The strongest peasant city

Chapter 439 Happiness With Tears
Li Xiaogang patted her hand, signaling her not to be afraid.Turning around, he said, "However, this is your territory after all. I am very unfamiliar with everything. I need an assistant!"

Uncle Xu was straightforward, pointing to a chef who was as old as him and said: "This is my sous chef, let him be your assistant, don't say I bully you!"

Li Xiaogang glanced at the sous chef, and said with a smile, "Uncle, I'll be counting on you in a while." The sous chef obviously had no confidence at all.

Li Xiaogang said: "It doesn't matter, you just need to help me cut the fish open and cook it."

Qin Qin looked at Qin Ya suspiciously and asked, "To cook a fish, besides cutting and cooking it, do you need to do anything else?"

Qin Ya shrugged her shoulders and said, "In my impression, I don't need anything else."

Qin Qin gave a strange cry and said, "Then, wouldn't this be a contest between the head chef and Uncle Xu?"

Who wants to be a deputy forever?The sous chef shook his head suddenly, let out a deep breath, and devoted himself fully to the process of cooking the salamander.

Uncle Xu and the deputy chef were busy walking around, but Li Xiaogang, who was supposed to be a contestant, was walking around idle, and everyone who watched shook their heads.

Because it was a competition and his reputation was at stake, Uncle Xu was more focused and hardworking than before, and his control over the heat could be said to have reached its peak.

Li Xiaogang has been observing him carefully, and finally found a fact that shocked him.

Uncle Xu's grasp of the salamander's meat quality has reached a frightening level. Every time the fire changes, it changes according to the change of the salamander's meat quality.

In contrast, the control of the sous chef is much lacking.

If Uncle Xu can bring out [-]% of the salamander's own taste, then the deputy chef can only show [-]% of it at best.

"All right!"

Uncle Xu and the head chef shouted at the same time, and two plates of steaming salamander came out of the pan.

Uncle Xu looked at Li Xiaogang disdainfully and asked, "Is this the match between me and you?"

Li Xiaogang laughed and said, "Don't worry! My work will start now!"

As he spoke, he slowly took out a golden menglan flower from his bosom.

Qin Ya and Qin Qin suddenly realized, Qin Qin whispered to Qin Ya: "He is more cunning than you, so he made up his mind from the beginning!"

Qin Ya covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly, and said, "Xu Dabao is going to suffer a lot this time."

Li Xiaogang crushed Jin Menglan and sprinkled it on the salamander, and said to everyone: "Why don't you all come together as the referees for this competition, and stand behind whoever thinks the taste is good."

"Can we really do it?" A doubtful voice sounded from the crowd.

The giant salamander is so precious that they can only see it but never taste it. In the past, no matter how expensive the dishes were, there were always customers who left them to satisfy their hunger. But the salamander is different. At least until now, it has never been eaten. Not a single guest left a piece of baby fish on the plate, and all of them were so clean that the plate was as clean as if it had been licked.

The shrewd Qin Ya naturally wouldn't waste this opportunity to buy people's hearts, and said crisply: "Today, treat everyone as a hotel, and eat to your heart's content!"

Everyone cheered and frantically rushed towards the two plates of giant salamanders.

Shocking exclamations sounded wave after wave.

Just looking at the intoxication on everyone's face, you can tell how intoxicated these two plates of salamanders gave them.

"Okay, everyone's finished eating, now it's time to judge!"

Qin Ya shouted.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and there was some hesitation. On the surface, it seemed that the two were evenly matched and had conflicts over whose side they were on. In essence, everyone already had a clear answer in their hearts.

Li Xiaogang's dish with seasoning was obviously better, especially after the comparison, the pros and cons were even more obvious!But they had to consider a problem. Uncle Xu was their head chef, and he was someone who could not be offended.

After a brief hesitation, the so-called reason defeated the conscience, and stood behind Uncle Xu one by one.

Li Xiaogang didn't expect such a situation to happen, he glanced at Uncle Xu who was smiling very proudly, Li Xiaogang frowned and tasted the two plates of salamanders, and immediately realized what happened, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"How is this possible? Could it be that Uncle Xu's culinary skills have improved?" Qin Qin tasted it suspiciously when he saw the result. Fault, I really can’t taste good or bad, or is there something wrong with my eyes and I’m on the wrong side?”

"Girl! What do you mean!?" Uncle Xu was furious and shouted repeatedly.

Qin Qinyi said fearlessly: "What do I mean? My meaning is obvious. Li Xiaogang's cooking is better than yours! Try it yourself if you don't believe me!"

Uncle Xu snatched the chopsticks from Qin Qin's hand and said, "Just try it!"

When Uncle Xu stuffed the baby fish made by Li Xiaogang into his mouth, it was as if he had been shocked by electricity. Uncle Xu froze there on the spot, speechless for a long time!
"This...how is this possible!?" Uncle Xu exclaimed, then looked angrily at the people standing behind him, and shouted: "What are you doing? Are such obvious results mocking me or complimenting me?" !?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across everyone's faces, and they fell into silence.

