Demon in the world

Ah Jiu bit the corner of the menu and looked at him eagerly, "Does my brother think my cooking is not delicious?"

"I didn't say that," Wen Renchu ​​pulled out the paper, "Don't put everything in your mouth, it's too unhygienic."

"Oh," Ah Jiu got down and picked up a pen to write a few lines, and finally said with relief: "Let's do it first, I'll try it now, brother, you can help me evaluate it later, okay?"

"Is there any reward?" Wen Renchu ​​seemed to be in a good mood when he was idle.

"Remuneration, brother, do you really need money now?"

"unnecessary."

Ah Jiu poked his chin with a pen in embarrassment, "Then I have nothing to give you."

Wenren Chu raised his eyebrows, "From the tone of your voice, you seem to have a lot of money?"

Ah Jiu immediately raised five fingers excitedly, "That's a lot, the wages I saved before, plus the lottery, and the prize money from the competition..."

"Well, I really saved a lot."

"If my brother helps me evaluate, how about ten yuan for a dish?"

"100 yuan, no bargaining."

Ah Jiu looked at Wenren Chu Shizi's mouth in surprise, hesitated and backed down and said, "Well, it's not given to outsiders anyway." Then she put on her apron and rushed into the kitchen with a smile on her face.

Wen Renchu ​​shook his head slightly, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

After checking the existing materials in the refrigerator, Ah Jiu decided to start with the simplest ones.

The first dish is called Qian Man Di, which is actually fried whole shepherd's purse covered with shiitake mushrooms. It is named for its shape resembling a copper coin.

First of all, choose fat, tender and intact shiitake mushrooms and cut them with a cross knife on the top to make them more tasty. Blanch the green vegetables in boiling water and then quickly put them in cold water. Heat the vegetable oil until it is seven mature. Add the shiitake mushrooms, green vegetables and seasonings. Thicken with starch and pour over mushrooms.

The cooking method is very simple, and it is very important to master the scale of each process, but these are not difficult for Ah Jiu now.

After 5 minutes, the money was successfully served on the table, and Ah Jiu respectfully handed over the chopsticks, looking forward to Wen Renchu's comments.

Wen Renchu ​​tasted the green vegetables and shiitake mushrooms respectively, and said after a long time, "It's okay."

What does it mean?It's just a little bit worse than very good, and a little bit better than very bad.

Seeing that Ah Jiu was hit twice, Wen Renchu ​​changed the word, "Very good."

"Really?" Ah Jiu picked up the chopsticks in doubt, put the vegetables into his mouth but showed a shocked expression, "How could this be?"

Wen Renchu ​​was puzzled and said, "What's wrong?"

Ah Jiu panicked: "I obviously put seasoning on it, why is there no taste at all?"

Wen Renchu ​​frowned slightly, "The overall taste is salty and mild, and the aroma of shiitake mushrooms and green vegetables is also very strong. How can there be no taste?"

"Really?" Ah Jiu ran into the kitchen, dipped some salt into his mouth with his fingers, and then tried every condiment. After a long time, he came out with a gloomy complexion, and said to himself in a decadent way: "Why is that so? so……"

Wen Renchu ​​asked puzzled, "What happened?"

Ah Jiu looked at him in horror, "Brother... I suddenly can't recognize any smell."

Wen Renchu ​​checked his tongue and asked, "Did you eat something strange?"

Ah Jiu said blankly: "No...I have eaten the same food as you these days."

"I'm going to call the doctor."

Ah Jiu stared at Wen Renchu's back in a daze, until he picked up the phone and said: "Brother... I seem to want to come."

"what?"

"I tasted a banana curiously at the Fool's Inn last night... I thought it happened in a dream, and it has nothing to do with reality... Menye said that as a shopkeeper, you can never eat the bright delicacies you make. The previous one The shopkeeper disappeared just because he violated this rule...Brother, I have lost my sense of taste now, does it mean that I will also disappear in the future?"

Wen Renchu ​​dropped the phone, walked up to him in two or three steps, "Go to the Fool's Inn."

After entering the inn, I saw Menye chatting with the little monkey eating bananas, and seeing Wenren Chulai's expression changed drastically, and he said very respectfully, "Second Highness, why are you here when you are free?"

The little monkey immediately jumped away from the banana tree. Wen Renchu ​​pointed at it and said, "Ah Jiu ate that banana yesterday, and now he has no sense of taste."

Monno looked astonished, "Oh my God!"

"Is it true that eating something you make will disappear?"

"Yes... it's true."

