"You two want to try your hand at cooking, you can do it later. Now we're talking about drugging food. The steward reminded in a deep voice. was interrupted by Liu Xiaoxu like this, and he almost forgot about the business he came here.

"If I lose the cooking test, I am willing to take the blame for the medicine of today's meal. Steward Hu said loudly.

"Me too!" Liu Xiaoxu was not to be outdone, and then looked at Steward Hu: "Steward Hu, let me compare with Guan Poop." Guan Dapo's instructing his subordinates to drug the food, just with my two mouths and Huang Yu, it is really not convincing. For the sake of the peace of the room, for the future of all the members of the room, I, Liu Xiaoxu, am willing to take the lead and be the first person to fight against the bully Guan Poop!"

The tone was extremely tragic, as if he was at home.

Many people present cast admiring glances at Liu Xiaoxu.

Regardless of whether what Liu Xiaoxu said is true or not, this courage alone is admirable. After all, whoever loses will have to leave the Xianlan Sect, which is tantamount to taking the initiative to give up the immortal yuan.

Steward Hu's expression was a little solemn: "This matter is related to the fate of your life, have you thought about it?"

Liu Xiaoxu nodded resolutely.

"Well, since you have made up your mind, I will allow you to compare. I'll be the referee, do you have any opinions?" asked Steward Hu.

"No opinion!" Liu Xiaoxu and Guan Daben said at the same time.

Steward Hu nodded: "Then it's decided." The rules of the competition are very simple, you each make two of the best dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and whoever makes the best meal will win. The date of the competition is set for tomorrow, and today I will allow you to go down the mountain to buy ingredients. ”

"Thank you, Steward Hu!" Liu Xiaoxu was overjoyed.

There is a small town at the foot of the mountain, but the outer disciples of the Xianlan Sect are not allowed to go down the mountain without permission, Liu Xiaoxu has not had the opportunity to go down the mountain to have a look since he entered the sect, and today he just took this opportunity to go out and have a show!

Liu Xiaoxu used the excuse that it was inconvenient to purchase ingredients alone, so he proposed to be accompanied by Lu Ping, and Hu had no objection.

At this time, Lu Ping was still going to the river with Zhang Cun and Li Zheng to fetch water, and did not come back.

Liu Xiaoxu was not in a hurry, and went back to the house to wait. After waiting for nearly an hour, Lu Ping finally came back with water.

"What? You want to try cooking with Guan Poop?!" When Lu Ping learned about tomorrow's competition, he couldn't help but be anxious.

"Liu Xiaoxu, are you crazy?! You have been in the house for all these years, either cutting trees or burning firewood, how have you ever cooked? Where are you the opponent who manages stool!"

Liu Xiaoxu bragged with a smile: "It's not a secret, before I started, I was the royal chef, and even the emperor praised the emperor for eating my food." ”

Lu Ping gave him a direct look, and said angrily: "Please take a look at your age before bragging, you are only thirteen years old this year, and you were only eleven years old when you started two years ago, how many years can you learn to cook?"

The lie was exposed, and Liu Xiaoxu didn't blush, but said with a smile: "Brother Lu is really insightful, I didn't expect to be seen through by you all of a sudden." ”

"You, you, it's all at this time, you can still laugh!" Lu Ping sighed: "I know you want to take down the stool, but you can't take such a risk, let alone gamble on your fate, do you know that once you lose the competition, according to the gambling contract, you will leave the mountain gate, and you will no longer be a disciple of the outer sect of the Xianlan Sect?"

"I know. Liu Xiaoxu nodded, with a hint of determination on his little face: "But if you don't take the risk, how can you have the opportunity to drive away the stool? It's a bit risky, but it's still worth the risk!"

