delicious little cook

Chapter 18 Finally, there is a regulation for the final assessment
At lunch time that day, Wen Gushan personally delivered a plate of big meat and a plate of Hua meat to Aunt Nie. The two chatted for a while, and finally hello, hello, hello everyone.

In the afternoon, the maids from each courtyard took away the afternoon snacks, and then Mama Pang came.

For the third assessment of the kitchen apprentice, the eldest lady has made a decision.

The apprentices hurriedly lined up male and female, standing with their hands down, and Wen Gushan stood in front of Pang's mother, respectful.

"Boss Wen, it's been almost a month, have the apprentices returned from their daily skill training?"

"It's back from practice, it's back from practice, they cook and eat by themselves every day, and their skills have been practiced, so they don't dare to relax."

"That's good. Da Furen attaches great importance to this matter and has decided on the final assessment. The apprentices are free to play and cook a hot dish."

Mother Pang's eyes wandered from the faces of the apprentices one by one. When she saw Bai Kou, her eyes stayed for a while longer, but at that time the apprentices were already excited by the news, and no one noticed the faint abnormal.

Bai Kou clenched his fists with both hands, and made a cheering gesture for himself. The recipes of hot dishes flew past in his mind, and they were classified according to different ingredients, full of confidence.

The mood of other apprentices is relatively more complicated. It is a happy event to go to the stove competition, but free play makes many people feel drummed, wondering if they will be able to perform at a normal level then.

"Mother Pang, may I ask if there is any time limit for cooking?" After all, Wen Gushan is the head of the kitchen, much calmer than the apprentices, and he can still think that the business is not finished.

"The time limit is half an hour. For the ingredients, the eldest lady will tell the warehouse directly. Don't worry about it. The old lady and the old lady will be the judges, try the dishes and score them, and all the young masters and ladies will be present to watch."

"what!?"

This time, not only the apprentices were so shocked that their heads went numb, but even the stewards and cooks who were watching had strange expressions on their faces, and Wen Gushan felt like a big stone in his heart.

"Mother Pang, it's just an assessment for apprentices, why does the eldest lady make it so grand?" Wen Gu Shankou asked dryly.

"They are apprentices who are learning art, and each of them is worth more than 50 taels of silver. They bought 24 of them in one go. Shouldn't the eldest lady come and see with her own eyes whether the purchase is worth it?" Pang's mother's face remained unchanged. Just words with blame.

Wen Gushan suddenly seemed to be splashed with a bucket of ice water in winter, and his whole body was cold from head to toe. He hurriedly bowed his hands and asked Mama Pang not to care about his unscrupulous words.

"Director Wen, don't be nervous. I don't mean to blame you. The eldest lady just hopes that all 24 of them can stand on the stage and show off their cooking skills. She doesn't accept the reason that anyone is sick or injured and abstains from the competition. This is equivalent to money. The water is gone, and if you buy a person with dozens of taels of silver, who can afford it.”

At the end, Mama Pang put a safety catch on the assessment of the kitchen apprentice.

Zhong Lian at the Wengu Mountain Pass said he didn't dare, and respectfully sent Mama Pang away.

Bai Kou secretly clapped her hands and praised, the eldest lady is really careful and careful in her work, Mr. Wen has to worry more about the personal safety of the apprentices these days.

The stewards didn't give an order, so the team didn't disperse, and they were still standing there. Wen Gushan sent Mama Pang back, just in time to say a few more words.

"Everyone must have understood what Mama Pang conveyed. I'll repeat it again. Let's play freely. Each person cooks a hot dish. The time limit is half an hour. The old lady and the master and wife will be the judges and taste the dishes together, and the young masters and ladies will watch. If you don’t want to be ashamed, think about what to cook for me in the next few days. If anyone fights and hurts others, and hurts me, I’ll peel his skin! Did you hear me!”

"Yes, Manager Wen." The apprentices replied in unison.

With a wave of Wen Gushan's hand, the team disbanded.

Among the crowd walking away, Wen Gushan clearly saw a pair of resentful eyes, he shivered and turned his eyes away as if he didn't see them.

After the apprentices dispersed, they gathered together in twos and threes to discuss what kind of dishes are suitable for the competition.

At this time, everyone has more or less the same small thoughts, listen to other people’s ideas or recipes, use them as a reference, compare them with your own ideas, and use others’ ideas directly if they are better.

I don't care if there will be the same few dishes presented to the masters to taste at that time.

Bai Kou also made a lot of fun inside, talking about two or three meat dishes that take half an hour to cook.

Everyone has a consensus that you can’t win this kind of competition with vegetables, unless you can cook vegetarian dishes, then you have a chance of winning, but the apprentices from the chef’s workshop are very poor at cooking vegetarian dishes, and can only cook a few dishes Popular vegetarian dishes, more delicate and complex ones will not.

So the only option is meat dishes.

But with so many kinds of meat, it is up to everyone to think about what kind of dishes to win.

When the supper time was over, the apprentices who had packed up at this time would go back to sleep, but tonight they all stayed in the kitchen of the red case and prepared to stay up late for practice, and the quarrels that had subsided for a while were staged again in turn.

Bai Kou couldn't bear this kind of scene the most, she finished her work, slapped her ass and left, anyway, for her, she didn't practice her hands in the remaining few nights, and it wouldn't hinder her impromptu performance at that time.

But after a few steps out of the corner door, she suddenly heard footsteps catching up behind her, and before she turned around, someone patted her on the shoulder.

"Okay you, sneak away again."

Lu Doudou's suppressed voice wafted in Bai Kou's ear.

"Didn't you run out too?"

Bai Kou smiled slightly, took Lu Doudou's hand and walked towards the small courtyard where she slept.

"I can't beat them, and I really don't know what to practice." Lu Doudou's face was full of distress, "Bai Kou, is this order from the eldest lady a fulfillment for you?"

"Of course. Otherwise, the manager and the stewards will be given the opportunity to operate in the dark. Didn't you hear the last sentence of Pang's mother before she left? There is no reason for sickness, injury, abstention and withdrawal. All 24 people have to stand on the stage properly. Contest."

"What do you mean? Saying this makes people unable to do something secretly?"

"The meaning is very clear. Everyone buys it for tens of taels of silver. Even if it is thrown into the water, it will make a sound, but it is not up to others to say no."

"I still don't feel at ease. I always feel that there is still the possibility of people secretly doing tricks."

"Unless people are given poison, and people die from the poison again during the competition."

"You're kidding me, if this is the case, the manager and the steward must be in bad luck."

"Then it's over? Manager Wen has to take good care of our personal safety these few days. One less person on the field is equivalent to throwing dozens of taels of silver for nothing, and we have to deduct all the monthly rations and rewards of Manager Wen for a whole year." Light is enough to pay."

"Well, that's it, no wonder you're not worried at all."

"Instead of worrying about this, it's better to think about what to cook during the competition."

(End of this chapter)