It's hard to be a stepmother, my disabled husband takes care of my child

But the fragrance from Su Man's place was so strong and fragrant that the people watching around couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

It was not until the third winter melon and duck soup was served that the judges hurriedly stretched out their chopsticks to Su Man's dish without even waiting for the waiters to place the dishes.

Shopkeeper Fu's smile grew deeper and deeper, but Shopkeeper Li's expression became uglier and uglier.

Finally, Su Man served a sweet and sour fish, while Zui Xiang Lou only served a steamed fish.

Cooking fish is a skill-intensive process. If it is not done well, the fishy smell will make the fish particularly unpalatable.

The fish cooked by the two chefs of Zui Xiang Lou have no fishy smell, which has made Zui Xiang Lou famous.

Originally, the judges had high expectations for the fish from Zui Xiang Lou, after all, it is the signature dish of Zui Xiang Lou.

But after having tasted the sweet and sour fish made by Su Man, the steamed fish at Zui Xiang Lou seemed very unpalatable.

Especially since Zui Xiang Lou’s fish is said to have no fishy smell, why does it taste fishy now?

Everyone put down their chopsticks after taking a bite. They didn’t know why the fish at Zui Xiang Lou was so unpalatable.

The dishes at Youran Ju are still better. The taste is something they have never tasted before. It is not only unique but also very delicious!

If it weren't for the rule that they couldn't talk during this competition, they would really shout "delicious!" "Delicious!"

Shopkeeper Li's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his face looked obviously not well.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the facts were now before him.

When the first dish was served, except for the ten people who finished all the dishes from Zui Xiang Lou, the ones from Wei Yan's side only ate a little. On the contrary, the dishes from Youran Ju were swept away, and some were even eaten up as soon as they came up. Only the ones from Zui Xiang Lou just took two bites.

His previous self-confidence had long been wiped out by now, and he was even a little worried that he would lose.

The last dish, Su Man’s braised pork, was finally served.

The braised pork is so delicious after being stewed for such a long time.

Zui Xiang Lou served a plate of fried meat, which looked rather ordinary.

After finishing cooking these dishes, Su Man finally had the chance to look at everyone.

Her confident look made Wei Yan look at her twice more.

Seeing that the braised pork was almost finished, Su Man immediately spoke up.

"Wait a minute, remember to leave some for Shopkeeper Li to taste, otherwise Shopkeeper Li might not admit it, and I don't want to cook a new dish then."

Everyone paused when they heard this, but Shopkeeper Fu reacted quickly and laughed,

"Yes, yes, that's right. Everyone should leave some of the last dish for Shopkeeper Li, otherwise he will deny it when the time comes!"

Shopkeeper Li's face turned pale. He stood up immediately and glared at Su Man fiercely.

If it weren’t for Su Man, he would have definitely won today!

But now, we can already see the signs of defeat!

Manager Li must be quite capable to be able to open such a big restaurant, so he is able to remain calm now.

But the two chefs in his restaurant felt insulted, because they had always been proud of their status as chefs of Zui Xiang Lou in this town, but now they were outshined by a little girl like Su Man, how could they bear it?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The outcome hasn't been decided yet, so why do you say you won?" The chef roared.

Su Man nodded in agreement and glanced at Manager Fu.

Shopkeeper Fu smiled cheerfully and understood immediately.

"In that case, please make your choices and see who will win today's competition."

Wei Yan smiled faintly and showed his own paper first.

I only saw that there were several lines below the three words "You'an Ju" on his paper, and the result was very obvious.

"I chose Youranju. The dishes there are different from anything I've ever tasted before. They are very unique and delicious. I can't help but linger."

When Shopkeeper Li heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly ran to Wei Yan.

He repeatedly checked Wei Yan's paper, and when he found that Youran Ju was indeed chosen, his eyes went dark.

Wei Yan is the county magistrate of this town. He chose Youran Ju. The other officials are all smart people. How could they not follow suit and choose Youran Ju?

At the beginning, those officials did think so, but after tasting the dishes at Youran Ju, they chose Youran Ju wholeheartedly.

So when other people including the ten common people also chose Youranju, Shopkeeper Li knew in his heart that they had completely lost.

But he couldn't admit it now, especially to the two chefs.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could she cook better than us two brothers? Why?"

When Su Man heard this, she knew that her original idea was indeed correct.

"In that case, why don't you all try the last dish? Only when you taste it yourself will you admit defeat with full conviction."

Su Man's words were indeed arrogant, but she did have the capital to be so arrogant.

Especially Wei Yan, who couldn't help but keep his eyes on Su Man.

This woman is really interesting. I don’t know if she is married or not.

Wei Yan was shocked when he realized what he was thinking. What kind of women had he not seen in these years? How could he have such thoughts?

No, although he had seen many women, he had never seen a woman like this.

Shopkeeper Li and the two chefs really wanted to admit defeat sincerely, so they immediately started to taste the braised pork.

Originally they thought they must not lose, but after tasting the braised pork, they were completely furious.

They had never tasted meat with this flavor before, but they had to admit that it was indeed delicious, so delicious that they were speechless.

But they never wanted to admit that they were wrong. They just thought that Su Man must have used some means to have such a taste.

They became even more resentful towards Su Man because of this. They would never let this woman go!

Shopkeeper Fu looked at the changing faces of the people with a smile on his face and asked in a good mood,

"How is it? Are you convinced of your defeat? Oh, Manager Li, I'm so sorry. I let you lose. I'm so embarrassed."

When Su Man heard what Manager Fu said, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Ouch, I didn’t expect that Shopkeeper Fu would actually say these words!

"That's true. And Manager Li, shouldn't you admit to us that you lost? And you have to give us the five hundred taels." Su Man spoke slowly.

