I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 240 Jiang Yu personally made a nutritious meal, do you want to eat it?
An orange-red, conical-shaped carrot was tightly held in Jiang Yu's left hand, and it sometimes circled, sometimes flipped, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, making people dazzled.

In his right hand, he held a long and narrow kitchen knife. With the sharp point and blade, he cut, pared, poked or twisted the crisp and juicy carrots. After a few short breaths, A vivid orange-red bird with its mouth slightly open gradually revealed its outline.

Even at this moment, Jiang Yu still did not relax in the slightest. He held his breath, fixed his eyes on the half-finished carrot carving in his hand, and continued to work.

Among the many cuisines in China, Huaiyang cuisine is recognized as the one that pays most attention to knife skills. Whether it is Wensi tofu, which is well-known in China, or boiled dried shredded silk, it is a concentrated expression of Huaiyang kitchen knife skills.

Even Huaiyang lion head, a dish that does not seem to require much knife work, actually contains the ultimate knife work, and this is a kind of "invisible knife work" in Huaiyang cuisine.

In fact, although Huaxia's major cuisines have their own emphasis, exquisite knife skills are indispensable, but there is no Huaiyang cuisine that has developed knife skills to the extreme.

The culinary carving practiced by Jiang Yu today is a unique knife art.

Different from the chef's basic knife skills of cutting, slicing, chopping, chopping, and slicing, cooking and carving are much more complicated. This method makes the fruit and vegetable raw materials present a unique artistic effect.

Jiang Yu practiced cooking and carving for a period of time when he was running the "Jiang's Soup Dumplings" restaurant in the Second Canteen, but at that time he didn't even fully master the basic knife skills, and he could only carve with white radish. It's just a radish flower, and the shape of this radish flower is not very good-looking.

Up to now, Jiang Yu has not only reached the level of a technician in his cooking skills, but also his knife skills have naturally improved. Coupled with frequent practice, now he is able to carve ingredients with a knife, and he does not know how many times better than before.

but! "

Jiangzhou University, open-air track and field training ground.

These are all my senior brothers and sisters, my idols, even if I smile ugly, it's better than a straight face.

The warm applause instantly resounded through the stadium, stirring the hearts of a group of young people.

This is just a warm-up activity before the start of training every day, and it won't run for too long, as long as the body sweats a little.

After a while, some people began to raise their hands and clap their hands. At first, it was one person, then two or three people, and finally, everyone clapped violently.

When I look at it now, the carrot bird seems to be alive, as if it will fly in the next moment.

Jiang Yu had told him about this before. Jiang Yu was not participating in the competition, but was invited as a guest to participate in the pre-competition cooking performance.

Sitting in front of the window, Jiang Yu still buried his head, staring intently at the carrot in his hand, the tip of the knife shining with cold light was like the sharp beak of a woodpecker, quickly and meticulously "pecked" the carrot out bit by bit. the shape he wants.

The sun hadn't set yet, and the lawn of the track and field was still a little wet. The air was filled with the fragrance of grass and soil. Taking a deep breath, my head, which was still a little drowsy, immediately became more awake.

"..."

In fact, he had tried to carve a bird before, but it was a pity that the bird he sculpted that time was a failure. Not to mention the stupid looking bird, the body was still bulging, and it felt like a stupid bird. And stupid fat bird.

I came here today to say something to you:

"Ahaha! That's right, I just didn't expect that, boss, you started practicing carving again!"

If a person has no sense of shame, and does not know how to be brave after knowing shame, what is the difference from salted fish? "

Seeing Jiang Yu coming out, he didn't ask Jiang Yu why he didn't go to the kitchen on the first floor after work today, but raised the carrot bird in his hand and asked with great interest:
"Boss, did you carve this?"

Jiang Yu put down the kitchen knife in his hand, stood up from the chair, twisted his stiff neck and sore wrists, but his face was full of smiles.

While everyone was silent, on the other side, Chen Lei and the others had finished chatting with Coach Yin, and a group of people turned around and walked towards the group of students.

This is naturally the "bird" that Jiang Yu spent more than half an hour carving out with that ordinary carrot.

In fact, the fresh air is still not as refreshing as the roar of the coach.

With a warm smile on her face, she said lightly,
"Everyone can't be happy, is it because the training is so hard, but the results can't be improved, so everyone is a little disheartened?
To be honest, I can understand your feelings. After all, I also came from my student days. I have experienced everything you have experienced!

