C1288 Choose Three
What can half a bag of wheat do?
Yang Soong ground the wheat into flour, and in the end, he only got less than three kilograms of flour.
The two of them took a shower and changed into the cleanest clothes.
"Let's enter the city."
White Water City belonged to the city of fifteen small villages. Not to mention how the people of the small villages lived, the city was bustling with activity. People who came and went were dressed in red and hung in green. They lived a wealthy life.
"People who live all over Luo Qi are not silkworms."
People who starved to death outside the city could be found everywhere. The fragrance of wine, rice, and food from all the big restaurants in the city assailed the nostrils.
Yang Soong and Li Erdan were able to successfully enter the city all because of the clean clothes they wore that did not have any patches on them, as well as the three kilograms of white flour that they used as bricks to knock on the door.
Otherwise, they might be treated as refugees and not allowed to enter the city.
Yang Soong brought Li Erdan to stroll around the busiest main street, willow Street, for an hour. He listened to the enthusiastic conversations of the people coming and going.
There were many vendors in White Water City, and there were many restaurants. Among them, there were three largest restaurants, namely the First-Class House, drunken Willow, and Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant.
After many years of competition, the First-Rated and Drunken Willow stood out and competed for the number one restaurant in White Water City, while the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant fell behind.
What Yang Soong wanted to go to was the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant.
The two of them left early and arrived at the entrance of the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion. It was not even lunch time yet.
The manager of the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant was sitting at the entrance, savoring the new dishes that had just come out of the kitchen.
Two large tables were placed together, filled with all kinds of dishes. Not to mention the taste, just by looking at the plates and smelling the fragrance, the color and fragrance were all present.
Manager Du and his son Du Lizhi tasted the dishes together and it was hard to conceal their admiration. There were also a few people around to support them.
Although the Fragrant Sky Restaurant was not as good as the First-Rated Restaurant and Drunken Willow, it was still the third-ranked restaurant in White Water City. The dishes were still able to attract customers.
"Brother, there are so many people here!" Li Erdan looked very lively. He seldom had the chance to leave the village and enter the city. Everything was fresh.
There were also people in the village. There were also people in the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion. They were all people, but they were very different.
"The difference is too great!"
Not to mention the Hundred Phoenix Pavilion, even Yang Soong had more people when he set up his stall on the Circumference Street.
White Water City had more people than Yang Soong had imagined, and there were even more rich people. However, there were only a dozen or so people surrounding the entrance of the Fragrant Sky Pavilion. It was too cold and greedy.
"The Fragrant Sky Restaurant only has one food tasting event every three months. Drunken Willow and the First-Class Restaurant also want to join in the fun. This person has been lured to those two houses. The number of people coming to the Fragrant Sky Restaurant is getting fewer and fewer."
Just as Yang Soong had expected, drunken Willow and the First-Ranked Restaurant did not plan to let the Fragrant Sky Restaurant go.
This so-called food tasting event was not real. It was the means of the restaurant to attract customers. The real food tasting should be done in the kitchen at the back.
When the chef cooked the dishes, he had to taste them when he came out of the pot.
If he could, he would be able to serve the menu. If he couldn't, he wouldn't even have the chance to serve the kitchen.
The dishes served by the Fragrant Sky Restaurant today were basically all big fish and meat. Upon closer inspection, there was even seafood.
Transporting seafood to Border City cost quite a bit along the way.
The Fragrant Sky Restaurant had yet to give up struggling.
Yang Soong was even more confident.
"This dish doesn't look like much. It's really hard for the shopkeeper to eat it so well. It really isn't easy!"
The voice was loud and clear, and it was regretful and disgusted. Manager Du couldn't help but pay attention to it.
"Little brother, the rice can be eaten randomly. You can't speak nonsense. This is the craftsmanship of our Fragrant Sky Restaurant's chefs!"
"You can't say whatever you want, let alone eat whatever you want. Manager Du, what exactly is the craftsmanship of your family's chefs? Let's not talk about it for now. This table of dishes in front of you is really not good."
