Rebirth as a Cooking God

The mountain behind the shrine.

Grandma Chiyo brought the three qualified candidates to an ancient tree with lush branches.

This tree is like a giant umbrella, standing under it you have to look up.

A gust of wind blew in, and there was a faint sound of bells. Xia Yu looked up, and it turned out that there were many small bells tied with red strings on the branches of the ancient tree. These bells were hidden among the branches and leaves. When the wind blows the leaves, the bells also Dancing with the leaves.

Moreover, it is not only a small bell that is tied to the branch with a red string, but also a small sign similar to a wishing charm.

The questions for the second round of assessment are above.

The old woman turned around and said slowly.

above?

Only Xia Yu showed shock.

Shinji Takei and Ichiro Hase obviously had an understanding of the second round process.

Choose one. The old woman said, her eyes fixed on Xia Yu, 'Immediate admission' is a great honor, and at the same time, it also means that the assessment is more difficult.

Fuck!

Garbled characters flashed through Xia Yu's mind, he opened his mouth, and swallowed the words back.

So, who's the censor? he wondered.

The old woman did not answer, but asked the ice-faced witch to fetch three long bamboo poles, Xia Yu, Takei Shinji, and Hase Ichiro each took one.

Choose whatever you want.

Takei Shinji and Hase Ichiro held a bamboo pole and paraded under the tree umbrella. After turning around a few times, they locked on the target. With a sharp knife tied to the top of the bamboo pole, they cut the red rope lightly, and the sign fell on their hands .

Looking down at the Chinese characters on the sign, Wu Jing's face changed slightly.

Hase Ichiro, on the other hand, looked confident.

It's my turn.

Xia Yu wasn't in a dawdly manner either, he chose randomly anyway, he held the bamboo pole and swiped lightly to catch the falling sign, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

fish!

There is only one simple Chinese character on the sign.

Good luck!

The thumping heart immediately calmed down after seeing this Chinese character. Xia Yu decided on the recipe he would use.

Prepare well, you can only bring your own seasonings and side ingredients!

After leaving a word, the owner of the shrine left slowly with the support of the ice-faced witch.

Xia Yu returned to the shrine and asked Dojima Yin to support some special kitchen utensils.

As for seasonings and side ingredients, the cooking he is going to cook is actually very simple in terms of ingredients. It is good to bring some regular seasonings, and it is also okay to not bring side ingredients at all.

...

The second round of assessment will be conducted at six o'clock in the evening.

In fact, at five o'clock, a group of people had already gathered by Lake Ashi.

There is a 'torii gate' belonging to the Chiyo Shrine by the lake, and next to the 'torii gate' wooden archway, there are three altars lined up.

It is more appropriate to say that it is an altar than an open-air kitchen table. The ground is paved with stones and there are three stone workbenches. When Xia Yu, Takei Shinji and Hase Ichiro arrived, there were already people from the Hakone area. The people are cleaning the altar spontaneously.

All three have their own preparations.

Xia Yu chose an altar, put the heavy box on, clicked, opened the box, and there were bottles and jars inside, including oil, salt, and spice bottles.

The environment here is really strange.

Xing Ping Chuangzhen, who was followed by La Zhuang Ding, put down a big box, wiped off his sweat, and turned his head to look around.

Yeah, it's so remote!

Tian Suohui and Morita Maki both carried vegetable baskets, which contained some fresh side dishes, including ginger, garlic, and scallions.

Vegetables are common tomatoes and onions.

Nakiri Erina was also standing on the altar empty-handed, looking at the rippling Lake Ashi ahead with complicated eyes.

This is a remote and uninhabited corner of Lake Ashi. Looking back, the hill where Chiyo Shrine is located is inconspicuous among the rolling mountains. It is about ten minutes away from here.

It was evening, and the sun was setting in the west, and everyone was covered with a layer of hazy sunset glow.

The logistics team of Shinji Takei and Ichiro Hase are setting up the kitchen table. Everyone has a clear division of labor and high efficiency. In less than ten minutes, the kitchen table is full of brand new kitchen utensils. However, due to the open-air environment, ovens, freezers, etc. Modern equipment, certainly not.

On the flat ground in front of the altar, a group of spectators gathered early.

Some of these people are nearby townspeople, all of them are older and gray-haired, and the young people among them are all followers or disciples of the practitioners. The other nine trainees came, and Dojima Gin and Ryoko Lina were naturally there too.

The crowd suddenly rioted.

It turned out that Grandma Chiyo had arrived, and a car was parked on the road not far away.

Chiyo Miko!

Master Miko!

Those elderly townspeople bowed their heads one after another.

Both the old witch and the ice-faced witch have changed into more formal maiden costumes. The white tops are printed with complicated patterns. This formal maiden costume is usually called 'Chihaya'.

Golden crowns, flower hairpins, the old witch is dressed in a festival dress, and she is holding an instrument used for festival dances - Kagura bells.

let's start--

The old witch said, looking over the three trainees standing in the altar.

What about the ingredients?

Xia Yu's mind was filled with question marks.

As if responding to Xia Yu, a large food truck painted with the IGO logo slowly stopped on the road, several black commercial vans parked behind, and about 20 people in black got out of the truck and got out of the container of the large truck. , Moving boxes after boxes of ingredients to the site.

Hase Ichiro's main ingredients are several bags of rice.

The main ingredient of Shinji Takei is slaughtered fresh chicken.

Xia Yu's main food was live crucian carp.

All the ingredients for the three people were transported to the scene, the sun disappeared in the west, and the sky gradually dimmed. The old witch asked the IGO staff to help light the fire, so the bonfire surrounded the three altars, illuminating the lakeside brightly.

Ichiro Hase and Shinji Takei started to get busy.

They all have their own logistics team. In addition to the ingredients, they have their own professional kitchen stoves, and there are several barrels of liquid fuel piled up next to the altar.

click

Turning on the valve, the raging flames shot up, Hase Ichiro nodded, confirmed that the stove was fine, and went to fetch polished rice.

I took seven or eight pressure cookers and went back and forth several times, each time filling a certain amount of uncooked rice in the pressure cooker.

Next is Taomi.

Hase Ichiro maintained his own rhythm, like a hermit, repeatedly kneading the rice grains in the cold water with his hands, obviously going on intensively, but giving people a sense of calmness.

On Shinji Takei's side, he was concentrating on handling side ingredients.

Konjac, green pepper, lotus root, carrot.

His kitchen counter is full of various vegetables.

Xia Yu turned his head to look at Hase Ichiro and Takei Shinji, who were fully fired. They were not in a hurry, but were waiting quietly.

In the afternoon, Dojima Gin and Ryoko Lina explained to him the second round of the assessment process in detail, not to mention too complicated things, tonight's altar is actually a stage to show themselves, the audience and the judges are the same group people.

At this time, another truck stopped on the side of the road, attracting the attention of the crowd.

This is not the food truck of the IGO organization. There is a shiny Yuanyue Group logo on the outside of the container.

It's finally here!

Dojima Gin smiled and went over. A middle-aged man jumped out of the passenger seat of the truck and bowed to Dojima Gin. It was his deputy Seina Hiromi.

Chief, the things you want have arrived. The truck is full! Hiroshi Sena took Dojima Gin to the rear of the car, and pointed to the opened rear door, which was filled with layers of stacks dry firewood.

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