Chapter 37 A Table of Traditional Cuisine
Li Zhi and Chu Xing spat out the meat in their mouths and hurried to drink the soup.
It turned out that the soup also had a strange smell. The combination of the two strange smells made them unbearable, and they quickly spat out the soup in their mouths.
These dishes have a dark cuisine skill of 25, and are 25% more unpalatable than normal food.
Li Zhi and Chu Xing had always had high expectations for food, but they were surprised that both dishes were so bad.
Seeing them all spit it out, Chen Xiaoqing asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What's wrong? Is it too hot? Sorry, sorry, is there something wrong? Have some cold water?"
Li Zhi and Chu Xing drank some water and looked at her with complicated expressions.
They rinsed their mouths with cold water and finally cleared the strange taste in their mouths. Before they could remind themselves, they saw Chu Cheng and Chen Yi following closely behind and swallowing the food.
The two of them were stunned on the spot, in front of the live camera, not knowing whether they should swallow the food or spit it out.
Chen Xiaoqing asked, "What's going on? Can you guys please stop being silent and give us some comments?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Cheng and Chen Yi spat out the contents of their mouths.
Chu Xing put down his chopsticks and asked Chen Xiaoqing, "What did you put in the dish? It tastes weird."
Li Zhi seemed a little angry, and the sound of him putting down his chopsticks was very loud. "Xiao Qing, the first time I ate your food, I was amazed. I could even taste your rich emotions. But today, I am very disappointed in you. This dish is not only unpalatable, it is even difficult to eat. I'm afraid that anyone who can cook on the street can make a dish that is 25% better than your current one.
Over the past few years, I've watched you develop and I'm happy for you. But your cooking skills haven't improved in all these years, and you've even failed miserably under these circumstances. Chen Xiaoqing, I'm very disappointed in you. This isn't the level of a chef! It's also not the level of a food blogger!"
Chu Xing wiped his mouth, his brows full of disgust: "It tastes terrible."
His agent was right. Food bloggers are all liars. They are not professional chefs and it is impossible for them to cook delicious food.
Faced with the criticism from the two, Chen Xiaoqing herself was confused.
He turned to look at Chen Yi and Chu Cheng, expecting them to give a different answer.
Chu Cheng spit the mouthwash into the bowl and whispered, "Miss Chen, your cooking might be able to compete with mine."
Chen Yi said, "Are you not feeling well? If you are not feeling well, I will cook this afternoon."
No wonder all the guests who came to eat today left with disappointment on their faces.
While cleaning the door, he heard guests commenting: "This is all Chinese cuisine is? It must be hyped up!"
Chen Yi originally thought that it was just a difference in taste between domestic and foreign countries, but now after eating Chen Xiaoqing's food, he felt that it was really unpalatable.
If she continues to perform at her current level, she will definitely not reach the target today, and she will most likely be voted out by the audience. After all, these audiences are unlikely to vote for King Chu.
Chen Xiaoqing took a bite of the dish in disbelief. The braised pork had a sour taste, as if soy sauce was mistaken for vinegar, and it was also very salty, as if salt was mistaken for salt.
When I drank the soup again, it actually tasted like sewage.
Chen Xiaoqing returned to the kitchen, rummaged through the condiments, and after confirming that there was no problem, she finally admitted a fact.
She is truly endowed with the power of dark cuisine!
Because she lied!
Due to the loss of Golden Finger 001, she was forced to increase the dark cuisine value without receiving any prompts at all.
So she prepared this dark dish without knowing it.
The live broadcast barrage was stunned by this reversal, and then said:
"??? So what exactly is going on? Chen Xiaoqing actually made a shady dish? This is a bit scary! Is this a serious incident involving the chef on the show?"
"1. The most serious accident since the third season of Our Delicious Life started!"
"Hey, Chen Xiaoqing, how could you make such a terrible dish? When I was watching the live broadcast this morning, I was wondering why most of the customers who came to eat her food left before finishing it, mumbling that it was not tasty. I thought they just couldn't get used to the spicy Sichuan flavor of the noodles, but I didn't expect it to be so unpalatable."
