As soon as Jiang Xueying returned home, she saw a lot of villagers standing at the door of her house, holding various foods or gifts in their hands. She couldn't help but be stunned.
"What are you guys doing?"
Ye Xiaoyu and Ye Xiaojin saw her come back and ran forward happily.
Ye Xiaojin leaned close to her ear and said.
"Mom, the first people in the village who planted potatoes with you have made a lot of money now. Everyone in the village has heard about it, so they came over and said they want to do business with you."
Everyone has witnessed how many potatoes have been sold during this period. Their distrust of Jiang Xueying has disappeared. They all want to earn this money and are afraid of missing it if they are too late.
One of the villagers stepped forward and handed over a basket of eggs, scratching his head a little embarrassedly.
"Daughter-in-law of the Ye family, I didn't trust you before, so I didn't grow potatoes with you. Today, I specially brought a basket of eggs. It's not a valuable gift. I know it doesn't mean much to you now, but I sincerely want to grow potatoes with you. Please don't make it a fuss since we are from the same village."
Although the villagers love to gossip, they don't really have any bad intentions. For Jiang Xueying, as long as they have a simple and hardworking heart, that's enough.
Jiang Xueying pushed the basket of eggs back with a smile. This basket of eggs was really nothing to her now. She had such a big chicken coop and she could get eggs at any time. But for this villager, they might be life-saving things. It seemed that he had spent a lot of money to grow potatoes with her.
"We are all from the same village, why are you being so polite? It's normal that you all didn't know what was going on before and didn't trust me. Take the gifts home and gather at my doorstep tomorrow morning. I'll teach you how to plant potatoes first, and then assign you tasks."
Hearing that she agreed, the villagers laughed happily and thanked her several times before going home.
"This Jiang Xueying has turned out to be a really good person. I thought she would make things difficult for us!"
"Yeah, I never thought she could come up with so many ways to make money. It looks like we'll all have a good life in the future."
The news of making a fortune by growing potatoes in the village spread widely, and Jiang Xueying's reputation had already spread throughout the village, but this time everyone was praising her.
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Soon, it was the fifteenth day of the winter month. The weather was extremely cold, but the streets were bustling because the potato banquet hosted by Qinglailou officially began today.
Many people who learned about this came to Qinglai Building early, planning to watch today's game. After all, this kind of thing had never happened before.
Qinglailou also attached great importance to this competition. They sent out all the waiters and recruited a lot of temporary workers, for fear that there would be any mistakes in the competition.
It was just past the hour of Yin, and many contestants were already lined up outside Qinglai Building. They were holding their own dishes in their hands, with excitement on their faces. They wanted to test the results of their studies for so long, and they wanted to win the championship and get the prize money today.
With a noise, the door of Qinglai Building opened. The already noisy crowd became even more excited when they saw this scene, and they couldn't wait to go in.
Qinglailou had anticipated that there would be a large number of people today, so they specially arranged a special passage. All contestants entered with their dishes, while visitors entered through another entrance, which also avoided crowds.
Considering that there are too many dishes, Qinglailou prepared a stack of numbers in advance. After receiving a dish, it would give the dish a number and hand the same number to the contestant, and also conduct corresponding registration.
This not only ensures that there will be no mistakes, but also makes it much easier to find the owner of the dish afterwards.
"Here, this is your number, please keep it safe. We are not responsible if you lose it."
The waiter handed a number to a contestant. After seeing the number, the contestant hurriedly took it, nodded eagerly, and then strode into Qinglai Building.
Compared to the bustle at the competition entrance, the other side is a little quieter, but still very crowded. There are many people who come to watch the excitement, but more of them come to cheer for their own people.
The number of contestants this time was the largest, which was beyond everyone's expectations. Qinglailou started collecting dishes early in the morning and did not register today's contestants and dishes until the sun was already high in the sky.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the owner of Qinglailou came to the stage. He attached great importance to today's competition and specially wore his favorite Xiangyunsha long jacket. He looked very energetic.
At the same time, the few people standing next to him were dressed in very classic chef's attire, but from their straight clothes and sharp eyes, it could be seen that they were not ordinary chefs.
Ever since the owner of Qinglailou stepped onto the stage, the noise from below became much quieter; they knew the competition was about to begin.
"Thanks to everyone's trust, we are holding a potato tasting meeting in our building today. We have registered all the participating dishes today, and the evaluation meeting will begin later. The people next to me are the five most famous chefs in the county and five chefs from several neighboring counties..."
At this point, the owner of Qinglailou chuckled.
"As you all know, I always strive to be serious, careful, and fair in my work, so I have specially invited ten chefs to evaluate the dishes. Please rest assured that the competition is absolutely fair and no fraud is allowed."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately won applause from the whole room.
The shopkeeper smiled with satisfaction, gestured to everyone, and said.
"Okay, now I will start reading out the rules of this competition. Each dish will be divided into ten points. Our ten chefs will evaluate and score the dishes. After removing the highest and lowest scores, the remaining scores will be added up. The top ten will be the winners of this competition. Now I declare that the competition begins!"
As soon as the shopkeeper finished speaking, several long curtains were lowered around the table, and then ten chefs sat down in the seats that had been prepared long ago.
"Now, please bring out dishes numbered 1 to 5."
The waiter held up a registration book and shouted loudly. Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the direction where the dishes were served. Beautiful women with graceful figures came out with brisk steps, carrying plates of delicious dishes.
Beautiful people, even more beautiful food!
Suddenly, the bustle in Qinglai Building reached its peak.
Next came the exciting tasting moment. Everyone stared solemnly at the ten chefs who were tasting the food. They swallowed unconsciously as they watched them chew the food slowly, nervously waiting for their final conclusion.
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