Adorable Food Goddess

Xia Zhuofeng stared at Youshi's straight back, astonished. Youshi seemed to be a different person today. Could it be that he was so tough because of the influence of his second wife?

The next day, Ye Jiayao got up early and went to greet Xia Youshi first. Xia Youshi was considerate of her by not asking her to go to greet her, but she couldn't regard being polite as a blessing, and she still had to abide by the rules.

As always, Mr. Qiao came earlier than her. When he saw her today, his eyes were a little timid and his smile was a little more flattering.

What happened last night deeply shocked Qiao.

People are bullies and afraid of the hard, and who is willing to provoke the Lord who is not easy to offend?

Moreover, I heard that her mother-in-law gave Ye porridge and exempted Ye from sleeping in the morning and evening, which made Qiao smell something unusual. It seemed that Ye had been approved by her mother-in-law. Then she has to be more relaxed.

"Second brother and sister, are your legs okay?" Mrs. Qiao asked with concern.

Ye Jiayao smiled: "It's okay, thank you sister-in-law for your concern."

"Madam is here," the maid said.

Mother Sun helped Youshi come out.

Seeing that Ye Jiayao was also there, Youshi's original indifferent expression had a slight fluctuation, and Ye Jiayao became more and more pleasing to the eye. However, this trace of admiration was quickly covered up by the cold expression.

The two daughters-in-law came forward to say hello. Youshi calmly asked them to get up and said: "You all have something to do today, so there is no need to waste time with me. Go and finish what you have to do. The wedding is getting closer and closer." It’s getting closer and closer, but there are still so many things to do, hey…”

Ye Jiayao felt a little ashamed. If the cooking competition hadn't coincided with Chunfeng's wedding, she could have helped more.

After leaving the door, Mrs. Qiao said, "I still have to go to the accountant to pay the money, so I won't leave for now."

Ye Jiayao waited for Mrs. Qiao to leave, and then rushed to Tianshang Residence with Jiang Yue.

Today is the rematch, a very crucial match. Among the thirty-six people, only ten can reach the finals. If Zhong Xiang can reach the finals, it will be considered a success. Of course, if Zhong Xiang gets the top three, it will be a good thing for Zhong Xiang. Being able to enter the imperial dining room is the ultimate goal of most chefs, but for Tianshangju, it is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that Tianshangju has another chef-level pastry chef who will definitely become famous. Zhen, the bad thing is, if Zhong Xiang leaves, who will be in charge of the kitchen? Although Deng Haichuan and Wang Mingde can stand alone, their overall quality is still a little behind Zhong Xiang, and they need to be further refined.

But this entanglement was forgotten by Ye Jiayao in just a second thought. She couldn't hinder the development of others just because of her own interests. That would be too selfish.

Ms. Qiao went to the accounting office to pay the check and was about to go out when she met Mr. Zhou. Mrs. Qiao wanted to pretend not to see it and avoid it. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhou called her.

"Chunli's wife..."

Qiao had no choice but to stop.

"Third aunt."

"Mingxiu, where are you going? I heard that you opened an embroidery workshop in Jinling. I was thinking of going to your place to have a look!" Zhou said with a smile.

Mrs. Qiao's heart skipped a beat. She didn't dare to let Mrs. Zhou go to her embroidery workshop. If she saw something good, she would die. Her embroidery workshop was not as profitable as Ye's Tianshangju.

"Oh, mother asked me to go to the Peony Garden outside the city to pick out some beautiful potted plants." Mrs. Qiao quickly said her mission.

Mrs. Zhou's little eyes lit up: "Really? In the early years when I was in Jinling, I heard that there are many top-quality peonies in the Peony Garden, but I have never seen them. It just so happens that I need to add some potted flowers and plants to my new house, so why not go together!"

Mrs. Qiao secretly complained. She saw the third aunt's trickery last night, and she was a little scared, but she couldn't refuse.

Today's rematch attracted more onlookers, filling both arenas with water.

The difference from yesterday is that today there are not only chopping boards but also stoves on the field.

Zhong Xiang was obviously a little nervous, not as calm as he was yesterday.

"I wonder what kind of competition rules will be adopted?"

After the game yesterday, the organizers announced that participants in the semi-finals did not need to bring their own tools and ingredients.

Ye Jiayao said: "You have to have confidence. Our preparations have been sufficient. With your strength, there will be no problem."

"Brother Xiang, if the second young lady says you can do it, you can do it." Wang Mingde said firmly. Facts have proved that the second young lady never talks big.

"Brother Xiang, come on." Jiang Yue arched her eyebrows and showed a cute smile. She imitated the gestures commonly used by the Second Young Mistress and clenched her fists to cheer up Zhong Xiang.

A suspicious blush appeared on Zhong Xiang's face: "Well, I will try my best."

The five judges began to walk towards the podium, and the host began to announce the rules for today's rematch.

It is still a prescribed event, and all tools and ingredients are provided uniformly. Today’s theme is noodles, and the contestants can decide by themselves what kind of noodles to make. Burn a stick of incense regularly.

Staff members brought the ingredients one after another.

Flour, eggs, cooking oil, seasonings, a piece of pork, a handful of vegetables, two tomatoes, a few mushrooms, and a pot of water.