Wen Renchu's eyes suddenly darkened, "Is there any remedy?"

Dare not to look at him, Monye swallowed and asked Ah Jiu, "Master, when did you find out that your body was abnormal?"

Ah Jiu swallowed, "Just now, I was fine this morning."

Madono immediately rejoiced, "It shouldn't be too late, Guangming Delicacy is difficult to digest quickly with a monster's physique, I will think of a way." After speaking, he stretched out his wide sleeves, revealing his tiny arms, It even had a blue bird of prey tattooed on it.

Kamono put two fingers together and slowly stroked the tattoo, and a two-headed vulture the size of a fava bean emerged from the skin.

Wen Renchu ​​asked vigilantly, "You actually have a vulture? What do you want to do with it next?"

Menye quickly explained, "Your Highness, don't worry, this corpse vulture has been raised by a villain himself since birth. It is usually obedient and will not easily hurt people. Just let it enter the belly of the Ninth Highness, and then take out the food. Then clean up the intestines and stomach, presumably there should be no serious problems."

The corpse vulture is a common strange bird in the demon world. It likes to eat carrion and rotten bones. The barb under the mouth can directly penetrate the corpse to absorb the bone marrow. It has little interest in the living life.

Although Ah Jiu was afraid, she knew there was no other way, so the corpse vulture flew in with its mouth open.

Within a few minutes, he felt a dull pain in his lower abdomen, as if something was pecking at his stomach.

Half an hour later, his throat suddenly felt unbearably itchy. He leaned over and coughed several times, and the vulture flew out of it, circled around Menye's ear and screamed a few times, and then turned into a tattoo again.

Damon said with a sigh of relief: "It has been cleaned up, and it will no longer have any impact on the body, but the sense of taste that has been lost... I really don't know when it will recover."

"That's good, I'm tired this time, Ah Jiu, let's go."

Ah Jiu was still uneasy, "Brother, will my sense of taste...won't come back?"

Wenren said clearly: "According to his explanation, it should only be a matter of time."

"What about the graduation banquet on Friday?"

"As long as your body is fine, nothing else matters."

After returning to Taoyuan, Ah Jiu was no longer in the mood to prepare food. Everything he ate was like chewing wax, and he couldn't even distinguish the five basic flavors. What kind of chef is he?In the evening he only drank some milk and went to bed early, hoping to recover the next day.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, the sense of taste still showed no sign of improvement.

Du Shiwei called to ask if the menu was set, and Ah Jiu reported the names of the dishes. After she made some suggestions for revision, she said: "These dishes are nothing special, and they all show basic skills. Please post them to me. It has been sent, do you have any questions?"

Ah Jiu couldn't tell because he was suffering, so he said bravely, "No."

He said so, but after hanging up the phone, he faced a problem with the menu, "I lied to the master, and I don't know what to do next. If I mess up the day of the teacher's banquet, I will definitely be laughed at by everyone It's been a long time, brother..."

Wenren said clearly: "At present, you have only two options. One is to confess to Du Shiwei and reschedule the teacher's banquet until you recover your sense of taste. The other is to have confidence in yourself and ensure that every link of cooking is not wrong. It won't be much worse."

"There is no way to reschedule after the invitation is posted. It seems that I can only trust myself."

Ah Jiu sat depressed for a while, and quickly cheered up, "I will pre-cook all the dishes today! If there is any problem, brother must help me."

Although Wen Renchu ​​is not a professional gourmet, his taste is not bad, and as a monster, his sense of taste is much sharper than that of humans, so the suggestions he put forward are also very practical.

It was also after this incident that he discovered Ah Jiu's talent in cooking.No matter what kind of problems he asks, he can improve quickly, and the food he makes gradually tends to be perfect.

After listening to Wen Renchu's suggestion, Ah Jiu changed the focus of cold dishes from taste to vision, especially in terms of cold dishes.

Knife crafting has always been his specialty, and he will not be affected by the loss of taste, so in terms of color, layering and carving, Ah Jiu strives for excellence, hoping to gain more satisfaction in this regard.

Friday is coming soon, and Ah Jiu made a list of ingredients to Yuemanlou the night before to prepare.

Before setting off, he said clearly to Wen Ren: "Brother, I should succeed, right?"

Wenren said clearly: "Do your best and obey the destiny. Don't forget to pay the reward when you come back after success."

"My brother is so stingy."

"Stingy?" Wen Renchu ​​raised his eyebrows slightly, "I have tried more than 200 dishes for you in the past few days, and now I have no appetite for anything."

