After breakfast, everyone packed up and, seeing that it was almost time, changed their clothes and went out to the yamen.

Because the second competition yesterday was postponed, the second competition today will be held in the morning and the final will be held in the afternoon.

No one has any objection to this, it doesn't matter when you compare.

For most people, it is better to finish the task today than to put it off for another day.

As soon as she walked out of the house, Lin Yumei came up to Sister Ye and whispered, "Sister-in-law, you really have to say, your mother-in-law is really amazing."

"Why did you say that out of the blue?" Mrs. Ye was puzzled.

"Have you noticed that ever since your mother-in-law came to persuade my mother-in-law, my mother-in-law has been much nicer to me these past two days. She even offered to feed Ping'er in the morning.

"I'm telling you, this is a first.

"Before, whenever I was at home, she would not care about Ping'er at all, leaving everything to me, her mother, to worry about!"

"If this can help your mother-in-law change her ways, I'll be so lucky!"

"Well, as long as you stop sticking to my sister-in-law, I don't care about anything else." Lin Yumei said this, but there was still a smile on her face.

Any daughter-in-law who wants to live a good life does not want to get angry and quarrel with her mother-in-law every day.

Who doesn’t want to live in harmony?

After the group arrived at the yamen, they found that the gate was heavily guarded today, and the chief constable personally led people to guard the gate.

The chefs, relatives, friends and onlookers who participated in the competition were divided into three teams and had to be led by someone before they could enter.

So before the cooking competition even started, the atmosphere was already tense.

Those who participated in the competition were the first group to be brought in.

Qingtian could only sit in Boss Ye's arms and waved pitifully to Sister Ye.

Boss Ye said speechlessly: "Your mother just went in first, we will be able to go in soon."

Qingtian said, "But the people who bullied Mom and Miss Zhou yesterday also went in together. What if they bully Mom before we go in?"

She felt that what she said was true, so she did not deliberately lower her voice, and everyone around her heard her words clearly.

Lu Jinyu and Zhang Chuanlu, the two people who had a conflict with Mrs. Ye yesterday, became the focus of everyone's attention.

Upon hearing this, the head constable came forward and said, "Don't worry, Qingtian. The county magistrate has specially ordered more officers to be deployed today. After you enter the venue, officers will follow you wherever you go. There will absolutely be no bullying or anyone being bullied."

"Really?" Qingtian looked at Hu Yuanren and said in a baby voice, "Then you must ask them to protect my mother and not let her be bullied again!"

"Okay, don't worry!" Hu Yuanren agreed while holding back his smile.

Qingtian was so adorable that many chefs, family members and people waiting to go in and watch the competition couldn't help but smile when they heard her talking to the captain in such a baby voice.

But among so many people, only Lu Jinyu and Zhang Chuanlu couldn't laugh.

They didn't do anything yesterday, so how come it was confirmed as if they had bullied Miss You?

However, seeing so many officers around them, the two men were too timid to speak casually. They could only hang their heads and follow the officers into the county government office.

This time the competition venue was moved from the previous county government hall to the backyard.

Ten stoves were stacked in two rows, with two servants standing next to each stove.

For those who come to participate in the competition in good faith, this does increase their sense of security.

But for those who have something to hide, they become more nervous and their palms sweat.

Soon, the chef's relatives and friends and the people who came to watch the competition were brought in one after another.

Today, the hemp ropes blocking people around the venue have been replaced by barricades, and there is a row of serious-looking officers.

Everyone knows that this is a cooking competition. If someone accidentally walks in without knowing it, they will probably be scared and might even think that something big has happened in the capital!

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Elder Cen walked up to the front stage and said, "Today is the second round of the cooking competition. After discussion among the judges, we've decided to continue with the dishes drawn by lot yesterday. I think everyone still remembers their dishes, right?"

Zhang Chuanlu was standing in front of his seat, and his heart tightened when he heard this.

Why not re-draw the lots?

The dish he drew to make yesterday was pagoda meat, a dish that requires great knife skills.

Zhang Chuanlu hasn't cut vegetables himself for some years, and he always uses kitchen helpers or apprentices.

What happened yesterday actually saved his life.

He thought that such a big thing had happened, and the lot drawn by Madam You had been tampered with, so they would definitely draw the lots again today.

So he didn't take the pagoda meat incident seriously at all, and even went out for a drink with Xu Lei that night...

Zhang Chuanlu thought frantically for a long time, sweating in anxiety, and quietly wiped his palms on his clothes.

His mind was in a mess and he turned a deaf ear to everyone's dishes being read out on the stage.

When he heard the words "youniangzi and roast suckling pig", he suddenly had an idea.

Could it be that Mr. Cen went to see Madam You yesterday to teach her how to make roast suckling pig?

Zhang Chuanlu looked up at You Niangzi, who was arranged to be far away from him, and felt more and more aggrieved.

Why is he so lucky that he can cling to Mr. Cen's thigh right from the start, while I have to work so hard to fight for a spot.

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