Uncle Xu snorted fiercely at them, then looked at Li Xiaogang's bachelor and said, "Okay, I lost this time, you can punish me as you please!"

Li Xiaogang smiled and said: "Punish you for what? I have no hatred or enmity with you! I just did this to tell you that if you want the ultimate taste of the giant salamander, you need something corresponding to it to set off the excitement Just do it!"

Uncle Xu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said in a nasty way: "I and Lao Liu (the deputy chef) cook in exactly the same way, and you didn't intervene in the middle, but scattered some strange petals at the end... Could it be ..."

Uncle Xu's pupils shrank suddenly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly, "Could it be because of those strange petals?"

Li Xiaogang looked at him with a smile, and had another golden menglan in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's right, I can win you, all rely on it!"

Uncle Xu carefully took the brilliant golden menglan from Li Xiaogang's hand as if he had found a treasure, put it on his nose and smelled it lightly, a refreshing fragrance immediately filled his entire nasal cavity.

"I have worked in the kitchen for so many years, what kind of ingredients have I not seen? But this is the first time I have seen such a wonderful flower.

What's its name? "Uncle Xu looked at the flowers in his hand and asked in a nasty voice.

Li Xiaogang smiled slightly and said, "Jin Menglan."

"Jin Menglan? What a beautiful name!"

Uncle Xu liked it more and more, and couldn't put it down.

After a long while, Uncle Xu looked at Li Xiaogang and said seriously: "You are right! The salamander needs other things to assist, and I know this, but I have never been able to find any accessories that match the salamander.

Ordinary accessories not only can't improve its taste, but will have the opposite effect. I worry about this almost every day. "

Li Xiaogang smiled and said: "Now you have found it, haven't you? With your superb cooking skills, coupled with the wonderful combination of salamander and golden menglan, I think you will be able to create a delicious dish that is world-renowned and shocking! Do you want to try it now? My heart is full of expectations right now.”

Uncle Xu did not say anything, he fished out another giant salamander, and devoted himself to it.

After all, he is a famous chef, so Uncle Xu's handling of Jin Menglan is much more particular than Li Xiaogang's. Every time the heat changes, Uncle Xu will put in some minced Jin Menglan, and the dosage will be reduced gradually.

When it was finally out of the pan, Uncle Xu sprinkled the remaining Jin Menglan on the fish, covering it evenly.

In a piece of milky fish soup like milk, there is a layer of golden-yellow Jinmenglan debris floating. The artistic conception makes people unable to bear to touch their chopsticks.

"Hahaha... This is the most successful dish in my life! Qin Ya, Qin Qin, you are welcome to come and taste it too." Uncle Xu greeted warmly.

The two responded and raised their chopsticks together with Li Xiaogang.

Li Xiaogang took a bite and put it in his mouth, his mind was shocked, as if there were thousands of huge waves rolling towards him at the same time in his mouth.

Every change in the quality of the meat matches the change in the amount of Jinmenglan. A perfect taste is in Li Xiaogang's mouth, and the heart flows gently and continuously. For a while, it is like a volcanic eruption, and for a while, it is like a thousand miles of ice. For a while, Li Xiaogang's heart was filled with unspeakable happiness.

"Woo..." Qin Qin next to him suddenly sobbed softly. Li Xiaogang looked at her in astonishment and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Uncle Xu also frowned and said, "Little girl, it's not so bad Right?" Qin Qin said a little excitedly: "What's unpalatable! I was so excited that I cried because it was so delicious!"

Hearing Qin Qin's words, Li Xiaogang wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. Faced with such a delicacy, isn't that the feeling of "happiness with tears"?

Uncle Xu smiled helplessly, and took a bite himself. Unexpectedly, his performance was even more exaggerated than Qin Qin's. An old man over fifty years old couldn't restrain his emotions and burst into tears.

Uncle Xu has devoted his whole life to the kitchen. Today's dish is undoubtedly the greatest compliment for his hard work.

It is said that it is enough to die in the morning and evening, maybe Uncle Xu is in such a mood at the moment.

"Okay, I think we can get down to business!"

Li Xiaogang put down his chopsticks and smiled at Qin Ya.

Qin Ya also smiled and said, "I'm waiting for you! Come on, let's go to the office to talk!"

Li Xiaogang looked back at Uncle Xu and said, "Master Xu, you can come too."

Uncle Xu was stunned, and said, "Me?" Li Xiaogang nodded and said, "Of course! What we are going to talk about has a lot to do with you!"

Uncle Xu took off the chef mask and handed it to the person beside him, and quickly followed.

"Xiaoqin, don't you come?" Qin Ya asked Qin Qin, who was still stuffing fish meat into her mouth.

Qin Qin reluctantly put down her chopsticks, gritted her teeth, turned around and chased after her.

The people in charge had all left, and the chefs who had endured for a long time screamed, and the kitchen immediately fell into chaos.

(End of this chapter)