingqiang replied respectfully.

"Okay, you're tired from today's game, so let's go back first."

"Yes, the subordinates retired." Wu Pingqiang gave a salute to Yuan Tianye, and then a salute to Lin Xiaozhu, and then withdrew.

Retreating outside the gate and looking at the carved and painted house, Wu Pingqiang stood for a long time, and then slowly walked towards his home at the end of the alley.

Li Zhenyu followed Yuan Tianye to find Lin Xiaozhu, and he had some things to discuss in the restaurant. After Wu Pingqiang left, he stayed for a while, and only left after he finished talking about things.

Doing things on Yuan Tianye's territory in Beiyan is much easier than Dongyue. Don't worry about Lin Xiaozhu, the next day Yuan Lin sent ten kitchen apprentices with a little bit of foundation, who were reliable, honest and very smart. Lin Xiaozhu taught them how to build a stove and how to roast ducks, but it took three or four days to become a teacher. In addition to Yanjing's Baiwei Building, they will also be assigned to Baiwei Lou in Dongyue and other countries, and the hanging oven roast duck will be launched at the same time in each Baiwei Building at the end of that month, so that Baiwei Lou has a complete foothold in various places, and business is becoming more and more prosperous.

The second stage of the competition, ten days after the preliminary round, was still held at the place where Lin Xiaozhu and they originally competed. There were six or seven hundred chefs who signed up in the preliminary round in Beiyan. Ninety people entered the semi-finals, and only twenty of these ninety people were selected to participate in the finals of Xuanyuan City.

There were too many people, so the competition still chose the method of the preliminary round, providing fish and tofu, the two most common ingredients, by the chef himself, the time was a little more relaxed than the original, from one pillar of incense to two pillars of incense. The ingredients are all the same, they are all grass carp and tender tofu, and there is no difference between anyone.

Although Lin Xiaozhu was very confident in his cooking skills, he got these two ingredients. I still secretly rejoiced in my heart. Because Yuan Tianye likes to eat fish, her approach to fish. That's the best experience. Her boiled fish is also a must, and when she was in the villa, even Yu Jiaoxi couldn't compare to her. After going to the South China Sea, she became even more comfortable with fish. As for tofu, it is naturally made Wensi tofu. These two dishes. It's not a waste of kung fu dishes, two pillars of incense kung fu. I can finish it by all means. If it weren't for the fact that the exam questions in the four countries of this competition were all the same, she would have suspected that this exam was specially tailored for her by Yuan Tianye.

Although they are two very good dishes, Lin Xiaozhu still does not dare to relax at all, and earnestly completes every step.

And as a result, as expected, she actually won the first place again. And Wu Pingqiang naturally entered the finals. However, he is relatively low in the rankings. Ranked twelfth.

And when he learned of this result, Lin Xiaozhu was not as happy as he was in the preliminary round. When she got home and heard that Yuan Tianye was staying in the study of King Yi's Mansion, she ran over and asked in great depression: "Tianye, this can't be the result of your special care, right?" ”

Yuan Tianye put down the fold and reached out to pinch her face. Laughing: "How is it possible?" Can I do such a childish thing? ”

"Really, not?"

"Not really." Yuan Tianye lowered his head again and watched his play.

Lin Xiaozhu looked at him for a long time. I didn't see any clues on his face, so I had to go out the door sullenly. Behind him, Yuan Tianye's voice came: "Xiaozhu, it's really not." ”

"Oh." With his last assurance, Lin Xiaozhu put his mind at ease, and then began to be a little happy, "Then when are we going to Xuanyuan City?" ”

"Half a month later." Yuan Tianye didn't raise his head. He had to finish some things in the past half a month before he could accompany Lin Xiaozhu to Xuanyuan City to participate in the competition.

Half a month later, Lin Xiaozhu and Yuan Tianye sat in a carriage for half a month, and finally arrived at Xuanyuan City, which is located at the junction of the four countries.

Xuanyuan City is more of a small neutral country than a city. Its city also has people living in it, but the scale is not as large as Yanjing City, and it is developed by traders from all over the world who gather here to do business. After all, there is a small number of troops stationed here. The members of the force are all conscripts conscripted by various countries. Although so many people were uniformly rationed, there were also some personal needs that had to be consumed, so a group of merchants were fed, and various industries such as medical clinics and private schools were developed, and the place slowly prospered.

When the carriage entered Xuanyuan City, Lin Xiaozhu lifted the curtain and looked at the street scene on both sides curiously. Seeing that Yuan Tianye ordered the coachman to stop in front of a house and asked, "Where is this?" ”

"I sent someone to rent the house in advance, and we've been living here for the past few days. The inn is crowded with people, and it is neither convenient nor safe to live there. Yuan Tianye said.

Lin Xiaozhu reached out and patted his face to express his appreciation. Following Yuan Tianye, she hardly had to worry about it, he thought of everything in advance and arranged everything.

"Where does the old man live? When are we going to visit him? "Settle down," Lin Xiaozhu asked again. After not seeing the old man for so many years, she really misses him. Not to mention that the old man has always cared about her, just because he looks very similar to her grandfather in her previous life, which makes her feel admiration and longing.

"It's inconvenient right now. Let's visit him after the game. ”

"Okay." Lin Xiaozhu didn't ask why it was inconvenient. Either the old man is busy with something, or it is to avoid suspicion and not let people criticize her achievements in the finals. There is always a reason why Yuan Tianye arranged it this way.

There are only two houses and only a dozen houses, but the environment is quiet and the layout is clean and elegant, which makes Lin Xiaozhu very satisfied. Yuan Tianye lived in the east courtyard, and Lin Xiaozhu lived in the west courtyard. Everyone settled down, and the next day, she pulled Yuan Tianye to the street. The streets are lined with shops and a wide variety of goods, just like any other capital.

"Hey, what's going on there?" Lin Xiaozhu saw a large group of people surrounding the shop in front of him, and pulled Yuan Tianye. If she were the only one in normal times, she wouldn't like to go to see the excitement, so as not to get into any trouble. can be with Yuan Tianye, this guy's force value is relatively high, which makes her feel very secure. At this time, I was bored, so I naturally wanted to go and see the excitement.

"Let's go, let's see." Yuan Tianye saw that Lin Xiaozhu was full of interest, and he was also interested, so he pulled Lin Xiaozhu into the crowd. (To be continued)