Spring in the south of the Yangtze River is like the apricot blossom rain that wets your clothes, and like the willow breeze that blows on your face without making you feel cold.

For students of Lakeside University, spring also includes shepherd's purse wontons and snow vegetable and bamboo shoots green rice dumplings in the third cafeteria.

Furthermore, the third canteen had also added a limited-edition jelly pot, which they had seen on Ye Tian's WeChat account. It was a creation of the chef from the Jinhua Hotel. This meant they could enjoy the same dishes as at a top-tier restaurant at the canteen for only one-tenth the price.

Students naturally flocked to it, and some even lined up half an hour early every day. If they came late, they would definitely not be able to buy it.

Ye Tian's video account followers are still growing. When she posts cooking videos, she can post every step of her own dishes, but she will not film or post the parts involving the core techniques of her master and Chef Yu.

So when a netizen asked her about the recipe of jelly sauce in the comments, she explained that it was an exclusive secret recipe and she couldn't tell it.

The students don’t care about the secret recipe or not, they only care about whether it tastes good or not. The sizzling sound of the pot seems to penetrate the drizzle and humidity of the south of the Yangtze River. It is hot and fragrant. Even if two students share a portion, they feel so satisfied.

But there were also two people who quarreled because there was not enough food. They were Chen Chi and Xiao Tao. They were definitely foodies and they still weren’t full after buying two servings.

After Chen Chi finished his portion, he saw a piece of chicken neck in Xiao Tao's casserole. Thinking she didn't like it, he took it. Xiao Tao was immediately angry, thinking that Chen Chi had taken her meat, which was her most important thing as a foodie.

"I thought you didn't want to eat the neck, and I just picked up several pieces of eel for you. You can't even eat a piece of chicken neck." Chen Chi felt aggrieved.

Ye Tian heard their quarrel from behind the window and had to come out to mediate. "Alright, aren't you two embarrassed? I'll treat you to dinner this weekend. Just tell me what you want to eat in advance."

"yeah!"

"yeah!"

The young couple started high-fiving to celebrate as if they were not the ones who had just quarreled. Ye Tian was speechless. This was simply a trick on her.

"I don't know either of you!"

"No, Tiantian, you haven't invited us to your house for dinner for a long time, and it's too difficult to get a table in the cafeteria. As good friends, just satisfy us this time! Besides, Chen Chi's birthday is coming soon, so just consider it as celebrating for him in advance." Xiao Tao took Ye Tian's hand and started shaking it.

"Isn't his birthday in the second half of the year?"

"That's only a few months away!"

Ye Tian was so angry that she almost laughed at Xiao Tao, the greedy cat.

However, when the weekend came, Ye Tian still cooked a large table of dishes and called Chen Chi, Xiao Tao and her roommates to have dinner together.

Ye Tian specially made a salt-baked chicken. Although it was her first attempt, it was quite successful. She was also lazy this time and used a salt-baking powder recommended by Chef Yu.

Spread salt-baked powder evenly on the inside and outside of the washed and drained chicken, wrap it in a plastic bag, and put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to marinate, then you can start cooking.

Ye Tian used a cast iron pot this time. She put some vegetable oil at the bottom of the pot, spread a thick layer of scallion and ginger slices, put in the marinated chicken, sprayed it with cooking wine, covered it with a lid, and cooked it on medium heat for about half an hour, then simmered it for a while.

If you don’t have a cast iron pot, you can also make delicious salt-baked chicken in an electric rice cooker. The procedures are similar and even a kitchen novice can do it.

Ye Tian specially filmed a video of the production process, and also took the opportunity to make a small advertisement for the cast iron pot, which was a new promotion she had taken on.

Xiaotao was holding the golden salt-baked chicken leg and eating it happily. Chen Chi was full of doting when he saw Xiaotao eating the chicken leg. Others didn't understand the thoughts of a foodie.

Ye Tian looked helplessly at this silly girl who was out of her mind. What else could she do? If she wanted to eat chicken, she would just cook it for her!

…

Time flies, and it's time for another English Level 4 exam. This time, Ye Tian feels that she did OK, with a 70% chance of passing.

Then she finished her final exams and went to participate in the new variety show with peace of mind.

Li Yun helped her to take on this program. Li Yun has now become her agent. Ye Tian increased her share to 30%. Naturally, Li Yun handled Ye Tian's related matters more seriously.