"Congratulations to Chen Xiaoqing for receiving negative reviews from the program team."
"I feel like there's a huge gap between the two chefs this season. One is a top-notch cook with a line that stretches all the way to the end of the street. The other is a mediocre cook with only a few people in the lobby."
"I'm going, I just went shopping
I found that many netizens on the island were complaining about the Blue House, "Our Delicious Restaurant"! Those netizens said that the Chinese food in the Blue House was terrible and they were very disappointed with Chinese food!
"Ahhh, I saw that too! The reason they didn't get angry and say the food was bad was because they saw the restaurant was being filmed and there was a production crew, and they were too embarrassed to say it for the sake of King Chu."
"Chinese cuisine suffers a disastrous defeat! Chu Tianwang's endorsement fails!"
"I feel so sorry for Chinese cuisine, I feel so sorry for King Chu, and I feel so sorry for our Delicious Restaurant production team!"
"Emm..."
After she walked out of the kitchen in a daze, Li Zhi asked her, "Xiao Qing, what's wrong with you? I saw the news that the police have issued an arrest notice for your mother. Is this what's happened and made you feel bad? Is that why you made all these weird dishes? If you're not feeling well, please coordinate with the production team to take a break."
Chen Xiaoqing: "No,"
Remembering that she couldn't tell lies, she paused before saying:
"I didn't know about this incident with my mother. I'm so sorry that you all had to eat my awful cooking. Tonight, I'll make everyone a delicious dinner!"
Li Zhi thought of her experience on the show and nodded in sympathy, saying, "Okay, I'll give you a chance. I'll keep your negative vote. If you can make us a satisfying dinner tonight, I can offset the negative vote. If not, and you're still cooking such a shady dish, then I think you really need a break. I'll vote you out."
Even so, the comments on the barrage were still very strong:
"What? You won't even give me a [Suggest Exit] for that? That's toxic! Li Zhi, you old bastard, you actually won't give me an Exit? You must be having an affair with her!"
"Are netizens this generation too harsh? Haven't you seen the police in Yangqu, the capital? Her mother was arrested, and she was arrested for murder. This is a huge blow to her! She couldn't face Chen Weiwei on the show, and she couldn't see her mother for the last time. Isn't she miserable? Because she was in a bad mood, she didn't cook. Is this hard to understand?"
"If the skills are bad, then the skills are bad. It's not like he's dead, why would he want to cook food from the underworld? This not only ruins the reputation of the program's restaurant, but also the reputation of Chinese cuisine. Foreign fans will definitely have a bad impression of King Chu! He actually recommended such terrible food to them!"
"Apart from anything else, I think Li Zhi is clearly biased towards Chen Xiaoqing. It's disgusting. Chen Xiaoqing is such a loser! What's wrong with the production team? The daughter of a murderer is even worthy of being on the show?"
"You bastard."
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Since he had completed the day's business goals this morning, Xue Qi planned to wait for the two teenagers to come back after they were familiar with the route, and then call it a day and go back early to cook dinner.
After dinner, Xue Qi asked Sun Fugui, "Mr. Sun, now that you're done, please start giving us your feedback! Be careful with your vote. You ate so cleanly, don't give us a [recommendation to be eliminated] vote."
Sun Fugui took a sip of water and sneered, "Who do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who would make things difficult for others?"
After putting down his water cup, he commented seriously, "The dishes I ordered for lunch today are not difficult for you. We'll just eat casually at noon, and I don't plan to give you a vote at noon. My test is the dishes for dinner."
The three golden flowers were so frightened that they sat up straight and stared at Sun Fugui intently:
——He’s coming, he’s coming! Sun Buxing finally arrived with his challenges!
Sun Fugui said: "We guests also come with a mission, and since I invested in this program, I naturally hope that it can be well done and meaningful. This program is called "Our Delicious Restaurant" and is mostly recorded abroad. The theme of each episode is also Chinese food. I hope that through this program, celebrities will promote Chinese cuisine."
