Chapter 455 Wen Xinyuan's Plan
Zhao Xiaojing and Guan Yingxia glanced at each other quietly, both with smiles in their eyes.
Judging from how much the two of them are hated, the fat man is more hated.
At least Wen Xinyuan was only scolded once, but as for him, when he went on stage, the audience scolded him again. Unexpectedly, when Wen Xinyuan went on stage, the audience scolded him again.
Fortunately, these insults were mostly jokes born out of familiarity, and were not real insults like the insults against the creepy man.
Look at the fat guy again. He clearly heard it but pretended not to hear it and was watching the game without any concern.
"Tsk, he's much more hypocritical and pretentious than me." The fat man saw Zhao Xiaojing looking at him, pointed at the stage and sneered disdainfully.
On the stage, Wen Xinyuan and his opponent were too polite. Wen Xinyuan actually pushed his opponent to the refrigerator. His opponent waved his hands and pretended to refuse. In the end, he looked unable to refuse. He couldn't stop being excited and shook Wen Xinyuan's hand enthusiastically. Wen Xinyuan also happily patted his opponent's shoulder.
"Hiss! How hypocritical, how hypocritical!"
"He can act!"
"He's really playing the dinosaur game. I wonder what he'll do if someone else takes all the premium ingredients!"
"I don't believe he's so kind. Is he holding back on evil?"
There was another burst of laughter from the audience.
Wen Xinyuan still stood happily aside, watching his opponent carefully selecting, and only after he finally chose a dozen conchs did he step forward.
Then I chose two dishes: sea eel and pork neck.
Two things?
"It's not the same rule that each person takes it once and it's the same rule each time." Zhao Xiaojing understood immediately when she saw that her opponent had no objection.
After that, the opponent came forward and took another ingredient. After the two looked at the ingredients in each other's hands, they began to nod harmoniously again. Then they stopped taking turns and instead chose the side dishes and vegetables together.
"It seems that the rule they set is that the first person takes one thing the first time, the second person takes two things the first time, and then the first person takes another thing the second time, so that everyone can choose two things on average." Guan Yingxia chuckled.
"The opponent must have thought that each person could choose two items, one special ingredient and three high-grade ingredients. If I acted first, I could get the special ingredient first and then the high-grade ingredient. But Wen Xinyuan got two high-grade ingredients." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head.
"Taking advantage of loopholes, how shameless." The fat man continued with disdain.
The three of them immediately understood Wen Xinyuan's plan.
Although ten groups have competed on the field, in fact, except for Zhao Xiaojing and her group, no one is sure what the special ingredients are each time. But it is certain that few people dare to guess that they are vegetables and side dishes. After all, a few seafood and wild delicacies are placed there to attract attention, so everyone's ideas are still centered around ingredients that "look high-end".
So the opponent thought he had chosen one premium ingredient and one high-end ingredient, but in reality, if he had followed his established thinking, he would only have chosen one high-end ingredient and one ordinary ingredient. Wen Xinyuan, on the other hand, effortlessly obtained two high-end ingredients, and later, when he wasn't rotating, he seemingly picked up a premium ingredient at random.
It's really cunning.
However, the other players on the field could not see this clearly.
"No, is he really that kind? Why wouldn't I believe it?"
"Did you just hit your head?"
"Is this still him? He hasn't been possessed by another spirit!"
"I think he didn't take over someone else's body, he was enlightened. Tomorrow we're going to Leshan to make the Buddha stand up while he sat down!"
"Can we discuss it? I want to be in the same group with him next time!"
"What are you doing? Going to worship Buddha?"
This time, Zhao Xiaojing and the fat man's faces were shaking with laughter.
On the stage, Wen Xinyuan, who couldn't hear any of this, had already started working happily.
The three of them were planning to watch for a while and then go to eat, but they saw Wen Xinyuan raising his hand.
Wen Xinyuan made fish ball soup, which seemed to be the standard fish ball recipe of Fujian Province. Not only did he use the pureed meat of sea eel to make the balls, but he also chopped some pork filling and wrapped it inside as the filling.
The fish meat is chopped and then pounded into fish paste with a wooden stick. The meatballs, each as big as a baby's fist, are also hand-wrapped and kneaded. After being rinsed with water, the fish balls are visibly chewy and shaken when they are served.
But this is not the end. While the fish balls were soaking in cold water, Wen Xinyuan cooked a bowl of soup with the soaked dried shrimps, pea tips and green onions. Then he put the fish balls into the soup and boiled them again. Only then was a bowl of fish ball soup ready.
When handing over the dishes, Zhao Xiaojing saw that the two old men looked relaxed when tasting the fish balls, and she knew that Wen Xinyuan had won this one.
It took Wen Xinyuan more than an hour to prepare the fish ball soup. By the time the four of them ran to the cafeteria on the fourth floor, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.
Fortunately, because of today's competition, the cafeteria's business hours were specially extended, so the four hungry people were finally able to have lunch.
Although the fat guy lost the arm wrestling in the morning and agreed to treat all meals for the next month, it was just a joke and Zhao Xiaojing still got the upper hand when it came time to pay the bill.
When the four of them returned to the hall after eating, drinking, chatting and resting for a while, all ten groups of contestants in the second round had already come on stage. More than half of the contestants on the stage had finished their competition, and the remaining six or seven were still working hard cooking.
The two old men had lowered their seats slightly and closed their eyes to rest. A new staff member sat next to them, keeping an eye on the movements in the competition area.
Another hour passed and the results of the second round came out. While Wen Xinyuan advanced successfully, Guan Yingxia went on stage as part of the first group in the third round.
Guan Yingxia's opponent in the same group was also a slender female chef. The two probably had discussed it privately. When they went on stage, they both opened the refrigerator and observed the ingredients together. After a final discussion, they each took what they needed.
The high-end ingredients in Guan Yingxia's group are large prawns, goose liver, and ham, and the special ingredient is asparagus. However, it is rare to see a grouper that looks like a high-end or even special ingredient.
After the two discussed, Guan Yingxia took the prawns and ham, while her opponent took foie gras and grouper.
In the end, Guan Yingxia still used the same old method as the fat man Wen Xinyuan. She pretended to pick vegetables, identified the ingredients, and then inadvertently took away the premium ingredient asparagus. The other party got the grouper that he thought was premium, and had no objection to the other ingredients.
After getting the ingredients, Wen Xinyuan and Zhao Xiaojing were fine, but the fat man was visibly excited.
"Why don't you just stand up and watch? Are you so excited about Sister Xia washing vegetables?" Wen Xinyuan was puzzled as he looked at the fat man who stretched his neck and wanted to stick his whole body to the stage.
"You know shit! She's going to show off her special skills!" The fat man said without even turning his head.
"What special skill? Isn't this just washing vegetables?" Zhao Xiaojing became interested when she heard it. After watching for a long time, she found that Guan Yingxia just washed all the ingredients, took the ham apart, looked at it for a long time, cut a small piece and soaked it in water. The shrimps were still in the basin.
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