Chapter 390: Expectations Not Disappointed
"...I'll ask Dazhuang when I'm free at night!" Zhao Xiaojing suddenly had an idea.
"Da Zhuang? Why are you asking him?" Yun Yongyuan asked puzzledly.
"He's a judge, a technical judge at that. When I was watching the live broadcast, one of his fans almost got into a fight with someone because of him."
"Ask now! I'll do it for you!" Wan Yuyue, a frontline crowd eater, volunteered. "Even Senior Brother Yun can do it if I don't know how!"
"He hasn't finished his work yet. I'm afraid the fourth game has just finished."
"Okay! That's so slow!"
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The entire evening was spent in a state of intense curiosity, with Wan Yuyue scratching her head and Zhao Xiaojing initially mocking her, but then also aroused by her intense desire for gossip. At nine o'clock, as soon as the kitchen was idle, Zhao Xiaojing made a phone call at Wan Yuyue's urging.
"Chef Zhao, I'm going to call you at 10 o'clock when the store is not busy! Are you also assigned to the second competition area today?" As soon as the call was connected, before Zhao Xiaojing could say anything, Dazhuang asked excitedly.
"Yes, how did you know? Then guess what I did?"
"Sugar water, the one with green mountains, green water, red sun and white clouds, right?"
"Haha, did you see the number?" Zhao Xiaojing was surprised for a moment and then immediately reacted.
The final ranking list of those who advanced had their names and numbers written on it, so it wasn't surprising that the numbers matched.
"Yes, I saw it, but I guessed it before that. Otherwise, why would I keep eating without saying anything? I was afraid that they would finish their meal and there would be no share for me." Da Zhuang chuckled.
This time Zhao Xiaojing was really surprised.
Although Da Zhuang had been told her competition time before, the competition zones had not been divided at that time. Even if it was confirmed that she was in Zone 2, being able to determine who did it by taking one bite out of 38 people is also a special ability, right?
"Remember that long review I wrote about Lao Guo? Li Zi and I went to Yangcheng specifically to look for your milk shaved ice?" Da Zhuang seemed to know what Zhao Xiaojing was thinking. He smiled and began to explain. "Although we didn't get to try it then, Lao Guo took us to other restaurants in Yangcheng. We found that our tastes were very similar, so we trusted his taste very much. Later, we had a bowl of your pork trotter rice in Jiangcheng, and unknowingly, our anticipation for that bowl of shaved ice was even higher. But since you run a restaurant, we kept thinking about it, but we were too embarrassed to say it."
"Really? I didn't know you wanted to eat it so much." Zhao Xiaojing also laughed out loud.
"It's the kind of thing that the less you eat it, the tastier it tastes in your imagination. Later, I even thought my expectations were too high, so high that I thought I'd be disappointed if I actually ate it. But today, with just one bite, the feeling of the milk shaved ice described by Lao Guo immediately appeared in my mind."
"Thank you for such high praise." Zhao Xiaojing was inexplicably touched.
"We should thank you for always exceeding our expectations and never disappointing us. Even with the tight schedule today, you still did your best."
"Well, our shop is closed this Tuesday. If you have time, ask Lao Guo and Li Zi to come over. I'll make you a bowl of this. My senior sister is also pestering me for it."
"Really?!" Da Zhuang was immediately excited. "There's time! Of course there's time. It's settled!"
"Okay, see you on Tuesday then."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Xiaojing had a happy smile on her face. She turned around and saw Wan Yuyue standing behind her with her eyes wide open.
"You scared me! What are you doing here?"
"Have you found out? What good things did those people do?" Wan Yuyue asked, shaking Zhao Xiaojing's arm.
"Uh...that...I forgot to ask..."
"I forgot to ask!" Wan Yuyue's eyes widened in disbelief. "Then what have you been talking about for so long? You can't be talking about poetry, songs, and life ideals!"
"Let's talk. The shop is closed on Tuesday. I'll make you some sweet soup!" Zhao Xiaojing smiled and glanced at Wan Yuyue. "But since you only want to hear gossip, I won't make your share then."
"Junior sister~ How come your brain is so smart? It's a treasure trove of wisdom! You can come up with great ideas just by thinking! Are you going to make this bowl of noodles for the competition on Tuesday? Do you need my help? There is a high-end fruit store next to where I live. I can buy you whatever you want." Wan Yuyue instantly became flattering. Zhao Xiaojing rubbed the goose bumps on her arm and smiled without saying a word.
Two days passed quickly. On Tuesday, Zhao Xiaojing came to the store with a large pile of various fruits and made more than twenty samples in the morning.
Unlike the last competition, where time and materials were limited and we had to use quick-made dishes, this time we made almost all the ingredients for the syrup ourselves. We made coconut milk from the flesh of old coconuts, and we also had three flavors of jelly: black tea jelly made with the black tea Wen Yulan sent us, yogurt jelly, and plain jelly made with coconut milk and milk.
Not to mention sago, taro balls, candied red beans, candied mung beans, various kinds of adazi, and so on.
Wan Yuyue, Yun Yongyuan and Nie Xiuqi were originally watching with great interest, wanting to learn due to their occupational illness, but once they saw Adazi's third color and used the third juice, they couldn't stand it anymore.
"Junior sister, well, those who are capable should do more work. I'm sure I'm not cut out for this, so I'd better just focus on practicing cooking." Yun Yongyuan bowed, took three or two steps back to his stove, and started chopping vegetables as if relieved.
"I suddenly remembered what you said when you scolded me yesterday, saying that I was doing things in a haphazard manner. I think you are right! I should hurry up and practice my beloved stir-fried pork liver. Junior sister, you are far-sighted. I'm going!" Wan Yuyue ran away immediately after.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled and raised her eyebrows, looking at Nie Xiuqi, the last one who was still standing in front of her with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Then I'll leave too." Nie Xiuqi touched his nose without giving any reason.
Zhao Xiaojing laughed secretly at the air.
Okay, let’s all go. It’s better for everyone to go. If everyone leaves, she can be lazy.
Zhao Xiaojing happily finished kneading the third Adazi dough. Seeing that the three of them were cooking with their backs to her, she peeled and seeded all the washed fruits, cut them into pieces or slices, and placed them in their respective deep plates.
Before half past ten, Da Zhuang arrived at the store carrying a fresh and plump fish, and Guo Gaoang followed behind him with a bag.
"Chef, I've got you a 26-pound wild silver carp! Consider it your lunch bill!"
"You don't have to pay! I'll treat you to a meal anytime you want!" Zhao Xiaojing replied with a smile.
Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing was mixing shaved ice and couldn't get her hands dirty, Yun Yongyuan quickly stepped forward and pulled out the large bucket from under the pool where the fish were stored. "Did you catch such a big silver carp?"
The big bucket is usually used to raise mandarin fish and sea bass. It is usually enough to raise a few of them, but today, after the whole silver carp was put in, part of its head was still exposed.
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