He talked a lot of nonsense, and the three golden flowers all felt that he was laying the groundwork for the difficulties that would come later.
Chen Weiwei and Tian Xincuicui subconsciously held the hands of Xue Qi, who was sitting in the middle.
The three girls held hands tightly under the table and looked extremely nervous.
Sun Fugui smiled and said, "The topics for our guests are actually unified by the program team. We'll give you two keywords, and the rest is up to you."
Xue Qi was puzzled: "What keywords?"
Sun Fugui: "Chinese Cuisine and Ancient Cooking Methods."
Tian Xin blinked her eyes and asked, "Is that all? Nothing else? Just two keywords and no menu. How can we, Sister 77, perform?"
Sun Fugui: "A qualified chef naturally knows how to make good use of these two words. Do you think being on a show is easy? These days, money is hard to come by and shit is hard to eat. Even on variety shows, money isn't easy to make. You have to show some real skills!"
Netizens in the barrage also said:
"Holy crap! Isn't this the same question as in the Blue Building next door? Will Xue Qi fail?"
"Chen Xiaoqing next door used traditional Chinese cooking methods, but ended up cooking so badly that her mother wouldn't recognize her. That's pretty amazing."
"Xue Qi shouldn't flip over, right? After all, she's so steady."
…
Just when netizens were saying that Xue Qi would not fail, Sun Fugui made a sudden decision to increase the difficulty for the three golden flowers.
Xue Qi was the only one cooking in this group, so all the pressure was concentrated on Xue Qi alone.
As a weak woman, if she suffered a setback on the show, she would definitely want to find a strong support.
At that time, as long as he gave the woman a little comfort, Xue Qi's dependence on him would soar.
He said, "Then I'll diversify the ingredients: shrimp, fish, and crab. I won't be eating ocean fish today, only freshwater fish and shrimp. These three ingredients must be cooked using traditional Chinese methods and have therapeutic benefits."
Chen Weiwei touched the tip of her nose, rolled her eyes at Sun Fugui, and grumbled softly, "Are you sure you're not trying to be difficult on purpose? Are you trying to take revenge on someone you don't know?"
Sun Fugui sighed, "Weiwei, why do I feel like you're targeting me today?"
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Chen Weiwei was targeting him and siding with Xue Qi.
Is this some new trick of Chen Weiwei?
Advanced hard-to-get tactics?
Chen Weiwei scoffed. "I wouldn't dare. After all, you hold the ticket, and you have the final say on whether it's delicious or not. If you don't like us three golden flowers, you'd go against your conscience and say it's not delicious even if it's delicious. That's very likely, right?"
Sun Fugui was puzzled: "Weiwei, which eye of yours saw that I dislike you? We are good friends, and I feel sorry for you so much, how could you speculate my intentions so much? Weiwei, I'm hurt. Next time, I won't invite you to play all night."
Xue Qi immediately sat up straight as if facing a great enemy.
Sun Fugui noticed Xue Qi's reaction and thought that this trick was very effective in stimulating Xue Qi.
He pretends to be ambiguous with Chen Weiwei, and Xue Qi's sense of crisis will definitely increase, and he will start a battle with Chen Weiwei for her!
Chen Weiwei felt numb all over.
From the perspective of Sun Fugui's "difficulty", she thought that this man must have known that she said he was not good enough on the show, and he was pretending not to know.
Haha. Dog man.
Thinking of this possibility, Chen Weiwei was too lazy to be nice to him anymore and glanced at him: "Don't try to get close to me. Do we know each other well? Haha."
Sun Fugui: "Are you angry?"
Chen Weiwei stood up and said to Xue Qi, "I'll go wash the dishes."
Looking at Chen Weiwei's departing back, Sun Fugui was sure that Chen Weiwei was also angry and was having a tantrum with him!
Isn't it obvious why she's in a bad mood?
Obviously hoping to coax her himself!
He knew women's hearts too well. They always wanted to test men by getting angry.
If you coax her, it means you care about her and love her.
