I have a city that never sleeps

Silence spread in the back kitchen.

No one could have imagined that everyone was scrambling to avoid things that they didn't want to take the blame for, but they were snatched away by a young boy who looked like he was in his early twenties.

Someone was the first to react and shook his head again and again: "No way! How can such a big matter be entrusted to an unknown junior, the master will only get angrier!"

But some people said happily: "Since he wants to go, let him go, but we have agreed in advance, if you can't be punished by the master, then it has nothing to do with us."

"Aren't you cheating? This main dish can only be prepared by Chef Wang after 20 years of training. Even we dare not take over. How can such a young man do it!"

"Then what do you think should be done? If this person wants to go, let him go. We didn't force him!"

The back kitchen was in a mess again, and Chu Zhi's head hurt from the noise.

He felt that if these people used their eloquent skills in cooking, they would have become chefs long ago, so there is no need to shirk like today.

He hurriedly interrupted: "It's getting late, before the old man is completely angry, we need to make the dishes as soon as possible. I will be responsible for the success or failure. You just need to prepare the ingredients for me."

His words aroused a strong sense of urgency, everyone looked at each other with ugly faces, and had to compromise: "Okay, then I will leave it to you."

Chu Zhi laughed: "Leave it on me!"

The ingredients Chu Zhi needs are very simple, five juicy radishes, the bigger the better, plus a fresh fish just caught from the sea, and a lot of ice.

This is so simple that it is hard to imagine that it is the ingredients needed for the last finale. Everyone's face changed slightly, and they couldn't help but confirm: "That's it?"

Chu Zhi: "That's all!"

"Send these things quickly to the reception area in the front hall, and I will make them on the spot!"

At this time, in the reception hall, Mr. He was knocking on his crutches, furious.

"Where is this last dish! This old man only has his [-]th birthday this time in his life, if he doesn't serve it again, everyone in the back kitchen doesn't have to keep it!"

Mr. He is so angry, he has always loved face the most, just now he showed off to the guests around how skilled the chefs in their house are, and enjoyed the wave of flattery from everyone, but he was beaten in less than half an hour Face.

The food was delayed, and he asked questions and didn't know what to do, it was like playing tricks on his bottom line.

The Patriarch of the Zhu family, who was at odds with him on weekdays, sarcastically mercilessly: "I don't think you are always bragging, what about the skilled chef you mentioned? How could he even serve a main dish?" not come out?"

This made Mr. He feel ashamed, and his teeth itched with hatred. Originally, he was only dissatisfied with the back kitchen, but now it has risen to the point of anger.

Just when he couldn't bear it and decided to arrest everyone in the back kitchen, the back kitchen finally came in a group of people in a panic, and pushed some messy ingredients up.

From the end came out an extremely young man, with a smile on his face, not as fearful as the others, and he took the initiative to bow his hands to Mr. He:

"I have met Mr. He, I wish the old man good luck like Donghai and a harmonious family in Nanshan every year! I have always heard that the old man is a hero, but unfortunately I have never met him. I have never thought about it. It is better to be famous than to meet. Meeting is worse than famous! The old man is always strong and full of energy, I am so full of energy and blood that even I am ashamed of myself."

A string of words of praise spit out from his mouth immediately, boasting that the old man was ecstatic, his face was flushed, the original thought of asking guilt disappeared, and he even showed a comfortable smile: "Hahaha, you are very good, who are you? "

Chu Zhi said modestly: "It's just a small handyman in the back kitchen. It's a great honor to see the old man today. It's not in vain to be the chef for the old man once!"

Although Mr. He's affection for Chu Zhi has increased a lot, he was a little taken aback by the meaning in his words: "You want to be the chef?"

"Exactly!" Chu Zhi nodded, "Thanks to my colleagues for giving me such an opportunity, I showed my skills today and made everyone laugh."

When Mr. He heard this, he didn't know the reason, and his cold eyes shot towards the group of cooks behind him, making them all lower their heads in shame.

In contrast, Chu Zhi is not arrogant or impetuous, and takes the initiative to take on the big responsibility, no matter how he looks at it, he can satisfy Mr. He.

"In this case, let you try it." Mr. He pondered, "If you do well, you will be rewarded a lot."

Chu Zhi smiled: "Okay."