Ah Jiu stuffed Kundun tied with a red string into his backpack, led Fu Dou and said, "If I succeed this time, I'm willing to give you all the money I have on me... I'm leaving, see you brother."

Wen Renchu ​​asked Xu Nan to send him there. On the way, Xu Nan asked a lot of curious questions, and finally said with emotion: "I didn't expect that being a chef has more rules than me being an assistant!"

Yuemanlou is actually not big, and the food is not good, but it is famous for its elegant environment, and its business method is different from other places.

When eating in Fengmanlou, more people bring their own ingredients, and the chef is only responsible for cooking for them.Sometimes it is all booked out, and everything depends on the wishes of the guests.

This time, Du Shiwei still spent a lot of money, contracting the entire Yueman Building.

When Ah Jiu arrived, there were only a few waiters in the store, and the chefs were all on vacation. The big kitchen seemed empty except for the ingredients.

After washing his hands, he changed into his chef uniform and began to prepare ingredients.

At noon, he only ate a piece of dry bread with difficulty. Anyway, he lost his sense of taste, and he ate everything the same.

At about six o'clock in the evening, the guests arrived one after another. Ah Jiu sneaked to the front hall to take a look, and saw a few familiar faces.

For example, Master Liu Junwen, who brought his apprentices to Congee Love Kong Sipu, and Bao Fanguo and Changhua, the official arbitrators who are known as Jiao Buli Meng, what surprised him most was that even Master Cai came!Standing beside him, Chen Haodong, with lowered eyebrows and sleepy eyes, did not have the arrogance of the past at all.

It has been more than half a year since I saw Master Cai. He still looks the same, thin and serious, and he doesn't even smile when chatting with others.

Just as Ah Jiu was in a daze, Du Shiwei came over and hugged his shoulders, squeezed his tense muscles and said, "Relax, relax, don't be nervous."

Ah Jiu took a deep breath, "Master, can we start?"

Du Shiwei looked at the watch and said, "Go to the kitchen and prepare. The dishes will be served in 5 minutes."

Because the graduation banquet is different from ordinary banquets, it is mainly for the consideration of culinary skills, and the seniors who are invited can only taste it, so there is no need to respect the general order of serving dishes.

Cold fights are prepared during the day, so they are served first. They are: Orchid Flying Dragon, Lotus Pond Xiaojing, Butterfly Love Flower, Phoenix Opera Peony, Ma Zhicheng, Peacock Blooming, Colorful Rainbow, Coral Beef, Pink Willow Green, Bright Future .There are two dishes named by Du Shiwei, and the rest are all from Wen Renchu, because the names are very nice, and Ah Jiu himself likes it very much.

The four soups are Pearl Agate Jade Soup. The main ingredients are pork ribs, tofu, vegetables and tomatoes. The soup is white in color and light in taste.

Seafood Sour Soup is stewed with chicken broth, fresh shrimp, squid, clam meat, and goose feet. The soup is red and meaty, sweet and sour.

Luo Han Guo Lotus Root Sweet Soup is a summer fat-reducing product. Not only is it sweet and delicious, but it also clears heat and sharpens the throat. It is perfect to accompany the last spicy winter bamboo shoot soup.

The five hot vegetarian dishes are: money filled with mushrooms and green vegetables, magnolia pearls made of steamed vegetables and tofu, a hundred birds returning to their nests made of leeks and quail eggs, autumn gardens decorated with golden sun fruits, jelly and colored peppers Cooked Treading Snow Plum.

The five meat dishes start with step by step, followed by blue sea yellow sand, emerald shrimp, pearl mandarin fish, imperial concubine chicken wings, and finally a complimentary orange watermelon fruit platter.

Ah Jiu was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and he no longer had the time to speculate on what the seniors in the front hall would think. All he could think of was the well-known phrase 'do your best and obey the destiny'.As long as I try my best to do every link well, even if I fail... it can be forgiven, right?

After delivering all the dishes, Ah Jiu leaned against the kitchen door, his mind blank.

"Sir," a nice female voice woke him up, "Miss Du, please go to the front after changing your clothes."

Ah Jiu changed his clothes, and after he walked out of the hall, everyone fell silent. The more than 50 people present all focused their attention on him, and the dazzling flash blazed above his head.

Du Shi smiled and said: "Thank you all for taking the time to come to the apprentice's graduation banquet today. Ah Jiu's qualifications are shallow, and I hope you can give me more guidance and support in the future." Ah Jiu then bowed deeply: "Thank you, seniors, for coming today. , I will try my best to be a good cook in the future.”