"Most importantly, you have to call me aunt and admit that you are not as good as a woman like me."

After hearing this, the already grim expressions of Shopkeeper Li and the two chefs became even uglier.

This time, they were really embarrassed!

Shopkeeper Li glanced at Su Man and was about to admit defeat, but soon he suddenly remembered something and said anxiously,

"No! This is not right! It was agreed that the competition was between two restaurants, but Youranju is obviously cheating now, because the woman Youranju hired is not Youranju's chef at all, and we don't know where she was hired from, so she cannot represent Youranju."

Shopkeeper Fu's expression also changed slightly, and even Wei Yan glanced at Shopkeeper Li.

But Su Man had already prepared for this matter, so she was very calm when answering.

"Who said that I, Su Man, am not from Youranju? I am indeed not the chef of Youranju, because I am only the assistant chef under the chef of Youranju, not the official chef. But I am indeed a member of Youranju. I think there is no rule in the competition that the chef must do it himself, right?"

I have to say that Su Man’s answer is indeed very beautiful!

Shopkeeper Fu also responded very quickly.

"Yes, that's right. How could she not be from our You Ran Ju? If I didn't believe her, do you think I would let someone I don't know compete with me? Although I don't care about winning or losing, I'm not stupid enough to lose, right?"

Manager Fu was also very grateful to Su Man. This girl was indeed very smart. Not only did she cleverly answer the question about her surname Li, she also told him her own name, so that when someone asked him the question, he would be exposed for not knowing the girl's name.

When Manager Li heard this, his face turned grim again. He really couldn't refute this.

Wei Yan spoke again at this time.

"Now that things are almost done, then Manager Li, shouldn't you take out the stakes and apologize to the chef of Youranju? I have other things to do, so Manager Li, you should hurry up."

His words were undoubtedly an order. Shopkeeper Li gritted his teeth in dissatisfaction, but he did not dare to offend Wei Yan because Wei Yan was the county magistrate in this town.

Shopkeeper Li looked at Shopkeeper Fu, who was smiling, and Su Man, who was calm and composed. Finally, he took out a silver note of five hundred taels from his pocket with dissatisfaction.

"It is true that our Zui Xiang Lou is not as good as your You Ran Ju right now, but we will work hard to improve. Today's competition is an improvement."

Even though he lost, Shopkeeper Li still spoke very nicely.

Shopkeeper Fu signaled the waiter next to him to go forward and get the banknotes, and then he said to Shopkeeper Li,

"Thank you very much, Manager Li, for the five hundred taels."

Shopkeeper Li was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute." Su Man said, "Manager Li, have you forgotten something? Have you not yet completed what is written in our contract?"

Shopkeeper Li paused and didn't want to look back, but everyone was looking at him at that moment.

Lin Yueniang in the crowd saw this and mustered up the courage to speak.

"You should apologize to this girl. You should admit that you are not as good as her."

After she said this, she immediately pulled Aunt Mei beside her behind her.

Lin Yue Niang quickly lowered her head, indeed feeling a little scared.

But she didn't regret what she had just said. She felt that she should have said it.

Because of Lin Yue Niang's words, some people nearby also echoed her words. Most of these people were women.

Wei Yan: "Manager Li, the written agreement is in my hand. Since the written agreement has been signed, we should do it."

Manager Li didn't want to look back, but he was forced to do so.

But he didn't intend to admit it himself, but gave it to the two chefs next to him.

After receiving his gaze, the two chefs' faces looked a little bad, but they also knew what to do because they had no way to resist Manager Li.

If they offended Manager Li, their lives in this town would be very difficult.

and so……

Shopkeeper Li turned around and looked at Su Man, saying with an embarrassed look,

"Oh, I'm old and my memory is not very good. I actually forgot. In this case, let my chef apologize to you and call you aunt. I, Li Ming, am a man of my words. Since I have signed a document, I will definitely do it."

Su Man sneered again. She didn't expect that Shopkeeper Li was so mean and shameless that he actually planned to use the two chefs as scapegoats.

But it doesn't matter, she just wants an apology anyway.

Su Man looked at the two chefs.

The two chefs gritted their teeth and said in unison,

"Aunt, I'm sorry, we are not as good as you."

Su Man nodded contentedly, "Okay, I accept your apology, but..."

She changed the subject, and her expression became more serious and strong.

"But don't say things like she's just a woman anymore. Women are also human beings. Don't be so self-righteous and look down on women. After all, we all have mothers, and everyone's mother is a woman. And don't mess with women easily, otherwise you will have many unexpected gains like today."

She stood in the middle with her arms folded across her chest, looking coldly at the two chefs who were apologizing to her.

What she wants is not an apology, but an apology from the world for its prejudice against women.

She knew very well that what she had just said and done would not change anything, but she couldn't just stop saying and doing it if it couldn't change anything, right?

Everyone present knew what she was talking about, but they just looked at each other and didn't dare to say a word.

But in the hearts of some women, Su Man's words caused a trace of excitement, and they even had an urge to cry.

They have always believed that as women they are just an appendage of men and can only obey their fathers at home, obey their husbands after marriage, and obey their sons after their husbands' death.

But now someone tells them that they, like men, are born equal and deserve respect.

Manager Li quickly returned with the two chefs and the people in his restaurant, but he had already harbored resentment towards Su Man in his heart.

He now remembered this woman, he would definitely remember her well! He would definitely make this woman regret what she did today!

Wei Yan had been looking at Su Man. He was still very surprised at what Su Man had just said, but he had to admit that he felt that there was some truth in it.

Shopkeeper Fu was in a good mood and quickly said to Su Man,

"Why don't we go back to the restaurant and sit down and talk slowly?"