If you don't coax her, it means you don't care about her and don't love her.
However, he would not try to coax her. After all, Xue Qi was the only one in his heart now, and he just wanted to pursue Xue Qi.
Barrage comments:
"Holy crap, isn't this a tough question? It requires both traditional cooking methods and dietary therapy? As far as I know, dishes with dietary therapy properties are rarely tasty, right? Wow, wow, the three golden flowers are so miserable! The three golden flowers are so adorable, I don't want any of them to leave!"
"So, does Fuguier know that it's not okay for the Three Kingdoms Golden Flower to name him Sun?"
"That's not important, sisters. Did you see that? Fuguier flirted with Chen Weiwei in public before the live broadcast. What was he doing? He was announcing to the world that he's awesome!"
"Fugui'er, stop struggling. Now netizens all over the country know that your name is Sun, so it's no longer possible."
"Fugui is still very good at disguising himself today, very greasy."
"1. It's too greasy, hahaha. I think the production team doesn't need to buy oil. Let the greasy Sun Fugui squeeze out his own oil and he'll definitely make a delicious dish."
"Hahahahaha, god, this is the first time in my life that I think a greasy guy is cute! Note: Poor guy, no one loves him!"
"Hahahaha cute! (poor no one loves it for short)"
"Fuck, you guys are taking this too far! How can you mock Sun Bubu in the comments?"
"Sun Buxing, the source of my joy today! Sun Buxing, you're such a coward! You actually gave the Three Golden Flowers such a difficult question! In comparison, Chen Xiaoqing's question next door is much easier. Fugui, are you a bamboo shoot spirit? You really are a bamboo shoot!"
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The scorching sun outside is burning the earth, unlike the cool air conditioning in the hotel.
Sun Shaoqi and Chu Xing rode their electric bikes and finally toured the residential area within a five-kilometer radius.
Five kilometers away from the restaurant, there are many detached self-built villas, which make netizens envious.
Sun Shaoqi was so hot that he parked his electric scooter in front of a store and bought two frozen coconuts.
The boss split the frozen coconut for them, inserted a straw, and handed it to them.
The young men sat under the shade of the trees, sipping on iced coconut milk. The coconut milk inside was cool and relieved the heat, which immediately reduced a lot of their dryness.
At this time, Chu Xing's stomach rumbled like thunder.
Sun Shaoqi asked him, "What's wrong with you? You're getting hungry so quickly. Did you not eat enough at noon?"
Chu Xing nodded: "Well, I didn't eat."
Sun Shaoqi was puzzled. "What's the matter with not eating? Didn't you go to your dad's house for dinner? Didn't that Chen Xiaoqing not make your share? How can this be? People are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you will be hungry. Let's go back to the restaurant. I'll ask Qi Ma to cook for you! Her cooking is delicious! I guarantee you will fall in love with it after you eat it!"
Chu Xing refused, frowning slightly: "No. Even if I starve to death, I won't eat that woman's food."
Sun Shaoqi was puzzled: "You seem to have something against Seventh Mother? Young man, your idea is very dangerous, I tell you! Our Seventh Mother is beautiful and kind, but -"
Sun Shaoqi paused in the middle of his speech and did not continue.
You can’t praise 7’s mom in front of such an outstanding teenager, especially when this teenager has an awesome dad!
It would be disastrous if this boy tried to snatch his mother from him.
Sun Shaoqi stopped interfering: "Okay, eat it if you want. I can't stop you if you don't want to eat it."
He threw the empty coconut back into the trash can and rode his electric donkey back to the restaurant.
He and Chu Xing parked their electric scooters outside the restaurant. They saw several diners coming out of the Blue Building and heard them muttering in English:
"I came here for Chu Cheng from China, but I didn't expect the restaurant he endorses to be so terrible! I almost vomited! How about giving King Chu some face and asking for a refund right now, okay?"
"Calm down, calm down. Think about how many pirated discs of Chu Tianwang you have listened to. Just think of it as buying a disc. Don't be impatient."