As soon as he looked up, he saw the familiar Master Cai. Ah Jiu was at a loss, and blurted out the familiar title, "Master..."

Master Cai patted him on the shoulder, "You performed better than I expected today, Du Shiwei is a good master."

After hearing his praise, Ah Jiu's heart fell to the ground, and the eyelids couldn't help turning red, "Thank you, Master."

Behind Du Shiwei suddenly raised his voice and said: "I'm sorry everyone, today I borrowed my apprentice as a teacher banquet, and there is one more thing to announce by the way."

Ah Jiu turned around in confusion, but Du Shiwei stopped looking at him and said calmly, "From today onwards, I will wash my hands and quit the culinary world. If you have any related matters in the future, please don't ask me again."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar, Ah Jiu never even dreamed that there would be such a scene.

Du Shiwei raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, "Everyone here today is considered my master and old friend. I have received your love and encouragement over the years. Without you, there would be no Du Shiwei today. As for why he quit, you don't need to make too many guesses, it's just because I'm too tired, so I just want to go abroad for a rest and travel."

Hearing what she said, everyone couldn't persuade her to stay anymore, and they all expressed their regret that the culinary world lost a master.

Ever since she said she was going to quit, Ah Jiu bit her lip and said nothing, tears rolling in her eyes.

You can't cry, in front of so many people, not only will you lose face, but you will also lose face to Master.

But what about the reason that she was too tired... She is only in her 30s, isn't she?And from the information I gave myself, I can clearly see my love for cooking. What happened?Why did you choose to quit on the day you became a teacher?Or did you force yourself to become a teacher because you had to quit early?

A reporter stepped forward and said politely, "Miss Du, can I ask you a few questions?"

Du Shiwei politely refused, "Sorry, I'm a little tired today, and I don't want you to waste too much time here."

Master Cai patted Ah Jiu on the shoulder silently, and left with Chen Haodong.

Bao Fanguo, Changhua, and several elders also came over to hug Du Shiwei one by one, and when they were about to get up to say goodbye, Master Liu from Congee Love Confucius Shop suddenly said, "I'm sorry, Master Du, I suddenly remembered something. Come on."

Du Shiwei's eyes were full of exhaustion that Ah Jiu had never seen before, "May I ask what's the matter?"

"I don't know if Master Du still remembers the national cooking competition three years ago, and you still owe me a competition."

A national cook-off?Du Shi was startled for a moment, and quickly recalled.

Indeed, three years ago, she served as a judge in a national cooking competition.

One of Liu Junwen's apprentices also participated at the time, but was later disqualified for cheating on ingredients.However, due to loopholes in the rules of the competition system at the time, it was not clearly stated that this behavior was a violation, but Du Shiwei believed that it violated the way of a professional chef, so he was forced to quit.

After the incident, Liu Junwen came to seek justice for his apprentice. Du Shiwei was busy with the competition at that time, so he promised him to compete in the future.

Unexpectedly, it was only brought up by him today after three years.

Liu Junwen smiled and said, "Today is indeed too late. If Master Du is convenient in the future, please let me know next time."

"Wait!" Du Shiwei stopped him, lowered his head and rubbed his wrists, and said, "Now, after today, I won't be a chef anymore."

Everyone has a mentality of watching the excitement. Those who had already gone out have now turned back, and the reporter also looked excited, "Jade City Porridge King Liu Junwen will face the beautiful chef Du Shiwei, this trip is really worthwhile!"

With Bao Fanguo and Changhua two official arbitrators, naturally there is no need to worry about unfair results.Although Ah Jiu has full confidence in Du Shiwei, there is always an unknown feeling in his heart.

The lottery dish is Hot Kidney, and the competition time is 10 minutes.This dish is actually very simple and is one of the basic dishes for chefs.The main action is to weigh the spoon and stir-fry with hot oil, which requires very high wrist strength.

As a woman, she suffers in this regard, but Du Shiwei has so many years of cooking experience, so she must not lose to ordinary people.

The movements of the two are basically the same, take the waist flower and wash it, and cut the lychee flower knife.

Heat the oil until it is seven mature, put in the kidneys and pop it quickly.Immediately add green onions, ginger, garlic and chopped pickled peppers, stir-fry until fragrant, then add the adjusted Gorgon juice, until the red is thick and bright.

Sweat dripped from Du Shiwei's forehead, his face sullen and without the slightest smile, Ah Jiu stood at the door of the kitchen, sweating a few times because of her holding the spoon.