"Huh." However, a cold snort came from the guest seat, and it was the head of the Zhu family who held the opposite attitude to Mr. He, "This man is young, and he can cook any good dishes. It seems that the huge He family is a real person." There's no one left, and let the little brat use an axe!"

Mr. He's face was ugly and he was about to reply, but he saw Chu Zhi smiled and said: "It's just a main dish. The chefs of He's family can cook it all over the place, but they are all fighting to get the old man. However, no one is willing to give in, after much deliberation, I decided to let the young me come."

"Although I am not talented, this dish is not difficult for me."

Chu Zhi casually threw a white radish, and the silver kitchen knife around his waist was unsheathed, and several silver lines flashed in the air in a daze:

"Look, this dish is called Long Fei Feng Wu!"

A number of radish slices were scattered from the air, Chu Zhi didn't pay attention, he just reached out to catch them, and suddenly a lifelike faucet's head appeared in his hand.The whole body of this dragon head is pure white, only the eyes are dyed a bit of emerald green, as if carved from white jade, and as if a silver dragon is alive, it seems to rise into the sky in the next moment.

In an instant, Mr. He's eyes widened: "This, this is?!"

His exclamation caused other guests to hear it, and they were shocked when they saw the dragon head in Chu Zhi's hand, "Is this the dragon head?"

No one realized what happened just now, they only focused on the dragon head, and started talking in amazement:

"The carving is so exquisite, it should be made of good suet jade!"

"Huh? This old man loves to appreciate jade, why have I never seen this kind of jade? What's more, this faucet has countless details and is so vivid, it must be of great value. I feel ashamed that this person gave such a precious thing as a gift. !"

"I don't know who this young man is? Wait, why is he holding a kitchen knife in his hand?"

Only then did someone finally notice that the situation in front of him was not quite right. Chu Zhi held the faucet in his left hand and a kitchen knife in his right hand. On the wooden table in front of him was a rather delicate silver plate, with some white flakes scattered all over the floor. It seems to be the same material as the faucet.

Squeeze it with your hands, smell it, um, a fragrance of big radish.

Now, everyone's expression changed again, huh? ?Could this be...? ! !

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha." After being shocked, Mr. He laughed very happily again when he heard the speculations and discussions of the people, and he stopped pretending, and had a showdown, "Everyone, what kind of jade is this? It's just my house. The faucet carved out of a carrot by the youngest chef is worthless, laugh at me."

Guessing the truth, everyone was speechless and stunned. No one could have imagined that a radish could carve such a shocking and weeping ghost. What a high level of attainment and skillful knife skills it is to be able to do it! !

They were convinced and praised again and again: "As expected of the famous He Mansion, even the birthday banquet is so gorgeous, I will be lucky!"

"With such accomplishments at such a young age, I really envy Mr. He to be served by such a chef."

The more Mr. He listens, the happier he is. The depression just now has disappeared, and he can still squint at the Patriarch of the Zhu family and say, "I'm sorry, I'm just my most incompetent disciple in the back kitchen. He's just here to see the world. No problem."

The Patriarch of the Zhu family had an ugly face, and his chest heaved up and down with anger. Even the guys in the back kitchen who were stunned by Chu Zhi were ashamed, but a touch of emotion surged in their hearts.

When Chu Zhi said this, he directly supported them and won honor for He Fu. Such a heart is really admirable.

Mr. He wanted to continue to show off, so he urged Chu Zhi to let him finish the dish.Chu Zhi didn't say much, and picked up the carrot again and threw it into the air.

At this time, more and more curious onlookers gathered, but he didn't feel nervous at all. With a movement of his wrist, the light of the knife drew several lines in the air, until the carrot fell on the table, and a dragon's body and tail were quietly revealed.

The crowd was amazed by his fancy knife skills, and breathed in admiration again and again. Whenever Chu Zhi carved a part, there would be bursts of applause and cheers, as if he had become the protagonist of the banquet.

Chu Zhi greeted the guests with a smile, and stitched together the carvings one by one. Soon, the vivid dragon and phoenix appeared in front of everyone. , as if about to break through the sky.

This is no longer a dish, but a perfect handicraft, no one is willing to eat it, or even dare to destroy a little bit.

This was not over yet, Chu Zhi skillfully scraped off the fish scales, planed open the fish maw, and removed the fish bones. The sharp kitchen knife moved flexibly in his hand, and slices of crystal clear fish meat were easily cut off and placed in ice.

