Jiujiu walked to the plate of stir-fried bean sprouts and used a pair of serving chopsticks to place the bean sprouts on a small plate. She handed it to Lin Xiao and said, "Try it and you'll know."
Lin Xiao lowered her head to look at the plate of stir-fried bean sprouts in front of her. She gently picked up a bean sprout with her fingers, put it in her mouth, and chewed.
Lin Xiao thought it was just an ordinary stir-fried bean sprout. However, the moment she bit into the bean sprout, it emitted an intoxicating saltiness and freshness. The longer she chewed, the stronger the taste.
Even an ordinary plate of stir-fried bean sprouts could be made so delicious, let alone the other four dishes.
Lin Xiao dejectedly put the plate in her hand on the table and said again, "I admit defeat."
If she admitted defeat reluctantly before, then at this moment, she admitted defeat willingly.
Her grandfather, Chef Lin, had once told her that the more ordinary a dish was, the more exquisite it was. At that time, she didn't take this to heart.
She just thought that since the dish was ordinary, why should it be exquisite?
However, now she finally understood what it meant by the more ordinary a dish was, the more exquisite it was.
He didn't judge how she cooked, but how she innovated.
In this aspect, she couldn't compare to Jiujiu. She lost to Jiujiu.
This time, she didn't feel wronged at all.
After Lin Xiao admitted defeat, she left without looking back.
When the foodies saw that Jiujiu had won, they immediately went up to congratulate her and sincerely expressed that Li Fugui had a successor.
When Li Fugui only had a daughter, they had felt sorry for him. It was a pity that Li Fugui's culinary skills were going to have no successor.
Who would have thought that Li Fugui's daughter's culinary skills were not inferior to Li Fugui's? In fact, her innovation amazed them.
They ate the plate of stir-fried bean sprouts for a long time, but they still couldn't figure out where the saltiness came from.
There was only a faint salty taste on the outside of the bean sprouts. Obviously, when Jiujiu stir-fried the bean sprouts, she only added a little salt to enhance the flavor. The bean sprouts were crunchy and refreshing when chewed. It was obvious that they had not been blanched in water. Therefore, the source of the salty taste really made them extremely curious.
The eyes of the gluttons were like searchlights, constantly shining on Jiujiu, seeking a specific answer.
Jiujiu clearly knew what the gluttons wanted to know, but she didn't say anything. She let the gluttons scratch her heart, but there was nothing she could do.
After winning the competition, Jiujiu wrapped up the golden kitchen knife and the recipe and handed them to Wang Cuilian. The mother and daughter supported each other as they left.
Not long after Li Fugui's death, the Drunken Spring Brothel closed its doors. The gluttons felt that the Drunken Spring Brothel would not be able to continue operating.
But now, after tasting Jiujiu's cooking, the gluttons instantly felt that the Drunken Spring Brothel's reopening was just around the corner.
Looking at the backs of Jiujiu and Wang Cuilian, the gluttons' hearts were scratching. They really wanted to go up and ask when the Drunken Spring Brothel would reopen.
But one of them had just lost her husband, and the other had just lost their father. They had just gone through a competition. It would be unavoidable for them to go up and ask for a mouthful of food.
The gluttons could only watch as Jiujiu and Wang Cuilian left.
After Jiujiu and Wang Cuilian left, the gluttons finally reacted. Although they didn't know when the Drunken Spring Brothel would reopen, didn't they still have Jiujiu's cooking in front of them?
Instead of thinking about that, why not cherish the present and eat the food in front of them first?
The gluttons immediately began to snatch the food.
Because Lin Guangye felt that Lin Xiao's match against Jiujiu was in the bag, he didn't pay much attention to Lin Xiao after sending her to the Treasure House.
When Lin Xiao returned in a daze, Lin Guangye was immediately dumbfounded.
Lin Guangye quickly walked in front of Lin Xiao and circled her a few times. After making sure that Lin Xiao was empty-handed and didn't bring what he wanted, he anxiously asked, "Xiao Xiao, where's the thing?"
Didn't she go to compete with Li Qian? Where's the thing?
Lin Xiao, who had lost to Jiujiu, who she looked down on, was already in a bad mood. Now that her father was asking her about the thing she wanted, Lin Xiao was overcome with grief and began to cry.
Lin Xiao's tears flowed down her cheeks like beads from a broken necklace. When she thought about how the dish she was so proud of had lost to Jiujiu's home-cooked dish, Lin Xiao was overcome with grief and cried uncontrollably.
Lin Guangye, who was already frustrated that Lin Xiao didn't get back what she wanted, saw Lin Xiao crying and gasping for breath. He asked with a face full of shock, "Xiao Xiao, y-you didn't lose, did you?"
It was hard for Lin Guangye to accept that she had lost.
When Chef Lin mentioned Li Fugui, the most he would say was that hard work could make up for one's lack of talent. However, when he talked about Lin Xiao, he directly praised her as a born chef.
Even though Lin Xiao was still young, in Chef Lin's words, her culinary skills had long surpassed Lin Guangye's.
As for Li Qian, it was said that she had only started learning how to cook when she was in her teens. What's more, she was the kind of person who only learned how to cook for three days and two days. Lin Xiao had a 100% chance of winning against Li Qian. Lin Guangye would rather die than believe that Lin Xiao had lost.
Because if Lin Xiao lost, it meant that he couldn't compare with Jiujiu.
Lin Guangye had been suppressed by Li Fugui all his life. He didn't want his daughter to be suppressed by Li Fugui's daughter when he was old.
Even though Lin Xiao didn't want to admit it, the truth was in front of her. She had lost.
She couldn't compare with Jiujiu's culinary skills, and she couldn't compare with Jiujiu's creativity.
She had tried Jiujiu's dishes, but she didn't have a clue. She had no idea how Jiujiu's stir-fried bean sprouts were made.
Lin Xiao nodded with a blank face. She said to Lin Guangye in a hoarse voice, "Father, I lost."
Lin Guangye's body swayed. "Then, is Li Qian really that good?"
Even Lin Xiao, who had been praised by his father, was no match for her.
Before Lin Xiao could answer, Lin Guangye shook his head and said to himself, "I don't believe it. I asked around outside. Li Qian only started learning how to cook when she was in her teens. She slacked off every three days and her culinary skills are at most at the level of home-cooked dishes. She can't even compare with the average chef, let alone you."
"Your grandfather said that you were born to be a chef.
You worked hard for years to get to where you are today, but Li Qian started learning how to cook when she was in her teens and slacked off every three days. Even if she was gifted, she couldn't be so good. "
Lin Xiao subconsciously denied Lin Guangye's slander of Jiujiu. "During the competition, there were people watching. Li Qian wouldn't dare to do that."
"Li Qian wouldn't dare, but that doesn't mean Wang Cuilian wouldn't dare."
Lin Guangye coldly snorted, "Not to mention the recipe, just that golden kitchen knife is priceless. Now that Wang Cuilian has lost her husband, if she doesn't even have this, how is she going to live in the future? In my opinion, Wang Cuilian must have used Li Fugui's past friendship with those gluttons as a threat to achieve Li Qian's goal."
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