Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

"Master, what's wrong?" The boy who was helping Cheng Danian light the fire quickly picked up the chopsticks and put them in the basin.

Cheng Danian looked at the boy, then turned to look at Li Yu, "I, your master, underestimated you in this competition."

His voice became softer and softer when he said the last few words. The boy didn't hear it and looked at him: "What?"

Cheng Danian shook his head and took out another pair of chopsticks to coat the fish fillets with batter.

*

After making the chili oil, Li Yu cleaned the pot, prepared all the ingredients needed including the sweet and sour sauce, and then sat there waiting.

On the other side, Cheng Danian had fried the fish fillets, but she remained as still as a mountain.

The several young ladies that Li Yu had his eyes on were a little anxious.

Miss Chen looked worried: "What's wrong with her? Is she feeling unwell?"

"Did you hurt your hand when you were killing the fish just now?" Miss Zhou frowned with a bad expression.

Miss Qi, the most observant and steady of the group, said, "She's waiting."

Miss Chen and Miss Zhou were completely confused.

Mr. Qi's habit of looking for trouble came back at this time: "I think she was scared by Chef Cheng. She felt that she couldn't win, so she just gave up."

"If you don't want to be scolded, shut up!" Miss Qi slapped him on the back of the head.

Master Qi: “…”

*

Li Yu looked at the time. When there were less than two quarters of an hour and less than three quarters of an hour left before the end of the competition, he poured oil into the second pot.

Han Xiaomei saw her actions and immediately moved the firewood under the pork belly pot to under the new oil pot.

"Well done." Li Yu smiled at her, then mixed the batter, and when the oil temperature was right, he picked up the fish fillets and started frying.

"Small fire." She gave instructions. Han Xiaomei nodded and pulled out two pieces of firewood.

Over the past few months, they have developed a tacit understanding, and Han Xiaomei knows clearly how big the small fire that Li Yu mentioned is.

The fish fillets coated with batter rolled in the oil pan. Li Yu took this opportunity to open the last pot, add water and salt.

Han Xiaomei immediately added fuel to the fire.

*

With a quarter of an hour left before the end of the competition, the first frying of the fish fillets was completed and the blanching of the vegetables for the second dish was finished. Li Yu first took out the fish fillets to drain the oil, then used chopsticks to put the vegetables into a bowl, added chili oil, salt and vinegar to season, and finally poured them into a plate.

The salad is ready!

*

Cheng Danian had already finished all the dishes, and now he and a few young men and women were watching Li Yu busying around.

After Li Yu mixed the vegetables, she poured the fried fish fillets back into the wok. This time, the frying time was obviously shorter. The fish fillets were served in less than the time it took to count to a hundred.

Then, she quickly cleaned the blanching pot, dried it, and added new oil, shredded green onion and ginger, sweet and sour sauce, and fish fillets in turn.

"Master, she moves so fast." The boy looked at Li Yu blankly.

Cheng Danian no longer had the arrogance he had when he first asked for the competition, and said, "It's a good one."

Li Yu didn't hear what the two said. She immediately served all the fish slices after they were soaked in the sauce. Then, she opened the lid of the first pot, served the soft and tender pork belly on the plate, and sprinkled a few chopped green onions on it.

After finishing this, she looked at the supervisors and said, "My dish is done."

As soon as the words fell, the little girl's voice came from outside the kitchen, "Stop, the competition time is up."

*

In order to ensure that Princess Jianing is not affected, Li Yu and Cheng Danian cannot go out for the time being.

Miss Qi and six other people brought out six dishes for Princess Jianing to taste, and the one that received the most praise from Princess Jianing won.

Li Yu had no objection to this judging method. He sat on a chair and continued to rest before the judging results came out.

Cheng Danian stood there for a while, then suddenly took a few steps forward.

Han Xiaomei had a bad impression of Cheng Danian and was so scared that she immediately stood in front of Li Yu.

"You...what are you doing?"

Cheng Danian stopped where he was, pointed at the remaining chili oil on the chopping board and asked, "Can I try this?"

Li Yu made a gesture of invitation.

Cheng Danian strode over, scooped a spoonful of chili oil with a spoon, smelled it first and then tasted it.

After a while, he put down the spoon and looked at Li Yu with a bit of respect, "Can you sell me this half bowl of chili oil?"

There is nothing impossible, Li Yu nodded.

*

In the Tianxiang Tower in front, the six dishes made by the two were placed in front of Princess Jianing after being shuffled in order.

The onlookers stared at Princess Jianing, afraid of missing any expression on her face.

Princess Jianing suddenly felt uncomfortable being stared at like that and she coughed before picking up her chopsticks.

She tasted the six dishes slowly, drinking a glass of water after tasting each one to ensure that the remaining taste in her mouth would not affect her judgment of the next dish.

Just like that, a quarter of an hour passed.

Seeing her finish tasting the last dish, the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou immediately stepped forward and asked, "Princess, which dishes do you think are the most delicious?"

Princess Jianing gave him a serious look and raised her hand to order a few dishes. "The dishes on these plates taste better."

After saying this, the three guards at the table lifted up the plate and looked at the bottom.

This is the way to distinguish the dishes made by Li Yu and Cheng Danian. The plate with red dots on the bottom is Li Yu’s dish plate, and the plate with a clean bottom is Cheng Danian’s dish plate.

There were red dots under all the three plates that Princess Jianing pointed to.

In other words, Li Yu won. Every dish she cooked was more popular with Princess Jianing than those cooked by Cheng Danian.

*

The shopkeeper of Tianxiang Tower staggered back a few steps when he heard the guards repeatedly say "there is a red dot".

how come?

Old Cheng is an experienced chef who has worked for decades. People who come to the restaurant often say that his cooking is delicious. How could he lose to a teenage country girl?

In addition to the shopkeeper, the onlookers also looked at the plates with incredible eyes.

Is Widow Li so powerful?

Could it be that Princess Jianing had tasted her dishes in advance, so she accurately chose her dishes among the six dishes?

Seeing that everyone seemed dissatisfied with the result, Princess Jianing gestured to the little girl standing aside, "Go get a few bowls, put some of each dish in the bowls, and let the shopkeeper taste it."

The girl took the order and left. After a moment, she came back with a few bowls. She checked the position of the plates and quickly picked up the dishes.

Afterwards, Princess Jianing waved to the guards and asked them to bring the dishes to the door and invite the onlookers to taste them.

*

After a while, there were voices coming from the door.

"This braised pork is delicious, the fat is not greasy at all, and the meat has no fishy smell. The previous one was not delicious, the meat had a strong fishy smell and was too sweet. Ah, the delicious one has red spots under the plate."

"The salad greens on this plate taste better. I don't know how they were made. The chili is more fragrant than any I've ever had."

“Is there a mark under the plate?”

"Yes, it's a red dot."

"The skin of this fish fillet is crispy. I've never eaten anything like this before. And there are no bones in the fish fillet. Let me take a look at this plate. Yes, it's marked as well."

Princess Jianing took her tea and sipped it slowly. When she had had enough, she asked the shopkeeper of Tianxiang Tower, "Do you still think there is something wrong with the result of the competition?"

The shopkeeper fell to his knees with a thud, "These dishes made by Chef Cheng of Tianxianglou are indeed not as good as those made by Chef Li... Chef Li, I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Princess!"