Finally, put the dragon and phoenix on the top of the fish fillet, and the dish of dragon and phoenix is ​​really finished.

The applause spread to the entire inner hall again, and everyone admired the young man who could cook such a fairy dish from the bottom of their hearts.

And Chu Zhi was not polite, he took back the kitchen knife and cupped his hands again and again: "Acceptance, but what you said is really good, I am the number one chef in the world!"

The guests laughed heartily, they thought the young man was quite humorous, and the atmosphere became more pleasant for a while.

After the guests finally dispersed, Mr. He, who had earned enough face, also came over, stroking his beard and laughing: "That's right, you did a really good job this time, I want to reward you!"

Chu Zhi's eyes suddenly lit up.

I just heard Mr. He said happily: "I'll let you be the chef here and take care of my meals, how about it!"

In his opinion, this kind of promotion is the dream of a chef. It can be said that he has been directly promoted from a gang to the head.It can't be used as silver, so what's the use? !

Mr. He was taken aback, "Why, you don't like it?"

Chu Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I don't know how much the chef's monthly salary is?"

Mr. He smiled helplessly, and the young man really cared more about money: "50 taels of silver per month!"

This is a sky-high salary, even the former chef Wang couldn't reach that much, but Mr. He favored Chu Zhi and rewarded him specially.

I thought that Chu Zhi would be very happy to be grateful to Dade, but saw Chu Zhi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Not enough."

Mr. He: "Not enough?"

He looked at Chu Zhi, feeling a little displeased in his heart, but he still indulged and said, "Then I will reward you with another 100 taels of silver!"

Chu Zhi still shook his head: "It's still not enough."

Mr. He was angry and his face was livid, "Don't push yourself too hard!"

Chu Zhi smiled and pointed to the auspicious dragon and phoenix, and said, "Don't worry, old man, but this money is really not enough for me, because I can sell a thousand taels for just this one dish."

Just as Mr. He was about to frown, he heard him say, "One thousand taels of gold."

"..."

At this moment, Mr. He was burning with anger, his face suddenly became strange, and he looked at Chu Zhi with indescribable surprise, as if he was wondering why this man suffered from brain disease at such a young age.

Among the dignitaries, one thousand taels of silver is still suitable, but one thousand taels of gold, which means 10 taels of silver, is equivalent to stealing money. Who would buy it if they have the brains!

"You! I don't know what's good or bad!" Mr. He flicked his sleeves, ignoring this man's lion and opening his mouth!

The affection for Chu Zhi in his heart instantly dropped to freezing point.

He was about to drive people back to the back kitchen so don't block his eyes, but at this moment he heard a noise coming from the gate.

Mr. He tightened his eyebrows, and was about to reprimand the commotion outside the door, but his grandson, Young Master He suddenly came to him with a frightened face and said in a low voice: "Grandfather, there are people outside with weapons and surrounded He's residence!"

"What?!" After Mr. He was shocked, he flew into a rage. It's really damnable that someone specially provoked trouble on such a happy day.

Although their He family has gradually faded out of the martial arts in recent years, they are not something anyone can bully.

"Comfort the guests in the inner courtyard, and then lead people to kill them, leaving a few alive. The old man will interrogate himself!"

Young Master He nodded solemnly, and was about to call someone, but suddenly there was a sound of throwing a cup in the inner courtyard.

Looking up, I saw that the head of the Zhu family, who was drinking with his head down just now, was standing there with a sharp machete in his hand, staring at everyone indifferently: "No one wants to leave!"

He sneered, "But I'm afraid you won't be able to leave either."

Everyone was puzzled, and the next moment, they were shocked.

Their internal energy was empty at this moment, and they were scared by someone for some reason.

Even Mr. He couldn't feel the internal force in his body, so he became weak all of a sudden.

...What's going on, how did he poison so many people at the scene?

Mr. He was in shock, so he heard the head of the Zhu family say loudly:

"Everyone! My Zhu family has a feud with the He family, and I will settle the grievances here today! The outside has been surrounded by my Zhu family, and I will not let any of the He family disciples go. This matter has nothing to do with everyone present, please hurry up!" Step back and be our witness, as long as you don't interfere, I can guarantee your safety on behalf of the Zhu family!"

When everyone heard this, there was an uproar!