A good wife and a good mother

Chapter 36
The next step is to cut the tender tofu into thin strands comparable to the thickness of a human hair. This is the arduous task of testing a chef's knife skills. It is very difficult to master the precise cutting force, strong endurance, and unparalleled mental concentration.

After He Xiu heard the beginning, he also stared at the soft tofu in his hand very solemnly, his whole body was tense, and he was careful with every stroke, and soon his face was covered with sweat.

This time, Mo Dai is cutting with her heart. She relaxes her body and empties her mind. She completely shuts out the hustle and bustle around her. At this moment, she is only cutting tofu.

One stroke, one knife, fast and precise, more neat than cutting radish and ginger just now, the audience saw the double image between the knife and the knife, and felt it was blowing like the wind. In the blink of an eye, Modai Then he stopped moving the knife, and stood quietly by the side, but the square piece of tender tofu did not change at all, until the cooks who knew how to do it gently put the tofu into clear water to break it up, and the audience saw it. Innumerable strands bloom instantly in the water, which is wonderful.

Looking at He Xiu again, it took a little longer than Modai's, and the tofu shredded in the water was not as thin and even as Modai's. It was obvious that Modai was better at the level of tofu.

There was a sigh of exclamation from the audience, followed by cheers of applause.

Some people in the crowd began to ask the name of the blindfolded girl on the stage, and waited with great anticipation for the start of the next level.

Although Mo Wuyun and Mo Wufeng who were standing at the back of the crowd couldn't clearly see the finished product of Modai's knife work, they could hear the cheers from the people around them, and then looked at the blindfolded, calm-looking man on the stage. Mo Dai, confusion flashed across her eyes, is that calm and calm woman on stage really Mo Daxi?
The second item is deboning, a competition of three ingredients, fish, chicken and duck.

The shredded meat just now had already amazed the crowd, but the subsequent boning made the crowd even more shocked and excited.

As if to calm the fish's emotions, Modai's ten fingers lightly touched the whole body of the fish, and in the next second, she saw the knife flying and spinning in her hand, the movement was so fast that people could not catch her rising and falling points, and within a moment, a The bone in the fish was completely removed from the fish body, and her technique was graceful and light, without any trace of blood.

Chicken bones and duck bones were also skilfully and beautifully removed in the process of painting like a painter and like an embroiderer. Finally, she stuffed the boneless chicken into the belly of a duck that had also been boneless , the movement was done in one go, leaving the crowd dumbfounded in shock.

He Xiu also finished the boning work, but when she looked at the audience, her face turned black and her heart turned cold. My father, I went to watch that blind man perform. What is the reason for my mother's hard work?
Before He Xiu finished slandering inwardly, the crowd burst into applause again.I don't know who learned of Mo Dai's name, so the word "Mo Daxi" was quickly spread by the crowd, and finally merged into one shout, the shocking strength made Mo Dai feel speechless.

People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. Is this a sign that she is going to be famous?
Xiao Xiao mixed in the crowd and yelled, turned her head and inadvertently saw two handsome young masters staring blankly at Mo Dai on the stage, she immediately replied proudly to those two young masters: "Our Daxi is really good! No? Very charming, right? However, I advise you not to be infatuated with her, because ah, she already has three husbands, and she always shows off her husbands on weekdays, which makes me want to beat her up Venting hatred! Also, the reason why she participated in this competition this time is to become the chef's assistant, to get more monthly money, and to spend more time with Xianggong... Tsk tsk, this Daxi, can I can't stop being so gentle, if I were a man, I would definitely marry her..."

While Xiao Xiao was chattering, he wiped his tears pretending to be moved, and then turned his head, er, where did those two young masters go?
The third item of carvings is still Mo Dai's focus of everyone's attention. Carrots are carved into roses, carrots are carved into roses, green radishes are carved into green leaves, and pumpkins are carved into flower baskets. The house is full", just based on this sentence, the shopkeeper who finally made the final decision had to let Modai win!
He Xiu lost, and she was so dissatisfied with the loss, but she had no choice but to give up her position obediently because of the people's will and the trend of the times.

The chef, He Wei, was very displeased, thinking that when Mo Dai became her servant, she would definitely "take care" of her.However, at this time, the shopkeeper made another decision. Modai's knife skills don't need to do the kitchen work, but only need to perform in the storytelling place on the second floor every day. Of course, the performance needs to be covered with a cloth towel. Eye.

Modai has no objection to this, because not only has her wages increased to five taels of silver per month, but she also only needs to perform for two periods a day, one hour in the first half of the day and one hour in the second half of the day, and then she can go home and rest.

Afterwards, Fang Ling once asked Mo Dai whether she thought that doing so would cause a sensation when she first covered her eyes with a cloth strip.How can she be so godly?The reason why she used cloth strips to cover her eyes at that time was just to make her eyes more comfortable. If she just closed her eyes, she would unconsciously want to open them, which would make the tears flow continuously. Care can relieve one or two.

On the same day, Mo Dai received the five taels of silver that the shopkeeper had paid her in advance, and with the consent of the shopkeeper, he packed some of the carrots and green radishes left over from the competition and took them home to fry and eat.

After recovering from the competition, Modai's eyes are not so burning now, but they still shed tears after opening them for a while, so it's not a serious problem.When she came home from work early, Fatty Bai looked at her quietly, and the jealousy in his eyes deepened.

Carrying a large bamboo basket borrowed from Fumantang, Mo Dai bought ten catties of rapeseed oil at the market, put it in a black porcelain jar, wrapped the seal with oil paper, and placed it at the bottom of the bamboo basket.She remembered that the salt at home seemed to be running out, so she bought another jar of fine salt and a jar of coarse salt. The fine salt was reserved for daily cooking, and the coarse salt was reserved for pickling pickles.After buying salt, I realized that there was no soy sauce, no vinegar, no star anise and other spices at home, but there were onions, ginger, garlic and chili peppers, so I bought another jar of soy sauce and vinegar, sealed the mouth with oil paper and put them in the bamboo basket , I also bought two taels of star anise pepper.

Afterwards, I bought ten catties of pork, two catties of sucrose, five catties of raw peanuts, rice noodles, etc. I just bought them last time, and I could still eat them for a few days, so I didn't buy them this time.Passing by a porcelain shop, Mo Dai bought three porcelain altars with relatively good sealing performance, thinking that they would be used when storing things in the future.

When I passed by the "Suiji Dessert" shop where I bought pastries last time, the proprietress smiled flatteringly, the corners of her mouth almost went behind her ears, but Mo Dai didn't buy it this time, it's better to make it yourself if it's so expensive .

As soon as Modai left, the proprietress immediately raised her face: "Virtue! Don't you know how to cut something? What's the big deal, I'm sorry!" The next second saw a customer coming forward, she immediately changed her face and smiled, "Guest officer , what do you want to buy? The pastries in our store are definitely sweet but not greasy, high in quality and cheap, so you want to eat after eating..." As she was speaking, she saw the customer glance at the pastry and then turned away. The proprietress immediately He stretched his face again, and muttered in a low voice, "Bah, why don't you buy and run around? Are you hungry?" At this time, a familiar figure passed by the proprietress, and the proprietress once again used the face-changing function, with a calm expression on her face. Smile, "Hey, little boss Bai, don't you want to buy pastries today?"

(End of this chapter)