Yang Soong walked to the table and glanced at it.
"Let's not talk about whether the prawns are fresh or not. The high soup is too strong. It destroys the fresh and sweet taste of the prawns. I dare say that you can no longer taste the prawns when you eat them.
There's also the honey-flavored beef. When this dish is made, the honey-flavored beef should be tender and tender to the point that people can't bear to bite it. When you lightly touch it with your teeth, the gravy will be rich with two portions of sweetness. The meat should be as tender and delicate as the fruity meat. The honey-flavored beef on the table is very firewood. If an old man eats it, his teeth will definitely be stuck.
Besides, the crispy fried pork ribs were the worst. The heat was obviously old, and the meat inside was still picked up. The chef who cooked this dish was either not good at cooking, or he was slacking off. Crispy fried pork ribs should be pickled and pickled first before being pickled. After that, they should be stir-fried twice. Finally, they should be smeared with Southern Milk and roasted on the fire. Only then could they be considered to have succeeded.
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The only thing that still counted was... He could only count on the radish braised beef belly, but the seasoning was still a little lacking. I bet there's too much salt in this dish. "
Manager Du thought that Yang Soong was a rogue who specially came to wreck the place, but he did not expect Yang Soong to be so reasonable.
The chefs had also come out.
The fat chef in the lead, shi Lei, held a rolling pin: "Kid, are you looking for trouble? You didn't even try the dishes and just said that we can't cook it. Do you believe me, grandpa Shi? I'll throw you into the oil pot and fry you for seventy to eighty slices? "
"The dishes that are fried are not suitable for slices. Only by barbecuing can I do it. Besides, I myself weigh at least a hundred catties. You can only slice seventy or eighty slices. Your saber skills are lacking! " Yang Soong said calmly.
"Hey, with my temper, I said my knife skills are bad. Kid, let's compete! " Shi Lei ran back to the kitchen and came out with a kitchen knife and a pot of radish.
" Let's compete with radishes. It'll take two minutes. " Shi Lei said: "If you lose, then pay me ten taels of silver. If I lose, I'll also pay you, how about it?"
"I agree."
Both sides should take out their bets before the match.
Manager Du helped Shi Lei take out the silver, Yang Soong didn't have any money: "I don't have that much money on me, but I can use my body as a bet. If I lose, I'll be your slave for a year."
"How can a year be enough? The refugees outside the city could work with half their money. If you lose, your life will be mine. "
The lives of the peasants were worthless. What was valuable was the lives of the free citizens in the city.
When the free citizens were beaten and killed, the authorities would intervene.
Once they sold themselves and became slaves, they would not be considered human anymore. When the owner was beaten to death, the government would not interfere, and no one would care. The lives of slaves were similar to the lives of chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep.
Li Erdan was a little afraid. He tightly grabbed Yang Soong's arm and said, "Brother, let's go back."
"Don't be afraid." Yang Soong patted Li Erdan and said, "Don't tear your clothes."
The two brothers only had these two sets of clothes left.
"I agree."
Yang Soong wrote the document and the bet was set.
Yang Soong and Shi Lei washed their hands and tied their apron. Each of them had a table.1
"Kid, don't tell me you don't even have a kitchen knife?" There were three kitchen knives next to Shi Lei. The blades were thick and thin, full of the aura of a tycoon.
Yang Soong took out the bag from his back and the black kitchen knife.
"How can a chef not have a knife?"
"Let the competition begin!"
The two of them confronted each other, and the atmosphere was tense. It even attracted a lot of people. Manager Du was happy to see this.
The Fragrant Sky Pavilion was not worried as they were very confident in Shi Lei's knife skills.
"Dad, chef Shi is really fine?" Du Lizhi was not as optimistic as the others: "I think Yang Soong might win."
"How is that possible? Chef Shi's knife skills were not even comparable to the Drunken Willow and the chef of the First Graded Restaurant. He was merely lacking in seasoning and heat. Otherwise, he would definitely be the number one chef in White Water City. " Manager Du was very confident.
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