On his left hand, "stands" is an orange-red bird with sharp eyes, half-open wings, ready to pounce, its long tail feathers are raised high like a sword, and it looks majestic.

When Liu Xiaohu and the others saw it, they quickly stood up straight, with smiles on their faces.

Du Haihua's time progress has not been obvious in the past six months. His special event is the men's 110-meter hurdles. A year ago, his time was 16.80 seconds.

I don't know how long it took, but a long exhalation suddenly came from the quiet kitchen, making the stagnant air alive again in an instant.

All negative energies are stumbling blocks on your road to success, all you have to do is crush them with one foot, and then move on!

"Is there anyone else here besides you and me?"

This "bird" not only has a lifelike demeanor, but even the feathers on its body are sculpted to the fullest. If it hadn't been equipped with eyes, the color is also a bit wrong. At first glance, I thought it was a real bird.

"It's not that he can't laugh, it's because he can't laugh at us."

Lu Shuwu lowered his head and looked at the little carrot and bird again, as if he suddenly remembered something, he asked again,
"By the way, boss, are you practicing carving now, are you preparing for the Huaxia Youth Celebrity Chef Culinary Competition in August?"

After thinking about it, Jiang Yu brought two small black beans from the room where the ingredients were stored, and embedded them in the carrot bird's eye sockets.

These words were spoken plainly, completely gone from the thunder and anger when they reprimanded everyone before, but everyone still felt terrified in their ears, especially the last sentence!
This shit...meaning that if someone doesn't train well and loses his face, he will wait for the autumn queen to settle the score!
This is so insidious!

Hearing Lao Mo Yin mercilessly reprimanded Liu Xiaohu in front of everyone, the others were even more silent, all of them lowered their heads and dared not speak.

It's just that at that time, the store only sold soup dumplings, and there were no decorations, so Jiang Yu lost interest after practicing a few times.

Jiang Yu admired the little bird for a while, and felt a little satisfied in his heart. This is one of the few food carvings he has done, and he is already very pleased to have achieved this level of completion.

At that time, you will find that today's unhappiness, today's disheartened, and today's negative energy are so naive and ridiculous!

Nothing can stop you from moving forward, if there is, it can only prove that you are not working hard enough! "

Sure enough, Old Devil Yin didn't let the others go, he reached out his hand and tapped the others, angrily said,
"Don't think that I didn't mention your names, you think you have done a good job, in fact, if you have one, you are not as good as Liu Xiaohu!

In terms of conversation, Chen Lei is a professional. She has been a leader in the Provincial Sports Management Center for so many years, and she has not led the training once or twice. The current situation is too common for her.

"In the next period of time, brothers and sisters like Chen Lei, Lin Yahui and Wang Dongkai will conduct one-on-one training for you separately. This opportunity is once in a lifetime. I hope everyone can take advantage of it and train hard!

"Hold the grass! I have never seen Old Demon Yin smile at anyone since I knew him. I thought he was born unable to laugh, but I didn't expect, I didn't expect, he, he, he, he smiled today! "

It is precisely because of this that the pressure on him during this period is particularly high.

"Actually, during this period of time, I have also thought carefully, you have all worked hard to train, why can't your grades improve?

I hope that everyone can lift their spirits during this time, train hard, and strive for each of you to have a significant improvement in performance at the end of the training camp. Wait until the training is over. "

What Lu Shuwu didn't expect was that Jiang Yu started to practice carving again this time, and looking at the little carrot bird in his hand, he seemed to be carving very well.

Coach Yin couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and thought to himself, if they come to train you, your grades will definitely improve?So what do you mean, I am not capable?
All right, let's wait until the training is over, if your grades don't improve, how can I drill you when I see it!

After the applause fell, Coach Yin came out again. He glanced at the excited students and said loudly,

The moment he just finished carving the bird, Jiang Yu was a little excited, but now he has calmed down.

He took a long breath and said with a wry smile,

Although there have been twists and turns of one kind or another along the way, in general, everyone trains hard each time and can complete the training plan on time and in volume.

The point is that he will be 20 years old this year, and when he turns 21 next year, the hurdles will not be the hurdle height of 0.99 meters for the youth group, but the hurdle height of 1.067 meters for the adult group.

In a word, Liu Xiaohu and others were ashamed, and they were relatively speechless for a while.

Coach Yin's "but" suddenly turned up the volume, causing Liu Xiaohu and the others to tremble uncontrollably, tensing their nerves involuntarily.

This is the most difficult moment for Du Haihua, so since the first half of the year, he has been working hard, trying to improve his performance a little bit.