Seeing that Lu Ping still looked worried, Liu Xiaoxu said with relief: "How do you look at your expression, as if I will lose tomorrow." Don't worry, I won't lose. I'm not a Royal Chef, but I'm not much worse than a Royal Chef. Let's go for a walk, it's rare to go down the mountain once, you go out with me for a good day. ”

In Lu Ping's sigh, the two went down the mountain.

The town at the foot of the hill is called Yokogawa Town, named after the river, which runs through the middle of the town and divides the town in two. The town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, rich food sources, both all kinds of game in the mountains, as well as various aquatic products in the water, and adjacent to the fairy gate, which is a good place for Zhong Lingyu to show outstanding people.

In the center of the town is a square, where people set up stalls every day, where hunters will bring the game they have caught to exchange for some money, and fishermen will take the fish and shrimp here to sell, and over time, a market of 100 people has been formed.

It was afternoon, and the sun was not as poisonous as it was at noon, and the warm sunlight shone on the body, making people warm. The bazaar is bustling with people and extremely lively.

Liu Xiaoxu and Lu Ping walked in the bustling bazaar, strolling around, and before they knew it, they came to a meat stall selling pork. The few pieces of pork belly on the meat table attracted Liu Xiaoxu's attention.

Pork belly is a good thing, fat and thin, smooth in taste, neither as chai as lean meat, nor as greasy as fatty meat. Whether it is steamed or braised in oil, it is a supreme delicacy.

Liu Xiaoxu wanted to buy two catties of pork belly back, so he asked: "Boss, how do you sell pork belly?"

The butcher was a middle-aged uncle, who was sitting on a recliner basking in the sun, with a felt hat on his face, and when he heard Liu Xiaoxu asking the price, he didn't bother to move, just lazily raised a finger.

"A penny and a catty?" Liu Xiaoxu asked tentatively.

As soon as these words came out, the butcher suddenly couldn't sit still, lifted his felt hat, and glared at Liu Xiaoxu: "Boy, are you kidding me? You still want to buy pork for a penny? You want to eat it." ”

"And how much do you want? You only put up a finger and didn't make it clear. Liu Xiaoxu said dissatisfied.

Of course, it's a tael of gold for a pound of pork. The butcher was right.

"What? A pound of pork costs a tael of gold? Why don't you grab it!" This time, Liu Xiaoxu glared: "Boss, you bully me and I'm not a local? How can you have a pound of pork for a tael of gold? You're too dark, aren't you?"

Hearing this, the butcher was immediately unhappy: "Boy, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, why am I dark? I have been setting up a stall here for five or six years, and it has always been at this price, if you don't believe it, you can ask others." ”

The quarrel between the two has long attracted many passers-by.

"Little guy, one tael of gold for a pound of pork is already very cheap, and in a neighboring town, a catty of pork costs two taels of gold. "One humane.

"But no, Zheng Butcher is a loyal man, and he hasn't raised the price of meat for many years, so you can't slander him. "Another humane.

"Zheng Butcher's meat is fresh and affordable, it is all freshly killed and sold, and it is very famous in our Hengshui Town. "Another humane.

Listening to the gossip of several people, Liu Xiaoxu believed that the price of pork in this world was really so expensive!

"Hey, forget it, I don't care about you when you're young and ignorant. Since you are too expensive, then I will make an exception to give you a cheap one, and I will only charge you half a tael of gold for a pound of pork, what do you think?"

Liu Xiaoxu's face was embarrassed.

According to the meat price standard of this world, half a pound of gold and a pound of pork seems to be quite cheap. But even half a tael of gold, he can't afford to pay it!

This time when he went down the mountain, Liu Xiaoxu only brought a total of five taels of silver, even if it was a little money, he still scraped together with Lu Ping and a few others.

Seeing that Liu Xiaoxu did not respond for a long time, the passers-by next to him were anxious.

"Boy, you agreed, half a tael of gold and a pound of pork, this is a great benefit!"

"It's just that you can't find this price with a lantern. ”

"What are you hesitating about, hurry up and buy it!"

