There are a total of nine villages in the Lanqing Mountains, but most of them are in the mountains farther away, and some have even crossed the provincial border and entered the two provinces of Shandong and Henan.

Therefore, the folk custom of the thousand-person noodle banquet is really retained, and it is only the four villages around Jianquan Lake, Lanqing Village, Shangxiazha Village and Balilouzi Village.

But even if only four villages participated, the momentum was huge.

Hundreds of families were all dispatched, there were two or three thousand people, and each family carried out at least one table, which means that in the mountains, if it is in the city, a thousand people face banquet can make the whole city congested.

Fortunately, more than half of these hundreds of tables were placed in the Pingshi Valley at the junction of Lanqing Village and Balilouzi Village according to the pre-planned plan.

The whole shape is like a squid with a big head, except that the tentacles of this squid fish are a little less and longer.

Even so, the dining table brigade sticking out of the mouth of the valley is also placed dozens of meters out, which is extremely spectacular.

Zhou Zhou followed his father and Zhang Dehou to the valley, and he was amazed in his heart, he really couldn't think of how many stoves it would take for thousands of people to eat noodle soup at the same time.

It wasn't until he walked into Pingshi Valley that Zhou Zhou understood.

This valley is also worthy of its name, there is only a shallow layer of loess on the ground in the valley, and below it is a layer of rocks, and there are cliffs on three sides, just encompassing this valley of three or four thousand square meters.

This kind of terrain is very common in the northern hilly areas, not only can not grow crops, but even the growth of wild grasses is relatively difficult, which is suitable for a large number of mountain people to gather.

In the valley, a circle of tables has been set up at this moment, and the mountain people are grouped by village, arranged in an orderly manner, and in the most central circle, dozens of 'standing furnaces' have long been piled up with red clay.

This kind of 'standing furnace' is more than half a person high, and even the big iron pot used by the troops when marching can be placed, and a single furnace can produce soup noodles eaten by hundreds of people; next to these 'standing stoves' are noodles one after another, and there are noodle pockets piled up next to the table, and the master in charge of the noodle cases has already begun to get busy, and a lump of oily noodles that has woken up is neatly stacked on the table, just waiting for the ramen noodles to be put into the pot.

Zhang Dehou settled Zhou Zhou and them behind the table in his house, and said to Zhou Yujun with a smile: "Brother Zhou, this meeting is big enough, right?"

Don't worry, the beef and mutton soup in the soup pot is about to roll, just wait for noon, the noodle soup will be put into the pot, you have to let go of your stomach and eat. ”

Zhou Yujun smiled, he had been waiting for this meal for a day, his saliva was about to flow out, and he still needed someone to remind him?

"Brother Zhang, don't worry, our father and son are both foodies."

Zhou Zhou saw that Master Sun was standing in front of a noodle case, constantly waving to him and squeezing his eyes, seeing that there were people in the valley at this moment, and no one noticed him, so he quietly walked over.

"What's wrong, Master Sun?"

Zhou Zhou walked to the front of the case and asked in a low voice.

"Little brother, it's a bit of trouble this time......

Master Sun glanced at the dense mountain people gathered around, and said with a wry smile: "In the past, the dishes are fought until the final stage of the noodle banquet, and the chefs invited by each village will go to the restaurant in Balilouzi Village to compete, but this time the villagers of several villages unanimously asked for open-air dishes, and Secretary Zhang also agreed to ...... just now."

"Open-air fighting?"

Zhou Zhou also frowned when he heard this.

"yes, let's not talk about trouble.

This one is changed to an open-air fight, how can you do it?

What can I do......"

"Don't worry, Master Sun, I have a way."

Zhou Zhou's eyes rolled and he thought about it.

"What else can be done about this?"

"Just two words......"

Zhou Zhou leaned on Master Sun's ear and said softly: "Pretend to be ......"

At noon, dozens of gongs rang out at the same time, startling the birds and birds perched on several mountain cliffs, and the banquet of thousands of people officially began.

A large pot of roast beef and sheep head, beef and mutton prepared long ago...... The steaming heat is delivered to the tables of each village and each group.

The noodle table also began to get busy, and the clumps of oily noodles in the hands of the ramen chef turned into thick or thin ramen noodles as if by magic; It was as thick as a fashion belt for a big girl's waist, and it was not much thicker than a hair, and bowls were brought to the table and passed to the back.

This scene was extremely spectacular, with thousands of tables and two or three thousand people, and there was no chaos at all.

Bowls of hot noodle soup pass from the inner ring to the outer ring, and then from the outer ring to the outside of the valley, as if the action of a large army, like an arm and a finger.

Because of the long-term preservation of the custom of noodle banquets, some of the four villages are ramen chefs, who go to the city to work and make money on weekdays, but today they are all back. Dozens of masters started at the same time, dozens of cauldrons boiled at the same time, that is, more than half an hour, and a bowl of steaming and fragrant beef and mutton ramen was placed in front of two or three thousand people.

The side has a slight wheat color, soaked in a milky beef and mutton broth, topped with a spoonful of chili oil boiled in mutton fat, and twisted with a handful of coriander...... Even Zhou Zhou, a mouthy guy, couldn't help but drool.

"Dangdangdang......"