Time passed slowly at his fingertips, but Jiang Yu didn't notice it.

Liu Xiaohu pointed to Coach Yin who was not far away with a slight smile on his face, looked back at Du Haihua and Yao Xuehui, and said in shock,
"When I saw him laughing, why did I feel so terrified?"

Seeing that the Provincial Games in July is getting closer and closer, and your results are still such a mess, I am really anxious!

"Let's talk about Liu Xiaohu. He jumped 2 meters in his freshman year and reached the level of a national first-class athlete. But after practicing for so long, he has only improved by 0.08 meters in his sophomore year. , not even 2.1 meters!"

Of course, the store was busy at that time, and he didn't have that much time to waste on this "useless" food carving.

So, I can tell you very responsibly, in a few years or more, if you have the ability to stand on the highest podium in the world like me, you will look back.

They have been in contact with Coach Yin for such a long time, and they are already familiar with him. Under normal circumstances, he suddenly raised the volume, which means that the previous words are not important, and the latter is the key point!
Especially this "but", a turning point, it must not be a good thing!

"Didn't you say that you would go back to Tanzhou with me then?"

In front of them was Yin Tao, the coach of Jiangda track and field team, a muscular man in his 30s.

"Senior Sister Chen is right. When you succeed, all previous setbacks are just sharpening stones to make you stronger!"

Also, let me say one more thing!

"Although everyone has completed the training tasks on time and according to the amount, but after such a long time, why can't everyone's grades be improved? Huh?!"

He has always been stern, with a straight face all day long, but now the expression on his face is even more serious, it looks as if it has been painted with a layer of paste, and it is tense.

At the moment, they are still very happy.

"One by one, why are they all smiling so ugly, it looks like they are crying?"

After saying this, he fixed his eyes on Liu Xiaohu, with a look of resentment that iron can't be made into steel.
"The standard for men's high jump athletes is 2.2 meters, and there is also an international-level athlete who is 2.27 meters!
Liu Xiaohu, talk about it yourself, at the age when you are most likely to improve your grades, you are still 12 centimeters away from being an athlete. When you are in your junior or senior year, what chance do you have?
Say it yourself, what chance do you have to compete with those top-level athletes? ! "

Jiang Yu dried his hair, threw the towel with the dirty clothes, and shook his head.

But they were not happy for a long time. Now that the brothers and sisters have not come yet, coach Yin can't waste a lot of time and let a group of people wait here. Therefore, when he gave an order, the whole team lined up and started to circle the track and field Jogging on the training ground.

However, Jiang Yu is not proud, because in food carving, it is easiest to carve a single flower with a carrot, followed by a single bird and animal, and there are many more complicated carvings than this.

In some food carving videos, he even saw someone use various ingredients to carve out a pair of landscape corridors, pavilions and pavilions in the "Jiangnan Garden". Among them, it looks beautiful, as if you are in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

At that time, the difficulty will increase more than a little, not only the number of steps between hurdles may change, but also many technical movements may have to change.

Seeing the excited faces of the group of students in front of him, and hearing their respective comments, Coach Yin's already stern face turned darker, as if a dark cloud suddenly floated from the sky , suddenly became gloomy and gloomy.

Lu Shuwu was taken aback, and quickly asked:

Therefore, while Liu Xiaohu and the others tensed their nerves, they couldn't help praying secretly. I hope that this old demon Yin is not unhappy today, but don't train the devil anymore, it's too much!

"One by one, we can't improve our grades. How can the coach laugh? We don't deserve it!"

"Senior Sister Chen Lei is my idol, the champion of the World Championships, if only I could be like her!"

Of course, this will take time.

Coach Yin's face began to look ugly. He must have thought about this question for a long time, but he still didn't get an answer. He raised his hand and pointed Liu Xiaohu, and continued,

It really makes sense, you are so unbelievable, and you still expect others to smile at you?
Why are you?

"Whoo~"

You are so right, I am speechless!

This is much more delicate than those radish flowers before.

Standing in the line, Liu Xiaohu bowed his head deeply, with a face full of guilt, and at the same time feeling very wronged in his heart:

When he opened his mouth, other people also reacted one after another. They were all as timid as quails and dared not say a word, but now they started chattering, and their tone was full of unconcealable excitement:
"I heard it just now. Not only Lin Yahui is here, but Chen Lei and Wang Dongkai are also here!"

"Huh? What show?"

What he carved this time is a real bird!

