Originally, she was still thinking about how to make Drunken Spring House famous. Now, she could use this opportunity to spread the name of Drunken Spring House and open it again.
Although Wang Cuilian wanted to say that people shouldn't be too proud and complacent, she couldn't bear to scold Jiujiu when she saw her daughter so happy.
Since Jiujiu said that she could do it, then as a mother, the only thing she could do was to completely trust her daughter. She believed that her daughter would definitely be able to bring the things back in one piece just like she said.
Five dishes per person. Jiujiu thought about it for a while and prepared the dishes.
While Jiujiu was preparing, Lin Xiao was naturally preparing as well.
Although Lin Guangye felt that Jiujiu was just a little girl who was spoiled by Li Fugui and her cooking skills must not be that good, in Lin Xiao's opinion, every opponent deserved to be treated seriously. Even if Lin Guangye said that Jiujiu's cooking skills were a mess, she could not be perfunctory just because her opponent was a mess.
In the days before the competition, Lin Xiao stayed in the kitchen every day to prepare for the competition.
Soon, the day of the competition arrived.
Early in the morning, Jiujiu and Wang Cuilian arrived at Bountiful Treasures House.
Ten gluttons were already sitting in the Bountiful Treasures House, waiting for the competition.
When they saw Wang Cuilian come in, the gluttons immediately stood up from their seats. They invited Wang Cuilian to a seat while reminiscing about Li Fugui's appearance when he was still alive.
Li Fugui's cooking was good and his temper was particularly good. Every time they ate, Li Fugui would stand aside and watch quietly. No matter what suggestions they made, Li Fugui would accept them with an open mind. The next time they went, Li Fugui would make corresponding improvements according to their suggestions.
Excellent culinary skills and willingness to humbly accept different voices, such a chef was the dream of these old foodies.
Ever since they got used to eating at Li Fugui's Drunken Spring House, they were no longer used to eating at other places.
Later, after Li Fugui passed away, they were even sadder for a long time. One of them even lost five to six kilograms in less than three days.
At this moment, when they heard that Li Fugui's daughter, Li Qian, was going to compete with Li Fugui's senior brother, Lin Guangye's daughter, they immediately put aside the things in their hands and came to the Treasure House to be the judges.
Selfishly, they were on Jiujiu's side.
Unfortunately, rules were rules. Moreover, the ten dishes were all served on the table. Even if they had selfish motives, they were powerless to do anything about it.
Jiujiu and Lin Xiao walked up together. After thanking the ten gluttons, they turned around and went into the kitchen.
Rather than saying that Lin Xiao was Lin Guangye's disciple, it was better to say that Lin Xiao was Chef Lin's disciple.
When Lin Guangye was young, he relied on his cleverness. When he got older, it was already too late for him to work hard. After Chef Lin passed his mantle to Li Fugui, he had no time to take care of Lin Guangye. Therefore, Lin Guangye's culinary skills could only be considered average.
Lin Xiao, on the other hand, was the exact opposite of Lin Guangye.
Lin Xiao loved to cook since she was a child. While the other little girls were playing with their handkerchiefs, she especially liked to sneak into the kitchen and watch Chef Lin cook.
In the beginning, Chef Lin was unwilling to teach Lin Xiao how to cook.
In Chef Lin's eyes, cooking was something that required a lot of time and effort. It required a lot of concentration. Women were often distracted by miscellaneous things. Therefore, in Chef Lin's eyes, women couldn't cook good dishes.
However, Lin Xiao ran around behind him all day long. Every time she waited for him to cook, she would stare at him with her eyes wide open. Over time, Chef Lin became softhearted and began to teach Lin Xiao how to cook.
To Chef Lin's surprise, Lin Xiao not only inherited Lin Guangye's cleverness, but also did not have Lin Guangye's habit of not working hard. Chef Lin, who originally only wanted to teach Lin Xiao casually, gradually paid more attention to Lin Xiao's culinary skills.
Lin Xiao had been learning how to cook since she was a child. Moreover, she had the help of Chef Lin. Naturally, her starting point was much higher than that of ordinary cooks.
What Lin Xiao wanted to cook this time were the dishes that Chef Lin taught her.
Even if everyone said that Li Qian's culinary skills were average, Lin Xiao wanted to completely crush her and make her lose to her without any suspense.
Lin Xiao was busy, and so was Jiujiu.
Compared to the more complicated dishes that Lin Xiao was going to cook, Jiujiu was going to cook a few home-cooked dishes.
As the saying goes, the simpler the dish, the more exquisite the culinary skills.
Ten hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Soon, ten dishes were served on the dining table.
Judging the dishes was very simple. After tasting all ten dishes, you would choose your favorite five dishes and write your name on the paper in front of the dishes.
The dish with the most names under it would be the winner.
In the end, the winner would be the one with the most names under it.
Jiujiu and Lin Xiao waited for the ten foodies to taste all the dishes before they walked forward.
The foodies had placed the prices of the ten dishes on the paper. As long as they walked over, they would be able to tell which dish the foodies liked the most.
Before she walked to the table, Lin Xiao's face was full of confidence. She was confident that her dish would definitely surpass Jiujiu's and win the hearts of the foodies.
However, as she walked to the table, the confidence on her face collapsed bit by bit. In the end, she almost burst into tears.
Among the ten dishes, there were very few signatures from the gluttons in front of her dishes. In the end, one of the dishes was filled with the names of ten people.
Moreover, it was the most ordinary dish, stir-fried bean sprouts.
This plate of stir-fried bean sprouts was the last dish that overwhelmed Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao immediately broke down.
Lin Xiao stood in the same place with an ugly expression. She looked at Jiujiu and gritted her teeth. "You won."
Even if the judge did not announce the result, she had eyes and could see.
Obviously, Jiujiu's dish had the most names under it.
Although Lin Xiao admitted that Jiujiu had won, she wasn't convinced in her heart.
Lin Xiao looked at Jiujiu stubbornly and said, "I don't accept it."
Jiujiu's five dishes were all ordinary home-cooked dishes. Moreover, the last plate of stir-fried bean sprouts was even more bland and tasteless. Lin Xiao did not believe that this plate of stir-fried bean sprouts could defeat the dishes that she had carefully prepared.
Jiujiu raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Xiao. She chuckled and said, "You must be curious why they all liked that plate of stir-fried bean sprouts, right?"
Lin Xiao grunted in acknowledgment, his face full of reluctance.
Even though she was convinced on the surface, in Lin Xiao's heart, she still felt that the reason Jiujiu won was because the gluttons let her win for Li Fugui's sake.
Jiujiu had won this competition unfairly.
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