This is a variety show that invites celebrities to open a restaurant. There are a total of 5 celebrities. Ye Tian is the chef and teacher, responsible for teaching them how to cook and also serves as the chef.

The show has a certain national popularity, and this is the third season, so the attention is also very high. Ye Tian is still a little pressured. After all, the first two episodes were so good, it would be unacceptable if she prepared a particularly bad dish.

Although the audience mainly wants to see the stars and not her, if she prepares a menu that is too ordinary, with dishes like scrambled eggs with tomatoes and cola chicken wings, the stars will learn to use mobile phones for convenience, but she will probably be scolded. If it is so simple, why hire him as a chef?

But she is thick-skinned now. There are still people scolding her under her video account, saying that she participates in shows everywhere just to make money and for traffic. This is also true. She must make money, so let them scold her!

Some people also scolded her that the dishes she cooked were not tasty and only looked good. She didn't want to explain this at all. If others couldn't cook it well, it was not her problem. It was impossible for her to teach them one by one!

Ye Tian feels that in this era of information and internet development, we're no longer the era of post stations and horseback mail delivery. However, this very speed and development has also given rise to many new problems, such as cyberbullying. Keyboard warriors are quick to criticize people for simply seeing a sentence, an image, or a video. Isn't that just too much time?

Anyway, she couldn't understand it, but she was not afraid. She just made adequate preparations and did her part.

It was a rare opportunity to meet someone familiar, Kong Shen, on this show. With him around, Ye Tian felt much more at ease. He has a good cooking background and is a gentle person, so it was much easier for them to record the show together.

The chefs invited for the previous two times were middle-aged male chefs. Ye Tian was afraid that she was too young to handle the situation. After all, in addition to Kong Shen, there was also a film queen and a TV king in the show, and the rest were also popular young actresses and actors, and Kong Shen was the least famous among them.

Later, Ye Tian came to her senses. Since she couldn't assign work to everyone, she decided to just do more work herself. It was only a week, and for the 100,000 yuan appearance fee, she was willing to be a little tired.

This time the trip is to cook Sichuan cuisine in Chengdu. Going to a local's place to cook dishes that they often eat, you can definitely tell whether the dish is good or not with just one bite, so Ye Tian has to use her real skills.

She took out the menu she had drawn up and showed it to the actress for reference, and then they discussed and finalized it. Ye Tian just listened to their discussion without saying anything.

"Five-color box, lotus-infused chicken slices, soft-fried rings, hundred-flower tofu... these dishes sound so high-end, I feel like I've never eaten them before." said Xiaohua Shi Yingying.

"Aren't we making pickled fish? And, Master Xiaoye, I've watched your competition and know that your signature dish is boiled cabbage. Should we add it to the menu?" The TV King, Brother Wang, also spoke.

"I've considered this dish, but it takes too long to make chicken soup, and someone has to watch the pot at night. If I want to make it, I can only sacrifice the taste a little and save time. I can start making the soup in the morning and serve this dish in the evening. It will definitely be too late at noon." Ye Tian explained seriously.

Brother Wang nodded: "It is indeed troublesome, let's think about it again!"

Perhaps everyone thought the boiled cabbage was unique, so they finally decided to add it as a signature dish. But everyone also agreed that the restaurant would be closed at noon and only open in the evening, so that there would be enough time for preparation and people would not be too busy.

At Ye Tian's suggestion, they gave up the boiled fish, pickled fish and Maoxuewang that they often ate, and agreed to the old-fashioned Sichuan dishes listed in Ye Tian's menu, which were also studied and imitated by Ye Tian in advance, and finally successfully tried to make with his master.

"Since we want to pass on the food culture through this program, we can't abandon tradition, so I chose dishes that are rarely cooked nowadays. Including the boiled cabbage I just added, they are all dishes in state banquets or Manchu Han banquets, and they are cooked with style." Ye Tian took the menu back.

Seeing no reaction, she suggested, "Maybe you can't see the food, so it's not very intuitive. Why don't I make a portion of these dishes today? We can eat them and then discuss them."

"That's great! I often watch your video account and I especially look forward to the dishes you cook!" The popular young actor Yuan Zixiao suddenly stood up excitedly.

Ye Tian didn't expect that the celebrity was actually her fan, so she must cook well today so as not to disappoint her little fan.