Chapter 193 Liu Daqian
After saying that, he pressed the alarm clock beside him. Liu Daqian, Chen Hongyan and Chen Saozi stood in front of the operating table, looking at each other.
They quickly withdrew their gazes. The three people present began to take ingredients from the chopping board and started the production process.
An Xin stood in the crowd, watching Chen Hongyan calmly go to the chopping board to get flour, eggs, some fresh vegetables, fresh meat, seaweed and other items, then turned back to the workbench, lowered her head and prepared the meal in an orderly manner. In her heart, she couldn't help but silently give a thumbs up to her mother.
With her calm and steady demeanor, and her non-arrogant aura, even if she doesn't get the job this time, An Xin feels that her mother is someone who can do great things. It seems that she will have to let her mother slowly participate in her career path in the future.
Compared to Chen Hongyan who only took flour, eggs, seaweed, fresh vegetables, fresh meat and other items, Liu Daqian and Chen Saozi went for much more fancy things.
Liu Daqian first took flour and glutinous rice, then some bacon and fresh meat, fresh vegetables, etc. Finally, he took coriander and green onions before returning to the operating table.
Mrs. Chen took a basket and stuffed eggs, flour, bacon, fresh meat, fresh vegetables, onions, garlic, rice, glutinous rice, glutinous rice flour and other miscellaneous ingredients into her basket. She took almost all the ingredients on the table before slowly turning around and going to her own workbench.
After getting the ingredients, the three of them started to light the stove and cook food under the gaze of everyone.
Chen Hongyan first fermented the flour and added eggs to the dough to ensure that the dough was tough. Then she began to chop the stuffing and dice the vegetables. Finally, she mixed the fresh minced meat and diced vegetables together to make the stuffing. Yes, she planned to make pan-fried dumplings and serve them with a simple egg and seaweed soup.
Because when An Xin was teaching her how to cook, she once said that breakfast should not be fancy, and simple, refreshing and nutritious enough.
So for Chen Hongyan, it only took half an hour to wrap dumplings, make some pan-fried dumplings, and prepare some seaweed and egg soup. It couldn't be simpler.
So, when Liu Daqian and Chen Saozi were busy and sweating, pulling noodles and rolling dough, Chen Saozi was already very calmly making dumplings. Her dumplings were all beautiful in appearance, with thin skin and large fillings, ensuring that the soup was delicious when they were fried.
After finishing wrapping the dumplings, Chen Hongyan began to control the heat and added oil to the pot.
The most important thing about making pan-fried dumplings is the control of the heat. Fortunately, she had practiced making pan-fried dumplings several times in private, so she made them smoothly this time.
Just like that, with her unhurried operation, in just over twenty minutes, several plates of crispy and delicious pan-fried dumplings, golden on both sides, were neatly placed on the plate. The portion was just right, enough for four people.
After placing the pan-fried dumplings on the plate, Chen Hongyan followed An Xin's previous instruction and placed a few sprigs of fresh coriander on the plate full of dumplings as garnish. She then quickly cooked a pot of seaweed and egg soup, and a complete breakfast was perfectly presented to everyone.
Mrs. Chen had been keeping an eye on Chen Hongyan's movements. She saw that she quickly prepared the pan-fried dumplings, arranged some fancy vegetables, and cooked a seaweed and egg soup on a plate. Then she seemed to be doing nothing. She couldn't help but look down on her in her heart.
"People from the countryside are from the countryside. When it comes to making breakfast, the only thing they can think of is making dumplings. They just use Shengjian instead. There is no creativity at all. I don't know how An Xin learned cooking skills from this old woman. Both mother and daughter are equally stupid."
Unlike her, she not only made noodles for breakfast, but also scallion pancakes. Of course, she learned how to make scallion pancakes from An Xin. She secretly memorized the steps, and also fried some pickled vegetables and minced meat sauce to make wraps, and finally made a pot of noodle dumpling soup.
So, Mrs. Chen is quite efficient. She also took some time to see what the contestants next to her were doing. It is also enough to make four breakfasts at the same time.
