Huang Rong quickly opened the food box and took out a glossy, red duck!
Li Huan looked closely and saw that the red duck's belly was round and bulging, clearly hiding something inside.
He deliberately said, "Girl, are you kidding me? You actually roasted a duck to compete with me? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"
Huang Rong laughed and said, "Don't underestimate my roast duck, its name is Eight Treasure Glutinous Rice Duck!"
"Hahaha... I knew this duck was extraordinary! Let me, the old beggar, see for myself!"
Hong Qigong rubbed his hands together, eager to get started.
Huang Rong took out a sharp knife from the food box and slowly cut open the red duck's belly, revealing the ingredients inside.
"Seventh Master, look what's here?"
Hong Qigong lowered his head to examine it carefully, trying to discern its nature.
"It contains diced meat, diced bamboo shoots, dried shrimp, diced ham, diced chestnuts, diced chicken gizzards, diced shiitake mushrooms, lotus seeds, and glutinous rice!"
Huang Rong praised, "Seventh Master has excellent eyesight!"
Hong Qigong stroked his beard and said, "This is the first time I've ever seen such ingredients stuffed inside a duck."
He couldn't wait and began to taste it.
"It smells wonderful! It smells amazing!"
Hong Qigong ate with great relish, thoroughly enjoying himself.
The onlookers, drawn by the delicious aroma, were drooling with envy.
Hong Qigong exclaimed with delight, "The glutinous rice has not only absorbed the flavors of eight ingredients, but also the flavor of the duck meat. It's wonderful!"
Li Huan originally thought that the dish "Eight Treasure Duck" originated in the Ming Dynasty, but little did he know that Huang Rong had already developed it during the Southern Song Dynasty.
Huang Rong smiled brightly upon receiving Hong Qigong's praise.
"Hey, where's your meat?" Huang Rong asked.
Li Huan slowly and deliberately lifted the lid of the food bucket, revealing many bright red chicken wings.
Huang Rong glanced at him and mimicked Li Huan's previous tone: "Brother, are you kidding me? You actually cooked some chicken wings to compete with me? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"
Li Huan said with a smile, "Don't underestimate my roasted chicken wings, they're called Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings!"
Huang Rong's face hardened: "Can you be serious for once!"
Li Huan asked with a smile, "How am I being unserious?"
Huang Rong said, "How can you stuff eight kinds of ingredients into such a small chicken wing?"
Guo Jing interjected, "Yes, the chicken wings are not only small, but they also have bones inside."
Li Huan quickly served two "Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings" and placed them in front of Hong Qigong.
The "Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings" were bulging, clearly containing ingredients.
Hong Qigong hurriedly said, "Stuffing various ingredients into a duck's belly is already novel! I never expected that ingredients could be stuffed into a small chicken wing. How did you manage to do that?"
Li Huan laughed and said, "It's very simple, just remove the chicken bones from the chicken wings."
Suddenly, Huang Rong's beautiful eyes lit up: "That's right, how come I didn't think of that?"
Hong Qigong picked up a sharp knife and cut open the "Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings," revealing the ingredients inside.
It contains shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, cured pork, dried shrimp, pine nuts, diced abalone, and chestnuts.
Li Huan asked, "How do my eight ingredients compare to the eight ingredients of Eight Treasure Glutinous Rice Duck?"
Hong Qigong said, "Slightly better."
Huang Rong immediately pouted, clearly unhappy.
Immediately afterwards, Hong Qigong began to taste the "Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings".
"Extremely delicious! These are the most delicious chicken wings I've ever eaten!"
"Moreover, the cooking method is unique, ingenious, and exquisite!"
Seeing that things were going wrong, Huang Rong quickly reminded him, "Seventh Master, if I win, I can get this carriage and all the lunch boxes!"
The implication was that Hong Qigong should cheat.
Li Huan said, "Old beggar, if you dare to show favoritism, I will definitely not let you off!"
Hong Qigong chuckled and stroked his beard.
"Throughout his life, the old beggar never lied; he was always honest!"
"Brother's Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken Wings are better than Rong'er's Eight Treasure Sticky Rice Duck!"
Hong Qigong promptly and decisively announced the results of the contest.
"Seventh Master!" Huang Rong's face turned bright red with anger.
Hong Qigong laughed and said, "Your loss isn't necessarily a bad thing. For the next three months, you'll be able to eat delicious boxed lunches every day. This old beggar is so envious!"
Huang Rong hurriedly said, "I'm helping him sell boxed lunches, how could I have time to cook delicacies for Master Qi?"
Hong Qigong quickly asked Li Huan, "Brother, Rong'er helps you with the work, so she'll eat a few boxed meals every day without paying, right?"
Li Huan smiled and said, "I don't accept money."
Hong Qigong raised an eyebrow: "Rong'er, you don't need to bother cooking anymore. Just leave me a boxed lunch every day."
Huang Rong was utterly embarrassed.
Li Huan laughed and said, "Old beggar, you're dreaming. She can only eat her own boxed lunch; she can't take it with her!"
Hong Qigong was also greatly embarrassed.
Li Huan said to Huang Rong, "From today onwards, you will live and eat with me, and we will set up a stall to sell boxed lunches together!"
"Eat and live together?" Huang Rong, Guo Jing, and Hong Qigong asked in unison, their expressions full of surprise.
Li Huan laughed and said, "Don't misunderstand, we're just staying at the same inn, not sharing a room."
Guo Jing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Hong Qigong shouted, "Silly boy, what are you standing there for? Quickly buy a boxed lunch so that Old Jiao can satisfy his craving!"
Guo Jing suddenly realized what was happening and quickly took out two gold ingots, handing them to Li Huan.
"Buy two boxed lunches!"
Guo Jing's tone was full of pride.
This boy was taught by his mother, Li Ping, from a young age to respect the elderly and care for the young.
Guo Jing was very happy to pay for Hong Qigong's meal.
Huang Rong pouted angrily and sat down to the side.
Li Huan quickly filled two lunch boxes, took out two bottles of chilled beer and two bottles of chilled cola, and placed them on the dining table.
Hong Qigong pried open the beer bottle cap with his thumb, poured a full glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
Then, he let out a satisfied burp.
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