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

Li Yu heard the restaurant waiter's curse, glanced at him and then looked away.

She didn't say anything. In fact, it was useless to say anything now. Everything would be determined after the results of the competition came out.

*

In the competition venue, several women from Jinyu Tower were preparing food.

Because the result of the competition was directly related to the survival of Jinyulou in Beizhou Prefecture, even though they told themselves again and again not to be nervous, they were actually still a little panicked.

When pouring flour to make sweet and sour pork, my hand shook and the amount of flour increased by 30%.

When the cook was smashing the fish head, he didn't hold the whetstone firmly and smashed some other part.

The person who was handling the sea cucumber was so nervous that he almost cut his hand while slicing the sea cucumber.

It can be said that none of them are in the best condition.

The waiters from several restaurants who were watching saw this and couldn't help laughing, and then they started to ridicule each other.

"You can't even kill a fish properly, yet you still want to compete with our master. You are really asking for trouble. I have a word of advice for you, the opponent. If you don't want to lose face, just admit defeat now."

"How dare you come to compete with me? You can't even cut anything."

"It has always been a woman's responsibility to bear children, support her husband and educate her children. You should go home quickly and stop embarrassing yourself here."

Their voices were so loud that some people, who wanted to watch the fun, joined in the shouting. The women who had made mistakes became even more nervous and their hands and feet were shaking.

*

Li Yu looked at their actions and felt something was not right.

The most taboo thing during a competition is panic. Once you panic, you will make more mistakes later.

She coughed, raised her head and said loudly: "Who has never made mistakes when cooking? Even the imperial chef who retired from the palace can make mistakes when cooking. This trivial matter is not worth worrying about.

When it comes to cooking, taste is the most important thing. I went to Jinyulou to eat food yesterday, and I have to say, it was really delicious.”

Li Yu didn't want to argue with anyone at this time, so he didn't look at the waiters, but spoke to the women who were cooking.

She hopes that they can regain their confidence after hearing her words.

But her voice was abrupt, and the waiters were all preoccupied, so as soon as she finished speaking, one of them squeezed up to Li Yu and said coldly, "Where are you from? What does our conversation have to do with you?"

Li Yu: “…”

Turning back to look at the other person calmly, she said, "I didn't say it to you just now, I just suddenly felt emotional. Why, you are the only ones allowed to talk here?"

The guy choked.

Li Yu: "And what I just said is not right? Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Do you dare to pat your chest and guarantee that the chef in your restaurant will never make mistakes when cutting vegetables and cooking?"

I can't guarantee it, man.

In fact, the chef in their restaurant often makes mistakes in cooking.

But the guy is still mad.

The man in front of him was not dressed well, but he dared to argue with him. It was obvious that he did not take their Beizhou Yipinju seriously.

With a sneer, the guy said, "What's your name? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Li Yu: “…”

This is asking for trouble.

The competition is still going on, and I absolutely cannot start a quarrel outside, otherwise they will get even more panicked.

Sighing inwardly, Li Yu tilted his head slightly and whispered, "My last name is Huang. I am going to the capital. I want to deliver something to our master, who is an official in the capital. I passed by Beizhou Prefecture these two days and heard that there was a competition, so I came to see it. Young man, why do you ask my name?"

When the waiter heard that she was a servant of an imperial official in Beijing, his face turned red and then pale, and then blue.

Among the officials in the capital with the surname Huang, the most famous one is Shangshu Huang of the Ministry of Revenue.

Could this person be from Minister Huang’s family?

Even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to offend.

The guy didn't dare to say anything. Li Yu waited for a while, and seeing that he was really obedient, he looked at the women again.

*

Several women were secretly paying attention to Li Yu's movements. Seeing her dealing with the waiter with ease, they suddenly weren't so scared anymore.

Boss Li has taught them everything they need to know, and he also praised them for doing a good job last night, so what are they worried about?

Just follow what Boss Li taught you and you'll be fine.

Gradually, everyone calmed down.

Some were cutting meat, some were processing sea cucumbers, some were looking for flour, and soon the air was filled with the aroma of various dishes.

The transformation of several people was also noticed by the onlookers.

Everyone looked at it for a while, and someone whispered, "They are getting more skillful."

"You just realized it? I just realized it. They are the cooks of Jinyulou, they know how to cook. They are probably just not used to it at first."

"In this case, does it mean that Jinyulou will not necessarily lose?"

"Who knows? But I don't want Jinyulou to leave Beizhou Prefecture. People say the food in Jinyulou is delicious. I want to save some money and go try it later."

The waiters from other restaurants in Beizhou Prefecture, including Wanghailou, became angry when they heard these words.

One of the waiters, who was about 17 or 18 years old, said, "You are all ignorant. Jinyulou only has a few dishes. Anyway, Jinyulou cannot win."

Some people who were dissatisfied with the restaurant's behavior couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard it.

*

Time passed little by little, and the competition on the field came to an end.

The first to prepare the dishes were the two chefs from Wanghailou. Their ingredients were pork and mutton. Today, they made braised pork and clear-boiled mutton respectively.

Next came the chef who made cheese cakes at Jinyulou.

The fourth one is the fish chef at Zhuyunju.

Next came the chef from Beizhou Yipinju who cooked sea cucumbers. This chef probably believed that the chef from Jinyulou didn't know how to cook sea cucumbers, so he looked very pleased with himself, and after the dish was ready, he didn't even cover it, letting it slowly lose its heat.

In comparison, the dishes at Jinyulou were not ready very quickly. The six chefs on the left were almost finished, but four on this side were still not finished.

Seeing that there was only a little incense left and it was about to burn out, many people began to worry about the women.

"The incense is almost gone, why haven't they finished it yet?"

“They won’t really lose.”

"My heart is about to burst out. God bless them, they must complete it."

Li Yu looked at the four women who were making sweet and sour pork, braised lamb, stir-fried scallops and braised sea cucumber without any panic.

Braised lamb and sea cucumber need time to cook, so it is okay to cook them later. Sweet and sour pork has time requirements. If it is cooked too fast, the taste will not be the best when the judges taste it. As for stir-fried scallops, if they are cooked too early, they will cool down easily and have a fishy smell.

In this way, the remaining four chefs of Jinyulou prepared the dishes before the incense went out.

Seeing that they had made good use of their time, the onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yu looked at them and thought that these ordinary people were very interesting.

Once the dish is ready, the next step is tasting and judging.