As the gong sounded again, two or three thousand people put down their chopsticks at the same time, and suddenly the sound of eating noodles resounded inside and outside the valley, and even resonated because of this, causing echoes in the valley, shaking the soil on the cliffs on three sides of the mountain slightly loosened.

Thousands of people swallowed noodles, and they could be earth-shattering and majestic!

In this atmosphere, you are embarrassed to eat noodles slowly, regardless of whether it is a big girl or a little daughter-in-law, they all drink soup and noodles in a big gulp, and eat until sweat beads roll out of your forehead, and your chest and back are soaked, so that you can be regarded as eating out of the realm and eating the taste.

"Happy!"

Zhou Zhou is also very happy, usually he is busy in the kitchen, the passengers enjoy the food, today can finally sit quietly and eat a bowl of noodles, enjoy the happiness and touching brought by the food.

The soup here is very rough, and perhaps the beef and mutton have not been cleaned; The noodles are not delicate, let alone the ratio of various flours like him, but this is the most authentic taste in the countryside and mountains, and it is more of a smoke than the food cooked by the special chef of the hotel.

And it's absolutely full, so you can eat until you untie your belt again and again!

It wasn't until nearly one o'clock in the afternoon that the thousand-person noodle banquet ended, and the villagers were touching their stomachs with satisfaction, burping, laughing and talking, but none of them wanted to leave, and everyone was waiting for a more exciting show.

Fight vegetables!

In the past, after eating the noodle banquet, the fighting vegetables in several villages were carried out in the largest restaurant in Balilouzi Village, and the villagers were just waiting for the results of the fighting;

But this time it is different, the 1,000-person noodle banquet full of strong local color has attracted the attention of the media, this time it is led by the country's largest travel and food magazine 'Lixing Tianxia', and several gourmets from the province are said to be very authoritative to be judges, to vigorously promote the characteristics of Lanqing Mountain's folk customs.

Who made a certain program of Zhuang Dianertai that integrates food, folk customs, and tourism concepts popular? As the leading professional magazine in China, "Lixing World" cannot be left behind.

Coupled with the promotion behind Mr. Huo, a wealthy businessman in Xiangjiang who is from Lanqing Mountain, this year's thousand-person noodle banquet is different from previous years.

Lanqing Village and Balilouzi Village, two wealthy villages, would think of inviting a celebrity chef of Kong Fang's grade to fight, and it is precisely because this fight is different from the past that even national professional magazines have to publicize it. In the past, if I lost, that is, I was in the mountains for a year, but if I lost this time, it would be a shame in front of the people of the whole country.

After entering the stage of fighting vegetables, those standing stoves and large soup pots were withdrawn one after another, and soon replaced with exquisite stoves and dishes prepared by each village, and all kinds of ingredients were also prepared.

Not long after, several vans stopped at the mouth of the valley, and a group of people came down, and the village chiefs and secretaries of several villages greeted them with smiles on their faces.

The chef invited by Lanqing Village did not come this time, and Zhang Dehou also had a way, so he directly greeted several judges, and said in a loud voice: "Welcome to all expert leaders."

Ah...... Gu Lao, Chang Lao, Yun Lao, Xu Da Editor, Wei Editor-in-Chief, please here, please... I have prepared the best Yunli tea in our Lanqing Mountain......"

Don't take the village party secretary as a cadre, Zhang Dehou is not a fool, it is not easy to be a village party secretary in Lanqing Village for more than ten years!

He's done his homework well, isn't the chef on the verge of backfighting? Then use your brains on the judges.

Our countrymen are the most simple, these big editors and judges come to us, can't they invite others to drink a cup of fragrant tea? Huaxia is a personal society, and after drinking the tea of our Lanqing Village, why don't you say a few good words to us when you look back?

Zhou Zhou followed behind his father and looked at several old acquaintances opposite with a smile.

Well, Xu Ning, Wei Hong, Su Rou, and Boss Cao have all arrived, and a few judges from the provincial capital should be members of the 'Three Meals a Day' primary tasting group.

Among these judges, Zhou Zhou saw at a glance Wu Jiuyu, who seemed to stand out from the crowd and was 'lonely and peerless'.

Lao Wu is not good now, and before he got off x164, Boss Cao found him and invited him to join the high-level tasting group of 'Three Meals a Day'.

After all, he is a famous gourmand in China, although he is known as a poisonous snake, Boss Cao doesn't care, what he values is Wu Jiuyu's professionalism.

Lao Wu originally didn't look down on a glass seller, no matter how awesome you sell glass, you don't know how to eat? I know how to gnaw pig's trotters every day, so what about establishing a new standard for Chinese cuisine?

originally wanted to flatly refuse, but the annual salary of 500,000 really made him excited... When he heard that Zhou Zhou had also joined the high-level tasting group of 'Three Meals a Day', Wu Jiuyu immediately agreed.

The most convincing of the current Huaxia chefs is Zhouzhou, and it is a big bargain to be a colleague with the future Huaxia Chef God.

At the same time that Zhou Zhou saw him, Wu Jiuyu also saw Zhou Zhou, and he squeezed his eyebrows at Zhou Zhou from afar, and he couldn't be happy.

The heart said that this is about the same, is Zhou Zhou present in this jury... Who are those junior tasting groups? Provincial gastronomic expert? It's like bullshit! How many dishes have they eaten in their lives?