Many people have urged, if it weren't for the discount only for Liu Xiaoxu alone, I'm afraid these people would have been crazy to buy and buy.

Liu Xiaoxu didn't know how to answer, when a discordant voice came from the crowd.

"This man is a poor man, even if he only needs half a tael of gold, he can't afford it! Am I right, Liu Xiaowang bastard?"

Guan poop swaggered out of the crowd, followed by two younger brothers.

"Tube poop, why are you?" As soon as he saw someone coming, Lu Ping's face suddenly sank.

"Why? If you can come, I can't. Guan Poop sneered twice: "You can't even afford the ingredients, and you still want to compare your cooking skills with me?"

The little brother behind him also shouted wildly.

"That's it, a poor is a poor man, and he will never be able to fight the boss!"

"I can't even afford pork, it's really pitiful, if it were me, I would have found a piece of tofu and killed it!"

"I guess the money they brought can only buy pig, hahahaha. ”

Listening to the help of the younger brothers, Guan Da felt very satisfied, he walked to the meat stall loudly, slapped a piece of yellow and clear gold on the board, and said with a lot of money: "Boss, come to two catties of pork belly, this ingot of gold is worth twenty taels, there is no need to look for more, no way, Lao Tzu is rich!"

"Thank you!" The butcher took the gold gratefully, with a smile on his face, and hurriedly cut the meat diligently, not caring about Liu Xiaoxu on the side.

Guan Poop pretended to be a wave of force, but he didn't let go of Liu Xiaoxu's meaning, squinted his eyes and said: "Liu Xiaowang bastard, isn't it very uncomfortable to have no money? But ......"

Guan Poop turned around, and a touch of ill will flashed on his fat face: "However, you have to kneel in front of me now and call me Grandpa three times." ”

"What's it called?" asked Liu Xiaoxu.

"Grandpa. "Tube the stool.

"Louder, what's it called?" Liu Xiaoxu blinked.

stopped screaming when he pooped, his face slowly became gloomy, and it seemed that Liu Xiaoxu was taking advantage of him verbally.

Many of the people present snickered, and some even laughed out loud.

This scene made Guan Dapo's face more and more ugly, he stared at Liu Xiaoxu coldly, and sneered: "Boy, you don't need to be quick to speak, today I want to see what kind of ingredients you can prepare!"

"Then you're going to have to watch it. Liu Xiaoxu smiled nonchalantly.

When he used to study at Star Oriental Cooking School, the teacher once said something like this:

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and this sentence is actually making excuses for her poor cooking skills. A true chef can be an ingredient and will not be bound by ingredients. Even if it's a piece of, it can be made into a supreme delicacy!

Liu Xiaoxu likes this sentence very much, because he thinks that this sentence is very compelling, just like swordsmanship to the highest realm, everything can be a sword, it is a truth.

What's more, Liu Xiaoxu hasn't fallen to the point of making!

He's got money in his pocket! It's just very little.

Since you can't afford to buy the expensive one, buy the cheap one!

Looking at the pork on the meat stall, Liu Xiaoxu's heart suddenly moved. This butcher stall has pork belly, pig's head, lean meat, pork ribs, pig's trotters, and almost all parts of the pig's body, but there are no internal organs of the pig.

"Boss, don't you sell pig intestines and pork livers here?" asked Liu Xiaoxu.

"Isn't that a pig's stomach a place for feces? How can a person eat it? Feed a dog that doesn't even eat it. ”

For Liu Xiaoxu's words, the butcher felt very strange: "There is pork liver, but that thing is not eaten by people, it is fed to some wild cats and dogs." These things you are talking about are all pigs in the water, dirty and fishy, who is going to eat that thing?"

Hearing this, Liu Xiaoxu couldn't help laughing.

Now I finally found the ingredients.

No one eats pigs in the water?

Then he will use the pig water as an ingredient, so that the people of this world can have a good understanding of what is really delicious!