"You're right. Okay, let's go home quickly and tell everyone around us not to come here again. I heard the Red House next door is delicious. There's a long line every day. They even say there's a female celebrity there, someone named Chen Weiwei. I've never heard of her, but we can try it tomorrow."
"Okay, let's try it tomorrow. The Red House must be doing so much business that it closed after only doing business in the morning."
"Maybe he really has the ability, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people lining up!"
"We'll get up early tomorrow to line up too!"
Sun Shaoqi heard the two people's discussion, and when they walked away, he couldn't help but be complacent: "Look at my mother's move, it's extraordinary!"
Chu Xing scoffed at this. "It's just a better marketing tactic. It's called hunger marketing, a tactic that a certain domestic Xiaomi company has used to death. The product may not be that good, but they have a knack for using empty promises and hunger marketing."
Sun Shaoqi looked at him speechlessly: "Young man, do you have any objections to my mother? I tell you, you are not allowed to anger my mother, otherwise I will not forgive you!"
In the barrage, fans of Sun Shaoqi and Xue Qi started fighting with fans of Chu Xing:
"Xue 77, is your mother furious today? Wake up, kid, don't feel wronged! The food Xue 77 cooks is just awful! It's so awful it's even worse than your head!"
"This Sun Shaoqi is so disgusting! Can't you just focus on getting more traffic for yourself? Why do you have to praise an old woman's stinky feet? Are you afraid that the whole world doesn't know that you two are from the same company?"
"Can Chu Xing's fans be more reasonable? You're reporting Xue 77 and posting negative comments on her Weibo. Can you please do something more reasonable?"
"You're crazy! His agency has explained it many times. They're not from the same company. It's purely a fan-idol relationship! That's all!"
"Stop arguing, stop arguing. If you want to argue, go to Weibo. Don't disturb everyone watching the live broadcast here."
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After the two teenagers returned to the Red Mansion, Xue Qi took his people home from get off work early and returned to the B&B.
Sun Shaoqi was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a book, while Chu Xing was sitting beside him playing games.
The two teenagers each did their own thing and did not interfere with each other.
Around five o'clock, Xue Qi started to cook dinner.
The kitchen is open, and the living room and kitchen are separated by a bar.
Xue Qi was washing vegetables in the kitchen. When she looked up, she saw small golden words appearing on Chu Xing's head again:
[Chu Xing, because he allowed his fans to cyberbully others, his darkening progress increased by 10 again.]
Xue Qi: “…”
If he continues to degenerate, will he really do something harmful to society?
Thinking of this, Xue Qi quickened his cooking speed.
According to Sun Fugui's standards, she planned to prepare the dishes using ancient methods.
She planned to make: crab sashimi, fish soup, shrimp soup, and a few dishes related to "ancient cuisine" as side dishes.
The crab recipe uses an ancient primitive cooking method.
Chop the raw crab into small pieces and simmer it in sesame oil until cooked through. After cooling naturally, add crushed Sichuan peppercorns, young ginger, tsaoko, fennel, and amomum villosum. Although this dish is cooked in the traditional way, it is made strictly according to the ancient methods. There are ten kinds of seasonings in total. Mix well and it is ready to eat.
The main purpose of eating crab meat is its freshness. These flavors can be used to season it while ensuring the original freshness of the crab meat.
Eating raw crabs and shrimps has existed in ancient China. "Sashimi" did not become popular in Japan, but was passed down from ancient China.
The second dish is fish soup, but it is cooked using the traditional method.
The fish is cleaned to remove any fat and blood, then soaked red beans are added for cooking. To remove the white part, she also adds two grams of dried tangerine peel, Sichuan peppercorns, and tsaoko.
In order to make this fish soup more delicious, Xue Qi spent a lot of effort on knife skills, heat control and seasoning.
Not only ingredients like cardamom and red beans, but even seasonings like salt, she got the exact quantity.
Strict control of taste!
The cooking method of the third dish is called "catching the clear juice method" in ancient books.
Xue Qi mashed the raw shrimp with the special sauce she had just developed, then added it to the boiling water. Soon, oil foam surfaced in the soup, which she skimmed off.