Seeing that the final plate was about to be put on the plate, Ah Jiu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Who would have thought that at this moment, there would be a loud bang, and the frying pan in Du Shiwei's hand would fall down along with the plate.

"Master, be careful!" Ah Jiu hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Du Shiwei away to help her check her hands and feet, "Is there any burn?"

Seeing Du Shiwei's pale face, he muttered, "Master..."

Eight minutes have passed, even if it is too late to redo it now.

After being silent for a while, Du Shiwei suddenly smiled, "Forget it, if you lose, you lose, it's no big deal."

"Well," Ah Jiu hated herself for being stupid for the first time, and couldn't think of words to comfort her, "I, I also lost, I lost two corners of the Wuwei Alliance card."

For chefs, losing and winning are normal things, but who can keep winning forever?Even Du Shiwei, who debuted for nearly 20 years and is known as a legendary beauty chef in the culinary world, finally lost once before successfully retiring.

Du Shi smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, you are still young, take your time."

And what about myself?I am not young anymore, and it will be the last time to cook as a chef...

It might be a regret for a lifetime not to be able to draw a perfect ending today, right?what a pity.

But losing is losing, whether it is lost to others or to yourself, it no longer has any meaning.

After Ah Jiu walked out of the kitchen, she heard someone outside laughing and said: "A woman is a woman. It's fine to wash the pot and cook home-cooked dishes at home, but she insists on being a chef and winning so many incredible awards. According to me That said, not only in the entertainment industry, but also in the culinary world, there must be many unspoken rules..."

He raised his head in astonishment, and saw clearly the face chattering in front of everyone.

This face, this person, he recognized.

It was Li Chuanyun, Liu Junwen's apprentice who had lost the porridge cooking competition with him.

And Du Shiwei, standing quietly behind Ah Jiu at this moment, patted his shoulder lightly.

Liu Junwen came from behind, brushed shoulders with Ah Jiu, and said with a triumphant and doting smile, "Chuanyun, don't talk nonsense in public."

Growing up so big, Ah Jiu discovered for the first time that a smiling face can make people so annoying!

He never knew that the emotion called anger could almost make a person's body burn!

Du Shiwei noticed that his shoulders were rising and falling violently, and comforted him in a soft voice: "It's okay, let them say it."

She tried her best to pretend to be frank and calm, but there was an obvious trill in her voice.

At this time, after shedding the aura of a beautiful chef, she is just a woman who has been slandered by rumors but is powerless to resist, a woman who needs to be protected and comforted... But she can't do anything.

Unknowingly, tears slid down the cheeks and seeped into the mouth accidentally, bitter and salty, the original taste has been quietly recovered.

But what's the use?He can't even protect his master!

Three years of resentment seems to have been brought back to justice today, and Liu Junwen feels very satisfied and happy.

When he walked in front of Du Shiwei, he slowed down on purpose, and with a usual smile, because he knew that the expression on his face at this moment would make the other party more painful.

This is revenge, the unabashed chef's war.

No accident, no cheating, only the halo of victory can win people's admiration.

And those guys who stubbornly adhere to the so-called chef's way, like this woman next to her, 20 years of prestige and victory are all like a glimpse, and after one failure, there will be nothing left but ridicule.

smile.

Just as he was about to leave the room, a clear and childish voice sounded, "Please wait a moment!"

Everyone stopped and turned to look at the handsome young man standing in front of Du Shiwei.

"The No. 16 successor of Du's Daomen, Du Shiwei's apprentice Ah Jiu, challenges Master Liu Junwen of Congee Love Confucius Shop!"

Liu Junwen's smile froze on his face, "Son, you are..."

"The No. 16 descendant of Du's Knife Gate, Du Shiwei's apprentice Ajiu, sends out a second challenge to Master Liu of Congee Love Confucius Shop!"

Liu Junwen frowned slightly, "You are just a junior to me..."

Ah Jiu raised the corner of her mouth, "It's not anymore, you forgot that you have already had my apprenticeship banquet just now."

After leaving the teacher, they can establish their own school, which means that the two people are now equal in generation.

Du Shiwei was also moved, "Ah Jiu, you..."

"Even if you become a teacher, you will always be my master." Ah Jiu held her trembling fingers, hoping to pass on some strength to her, "Ah Jiu, the No. 16 successor of Du's Daomen, Du Shiwei's apprentice, Congee Love Confucian Master Liu sent out the third challenge!"

Everyone was stunned, watching the dramatic scene in front of them with high interest.

War has been declared for the third time!Liu Junwen, are you going to fight today?Dare to fight? !