By the time the time was almost up, Sister Chen had already made a bowl of noodles, a scallion pancake, another sauce-flavored spring onion pancake, and finally a noodle dumpling soup. The portions, enough for four people, were neatly placed in front of Sister Chen, making a hint of pride flash across her face.
Liu Daqian, who was not far away, did not give in to the two women. In just half an hour, he had made two breakfasts, celery dumplings and vegetable ramen. The portions were just right and looked like they were just enough for four people.
By the time the alarm clock that Bai Yichen pressed rang, breakfast for the three people had been neatly placed on the table. Bai Yichen walked forward and took a look. After making sure that everyone had finished breakfast, he spoke to the judges on the podium.
"Dear leaders, the three people who participated in the chef competition have finished making the first breakfast. Please move over to taste the food and make further comments."
The leaders sitting on the judges' panel couldn't help but look at each other, then stood up and walked down from the podium. They first walked around the meals made by the three people, took a rough look, and memorized the appearance and presentation of the breakfast made by everyone, and then tasted them one by one.
An Xin stood in the crowd, watching the leaders who were tasting the food walk past Chen Hongyan one by one. They deliberately stayed in front of the food plate in front of Chen Hongyan for a few minutes. One leader seemed to have added two fried dumplings, and she had a general idea in her mind.
It seems that in this first stage of making breakfast, his mother Chen Hongyan's pan-fried dumplings and seaweed soup are slightly better.
Just like that, everyone present stretched their necks, some even drooling, watching the leaders taste the breakfast one by one before returning to the podium. Bai Yichen spoke loudly to everyone present.
"The evaluation phase has been completed. Next, please give scores to the three candidates who participated in the competition."
After saying this, Bai Yichen made a inviting gesture in the direction of Mrs. Chen.
"Please ask the leader to give Mrs. Chen a score first!"
All the leaders took up their pens, scribbled on the paper, and raised their hands to take the scores. All the scores were immediately presented under everyone's eyes.
Bai Yichen stood at the commanding height, read out the scores on all the leaders' papers one by one, and then made the announcement.
"Mrs. Chen's score is 8.5 points after removing the highest score of 8.8 and the lowest score of 7."
As soon as the score came out, some people in the crowd couldn't help but burst into exclamations.
"Wow, what a high score!"
Mrs. Chen was standing not far from the crowd. After hearing these words, she raised her chin proudly and cast a provocative and ambiguous look at Chen Hongyan and Liu Daqian.
The meaning is very clear. See, my cooking skills are here. If you two know what's good for you, just give up your rights quickly.
Unfortunately, Chen Hongyan and Liu Daqian just glanced at Chen Saozi's provocative look and then looked away, pretending not to see it.
Mrs. Chen was so angry that she stamped her feet and gritted her teeth in hatred.
At this moment, Bai Yichen had already spoken loudly to everyone.
"Next, please give a score to the second candidate, Chen Hongyan."
As soon as he finished speaking, the leaders on the rostrum took a pen and quickly wrote a line of words on a piece of white paper, and then stood the paper up.
Bai Yichen looked at the scores shown by the leaders, and the worry in his heart immediately fell back to its original place. An Xin in the crowd also saw the scores given by the leaders. All the previous speculations became reality. The two of them exchanged glances in the air imperceptibly, and then they withdrew their eyes calmly and listened to Bai Yichen's announcement.
"The leaders' scores have been announced. Chen Hongyan's score is 9.20, minus the highest score of 9.7 and the lowest score of 9.00."
As soon as he finished speaking, exclamations broke out from the crowd.
"Oh my god, this score is too high, right? He should be selected as he deserves it, right?"
"Yes, the leaders gave their scores on the spot, so the pan-fried dumplings and seaweed egg soup made by Chen Hongyan must be delicious, right?"
"Hey, stop arguing. After the competition is over, we need to hurry up and try the fried dumplings and seaweed egg soup."
"Okay, okay, I'll sign up first. Remember to save a fried dumpling for me when the time comes."
Listening to the noise erupting from the crowd, my sister-in-law was so angry that her mouth was almost twisted, and she said to the judges hatefully.