Add the shrimp juice in four batches until there is no oil foam, then it can be removed from the pan.
The cooking method of catching the clear juice is actually to make soup, using shrimp juice to make the broth. The cooked broth is particularly delicious and nutritious, not greasy, and does not have the problem of high fat and high calories. It is a real health-preserving broth. Long-term drinking can supplement protein and enhance immunity.
In addition, Xue Qi also made peach rice, ice pot delicacies, bean porridge, and vegetarian steamed duck.
A table full of dishes was quickly prepared and served.
Around seven o'clock, Xue Qi invited everyone to dinner.
Sun Shaoqi ran the fastest, immediately put down his book, and shouted upstairs: "Dad! Eat! If you don't eat now, there will be no more!"
Sun Fugui went downstairs quickly and was stunned for a few seconds when he saw the table full of dishes.
In order to avoid introducing each dish one by one, Xue Qi specially wrote labels for each dish with syrup on the blank space of the plate.
The syrup is formed after drying, and the characters are embossed normally.
Each of her dishes was beautifully presented, not only stunning Sun Fugui, but also Chu Xing, who couldn't take his eyes off them.
Chu Xing unconsciously put the phone back in his pocket, and couldn't wait to try it.
On the one hand, he was really hungry.
On the other hand, the dishes cooked by Xue Qi are so delicious!
In order to save face, he consoled himself that it was not because Xue Qi’s cooking was delicious, but because he was really hungry!
Sun Fugui didn't pick up his chopsticks in a hurry, but looked skeptical: "Do these really have any therapeutic effects?"
Xue Qi explained carefully, "This fish soup has health-promoting and therapeutic benefits. Red beans are very effective in treating edema, and symptoms like thirst are also very obvious, and this is recorded in many ancient medical books! Furthermore, this fish soup has a regulating effect on dampness-related pathological diseases such as jaundice and athlete's foot. I added Amomum villosum to the crab meat, which has stomach-strengthening, dampness-removing, and anti-vomiting benefits, all of which have therapeutic effects."
Sun Fugui looked skeptical. "This fish soup can actually cure athlete's foot and jaundice? Are you kidding me?"
Xue Qi: "I don't blame you for being uneducated. Jaundice and athlete's foot are both caused by pathological dampness, and internal dampness is caused by poor spleen and stomach function. Red beans are known to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. Cooking with fish and drinking them regularly will nourish your yin and promote the flow of body fluids, restoring your spleen and stomach to a healthy state, and your athlete's foot will naturally improve. Of course, this is a traditional dietary therapy method. For specific symptoms, it is recommended to see a doctor. Combining Chinese dietary therapy with Western medicine is more effective."
Sun Fugui was stunned when he heard this.
He felt that Xue Qi was more and more charming. He felt that Xue Qi was about 1.8 meters tall at this moment, very tall, and his whole body was shining.
Xue Qi just took a sip of soup and when he was about to pick up the dish in front of him, he found that it was empty.
She looked up at the person who had snatched the last piece of food with chopsticks, and saw that a certain rebellious teenager had already finished the whole bowl of rice!
Xue Qi was talking to Sun Fugui just now and didn't notice at all that Chu Xing went from being afraid to eat and drink big mouthfuls at first to wolfing down the food in less than ten seconds!
Soon, Xue Qi saw a line of small golden words appear above the boy's head:
[Chu Xing awakens because of the happy food, Gold Finger 002 and the marked person Yan Zhang are about to be punished! ]
Xue Qi: “…………”
Good job.
It turned out that Yan Zhang, who had disappeared for a long time, was doing something in secret!
Yan Zhang had transferred to another school a long time ago, and Xue Qi thought he would never see this name again, but he didn't expect to see it again today.
This is the male protagonist with the strongest presence Xue Qi has ever seen. The level of his secretive behavior is very sinister and dirty.
Can't Goldfinger 002 just focus on his career? Why does he have to follow Goldfinger 001's example and commit suicide?
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