In order not to let you embarrass the school and yourself in the Provincial Games, and to verify whether it is you who are not working hard enough or my training is faulty, from today onwards, the whole team will officially start the pre-match training.

After taking a hot bath, he felt much better all over his body. When Jiang Yu changed his clothes and came out of the bathroom, he suddenly felt something was wrong. When he turned his head, he found that Lu Shuwu had already come upstairs. At this moment, he was holding a Looking at the carrot bird, look left and right.

After a while, just when everyone thought that the "opening training" before today's training should be over, Old Demon Yin unscrewed the cup in his hand and took a sip of water, then continued:

After Liu Xiaohu and others finished warming up, Chen Lei, Lin Yahui, Wang Dongkai and others had already arrived at the training ground, and a group of people were chatting with Coach Yin about something.

It was already late at night, and in the sky outside the window, a crescent moon hung slantingly on the far horizon. The cold moon sprinkled down through the branches that had already grown new leaves, and scattered silver on the ground.

"These brothers and sisters are all champions. They are willing to help us train, and our results will definitely improve!"

After the voice fell, there was silence in the training ground.

At this moment, Liu Xiaohu, Du Haihua, Yao Xuehui and other students of the track and field team were tremblingly lined up on the plastic track of the track and field.

"Clap clap clap!"

He obviously saw the doubt in Lu Shuwu's eyes, and explained again,
"Cooking show, I already have other programs."

Now, one year later, his best time is 14.87 seconds. Although he has crossed the second-level standard, he is still some distance away from the first-level...

According to Coach Yin's usual style, once he is unhappy, everyone will not be happy that day, and he will definitely not give up until he trains everyone so that they can't get up.

Coach Yin just stood in front of the crowd and glanced at them one by one with sharp eyes. After a while, he broke the dull atmosphere:

To be honest, if Jiang Yu could quickly carve a work during the cooking show, it would be quite eye-catching.

With Jiang Yu's current level of carving, it is difficult to carve such a complicated work, but he believes that with his own ability, he may be able to do this in a short time.

However, what you have not experienced, I have experienced too!

After placing the little bird on the operating table, he wiped his hands, turned around and returned to the resting place at the back, took some clean clothes from the cabinet, and went into the bathroom next door to take a shower.

Is this your problem, or my coach's problem?Is my training method wrong, or my training plan is not doing well?After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out.

I've worked very hard, but what can I do if my grades don't improve?
Maybe I'm not fit to eat this bowl of rice at all...

In addition to me, the academy has also invited Chen Lei, Lin Yahui, Wang Dongkai and others. They will carry out one-on-one training for you, whether it is the standard of technical movements, or the training content and training intensity. A targeted change.

These words made Liu Xiaohu and the others burn hot on their faces, as if they had been slapped in the face, it really hurts!

Lu Shuwu: "..."

Lu Shuwu laughed twice. He had seen Jiang Yu carving radish flowers before.

"We started training as a team in September last year. Except for a few days of rest during the Chinese New Year period, this training has continued until now without interruption.

Jiang Yu glanced at him again, turned around to go back to the room to rest, and said,
"Won't you know when you see it? I've told you now, so wouldn't it be boring for you to watch?"

Take a short bamboo stick, insert one end into the belly of the little carrot bird, and insert the other end into a white radish with both ends flattened. From a distance, it looks like a flaming bird sitting on the ground. On the white radish, with a vigilant look on his face, he looked for the food below.

These poor students haven't realized that what they say subconsciously may bring them an unpredictable "disaster".

While wiping his wet hair vigorously with a dry towel, Jiang Yu glanced at him sideways.

"No, I did it just for fun."

When most people feel sad, there are also a few people who listened carefully to Coach Yin's words, such as Liu Xiaohu, instead of panicking, his eyes lit up instantly. When Coach Yin finished speaking, he immediately With a look of joy, he asked:
"Coach, you mean Brother Lin Yahui and the others will come to train us today?"

……

The three people who train the best and improve the most every day will receive nutritious meals specially provided by senior sister Chen Lei and others!

This nutritious meal did not come casually, but Jiang Yu from the Seventh Canteen made it himself.

I have always known that all of you are greedy for the food in the Seventh Canteen, and you were not allowed to eat it before because you were afraid that you would gain weight if you consumed too much fat and energy.

But the nutritious meal designed by Senior Sister Chen Lei and the others is different, and Jiang Yu made it himself, whether you can eat it or not depends on your own hard work! "

(End of this chapter)