Chapter 369 The Ladder of Progress
"You can even learn secretly!" Wan Yuyue came closer with a curious look on her face.
"Ahem!" Yun Yongyuan covered his lips with his hand and coughed twice. "Brother Nie, you're very insightful. Didn't we secretly learn how to cook from the restaurant chef? Have you learned it?"
"That's true..." Wan Yuyue laughed dryly and stared at Nie Xiuqi in curiosity.
Zhao Xiaojing thought that everyone was the same, and laughed to herself. She pretended to be calm and waited for Nie Xiuqi's next words.
"Braised pig's head with bean dregs is a Sichuan dish. I've secretly learned most of it, but there's still some things I haven't figured out, so I'm not going to do that anymore." Nie Xiuqi paused, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Oh! You haven't figured it out yourself, so you plan to teach it to your junior sister and let her figure it out!" Wan Yuyue nodded, and was immediately pinched by Zhao Xiaojing.
Nie Xiuqi lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Okay, I'm quite interested in this dish, but let me figure out Mrs. Song's fish soup first. It should be almost done, and it's very close to yours." Zhao Xiaojing said.
"Yeah." Nie Xiuqi nodded and said nothing more, automatically returning to a low-presence state.
The three of them spent the rest of the time cooking their own dishes. Zhao Xiaojing watched from the side for a while, pointed out the shortcomings, and then set the alarm for herself and sat in the front hall. She used the excuse of checking the accounts to enter the virtual space and practiced Song Sao's fish soup.
When the two dishes, the braised pork elbow and the magical duck, came out of the oven one after another, the three of them were surprised again.
"I thought this pork elbow was amazing last time, but I didn't expect it to improve so quickly!"
"And this stewed duck, how did it get so transformed?!"
"What's going on in your head? You eat the same thing every day, so why are you so smart?"
"After eating it carefully, I found that the sauce of this pork elbow is even better."
"No, why are you still caring about the elbow? This duck has improved so much! Didn't anyone force her to find out where she goes after get off work to learn from others?"
Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue exclaimed in surprise again. Although Nie Xiuqi stood still as a mountain, his constricted pupils betrayed his shock.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at the two of them helplessly. She tried to interrupt several times but failed. After a while, the two of them calmed down.
"Do you have any comments? I'm not proficient enough at the moment. If there's anything wrong, just tell me and I'll practice more." Zhao Xiaojing finally spoke.
"Yes, what did you grow up eating? Let me eat some too!" Wan Yuyue bowed to Zhao Xiaojing exaggeratedly.
"Do you have any specific method for reviewing your work every day when you get home? What specific aspects do you review?" Yun Yongyuan said seriously.
These two are acting like a double act! Zhao Xiaojing silently complained and looked at Nie Xiuqi, only to see that Nie Xiuqi was also staring at her, as if he was really waiting for Zhao Xiaojing to share some secret method.
Zhao Xiaojing: …
Forget it, I won’t ask anymore. At least the results of my practice during this period have been recognized.
It’s better to use the system to identify it yourself.
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"System, draw the lottery." After finally getting rid of the three people and returning home, Zhao Xiaojing lay powerlessly on the bed.
I can't count on my companions anymore, so I have to rely on the system. I haven't used the 2,000 coins I got from upgrading yet, but maybe I can draw a recipe or some step to advancement.
【Congratulations on winning the physical customized coupon x 1! 】
[Congratulations on receiving 1 Oil Fume Immunity Potion (This potion permanently immunizes you from the damage caused by kitchen fumes to your skin, respiratory tract, and hair)!]
[Congratulations on receiving an exclusive upgrade coupon (can be used to upgrade any system item by one level) x 1!]
Congratulations on receiving your custom router (just one to cover the entire store, with zero lag and no interruptions) x 1!
After deducting the five 520 system coins that were drawn repeatedly as usual rewards, there were four substantial rewards left. Zhao Xiaojing quickly opened her backpack to check.
I was still stockpiling the oil smoke immunity potion from last time for Su Yuchen. I didn’t expect to win another one this time, so I can use it myself.
The physical custom-made scroll was just right, and it could be used together with the last potion.
As for the router, it is easy to understand. Even though the store now uses two routers, there are too many people and the space is large, so the Internet speed still cannot keep up. This time the system helped solve the problem.
But the upgrade scroll...why is there only one upgrade scroll?
Every system item is useful, and upgrading any of them can save tens of thousands of experience points instantly, but it is a pity that when you upgrade any one of them, you cannot upgrade the other one.
Zhao Xiaojing was in a dilemma. After comparing system cars, system refrigerators, system microwave ovens, various system knives, virtual spaces, quality evaluation modules, recipe modules, and learning modules, she finally chose the most commonly used virtual space.
[The virtual space will be upgraded to a higher level. After the upgrade, the projectable area of the virtual space will increase to 120 square meters, the number of storable scenes will increase to eight, and the space flow rate will be enhanced to 1:120.]
Zhao Xiaojing was extremely excited.
1:1 2 0, which is equivalent to one minute in the outside world and two hours in the virtual space! If this isn't a stepping stone to progress, what is?
Zhao Xiaojing jumped up, quickly used her own share of the oil smoke-proof potion, and also took out Su Yuchen's share to use together with the physical customization volume.
Then he ran to the living room, quickly squeezed a glass of mango juice, put the medicine in it, knocked on Su Yuchen's door, stuffed the mango juice in her face with a puzzled look, and then urged Su Yuchen to drink it quickly with an even more confused expression. Then he rushed back to his bedroom, closed the door, and continued practicing.
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In the blink of an eye, it was April, and the auditions for "Fresh Chef Competition" began.
Zhao Xiaojing learned from the assistant director that the national auditions will be held uniformly and will all start on April 1st. However, the number of sessions and times will vary depending on the number of applicants in each province and city. Those with fewer applicants can finish the competition in one day, while those with more applicants will have six sessions a day, with one hundred people per session.
The Jiangcheng sub-competition area is worthy of being the province and city with the second largest number of applicants after Tuancheng. The audition time is scheduled for five days and thirty sessions.
Zhao Xiaojing was scheduled to compete in the second match on the morning of the next day, April 2nd.
The second game started at ten o'clock. At about nine o'clock, Zhao Xiaojing took the subway to the National Stadium in Jiangliu District.
Although the subway takes half an hour longer than driving, this kind of competition is so grand and is held in an open place like a stadium. Given the Jiangcheng people's love of joining in the fun, it is bound to be jam-packed and even parking spaces may not be available.
As expected, as soon as Zhao Xiaojing got off the subway station, she saw crowds of people inside and outside, as well as traffic jams everywhere due to full parking spaces and people arguing.
Zhao Xiaojing followed the flow of people and saw that the banners, billboards, landmarks and signboards for the Fresh Chef Competition were already set up very completely. She didn't need to ask, as she knew the venue of the competition at a glance.
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