"I don't accept it. Why can this country girl named Chen Hongyan score so much higher than me?"
Isn’t it just making dumplings? How much more upscale could an egg drop soup be than the four breakfasts she had painstakingly prepared? How much deliciousness?
At this moment, a leader sitting on the rostrum looked at Sister Chen with a serious face and said in a sonorous and powerful voice.
"Those who are participating in the competition, please be quiet. As for the reasons and principles for scoring, we will announce them later. As for who has better skills, everyone has their own yardstick."
As soon as these words fell, everyone present immediately shut their mouths. After all, most of the people watching were employees of the exploration team. If the leader spoke, if you dared to complain again, he would deduct two months' salary from you and leave you to starve.
Mrs. Chen was also very angry about such words, but she saw from the corner of her eye that her husband Chen was standing in the crowd, waving at her vigorously. The meaning was very clear, asking her to talk less and do more.
She thought about it, then swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth. In the end, she only uttered a word of hatred.
"good……"
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Bai Yichen didn't waste any time and spoke directly.
"If you have any objections, please raise them after the results are announced. Next, please give the results for Liu Daqian, the third candidate."
The leaders picked up their pens and wrote down the scores as usual, then showed them.
As soon as the scores came out, everyone looked over and understood at once that it seemed the outcome of today's first match had been decided, and then they listened to Bai Yichen continue to announce.
"The third candidate Liu Daoqing's score was 9.00 after removing the highest score of 9.3 and the lowest score of 8.8."
As soon as the words fell, it was obvious that Chen Hongyan won the championship in the first round of written examination.
At this moment, Mrs. Chen's anger had reached its peak. She rushed out from the operating table, came to the podium, and said to the leaders.
"Now that the scoring is over, please explain to us why Chen Hongyan was given such a high score. How could she, a country woman who can only make dumplings, get such a high score?"
The crowd of onlookers suddenly became silent, staring at the aura between Mrs. Chen and the leaders. It suddenly became awkward, and no one dared to speak anymore, waiting quietly for the next explanation.
Leaders present, look at me and I look at you. One of the leading leaders stood up and said to everyone.
"Well, since it's a talent competition, then of course the winner should win with honor, and the loser should accept the defeat with humility."
After saying that, he turned around and said to everyone present.
"Crowd of spectators, please select three people to follow me. Together with me, I will take these three contestants to taste the food they have made. Then everyone will make their own judgment."
After saying that, three people spontaneously walked out of the crowd. They were all the backbone members of the exploration team.
The three of them walked up to the leader, who nodded with satisfaction, led the three of them to the platform, and said to Chen Hongyan, Chen Saozi, and Liu Daqian.
"You three candidates should also come over here, let's taste the food you made together."
After saying that, he took the lead and tasted the four breakfasts made by Mrs. Chen one by one. The three people behind him also followed the leader's example and tasted them one by one.
Chen Hongyan, Chen Saozi and Liu Daqian also followed the group of people silently and ate all the food they made one by one, including those made by themselves and others.
After everyone had tasted the food made by the three people, the leader led everyone to an open space and spoke in a serious voice.
"You have tasted the food prepared by these three candidates. Now tell me whose food is defective."
Everyone present was silent. Everyone looked at each other and no one dared to speak.
They had some doubts in their hearts before, but after tasting the food made by Chen Hongyan, Chen Saozi, and Liu Daqian, they felt more confident.
It seems that I understand what the leader's intention is. The skill of cooking cannot be hidden like other things. It can be expressed through the taste and shape of the food.
Obviously, the food made by Chen Hongyan deservedly won the championship of the first competition?
Seeing that everyone present was silent, the leaders who were originally sitting on the podium also gathered around, looked at the three people competing for the position, and finally their gaze rested on Mrs. Chen.
The leader spoke directly.
"Since none of you are saying anything, I'm sure you all have an idea in your mind. Next, I will talk about the shortcomings and advantages of the food you three have."
At this point, everyone present immediately pricked up their ears like antennas, wanting to hear what the leader had to say. Mrs. Chen even crossed her arms in dissatisfaction, with an expression of listening attentively.
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