Ye Jiayao knew clearly at a glance that the main purpose of today's competition was taste. It would be useless even if you make fancy noodles. Simple ingredients must be used to create a unique taste.

"Dragon beard noodles, knead the dough with tomato juice." Ye Jiayao said decisively.

Zhong Xiang nodded, took a deep breath, and strode into the arena.

Zhong Xiang is the best at making dragon beard noodles, and he has put a lot of hard work into it. Ye Jiayao once saw a modern cooking master stretching dragon beard noodles, and the spectacular scene of flying down three thousand feet was still fresh in her memory, and Zhong Xiang can also To that level, as thin as a hair.

Today's competition is all based on real skills, and there is no room for opportunism, but Ye Jiayao can still come up with a little bit of new ideas. Kneading the dough with tomato juice can make the noodles appear pink, and it tastes slightly sweet and sour, giving it a different texture. .

No matter what the competition is, creativity always counts.

The game started. Ye Jiayao looked calm and composed on the surface, but in fact she had been paying attention to the players on the field.

She saw the Shanxi chef who won first place yesterday making noodles. His skill in cutting noodles was astonishing. He also made fish noodles, belt noodles, etc., all kinds of things. His eyes turned back to Zhong Xiang.

Zhong Xiang has already begun to stretch the noodles. The pink noodles are constantly folded and stretched in his hands, with his left hand inward and his right hand outward, just like doing Tai Chi. The noodles slowly become thinner. After countless folds and stretches, Zhong Xiang raised one hand above his head and began to shake his face. The filaments gradually loosened, rippling in graceful arcs. It really felt like three thousand silver strands flowing down.

This unique skill of stretching noodles has aroused the admiration of many people. Even the judges on the podium stood up.

But Zhong Xiang looked focused and did not realize that he had become the focus of the field.

After the noodles are stretched and the pot is hot, add cooking oil, stir-fry the shredded pork marinated with egg white and various seasonings, take it out of the pot quickly, then use the pork stewed with fat to stir-fry mushrooms and vegetables, add water and mix. Soup.

All the procedures were in order, and Ye Jiayao's heart slowly settled down.

Zhong Xiang has achieved his best today, and the rest can only be left to the judges.

When the time for burning an incense stick was up, only one contestant failed to complete it within the specified time and was eliminated. The other contestants' finished products were brought to the podium and handed over to the judges for tasting.

Zhong Xiang was concentrating before and finishing in one go, but now he relaxed and was sweating through his clothes without realizing it. He smiled at Ye Jiayao and others, feeling good about himself.

Regardless of whether he can reach the finals or not, today is the best he has ever done in his life, and he can be considered worthy of himself.

Ye Jiayao also smiled and nodded at him.

The review process is very long, which shows the serious and responsible attitude of all reviewers. The thirty-five players below and the hundreds of onlookers outside the venue were all in silence, either anxiously or calmly waiting for the final result.

Finally, the judges returned to their seats and the host announced the finalists.

Ye Jiayao listened carefully. Yesterday's first place was still first today. The second place was yesterday's eighth place. It was so fast. Zhong Xiang was still fifth.

"Brother Xiang is really awesome." Wang Mingde sighed with a smile.

Ye Jiayao said: "It's really good, firmly ranked fifth. It seems that there is a lot of hope to enter the top three in the finals."

The contestants who made it to the finals were all smiling and full of ambition, while those who were eliminated all looked sad and left dejectedly.

The host announced the finals.

The finals are scheduled for two days later. Everyone will bring their own tools and ingredients, make two pasta dishes, and two pastry dishes, and be free to express themselves.

"Second Young Mistress, you are so awesome. You seem to know what the finals will be like." Wang Mingde looked at Ye Jiayao with great admiration. Didn't Brother Xiang prepare just two dishes of pasta and two dishes of pastries?

Ye Jiayao sweated profusely. How could she know? It was just a coincidence.

Jiang Yue scolded in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? There are so many people here, and if others heard it, they would think that the second young lady had cheated."

Wang Mingde quickly shut up.

Ye Jiayao glanced at Jiang Yue. This little girl was so thoughtful that she could even think of this.

Indeed, the organizer of this cooking competition is the imperial court, and naturally it is based on the Imperial Kitchen. Three of the five judges are from the Imperial Kitchen, and she is a staff member of the Imperial Kitchen. If others knew about the project prepared by Zhong Xiang, what would happen? Speculations will arise.

Here, everyone happily returned to live in heaven, while Mrs. Qiao returned to the Hou Mansion with a sad face.

The third aunt was really shameless. She said she was going to buy flowers, but she didn’t bring any money. She budgeted carefully and bargained hard to buy a few pots of rare peonies and still had some money left over. She originally wanted to keep them for herself, otherwise she would have spent so much money. Why bargain with words? As a result, they were all borrowed by Zhou.

It was said that it was borrowed, but in fact it was snatched from her hand without any explanation.

Ms. Qiao was very upset. If she didn't tell her the benefits, her mother-in-law would have to scold her again when she found out. She would shed tears just thinking about it.

Xia You heard that Zhou had borrowed more than two hundred taels, and she knew that this time it was Rou Baozi who was going to beat the dog and never come back. However, she didn't plan to turn a blind eye this time. Even if Zhou borrowed a copper coin, she would have to pay it back.