She gracefully boarded a nearby boat.

It is worth mentioning that this ship actually belongs to Gu Xueting.

Although Shen Yizhi did give him a good task, he did not say that he had to ride on the same ship with those people.

Thinking of this, he felt a little aggrieved again.

Is Zhizhi so confident that he can travel with those women? Does she trust him enough, or does she not care about him enough?

If he were in Zhizhi's shoes, and if Zhizhi was traveling with a group of men, he would have been unable to sit still.

Following Yu Linglong, Le Haitang, Wen Daoming, Chu Bitao and others arrived one after another.

During this period, Gu Xueting did not allow the boat to sail.

Liu Jingran understood that these people were invited by Shen Yizhi, and Gu Xueting was obviously planning to take them all over.

However, some were allowed to board Gu Xueting's ship, while most of them boarded another one.

After everyone arrived, Gu Xueting pasted the small talisman sent by Shen Yizi on the boat.

In an instant, the two ships sailed out one after the other, riding the wind and waves, and their speed was so fast that they floated.

Some people are seasick already, and now that the speed is so high, they feel even more seasick.

However, Shen Yizi had already considered this situation. In addition to the talismans, he also sent Gu Xueting a batch of pills specifically for treating seasickness, motion sickness, and airship sickness!

Before sailing, Gu Xueting distributed the medicine to his subordinates and told them to give the medicine to anyone who was seasick.

Liu Jingran was not prone to seasickness originally, but this time, perhaps because the ship was traveling too fast, he also felt dizzy. However, after taking the pills, he immediately stopped feeling dizzy, felt refreshed, and was able to walk back and forth on the deck without any problem.

“This medicine is really effective.”

He originally wanted to buy some as spares, but Gu Xueting told him that they were not for sale.

In addition to the medicine, what amazed him was the food that Gu Xueting later had people treat them to.

Needless to say, these foods were also provided by Shen Yizi, and she made them herself, in order to win over the stomachs of these big guys before they arrived.

Her moves were apparently very effective. After having a meal on the boat and knowing that these were made by the owner of Manor Shen himself, everyone became more curious about Mingyue Villa.

Lijiazhuang.

Shen Yizhi welcomed his first customer, Mr. Bao Jixiang.

This great chef was very different from what she had imagined. He was not fat at all. On the contrary, he was very thin, but in very strong body.

Although he is over sixty years old, he is vigorous and energetic. Intelligence reports say that he has a good appetite and can eat two large bowls of rice in one meal.

This old man has been dealing with various cuisines almost all his life. He not only developed many new dishes, but also created his own school.

In the culinary world, he is a well-known figure.

Most people of his age would be at home enjoying the company of their grandchildren, but he cannot sit still. He still happily hangs around the vegetable market, vegetable garden and kitchen every day.

After tasting the dishes she asked Qianwu to deliver to his door, he followed Qianwu without saying a word.

For a person obsessed with cooking, nothing is more attractive than a new dish! Not to mention that the three dishes Qianwu brought were all things he had never seen or heard of before.

After arriving at Lijiazhuang, he was filled with amazement all the way.

After seeing Shen Yizhi, this feeling reached its peak! He never expected that the person who could make such a dish was actually a young girl!

And she looks so delicate.

With her arms and legs, can she lift a spoon?

Shen Yizi greeted him at the newly decorated Mingyue Restaurant. She originally wanted to take the old man to have a rest first. After all, he had traveled such a long distance and was so old, so it was inevitable that he would be tired from the journey.

But Bao Jixiang waved his hand and refused, "What's the point of taking a break? I'm not that fragile yet. Miss Shen, right? How about we compete in cooking?"

Shen Yizhi readily agreed, "Okay, how do you want to compete?"

"Let's not do anything fancy. Let's just make three simple dishes: a chicken soup, stir-fried pork with green peppers, and a bowl of egg fried rice. How about that?"

These three dishes are not complicated, they are even very simple, but as the saying goes, simplicity is the best, and it is not easy to do simple things well and to perfection.

Braised chicken soup is a test of the chef's skills in cooking over slow fire, stir-fried pork and green pepper is a test of high fire, and egg fried rice can show how good the chef is at cooking cold rice.

Therefore, if these three dishes are to be cooked well, it is quite a test of the chef’s skills.

Shen Yizhi nodded: "No problem." She knew that the old man proposed the competition with the intention of testing her.

Although the old man has come, it doesn't mean that he has accepted her and is willing to work under her.

There was a two-way choice between them. He would only stay if her cooking skills impressed him and made him feel that he could learn something from her.

This is exactly why she chose Mr. Bao.

His cooking skills have reached the pinnacle in the secular world, but he still perseveres in seeking innovation. This kind of person is what she needs.

The two of them immediately went into the restaurant's kitchen.

All kinds of kitchen utensils such as pots, pans, and bowls were already prepared, and there were even some new kitchen utensils that Shen Yizi had custom-made.

Bao Jixiang walked around the kitchen and nodded secretly.

He then opened the cabinets and rice jars and looked at the rice and flour stored inside, as if he was inspecting his own territory.

The flour is white, fine and free of impurities; the rice is plump and crystal clear. There are several rice jars alone, all of different varieties.

This made him feel a little more satisfied.

"Come on, take me to the vegetable garden."

Since it was uncertain when the kitchen would start cooking, only some durable ingredients were stored in it, with no vegetables or anything like that.

If you want to cook, you have to pick the vegetables from the vegetable fields.

Bao Jixiang likes to cook and pick fresh vegetables. In his opinion, the chef's skills only account for 40% of the taste of a dish, and the remaining 60% depends on the ingredients. The fresher, the better.

Arriving at the vegetable garden, one glance saw the whole garden was green, with fruits and vegetables everywhere. The unique fresh scent of vegetables filled his nose, and Bao Jixiang's eyes lit up.

That look was like a pervert seeing all the beauties in the garden...

Such a vegetable garden is exactly what he has always dreamed of! As a retired imperial chef from the palace, Bao Jixiang is naturally not a real man, and it is impossible for him to marry and have children. He did accept a few apprentices, but none of them lived with him.

So he lived alone in a small courtyard with two entrances.

It was more than enough for him to live alone, and he even transformed the nice garden into a vegetable garden according to his own preferences.

But the place is not big, the vegetable plot is scattered here and there, and the soil quality is not very good, which affects his performance (he will never admit that he is not good at growing vegetables).