Chapter Thirty-Six: The Pit I Dug Myself
"Mengting, you're ready, you can start."
"Oh, good."
This is the first time since the recording of this show that Zhou Mengting has heard Lu Ruotian take the initiative to talk to her.
It stands to reason that she, who has been looking forward to it for a long time, should be excited about it.
But at this moment, standing in front of the fish tank surrounded by black cloth, the fear in Zhou Mengting's heart had already completely covered the excitement she should have.
She was able to squeeze out a smile and answer Lu Ruotian's words, she had already done her best, how could she still be excited?
But even so, this should always be faced.
After all, the task was chosen by oneself, the card was grabbed by oneself, and the words were said by oneself, and the matter has come to this point, and it is too late to regret it.
What's more, if she is allowed to give up in front of Lu Ruotian and admit that she is not as good as Rong Ling, wouldn't it be equivalent to hitting the left cheek and the right cheek, and being embarrassed and thrown to grandma's house?
No, it's absolutely not going to work!
Even if it's a hard brace, she has to get the job done.
So, after comforting herself for a while, Zhou Mengting finally raised her right hand, and the diamond that had just been pasted on her nails for less than a day was still shining in the sunlight.
However, it still can't escape the fate of being stretched into the fish tank after all.
Under the gaze of Lu Ruotian and Rong Ling, Zhou Mengting little by little stretched her hand into the round hole of the cover covered above the fish tank.
As Zhou Mengting's hand went down more and more, her fingertips had already touched the surface of the water in the fish tank. The diamonds, which were still sparkling, were soaked in the water along with the fingertips.
Gradually, her hand got closer and closer to the free-spirited fish.
"Ah!!h
Just when Lu Ruotian and Rong Ling were staring at Zhou Mengting's hand and continuing to explore downward, suddenly, a piercing scream came.
I saw Zhou Mengting like a frightened rabbit, and suddenly withdrew her hand. As for the reason, it's just that a swimming fish occasionally passes by and touches her fingertips, that's all.
This scream made Lu Ruotian and Rong Ling, who were staring at the fish tank, tremble.
The two of them glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of helplessness for Zhou Mengting.
"Two more chances! Hurry up. ”
The director of the group reminded the three people present in time that because the sky was gradually getting dark, in order to be able to go down the mountain safely, the recording of this part must be accelerated.
Otherwise, the time left for Rong Ling's subsequent cooking will be greatly reduced, which will seriously affect the effect of the entire show.
But with the first bad experience, it was even more difficult for Zhou Mengting to continue to put her hand into the fish tank.
Although she tried her best to calm down her fear and disgust, she couldn't help but reject a fishy place like a fish tank.
But in order to maintain her character in front of Lu Ruotian, Zhou Mengting still frowned tightly and put her hand into the round hole again.
But the final result was exactly the same as last time, Zhou Mengting still withdrew her hand just by touching the water.
The two opportunities were wasted by Zhou Mengting in vain.
"There's one chance left! Whether you can survive the ingredients of meat depends on this time. If you fail, you can only eat vegetarian food at night. ”
The words of the filming director made the atmosphere tense again.
Seeing that Zhou Mengting wasted two opportunities, Rong Ling could be said to be anxious.
As an imperial chef, Rong Ling doesn't care about other status, status, and money at all, but for ingredients, she is more important than life.
If Zhou Mengting made her miss out on high-quality meat dishes like this, then Rong Ling couldn't wait to throw her into the fish tank to feed the fish now.
No! Even feeding the fish can't solve the hatred in her heart.
Therefore, Rong Ling decided not to sit idly by.
She took a step forward directly and said to Zhou Mengting: "Mengting, I see that you are so scared, so let me come." ”
"Yes, let Rong Ling come, or everyone's meat will be soaked in the soup at night, I'm the first time to be a guest, you shouldn't let me not eat a mouthful of meat, right?"
Although Lu Ruotian's words were joking, he still supported Rong Ling.
Zhou Mengting originally wanted to refuse, but this Lu Ruotian opened her mouth, she is a small artist outside the eighteenth line, but she has no right to speak.
In this way, in the end, she still left the task position in a gloomy manner.
"Rong Ling, are you ready?" The filming director asked.
"yes, alright."
Rong Ling rolled up his sleeves, as if he was filming a stand-in on the set, without hesitation, with a plop, his entire arm was immersed in the water of the fish tank.
She groped for the bottom of the tank with her hands, and despite the interference of the fish, the touch of her palm still allowed her to quickly find the item that had been placed earlier.
Little by little, Rong Ling explores the shape of the item, as well as the feel. The greasy skin, as well as the hair that has not been cleaned, Rong Ling, who has been doing the imperial diet for so many years in the imperial dining room, instantly recognized the identity of the item.
"Pig's feet! It's a pig's knuckle!! Rong Ling confidently blurted out the answer.
"Congratulations! That's right! You can live tonight's meat dish ingredient pork belly. ”
"Yay!!"
Rong Ling celebrated happily, because her hand was withdrawn from the fish tank too quickly, Zhou Mengting just shook her face when she was standing.
But at this time, the cameras were all aimed at Rong Ling and Lu Ruotian, but Zhou Mengting's angry jumping feet were helpless.
After completing the task of finding ingredients, Lu Ruotian, Rong Ling and Zhou Mengting returned to the picnic platform with the greens, tofu and pork belly they had obtained.
At this time, Li Zhi, Ying Hao and Wang Shuang had already set up the table and stove, and were waiting for Rong Ling to start her day's cooking.
Rong Ling did not pause, and went directly to the cooking area, where she took out the ingredients and placed them on the table next to the chopping board. Then, quickly tie up the apron, roll up the sleeves, wash your hands, and get ready for a big job.
Because Lu Ruotian is a heavyweight airborne guest, as soon as he came back from the woods, he was pulled by the program team for a separate interview.
Zhou Mengting was angry, so she also pulled Wang Shuang to the side and muttered complaints about grievances.
Rong Ling stood alone in front of the board and began to clean the pork belly, cutting the green onions and ginger segments.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from her diagonal side, picked up the garlic that had been placed on the table, and began to peel it.
"This ingredient has meat and vegetables, what are you going to do?" The person who came was none other than Li Zhi.
"Make my secret Dongpo meat, and bamboo shoots and shredded tofu soup." Rong Ling was busy answering Li Zhi's questions while his hands were busy.
"Dongpo meat? Good dish, do you need me to help you get it? Li Zhi took the initiative to ask for help, and looked around at the places where he could help.
When Rong Ling heard this, he hurriedly refused embarrassedly: "Brother Zhi, let you do it, how embarrassing is this." ”
"Oh, it's okay, I can't just eat and drink for nothing all the time. Come, what do you need me to do? ”
Seeing that Li Zhi was so persistent, Rong Ling had no choice but to be gracious, and replied with a smile: "Brother Zhi, you can help me wash the tofu and cut it into small pieces." ”
"Okay, leave it to me."
After speaking, Li Zhi picked up the white tofu placed next to the pool, stood side by side with Rong Ling, and worked in front of the stove.
And this scene happened to be seen by Lu Ruotian, who came back from a separate interview, and an indescribable unhappiness gradually appeared in his eyes, and he locked it directly on Li Zhi's body......