In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

But Wang Jinghe didn't know all this. His men spent a lot of money to buy all the ginger from the "seller". After receiving the news reported by his men, Wang Jinghe was still complacent, thinking that he had grasped Su Zhizhi's lifeline. Little did he know that the money he spent went into the hands of Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi.

After taking inventory, Su Zhizhi exclaimed in amazement, "This Wang Jinghe is really generous. This amount of money is probably more than twice as much as ours. He really spent a lot of money to stop me. I wonder what his expression will be when he finds out that all this money is in our hands."

Su Zhizhi treated Wang Jinghe's little action as a joke and didn't take it seriously at all. The ginger was already in her hands, and her top priority now was to try to get rid of the fishy smell in the Dong'an chicken.

But just as Su Zhizhi was trying again and again, she accidentally got scalded by the boiling oil splashing out of the pot. She almost subconsciously jumped away, but unexpectedly hit the dishes behind her. The dishes fell to the ground and broke everywhere. Xie Chengjin heard the sound and hurried over to check.

He came to Su Zhizhi's side immediately, not caring about the mess on the ground. He just checked Su Zhizhi up and down. Seeing Su Zhizhi's wrist burned red by hot oil, he felt distressed.

He pulled Su Zhizhi away from the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and came to the well. He put Su Zhizhi's wound in the water to cool it down, and asked someone to find a doctor to see it.

When the doctor arrived, Su Zhizhi's wrist had already swollen into a big blister, which was very painful just by looking at it.

The doctor gasped, carefully took out the silver needle, punctured the blister, and squeezed out the remaining pus. After the wound was treated, the doctor breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Madam, what are you doing? You burned your hand so badly for no reason."

Su Zhizhi lowered her head and spoke a little embarrassedly. Suddenly, she thought of something and asked, "Doctor, when you cook at home, what do you usually use to remove the fishy smell from meat?"

The doctor obviously didn't expect Su Zhizhi to ask this. After a brief thought, he said truthfully, "We usually use cinnamon bark at home. Although it's a medicinal herb, it's quite effective in removing fishy odors from cooking."

Su Zhizhi suddenly had an idea, "Doctor, do you have any cinnamon at home? I want to buy some. Of course, you will be paid for it."

When the doctor heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't expect that he could have such an unexpected income. He quickly said goodbye and went back home to get some cinnamon for Su Zhizhi.

After handing over the money and receiving the goods, the doctor counted the silver in his hand and left the mansion happily, while Su Zhizhi looked at the cinnamon bars, her eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

When she used ginger before, she didn't know how to use it well. Too much ginger would make the dish too strong in ginger flavor, which greatly affected the taste. But if she used too little, it would have no effect at all. Secondly, Su Zhizhi tried so many times, but ginger still couldn't completely remove the fishy smell of chicken. This made Su Zhizhi very puzzled. When she was distracted, she was scalded by the hot oil.

With cinnamon, Su Zhizhi couldn't wait to take the things back to the kitchen for another round of attempts. Although Xie Chengjin did not approve of Su Zhizhi cooking with an injury, he could not stop her and could only watch over her from the side.

This time the result did not disappoint Su Zhizhi. She followed the previous cooking order and replaced ginger with cinnamon. Without affecting the taste of the dish, she almost completely removed the fishy smell of the chicken. This was also the result that Su Zhizhi was most satisfied with. She did not care about anything else and quickly found paper and pen to carefully write down the recipe of Dong'an Chicken from beginning to end.

Xie Chengjin also tasted it and his eyes suddenly lit up. He excitedly said to Su Zhizhi, "Zhizhi, you succeeded!"

With the successful trial of Su Zhizhi's dish, the rematch of the chef competition was held as scheduled. Su Zhizhi handled the ingredients in her hands in an orderly manner as she had practiced before. She always had a tense mind. As the dish gradually took shape, Su Zhizhi's back and forehead were covered with sweat.

But fortunately, the whole process was safe and sound. Su Zhizhi completed the cooking of Dong'an Chicken excellently. By the time her dish was finished, the time for the competition was almost over. She stood there, nervously watching her dish being brought directly to the judges.

Dong'an chicken is a rare way of cooking chicken. Even the judges had never seen such a dish before. They were a little hesitant, but they still put the chicken into their mouths.

Almost at the same time, several people widened their eyes, especially the new judge, who was very excited after eating. After discussing with other judges, he announced Su Zhizhi's first place on the spot.

Of course, some contestants were not convinced and complained that the judges were unfair.

After the competition, Su Zhizhi was specially kept behind and brought in front of several judges.

The judge dismissed the servants around him and asked kindly, "How exactly does Miss Su make this Dong'an Chicken? Do you have a recipe?"

Su Zhizhi was cautious. She only gave a general introduction and was very secretive about the recipe. Seeing this, the judges didn't beat around the bush with Su Zhizhi. One of them asked directly, "We called Miss Su here this time to ask if she's interested in selling the recipe. We're willing to pay a high price that will definitely satisfy her."

Su Zhizhi, however, just kept a straight face and refused, "It's an honor for you all to like my dishes, but I don't have a recipe for Dong'an Chicken. Even if I did, I wouldn't sell it. This dish is a family secret. There's a death order in my family that this recipe must never be passed on to anyone else."

Seeing Su Zhizhi so determined, the judges had nothing more to say and had to let Su Zhizhi leave.

After leaving the competition venue, Su Zhizhi could no longer suppress the smile on her face. She had no time to return home, but took Xie Chengjin straight to the restaurant.

During this period, Xie Chengjin was watching over her in the restaurant in order to test the dishes. She came here this time to teach this dish to the chefs of Laiyunlou. The chef competition gave Su Zhizhi the opportunity to try the dish, and the judges liked it so much. Su Zhizhi almost predicted how much more revenue Laiyunlou would make if this dish appeared in Laiyunlou.

The chef had a very strong learning ability. In just three hours, he had completely mastered the cooking method and ingredient amounts of Dong'an Chicken. He also created a new dish based on the original Dong'an Chicken, which was put on Laiyunlou's recommended menu the next day.