Chapter 115: Concealing the Truth
Liao Jiayan: "Just squeeze some salad dressing on it at the end."
After listening to Jiu arrange the dishes, he squeezed the salad dressing on the vegetables as Liao Jiayan said.
After completing the last step, Tingjiu held up the vegetable salad he had made and admired it carefully. "It's so beautiful! I feel like I'm working in a five-star restaurant."
Especially when Liao Jiayan taught him how to arrange the dish just now, he realized what it meant to improve the level of the food.
Ting Jiu looked up at Liao Jiayan and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up: "Sister Liao, you are really amazing."
"Mine is done too." After Liao Jiayan squeezed the salad dressing on it, she also finished her own portion.
She spent a little more time thinking than Tingjiu and cut the cucumber into several shapes, which made the presentation look better.
Ting Jiu put the prepared salad back into the kitchen. Seeing Qi Yan still busying herself with the pot of meat, he couldn't help but step forward to take a look.
"How long have you been stewing this meat? It's not done yet?"
For some reason, although Ting Jiu had no ill intentions and was just asking kindly, Qi Yan felt a little uncomfortable when she heard it.
"Can't you see that the pot hasn't boiled yet?" she responded impatiently.
She just added some water in, how could it boil so quickly?
Tingjiu came over curiously and saw that she was cooking on low heat. He couldn't help but complain: "My sister, can't you turn up the heat a little? You're boiling a frog in this warm water?"
[Xiao Jiujiu has such a good temper, but it turns out he can also be mean to others, hahaha]
[Boiling a frog in warm water, haha ...] I learned a lot, but this kind of technology still needs our little tricks
[Yes, yes, that's what we want. But no one will indulge Miss Qi. We can no longer tolerate this.]
[Help, someone needs to take over my mouth and punish Qi Yan for me]
[I listened to Jiu's kind reminder, but with her attitude, is it Xiao Jiujiu's fault that the pot didn't boil? Why is she so impatient? Why doesn't she take it out on the pot?]
[Old people on the subway, looking at their phones, understand?]
Ting Jiu couldn't stand it anymore and turned up the heat for her.
Qi Yan: “…”
After the pot boiled, Qi Yan took the empty plate and prepared to put the meat on it.
Tingjiu looked at the meat in the pot and saw that it was still white and had no color. He really couldn't tell what it had to do with braised pork.
Before she plated the dish, Tingjiu couldn't help but remind her, "Don't you use dark soy sauce when you make braised pork?"
Although Tingjiu can't cook, he has seen his mother make braised pork at home, so he probably knows something about it.
After hearing what Jiu said, Qi Yan realized that she had forgotten about this step.
She put down the spatula in her hand, grabbed a bottle of soy sauce from the seasoning area, and poured it into the pot.
Qi Yan put down the soy sauce, then picked up the spatula to stir it evenly, but it didn't seem to have any effect, so she picked it up again and wanted to add more.
Tingjiu happened to see the label on the bottle and immediately stopped her from pouring it in.
"What are you doing?" Qi Yan looked at him with some displeasure.
"No, what you added was light soy sauce."
Qi Yan: "They all look the same, what's the difference?"
"Light soy sauce is used to enhance the flavor, while dark soy sauce can color the meat." After hearing Jiu bring a handful of dark soy sauce and stuff it into her hand, she said a little disappointedly, "I thought you were such a good cook, but you can't even tell the difference between light soy sauce and dark soy sauce."
“…”
[I'm dying of laughter, hahahaha, Qi Yan, this novice, doesn't know as much as Xiao Jiujiu]
[This family can’t do without Xiaojiujiu, hahaha]
[I take back what I said about Qi Yan having some culinary knowledge]
[Help! I know the difference between light soy sauce and dark soy sauce even though I've never cooked before. Haven't you seen a pig run before even eating pork? Maybe a young lady doesn't need to be exposed to these things in her daily life.]
[At least read the instructions. Oh my god, guess why light soy sauce is called light soy sauce and why dark soy sauce is called dark soy sauce]
[Family, it feels like Miss Qi has been cooking this braised pork for a century. The other dishes are already cooked, but why is she still cooking the braised pork? Oh, she's on low heat, hahahaha]
The director saw on the monitor that the three groups were almost completing their tasks, so he immediately invited the villagers who came to vote to take a seat.
After settling the villagers, the director came to Meng Chuyuan's group before the food was served.
He sneaked in under the pretext of inspection. Just as the photographer was filming Lu Jinsen making salad, he walked over to Meng Chuyuan and whispered, "Teacher Meng, if you win later, can you let Qi Yan move back in with you?"
When Meng Chuyuan heard the director make such a request, she looked up in surprise and stared at the director.
"Why do you think I will win?"
The director spoke confidently, "I believe your cooking skills will absolutely blow everyone away."
He had watched these episodes of the show behind the scenes for a long time. He had observed carefully that the Liao sisters could not cook many dishes and they usually ate the same few dishes. But Meng Chuyuan was different. She basically ate something different for every meal.
He believed that Meng Chuyuan would definitely win this competition.
He mentioned this request to Qi Yan during lunch, but it didn't work.
The program crew was worried that filming at home would cause trouble to the old lady's family, so they had no choice but to use this competition to cover up their tracks.
Meng Chuyuan shook his head and said disdainfully, "Isn't this a bit unfair of you?"
"I'm not asking you for help because I have no other options."
Listening to the director's request, Meng Chuyuan felt that it was somewhat outrageous.
Meng Chuyuan twitched the corner of her mouth and said calmly, "I didn't say I would definitely help you."
She didn't think of this as a competition at all. She just made whatever dishes were available. Thinking that the dishes would be for the villagers to taste, she took a little extra care and made handmade meatballs.
The director felt that he had been there for too long and it would have a bad influence on other guests who saw him. They might suspect that there was something shady about his show behind his back.
After a while, the director said tactfully, "Why don't you reconsider this? This is really important to our production team."
"The results haven't come out yet. It seems inappropriate for you to discuss this with me in advance. What if the dishes I make don't suit the villagers' tastes, and the other two groups might win?"
Ten minutes later, each group brought their own dishes to the table for the villagers to taste.
In order to ensure fairness, the program team completely shuffled the dishes of each group and then asked the villagers to choose according to their taste after eating them.
The guests were all very nervous when they saw the lids of their dishes being opened and the villagers picking up their chopsticks to taste them.
As the villagers reached for the braised pork dish made by Qi Yan, the audience in the live broadcast room also became agitated:
[If I remember correctly, the braised pork was made by Qi Yan, right?]
[Help! I'm starting to get nervous for the villagers!]
[I'm nervous for the villagers, hahahaha. Sister in front, are you serious? Aren't you nervous for Miss Qi?]
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